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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
6
An ad touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a stomach liver and bowels purifier to help resist heat for working men at $1.25 a bottle. The page also carries satirical lines about a capitalist daughter and Billy Sunday and ends with a cracked quip about a girl's swimming and bath tub life.
Notice of insurance coverage titled Fire Life Indemnity and Compensation Insurance for W. W. Watkins. Details on policy scope and beneficiary rights are provided in the brief legal notice.
Sudan grass, introduced from North Africa around 1910 and first grown in Texas in 1911, proves adaptable to semi arid regions with dependable yields under low rainfall. It provides hay and seed, with potential two hay cuts or one seed crop, and yields up to three tons per acre when broadcast. Seed rates vary by sowing method, and prices have averaged around 15 to 16 cents per pound. Buyers should use pure seed from reputable houses and cultivate for best yields, with drought pasture value emphasized for rainfall under 25 inches.
Coleman Texas the eighteen month old girl found aboard a train a week earlier was adopted by Mr and Mrs Joe Pharis of Coleman. Authorities search for the mother who reportedly left the child near Lampasas. A bottle stamped Greenville Texas traced the child’s origins. Rev E E Rawson cared for her before the adoption was finalized.
The article traces how barbers in Europe, notably France, split surgery from hair care by 1673 under Louis XIV. It describes Parisian baths in 1292, high costs, gendered access, and decline due to sanitation fears. It notes daily washing habits evolving from the 17th century and lists noble practices of neatness and personal care.
The remark questions why Mr Ehi cannot invent a machine capable of cotton chopping, implying a curiosity about technological engineering and practical farm labor tools.
The text promotes Bayer aspirin as a genuine, safe medicine prescribed for over twenty years. It advises choosing an unbroken Bayer package with directions for relieving headache and other pains, notes handy 12 tab boxes cost a few cents, and mentions larger Bayer packages sold by druggists.
In San Saba Joe McInnis known as a political war wick competes with Jim Cummins for the home stretch. McInnis backed Cox and announced hourly bulletins from a bulletin board in their drug state predicting Cox’s nomination. The effort by McInnis and Cummins to furnish convention dope was noted by customers and the public in the San Saba Star.
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