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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1922
Page
8
Ruth Browning navigates advancement at a firm with two departments a wealthy president and a plan to marry upward through her new department while balancing mortgage worries and family dynamics. She accepts Mr Carrs invite for a Hudson weekend but returns early to keep control of her image and future.
Midseason fashion notes feature draping at the waist as a new hallmark of coat dresses and semi tailored frocks. French designs show straight silhouettes with waist fullness enhancing hips, using Canton crepe satin or crepe in contrasting shades.
A third floor resident recounts a noisy night in his apartment building. Intermittent telephone calls, a malfunctioning phonograph, street noises, and neighbors upstairs and downstairs keep him awake until dawn. The tale captures a mundane urban struggle with sleep.
A battered domestic scene shows Lila caring for a sick mother with nurse guidance and a stubborn, resourceful courage. The girl learns to time medicine, keep nourishment hot, and monitor temperatures while her father watches, all in a frostbound prairie home.
John Barton narrates a tense scene where Tommy Peele's temper is restrained as a hunter confronts actions against a dog. Mr Peele asserts control over his land and warns that only law enforcement can handle the accused poacher. Malty Kit, the red dog, ultimately chooses its master with Watch and Louie observing the outcome.
During Epiphany, St John’s Tutheran and nearby churches announce new sermon series. Topics include Jesus entering the home and Paul’s life in German, plus sermons on friendship and divine judgment. Theosophical Society begins weekly study classes led by L W Angers. Other pastors name sermons on Noah’s Ark and questions of belief. Riverside Park Baptist schedules sermons on healing and the great heart disease.
Good reading can comfort and grow yet can hinder self development if we copy others. The piece argues for original thought over borrowed ideas and urges readers to shape knowledge with their own perspective. It warns lazy reading and praises engaging with books to own understanding and mental growth.
A terse fragment reflects on success and failure, noting power taxes and gloom in days. It questions why one should choose the latter path and hints at bitter resignation rather than optimistic effort. The piece reads as a cautious, almost aphoristic musing.
Dr Stockton Axson professor at Rice Institute telegrammed Friday he will attend mid term exercises in San Antonio and deliver the commencement address at Brackenridge High January 27. Baccalaureate day is set for January 22 with about 95 graduates. a class play Old 1H will be staged during commencement week. Dr P B Hill will give the baccalaureate sermon January 15 for about 62 graduates at Main Avenue High. Dr Thomas W Butcher of Emporia State Normal will give the commencement address January 19.
Guadalme Z de Aguirre paid a 100 fine and served one hour in jail after pleading guilty to harboring a nation. He explained a Mexican friend stayed with him and was later deported. Albert A. Switzer pleaded guilty to Harrison anti narcotic act violations and was fined 250. Judge West deferred sentencing for Robert L. Stevens who admitted to preventing false government claims.
Washington D C Jan 7 Several hundred thousand more men will be employed in public works the winter than last year it was estimated Friday night by Col Arthur Woods chairman of the standing committee of the national conference on unemployment Considerable outdoor work has been planned for this winter he declared even in the most northerly parts of the country Among the states now doing highway work he said are Alabama Sinole Kansas Kentucky Minnesota Nebraska New Jersey North Carolina Rhode Island Washington and West Virginia while winter bridge building is going ahead in Delaware Minois Kansas Minnesota Missouri North Carolina and Wiser in
A statue honoring Joan of Arc was unveiled in Washington in the presence of President Harding and French Ambassador Jusserand. The gift from French women was dedicated to “the women of Amelia.” Secretary Weeks praised it as a monument to high human attainments and faith in God.
A City Federation of Women’s Clubs committee led by Mrs. Ralph Jackson and others was appointed to study a leprosy case in a Cuero family, with reports of a boy dying during the holidays. The group also urged city officials to enforce covered garbage can rules and planned February elections. Trades Day in Cuero drew rain and featured meat bargains, with acts including rope and straight jacket escapes.
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