Beer Tax Booster Or Beer Country Should Be Ready to Drink Up All Good
J J Taylor in Dallas News argues the beer tax bill stalls in Congress but could pass in the next session or under Hoover. He envisions volunteers to drink up revenue, with millions of gallons per year, and even conscription if needed to keep the Treasury full. The piece uses patriotic rhetoric and imagines maidens and men urged to drink for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Taylor
Dallas News
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Senate
Congress
Ma Ferguson tribute and political note from Abilene
A letter from Mrs F W West of Abilene praises Ma Ferguson for righteous leadership and calls for governance free of graft. The note closes with well wishes for a long tenure and clean government. The snippet also records Mrs Emma Sloan visiting from a ranch and visiting county seat residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Sloan
Alice Sloan
Nut Romance Ends With Pecans and a Wedlock Twist
San Saba Texas December report tells of Hazel Victory an 18 year old who climbed a pecan tree to fetch nuts when she slipped and dangled by her skirt. Rancher Henry Tanner rescued her then they grew close hunted pecans together and married. The tale blends danger humor and romance in a small town clipping of 1919.
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Saturday Blade
Chicopo
Arizona
J. M. Carter
Carter
San Saba
Texas
Here
Henry Tanner
Hazel Victory
Hazel
Tanner
Terra Firma
Pera Tree
Henry
Tau OU
Garden Seed Supply and Market for Poultry Goods
Bodkin and Little advertise bulk garden and flower seed sales and announce they buy chickens eggs and turkeys at high market prices. Jones Produce serves East Side Square. Miss Mary E. Harlan left for a position with Texas Louisiana Power in Fort Worth or Oklahoma City. Mrs. J. H. Saylor and son Lyman of Goldthwaite visited Mr. and Mrs. Clinton DeWolfe in San Saba last week.
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Jones
East Side Square
Mary E. Harlan
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
J. H. Saylor
Lyman of Goldthwaite
Clinton DeWolfe
San Saba
Your Electric Light Calendar Explains Winter Usage
The calendar shows average daily hours of electric light per month, highlighting why winter bills rise as longer evenings demand more lighting. It notes that winter use is about three times summer and urges recognition of comfort and cheer from electricity while pointing to lower residential rates in effect today.
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Federal Treasury
Norette
TO “Ma” Ferguson
F. W. West
Cedar St
Abilene, Texas
Fenal
Bodkin & Little
Nanan
Indie
Sys
Nan
Texas Power
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