Garner Rebuke to Hoover Based on Constitution
Garner argues that Speaker John N. Garner upholds the U.S. Constitution’s checks and balances by minding his own business and resisting executive overreach. He contrasts Garner’s stance with President Hoover’s push for blanket presidential appointment power, stressing Garner’s defense of legislative prerogatives and constitutional division of power.
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Garner
Hoover
House of Representatives
Washington
John N. Garner
Texas
Kim
Seaver
United States
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Myover
Congress
Soover
Herbert Hoover
Xenophiles Wanted to Describe Foreign-Loving Italians
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti coins Xenophilism for Italians obsessed with foreign things. The essay notes xenophilists exist worldwide and in America but laments the word is long. It suggests humorous terms like bitten by a foreign hug or Ex-Americans as alternatives.
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Filippo Marinetti
America
City Notebook of Nightlife and News in Dim Echoes
A stream of portraits and wry vignettes set in a metropolitan mood, naming actors writers and editors like Marlene Deltrich Gilda Groy and Ernes Teming. The piece riffs on fashion cinema and city life while a windstorm over Flatiron and skylines sparks humorous reflections on fame and the era.
Parrot Fever Warning For Bird Purchases In 1953
Royal S Copeland warns readers about parrot fever or psittacosis. The disease spreads from diseased birds to humans, with symptoms resembling flu. He urges health checks on imported birds, isolation if doubtful, and sanctions on importation to protect public health.
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Milias Beer
United States
Beaith
Wiens
Copsetehe
Texas Trails on Snow and Town Tales of Devine Hope
A rambling column recalls a distant snowfall near Hoerne and San Antonio and a herd of local kids chasing snow. It notes a Schubrenburg Sticker item about Henry Russek the game warden keeping five deer in captivity and warns parents to let children see the creatures. It then shifts to Ramon Larcalcal, a disabled street figure in Wenedy who died after pneumonia. Old Man Taltry in Devine boosts a Saturday film show to entertain local families while merchants profit.
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Hoerne
San Antonio
San Antonis
Traliz
Newspeyer
Henry Russek
Streker
Ramon
Wenedy
Taltry
Devine
Nave
Rabbit chasing and rural letters in a county light office
Harry Williams recalls visiting his father on Chalk street and encountering a rabbit-feeding delay at the Light office. Trails longs for a Medina City trip and wonders how a tabbit boxake tastes after months of feeding. Swinney remains unsettled.
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Medina Clent
Medina City
Swinney
Dare to Live a True Life in 1908 Inklings
A fragmented excerpt by Elsie Robinson urges bold living over passive existence. It extols courage to seize opportunities, embrace life fully, resist conformity, and endure loneliness while pursuing truth and individual happiness. The piece references love’s risks and personal growth as core aims.
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Ife
Hue
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland
A light humorous column on ex couples and second honeymoons. The piece muses on ex spouses meeting in public and the lure of a second honeymoon, noting changes in married life and the appeal of simple travels without wedding excess.
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Helen Rowland
Ten and Twenty Years Ago in The San Antonio Light
From the files of February 25 1922 a legal action by Bexar county seeks about 75 against nine county officials over back taxes and delinquent fees. An airplane ambulance is built at Kelly Field aboard a Delfaviland 44 remodeled by Treut Delmar H. Dubton. Fiesta queen designation notes unmarried status. Miss Blevens weds Foard Townsend in New Orleans. Miss Stevens is daughter of the Marlin postmaster. Fines of 15 dollars levied on two girls for vagrancy after horseback riding. incident described near city marker with a wagon wheel cause.
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Seventy-third District Court
Bexar County
Kelly Field
Delfaviland 44
Treut
Delmar H. Dubton
Groun
San Jacinto
Blevens
Townsend
New Orleans
Gtevens
J. J. Glovers
Marlin Eireet
Buckley
Gardenes
Eclordants
Elly Marker - Hove
Eleanor Elevena
Youlle
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Marlene Deltrich
Gilda Groy
Geraddine Farrar Soyeller
Srom Gray Vlair
Boston
Harry Tierney
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Jy Toy
Ritz Starler
Morell
Marx Brother
Hamish McLaurin
Dick Devlin
Beryl Wallace
John Finley
Philadelphia
Ted Bauder
the Waldorf
Peter Arno
Normandie
Linn Shade
Ethel Merman
Tilly Gaxton
Mayor Walker
Sid Bolomen
Ednarf
Vincent Millay
Raymond Hitcheack
Mike
Siac
Squire Mauck
Elly
Ptaimesshock
Iatler
Irvin Cobb
CVI
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Teer
Oaders
Royal S. Copeland
Harry Williams
Elsie Robinson
Prem Tat
Uul
Niga
Tare
King Fealstow
Bermuda
Trousseau
Antona
Arveten
Heta
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