This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
8
A garbled OCR puzzle item presents a long horizontal list of numbered clues and partial answers in a crossword style, including references to professions, objects, and abstract terms. The text loops through multiple language-like fragments, with many misspellings and stray symbols, ending with a note that a solution will appear in the extreme.
A campus message urging graduates to seek genuine education beyond diplomas. It cites a University of Chicago professor’s fourteen questions on character, and cites studies showing schooling raises chances of distinction, wealth, and happiness. It notes education shapes life, and warns degrees don’t guarantee success. It urges beginning plans for college and living with bold purpose.
The speaker counsels life lessons from common tasks done unusually well and underscores perseverance. He warns about impracticality of trades for a living, cites the Chicago fire cow tale and a costly congressional bill, and declares God and country offer vast opportunities and challenges for today’s graduates in Lampasas, Texas.
An advertisement touts Herbine as a remedy to purify the system and restore vim when the liver lags. In other notes, Master Jack Taff visits his aunt Mrs Ed Crawford in Goldthwaite, and local ads promote infertile eggs, poultry products, and insect control for chicken houses.
A Floresville item reports the Bednarz and Billimek gin at Poth was sold to R. S. Crain of San Saba. The deal, described as one of the area’s largest recent business transactions, moved Crain to take charge soon with his son likely to operate the plant. Crain also owns plants in San Saba and Devine and plans relocation to Poth.
An advertising note promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as curing catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh with an ointment and an internal tonic. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
The Floresville Chronicle Journal notes the transfer of ownership to a new local businessperson and citizen. It extends best wishes to the retiring owners for their continued success and community impact in Floresville.
An unsigned historical note claims George Washington smoked two sacks of Bull Durham while waiting for a Delaware Ferry for a famous photograph. The piece argues the tale fits Washington’s Virginia connections and Durham tobacco pride, noting no denial exists.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.