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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1913
Page
29
A reflective piece urges compiling pleasant recollections to brighten dull days. It advocates recording acts of kindness, cherishing strangers’ courtesy, and recalling sunlit moments over rainy times. It urges forgiving quarrels and keeping memories joyful to sustain happiness and youth.
A single applicant, a woman, shows for a civil service insect expert exam in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware with a top start salary of 15 dollars weekly. Examiners wait as the hall attache limits entry to ten at a time. exam room quiet as the process proceeds.
Nell Brinkley presents Billy teaching Betty playful superstitions under a September moon. The scene blends whimsy with guidance on good luck habits such as watching the moon over the right shoulder, wishing on a shooting star, and picking up a pin, with playful dialogue and romantic undertones.
The thirteenth annual report of the Philippine Bureau of Education outlines strong gains in English instruction, school facilities, and industrial training. It notes 1000 new schools planned, rising attendance, improved Filipino and American teaching corps, and expanded gardens and civic lectures alongside a booming embroidery export.
The Young Woman's Christian Association begins fall classes with Practical English led by Miss Florence Durrett. The course teaches English as a business tool, grammar review, clear sentence writing, and business letter composition. A new efficiency class for the Business Woman's Club, plus three university extension lectures by Professor Treleven, augment the program. Committee meetings follow next week.
A mother recounts a six week country holiday with seven children and little help. She frames her sacrifice as a gift to her kids, enriching their minds with memory pictures and nature’s beauty. The piece links maternal effort to lasting, uplifting influence on children. It ends with a note on energy conservation from Mayer and a statistic about South Africa's 247 newspapers employing Europeans and colored people with $7.5 million invested.
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