24 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
1
A 1920 tax summary explains deductible losses must come from trade or business profits or specific casualty losses. Losses on personal autos or homes generally aren’t deductible unless the sale constitutes a for profit transaction. Insured losses are not deductible. a loss must be sustained in the year reported and dispositions must finalize the loss.
An advertisement promotes Fidelity Sore Throat Medicine for rapid relief. It urges keeping a supply at home for emergencies and notes availability from Corner Drug Store and Simmons Drug Store in San Saba. The copy emphasizes Fidelity Quality and nationwide druggist endorsement.
Brownwood Bulletin reports Texas fishing regulations are strict and actively enforced. The law bans keeping bass under 11 inches and crappie under seven inches, urges releasing undersized fish to protect future stocks. Nets and seines may be used during March and April. a Colorado River resident paid 59.70 after violating the rules in Brownwood.
A vintage promotion touts Fidelity Mentholated Ointment for headaches neuralgia sprains bruises chapped hands croup cuts and more. It notes Fidelity Quality as pure and lists Corner Drug Store and Simmons Drug Store in San Saba as local retailers.
A French named gta cum album extract from mistletoe shows promise against several hemorrhage types. Discovered by Dr. Gultier and Dr. Dayan, it dilates vessels by stimulating vasomotor centers and strengthens heart energy, with injections or oral use reported. It claims help for intestinal bleedings, fever, and hardening arteries.
A compact verse urges immediate acts of kindness song and smile while days remain bright. It celebrates seizing the moment to share kind words, sing, and express love before time passes. The poem emphasizes friendship, happiness, and leaving a positive impression.
A Philadelphia Ledger note describes the Seminoles being moved to a 21 000 acre Florida coast reservation. About 225 Seminoles remain the remnants of a once powerful tribe. The report sketches their beauty and culture and notes the open palmetto scaffold homes with limited privacy in the jungle setting.
A Newark News account describes early rail transport shifts in the eastern United States influenced by wood turning engine use. Sparks from coal-fired engines threatened wooden structures as upgrades reduced fire hazards and improved train reliability amid fragile tracks and evolving railroad networks.
The article discusses home chemistry and physics techniques for stain removal and cleaning. It covers safe choice of cleaning agents to avoid damage, notes that turpentine and kerosene can clean frease and painted surfaces, white surfaces washed with kerosene, using ammonia in moderation, and cautions against strong alkaline solutions. It also mentions sand scrubbing for metal surfaces, soap and alcohol for delicate glass, and carbon tetrachloride as a nonflammable alternative to gasoline.
L W Liermann a machinist at 198 John street discovered dahlias react to neglect and prank. He fed, sheltered, and teased a red dahlia bush to test response, leaving it in the cold, removing nourishment, and waking it at night, which led to a single bloom of white in an odd protest.
A early 20th century report notes green vegetables and fresh fruits are valued for health, citing Journal of the American Medical Association. It mentions researchers C. B. Osborne and L. B. Mendel and claims spinach contains higher quantities of a vitamin key to normal growth.
A husband attacked his wife at their Chicago home during an argument about life. He poured a flammable liquid and attempted to burn her, but neighbors intervened and saved the woman from death. The man was examined by clinicians.
An eighty year old beggar in Lyons amassed a bank of several thousand pounds in francs along with railway shares treasury notes ready money and other valuables. Sanitary officers discovered the pile after neighbors called them in for public health concerns.
A brief item notes a boy from Peckham nicknamed the Fat Boy who weighs about 175 to 180 pounds despite being light on meals. At four feet something tall, he is described as content and well despite his unusual weight.
The church in West Mating England, St. John's, suffered a blaze on Monday night gutting the building. The sermon that week was titled Purified by Fire and the vicar said he felt a looming disaster all Sunday.
A New Hampshire house near Chipman was struck by lightning twice in three weeks. The first strike shattered the flue and tore a hole in the roof, while the second strike nearly stripped the home to its framework.
An old, fragmentary note states animals have fixed natural lifespans: rats two to four years, rabbits ten, sheep fifteen, cats fifteen, pigs twenty, cows twenty to thirty, dogs twenty five, horses thirty five. The text is incomplete and nonstandard.
Visiting Texas editors will tour the Lower Rio Grande Valley with a program including tours of Pharr San Juan Alamo Weslaco Mercedes and Brownsville. The schedule covers business sessions barbecue irrigation country tours and entertainment at Stewart's club house with dancing boating and a Mexican feast in Matamoros before a special train returns editors to their homes.
San Saba case reports a farmer, Jones, claiming two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills cured long standing kidney and back pains with edema. He notes improved general well being after following directions and recommends the product, priced 60 cents at dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
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