Henry Agricultural Club Secretary's Report
Vivian Baskin recounts a successful first year for the Henry Agricultural Club. The five acre cotton project yielded $38.55 despite no rain, teaching cooperation. members also won prizes with poultry and pig projects. Canning demos by Miss Stone and wax budding demos by Mr. Brison energized members. the club won first prize on its San Saba Fair float and Eli Rawls attended the A and M Short Course. Next year aims for broader participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Poultry Club
Carl Baskin
San Saba
Maurice Baskin
S. C
Miss Stone
Henry Club
Eli Rawls
Kidney Diseases Endanger San Saba Residents
The article warns kidney trouble is dangerous and often undetected until it weakens health, listing symptoms such as backache and urinary issues. It promotes Doan’s Pills to support kidney health and cites a Lampasas livestock dealer, S. H. Smithwick, endorsing the product. Price 60c at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean’s
S. H. Smithwieck
3Rd St
Lampasas
Texas
Doan
Making the Best of a Bargain in Life's Trials
A 1924 reminiscence by Thomas A Clark recounts a harsh year learning under a demanding boss Grover. The author details enduring drudgery, lack of praise, and tight pay to gain discipline, self-control, and commitment to keep promises despite adversity. He reflects on hard bargains shaping resilience and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Texas Educational Program Provisions for School Finance and Governance
Texas proposes a state board of education to appoint the state superintendent and handle admin duties. It seeks a modified county unit law with county superintendent by a county board. It calls amending Article VII Sec 3 to allow county school tax and repeal state to create special districts. It outlines refunding state bonds into higher yielding bonds and retiring Penitentiary Railroad Bonds to aid rural districts. It requests retiring bonds held by the Permanent School Fund and increasing annual per capita allotment to fifteen dollars. It seeks $4 million extra yearly to meet this, plus $1.5 million for rural aid with $0.5 million for high school tuition. It approves amending teachers cert laws, text-book law changes, and extending compulsory attendance ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Penitentiary Railroad
State Board of Education
Permanent School
San Saba mid winter poultry show promotes profits
The San Saba Poultry Association urges members to pay dues for 1925 and prepare for a big poultry push. It highlights selling broilers and pallets, selling to high eye market, and linking poultry with canned goods to grow bank deposits. The group discusses a possible cold storage plant for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Harkey
Association
San Saba
Poultry Association
Inglish brothers visit with parents in San Saba
Clark Inglish of San Antonio and Douglas Inglish of Dallas spent last week with their parents Mr and Mrs G Inglish in San Saba.
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Clark
Douglas Inglish
San Antonio
Dallas
G.inglish
San Saba
State education plan outlines broad reforms and support
The document proposes lowering the compulsory school age to six, removing the upper limit, extending 120 day terms, continuing vocational funding, and adopting a Civilian Rehabilitation Act program. It calls for a restricted junior college law, funded higher education, and standardization to protect elementary and secondary schools. The submission is by S MaN Marrs with county agent R S Miller noted. Later, R W Burle gon and family of Fredericksburg visited their parents over Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
S.man. Marrs
R.S. Miller
Fredericksburg
Hugh Miller
R. W. Burlegon
The Lagoptik Eye Wash Ad Claim
An old ad text touts Lagoptik eye wash as providing relief after long drives. It claims washing eyes with camphor witchhazel hydrasts removes dust and germs, counteracts wind and sun effects, and stops dryness and burning. Simmons Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
Halls Catarrel Medicine Tonic Vision Ad
An old Toledo Ohio advertisement touts a tonic named Halls Catarrel Medicine, claiming to act through the blood on mucous membranes to restore normal condition. It markets Hyidarugelsta for over 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyidarugelsta
Enay & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Henry Agricultural Club
By Vivian Baskin
Sashestan
Thomas A. Clark
Yeon
University of Ttlinois
Western Newspaper Union
Texas Educational Program
Elene Sedgwick
Hoot Gibson
the Ramblin Kid
Brite
la Bounty Bros
San Saba, Texas
Morris-Mosley Company
San_Saba, Texas
City National Bank
T.A
Murray
Mation
Buick
Tire
G. A. Arhelger
Conner-Ashby Motor Co
San
SABA
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