News on freedom and duty of a free press in America
A column extols the American free press amid global censorship. It contrasts China, Germany, Italy, Greece, Japan, Spain with the United States where officials and publics debate policy openly. It highlights Teapot Dome and secret diplomacy, praising reporters for uncovering government actions and defending free speech.
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Russia
Stalin
Germany
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Greece
Japan
Spain
America
Teapot Dome
Home, Sweet Home Recalled By A Caribbaat Hero
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a wandering huitane from the Caribbean whose tale intertwines catastrophe at the Hamptons with a celebrated man's life. The storm left Rashtanotan and others devastated while one house survived, hosting memories of a precocious playwright connected to Washington Irving and other luminaries.
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Long Island
Hamptons
Olf
Rasthano~ Tan
Houses of Cards
Easthampton
Snelsey
John Howard Payne and the fate of Home Sweet Home
The article recalls John Howard Payne who wrote the lyrics to Home Sweet Home inspired by his boyhood in Easthampton Long Island. Payne sent the lyric to Henry E Bishop who set it to music. Payne died in Tunis in 1852 before the song’s true rise in fame, which grew posthumously and spread worldwide.
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Hood
Easthampton
Long Island
Henry E. Bishop
Tunis
Africa
John Howard Payne
Sea
John
Payne
Home Sweet Home
Tony
King Feas Synd., Inc
The Indian Driver and the Parked Sedan Beat at the Pump
A vivid vignette recounts an Alamomentos scene where a Native American man in a shining sedan exchanges taunts with a station attendant named Ted Green. A later sketch portrays a hotel chronicler defending a target of insults, while a schoolyard Christmas tableau among two children contrasts democracy in action with a belabored holiday play. The piece closes on a comic note about a windy corner dunk and a gag about a tailor made cigarette.
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Ted Green
Green
Shay
Fragmented quotes on wisdom and sentiment across authors
A garbled collage of familiar sayings and misquoted lines from Shakespeare and others. It weaves aphorisms on anger, love, wisdom, and fate with scattered names and broken phrases, yielding a fragmentary, unreliable snapshot of literary tidbits.
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Arnall Alita
Taran
Anw
Alien ideas and political warnings across a nation
A published collection of letters and columns critiques alien minded ideas in American democracy. Arthur Leonard Ross argues ideas borrowed from European thinkers were not foreign to Americans yet opposed by Indians. Benjamin De Casseres warns against alien minded doctrine as communism and fascism grow. Other notes cover China Soviet ties, Japan’s war framing, Leopold Godowsky, and prodigy myths, with reflections on genius and education.
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Jefferson
Cicero
Locke
Arthur Leonard Ross
New York
Jefferson Tox
England
France
Mr. Ross
New Dealer
No Room for All? Bethlehem to Christ’s Birthday
A reflective Christmas piece contrasts the sacred Nativity tale with modern neglect and prejudice. It recalls Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Bethlehem and condemns anti Jewish sentiment, urging charity toward all, especially Jesus’s brothers. The poem laments indifference among Christian nations while honoring the true Christ.
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Alltys
Israel
Rome
Nazareth
Tio
Bethlehem
Joseph
Christ Jesus
Christ
Poem Fragment by Elsie Robinson About Jewish Motherhood
A fragmentary verse by Elsie Robinson invokes tenderness and motherhood, praising a simple Jewish maiden as a symbol of compassion. The poem prays for open hearts and refuge for the doomed, with a plea to make room in a troubled world for the afflicted Jewish brethren.
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Elsie Robinbon
King Fran Syurt. Ins
Newsboys Christmas Dinner Returns to Nabers Ball
Dec 2 1928 report notes city newsboys will dine with Mr and Mrs Nab BM at the Gunter hotel crystal ballroom on Christmas day. The Washers began the annual dinner 22 years ago with Mayor C M Chambers expected to attend. Mayor and City Attorney Joseph Ryan comment on a city telephone rate case and a three month timeline for a court decision.
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Ciby's Army
Nab
Gunter Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
C. M. Chambers
Joseph Ryan
San Antonio
Ryan
Mouth Hygiene and Dental Health in Modern Society
An article discusses dental health, noting that many over forty in civilized nations lack teeth while some tribes retain them. It cites Dr T P Hyatt of New York City on how losing one tooth can affect surrounding teeth and overall jaw alignment. Cleanliness reduces germs. unclean mouths have far more bacteria, and rough dental work can irritate gums.
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T. P. Hyatt
New York City
Infections Enter Body Through Mouth Warns Book
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen cautions that the gateway for germs and poisons is opened for infections by the mouth. Pathogens can reach the heart, kidneys, or tissues causing damage and serious harm. The warning appears in a 1948 King Feas Synd publication.
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King Feas Synd
Ino
Letters to the Editor on Miss Elma Neal's San Antonio schools
A reader criticizes San Antonio school politics and defends Miss Elma Neal as first assistant superintendent of elementary education. The letter argues she manages 46 schools and 700 teachers with a budget showing per pupil costs, urges her return and warns against replacing her with male staff amid political pressure. It calls for backing her continued service to keep the district high in national standing.
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Hostor
San Antonio
Elma Neal
Portwood
Vauigerine Tenchara
Sila
Miss Neal
Board of Education
America
Miss Storm
Miss Foster
W. J. Kax
San Antonians
Miss Mina
Neal
Aledpy Setinol
Lizeny
Ar Anton Syst
Menefer
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