21 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
1
The speaker extols good honest labor and argues worry harms more than work. They claim idleness breeds fault finding and complaints, promoting steadiness and effort over anxiety. The piece frames work as virtue and worry as counterproductive behavior.
Earl McNatt farmed an old worn land in San Saba County and harvested 3872 pounds of Spanish peanuts valued at 169.40 after costs. He learned peanuts suit poor sandy ground, required less labor than cotton, and earned prizes at county and state fairs while benefiting from club guidance and an encampment trip to Dallas.
Advertised in San Saba by Mackey & Ransom druggists, the product claims swift relief for severe stomach trouble, constipation, sour stomach, and gas by flushing the entire alimentary tract with buckthorn bark glycerine mix. The testimonial notes a wife of two merchants improved instantly.
In a pamphlet attributed to a wealthy German merchant, the writer claims the Hohenzollerns used business leaders to back war plans from 1912 to 1916. He alleges promises of vast gains, Australian land grants, loans, Canada syndicates, and favorable treaties to secure commercial support, and says many consented or were coerced, with aims to subdue the business class before defeat.
A retrospective on the January 31 1917 declaration that sea traffic would be stopped with every weapon. It notes German belief in quick victory, U-boat losses versus Allied resilience, and the impact of Wilson’s embargo on neutrals. It also mentions American troop movement and a San Saba relocation of the Walters family.
The San Saba County Court will hear an application for Letters of Guardianship for Martha Starr 12 Irene Starr 5 and Ethel Starr 7. The hearing starts the fourth Monday in February 1918 at the San Saba Court House.
The American Tobacco Company conducted experiments on improving smoking tobaccos. A Burley tobacco toasted like bread, moistened to restore moisture, formed cigarettes named Lucky Strike. The toasted cigarette sparked unprecedented demand, with toasting said to improve flavor and wholesomeness similar to cooking meat.
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