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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
1
A humorous exchange during Alabama bar candidate exams ends with the young man declaring he would seek a continuance to look up a rare term after the examiner tries a fifty year obsolete plea. The anecdote notes his eventual admission.
A Texas booklet detailing industries and resources with illustrations of farmland is being distributed along the Texas Farm Bay Special route through eighteen states and part of Canada. Thousands will be handed out to lure homeseekers from the north northeast and east to Texas during the last three weeks of August. Ransom and McInnis advertise Prickly Ash Bitters as a blood and liver cleanse for vigor and health priced at $1.25 per bottle.
A Dallas college plans a four year scholarship for the first girl baby born to the class of 1920, funded by two $1,000 Liberty Bonds and $840, totaling about $1,680. The bonds mature in 1938 with interest reinvested in savings certificates, aiming for a future $4,000 value. The class contemplates naming the recipient Liberty Loan.
In Chicago a destitute mother Margaret Emmerson killed herself and her two eight year old sons and her eight year old daughter. Police say domestic troubles and poverty drove her to insanity. The husband faces court action for desertion as authorities probe the razor used in the deaths.
A motivational line contrasts belief in a theory with belief in oneself. It highlights brilliance as only half the challenge and bravery as the crucial other half.
Strictly cash in advance. No announcement will be inserted until the fee is paid. All announcements are inserted in the order received at this office.
Mrs. Fraser of E Main St Li ano testifies in 1912 that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her rheumatic pains and weather related troubles. Four years later she confirms continued benefit and recommends the product to tone kidneys. Price 60c at dealers. FosterMilburn Co Mfgs New York.
A woman hunts names from present and past for her baby but the christening yields Julian Harold Egbert Ulysses Victor Paul Algernon Marcus Cecil Sylvester George McFall, while the father and peers shorten him to Fatty and Jake. Texas Health Magazine.
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