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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1937
Page
4
A essay-like meditation argues experience gained through living surpasses college study and books. It emphasizes observing reality, mental discipline from reading as a gymnasium, and learning to swim by actually starting to swim, not just studying.
Secretary Morgenthau, pressed by reporters, urges lawmakers to curb borrowing and spending. He warns taxpayers and future generations will bear the burden as the government has accumulated 45 billion dollars in debt. He says newsmen report facts, but the spending is a duty of government agencies to address.
President Roosevelt tells the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of America that the nation will cooperate for world peace but must first keep its own peace. He stresses setting an example by avoiding entanglements and quarrels abroad.
In a rambling column McIntyre reflects on desire and frivolous luxury, recalling a lavish chaise lounge obsession and a moodily satirical take on high society. He cites a costly divan, eccentric tastes, and social theatrics, naming figures in journalism and entertainment as a critique of excessive display.
In 1802 Dr Charles Watt Ell Stiles identified hookworms Necator americanus and sparked chatter about the lazy rural populations they affect. Rockefeller Foundation funded study, then progress in prevention. Mentions carbon tetrachloride use and hookworm symptoms including weight loss fatigue and pica. Copyt. 1997 King Feas Synd Inc.
The San Antonio traces council objects to a chamber of commerce plan to tax property owners for chamber maintenance. A city clerk filed a resolution calling the plan not conducive to the common good. Dr W A King, allied with health officials, notes a state health officer election meeting. A national wireless plant on the border has been dismantled amid interagency radio interference. Interest grows in preserving the ancient governor’s palace on Military Plaza as funds come in.
A skeptical essay argues the United States buys and buries vast gold reserves, about 12,000,000,000 worth, to sterilize the metal in vaults like Kentucky while interest costs and inflation fears rise. It cites gold’s rising price, world market jitters, and policy risks as economies wobble between gold standard moves and depreciation fears.
A narrator recalls his father Alex Robinson whose worn suit hides a life of struggle and sacrifice. Once a dandy amid California’s labor upheavals, he hid his youth to provide for his children while facing poverty and illness. The story ends with a reflection on legacy and the idea of first prize for 10st ads.
Students match quotes to their sources including Shakespeare Kipling Field Carroll and others. The list pairs lines with authors or works such as The Old Moulmein Pagoda and The Wheel Has Come Full Circle, noting misquotes and misattributions for a comic pane puzzle.
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