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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1938

Page

5

Gold Is Where You Find It Chapter YX

Colonel Ferris in Sacrament valley faces a failing mortgage cash crunch and a bank reckoning over hydraulic mining ties. He plans to sell wheat, heed warnings from Nixon about mining threats, and confronts a future where channel shifts threaten his profits and livelihood.

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Manners On Ordering By Guests And Hosts

A reader question on dining etiquette notes that when a man and Indy dine together the host or waiter handles orders for both. It cites a well bred woman not giving her order directly, relying on the host to direct the waiter. The piece reflects archaic social expectations of deference and dominance in service dynamics.

Tymes Connelius Boeckman Indy King Peas

Every Woman a Lady at Heart Says Fay King

AY WING Aé herravery discusses female refinement and inner virtue. The piece contrasts a woman’s public poise with moments of coarse behavior, arguing true elegance comes from inner renewal and resisting loud environments.

Fay King AY Wing

How to Play and Win Tricks in Contract Bridge

A bridge column argues tricks are links in a chain not single win cards. It analyzes a West East misplay with a diamond queen and heart shift, noting better timing could yield a nine-trick, 200-point swing. Future hand shows South dealer, both sides vulnerable, with AQOs and assisting cards listed for play.

Newast West Declarer West Cold Tate Mio

Fritter preparation tips and banana fritter recipe guide

A compact guide covers shallow and deep frying using all-vegetable shortening, thermometer use, and cheesecloth filtration. Includes banana fritters with batter, shortening, and oil temperatures, plus a Spanish computation style batter with potatoes and peppers for fried dishes.

Miss Palrfax Advice Column Letter on Love and Studying

A reader seeks guidance from Miss Palrfax about love and education. The note contrasts a studious, college‑minded partner with a hedonistic, less educated beau, urging patience and tolerance while exploring whether love can overcome differences. The fragment ends with an ad for a needlecraft pattern and asks readers to mail in pattern details.

Marian Martin Pattern 3604 Dress Pattern Details

The ad outlines Marian Martin Pattern 3604 for a fitted dress with jabot and sleeve accents, sizing U6 to 48, with yardage and price notes. It promotes the pattern as easy to sew, flattering, and suited for spring fashion from baby to grandmother, with a pattern book and department contact.

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Spears Plans to Lease Oil Lands Criticized

A disjointed article fragment accuses Spears of plans to lease oil lands, alleging infidelity and a chaotic household. The text mentions a married man, his wife, and a pattern of housing transients when central relationships break. The source is fragmented and unclear about official actions.

Spears

Marriage and highway taxes stir Texas highway plan

A fragment from The Light cites Senator J Franklin Speara proposing to tax or revalue parts of Texas highways to raise about 15 million annually. The letter warns that focusing on highway openings could worsen deadliness, suggests locating state lands worth over 50 million, and questions federal gas royalties. Mixed commentary covers marriage, domestic roles, and fashion.

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Open Forum Condemns McCarthy Stance On Civil Liberties

Open Forum decries political coercion and religious intolerance, denouncing McCarthy and the “National Night” rhetoric. It defends religious liberty and free conscience, arguing for lawful justice and protection of homes from state overreach amid calls to stamp out racketeering.

Harold J. Ickes Civil Libertaies Union New York Sperry Will Pariah P, A McCarthy

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