United States Delegation Heads to Pan American Peace Conference
The United States will send a delegation to the Pan American peace conference in Buenos Aires to promote peace among the American republics while avoiding entanglements with alliances or leagues. Americans have repudiated league affiliation, and the delegation must honor that national policy while pursuing peaceful action for the region.
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United States
Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
League of Nations
League
Association of American Nations
America
Starcely
End to Rackets in San Antonio and Bexar County
A local dispute over gambling rackets centers on the district attorney and peace officers. The grand jury urged injunctions as the proper weapon against racketeering. The court advised the new grand jury to rely on injunction procedures, shifting responsibility away from indictments and stating that racketeers can be driven to cover by the district attorney or other officers.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Criminal District Court
Guy Fawkes Firework Day Myths and English Customs
A reflective column examines Guy Fawkes Day and November 5 in Anglo American tradition. It recounts street pageantry with straw figures and fireworks, notes the postmortem focus on the Cambridgeshire sweepstakes, and recalls Guy Fawkes’s plot, the gunpowder discovery, and the torture that yielded his confession. The piece links 400 years of debate over Guy Fawkes’s role and the ritual’s evolving meaning.
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Stylarking
Old London
Gresseq
Ead
Trial of the Assassin in Charles I Era
Edwin C. Hill recalls torture used to extract confessions during the gunpowder plot era. The rack threat to claim accomplices prompted judges to learn torture was Wirgal and had not been openly used in England since. The piece links Fawkes and others to executions and a London holiday as a grim memory.
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Fawces
House of Parliament
Monteagle
Charles 1
England
Fawkes
London
Capy't
King Eas. Synd., Inc
Wake Up and Live and Dare to Act in Life
An essay excerpt urges readers to stop daydreaming and start acting. Dorothea Brande and Elsie Robinson challenge perpetual planning, urging decisive action despite fear of failure or rejection. The piece emphasizes weighing options, then taking bold steps to avoid cowardly inaction.
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Dorothea Brandé
Cosmopolitan
Perchante
Wise Words From Winter's Tale Fragment
Fragmentary lines from the Winter's Tale implying a romantic or dramatic moment. The text shows archaic phrasing and incomplete phrases suggesting a speech about entrance, embrace, and mortality within a scene.
Idwal Jones and New York Society Notes From McIntyre
A fragmented column recounts encounters with writers actors and socialites in New York. Notables mentioned include Idwal Jones Harry Silvey Dick Kenyon Nicholson Sheila Harvett Jack Dempsey Fannie Hurst Howard Chase Billy Seeman Phyllis Haver and Duke Ellington. A 1912 dinner at Holland House yields a World War end prophecy by William Faversham with November 11, 1918 predicted.
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New York
Idwal Jones
Wash Young
Verne Porter
Gammon
Sara the Waldort
Harry Silvey
HM. T. Webcur
Mark Twain
Philadelphia
Europe
Joe Laurie Jr
Kenyon Nicholson
Mary Lewis
Coratcal Park
Columbus Circe
West Seventy-second Street
Jack
Dempsey
Park Mall
Fannie Hurst
Bugs Baer
Howard Chanecler Christy
Ethel Mérman
Graham Coates
Billy Seeman
Phyllis Haver
Growing Pains Misunderstood by Parents and Doctors
Royal S. Dee Many argues that growing pains are misinterpreted by parents, leading to missed medical care for serious conditions. He cites evidence that children with pains in legs, arms, or back may suffer from rheumatic diseases or other serious illnesses if not properly evaluated.
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Royal S. Dee Many
Ife
Preservation push for governor's palace purchase in San Antonio
Nov 9 1626 report notes City Park Commissioner Ray Lambert endorses city buy of the old governor's palace on Military Plaza. Also mentions meteorologist Joyoh he lecturing freshmen and a visit by physics class to the Russell building. An Antonia Woman's Club and city committees appear in brief items.
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San Antonio
City
Ray Lambert
Miliary Plaza
Joyoh
Jarhot
United States
Wealmagh
Coleege
Russell Building
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