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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1933
Page
3
The editorial piece discusses London's gorilla house and its large apes, highlighting medical cautions about human disease transmission. It quotes Haldane on human origins linked to apes and muses on race and evolution while urging readers to protect children from illness and moralize about humanity's place in nature.
A nostalgic return to a bustling newsroom reveals a tense, rule bending culture. The piece contrasts old hands like Northcliffe and Floyd Gibbons with editors and reporters facing the lure of danger, duty, and the ever present ink in the blood of journalism.
A reflective sketch from 1933 on newspaper work, detailing the journalist’s enduring dedication, the pull of reporting over magazine fame, and tributes to fellow reporters like Frank Ward O Malley and Irvin Cobb. It contrasts career risks with the lure of publishing and the demanding life at the press.
Elsie Robinson argues love does not fix personal flaws but reveals them. Readers are urged to stop blaming partners and instead cultivate contentment, ambition, and happiness through self effort. Love can comfort and inspire but cannot create a changed self or overcome laziness or fear.
Items from The San Antonio Light recount long past moments including grain deliveries by Hemphill brothers near Wall, Texas with prices above market, a Civil War veterans reunion trip by M D Manermen and Bam Maver, and a polo tournament championship in the Southern department. Also notes the city’s Women’s Christian role and police capacity in local governance.
A tunnel disaster in Jersey City tests enduring bravery as Pietro Tullo and Anton Kwiakowski risk life to save others. Tullo grimly survives after hours of rock crushing, while a priest administers last rites. the tale blends with a tale of an unseen pension linked to Charles II, traced by a New York laundryman, revealing a centuries-old cross-Atlantic thread from Worcester to modern Queens.
Fragmentary reminiscence recalls a Montana cattle herd movement in 1882 near Mason County. Names and places are garbled but reference to cattle, signs of travel, and a distant past emerge from the OCR. The piece reads like a memory collage with scattered surnames and locales.
A collage of aphorisms on marriage and romance from Helen Rowland. It contrasts a woman's craft in choosing between two suitors with a man's supposed neutrality and a philandering husband's limits. It touches on jealousy, mental cruelty, and the idea that intelligent, principled women earn respect while bachelors fare poorly. Also notes a baseball interlude and Schmeling’s return trip.
Ross Bush a 17-year-old standout from Sunset High School Dallas has chosen the University of Southern California beginning September. He recently broke the Chicago half mile scholastic record and carries an exceptional 0.8 grade average through four years of high school.
In a Texan League event held at Gale Arena, stars from Dallas and Fort Worth competed in a high profile match with Kattan and Kennedy among noted participants. Widespread fanfare marked the bout as a showcase of local talent and athletic prowess.
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