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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1939

Page

7

Loss of Liberty Is End of Tolerance

A reflective note on Europe’s intolerance versus American liberty. The piece traces toleration’s roots to liberty, cites Cotton Mather and the Salem era, and argues the Bill of Rights made religious freedom essential. It warns against backsliding and urges safeguarding liberty earned by forebears.

Europe United States Robert Phillips John Higginson W. Penn Malachi Huscott Cotton Cotton Mather Boston Harvard America Catton Matis Cuba Tobkebo Guba

Dear Elsie Idenies Candy Says Ginger Ale Please

A youth writes from North Cove Toledo Ohio about friend pressure and restaurant etiquette. She refuses candy and cigarettes in favor of ginger ale while defending personal choice and respect for others. The letter argues peers should respect refusals and avoid coercion.

Jose Cotner Elsie Perkins Mar North Cove Temboard Toledo Ohio

By Elsie Robinson on Virtue and Selfishness in Modern Life

Essayist Elsie Robinson argues virtue is not its own reward and that moral behavior should stem from genuine conviction. She warns righteousness can alienate others and urges readers to seek authentic goodness rather than performative virtue.

Marcal Mr Hero

Vitamins and Vitamin C in Health and Disease

An old-fashioned health brief discusses vitamins, notably vitamin C, its sources from fruits and vegetables, and the role in preventing deficiency diseases. It notes how mothers have long understood the benefits, cites Dr. Irvine S. Wright of Columbia, and explains symptoms of vitamin deficiency and the importance of sufficient daily intake.

Vitamin G in daily diet urged by Dr Bundesen

Dr Herman N Bundesen argues many health issues stem from lack of vitamin G and urges all to ensure sufficient intake from vegetables and fruits. He notes early experiments and suggests vitamin G may aid treatment of certain fevers and disorders though availability remains limited today.

da Beg Meas Syed

What Bo You Know Knowledge Test Tooty

The fragment appears as a garbled knowledge test with mixed languages and references. It mentions multiple subjects and numbers but lacks coherent events, people, or places to form a clear news item.

News Behind the News From Washington Dec 18

Washington dispatch outlines British cabinet strains and wartime policy shifts as Parliament weighs changes in leadership and trade controls. Hoover's role and Cuba trade talks surface amid stalled production and public opinion pressures. A secretive cooperative forum exerts influence on policy, with members pledging secrecy.

Washington Ty Bom

Fragmented reminiscences of New York vaudeville era figures

Nymie recalls the waning winter days with Alpine scenes and long memories of Brooklyn and old vaudeville life. The piece riffs on era personalities like Skull Dugwn Mile the Bite and Mr Augen, contrasting past thrills with present artistic shifts and the call of new stage spectacles.

Augen Elin A. Coelersach Skull Dugwn Wight Cox Park Mike Theta Mint

Lew Dockstader Remembered in Tangled Stage Notes

Fragmentary reminiscences recount Edwin C. Hill and Lew Dockstader with stray mentions of performers and acts. The text blends song acts, names like Silver King Blue Deans Mazeppa and others with jumbled anecdotes about stage life, pockets of comedy, and a bakery anecdote tied to Wanamaker. Copyright 1930 by King Fee Boni Eas.

Lew Dockstader Liat Mally Havi Art Wwe Silver King Blue Deans Mazeppa Seeret Service Andre Aly Bayz King Fee Boni Eas

Garish 1920s Ad Imagery In Silk and Jewel Gleam

An OCR fragment evokes a busy fashion era display featuring red and pink themes, white and black contrasts, and luxury items. It names ladies such as Mesdame La Pormpadour and Josephine, with references to Tiffany style jewelry, ornate car imagery, and doll-like models amid a shopfront tableau.

Unclear OCR text fragment with mixed garbled terms

Fragmentary OCR passage cites names and items such as BEDWACKETS bed-jackets quilted silk with gwansdown, a 1900 Comt reference, and mentions King Peak Aynd. It reads as a disordered historical note with no cohesive event or clear entities to anchor a factual summary.

King Peak Aynd

Dickens Pupils Sing At Burnett Christmas Program

December 18 1920 report notes Agnes Colton elementary pupils in Miss Evelyn Burnett’s class singing carols. Names listed include Luticile Ramacy Margaret Ofagr Helen Potion John Levy MHehoard Sherman Holby Bantelie Louis Baand George Walker Charles Cole Dorothy Barnard. Supervisors: Thompean and Ruth Whitfield overseeing about 400 children. Telephone upgrades cited by Harry Mentemanger of Southwestern Bell. line repairs affect 24 110 system in the term.

Chartos Dickens Miss Evelyn Burnetts He Agnes Colton Lutcille Ramacy Margaret Ofagr Helen Potion John Levy Mhehoard Sherman Holby Bantelie Louis Baandofs Darok ‘Bkiloa George Walker Q@harles Cole Dorothy Barnard Mister Lots ‘Thompean Ruths Whitfield

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