San Saba fair closes after four record crowds and prizes
San Saba's twentieth annual fair ended Friday night after four days of record crowds with strong livestock, agricultural and poultry shows. Premiums awarded across many crops and farm displays highlight winners including Shiloh, Heavy School No. 9, W. J. Millican, and J. H. Hart among others.
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San
W. J. Millican
Bend
JH. Hart
Shiloh
H.C. Hol
Zork
Morris
J. Parker
Toung Pierce
Alfred Wallace
Hart Watson
W. R. Lackey
J. J. Lanhim
A. Miller
Landbaic
der Jand
York
N. B. Horton
Young Pierce
J. H. Huffstettler Sr
Joln Huffstettler
Milder
W. T. Morris
R. T. Rawles
Charlie McConnell
Albert Grumbles
Charles Fry
E. J. Parker
A. K. Dexter
Warthcorn
B. Bing
J. N. Alexander
Maize
L. Wood
Jack Tomluson
Suzarcane Heads
Holcomb
A. J. Todd
Feterita
Fred Gunter
John Huffstetter
Six Hurt in Austin Highway Crash Involving Touring Car
Six men were injured when a touring car and a coupe collided on the Austin road a mile south of Fratt at 3 o clock Sunday morning. Injuries ranged from minor cuts to a dislocated shoulder, with both vehicles badly damaged. Names given include Colio Martines Jesus Lonez Lena etc amid travel from Dittlinger and San Antonio.
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Austin Road
Fratt
Colio Martines
Jesus Lonez
Lena
Shem Vive
Dittlinger
F Conner
Gos Mellyuine
San Antonio
Wealthy Dead Smoked Longer On Filipino Bench Custom
The article notes that among Igorate natives a dead rich man is placed on a bench and slowly smoked for up to twenty days as a preservation method. Ben Burgh comments on crude customs while Dorothy Wilder later jokes about calling a “wildcat cleaner” from a telephone directory.
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Baggio
P. T
Ben IF. Burgh
Dorothy Wilder
Philippines
Miss Wilder
Society and Clubs Monday and Tuesday Gatherings
Society notes list dinners and entertaining at the Original Mexican Restaurant Fort Sam Houston and St Anthony Roof. Guests include Colonel and Mrs Day Colonel and Mrs Dallam and Phi Gamma Delta members. Week also mentions Medina Lake visits and various parties across Galveston and Asheville.
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Alfred Burlina
Doctor Frances Wertzman
Don Petrce
Phi Gamma + Delta Fraternity
St. Anthony Roof
Rose Walker Kennedy
Sor William
Medina Lake
Alamo Country Club
Fred Kelly
W. K
A. Townsend
Cantiin F. Shea
B.raver
Johs Martin
Motor train service links Yoakum Kennedy and coastal cities
Yoakum Texas August 18 motor car service between Yoakum and Kennedy began this morning. Three trains daily each way will run between Yoakum Kennedy San Antonio and Corpus Christi with departures from Yoakum at 9:35 a.m. and returns at 6:50 p.m. The service is stated as temporary but may become permanent if patronage justifies it.
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Xoaikum
Tex
Yoakum
Kennedy
Kenedy
San Antono
Corpus Christi
Steer Net High Price For Zavala County Rancher
Crystal City Texas August 15 C M Brown Zavala county rancher sold a black steer with white face in Kansas City for 11.50 the top price ever paid for local stock. The 1180 pound animal led a carload with other good bred steers bringing 5.75 and 6.25 each. Brown expressed pride in the returns.
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Crystal City
Tex
C. M. Brown
Zavala County
Kansas City
George to Address Salesmen's Lunch in San Antonio
Charles J. George manager of the Clifton George Motor Company will address the Tuesday luncheon of the San Antonio Salesmanship Club on Meeting Competition with Concrete Facts. Walter Baird and Frank Gillispie will present a sales demonstration skit. Miss Alma Margaret Wendel will sing.
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Charles J. George
Clifton George ‘Motor Company
San Antonio
Edwards speaks in Brownwood on lieutenant governor bid
Will C. Edwards addressed a large Brownwood audience outlining his qualifications and commitment to constitutional service and fair taxation. He denounced bloc politics and denied ties to the Ku Klux Klan or any labor faction while asserting independence from political coalitions.
