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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1931
Page
8
The Bexar County Commission approves buying 100 voting machines pending their constitutional viability in Texas. Attorney General guidance suggests challenges to constitutionality are unlikely, with cost and maintenance cited as main concerns. Rental options could cover debt, and supporters tout ballot sanctity.
Local stimulation of interest in our ancient chain of missions should be the most noteworthy result of the bicentennial celebration now in progress. California missions have been exploited more than the Franciscan missions here, but San Antonio’s growing tourist appeal spreads knowledge and interest in the local missions. The community could profit from active efforts in restoration preservation and beautification, welcomed by custodians. The Franciscan order, absent from San Antonio, will return during bicentennial week to restore San Jose mission to its original state, though beautification and restoration of other missions depend on community support.
The piece describes a gigantic scientific ear for the French fighting airship force to detect enemy craft at a distance. It also notes an American zero detector with four trumpets on a wheeled platform. The article argues the lack of adequate American air defense despite such devices.
Elsie Robinson discusses Judge Ben Lindsey's tale of a hardened criminal who turned himself in after a boastful vow. The piece argues that pride, not fear or punishment, drives true reform, awakening the divine spark within a man and guiding him toward salvation.
Reprinting a humorous essay outlines changing courtship and marriage norms. It contrasts old and new attitudes, noting that affection now mixes with money, independence, and self sufficiency. The piece lampoons wedding rituals and alimony fears through witty, period voice.
Do You Know Berar Couch Ia is noted as part of the pecan belt in the region, highlighting its role in local agriculture and crop distribution referenced in the historical column.
Fragmentary advertisement notes in Valdosta Georgia mention a wild pay card deal and bargain terms. The garbled text references a Ford car and a sale date, but specific prices, names, or places are unclear.
The Smiley Sun notes Royston Nave of Victoria as a great storyteller and quipster, with critics praised for his tales. It mentions Henry Ford losing ten million dollars, badgering contests in Royston, and Rev Forbes opposing Sunday motion pictures. San Angelo reports John Economidis aiding a Boy Scout in the Concho River.
Fragmentary lines describe a man named Job Boorum and others discussing a river incident and a meal ticket. The text mentions fashion or new clothes and a distant ranch setting with names like Jack Slomont likely misread. Overall the excerpt is a garbled historical fragment with unclear events.
A San Antonio writer recalls furniture fascination from Heppelwhite to Chippendale and the bedside ritual of fingered wood. The essay blends comic house notes with a Western lore tale about a boy who faced death, ending with auction room chatter and a humorous bid for a gobelin tapestry.
Article discusses rising liver prices and outlines early 20th century medical claims that liver and liver extracts can treat pernicious anemia. It notes dramatic red blood cell increases in some cases after liver feeding, mentions health improvements, but cautions liver use may become tiresome and should follow a physician’s extract recommendation. It ends by asserting liver can benefit all, not only anemic individuals.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Stars and Stripes Pajernas across garden and home uses, a Sellam figure upset after a young master comments on a baby’s ears, and an Ohio firm advertising a refractory sales role seeking hands.
Northampton March 7 To the Editor of The Light With the close of the congress both parties retiring to private life will be missed because the knowledge and experience gained by long service made them useful public integrity Few people realize that politics is an art While they demand licensing for printers they pay little heed to training of those seeking elective office The public needs rulers who know how to act not just ideals Jefferson Lincoln and Speaker Reed impressed by lifelong study of the art of position Call for more careful selection and narrower access to public offices to govern our growing complex government This is part of a daily Coolidge series for The Light in San Antonio.
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