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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1929
Page
6
A half million dollar suit against Sir Joseph Duveen over his expert painting opinion ends. The ruling affirms the right of competent criticism as essential for citizens and art buyers to judge authenticity and make informed purchases.
Garrett Serviss discusses infinite light, the universe’s bounds, and the debate between a finite star count versus island universes. He notes Newcomb’s and Farrow’s ideas, the meteoric dwarf possibilities, and the ongoing appeal of the planetesimal theory while acknowledging unsettled birth theories in astronomy.
Anecdotal history of 1920s San Antonio nightlife and figures. The piece traces suspects in hat checking monopolies, night clubs, and bootleg schemes, noting figures like Texas Guinan, Sophie Tucker, and Joe Leblang. It weaves gossip about gambling dens, con men, and colorful salon operators amid prohibition era bravado and sensational but non-graphic crime chatter.
The article argues spring fever stems from heavy winter meals and proposes a shift to lighter foods rich in Vitamin C. It notes modern refrigeration and markets bring fresh produce, recommends cabbage, rhubarb, potatoes, apples, berries, tomatoes, and citrus to prevent and cure hidden scurvy.
A fragmented obituary like sketch of Herbert Hoover and a career arc through mining and engineering. It traces his early work at British American Corporation and a shift toward supervision in Mexico before roles as mine manager in Nevada and later governor. It notes rises to finance and banking positions with a final nod to leadership in public service.
A heavily garbled 1923 excerpt pieces together jokes on taxes and wealth rise, noting Edwardian and early American finance figures. It mentions Bank of the United States and various industrial names like General Electric and DuPont, with scattered references to wealth, capital, and modernization. The text shows a satirical take on income taxes and economic growth, albeit in an incoherent OCR render.
An art column discusses a famous lawsuit involving Sir Joseph Duveen over Leonardo da Vinci's La Belle Ferronniere. It invites readers to compare two pictures, one in the Louvre and another owned by a Kansas City woman, to decide which is genuine while arguing critics should not be sued for offerings or opinions.
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