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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1922
Page
2
The dispatch from Montevideo notes Sir Ernest Shackleton's burial in the polar wilderness. His death is seen as a fitting tribute to a life of achievement, with the grave likely to endure in English memory even as the world turns away.
A veteran business leader emphasizes firsthand knowledge gained through hands on work. He recalls busts, failures, and fierce effort building enterprises from the ground up until he can say I KNEW and relies on direct understanding over secondhand advice. He warns that true knowledge requires personal experience and practical engagement.
Mildred, a newlywed in a wartime home, cherishes her "vice, new, shiny husband" and a mahogany bedroom suite. Her husband Herbert salvages old items from backyards, restoring them with hammer and glue, while Mildred adapts by salvaging small items herself. Their domestic harmony frays as salvaging becomes their daily life, until a final quarrel ends the calm.
A Fort Worth speech by R. B. Creager offers Texas a controversial inducement to embrace the Republican party. He claims a Republican Congress would defend the South from economic theft by Eastern manufacturers, urging Texans to switch parties to stop such exploitation. The piece notes the implied coercion and questions integrity if Democratic states face ongoing injury as a political tactic.
A Monte analysis reports the burial of Sir Linethackelton, a world famous explorer, as an event revealing British restraint in expressing emotion. The piece contrasts Anglons with Mediterranean and New World cultures, noting how other societies exalt eminent dead. It discusses differing funeral sensibilities and the role of public memorials.
The piece notes police in New York and Chicago are intensifying training to improve marksmanship and observation of officers. It argues better training reduces crime by creating sharper shooters and more accurate witnesses, with emphasis on immediate gathering of essential details after incidents. It also touches on political commentary about Attorney General Daugherty and President Harding, plus a brief Hollywood scandal aside.
President Wilson faced cabinet friction due to temperament and policies. The article notes that Attorney General Daugherty is a source of potential embarrassment for President Harding as the next election approaches, reflecting tensions in high-level Washington affairs.
A whimsical tale of a Sugar-Plim Tree by the Lallypon Sea in Shulelye Town. A gingerbread dog guards a chocolate eat while sugar plums rain to the ground, and children may claim marshmallows and other treats if they repeat the right word.
Poem reflects a speaker drawing nearer to death and faith, invoking heavenly realms and the divine throne. The speaker asks for perfect trust and spiritual assurance, addressing a mother figure and expressing longing for a steadfast Christian faith as life ends. The verse dwells on mortality, eternity, and hopeful closure.
The article reviews why a fractured bone may fail to unite after proper setting and fixation. It cites malnutrition, vitamin and salt deficiencies, bone infections from teeth or tonsils to the gut, constitutional infectious diseases like tuberculosis and syphilis, and possible surgical or metabolic interferences. Endocrine factors and impaired nutrient artery supply are also discussed as possible causes.
A humorous critique of social norms notes how wealth does not fix character and how people misjudge others. It contrasts appearances with virtue, warns against idle boasts, and reflects on love, responsibility, and the pull of shallow standards in everyday life.
In a slice of local color a village council debates a neighbor’s honesty while an elder recalls a neighbor’s blunt reaction to Perkins. A teacher quizzes a New York child on seasons, a bluesy claim about Texans, and a traveling man’s two dollar rig riddle unfold through peculiarly dated, humorous recollections. Frederick discovers Treasure Island and blissfully mistakes it for daily bread, while prayers end with a joke about rum.
The article lists a program at Empire with The Crim Comedian and St Elmo. Also noted are Loewe's and dramatic titles Why Girls Leave Tome and Conflict. The snippet mentions Vauderille Lon and other theatre terms in a film schedule style.
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