You Can Aid With Drive for Toys in San Antonio
The San Antonio Light and the city fire department launch their annual toy drive. Fire Chief J G Surran converts carpenters shops into a toyshop to repair and repaint discarded toys for distribution to underprivileged children by Christmas. Citizens are urged to gather old toys and deliver them to the nearest fire station, including headless dolls and broken toys, to ensure every child awaits Santa Claus.
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J. G. Surran
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Soaking the Poor in Tax Burden Across United States
The Twentieth Century Fund shows that the poor pay taxes through payroll and indirect levies as the tax system shifts the burden onto those earning between $20 and $40 weekly. It argues confiscating incomes over $5000 would not cover current government needs and condemns the notion of taxing the rich to relieve the poor.
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America
Twentieth Century Fund
New York
United States
The Clipper Planes Lose News Value For Usefulness
The Pacific air service has become a routine utility with long flights and high passenger numbers. Planes crossing the ocean are now seen as ordinary, like streamlined trains, and novelty fades as their reliability grows. The airline relies on skill and safeguards rather than luck to continue operations.
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Pacific Air Service
Longevity and the Need for Periodic Health Examinations
Dr Previn urges constant care of the human machine through periodic health exams. He notes rising life expectancy, warns against neglect of chronic conditions, and stresses early medical consultation to prevent degenerative diseases and unnecessary surgery. Aims to persuade the public to seek medical care rather than fear diagnoses or procedures.
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Previn
Witilenage
Ambiguous Trivia From a Fragmented Page
A garbled list of questions on religion, history, biology, and language asks about Ireland’s conversion, Deerfield destruction, an English pope, Darwin, Enrico Garaga, the Aztec Indiana, a word meaning, the opera Lohengrin, the Soward peninsula, India's Bombay, a stockade, and Tutankhamun excavations with references to a Combe Page.
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Ireland
Deerfield
Massachusetts
Charles Darwin
Enrico Garaga
Soward Peninsula
India
Bombay
Profile of Elmer Davis and Broadway literary scene
A long portrait of Elmer Davis from Aurora Indiana, a Rhodes scholar and writer who left salaried work to freelance. It notes his NYT editorials, Henry Ford peace ship voyage, and Paris years, plus his Paris Boulevardier revival. The piece touches on Broadway gossip ventures and the era's magazine culture, with anecdotes of failed publications and early careers.
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Elmer Davis
Indiana
Aurora
Edwin ©. Hill
Davis
New York Times
Andre
Asucorsaful Free Lances
United States
England
Morningside ‘Heights
Broadway Buzz
Eustace Hale Ball
Leander Richardson
W. A. Brady
Richard Harding
Saner Life on Heart Health and Sleep Advice
Dr. Wittkower links emotional stress to heart pain and notes social and domestic strains precede many cases. Sleep is vital for sufferers, while sleeplessness often signals trouble. The piece cites Dr James Henry Howan and urges quiet bedtime routines to curb brain activity and worry.
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Extech M. Wittkower
Heath Speck
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London
Wittkower
Lancet
Witttower
James Henry Howan
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Heart health tips from experts urge smart sleep habits
Regularity in bedtimes, fresh air, and even bed room thermometers are advised by heart specialists. Avoid late fatigue or overexertion, manage fatigue with small naps, and follow medical guidance to cope with heart trouble. Advances in medical science offer hope for long term wellness.
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Toe King Irons
Listen, World column embered by a desperate survivor
A raw autobiographical passage chronicles a Californian woman’s 1907 New Year’s Eve, her grim past in Puritan Vermont and Victorian America, poverty, isolation, and a vow to fight on. She recalls her outcast life, love for her child, and a resolve to not be defeated as the clock nears a new year.
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Vermont
Wild West
California
America
World column by Elsie Robinson about inner strength and faith
A reflective essay from 1907 recounts a crisis of doubt and fear, then a decisive call to perseverance. The narrator vows that nothing can stop the human spirit once it chooses a path, acknowledging risks and the price of effort while seeking a fitting column title.
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Ming Penn
Tne
Reich
Education week observances and city politics in 1927 and 1917
A clippings summary notes Mayor John W Tobit death in 1927 and the district attorney choice for successor. It also recalls Education Week events at the Municipal Auditorium with speakers from public schools and colleges. 1917 balloon school student Cameron’s near ascent drama and Alvin Rische returning to San Antonio with Fields’ Grater Minstrels.
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Pane R Auneament
C. Mf. Chambers
Links
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Marshall Johnston
E.R. Stanford
Weate Mootland College
Waller FE
Tynan
Aagistant
John F. O'Shea
Our Lady of the Tako College
Ube
Caph Ei B. Cole
Tuday
Alvin Rische
San Antonian
A. G. Fields
Grater
Rische
San Antonio
Odd Facts About Lake Mead Storage And Pleistocene Bones
A fragment notes that enough white novel supply to serve the United States for over three years is stored at Lake Mead and Boulder Dam. It also mentions that more than a few Pleistocene bones were excavated from tid banks along the Colorado River.
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United States
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
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