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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1924
Page
3
San Antonio firemen mobilize a Christmas toy drive urging residents to donate unused toys. Repaired by firefighters, the toys will be distributed to needy children on Christmas morning, turning discarded items into sources of joy.
A Oklahoma City conductor James Higgeson dies suffocating as he directs passengers from a burning railway coach. The piece extols transportation workers across road rail water and air for risking their lives to save others, noting heroism varies by actions and circumstances.
Safety First Aviation reports two notable feats. A semi automatic parachute designed to deploy from as low as fifty feet is integrated into a plane’s fuselage and can lift a passenger within two seconds of triggering the side lever. At McCook Field the TC 3 dirigible, with a Sperry Messenger catch, rose to 2006 feet before the airplane was released and landed safely.
A humorous alphabetical list of quirky gift ideas and endorsements from the International Society of Second Guessers. Items include a portable garage, tubeless radio set, road map of Sakara, copper alloy with padlocks, mothproof cedar chest, dancing slippers for suburbanites, electric curling iron, yield glasses, drink shakers, and season ticket to Automat lunch rooms.
A passenger in a Chicago compartment car walked through from car to car while another man slept with his mouth open, drawing stares as the door stood wide. The narrator laments the invasion and calls it wrong, urging respect for the sleeper.
A 1924 column advises readers burdened by losses and rising costs to evaluate their spending. It cautions against overcommitment to social and organizational duties, urging provision for home and business needs and time to manage essential duties.
A reflective piece weighs job pay against value and purpose. It argues money matters least, while meaningful tasks that help others and society matter most. It muses on choosing between jobs by their broader impact rather than wages.
A fragmentary piece by Bert Moses titled Some Sap and Salt about inner emotion and resilience. The text references sorrow as a companion and hints at shared experience and stubborn spirit in overcoming hardship.
Royal S Copeland argues that plague prevention requires an organized staff bold policy and ample funds. He recalls wartime efforts to inspect harbor rats for bubonic plague and warns of pneumonic plague spreading in California. He emphasizes rat fleas as the real culprits and urges rat proof buildings along the waterfront and ongoing science to develop vaccines and serums.
Column arguing against censorship by moral reformers who censor books and films. It insists reform cannot come from banning materials and that improving public taste through education is the solution, noting bootlegging grows when suppression increases. It cites broad immorality in politics, business, and society as larger reform targets.
Louis E Bisgh argues travel broadens view beyond provincial towns. He notes the value of visiting other cities and countries to learn different ideas and practices, and warns against confined thinking. He urges exploration beyond tourist routes to gain practical knowledge from diverse people and manners.
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