Olympic Athletes Smoke Camels! (1935)

From the July 21, 1935 San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX). Notice that this ran in the comics section of the paper...

Won a Divorce with Movies of His Faithless Wife (1939)

The January 8, 1939 San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX) ran this article about a suspicious scientist who filmed time-lapse photography of plants. He thought his wife was cheating on him, so he set up a camera in his living room when he was away. He caught his wife cheating and played the movie in court to win his divorce. Pretty awesome use of technology for the late 30s.

Rat Traps for the Tenderhearted (1935)

This rather morbid photograph appeared in the January 13, 1935 San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX) under the headline, "Things Science Discovered in 1934." The subhead reads, "Rat trap for the tenderhearted that makes a rat shoot itself." How tender.