Traditions and Ideals in San Antonio Education Reform
San Antonio is presented as a winter workshop of modern schooling, leading in individualized education. It highlights the $2,000,000 ballot approval for a radical junior high system, one-year teacher training, and rapid full implementation. The piece notes national and educational praise, a state convention with thousands of teachers, and the belief that adapting instruction to each pupil’s needs prevents stunted lives. The city, founded 206 years ago, is praised for progressive ideals that translate into economic value.
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San Antonio
Texas
A Neglected Industry in San Antonio Stone Quarrying
The piece argues building stone is a valuable, lasting, and beautiful material underutilized in San Antonio. It notes millions of dollars in artificial stone use annually and urges modern quarrying and cutting methods to lower costs. It highlights the enduring Roman builders as proof of stone’s durability and recommends wider use in Texas homes.
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San Antonio
Texas
Summerall to Lead Key U.S. Corps Area in San Antonio
The article profiles Major General Charles P. Summerall newly named to command the most important corps area in the United States, noting his Southern heritage and distinguished battlefield record. It contrasts him with Robert E. Lee and reflects on San Antonio as a site of notable military history.
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Erner
San Antonio
Charles P. Summerall
United States
Alamo City
Life's Little Movies Looks at a Parlor Visit
A dramatic scene unfolds as a character bursts into a house with bold threats about bonds and grease in a tense parlor confrontation. The excerpt hints at a lively stage-style dialogue with sharp lines and heightened emotion.
Wayside Wisdom By S. E. Riser
A reflective verse about ordinary men facing rising living costs while maintaining moral steadiness. It notes workers earning small weekly stipends and lacking fear despite news and market swings, praising those who stay decent and untempted by quick money.
The Wolf Fish Monster Galvanizes Coastal Fears
The six foot wolf fish, a killer of the catfish family, haunts rocky shorelines and preys when its young need food. Bathers could be attacked without warning, though the creature seldom meets people unless hungry. Copyright 1924 King Features Syndicate.
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King Feature &Yn
Towne Gossip: Car Shove Incident On Busy Street
A man parked on a busy street kept his car for about thirty minutes then hurried away. A traffic officer later watched as the driver returned and shoved the car along the curb. The officer observed the scene and the driver drove off, the officer smiling and thanking him.
Once Overs by J. J. Mundy on family harmony and home life
A 1924 feature urging parents to cultivate companionship at home to prevent children from fleeing. It argues that parent bossiness and constant grumbling erode appeal of the home, leaving youths to seek joy and appreciation elsewhere. The piece stresses obedience with kindness and shared happiness as core.
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Ness
Earth
International Feature Service, Inc
The Child Life Stop Emotions and The Growing Child
A plea for parental understanding of a child's emotions and mental life. The text urges adults to study how anger love and other feelings shape a child’s development to foster happiness and success and to avoid neglect that could harm society and the commonwealth. It emphasizes a key role for caring adults in guiding youth.
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Commonwealth
Some Sap and Salt by Bert Moses
A compact piece by Bert Moses critiquing reform backers and grafters who ruin communities through neglect and corruption. The essay notes pain in everyday life and mocks sensational press hype while quoting Herz Heck on etiquette and table etiquette.
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Bert Moses
Soreness of the Mouth by Royal S Copeland M B
Public health guidance on infant mouth sores stresses cleanliness of feeding utensils and bottles. Royal S Copeland explains causes including unclean nipple bottles and indigestion, outlining treatment with boric acid mouth washes, fresh air, sunlight, and careful feeding to aid recovery.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New
New York City
Our Sphericity Complex by Garrett P F Serviss
The piece discusses Ludwig Silberstein’s Hinstein universe theory, a sphere like cosmos with time as a fourth dimension. It critiques the notion of an endlessly curved universe and uses Earth’s curvature as an illustration while arguing against inherent cosmic sphericity.
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Garrett PF. Serviss
Simon Newcomb
Einstein
Our Big People Return By Bugs Baer
A playful foreign demobilization piece notes one million tourists returning from Europe. It lists whimsical “big” people arriving aboard yesterday s boat such as G W Scrubb from Bristol and M C Twist from Dodge City, each paired with quirky biographical labels. Another boatload is expected next week.
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Baer
Europe
America
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Life’s Little Movies
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International
Eee
Herz Heck
Ludwig Silberstein
Hinstein
Silberstein
British Association of Toronto
G. W. Scrubb
Bristol
Oscar Stretch
Lynchburg
Professor Nightbell
Big Doctor
Medicine Hat
W. W
R. D. Glucose
Big Candy Man
Mount Carmel
M. C. Twist
Dodge City
A. X
Big Soap Man
Bath
Baton Rouge
Chatter
Council Bluffs
T. Fizz
Havertray
Jibbux
Big Bean
Lima
BK. K. Smoof
Big Herring
Bismarck
V. Allrong
Big Philosopher
Marblehead
Smallton
Stateville
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