Small Homes as Asset in San Antonio Growth
The Small Homes record in San Antonio shows a broad, vibrant sector of four to six room cottages and bungalows. Distinct districts for small homes with paved streets and utilities foster permanent residents, personal thrift, and civic stability, a result of persistent home ownership campaigns by The Light and civic groups. The piece envisions a city where every permanent citizen becomes a homeowner for the community's good.
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San Antonio
the Light
Real Estate Board
Clans Seek Mount Ararst Tourism Despite Antiquity Heritage
The Value of Antiquity argues Armenian clans aim to develop Mount Ararst into a tourist site with a railroad to the peak and devices to attract visitors and coins. The piece contrasts European commercialization with San Antonio’s reverence for historic spots like the Alamo and missions, urging preservation over exploitation while acknowledging tourism’s growing role.
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Ararst
Europe
America
San Antonio
Armen
Real Aristocrats Lay Yearlong Eggs in Denton Pullet
Real Aristocrats is a white Leghorn pullet from Denton Texas that has laid 302 eggs in her first laying year and still has months to go if the moulting season spares her. Bred for egg production and tracing lineage to blueblood ancestors, she is praised as an ideal aristocrat of hondom and condom. The piece notes Texas needs many Lady Hollywoods to advance poultry and dairy status.
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Denton
Texas
Lady Hollywood
Wayside Wisdom by 5 E Riser
A brief poem praising simple nature and everyday moments that thrill the speaker. The verses celebrate family affection, quiet work, and sacred awe, contrasting small joys with grand spectacles like sunsets. The speaker cherishes constancy, conscience, and faith, finding thrill in near at hand duties and clear living.
Some Sap and Salt by Bert Moses
A humorous verse piece reflects on romance and marriage with wry wit. The speaker contrasts takeable affection with given kisses and jokes about blame in matrimony. Ends with a playful note on gender roles and responsibility.
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Bert Moses
Barber Shop Gossip Sparks New Conversation Trend
In Ye Towne Gossip a barber shares how hair trends and chat shift with blond and brunette clients. The narrator recalls old days before manicure culture and notes barbers now dominate chatter, revealing a juicy score from the night before.
It Happens Sometimes Married Pairs Have Opposite Tastes
A study urges couples to share in pleasures and adjust fairly. It notes clashes arise when one partner dominates choices in friends and entertainment. The piece questions selfish behavior and calls for mutual accommodation to sustain lasting marriage.
An Only Child By William A McKeever
A 1910s parenting note discusses so called only childitis a supposed condition seen in only children raised with adults. It argues such traits arise from training not biology and prescribes teaching initiative responsibility sociability and self reliance through guided challenges and shared duties within the family.
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William A. McKeever
Physical Preparedness By Royal S Copeland M D
National defense hinges on citizen health and vigor says Senator Royal S Copeland. He argues strong bodies power thinking, policy, and military readiness, urging daily exercise, proper diet, regular elimination, eight hours sleep, fresh air, and tailored activity to build a fit population for defense.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
New ‘York
Ort
WARMING THE CANDIDATE We warn Presidents in advance
The piece lampoons the U S political process from nomination to inauguration. It mocks the timing of primaries conventions and elections as well as the punitive rituals and public tributes surrounding presidents. It questions voter and party theatrics and warns against demanding blind obedience from leaders.
Walter Chrysler Began In a Kansas Grocery Store
Walter P. Chrysler started his career in a Wamego Kansas grocery during winters and summers while in school. At seventeen he became a machinist apprentice at Union Pacific earning five cents an hour and rose to superintendent of motive power for the Chicago and Great Western by twenty three. He moved to American Locomotive and later led Buick production for General Motors before heading Maxwell Chalmers, shaping a future automotive empire.
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Wamego
Kani
Union Pacific Railway
Chicago and Great Western
American Locomotive Company
General Motors
Buick
Maxwell Chalmers
Walter P. Chrysler
King Feature Syn
Echoes of Saladin in Forney Anecdotes
Fragment discusses Saladin as a famed 12th century sultan who resisted European kings during the Crusades. It notes his rise from officer to sovereign, his clashes with Richard the Lion Hearted, and a European victory that was inconclusive leading to a truce. The text includes garbled dates and names.
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John W. Forney
Butler
Saladin
Egypt
Boris
Europe
Richard the Lion Hearted
England
Richard
Jerwkan
Agres
Saladin Ated In 2108, Oopyeigat
Mealore Ora
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