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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
2
Sir Henri Deterding warns worry stems from self-reproach when one fails to meet a problem squarely. He advocates facing each issue honestly and giving the best effort to sleep with a friendly conscience. The quote emphasizes self-discipline and personal accountability as remedies for anxiety.
The piece argues that most automobile incidents stem from carelessness rather than chance. It cites a University of Iowa finding that 76 percent of cars on highways have defective brakes and warns against risky driving on curves and hills.
A compact San Saba snapshot details bridge piers complete and iron arriving, local births, marriages, travel to Austin and Houston, land and cattle deals, Confederate reunion attendees, and record rains with notable flood impact on the San Saba River and Brady.
Five years ago in San Saba County, four polo horses were sold to John D. Battle of Westphalia New York by Syd Locker. A dove shot by Tommie Mackie bore a migratory band from the U S Biological Survey. Capt Douglas B Smith and son head to Gover nor's Island for duty. The funeral of Will Simmons in Coleman drew relatives, including Rufe Thornton and family. Bornstein and sons visited Austin.
Dear Mr Trussell expresses gratitude for help locating information on Dr Aaron Gregg of San Saba. The writer notes returning from Johns Hopkins to Texas and a busy year ahead. Mentions Guyon Gregg as a neighbor and son of Dr Gregg, with thanks from Geiser of Southern Methodist University.
A notice inviting farmers and turkey raisers to meet T. J. MMings at San Saba about a new plan for marketing turkeys and securing more money. The message emphasizes immediate contact for details.
Mrs W F Woodward, living in San Saba County for 45 years, will turn 69 on Oct 16. She resides with her son Ivan Ursel Woodward. another son George lives in Riverside Addition. The piece notes family ties, local settlers J C Moore of Richland Springs, and Hoyle Davenport lineage, plus a bottle-collector Nora Huffstetler and Havana Post souvenir from Mrs Mayme Callahan.
Miss Margaret Wilson resumes teaching in San Saban City after illness, while Kuykendall resides in Chicago. A woman hurt by a grape spill on a north square sidewalk highlights hazards and the need to keep paths clear and clean. Joe Lewis of Cherokee joins thirty John Tarleton College students in a Civil Aeronautics Authority pilot training course aiming for a private pilot license.
Round About Us notes a Monday sale at the Goldthwaite Fair Grounds setting records for stock value and buyer participation with $7,993 in stock sold. Other items report a Brady route designation study for livestock trucks, large cotton runs by three Brady gins, public square topping in Lampasas, and road surfacing near Kempner.
Chambers of Commerce across Central Texas join a state effort to compile a complete wholesale and industrial directory for preparedness. The UT bureau of business research, led by Dr. F A Buechel, will assemble city data on industries and producers to aid government and defense agencies.
Questions and answers quiz style details Texas history topics. First rural free delivery route established in La Grange in 1899. Houston cotton exchange opened May 15, 1874. First ice plant in the nation located in Jefferson, Texas, about 1875. Houston yards of Southern Pacific can handle eight freight cars. Train arrivals or departures in Houston occur every ten minutes. The Houston Chronicle, Sept. 8, 1900, started with 25 000. Galveston storm date is not fully clear in the text. Over 5 000 lives lost in the Galveston storm. Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to visit Dallas in 1905. Sam Houston Normal Institute’s first classes attended by T A Taylor and Percy V Pennybacker.
Luke Kuykendall of Hemet California visits his brother Homer Kuykendall of Cherokee. Luke has built a home in Hemet and has lived there eight months. The product is not poison to other animals and is enough to kill 100 rats for 25 cents.
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