Feathered Friends and a Girl's Difficult Problem
Henrietta Risperger offers guidance to young girls facing "Feathered Friends" or boys who drink, stressing resisting early alcohol use and safe driving. The San Antonio Light praises the advice published in Pictorial Review, urges parents to discuss it, and highlights dangers of underage drinking and driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Risperger
Miss Ripperger
SU “Seaiwerce
Ture
Flca
Yote
The
San Antonio
Mr. Mayes
Picturix Review
Pictorial Review
Marines By IDWIN and the Virgin Islands Deliver Hope
A faded reminiscence extols U S Marines as capable trustees of Caribbean lands. It recalls their Haiti intervention restoring order, sanitation, roads, and new enterprises amid political strife, and links that success to the later Virgin Islands and Haiti’s historical arc. The piece lauds Marine endurance, civic impact, and a critique of colonial governance.
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Idwin
Uncle Sam
Lslands
Virgin Islands
Arctic
Nicaragua
Uncle Samah
U.S
Haiti
Whey
Uncle Bam
Huiti
Port. Au Prince
Paris
New York
Ees
Henri Christophe
Eaperoc Jones
United States
King Yeas
Hills and High Resolve in a 1926 Verse
The poem pleads for strength to climb life’s peaks mirroring Sinai and Pisgah. It contrasts lofty, brave ascent with the lure of comfort, urging endurance, sacrifice, and faith to seek truth. The speaker seeks courage, persistence, and open spirit to follow heroic paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsix Robinson
Arthur Gutterman
Sinai
Pisgah
David
Christ
Golgotha
China
Guy Drayre
Rainier
Herbie
King Fons Sea
Tne
Marry-go-Round by Helen Rowland commentary
A column alleges finesse in love via manipulation and social norms, contrasting flirtation with magazine rejections and noting men’s self restraint. The piece satirizes courtship rules, ultimatums, and gender power dynamics in dated prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Rowland
Peritonitis Overview From Royal and Copeland Text
A 1935 copy by King Foss outlines peritonitis as a dangerous complication of appendicitis. It explains the peritoneum’s role, symptoms, and the need for prompt surgical drainage and antibiotics, noting delayed treatment raises risk of infection spreading and rupture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Copeland
King Foss
Sym
Ibe
Disney a Tall Figure Behind Mickey Talk
A 1930s portrait notes Walt Disney as tall and modest, denying sudden genius in creating Mickey Mouse after Oswald the Rabbit loss. It highlights his films, earnings from toys and books, a European press parade, and a bustling Central Park scene with the Tavern on the Green. The piece weaves in era details and other celebrity anecdotes about earnings and social scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mickey Mouses
Walt’ Disney
Mickey
Disney
Oswald the Rabbit
Raper
Kansas City
Wages and profits in American industry debated
The article argues profits averaged about 4 percent across 1922 to 1939 while real wages rose nearly 17 percent, noting scarce gains for labor despite overall corporate profits. It cites 1854 carpenters earning 10.50 for 60 hours and 1930 NYC carpenters at 59 a week, attributing wage gains to leadership and capital accumulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred National Company
Nas Haye &Roft
America
G. Clark
The
Crusaders
Carpenters
New York City
10 and 20 Years Ago From the Files of September 4 1925
Ten and twenty years ago notes recount King addressing the Salesmanship club, M G A, on friendship in business and the W C T U electing Mrs. Sable King Hopkins president. Alex Walte joins Brackenridge High as ex UT coach. Also mentions the San Antonio Light items on Elsie Janis at Princess theater and Boerne trips for the San Antonio fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noe King
G. M. Elemore
James Caldwell
Sable King Hopkins
Medling
D. MM. Glass
Boerne
Mart
San Antonio
Seagall
Kin Beyond Sea: Gladstone on the American Constitution
An 1878 article quotes William E. Gladstone praising the American Constitution as the greatest work produced by human brain and purpose up to that time. The piece frames his view within a September publication and reflects transatlantic admiration for the U.S. founding document.
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William E.gladstone
England
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Ntedyice
Walter
House
Rinne
Henty
Feeneit
Napoleon
Ming
Nos
Nawenapgre
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Jackson
Cleveland
Tilden
Loken
Ube
King Feng
Brn
Edward Himmerfold
Bue Dope Stone
Hungeriora Ala
Hungerford
John Chapman
Globe Theater
Gharica B
Dillingham
Alalto
Sparks
Will Rogers
Fred Stone
Pergent
Brass
Dave Mont
Scintyre
Lomery
W. ©. Fields
Vernon Castle
Afege
Altresco
Central Park
Veal Park
Hyde
the Bois
London
Maiden Lane
Andy
Ma Gelett Burgess
Jean Bordeaus
Los Angeles
E. ©. Nance
Charles Husson Towne
McNaught Syndy
Allex Walte
Brackenridge High School
University of Texas
Elsie Janis
Basworthy
Princess Theater
Moss Janis
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