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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
2
A collection of disparate lines notes mail matters under act GUEBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE and comments on costs, building repairs, suffrage politics, newspaper news gathering, and sociologists urging workers to farm. The tone blends critique with candid social observations.
The Capper Hersman bill before Congress would legalize farmers cooperative associations and exempt them from antitrust law. The Liano News urges Texas congressmen to support it, arguing these bodies differ from trusts and benefit from cutting middlemen to improve distribution. Local leaders are urged to push progress in Llane County.
A group of 850 Detroit stenographers agrees on price caps for hats ten dollars suits fifty dollars shoes twenty dollars coats fifty dollars dresses thirty five dollars hose two fifty gloves two dollars. They say consumer strikes will push prices down as producers stop rising costs.
The piece argues that prices rise in stores are faced by prudent shoppers and retailers, while highlighting mother love as a constant, powerful force in family life. It praises mothers' sacrifices, notes how children mature into appreciating their mothers, warns against selfish behavior, and endorses carnations on Mother’s Day as a meaningful custom.
A notice seeks a five or six room residence for rent or purchase. Contact J. W. Cierley at the Texas Granite Co. office. Also advertised are galvanized iron roofing arriving at Atkins-Qualls Hardware and 400 acres of unimproved land twelve miles above Llano with river frontage and good grazing. For details see Bh Marschall.
Justus Paint Store invites for a fresh paper update for your walls. Also promote Llano Furniture Co as a source for durable furniture for a lifetime spring comfort.
The list showcases stars for reading roles under a new contract. It includes Elsie Ferguson, Wallace Reid, Dorothy Dalton, Marguerite Clark, Robert Warwick, Billie Burke, Enid Bennett, Vivian Martin, Dorothy Gish, and others with Mack Sennett comedies making up 23 features. Also notes related services at Justus Paint Store and Dabbs Moneyhon Co.
The notice promotes Liggett and Platt spring as the best option and invites readers to call and examine them. It mentions a B W A meeting on Friday May 7 in a church for a regular session with Bible lessons from Numbers chapters 25 26 27 and encourages full attendance in a responsive obedience theme.
A professor of the University of Chicago presents a series of questions as evidence of a real education. The quiz asks about public spirit, kindness to the weak, friendship, honesty, love for children, compassion for animals, happiness in work, and views on money versus higher thinking.
Wanted notice seeks farm or good land for sale with price and description. Fall delivery requested. Respond to L. Jones Box 551 Olney Illinois. Also promotes Liggett and Platt springs and a large home furnishing goods shipment available in store.
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