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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
3
Local readers are charged 8c per line per issue for classified ads and 11-2¢ per word per issue for display. Display rates are available upon application. Notices of church entertainments with admission charges, obituaries, cards of thanks, and resolutions of respect fall under regular rates. Corrections will be made promptly upon notification of erroneous reflections.
Local columns discuss Sun of-a-Gun linking with San Saba band and Fort Worth Cats amid Dixie Series chatter. editor Luker urges women’s clubs after kindness. irrigation district plans raise social and industrial life hopes. schools invite visits. San Saba Armadillos football praised. rains boost San Saba valley crops. a nostalgic portrait of the old time girl closes the piece.
In Grapeland Messenger note the line that “old time girl is still with us” with a remark that she wears pants, contrasted with boys who used breeches but now wear pants. The fragment hints at changing fashion or gender norms and local dialect.
In a three district election Tuesday the irrigation measure carried 55 to 240 with all boxes supporting the plan. San Saba county commissioners court will take steps to implement irrigation. San Saba town also voted for a municipally supported band.
A local column extols a town’s live business scene and the Cherokee public school’s push for athletics as character builders for boys and girls. It lauds church influence on schooling, urges teachers to engage with families, and stresses moral education with Christian values as essential to children’s training.
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