Burn The Grasshoppers Cheap Pear Burners Left
A brief notice advertises remaining Pear Burners offered by Sam Taylor. It urges readers to buy soon before supplies sell out.
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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
3
A brief notice advertises remaining Pear Burners offered by Sam Taylor. It urges readers to buy soon before supplies sell out.
The notice urges readers to distinguish real apricots from apricot namesakes sold in Galveston and Houston. It touts San Saba County fruit pricing at 26 cents a dozen, contrasting with current 15 cents. A call to action ends with a health slogan and delivery note by C. T. Locks.
The San Saba News reports a nationwide presidential voting test with heavy turnout projected before July 1. Early returns show Ford leading in New York sample, followed by Wilson and Harding, while readers are urged to vote by mailing or delivering ballots to the newspaper office.
Early returns hint at a wide field including Harding Ford Wilson Johnson Borah Al Smith Hoover Hearst McAdoo Cox and Hughes. The era’s voters faced a crowded list of leading candidates from major parties with speculation on who will secure the nomination.
Attorney General Daugherty told President Harding a report shows the war frauds section of the Department of Justice recovered 3 198 385 11 dollars for the government, won 1 225 900 more in judgments, and secured 95 indictments last year. Many civil and criminal suits await trial. the congressionally appropriated 500 000 for war fraud work has been returned many times over.
Turner Johnston of Austin spent a few days here last week with his parents. He holds a government post with headquarters in the state capital.
Detroit May 31 One ton trucks continue to rise in popularity as highway and city hauling expands. Ford Truck sales have more than doubled from a year ago with 69,978 trucks sold in the first four months of the year, up 3,628 from last year. Ford News notes a weekly production peak of 39,303 cars and trucks for domestic use, surpassing the prior record by 250. River Rouge plant output reached 2,940 tractors, and Lincoln division produced 185 cars in the week ending May 15.
Paris court grants a divorce to Joseph Tensiere who learned a pocketbook fraud left him legally married two decades earlier. A Paris theatre lover was unknowingly wed when a thief assumed his identity and married a Toulon girl named Pauline in 1911. The original trickster is now being sought in Spain. Local notes record Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Johnson visiting Beaumont and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown, plus Sloan and Yon. Jas. H W Baker returned from a business trip through Hamilton, Bosque, and Navarro counties.
In Santa Anna territory farmers fight grasshoppers amid poison shortages. Crude oil from nearby wells is spread along field edges and over ground to slow hoppers. Local druggists report heavy arsenic sales, Paris green scarce. farmers claim oil-based methods save crops.
Local ad column promotes Casheer & Shook's King Tutt ties with immediate delivery at 1.50 cash. Also features Prickly Ash Bitters selling as a blood purifier and tonic, priced at 1.25 per bottle through Simmons prac Store with special agents.
A farmer asked the Lynn County News how to rid his orchard of grasshoppers. A mother asked about teething twins. A stenographer’s error produced dangerous home remedies involving castor oil and coal oil. Tulsa Herald notes Timberlake’s visit from Portland to his parents.
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