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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1927
Page
7
The narcotic education week asks every American to learn the facts about habit forming drugs and their wide social cost. It urges schoolrooms pulpits and press to inform and to promote state isolation farms for treatment as the best remedy. Citizens are urged to become factors in this effort.
Daniel Guggenheim notes Germany and Britain show strong air transport growth with half a million miles flown monthly and seven and a half million letters yearly on air mail to Casa Blanca. He cites cheaper air freight insurance and one passenger fatality per million miles in seven years. He urges ATR awareness for Americans.
The article argues that workers overly chasing speed sacrifice accuracy. Large production with many errors is less valuable than careful work. Employers want speed paired with accuracy, insisting that true appreciation comes from quality and minimal mistakes.
A 1927 feature extols laughter as a health tonic, noting its digestive and circulatory benefits. It urges readers to laugh often, seek humor, and even form a society to promote cheer to extend life and improve wellbeing.
The article traces James L. ? from a 14 year old in the New York Central office to chief roles across multiple railroads, including Harlem division, Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg, Hodset Putnam Electric, Boston & Albany, New York New Haven Hartford, and Boston & Maine, showing steady ascent to presidencies.
The writer explores the enduring allure of famous beauties from Cleopatra to Mary Stuart, noting how beauty and virtue can diverge and how admiration for elegant figures transcends time. Historic and contemporary visions alike captivate painters historians and the public, shaping imagination and cultural memory.
The article notes that these northern Atlantic egg birds lay one egg each on bare rocks. When colonies are large eggs roll together and mix, sparking fierce disputes. If an egg is lost during these arguments a single chick dies, causing many to plunge from cliffs into the sea.
A reader notes that good deeds often go undercounted by about half, suggesting public gratitude and communal spirit outweigh occasional negative reports. The observation invites readers to double check praise and broaden appreciation for acts of kindness.
The piece reflects President Coolidge’s view on the folly of competing armaments among nations and the burden of militarism. It notes the difficulty of balancing militaristic pressure with the need to avoid debt while preserving defense, urging a middle course to satisfy both hawks and doves.
The piece explains the origin of the phrase Hauled over the coals from medieval Ordeal by Fire. It describes criminals walking on hot coals and how surviving proven innocence or guilt. the figurative use applies to someone facing a harsh displeasure.
A heated portrait of Clarence Mackay clashing with his daughter Ellen for marrying Irving Berlin. The piece defends Ellen’s right to choose love over family prejudice, contrasting inherited wealth with Berlin’s self-made fortune and noting common religious bias.
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