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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1927
Page
7
A joke contest awarded to Leo Cotton for a quip about a child and swimming class. The entry notes a tradition of gifting Aunt Bella’s face lotion to the winner, a child under ten years old.
A collage of early 20th century snippets blends an inspirational department vignette with grim crime notes. The piece recounts a street sweeper’s stoic pride, a Boston murder discovery near Mattapan, eccentric radio goofs, and a relic of famous last words from Count Salm.
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