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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1924
Page
3
A liberal opinion criticizes the Supreme Court ruling on printing LaFollette electors on the ballot. It argues the decision shifts power to big interests, erodes popular government, and harms Americanism. It appeals to liberals to demand justice and fair treatment in elections.
The San Antonio area seeks a national winter resort campaign funded by a $60 000 drive to promote its attractions. Officials emphasize hospitality and a homey atmosphere, arguing San Antonio rivals Florida and California as a winter destination and deserves nationwide attention. The campaign begins Tuesday with a Friday deadline for full support.
A reader letters from a past era recalls first impressions of the name Percy and how a boy named Perey Schutte or Kenneth altered assumptions. The author recalls riding in a buggy, a thumb in the mouth, and a village street taunt about beating Kenneths.
A 1944 worded column urges readers to think for themselves rather than accept secondhand opinions. It compares the brain to a muscle and suggests pursuing original ideas, cooking, hat design, machinery, faster accurate work, or frugal radio innovations to benefit themselves and others.
A humorous feature extols fountain pens in a playful holiday tone. It imagines pens of many sizes and quirky uses from shower ink to coffee filling, noting their growing popularity and the notion that everyone writes while lampooning writer’s cramp and consumer habits.
Royal S Copeland summarizes Henry Ford's long life diet plan advocating thorough chewing, reduced food quantity, plenty of water, avoidance of white bread and excess stimulants, and a simple lifestyle. He notes Ford's distrust of drugs and belief in moderation for heart and nervous system health.
Garrett P. Serviss discusses how nature forms musical sounds from ambient noise. He cites Charles T. Jackson and Francis C. Gray observations of forest echoes and lake shore vibrations that yield pure harmonies when discords are filtered. The article links analyzed sounds to prism-like separation of pitches and notes Ralph Waldo Emerson's verse.
A 1924 King Features article explores the brittle starfish as an inbred creature that uses its feet to feed, sometimes all twenty feet stuffing into its mouth. It notes oversized eyes, unrestrained eating, and self-mutilation of brittle parts during pursuit.
A reflection on the phrase hocus pocus explaining common meanings and disputed origins. Some tie it to Latin hoc est corpus meaning here is the body while others link it to a Norse magician Ochus Bochus or to magicians’ chants before tricks.
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