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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
2
The column reflects on sickness easing with winter waning and spring optimism. It notes Llano’s fur trade activity, county fairs, expanding exhibits, and growing bank accounts, while recalling school disruptions from flu and a general push toward improved public health.
In Llano activity mounts as mid January passes. Residents rush to meet obligations to city county and state and to renew 1929 yellow tags on their cars. Tax money flows with brisk, sale like movement through offices and departments.
A local tribute extols Llano area benefits highlighting low public debt and roads described as best in Texas. It contrasts high taxes elsewhere with prosperity, growth, and ongoing town life despite distant hardships.
The piece notes several candidates seek the governor’s seat, arguing for a shift to office seeking the right man rather than the office. It warns readers to save for a rainy day as old age approaches and laments burdens on others during life’s last days.
Counties push local dairy growth to rival Iowa and Nebraska. Advocates cite natural advantages and pure air as aids to cream and butter prosperity, arguing frost and ozone favor local producers while inviting residents to decide.
A local improvement promises thirty six new comfortable steam heated bath connected rooms for travelers in Llano. The progress described suggests the town will no longer need to search for lodging as improvements continue nationwide.
A reflective passage contemplates life's promises and hardships. It notes that strangers and locals alike seek more than basic sustenance and laments the disparity between blessings and daily blessings. The tone hints at shared longing and personal accountability.
The piece laments Dallas as a crime hotbed and melting pot of danger. It argues city culture and business should expose dark alleys to reduce crime and improve citizen peace. The author notes the need to lock doors as a consequence of living in fear.
Frank Wilkinson of the Detroit News questions a Detroit editor's claim that average women drink booze and smoke as much as men. He argues that in Texas conditions differ and reports few women drinking or smoking, suggesting the Detroit assertion is exasperating and not fully true for the fair sex.
The Chicago Tribune suggested no man would expose cabinet yeast. the text asserts Texas officials would not tolerate public theft and notes Charles A Culbert as a lingering reference, reflecting a historical rebuttal to the Tribune’s stance.
The passage urges youth to seize life’s opportunities and accept responsibility, warning against apathy and public corruption. It recalls American leaders and diplomats, noting Texas figures and the career of a Texas diplomat who gained recognition in Europe, married in Paris, and returned to practice law in San Augustine.
James Pinkney Henderson born 1868 in Lincoln County North Carolina led Texans’ cause in 1820s and 1830s, served as Attorney General and Secretary of State, became first Texas Governor in 1846, fought in Monterey, later Senate appointee in 1857, died in Washington DC June 4, 1858.
Dan McDonald Sheriff and Tax Collector of Llano County Texas urges landowners to present tax receipts quickly if their land appears on the tax list or to file requests to buy part or all of the tracts before the advertised sale date.
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