See Texas First in Bexar County Roads Then and Now
A State Highway Department report shows Bexar County in 1924 exceeding eight months with over 40,424 motor vehicle registrations and a predicted statewide total of 800,000 by year end. The article notes congested highways, but pitches country roads near San Antonio as peaceful escapes with scenic views and less traffic, inviting motorists to explore off the beaten path.
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United States
Bexar County
San Antonio
State Highway Department
Texas
America
Bexar
Winter Beggars Face San Antonio as Snow Arrives
City readers are warned that professional beggars and petty criminals follow weather southward for winter. While sympathy is urged, residents are advised to donate thoughtfully, balancing charity with vigilance to curb theft and deception among arriving beggars.
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San Antonio
Cotton Wins Again as Texas Tops in Money
Texas farmers expect about 100 million dollars from the cotton crop if weather cooperates through the last picking. The year favors cotton over oil, with a large crop and strong prices boosting its role as the state’s banner money producer. Cotton’s wide distribution contrasts with oil’s reach. Other notes mention an above normal cotton crop and good prices.
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Texas
Wayside Wisdom about petty office Czars
Satirical poem targets office officials and bureaucrats who abuse brief authority. It laments pompous, hair-splitting rulers, shortened hours, and rising taxes as more officials swell in number while duties multiply. The narrator mocks the officials’ arrogance, demands, and loss of humor.
Freaks of Nature Love Bonds in Octopus Family
A French octopus fiercely guards her den and pups, building a shell barricade around a rocky cave. The mother stands sentry while even the mate is struck away, avoiding any intrusion into the sheltered brood.
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Ming Feature Dyn
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Rights Declared Amid Amted Crate Cruelty
A speaker laments hens confined in crates in Los Angeles, detailing daily transit through subways and street cars to packing plants. The verse condemns crowded crates and inhumane treatment while calling for humane stalls and change. It frames the issue as a civic plea from a bird subjected to perpetual confinement.
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Los Angeles
Once Overs Talks Of Business Success And Ethics
A 1924 reflection on how boasting about deals strains trust among friends and rivals. The author warns that sharing earnings and methods risks misjudgment and damaged friendships, urging caution over close to dishonest sounding self-presentation.
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Copyright
International Fea. Service
Some Sap and Salt by Bert Moses
A compact prose piece by Bert Moses explores life, love, and public life with wry observations. It muses on style versus cost, political enemies, divorce as peace, public condemnation, and the stakes of marriage and admiration.
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Bert Moses
Gay White Way By Bugs Baer
New York’s Broadway dining scene is described as shifting into Chinese and police hands with second floor eateries, noodle parlors, and bootleg competition. The column lampoons Prohibition era cuisine and multilingual dining, ending with the nickname the Gayer Yellower Way.
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Bugs” Baer
New York
What Soft Hands Tell By Royal S Copeland
A health essay by Royal S Copeland urges executives to adopt better personal care to avoid softened hands and hardened arteries. He argues early treatment saves many ailments and warns against overwork and poor lifestyle harming long term health.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
Tf’ S
United States Steel Corporation
Newspaper Feature . Service, Inc
Bacon's Bi Literal Cipher and Shakespeare Claim
A discussion of Bacon's bi literal cipher as a basis for secret publication of new scientific principles and the alleged link to Shakespeare authorship. The piece notes Liddell's study, Mrs. Gallup's decipherment, and claims about Bacon's parentage and disguises.
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Bacon
Mark H. Liddell
Purdue University
American Association
Newton
Dr. Liddell
Aupon
William Shakespeare
Liddell
Shaxbur
Shakspére
Stratford
Shakespeare
Elizabeth Gallup
Tiphere
Leinty
Gallup
George Fabyan
Henri Cartier
Elizabeth
Robert
Earl of Dudley
Earl of Essex
Mary Queen of Scots
Weakness of Democracy by The Spectator
The essay argues democracy hinges on public intelligence and moral character, warning that unbalanced masses threaten stability. It praises vested interests as safeguards, notes the need for education, and contrasts US stability with Russia’s minority-dependent regime, urging society to raise the population’s level of intelligence.
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United States of America
Russia
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