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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1927
Page
7
San Antonio extends fellowship to hundreds of Texas retailers for a ten day spring trade meet and style show. Merchants from OUTH and Southwest Texas arrive to buy first class goods and share marketing ideas while strengthening regional trade bonds and promoting home commerce.
Smithsonian explorers reveal widespread barter among ancient Columbia River peoples. Artifacts from Minnesota to Alaska show intertribal exchange as far back as before the horse era. The river once hosted a vast native population with rich stone work, petroglyphs, and burial grounds from The Dalles to the Canadian line.
A passage cites eminent persons urging that dull students be removed from school to work. It questions how to gauge a child’s true intellect. Anecdotes mention Walter Scott, Hume, and Chaterton as examples of perceived weakness and error in parental judgments.
Royal S Copeland M D urges lifestyle changes to combat constipation. He argues bowel health hinges on regular eating roughage vegetables fruits and ample water. He warns refined foods fats and pastry worsen the condition and advocates daily walking and physical activity.
An essay discusses why women dress to attract, tracing fashion’s role across eras and noting that men also emphasize attire. It contrasts primitive motives with modern sensibilities, observing how color, form, and display figure into social events and status symbols.
Dr Crane discusses how myths grow around famous people after death or fame, citing Lincoln, Kitchener, Moses, Arthur, Ney, Romulus, Remus, Washington and others. He argues historians seek truth while writers seek interest, noting newspapers favor unusual stories and people distort history for appeal.
Richard W Jennings of Providence rose from English life to become Rhode Island’s general treasurer after early roles as secretary to Governor Brown and later the state census and returning boards. He spent 18 years as secretary to the returning board before attaining the treasurer post, which he has held ever since.
A feature describes the wont ant as a widely distributed British insect living mainly in pine woods. The ants are harmless yet beneficial, clearing trees bushes caterpillars and grubs and capturing other insects. They are noted for courage and long foraging travels.
A LIFE cartoon by Sykes with Charles Dana Gibson humorously depicts the World Court controversy. It shows the Capitol and a mocked scene of Republican leaders dropping the World Court idea after elections. The piece mocks Coolidge and Senate opposition, portraying voters steering policy away from the World Court.
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