San Saba Showcases Rich Empire From Beekeeper to Banks
Fort Worth Record reports San Saba Texas as capital of a vast empire with 8000 residents, three banks holding $1 million in deposits, and diverse riches. Local products include marble pecans cotton cattle fruit and timber with irrigation plans expanding 40 000 acres. The city boasts a strong school system churches and a famed river fairy grounds hosting an annual fair praised for profits and education.
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Hamilton Wright
San Saba
Nature
Southern Sun
West
California
Valley farming pays in San Saba valley cotton crop
T Dismakes on Flat Branch near Harkeyville reports finishing cotton picking from 45 acres that produced 85 bales. He sold eight bales at over 25 cents a pound, 22 more at 17 cents, and five at 0.05 dollars, totaling 3560.40 dollars. He notes remnant 600 pounds for quilting and mattresses and mentions help from family.
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T. K. Dismakes
Harkeyville
San Saba
Pink Arbutus Romance Blossoms in New Hampshire Springs
Lillian Lowell receives pink arbutus from North Conway and shares them with Mr. Hartford at the office. A dinner in town leads to a mountain-themed courtship as they recall White Horse ledge and the arbutus they both seek in the hills. The couple discovers shared roots and a budding romance during a day of flowers and mountain memories.
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Lilian Lowell
North Conway
Moat Mountain
Ruth
Mr. Hartford
Arbutus
Miss Lowell
New Hampshire
White Horse Ledge
Lillian
White Mountains
Lunin
Ramadan's fasting trials for Turkish workers and merchants
Ramadan is described as a month of trials for all Muslims, especially laboring men who fast from sunup to sundown. Mohammedan police monitor restaurants, and Christian eateries with private rooms become popular. Sundown fires spark crowds at coffee houses, while daylight fasting tests temper and irritate Turks, affecting trade and daily life.
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Allah
Constantinople
If I Could Do One Living Thing for You
A poetic meditation on duty and meaning inspired by the Richmond Times Dispatch. The speaker longs to do just one fruitful deed to ease pain, right a wrong, or aid a weaker soul. Despite distance from the dream and constant struggle, the resolve to persevere remains.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Wagon to a star queerness? Auto parking question looms
A witty exchange questions where a man can park an automobile as a metaphor for choosing a place in life. The dialogue hints at ambition and practical logistics without naming people or events.
Joseph McKee plans Halloween bonfire for neighbors
Eight year old Joseph McKee performs duties on the home lawn and leads neighbors in raking leaves and burning garden trash for a wiener roast, preferring the outdoor blaze to a masked party. His mother agreed to the gathering with jack o lanterns and witches, but Joseph proposed the bonfire fundraiser style.
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Tom Sawyer
Joseph McKee
Joseph
Indianapolis News
Herring Ads Reflect Scarce Food in Hanover Germany
Food scarcity continues in Hanover as the Kleusthal Harz Food Administration announces herrings sold at the municipal distributing station with each person limited to half a herring. Reader notices in Klausthaler Anzeiger include humorous and risqué ads for partners to obtain herrings, featuring entries like Honest Division and God of Love Herring.
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Hanover
Germany
Kleusthal
Harz
Klausthaler Anzeiger
Der- 800
Ehrliche Teilung
Liebesgott Hering
God of Love Herring
Armadillos as Oregon Nicaragua pets? Odd practice noted
The passage reports that in Nicaragua armadillos are kept as pets to control ants. They are occasionally bred in captivity, producing a few young. Descriptions note the armadillo’s pale gray color, sometimes with buff or blackish tips, and mud crust on its shell from burrowing in damp soil.
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Nicaragua
Morestry Magazine
False Teeth with a History Return Home from China
An Englishman recently back from China owns a set of enameled false teeth with a documented past. The wearer allegedly acquired them from a distressed Chinese man who claimed the teeth belonged to a potter executed nearly two centuries ago.
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China
County and District Officers File Bonds
The commissioners court examined and approved official bonds of district, county, and precinct officers. Bonds listed include A. E. Moore tax collector for 26000 state bond and 30500 county bond with multiple sureties. E. Millican and others as county superintendent of public instruction. W. C. Dofflemyer as county treasurer. precinct constable No. 1. Arch Woods county clerk. justices of the peace. county surveyor. county judge. several commissioners with varying bond amounts. National Surety Company of New York and American Sureties named among the sureties.
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Commissioners Court
Iast
A. E. Moore
Fidelity and ‘Deposit Company of Maryland
R. C. Sloan
M. E. Millican
R. BR. Low
W. J. Moore
Irene G. Barrow
W. E. Barrow
G. L. Huckaby
C. H. Bentley
W. C. Locker
F. M. Mathews
J .B. Coffey
C. A. Harkey
W. C. Dofflemyer
R. R. Low
F. FE. Edwards
Mra
C. J. Harkey
W.P. Marr
W. H. Hinyard
P. GC. Sloan
Arch Woods
T. A. Murray
R. ©. Sloan
A. T., Chamberlain
Justice of the Peace
WN. Ellis
P. C.” Sloan
Bross
Fof. Edwards
W. J. Millican
CG. L. Behros
P.C. Sloan
J. S. May
R. L
Leslie Davenport
National Surety ‘Company of New York
J. A. May
Frank Paxton
J. H. Johnson
J. A. Low
T. W. Boyett
W. H. Gregg
Jno
Bonding details from city clerk and sheriff
Tax assessor W E Yarborough posts a $5000 bond with The American Surety Company of New York as principal. sureties listed. Public Weigher precinct No 1 W G Brown bond set at $2500 with multiple sureties. Sheriff bond $5000 with I B Taff J W Carroll W B Harris Edgar T Neal as sureties. County attorney bond $2500 with listed sureties.
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Walker
A. Murray
Women Soon to Play Football at Varsity Level
Boston Mass December 19 The idea of women playing varsity football was raised as likely within a few years Major Frank W Cavayhaugh, aBoston College official, noted that women have shown fighting spirit and he would not be surprised if within five years there is agitation for varsity teams at women’s colleges.
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Boston
Mass
Frank W. Cavayhaugh
Boston College
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