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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
3
An odd jumble of ideas questions political ambition and utilitarian skills. The text mentions a flatturn, a meth st for father, tire changes, and an assertion about Patricia and her churchgoing father. It notes discomfort with selling girl smoke and links cigarettes with cuss words.
In the 1870s Jefferson Texas stood as a booming trade hub rivaling Fort Worth and Dallas, thriving on water transport and commerce. The town declined after merchants stopped advertising and the local press failed, leaving Jefferson faded as Greenville and Chernnville points moved on, prompting caution that business must be kept alive through promotion and investment.
The editor offers a satirical flourish on time, imagination, and progress as he muses about the sands of time skidding and the improvised steering of civilization. The piece ridicules speculative schemes and frames the friction of change with odd, playful prose.
Officials from several Mid-Texas counties formed a new organization. Corrie Reeves was elected president and Gritaing was elected secretary. The group planned to discuss features of a project and set dates for upcoming meetings and representations.
Mrs Minnie Philpot of Gonzales Texas writes she suffered five years with left side pain extending to her shoulder and back becoming weak a skeleton before taking Cardui and improving after the second bottle now claims a permanent cure and praises Cardui highly for relief and health restored.
Spearmen Moni tor editor warns readers that anyone can be editor. Alban editor must sit at desk six days a week for twelve months. Mrs Jones slips up and hides in pantry. A mischievous lad from Macerton throws a stone hitting a companion. John Doe falls from roof onto back porch. Harold Green assaulted in public square after church visit. Joe Bate scratches Isaac Trimmer during a hat incident on Friday. Mir Wire and Kronekha hares involved in Saturday incident near corn crib.
Cartoonish Irish humor ends with a pupil claiming a wasp sits on him as the teacher asks what ails him. Then an excerpt praises Prickly Ash Bitters for heart symptoms from stomach issues. A bizarre note mocks damaged dollars and profiteers, citing Leslie's Weekly as source.
Dialogue captures a promoter asking what would happen if they struck off in a well and a friend replying the man would be the most surprised in the world. The fragment hints at a risky stunt and social reaction.
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