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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
16
The American Automobile Association launches a nationwide 1925 educational drive urging motorists to protect natural beauty along highways and camping zones. In Bexar County, with its accessible scenic routes, drivers are urged to keep waysides clean and refuse to be wasteful, condemning thoughtless litterers as social pariahs.
A letter to the U S Bureau of Education reveals teachers at Ummnak on the Aleutians remain uninformed about the November general election results. The piece notes Arctic radio dead spots keep them isolated, yet local news still reaches them via headphones and a battered radio. It reflects on President Harding, Coolidge, and Interior leadership, calling mental dead spots a common condition.
Ambassador Houghton told the Pilgrims in London that the United States will not aid nations preparing for war and will assist those not preparing. He urged focusing on a practical path to peace by cutting off war through economic means.
A loner struggles for fame across stamps poetry law teaching and preaching. He repeatedly fails to gain notice until adopting a radical red banner and wild appearance, finally drawing attention and a fleeting happiness on an iron bed.
Friends and schoolmates held a surprise farewell Thursday for Theodore and Genevieve Law as they move to Blytia. Erhart corr. Grafton Citi zen reports the event from Union City, noting plans for a millinery department on the second floor and the proprietor’s aim to offer latest fashion at appealing prices.
A reader Helen asks how to handle a husband who brings home strangers for dinner without notice. The columnist urges a warm, open home for guests but notes the value of clear communication and consistent boundaries.
A 1934 feature piece discusses memory limits and mental storage like a full cup. recalled ideas resurface unexpectedly through associations. A brief humorous exchange follows where Simp asks if Brown will keep his word and Boob notes a paradox about a talker who sleeps and lies.
The Spectator discusses three power sources for art and progress. First, the past and accumulated human knowledge provide a foundation. second, the common people and their desires drive demand. third, the moral sentiment and God as the broad heritage guiding creativity. Advertising is cited as shaping wants to convert desire into sales.
Speculations on baldness cite pores and elimination as key. The piece argues healthy excretion via diet and regular bowel movements prevents disease and aids vitality. It links physical health to mental power, urging writing and speaking to sharpen thinking and inspire. Copyright 1925, The McClure's Newspaper Syndicate.
A reader asks how the heart functions and its rate. The piece extols the heart as Nature’s finest invention, never tires if cared for, beating about 72 times a minute and moving vast blood quantities, roughly 20 tons daily, with rest Luther advice and quotes from Dr. Rossiter.
A compact piece urges careful word use to sharpen thinking. It contrasts homely versus honest meanings and notes wrong word choices blunt clear speech. Learning a foreign language is praised as a method to improve English and precision of thought.
Harvey M. LaFollette, a prominent mining engineer, began as a Indiana schoolteacher, rising to state superintendent of public instruction. He later shifted to mining education in France and Germany, moved to New York, and became a mining engineering consultant. He helped organize La Follette Coal & Iron Company in Tennessee, serving twenty years as president, with other mining interests in the Pacific Northwest. Now retired.
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