Organizing for Lower Taxes in Texas Real Estate
John F. Zeller of San Antonio, new president of the Texas Real Estate Association, calls unfair ad valorem taxation the top problem hindering Texas real estate development. He urges coordinated, statewide effort to organize taxpayers against tax spenders who he says control state and local government, noting property owners pay 68 percent of the total tax load. A taxation committee will propose relief by April and disseminate information to push an intelligent action program.
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The
Texas Real Estate Association
John F. Zeller
San Antonio
Texas
Zeller
Real Estate Association
Lill
Bad Conscience and Japan in Early Pacific News
An Associated Press dispatch from Tokyo on February 3 reports a Japanese spokesman saying American and British rearmament incites others to build navies. The piece argues Japan fears a strong American fleet, condemns treaty evasion, and accuses Japan of secret and open defiance while portraying Japan as the wolf of the Orient facing a growing Pacific defense.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Yace
Orient
Japan
Meniere’s Disease and the Balance Chambers
A historic overview describes Meniere's disease as a balance disorder noted by Dr. Meniere and a French physician, outlining how the inner ear's semicircular canals detect body position. It explains dizziness as a symptom from altered fluid mechanics in inner ear canals, causing vertigo and balance loss rather than mere dizziness.
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Meniere
Meniers
Santas Na Thi
Mes Ayio
Medical insight on Mentere’s disease and symptoms
By Royal S Copeland MD notes symptoms commonly linked to chronic ear infection high blood pressure heart disease anemia and arterial hardening. Warns against neglecting symptoms and stresses medical attention for craziness or mental changes.
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Mentere
King Feas
Ayo, Inc
San Antonio Chamber Budget Shows $128,000 for 1928
The 1928 budget for the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce totals 128000 with 20150 for general administration 25000 for trade extension work and 20150 for publicity and conventions. Also notes screenings at local theaters and a push by the San Antonio dairy group and city officials over rising telephone rates and feed shortages.
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Frarvary
San Antonis
Vivid Curtain Calls from a Bygone Broadway Era
McIntyre's column in 1938 New York canvasses showy show folk and social buzz. Names like Morris Gest, Ziegfeld, Belasco, and Rockefeller loom as era touchstones, with references to Benny Goodman, Eddie Duchin, and Disney's Snow White sketching a lively theater world and its celebrity culture.
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David Belasco
Ziegfeld
Charles Frohman
Oscar Hammerstein
Morris
Europe
Batlett's
Chiuye Sourls
Moscow
Benny Goodman
Paramount Theater Patons
She Fickie
Guy Lombard
ABC
Eddy Duchin
Hal Kemp
Glen Gray
Fred Waring
Phil Spitably
Horace Heidt
Tommy Dorsey
Bunny Berigan
Lloyds of London and the odd insured lives tale
Lloyds of London celebrates its two hundred forty-ninth birthday while insurers joke about bizarre policies on Shirley Temple and others. The piece recalls Lloyds history from a coffee house at Tower Street to a global shipping risk conduit with quirky coverages and legends, including a $40,000 policy on George M. Cohan and Sam Harris and a tale from 1688 about Edward Lloyd.
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Shirley Temple
Mademoiselle Polaire
Mademoiselle Missinguette
London
Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's
Edward Wimdesor
Edward Lloyd
Tower Street
Ana
Canton
China
Sidney
Australia
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Europe
Sam Pepys
Lloyd’s
England
George M. Cohan
Sam Harris
John Barrymore
Coban and Harris
Bobby Jones
Lloyds and the Lutine Bell A Window Into Ships and Treasure
Edwin C. Hill portrays Lloyds in London as a storied institution where underwriters gather to hear news posted at the ship’s bell. The Lutine bell tolls to signal overdue ships or presumed losses, recalling the Lutine treasure wreck and the famous 4 million dollar stake tied to a 40 to 1 odds syndicate in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Bobby
Lloyd's
Suzetter
Loyd
Floyd
London
King Weas
Dyed. Inc
The Great Law of Culture and Marital Ideals
A fragmented quotation passage discusses Carlyth and Joni Webster with reflections on culture and the idea that a person becomes all they are capable of being. It contrasts visions of ideal partnership with remarks about a woman’s role and suitability for a chosen man.
Public Recital Encourages Renewal of Vows and Dreams
A Denver writer urges readers to reclaim youthful vows and dreams lost to hardship and divorce. The piece, aimed at a mass audience, calls for courage to face life’s obstacles and to reclaim the self that dreamed of great risks and triumph.
Releaze Your True Self From the Mental Attic
Elsie Robinson urges readers to release their true self from fear and despair and unleash it into life. She emphasizes embracing battles, love, and risk, noting that tears turn to joy as perseverance builds a stronger self.
Notable Figures Across Fields From Arts to Sports
A mixed list links famous names across arts science and sport. Jesse Owens, Benjamin Franklin and Mozart appear among varied figures, with others like Lehar and Sarazen noted. The text hints at patrons, inventors, composers, and champions, suggesting a column of quick cross‑discipline fame.
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Jesse Owens
Benjamin Franklin
Frederick Cook
A. Julliard
Gene Sarazen
Maurice Ravel
Adelina Paul
Mctor Herbert
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Meniere’s
Royal S. Copeland, M.D
A. Light Files
Norma Shearer
Empire Theater
Norma Trimadge
Mary Astor
Floyd Hughes
Te Aztec
William Furnes
Joan Crawford
West Point
Prices C Center
Taesedy
Will
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Traveléra
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Sam G. Bell
To City, Commission
Both B. Carrington
George ¥. Littler
Bexar County Dairymen's Association
McIntyre
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Sugarman
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Francine Larrimore
Esquire
Nester
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Eddy Duehin
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Johnson
Steven Hannagan
Forte Rico
Sherman Billingsley
Courtese di Frasso
Chicago
Dick Griner
Vernon Casila
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Verne Porter
Brack Femherton
Major Bowes
Walter Damrasch
Morris Gest
Gotham
Olio
Mark Hanna
Cleveland
Hanna
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
West Fifty. Fourth Street
Museum of Modern Art
West Fifty-third Street
McNaught Syud., Inc
Lloyd’s of London
By Edwin C. Hill
Joni Webster
Elizabeth M. Wetman
Elsle Robinson
Seid
River
Blue Day
Elsabeth Weldman
Denver
Cols
Fatty
Mike
Elsie Robinson
Aneers
Dows
Elizabeth A
Weddman
Colo
Thirtieth Street
Indy
King Peas. Synd., Inc
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Sage
Rae Swan
Matedim Campbell
Frangs Lehartees
Alewandy Alekhine
Woltganty Mozart
Uslo
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Wiss
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