Bait Business Thrives Here With Worms and Minnows
F A Shirk of 1914 Buchanan Street thrives selling live bait with $2900 in sales this season. He seeks 100 bushels of fishing worms paid at $10 per bushel, noting about four million worms per bushel. Shirk operates three worm beds and plans six more, keeps workers at irrigation ditches in Wichita Falls, and also raises thousands of minnows in a large cement tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Shirk
Buchanan Street
Shirk
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Cigaret Tax Explained by State Treasurer
Charley Lockhart state treasurer asks Sheriff Bill Thompson to notify all cigaret dealers about the new tax effective at midnight August 21. Stamps for packaging can be obtained at local banks or from the treasurer, or any Austin bank. Existing stock must bear the new stamp before sale. Two tax classes are outlined in the schedule with Class A applying to packages of?
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Charley Lockhart
Bill Thompson
Austin
Pure Foods How To Buy And Prepare Them Hints
August hints describe chilling crushed pineapple or pineapple tid in the refrigerator. The text lists pricing for stamps and taxes, with various cent amounts for different denominations. Sheriff Thompson urges dealers to observe requirements to avoid friction when the new tax takes effect.
New Tri State Fair Catalogs and Food Trends
Five thousand copies of the Tri State Fair 1931 catalog are available from Globe-News, with contact details for out of town readers. The piece blends fair information with culinary notes on cooling summer foods, salads, frozen desserts, and meat dishes for hot weather meals, highlighting pineapple cantaloupe combinations and Jody’s chocolate desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Hawk
Globe-News
Tri-State Fair Association
Jody
Van Camp's Puree Foods for Easy Digestion
Advertises Van Camp's puree tomato, peas spinach and mixed vegetables as easy to digest nutritious options for sick, infant feeding, with references to a new Puree Recipes booklet and a request to grocers. Indiana address provided.
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van Camp
Indianapolis
Ind
County Paving Progress Affects State Roads
Potter County nears completion of a nearly half million dollar state highway program. County Judge Sam B. Motion says plans are to pave all state thoroughfares and consider paving all lateral roads. Commissioners meet next Monday to discuss road matters and set the county tax rate, with hints the rate may stay the same or be lowered. Discussion of courthouse furniture delayed to August 24.
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Potter County
Sam B. Motion
Salad Temptation With Pears And Lemon
A simple recipe note lists two large fresh pears sliced with 3 teaspoons sugar if desired and 4 teaspoons lemon juice for a sweet tart salad preparation. It reads like a compact kitchen tip from a vintage menu or cookbook fragment.
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Bessie R. Murphy
Thompson
Rom East Nan
Imperial Sugar
Sparklvg
Monarch Grocery
W. 6Th
Post
Kellogg's
Crisco
Pound
Western Scout
Bright & Early
America
Texas
El-Food
Motlow
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Williston
N. C
Wenatchee
Wash
Spokane- Wenatchee
N. D
Havre
Taylor
Rece& White
Wisconsin
Post Bran
Clorox
Red & White
Lipton’s
Sunkist
Swift’s
Veal
Parker County
Large Siz
Pilgrim
Amarillo
Potat White
Great West
Fowlkes Bros
Pierce St
Ast
Tenth and
van Buren St
Bacon
Grest West Mill & Elevator Co
The
Priolo
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