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San Saba News

Location

San Saba, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1920

Page

4

Precinct No 1 San Saba Democrats back Wilson team

Precinct Convention in San Saba elects administration supporters to county convention. Delegates pledge Democrats will back all party nominees. Resolution endorses Woodrow Wilson administration and instructs county delegates to favor platforms and nominees aligned with those principles.

Wilson San Saba J. K. Rector H. G. Coryell R. A. Brite J. C. Campbell W. A. Martin John Sceiders Texas Woodrow Wilson San Francisco

Poultry Show Inquiries Reach 1920 Fair From Breeders

Fair notes R J Edwards, poultry chair, reports many inquiry letters about the 1920 fair poultry show. A notable sender is Mrs C A Cavel of Brown County who plans to exhibit and praises past care. Mrs Cavel breeds Light Brahmas and Golden Campine chickens. Also noted: Brady visitors W J Johnson C F Streich W Fred Townsend Alderman J A McKown and W W Sunday in town.

R. J. Edwards C. A. Cavel Brown County Cavel W. J .Johnson C.F. Streich W. Fred Townsend Brady J. A. McKown W. W

Chamber Of Commerce Weekly Meet Agenda and Appointments

At the weekly meeting last Friday J E Bell announced the full membership of the Agriculture committee: J E Bell chair, W D Cowan, W M Allison, and J L Lanham. Elton Noble asked for more time to propose a good roads bond plan and will report progress next meeting. President R W Burleson urged study of a public warehouse for the town. Directors meet in Chamber rooms at nine each Friday morning.

Chamber of Commerce J. EB. Bell Committee On Agriculture J. E. Bell W. D. Cowan W. M. Allison J. L. Lanham Elton Noble Good Roads Committee R. W. Burleson

Our Blessed Mother by Uncle Dick Sullivan

A heartfelt poem praising the mother as caregiver and angel of faith within the family. It speaks of her strength, unselfishness, and comforting presence during grief and illness, urging sons to treat her well and noting a nearby home scene with residents and a yard full of chicks. It mentions Mrs C A Sauer on Wallace Street and a Mineral Wells trip by Mrs EB Sloan and Mrs Berry.

Dick Sullivan

Why Birds Survive Trolley Wire Currents Explained

A historical note explains how trolley wires carry lethal current yet birds stay unharmed. The writer details that harm requires a ground connection, which birds lack while perched on live conductors. A person could be killed if touching a grounded object while on the wire, but birds have no ground path.

Family enjoys giant ceiling hung cigar in Philippines

A humorous note describes a huge five cent cigar that can be bought for a quarter, praised for quantity over quality. The illustration suggests a family living room display, with a writer noting such enormous cigars in Popular Science Monthly and a person passing by could snatch one readied for use.

Philippines Tion Womlin Popular Science Monthly

Island in the Air Atop a Mushroom Rock Town

A distant Mexican island three miles south of Mega En candada hosts a rock with overhanging sides about 460 feet high and seventy acres on top. Aco ma town sits atop, famed for prehistoric Pueblo architecture and romantic history. Reached by toe-hole trails up the stem, the island was already old by 1540.

Mega Encandada Mexico Iroa Acoma

Not Guiity. Archie Skates Through Painful Debut

Archibald tries roller skating for the first time, suffers thirteen somersaults and twenty seven clashes with the rink boards, and crawls out on hands and knees. An irate attendant scolds beginners, but Archie sighs that someone else has been skating.

Archie Archibald

Bible Walk Across New York State by Rev Benson

Rev Samuel C Benson plans a 20 mile a day walk across New York state to distribute Bibles. In army uniform, he will present a Bible to the mayor of each city and to needy persons, starting at Niagara Walls, for the American Bible Society. He served overseas with the Fifty-ninth Infantry as chaplain.

New York State Niagara Walls Samuel C. Benson Fifty-ninth Infantry New York Evening Post American Bible Society

Notice of Filing Account Estates San Saba Texas 1920

Legal notice from San Saba County Texas about the final account of Miss Callie Harris Deceased. J. K. Rector Sr. Administrator seeks discharge and partition among heirs. Court to hear at the County Court in San Saba on the fourth Monday in May 1920. Interested parties may appear. Arch Woods Clerk.

State of Texas San Saba San Seba Callie Harris J. K. Rector Arch Woods Clerk County Court San Saba County Texas

RAT SNAP RAT CONTROL CLAIMS SEVEN LARGE RATS DEAD

Mr B E Carpenter of Woodbridge New Jersey reports using RAT SNAP to kill rats. He says 18 baby chicks were lost in one night to rats, but after using RAT SNAP he found seven large rats dead next morning and within two weeks no more rats. The product comes in three cake sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and is sold and guaranteed by The Corner Drug Store and Qualls Hardware Company.

B. E. Carpenter Woodbridge N. J Corner Drug Store Qualls Hardware Company

Wanted Texas Leases at Low Cash Price

Advert says in every Texas county on 88 form to provide lowest cash price, general location, rental and time to run. From G. C. Witte, P. O. Box 287, Fort Worth, Texas 19-p.

Texas G. C. Witte P. O. Box Fort Worth

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SABA THE City National Bank R. C. Harris J. M. Kuykendall M. C. Oliver A. E. Petty P. H. Walker T. F. Dinmitt W. Walker B. A. Burleson P. T. Rector Lucy Martin John F. Campbell Harry Hopkins Will Ashby Y. Elton H. C E. W. Hudson Leigh Burleson J. H. Johnston O. D. Kirkpatrick J. H. Baker Rufe Thornton J. P. McCaskill C. E. Deese E. &. Fagg Cas Taff Ed Moore J. M. Sanderson Guy Bennett Our Wallace Street C. C. Berry EB. Sloan Johnson Brothers W. M. Johnson First State Bank Cherokee H. L. Behans A. B. Taf R. G. Halden R. G Halden Rosalie Gussie Lynn Mary Lewis Lanham Alice Woods Clara Halden Genevieve Halden Margaret Halden Wylie Hamrick Nellie Bell Hall Tom Hudson Lonnie Lackey Edna Earl Nevins Charge of the Hussars Thelma Johnson Irene Davis Velma Roberson Anna Belle Rhodes Irene Lanham Tabitha Freeman Mra A. C. Chism Llano Llano News Jamie Elizabeth Holcomb Francis Harris Georgetown Austin F. F. Dalley Corporations Ltd Lufpalo, NY
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