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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1924
Page
2
A nostalgic poem recounts lifelong friendship from childhood under chestnut trees to present strain and looming parting. It contrasts sunshine and shade, laughter and sorrow, ending with a grave and silent voices urging the friend to clear their brow. The piece centers on shared memories and a final severing.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item notes parents loving odd names for their children. It cites A. B. Lee and mentions Sussex Davis and Kant Delaware Davis, who honor Delaware counties, plus a Pennsylvania man named Declaration Independence and another named Lehigh Valley written as L W. The report highlights curious naming trends with regional ties and local notoriety.
In Sonoma county's Devil's Gulch region natural steam will light and heat Healdsburg, 28 miles away, to develop electric power. A third well is being drilled and should yield 2500 horsepower, with two other wells already supplying power nearby. The subterranean steam reservoir spans about ten miles by five.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item recaps a New York dinner where a stock market wizard describes oil stocks falling and steel stocks rising. The dialogue contrasts a philanthropic optimist praising a woman to a misanthropic pessimist, using ivy on a ruined wall as a metaphor for clinginess.
Unknown Land Christian Leden plans to depart from Christiania Norway with a small group of scientists to search for two Arctic Eskimo tribes in northern Canada. Despite warnings that no white man returns alive Leden aims to map uncharted territory and assess mineral and oil resources reported by Sema Eski mos in Path finder Magazine.
Chicago scene looms as rival factions claim supremacy in a sharp exchange. The New Yorker boasts of top gunmen while Chicagoans push back, framing a tense clash of voices in a shifting power dynamic.
Birds are linked to disease spread in Washington as fynotanis mouthisease appears in stock. Veterinarians believe birds pass the illness from section to section after other infection routes are cut off. They say birds from epidemic areas may carry the disease in their intestinal tracts via contaminated grain.
In Wregley Lineal England Mr J Parish a plate maker known as the latin timepiece for punctuality has retired after arguing whether his clock or the church clock was wrong. The church clock was found at fault and Parish ends his long service amid clockmaking lore.
The Old Age Club reports twenty four new members this week, bringing the roll to a large list of seniors from San Saba Richland Springs and nearby towns. Members include R Kolb age 84 and W Sullivan age 70 among many others, with ages ranging from 70 to 92.
Daily stage service runs from San Saba to Brownwood via Goldthwaite and return, connecting with the Stephenville Fort Worth bus line. The service operates every day, linking local towns and regional transport.
Mr and Mrs Frank Gray and Mrs Anna Brown of Llano were business visitors in Fredericksburg Tuesday. Numerous locals and visitors are named among social, school, and family visits with several trips to Brownwood Temple and Corpus Christi noted. The piece highlights a college demonstration exhibit and local movement.
An advertisement from Hoyt's Studio promotes berry harvesting on the Smith Farm three miles southeast of Locker with Dew berries and blackberries. Brier prices are 25 cents per gallon on the briar and 50 cents picked. Picking begins Monday May 26 and runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays unless rain shifts the schedule. Also notes Di Eiler and Miss Pearl and Christine accompany Mrs. Joseph Hiller to Marlin wells.
It touts imported English Calomel with Pepsin and mild ingredients, claiming rapid relief from indigestion biliousness bad colds constipation and headaches. A small tablet at bedtime supposedly leaves you hungry and well in the morning, recommended by Simmons Drug Store.
Johnnie and Andy Webb visit uncle Chas Fry. Morris family scenes with mother operation. Chappel team loses 12 to 1 to Bond. Bend and Moline play 3 to 4 with Bond victorious. Debates split. negative wins. Local folks travel to Lometa and San Saba for business and visits. Barbecue at Moline draws large crowd. Bend team claims best record. Norma and John Zack Milli can visit Colony. Fry heads to Lometa on business. Bun Gipson at Abilene school.
On Friday, Ruby Alexander celebrated her eleventh birthday with friends including Vivian and Lyda Lively, Dainty and Lois Jones, Annie Lee, Opal Cate, Zaye Vaughn, Allie Smith, Phinetta Morris, Norman White, and John Mac Alexander. Hosts Dr. and Mrs. Doss welcomed G Cagle Osie and Cora Marley from Lometa Sunday. Vick Tate's family visited daughter Mrs. Paul Gage in Chappel Sunday. Alton Cagle of Lometa and relatives were guests Sunday while Blands spent the weekend at Lake Victor. The Crane and Marley families visited Long Cave, and Joseph Stevenson of California with a Dallas bride visited sister Mrs. D I Buchanan Sunday.
A local druggist unveils Mesala, a new dandruff cure claimed to heal many cases after a single application and others within one to two weeks. The product is touted as pleasant to use and affordable, sold at Simmons Drug Store for seventy five cents.
Rev D I Haralson announces the 1924 Reunion of the local U V Camp set for July 22 23 and 24 at the Confederate Reunion Grounds south of the city. County Judge L E Patterson and County Clerk Elvis Morris are handling inquiries.
Billiousness is described as a disease-breeding condition in vital organs and must be corrected promptly. Prickly Ash Bitters is promoted as a man's remedy that vitalizes the blood drives out impurities in the bowels and makes you feel bright strong and hearty. Price one dollar twenty five cents per bottle. Simmons Drug Store Special Agents.
Goldthwaite official Hon P B Clements proposes a new north south route from Hastland to San Antonio and onward to the Gulf naming it the Pecan Belt highway. The idea is considered worth passing along for discussion and potential adoption.
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