Mayor Chambers A Gallant Fighter Passes Away
San Antonio mourns as Mayor C. M. Chambers dies after serving under predecessor John Tobin. The city acknowledges his brave leadership amid stress and long hours, noting he preferred local service over higher office and rests at last in peace. Public sympathy extends across partisan lines.
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San Antiniats
Jate
C. M. Chambers
Chambers
John Tobin
San Antonio
Texas
Count von Taick- der
Howard Chandler Christy
Qulit Clements
Florence Ryerson
Walter Chrynier
EL Hays
Tee Hoover
White House
General Pershing
Wodehouse
Mark Sullivan
Size Sixteen and the youth worship debate
A 1912 essay by Margaret Culkin Banning argues modern beauty standards elevate bones and youth over maturity. The piece contrasts past ideals with present obsessions, noting how society pressures women over forty while promoting slender figures and age-defying looks.
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Coost
Margaret Culkin Banning
Sapper
Mary Banning
Bones
Yau
Lillian
Ussell
Police Gazette
Formal calls and social tea etiquette in early notes
The fragment discusses informal and formal social rituals, including how to greet visitors with proper calls and the custom of serving tea. It notes the rarity of formal calls, the value of politeness in friendship building, and hints at cultural expectations in social exchanges.
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Lea
New York Diary of a Modern Pepys
In a brisk late night diary tone the writer recalls park strolls and meetings with Mrs Haley Mrs Crawley Peggy Hoyt and others. The piece mentions the Manhattan restaurant scenes table talk with Dorothy Parker and the personal admiration for Mrs Herbert Hoover and humorists like Wodehouse and Parker. It also notes a Bohemian Broadway scene with Tony Sarg the Winter Garden and a grinning new door greeting.
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New York
Pepys
Think Haley
Nell Crawley
Peggy Hoyt
Roky & Moment
Rupert Hugheses
Verdon
Harler Belle Johnston
Ots Ralston
Eva Steintele
Maggie
Dex
Winnie Sheehan
Nin
Laure Gobb
Robust Tayless
Lear
David Warfield
de Ponselle
George Armsby
Dorothy Fields
Jimmy Mcl Hugh
Don Dickesson
Tony Sarg
Broadway
Winter Garden
America
Herbert Hoover
Katridla
Dorothy Parker
The Gold Standard The Fifth and Its Flaws
The article argues that paper money harms value, using Britain Canada and France as examples. It describes inflation, gold redemption, and currency devaluation after wartime, noting how trust in paper notes erodes when redemption on demand wavers and prices rise.
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P. Mel
Britain
Canada
Dominion
France
Letus
Galt
New Deal Pushes Early Texas Convention for Prohibition Vote
The Texas legislature is urged to set an early date for electing delegates to a constitutional convention to decide Texas stance on repealing federal prohibition. Supporters call for swift action, denounce delays, and urge the Democratic party to show bold leadership as in Washington.
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Texas
Arent Dry
Dry
Democratic Party of
Washington
Mussolini Warns of Fascist Spread and Roosevelt Powers
Premier Benito Mussolini issued a statement cited by the Associated Press criticizing the spread of fascism abroad and upholding Roosevelt's dictatorial powers as a temporary measure to safeguard democracy. He claims the U S is now effectively in an economic war and argues the United States must retain emergency powers until the crisis ends.
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Mrs. Banning
Benito Mussolini
Viles
Associated Press
Roosevelt
United States
Food Production Revolution in Texas Farms and Ranches
A survey of rural Texas communities shows diversification of production and preservation of foodstuffs for off season use. Home demonstration and county agents boosted pantry stocks and rural resilience amid economic shifts.
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Texas
Bexar
Belated Honor Granted to Maundrell for Stanford Mile
Harold "Minnie" Maundrell, student at Stanford in 1909, ran the fastest mile in Stanford history. Chicago vacation delays led to a 24 year wait before a student executive committee finally awarded him a formal honor. Maundrell and a San Francisco hotel manager express pride, while critics note the delay.
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Harold
Minnie
Mandrell
Maundrell
Stanford University
Stanford
Chicago
Commltes
San Francisco
Ali
Rolleges
And I Remember When by W A Speer 48 Argo Ave Alamo Helphie
The narrator recalls a barter era in which money was scarce and goods exchanged for needs while luxuries vanished. He notes a shift to easier credit during later years, recounting a local man who could obtain money by promising repayment.
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W. A. Speer
Alamo Helphie
Bom
Antonio
Alors
Jim Marts
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