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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
13
Three registered bulls aged 3 4 and 5 years and seven high grade bull calves from 140 calves offered by Louis Ebeling Round Mountain Texas. Thermos bottles offered as Christmas gifts by Ransom and McInnis.
Jersey Male calf named Mildred's Pine Lad stands at the seller's place for 3.00 with Hing's Pine Lad as sire and Mildred of Comache as dam. Free delivery to city parts via Farmers' Union Warehouse Co.
Verna Lee Miller representing White and Myers Chautauqua Co. of Kansas City arranged a five day event in Brady with a tent and ten acts including The Kilite Trio and lecturers. Season tickets priced at $2 will be sold by the fire boys with help from Y. M. B. L. secretary Rowlett. Local notices mention illness in the Smith family and a group of blacksmiths announcing a credit cutback and price increases starting December 1.
An advertisement touts Prince Albert tobacco with a glossy sales pitch and red bag packaging. The notice also promotes a free perfume bottle offer with toilet article purchases at Corner Drug Store. Local readers note Christmas visit by the Hyslop family and a court appeal filing in Austin regarding Lewis Dodd’s murder conviction from 1945 with related sentencing details.
Liano Boy Scouts notes recounts a busy week with fireside safety, a roof fire saved, and a successful meeting. Walter Ligen and Truman Cartman aided, while Scout Beverly Roberts joins from Holdenville. January 1917 meeting set with a spelling bee and a loving cup prize for three-time winners.
A 1916 Lone Grove Texas note from a child asks Santa for a sleeping doll, doll buggy, candy, fruit, firecrackers, and gifts for family. The page also advertises a new child’s ice cream recipient and a boy’s bicycle for sale by Mrs Helen Altom, with Ransom & McInnis promotions.
A historical advertisement-like blurb claims catarrh is incurable by local remedies and prescribes internal tonics, purifiers, and a dubious remedy marketed as the best treatment, urging readers to send for a patent cure with dubious promises.
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