Editorial on tax folly and restraint in 1936
The piece denounces a rushed tax bill as economically harmful and politically risky. It cites Senator Lewis of Illinois warning that taxes should be justified by necessity and that excessive levies choke recovery. The Denver Post is quoted affirming that thousands of taxpayers support such prudent views and oppose ill considered taxation.
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Opening of the Tareds Mexico City highway praised in San Antonio
The 760 mile road forms a Pan American link from Texas to Mexico City and beyond, celebrated for engineering brilliance and dramatic mountain carving. San Antonio leads in saluting Mexico’s achievement and urges travelers to experience the scenic route that outshines the old San Antonio Laredo road.
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South Americas
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Political restraints threaten future US recovery progress
The piece argues New Dealers will claim credit for favorable outcomes while downplaying slow recovery and the impact of New Deal restrictions. It cites Supreme Court rulings and the London Times noting partial gains amid continued barriers to full economic revival and ongoing idle workers reliant on temporary government pay.
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London Times
United States
Tammany Trail Marks Rise Of Political Trades In Judgeships
George A. Phair laments the shift from merit to political backing in securing federal jobs and judgeships. The piece portrays a decline in reverence for earned honors as officials climb the Tammany Trail, aided by eye boys and party influence.
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Jim Farley
Eye Boys
George A. Phair
House Fly Dangers and Sanitation Urged by Copeland
In a 1958 piece Dr. Copeland warns that house flies signal summer and uncleanliness while spreading diseases such as smallpox erysipelas anthrax and tuberculosis. He calls for destroying breeding sites cleaning stables garbage control covered food and regular sanitation to curb their spread.
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King Peas, Synod, Inc
Last Alamo Witness, 106, Dies in San Antonio Era Note
Aged 106 Mrs Alva Rios claimed the last surviving witness to the Alamo fall, recounting her arrival during Santa Anna era. San Antonio sports writer Roberto Lerner later edited the second edition of the Light Division Review after Cmdr Wittingham left for China. An 1914 ordinance banning riverbank fishing expired reinstating fishing in the San Antonio River.
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Alamo
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China
Listen World Embraces Equality Yet Clings to Femininity
A 1930s column argues women deserve equal training and rights yet mockingly critiques a San Jose State College beauty contest. It asserts women are biologically capable, cites endurance and brainpower, and questions persistence of beauty rituals as a social trap. The piece ends with a provocative, satirical tone.
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Elsie Robinson
San Jose State College
California
San Jose State
Quefl &T
Womer Sb
George
Ang
Wandering Dr Pease Stirs Old West Side Echoes
In a Far West Seventy-second Street portrait, Dr Charles G Pease aged 82 remains a public figure and foe of tobacco coffee and meat. The long retired Chronicler notes his enduring vigor, legality of subway smoking restrictions, and a life weaving through Connecticut farm scenes and New York cultural circles.
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New York
Charles . G. Pease
West Seventy-second Street
Pease
George Berhard Shay
Chanyin
Connecticut
Ufa
Edna Miley
Dorot Ae
Forefathers and the Declaration of July Fourth 1776
A compact note recounts how Jefferson drafted the Declaration after King George challenged colonial charters. It notes Washington chaired the formation of the Constitution as supreme law and the Supreme Court as arbiter to ensure state and executive compliance, against foreign jurisdiction. The piece bookmarks the 1936 reprint by King Feas. Send. lea.
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Ase Sena
George Washington
Supremé Court
Nile
Feas
Words of Wisdom on Temptation and Censure
A compact antique verse fragment muses on temptation and treason within appearances. It cites Powell, Henry, Swift, and a nameless author, noting that outward beauty can mask danger and that public censure acts as a tax on prominence.
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