Modesty in Mind and Dress Compared in Swim Pageant
A Perspective compares Japanese and American girls in a Uncle Sam swimming contest scene, arguing modesty is a mental attitude rather than dress. It contrasts high necklines and knee skirts with American swimsuits while praising swimming’s fitness value and noting five American girls by name: Jane Fox, Marion Roper, Georgia Coleman, Dorothy Poynton, and Catherine Rawls.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Fromeft
Jane Fox
Marion Roper
Georgia Coleman
Dorothy Poynton
Catherine Rawls
Listen World Poverty and the preventable disease
Elsie Robinson argues poverty is a preventable disease not a fixed fate. She contends powerful leaders can end poverty by ensuring decent homes jobs and adequate food and education for all, noting society already achieves hard feats for wealth and power.
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Elsie Robinson
At Sea Voyage Memoir From a Pineapple Shipboard Notebook
An octogenarian traveler aboard a Plymouth bound liner shares stoic tales of four major panies and a Copenhagen departure in three years. The crew reveals daily routines, shipboard meals, and salacious gossip as passengers read Ishbel Ross and Ballerina while roaming the promenade deck.
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Plymouth
England
N & Moon
Kimberly
Copenhagen
Promenade Deck
Ishbel Ross
New York
Women
Fioradora
Pew
Remembering Early Mail Run by Train and River
The article recalls the first mail delivery to Growneville by hand car after two Rangers including Capt. Tom Ross of San Antonio were disciplined at Marlinnta due to the Rio Grande flood. Travel shifted to boat during the flood period, and the two men with the mail speech were eventually found near Marlingerty Manor, marking a cautious early run.
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Growneville
Tom ‘Ross
San Antonio
Marlinnta
Rio Grande
Marlingerty Manor
Marry-Go-Round by Helen Rowland
A satirical column on modern marriage and female independence sketches, noting how romance and courts change with slang, medicine, and social expectations. The piece critiques misunderstandings in relationships, the strain of marriage expectations, and evolving gender roles with sharp wit.
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Helen Rowland
Understanding St Vitus Dance and Its Signs in Children
An early 20th century medical excerpt explains chorea or St Vitus dance, its long history, and a range of symptoms in children. It notes onset between ages five and fifteen, greater impact on girls and the poor, varying severity, facial expressions, motor restlessness, speech impairment, and occasional sleep-related movement. It mentions mild anemia and the potential heart involvement as a serious complication.
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Gentral
Europe
St. Vitus
King 1 ‘Sa
Ine
Ten and Twenty Years Ago from 8 A Light Files
September 24 1922 residents of West End choose a name for town section about 200 names submitted five final selections Woodlawn Lake Miramont Belle Vue Flagmere Micrat Lake ground broken Schreiner Institute Kerrville contract awarded McKenzie Construction company September 24 1912 celebration marks first electric car in San Antonio motorist T C Brown led early transport planning ordinance assigns license inspector and chauffeur candidate processes for drivers and vehicle inspections
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West End
Thint
Wat
Woodlawn Lake
Miramont
Belle Vue
Flagmere
Micrat Lake
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Presbyterian
A. McKenzie
McKenzie Construction Company
San Antonio
San Antonio Truction Company
I Am a Better Republican Than Hoover by Norris
U S Senator George W Norris argues Hoover errs on major economic policy and criticizes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He praises Roosevelt, calls for challenging party loyalty, and urges candor over partisan pants. He stresses protecting the common man and warns against wealth and machine influence.
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Congress
Hoover
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Mr. Hoover
Republic
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Power Trust
America
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Ledia
Br McNeught
James E. Lockhart
Mission, Texas
Aman
Marriea
Ruth
Clem Seen
A. Light Files
Rivas
Jicensa
Heenes
Riven
Wiehs
Mognnes
Kim
Oliy Physician
Shropalire
George W. Norris
U. S
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Liberty
Roosevel
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