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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
6
The city promotes a campaign with the slogan If you want a farm buy it in the country where you can plant oats or cotton. If you want a farm in town then clean it up or sell it. Mayor J Mitch Johnson asks for cooperation in a clean town. Mrs L L Thomson of Georgetown visits Rev E E Thomson in San Saba.
Miss Anna Ruth Rye visits her sister Mrs. J. B. Miller in Giddings for the summer. Miss Cora White Callahan of Llano stays with Miss Genevieve Halden in San Saba this week.
Two rain events are reported for last week. On Sunday hidden by darkness, rain observations were noted but details are incomplete. The fragment mentions a weather writer Lemon Squeezer and a local news item about Sloan Simmerings.
Friday afternoon rain arrived timely saving corn from irrigation needs and pasture scarcity. Roland Maxwell from Algerita visited. Rev. McCall kept monthly appointments. J D Walker and Geo Walker families attended services and dined with Will Doran. Ban itams beat Roosters nine to seven in a Saturday baseball game.
Mrs R A Thomson of Carolton Missouri visits with her parents Rev and Mrs E Thomson of San Saba and Rev and Mrs J E G Hillman of Cherokee during an extended stay.
Freeholders jury under San Saba County order will on July 25 1926 dig out survey and assess damages for a public road across lands of W H Brown Fannie Autry D A Autry Sarah Owens Monterey Low A J Brown Brown Stockton in San Saba County from Tomas Pereida Sar No 90 location 1427x550 to 1461x50 along the Pecan Belt Highway. claim damages in writing Witnessed June 22 1926 by B T Rich C E Whitman H D Moore B D Sullivan.
Uncle Bob Williams of Cumby introduces Tyuch Davidson to Hopking county voters as the gubernatorial race draws attention. The piece covers Williams’s claimed 129,692 votes, a brief wartime surrender note, and local lives including Conner family, Doran relatives, and Paul Sullivan's Texas visit. It also notes Draughon training ads and a Chevrolet May sales surge, reflecting regional life and commerce.
The manmometh production facilities of the Chevrolet Motor Company have been taxed to their utmost capacity to meet demand. Domestic sales reached 70.8 cars in May while factory production for domestic distribution stood at about 61,000 that month, aided by reserve stock built up during winter.
Editor describes travel to meet the Bull Durham tobacco producers, praising the men as strong He-Men and reflecting on the American Tobacco Company and the role of tobacco in daily life. The piece contrasts metropolitan views with real American production and the writer’s admiration for the industry and readers.
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