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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
6
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A writer recalls William Jennings Bryan in Miami Florida near a bay view five acre estate bought for about five thousand dollars and later sold for two hundred sixty thousand. The home became a Mecca during winter visits with Sunday School classes drawing four to five thousand attendees.
News reaches friends of Mrs. C. L. Dunbar’s death at the family home in Junction on Tuesday September 1 She and her DUNBAR family long ranched on Wallace Creek leaving about 20 years ago She leaves a daughter Mrs W H Smieser of Rough Creek and awaits two sons from the Pacific coast and two from New York for the funeral Em balming conducted prior to their arrival New Dresses at Campbell's.
Tahoka Texas September 1 1925 Billie Crouch writes a nostalgic letters home from West Texas praising San Saba Valley potential for irrigation and water power. He praises local fairs farms and progress on the plains urging action to harness streams and form irrigation districts. He invites readers to the Lynn County Fair on September 18 19 and notes the growing Tech College in Lubbock.
Cool weather is approaching and demand for eggs and poultry is rising. The note emphasizes proper rationing for chicks to maximize profits and promotes Purina Chow as a tested feed choice.
A brief note of thanks from W J Crouch extends warm greetings to San Saba, appreciating kind words about his visit and expressing gratitude to the kindly gentlemen who spoke well. The message closes with best wishes and signing as W J Crouch.
The Santa Fe Railway reports a decade of expansion from 1914 to 1924 with $284 million invested in track and equipment and a growing mileage of 922 miles. Locomotives haul 54 percent more, freight cars rise near 14,000, and passenger miles per mile up 15 percent while revenue tons per mile climb 79 percent. Operating costs, maintenance, and taxes all rise, yet freight rates up 28 percent and passenger fares 47 percent. Freight per car and per train grow substantially as efficiency improves, with total taxes in 1924 totaling $17,730,961. President W. S. Storey signs the message from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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