New Experience for Santa Claus The Spirit of Contest
A column extols contest as a spark for mind and body, urging balanced focus beyond athletics in Texas. It highlights the Texas Centennial effort to foster achievement, quotes Russell Conwell on small deeds, and notes advertising and road-building cautions. It also recounts Captain and Mrs. Pickering as Santa at a state prison, delivering Christmas cheer through a dangerous entry, spreading goodwill and renewal of spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Natural Resources Society
Texas Advertising Club
Russell H. Conwell
New York
Conwell
Aptain
Mrs. Pickering
Santa
Santa Claus
Assembly Hall
Pickerings
Myles Coverdale
Rome
Order of the Gart
the of Wales
Knights
Countess of Salisbury
Edward
How to Keep Well How to Keep Well in 1926 Essay
The piece cites Dr. Herman Bundesen on modern food regulation and pasteurization. It warns raw milk risks from cows, handlers, and equipment, cites epidemics noted by Professor Rosenau, and urges pasteurization bottling cleanliness and washing all raw produce to prevent typhoid, diphtheria and scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Rosenau
Harvard
New York
Washington
Kidney myths and facts debunked by medical insight
A medical critique explains there is no such thing as kidney disease and warns against patent remedies like pads and belts. It notes that back pain does not prove kidney trouble, and true nephritis arises from infections elsewhere in the body, often following scarlet fever measles or diphtheria and linked to chronic infections.
The Three Wise Men Visit Jesus in Bethlehem
A Bible article recalls the Nativity story from Matthew and outlines the enduring influence of the King James Bible. It traces English scripture history from Wycliffe to Coverdale and the 1611 authorized text, noting translators, printing, and notable historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Bethlehem
Judea
Herod
Jerusalem
Mary
Jesus Christ
Hampton Court
England
London
Robert Barker
Prince James
Great Britain
France
Ireland
James
Lord Darnley
Mary Queen of Scots
James VI
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth
James I
Europe
John Wycliffe
Wycliffe
Lincoln
Douche
Miles Coverdale
Switzerland
Zurich
Tradition of a Plant Herb Robert and its cures
A fragment recounts Herb Robert wild cranesbill flowering from April, noted for ancient healer uses curing ulcers and scrofula and repelling lice. It cites its names Sadroc in herbals and a folk tale linking its origin to Mohammed. Local nicknames like knife and fork and sailor's knot appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Mohammed
Risors Lifesaving Effort Rescues Lamb at Quarry
Holiday crowds watched as two lambs stranded 200 feet down a quarry slope near Barmouth were the scene of a dramatic rescue. Volunteer Thomas Williams lowered by rope into blazing sun succeeded in saving one lamb while the other appeared to perish after slipping from the ledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barmouth
Londo
Wolt
Thomas
Willi
Williams
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Department of Journalism
University of Texas
Martin L. Pierce
San Antonio
Western New
Aper “Union
Christnagand
Biblia
John Dickinson Sherman
Sertoete
Paul
Teffa
Leethe
Lamb
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