San Saba News Briefs and Local Socials
San Saba items note Reeves Kuykendall of Houston visiting on business, a string of local trips and visits including Mrs. T. S. Ayler and Borden Ayler driving to Ft Worth, H. H. Taylor and Ella Dubose traveling to San Antonio, Uvalde, and more. Residents F S Gray and wife return from Canyon with son James entering State Normal at Canyon. J C Campbell and J L Walker families, W Y Dean and Fannie Walker visit Fred Brison at Little River. Sam Mann visits from Sonora. Mrs. Roy Timberlake in Del Rio and Old Mex ico, with Mrs. W G Timberlake. Mrs. J W Carroll returns from Baylor. Miss Bennie Killian joins sister in San Saba school. Geo Horton and Patsy and Jack visit Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Campbell
J. L. Walker
W. WY. Dean
Fannie Walker
Fred Brison
Little River
Temple
Shadows of the Past in Ulster County Gazette
A facsimile of Kingston Ulster County Gazette from January 4 1800 prints war notes from Strasbourg Napoleon’s Rhine campaign with Manheim Mentz and Frankfort retaken and German losses. It also notes a mass peasant uprising, Cossack prisoners and a tribute to General George Washington on his death, contrasted with modern world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Mentz
Manheim
Frankfort
Adolph Hitler
Napoleon
Ulster County Gazzette
George Washington
Cash Stores 139 Years Ago in a 1800 Ad
The Ulster County Gazette Kingston January 4 1800 printed a rhyming advert from Luther Anders Co claiming fresh goods at lower ready pay prices and no credit offered. The verse promises a store by a sign a few rods from the House Divine and appeals to buyers to visit for bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Anders & Co
Ulster County Gazzette
Kingston
N. Y
House Divine
Looking Backward At San Saba
Mr G C Lane travels to Georgetown on business. Noah Peeler breaks an arm from a fall. Miss Anna Eblin returns to San Saba College for the new year. Judge Walters and Col Stegall back from Wilbarger and Hardeman counties. Dr G P Holman builds a residence near town with C P Looney as contractor. Made Moiselle Aerida to race Edwin Wilson in San Saba September 12. Raymond Estep to Cosmo Dallas Business College. C A Thornblum back from Brady. Seburn Gose operated on at Temple sanitarium. mother Mrs T A Gose with him. Mrs J B Longley visiting Richland Springs. R QC Harris to Eden to oversee Walker Harris cattle. Camp Tarleton at Fair Grounds with 125 cadets.
Truck farming in Pecos Valley near Dexter N M
Glen Jones writes from Dexter New Mexico about 12 acres rented from M L Kuykendall near Rosswell. Tomatoes occupy seven acres with other crops, all irrigated by a high yield artesian well. First tomato load sold at 1.07 per lug, second load at 7c per lug, with 75 more ready. Four weekly trips to North Texas and Arizona. Five steady pickers and plans for 15 more acres next year. Glen 21 and Herman 19 manage packing and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
N. M
San Saba
Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
M. L. Kuykendall
Rosswell
Glen
Herman
Arizona
More Names for the Pioneers Memorial
A letter to Dennis Sullivan of the Pioneer Memorial Committee from J R Meacham San Pedro California lists old settlers to be added to the Pioneer Monument including L D Robertson Mollie Austin Robertson James R Meacham Lulu Long Meacham Charles W Long Bettie Gray Long Meacham notes his background as a government enforcement officer and that his firm Ban Camp Sea Food Co at Terminal Island California recently returned from tuna fishing with 35 tons of tuna fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sullivan
Pioneer Memorial Committee
J. R. Meacham
San Pedro
Calif
L. D. Robertson
Mollie Austin Robertson
James R. Meacham
Lulu Long Meacham
Charles W. Long
Bettie Gray
Long Mr. Meacham
L. C. Robertson
Oklahoma
California
Ban Camp Sea Food Co
Terminal Island
Residences Sold in Three Deals at San Saba
J O Brown who recently entered the grocery business bought the former Lewis homestead from Mrs Susie Simmons and will remodel it into a rooming house. L T Smith purchased the former Carl T Jones home from H H Cryer. Misses Ellen E and Mattie Jones bought a house and two lots from C W Bartlett executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Brown
Lewis Homestead
Susie Simmons
L. T. Smith
Carl T. Jones
H. H. Cryer
Ellen E
Mattie Jones
C. W. Bartlett
Prairie Chickens Save Cotton Fields In Wheeler County
