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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
11
Andorra, Europe s fifth smallest nation, with 191 square miles, hosts about 17 000 sheep to 5 900 humans per the latest National Geographic Society count.
An elderly Fort Worth woman died of suffocation from a fire that burned her bed in a duplex near a fire station. Mrs Lula Hill, about 70, reportedly suffered smoke suffocation after a smouldering mattress fire started from a cigarette. Neighbor Louise Jaurez alerted Fire Station No. 5. firefighters entered and extinguished the blaze. Survivors include her son V. E. Hill of Dallas.
LANO Nov 2. The United Telephone Company began a toll line from Wimberley to Dripping Springs for residents between these towns. Dial offices will be in both towns, with equipment for Dripping Springs arriving. Durham says the project fits wider efforts to extend service and notes another line to Brown and Root at Marble Falls near the upper Colorado River dam site.
Boston lawyer Abraham Kaplan about 45 died after a gas explosion at his Medford home on Lincoln Road amid a regional gas breakdown affecting Medford and eight nearby communities. Fire officials said the blast likely started from gas escaping an open burner ignited by an oil flame in a range. Kaplan was found by neighbors and died at a hospital.
Taylor Soil Conservation District supervisors vote unanimously to back the Austin Chamber of Commerce led build a farm in a day initiative with several cooperating agencies. Jim Boswell reports project details to the Hays Caldwell Travis district and notes countywide interest across Central Texas.
King of the World invites prospective producers to a meeting Friday at 7 pm in the Uhland community hall. The note hints at a brewing deal involving Wranitzky and mentions new restrictions on cotton Orne.
The Austin Stock Yard auctioned 355 head of cattle along with 10 sheep 26 hogs and 12 horses. Cattle sold steady to strong with prices about 50 cents per hundredweight higher than last week highlighting several farmer seller records. Notable sales include O B Black 10 mixed steers and heifers 319 pounds at 12.50 to 18.60. A B Brodie 1345 pound ball at 17.40. Frank Davis top calf 635 pounds at 25.80. and J H Norwood cows 15.60 to 18.10 on several lots among numerous entries.
An advertisement promotes a weight loss claim using four ounces of liquid Barcentrate mixed with grapefruit juice. It promises rapid fat loss from neck to ankles with two doses daily and money back if no results. A testimonial from Mrs M C Britten reports losing 10 pounds in 10 days and maintaining weight at 135 pounds.
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