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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1913
Page
21
Ruth St Denis, famed American dancer, argues for a graceful healthy walk aligned with dance principles. She warns against tight garments and ballroom excess while outlining motive driven, free motion, and posture to achieve ease, power, and beauty in daily walking.
The Manicure Lady confesses a proposed marriage by a wealthy, aging suitor and reveals longing for a quiet California bungalow and a strong, young farmer. She imagines a life away from the city, valuing honesty, strength, and a distant romance over wealth.
A couple quarrels over phrasing in a light exchange about grammar. The stickler insists on precise placement of words while the wife mocks the quirk with playful misinterpretations. A letter from the husband’s father becomes a running joke as the talk winds down.
A woman forms a club named Life as a Fine Art to train thoughtful women to improve their lives and others. She argues ugliness in life stems from selfishness and misfortune. remedies lie in health, restraint, reasonable hatred, and reducing poverty with purposeful effort by society and individuals.
A reflective meditation urges readers to radiate kindness and love to others. By cultivating tenderness and purposeful work, individuals can create happiness. Personal action, not external change, shapes a life that feels like art.
A small north country shopkeeper, eager to curb credit sales, posted a modest sign refusing credit to customers. After his first notice failed, he replaced it with a harsher measure demanding five cents to view the list of customers who buy on credit, and the result was dramatic.
Report notes a curious crowd paid nickels with avidity to see the owed accounts cleared and within a week every debtor settled in full.
A laborer at a dock site tells foreman his name is Simson, not Samson, after being asked to identify himself. The exchange ends with the foreman directing Simson to move iron plates and a crane, then the worker clarifies the spelling of his surname.
Union Meat Company advertises breakfast pork sausage in one pound boxes at 25 cents per pound. shoppers are urged to place orders with their butcher or grocer. Also promotes Piel bottled beer with a demand for the best value.
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