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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1927
Page
8
The piece argues private power interests resist government competition, delaying the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill and Muscle Shoals action. It asserts public needs over private ambitions, warning lawmakers to resist obstruction and ensure fair bids and timely action on nine thousand million dollars in the dam project.
Three young women at Simpson College Iowa demonstrate how grit and self help can fund schooling. Garney Holman labors 1500 bushels of potatoes in dorm kitchens to pay her way, Marie Cassell preaches sermons weekly to cover expenses, and Carol Sandy works in North Dakota during vacations plowing, shocking grain and digging potatoes. They exemplify honorable vocations aiding lifelong education as they near graduation.
Rochester representative Jacobstein urges Congress to empower every post office to handle preliminary work for bonus certificate loans. He cites 60 Veterans Bureau offices and 50 000 post offices, arguing local access would reduce veteran delays and streamline case processing.
An essay praising toothpicks argues they offer hygienic benefits and stimulate thought unlike brushing. It contends science lagged social acceptance, notes doctors use toothpicks, and suggests the tool prompts reflection and creative imagination among users.
A speaker recalls draft board service and a hygiene report from Moline noting that in the army exams two and a half million men were tested and over 730000 rejected as physically unfit. The piece argues boiled down to improving infancy and childhood care to reduce chronic diseases and improve future enlistment fitness.
A woman reflects on gender roles and independence, praising female strength while noting tensions between women’s autonomy and expectations of deference. She recalls a strict mother, a self-reliant life abroad, and plans to write her story as a strong woman who remains true to her Romany heritage.
The piece recounts a Paris meeting between Queen Marie and Prince Carol over hair style and marriage disputes. It argues small personal spats can ignite larger crises, noting how wars often begin from trivial royal quarrels rather than grand ideals.
Joseph M. Hanegon of Yankton South Dakota rose from a young man serving in an Otis Elevator Company in St. Louis to a major in World War I. He later farmed and wrote, contributed to frontier and military history, and edited the Interallied Games history in Paris. Born in Yankton he pursued literary ambitions while serving in the National Guard and WWI.
Mist Cathy-They don’t.
Daily Good highlights small acts of kindness that spread across the town. Readers share daily deeds that improve lives, from helping neighbors to supporting local services, showcasing practical compassion in everyday moments.
An advertisement in the Lake Shore News seeks female workers for Wolcott Canning Factory. The notice emphasizes steady employment and likely wages, inviting applicants to inquire locally.
A critical column denounces self-torture holy men in India where crowds fund their suffering. The writer cites nails beds in Bombay during a festival, questions fraud, and argues Western nations would seize such displays as indecent. The piece contrasts feasts of faith with modern work ethic.
The piece traces the term salad days as youth’s unripe judgment and rash acts, notes Shakespeare’s and other phrases, explains April Fool’s pranks and the flogging slang derived from saddle punishments in old schools. It highlights the evolution from harsh discipline to cultural expressions.
The Haiimeda is a green seaweed thriving on outer reef edges. It encrusts its fronds with carbonate of lime from a foot below sea level to forty five fathoms deep. It forms tufted masses and, in favorable conditions, triangular joints join to create thick limestone beds. Copyright 1927 King Features Syndicate Inc.
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