National Defense Week Observance Calls for Prepared Nation
The piece urges observing National Defense Week between Lincoln and Washington birthdays to stress the fundamentals of national security. It champions a scientifically modernized defense across army navy and aerial defense, warns against empty gestures, and calls every citizen to participate in preparedness.
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Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Washington
Lincoln
Congress
Soviet cosmetic czar wins Lenin order for rouge and beauty items
The piece notes Comrade Paulina Semyonova Zhemchuzhina, wife of the Soviet prime minister, being awarded the Order of Lenin for supervising cosmetic production including rouge lipstick eyebrow pencil perfume and other items. Eight trust workers receive the Order of the Red Banner amid commentary on gender roles and Soviet progress.
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Paulina Semyonova Zhemchuzhina
Order of
Lenin
Paulina
Molotov
Sov Union
Order of the Red Banner
Modified Nudism Shapes Next Summer Fashion Trends
Designers unveil exotic streamlined nudist inspired lines for hot weather. Skirts split at the side above the hip or waist. evening wear features winged accents. Fabrics include ebony, straw and isinglass. models blush at revealing swimsuits as buyers note sunburned looks.
Once Overs New York Show Tells Broad Way Tale
A garbled New York piece chronicles Peagy Fears and Feggy Joyce in a vivid stage season from Dallas with a cast of Broadway types. It notes Jimmy Walser and a private trip, plus Farley, Grauvho Marx, and Andres de Segurota in Hollywood work. The prose wanders through fashion, a retina injury, a met singer’s return, and hairpiece lore, closing on A. E. Mathews as a leading actor of the era.
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New York
Feggy Joyce
Jimmy Walser
Dallas
Texas
Ah. Pittipes
Buni Tess
Andres de Segurota
Hollywood Pictures
Garus
Met
Ten and Twenty Years Ago in San Antonio Notes
From the files of February 14 1924 comings and goings include Moke Meyers visiting San Antonio and remarking on baseball plans with Detroit tensions while club leadership rotates to new president N F Van Hoogenhuyze. February 14 1914 highlights feature Dr J Porter addressing San Antonio High School graduates and Mr and Mrs C G Quitlman sailing to the West Indies via New York for canal and Panama visit.
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Leslie
Moke
J. Porter
First Baptist Church
Ban Antonio High School
C. G. Quitltan
Ban Antonio
New York
West Indies
Panama Canal
Thyroid Gland and Myxedema Medical Overview
Royal Copeland describes the thyroid gland as a key endocrine organ and explains myxedema, a deficiency disorder in adults often misdiagnosed. Symptoms include coarse brittle hair and weight changes from fluid swelling. Advances in treatment are noted, highlighting improved outcomes.
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Royal
Copeland
King Vems
Byrd Ine
Real Hard Times in Old South
A narrative reviews Civil War era shortages and resilience in the South, detailing scarcities like coffee tea medicines and stays for gowns, plus inflation of flour and bacon. It notes Southern women crafting substitutes, a blockade runner scandal, and Confederate resolve as a model for postwar recovery. It also mentions Franklin D Roosevelt's era optimism and Atterbury's bipartisanship as economic improvement continues.
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South
Mason
Dixon
Allen Tate Stites
Jefferson Davis
Khem
Confederacy
Richmond
Sterman
Columbia
Booth Carolina
America
Tab
Hard Times Are Not a Blessing, Elsie Laments
Elsie Robinson laments that four years of depression were not a blessing but a result of human stupidity and selfishness. She condemns Pollyannaish cheer, urges accountability, and argues prosperity was within reach if intelligence and decency had prevailed. She calls for honest facing of fault and rejects comforting clichés.
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Elsie Robinson
Lala
Tve
Hyante
Ming Peas
Syn
Tre
Gold curse and stock crash fear in late era
A fragmented era piece notes money experts warning that gold has long cursed the nation for a century. It cites a dramatic rise in stock values and Wall Street instability, with cautious talk of potential crashes and shifting power around the Great Lakes and Canada.
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Reds
Soviet Russia
Opsouele County
O. O. McIntyre
Tinty Moore's
Grauvho Marx
Rena
Hallywood
Chicago
Farly
Gods of
Comedy
Dong
Alount
John Drew
Empire
Arene
Wiloge
Lo A. E. Mathews
Artis
Charis J. George
de San Antonio Light Saltsmanship Club
N. F. van Hoogenhuyze
White House
Administration Ballyhoo
Pennsylvania
Bigson Dollar
Pennsylvania Railroyd
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Uus
Yate
Geneva
Atterbury
Roosevelt School
Joseph B. Eastman
Theodore
Roosevelt
Milla
Pers Feck Health
Avery
Mr. Benkest
Candem
York Feck
Grea St. Lawrences
Canasta
United States
Canady
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