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Brownwood
Tex
Will C. Edwards
Edwards
Barry Miller Ss
Balter
Ku Hux Klan
Farm Labor Tnion
Yoakum Plans Big Ferguson Meeting
Supporters of Miriam A. Ferguson arrange a rally in Yoakum Texas for Tuesday evening with John M. Green district judge as principal speaker. Officials expect a large turnout from Yoakum and surrounding areas.
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Yoakum
BIG Ferguson
Xyoakum
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
John M. Green
Plenty-fifth Judicial District
New Discovery Promises Quick Slimming Without Dieting
An advertisement touts a magic feel for slimming without exercise, claiming quick reduction of double chin abdomen ankles wrists arms and breasts. Sold with a money back guarantee by H I War nex Drug Co and Lamar Laboratories Cleveland Ohio offering three cakes for one dollar and direct parcel post if needed.
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H. I. Warnex Drug Co
Lamar Laboratories
Beckman
Cleveland
Olin
Follies Girl Organ Suspect Arrested in New York
New York police held 21 year old Mrs Bessie Harvey Weir on $3000 bail for suspicion of bigamy after she claimed to be a Follies girl. She said her husband mistreated her and that he was killed in action. She also described two marriages in St Louis to Harvey Weir and Milton Goldsmith before moving to New York.
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New York
Bessie Harvey ‘Weir
John Kier
Ban
St. Louis
Weir
Eagle lifts 97 pound boy five feet in Ontario incident
In Chatham Ontario an eight foot winged eagle grabbed 14 year old Fred Cunningham weighing 97 pounds on a golf course last night. The bird lifted him five feet before release and dropped him. he freed himself from the wire fence and the bird was killed.
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Chatham
Ont
Fred Cunningham
Cunningham
Paroled Mexican Smoker Allowed to Go to El Paso
Joe Rivera, a parolee from Booneville reformatory, was arrested Saturday with a marijuana cigarette on him after stepping from a train in town. He told the judge he would not return to the United States and received a ticket to El Paso with orders to depart on the first train.
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Joe Rivera
Booneville, Missouri Reformatory
el Paso
Rivera
Mexico
Onion
Preacher Defending Klan Denounced At Texas Meeting
In Georgetown Texas an unidentified preacher interrupted a political meeting to defend the Ku Klux Klan after remarks by ex mayor RE Ward and former Williamson county attorney H N Graves. The intruder, who said he came from Kansas, attacked Dallas and Fort Worth, calling the cities’ vice and crime terrible. Graves condemned the man as a shriveled preacher stirring up strife and hatred. The group dispersed after Graves spoke.
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Georgetown
Texas
Annco
Ku. Klux Klan
RE. Ward
George‘town
H. N.graves
Williamson County
Ward
Ku Klux Klan
Dallas
Fort Worth
Kansas
Graves
Mexican Youth jailed after cafe dispute over meal
A Mexican youth at 104 South Santa Rosa Avenue was jailed after a dispute in a New York Cafe. He refused to pay $10 for fish he claimed to dislike and said he would rather go to jail than pay for food he did not eat. The case was heard Monday morning.
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Tia
New York
South
Santa Rosa Avenue
San Saba rally backs Mrs. Ferguson in governor bid
Day ton Moses spoke at the San Saba fair in support of Mrs. Ferguson for governor. Crowds filled the grounds all day wearing Me for Ma badges.
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San Saba
Tex
Dayton Moses
Missing 12 Year Old Ricardo Moreno Near San Antonio
Jesus Moreno reports his son Ricardo 12 is missing from Cementville north of San Antonio since early Saturday forenoon. Police and detectives are aiding the search after the boy left home alone and has not been found despite extensive inquiries.
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Ricardo
Jesus Moreno
Cementville
San Antonio
Alice Resident Rosie Henicke Dies at Home
Rosie Henicke, age 80, of Alice Texas, died Saturday morning at her residence. Funeral services were held at her home Sunday with Rev Listmann officiating.
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Alice
Alice, Tex
Rosie Henicke
Listmann
Mrs Bush Praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs Delbert Buss of Massena writes of terrible pains in both sides and fatigue from farm and housework. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and urges other women to try it for similar symptoms and nervous irritability.
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Massena
New York
Delbert Buss
R. FD
Lydia E. Pinkham
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