Getting the Works by T E Powers and Critics
A fragmentary diary column recounts social nights in New York with doctors writers and critics. Isabel Paterson is noted as a new Literary Guild pick, while figures like Alfred Lunt and Dwight Morrow are mentioned in brisk, gossiping vignettes about lunches, theaters, baths, and literary pretension. The tone mirrors a downtown column ca. 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Paterson
New York
Critix
Literary Guild
Domestic Air Mail Merits Support of Congress
A call to restore the House voted appropriation for domestic air mail after the Senate struck it from the treasury post office bill. The piece argues air mail supports 30,000 workers, hundreds of millions in investments, and a growing aviation industry, urging Congress to back expansion to prevent widespread job losses and economic harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Treasury-Post Office
House
Appropriations Committee
Democratic House
United States
Deaf blind in the United States and Canada children and adults
A five year investigation finds 887 deaf blind individuals in the United States and 57 in Canada. Most are white, with some Black and one Indian. Veterans among them. London Paris Berlin Vienna begin registers to aid and educate. Investigators Mrs. Corinne Roten Mack and Mina Rebecca Mack urge similar action in the U S. Many afflicted are bright mentally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Corinne Roten Mack
Washington, D. C
Dent
Mina Rebecca Mack
Cincinnati
Anea
Listen World! By Elsie Robinson
An column discusses changing roles as working wives challenge traditional marriage. It argues women’s independence disrupts male egos and how husbands react with resentment, illness, and anger while wives swing between care and disdain. It poses questions about future marriage and societal adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anabel
Ana Master
Kitter
Two Cent Increase in San Antonio Tax Rate
From February 20 1823 report the city commission adopted a tax rate rise to 2.26 per hundred with Commissioner Pfeiffer blaming the school board. Adjacent property on Fast Houston Street shifted from Edward Richardson to John Anthony and L Bantikea via Altgelt and Altgelt. No improvement plans announced. Also notes on 1913 tax valuation and a seventh grade school installation under Superintendent Charles J. Luckin at Avenue E B and Avenue M building loan by Mrs. J. He Kempman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Nho City Commission
Pfeiffer
Maverick Building
Fast Houston Street
Edward FR. Richardson
John PD. Anthony
L. Bantikea
Yoatercny
Altgelt and
Altgelt
Osessor
Avenue
Charled J. Luckin
Avenue M
Mra
J. He Kempman
Ear Hygiene Advice From Royal 5 Copeland M D
A physician warns against noisy nose blowing and ear picking on crowded trains. It urges gentle one nostril blows, warns of middle ear infection risks, and cautions against inserting objects into the ear while stressing wax safety and daily ear nose throat hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otten
Yeads
Ian
King Feas Arn. Inc
Remembering a San Antonio real estate boom of old
Life mentions a 41 year old San Antonio real estate boom when suburban property rose rapidly and fortunes were made. Areas beyond what locals called West End Lake were taxed at 9500 each, lacking trolley bus service or sewers. The boom collapsed, fortunes disappeared, and the mood shifted in the small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antopio
West End Lake
Nghia
Wea
Homselves
Wes
Letter of thanks to Aunt Mary from new mother
In a revival through the etiquette column a reader asks for a suitable letter of thanks to a generous aunt who sent a baby bonnet and a congratulatory gift. The reply-style sample expresses warm appreciation and invites future visits, signing off with affectionate thanks from Mary and Jack for their newborn daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiissue Ceyster
Mary
John
Jack
Kine Lean Ryn
Gorilla Hair as Rain Shelter Reveals Nature’s Design
A zoological note on how gorilla hair directs rain from sleeping bodies. Hair patterns differ by body area, with head hair receding, chest scarcely haired, and forelimbs styled to shed rain. Humans retain less body hair while some primitive groups show chest fur. Gorillas prefer solitude and pose no threat when left alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loward
Nature
Tyne
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Barnard Gimbles
Donjon
Lisle Bell
Isaac Marcossons
Clara Walsh
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Frank Sullivan
America
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Irving Thalberg
Bob Rubin
Gouverneur Morris
Tahiti
Rupert Hughes
James Jagney
Garrick
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Lexington Avenue
Tirpitz
Peeper
Dororight
McNaught
Ink
Continental
Elsie Robinson
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Bo Lhen
Bing Mena
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