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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1949
Page
5
Poultry Price Fronts From Austin Produce Emporium
In Austin, Alvin st, the market demagogue at L. East’s emporium, will furnish Reuben with daily poultry price quotations for the next day. Prices posted 24 hours in advance help producers plan shipments and reflect a first in market practice. Harold Green pursues KR yellow bluestem seed for 10 acres at Hornsby Bend, investing irrigation to secure a crop and building work in town. Colonel Bob Armstrong services customers at his nearby tractor selling outfit with a friendly greeting and Stetson.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural Star
Alvin St
L. East
Produce Emporium
Austin
Reuben
Texas
Alvin
Harold
Harold Green
Travis County
Hornsby Bend
Green
Local Farm Notes and Legion Plans in Texas
Robert operates a country business with about ten acres of cattle and a display of irrigation equipment. The Travis County Farm and Ranch Improvement Council machinery committee meets Monday at 2 p.m. at the county courthouse. Roy Boatman reports Buda youths plan an American Legion Post with General Robert O. Whittaker to deliver the charter. Q C Boatman and spouse plan an American Jersey Cattle Club tour in May, possibly starting from Denver. costs projected around 300 dollars plus incidental entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L
L. L. Pfluger
Travis County Farm and Ranch Improvement Council
Travis County
Buda Legionaires
Roy Boatman
Buda
American Legion
Robert O. Whittaker
Texas
Bill McGraw
Texas Legion
Boatmansel
Q. C. Boatman
Reuben
Q. C
Denver
Kansas City
Austin
Grasshopper demonstrations scheduled in Travis County
Two grasshopper demonstrations are set for Tuesday in Travis County. The first at 9 30 a.m. is south of Pilot Knob gin or Creedmore Road, the second at 2 p.m. at the Robert Hornberg farm near New Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis County
Pilot Knob-gin
Creedmore Road
Robert Hornberg
New Sweden
Texas Public Health Funds Under Scrutiny
Opinion piece criticizes rising federal health funding routed through the Texas State Health Department. It warns of weak oversight, a nearly one man government, and potential waste without a long-term plan. Calls for a bipartisan, expert, committee-led reform before 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VU. S&s
Texas State Health Department
Texas
Congress
State Health Department
State Law
Board of Health Minutes
Ble
Alaska Contracts Let For Military Projects
Army engineers report that nearly all contracts for the $55 million Alaska mainland military construction program have been let. The project aims to enlarge air bases and improve Army facilities including housing storage and installations not changed since wartime construction days.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Alaskan
Truman Family Attends Easter Religious Services
President Truman and family observed Easter quietly in Washington. They attended Holy Communion at St. John’s Episcopal Church and then the First Baptist Church, with Mrs. Truman and Margaret among the attendees. The services drew hundreds, and Rev. Pruden spoke on The Resurrection and The Life.
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Washington
Truman
Margaret
St. John’s Episcopal Church
White House
St. John’s
Trumans
Blair House
First Baptist Church
16Th and
O Streets
Edward Hughes Pruden
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