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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1924
Page
3
The business district in San Antonio shows healthy expansion with new store departments basements and floors added to a major chain and a dozen smaller outlets planned or opened. High rents persist as demand remains strong with most retail quarters near Houston Street occupied this fall and holiday trade expected to set a new record.
Opinion warns Defiance Ohio patrons that public schools require community funding. It notes years of debt from insufficient levies, a $1500 patron collection to avoid closure, and calls for voter support of next tax levy while urging residents to weigh personal benefits against taxes.
City workers show rising savings across banks while home sales soar and car purchases approach a thousand monthly. Thrift correlates with home ownership and auto ownership, as those who save reap more of life’s goods, whereas non savers miss out on homes, cars, and bank accounts.
An article by W A Mkeever argues for stricter limits on high school social life. It advocates a budgeted eight dollar dues cap and parent involvement to balance work study and recreation. Regulacion not suppression is urged to maintain order while preserving youth growth.
Placing the Judge Lawyer playwright and poet Judge E A Perry tells a story about Lord Mansfield who ignored religious holidays and proposed a court sitting on Good Friday. Sergeant Davy on the case bowed to the idea, suggesting Pontius Pilate as prior judge. The court adjourned until Saturday.
A satirical piece on music consumption claims one hundred million phonograph records sold and fourte en years of musical activity per person. It notes millions of records radio sets and orchestras while praising people who avoid music, ending with a claim that there may be music ahead but nothing certain now.
A friend recalls a habit of checking every bill and change at a gas station and by a butcher, noting many mistakes favored the clerk. The narrator confesses suspicion of being cheated but admits never knowing for sure, recalling a simple man who miscounted money.
A local tale says Charlie Huff, driving a Ford, chased a bullfrog on the pike. The frog supposedly leaped, Charley failed to contain it, and the widow fled, leaving the frog free and Charley without either the frog or the widow.
The article argues that proper breathing is essential for nutrition and flesh. It explains thinness can stem from lack of oxygen, not just diet, and describes breathing exercises to expand lung capacity and chest, advocating twice daily drills to improve oxygen absorption and blood richness.
The author argues that rotation of the Earth is not the cause of gravity and criticizes Newton’s lack of a fundamental explanation. Gravity is not proven by centrifugal effects, and Einstein’s theory remains a mathematical hypothesis with limited empirical support. The piece contrasts attraction at a distance with ether and space structure concepts and notes rotation increases centrifugal tendency rather than creating gravity.
A reflective 1924 column discusses financial worries and parenting as a life investment. It argues that raising children wisely makes them assets to society, stressing virtue over wealth and mercy as guiding light.
A featured column argues that sanitation and cleanliness build character and loyalty, shaping young people for future business success. It emphasizes that teaching these values costs money but yields lasting dividends in diligence, honesty, and reliability.
A spoof of gender roles and relationships with wry aphorisms on love work and money. The piece riffs on fidelity jealousy and social expectations and ends with a dated copyright note from 1924.
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