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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
7
A fragment reflects on the Methodist Woman's Society for Christian Service, tracing its history of 254 years across four united bodies. It highlights adapting to change as part of divine plan and recalls the Psalm urging joy in the day the Lord has made.
Social notes record Miss Edna Martin visiting Misses Willys and Doris Raesner and returning to San Antonio Monday. Belle Poer travels to Georgia for winter visits before Llano. Dorothy Lee Letfeste from a Austin business college spent the weekend with her parents. A local church member reflects on faith and mission while a political note thanks voters for support and mentions future plans. Farmers report 1940 grain reserves totaling enough to sustain 78 pounds of pork per person, up from 1939.
Records show sailors aboard colonial ships drank beer to supplement poor water quality. The Mayflower carried 40 casks of ale, and Georgia colonists received three pints daily. The 42 line Gutenberg Bible, printed around 1455 in Mainz with 1282 pages, had about 160 copies. 41 complete copies remain, mostly in public institutions. If a copy appears at public sale it could fetch about 250000 dollars.
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