Weather and Buffalo Lake fish stocking ideas headline Texas notes
The writer laments a severe late summer heat wave and drought across Texas with remarks on Dallas heat, Kerrville to New Braunfels river drying up, and widespread water stress. It discusses stock of white bass for Buffalo Lake, led by Marion Toole, noting potential benefits and impacts on local fish populations and commercial licensing.
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Fred Post
Hemphill County
Marion Toole
Austin
Guadalupe River
Kerr Ville
New Braunfels
Mr. Toole
Texas Game & Fish Meat
Buffalo Lake
Hatcheries
Toole
Muleshoe Family Reunion at Wildlife Refuge
Mrs Alean Ellis writes of a large Ellis family reunion near Medicine Park Oklahoma at Wildlife Refuge. attendees include G R Ellis deceased, son Willie, and Jim Ellis of Muleshoe unable to attend. the gathering featured camp life, wildlife sightings, longhorn cattle and buffalo at the lake, abundant food, and plans to meet again next year at the Wildlife Refuge.
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Ellis
Wild Life Refuge
Medicine Park
Okla
Mount Heatt
G. R. Ellis
Willie
Bailey County
Jim Ellis
Muleshoe
G. R
Jim
Tack
Alean Ellis Muleshoe
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A fragment from a column notes various topics from dining etiquette and sports writers to land experiments, oil stocks, and aging theories. It references T. A. Landers at McLean with 13 000 trees, a illogical optimism about oil, and school reopenings as rural life shifts back to classrooms.
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Landers
McLean
September Start for Christmas Shopping Push
Readers are urged to begin holiday preparations in September with early shopping guidance. Retail tips emphasize securing popular items early and planning budget to avoid last minute shortages.
Ancient Arabian Ruins Discovered in Sind Province
In Bhanbore near Karachi, Pakistan, archaeologists uncover possible early Arabian settlement from the Eighth Century. The site, likely the city of Daibul, has yielded copper coins, wheel fragments, glassware, and personal ornaments, with a full excavation planned to illuminate early Arab settlement in India.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Indian Subcontinent
Bhanbore
India
Daibul
Muhammad bin Quasin
Sind
Food Tops ERP List Across Western Europe
Western Europe has received nearly 30 percent of all its food since 1945 from the Western Hemisphere, with most of it coming from the United States. About 53 percent of ERP funds spent by European Recovery Program countries has been for food.
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E.R.P
Paris
Europe
Western Hemisphere
United States
European Recovery Program
Classified notices from a small town in past years
Lost items rewards jobs and services listed including a tennis net at Slwood Park with a $10 reward, child care and domestic help ads, ironing services, baby gear for trade, pets to give away, and language translation requests spanning Czech Hungarian Polish Ukrainian lithographers and music royalties.
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Slwood Park
Ronny Edwards
Sanborn School
East Eighth
D. L. Puller
North Side
Fred Reynolds
Phore
Tea consumption soars in British East Africa region
British East Africans now consume about 9,000,000 pounds of tea annually, reflecting strong regional demand and steady expansion of tea growing and trading networks across the area.
Mother longs for children to grow up on the farm
A mother writes of farm life memories from childhood, contrasting them with city life. She recalls an orchard, pool, treehouses, animals, and wild adventures, praising self-reliance, hard work, and family values. She notes today’s town neighbors restrict children's freedom and laments lost rural life. ANOTHER FURRINER
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Tack
Furriner
Do Negroes Sneezes During Hay Fever Attacks
A Washington Information Service check with Dr. Harry S. Bernton confirms the claim is ridiculous. He notes Negro and white patients sneeze during hay fever attacks alike, based on 30 years’ experience at Howard University’s allergy clinic.
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Washington, DC
Harry S. Bernton
Howard University
Bernton
Latin Countries Sell US Markets 1950 imports share
BUENOS AIRES Latin American republics supplied 35 percent of US total imports in 1950. They accounted for nearly half of wool, 60 percent of oil, and more than half of copper, lead, and nitrates imports.
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Buenos Aires
United States
They Fight Enough Around the House
In Boston on August 31, the Park Department boxing show finals were canceled as twins Joe and Vic Gallucci, both 13, declined to fight each other after their mother refused to permit the bout. Their father agreed, saying the boys already fight enough at home.
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Boston
Park Department
Joe
Vic Gallucci
Phyllis Gallucci
Victor Gallucci
OPS Allows Price Rise of Salmon
Washington reports that prices of canned salmon and holiday fruit cake will rise. The Office of Price Stabilization allowed salmon canners 6 14 cents more per one pound can and said the increase will be passed to the public. Price controls were removed from holiday fruit cake containing at least 50 percent fruit and nuts and specially wrapped for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Sulfa drugs have been found to increase susceptibility to sunburn.
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Washington
Office of
Fig Cultivation in Amarillo Described by Pratts on Harrison
A reader from Amarillo discusses a six year old fig bush two feet high with many figs and early spring growth. Frosts erase fruit each season, forcing regrowth from the roots and delaying maturing. expresses hope the plant may acclimate. Signed R. J. Pollard, 1806 Madison.
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Tack
Harrison
Amarillo
Kansas Rain Prayer at Halstead Clinic
A patient in room 362 Halstead Kansas asks for rain sharing from Kansas to Texas. The note cites Dr. Peck enschnider and urges a prayerful plea to the Great Man Above for rain, framing it as a remedy to Texas drought.
Hereford Resident Sees Pretty Birds in Garden
Hereford resident reports spotting three hummingbirds and a lone dove visiting her flowers on multiple occasions. Amarillo lacks similar avian variety. Best wishes to readers and editor from Mrs. E. J. Williams of 615 Union Avenue Hereford.
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Hereford
Tack
Amarillo
E. J. Williams
Union Avenue
Legislature Loses 8 Representatives
Eight Texas lawmakers will not return for the next session after Paul S. Wilson of Geneva resigned. Wilson said he moved to another county and cannot qualify as representative for the 11th District, which includes San Augustine and Sabine counties.
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Austin
Paul S. Wilson
Geneva
Wilson
Allan Shivers
San Augustine
Sabine
Radar Aids Israeli Fishermen Detect Schools of Fish
Radar is being used by Israeli fishermen to locate fish schools, replacing older methods that relied on wind direction tides bird flights and torchlight signs. The new technique speeds locating shoals and may boost yields for coastal crews.
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Tel Aviv
Another Poem by Mrs Johnson
Poem by Mrs Sammie Huddleston Johnson invites publication after years of poetry in the paper. She reflects on pursuit and possibility with repeated Perhaps lines. The author lists her address 2804 Van Buren for consideration.
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Johnson
Tack
Sammie Huddleston Johnson
van Buren
Jet Plane in Indianapolis Showcases Boeing Bomber Power
An American jet medium bomber reaching 600 miles per hour exhibits power equal to that needed to move a 25,000 ton warship. The aircraft contains 3614 miles of electric wire, about 1,800 times its own length, illustrating its vast scale and capacity.
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Indianapolis
Belgium 1951 auto show draws 360 exhibitors from eight nations
Belgiums 1951 auto show in Brussels attracts 360 exhibitors from eight nations in a major industry exhibition with broad international participation and promotional activity.
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Belgium
Brussels
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