In Wheeler County Texas landowners plan to feed prairie chickens after the birds saved crops by eating army worms. They will suspend hunting during the five year closed season. The birds inspired planting sudan cane and maize for feed. Nearby report includes a two headed snake discovery and Opelousas cat nest findings in the Trinity River area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Wheeler County
P. D. Moseley
T. D. Key
Mr. Key
Key
Trinity River
Paradise
Loyd Proskitt
Bridgeport
Harley Berg
No. Texas game salary dispute and duck counts
The game commissioner should receive 36000 annually, but Tucker accepted 3600 per year from February 1927 for his department service through seven months of the biennium. The heaviest canvasback duck concentration in Texas is Surprise Lake, Chambers County, northeast of Galveston, per State Game Warden Delbert Conner. Canvasbacks, redheads, buffleheads and ruddy ducks are the four species with a three per day limit during the open season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Cole
Earl Watley
Texas
Thas
Will J. Tucker
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Tucker
Surprise Lake
Chambers County
Galveston
Delbert Conner
Lone Star State
Ex Navy Men Urged to Contact Waco Recruiting Station
Ex-Navy men with honorable discharges within eight years are asked to notify the Waco Navy Recruiting Station. The notice outlines eligibility for enlistment in Fleet Reserve class F-2 or volunteer reserve class V-6, with obligations to keep address updated and be ready for active service, while maintaining peacetime occupations. The aim is to compile names and addresses to recruit trained men for mobilization and future enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Naval Reserve
Bureau of Navigation Manual
Fleet Reserve
Regular Navy
Volunteer Reserve
Navy
Greetings From the Phillipses in Pecos Letter
Walter J. Phillips of Pecos writes from his new Jones Dey Goods Co. store and sends greetings to friends in San Saba. He says the family is well, they like Pecos, and expect a good fall despite very hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Phillips
Pecos
Jones Dey Goods Co
Talelips
San Saba
Local firm unveils butane display trailer in town
Traut Little Sons, Servel Electrolux and Butane distributors, introduced a Michigan made trailer designed to showcase Servel Electrolux refrigerators and Roper gas ranges using butane or kerosene. The trailer's first local trip occurred last Saturday when Mr. Traut to Richland Springs for a demonstration. Also noted: Mrs Maggie Miller of Richland visited San Saba with Mr and Mrs Toro Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traut, Little & Sons
Servel Electrolux
Butane
Michigan
Traut & Little
Traut
Richland Springs
Maggie Miller
Richland Community
San Saba
Toro Myers
Cockrell backs Thompson oil tax for Social Security
Texas representative Ellis D. Cockrell endorses Ernest C. Thompson's plan to levy a five cent per barrel tax on crude oil to fund Social Security. He argues most revenue comes from outside the state, benefiting Texans with reduced burden, and urges constituents to petition the governor to urge legislative action before old age checks are cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Cockrell
Ernest C. Thompson
Texas
Tver
Thompson
Ellis D. Cockrell
Gun Battle At Llano Ends Attempt to Loot Liquor Store
Constable oF, OV. Casper and a night watchman engaged in a gun battle with three burglars trying to force the A. J. Deats Package Store in Llano. Shots were exchanged as the robbers fled, leaving a bullet hole on the watchman’s hat and evidence of the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Casper
Liana
A. J. Deats
Ashe
Feng
Fareine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ban Saba
M. W. Trussell
San Saba County
Reeves Kuykendall
Houston
T. S. Ayler
Borden Ayler
Lenita
Virginia Macune
Ft. Worth
Mmes. H. H. Taylor
Ella DuBose
San Antonio
Uvalde
Lee
Uick
J. L. Dailey
Grover Peeler
Bell
Barton Dailey
F. S. Gray
Canyon
James
Sam Mann
Sonora
Mrs
H. B. Mann
Roy Timberlake
del Rio
Old Mexico
Junction
W. GC. Timberlake
J. W. Carroll
Monroe Carroll
Baylor University
G. C. Lane
Georgetown
Anna Eblin
San Saba College
Judge Walters
Col. Stegall
Wilbarger
Hardeman Counties
G. P. Holman
C. P. Looney
Moiselle Aerida
America
Edwin Wilson
Raymond Estep
Dallas
Cosmopolitan Business College
C. A. Thornblum
Brady
Seburn Gose
T. A. Gose
J. B. Longley
John Gibbons
R. QC
Harris
Eden
Walker & Harris
Tarleton
Fair Grounds
Doc Jones
Pioneers
State Game Warden
Wotley
the Phillipses
City Drug
Cockrell
Bea
Coe
Purina
Ours
San Saba Produce
Cameron
Cameron ‘Service
ooWe
Cameron & Company
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