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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
6
A Dallas News item notes a West Dallas widow recounting why she rejected her suitor who claimed he had passed beyond mere beauty. The notice invites cash offers for a Cypress water tank and tower, with application to P. D. Spinks at Battery Hardware Co.
Report from Chicago dated September 4 notes diamonds washed ashore along southwest Africa in 1913 totaling 1 284 727 carats valued at 13 132 250. Scientists trace origin to seabed off Pomona Possession island with vast hidden beds and diverse colors. Also contains a 1920 Llano County school transfer policy notice.
Advert says Freezone costs only a few cents and can lift off hard and soft corns between toes with just a few drops. It claims immediate pain relief and painless removal of corn or callus, including root, using a tiny bottle from any drug store.
The Brownwood reunion brought four McInnis brothers together at 1821 Martin St. Ages total 290 years with averages around 72. R. A. and H. R. in Llano and county office. J. T. and L. L. in Bryan and undertakers with Lano furniture stock. Father of Jon McInnis, R. A., hopes Joe reaches a long life.
A nostalgic poem recalls a mother and her son who asked What ye got to eat as a child. The speaker laments missing his voice now while the boy serves far away at sea in the war. She looks forward to the day the boy returns home safely and greets her with Hello Ma Im back again.
The notice promotes genuine Bayer aspirin tablets as safe and trusted for over twenty years. It stresses to accept only an unbroken Bayer package with directions for relief of headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Tin boxes of 12 cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
A masked bandit robbed the First State Bank of Uvalde Texas stealing about 6200 in cash after forcing Assistant Cashier Lawrence Little and janitor James Anderson into the vault. He refused to seize thousands in Liberty Bonds, then fled in a nearby roadster as police hunted across several counties.
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Guaranty State Bank in Graham Texas of about seven to ten thousand dollars Thursday at 2 50 p m. Vice President A Mauldin aided the escape by remaining briefly in the vault but freed himself within ten minutes. A large posse pursued but no arrests reported.
A brief exchange in the Birmingham Age-Herald discusses social proprieties after the war. The woman allegedly made wartime concessions as patriotic duties, but now must know a man for twenty four hours before kissing him, highlighting peacetime expectations.
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