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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
7
A narrated tale of jealousy, blackmail threats, and emotional turmoil around Jim, Jeanie, and Brooke. The narrator faces a choice between supporting Jeanie after her baby's death and honoring a demanding career as general manager, while Jim plans to visit Jeanie as tensions rise. Continued tomorrow.
A fragmentary note claims the Stone of Scone once formed the Westminster coronation seat and was taken from Tara, Ireland in 840, with garbled names and uncertain details.
Pa buys a large wide brimmed hat for Ma after a night in town. Ma questions the choice as Pa defends his selection and pokes fun at their jokes, recalling past attire and family banter. The scene depicts a lighthearted domestic exchange with affectionate humor.
An essay argues that most people fail to observe clearly. It cites court and police testimony on limited recall and describes how memory and attention shape what we notice. It notes women often appear to see more in social contexts while men notice flaws, with readers urged to consider what they actually observe.
A poetic meditation on family bonds and chosen kinship. The speaker honors blood ties while elevating a stronger, spiritual kinship that transcends lineage, suggesting fate and divine will shape enduring loyalty beyond blood relations.
A married man and a dreaming wife navigate aging roles and mismatched ambitions. A second affair with a younger woman reawakens his fantasies, ultimately exposing his disillusionment with his marriage and self. Copyright 1925 King Features Syndicate.
A reader asks if a girl should give a gift to a male invitee at a birthday party. The advised options include a book, cigarettes, candy, mints, nuts, or fruit, suggesting practical modest gifts rather than lavish presents.
A travel tale set on the Hat country banks of the White Nile recounts a plantation scene with hippos, drums, and a daring native escape. Three youngsters and a host observe a hippo terrorizing crops and witness a canoe scene before fleeing to safety.
Instructions for making homemade candied fruits and vegetables. Details include syrup quantities, steps to cook until threads form, draining, drying on cheesecloth, and packing between paraffin paper. Also covers candied quinces pineapples and carrots with optional lemon juice, plus a pumpkin candy recipe with gidget and sugar.
Dowager Queen Alexandra of England observed her eightieth birthday with messages of congratulation from across the empire. Royal salutes fired in Ayre Park and Windsor Park, and Windsor bells rang in honor as she spent the day quietly with royal family members.
A 21 year old defers a parents chosen marriage, loving the man she knows and respects. The adviser urges confronting the promise, seeking to delay marriage, and suggests parental reasons may justify the choice while encouraging dialogue and time for love to develop.
A readable excerpt from Meditations of a Wife urges balance in marriage. The speaker asks to be valued as a friend and partner, not worshiped or confined, seeking mutual respect, shared effort, and realistic ideals instead of impossible perfection.
An OCR fragment cites lines on love and loyalty from Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona and Like It, plus remarks from Daniel Webster on Captain White’s murder, and Matthew Henry on blushing. It attributes a 1924 King Features feature.
Middle aged women in Ohio and Connecticut report relief from symptoms of the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ennis Ackerman of Convoy credits eight bottles with restoring work ability and recommends it to others. Mrs Mayer of Litchfield describes improved sleep digestion and fewer hot waves after five bottles.
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