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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1948
Page
12
Kerrville Texas Oct 5 two club directors resign without named successors Leonard B Brown resigned after moving to Dallas and W C Bell stepped down due to illness leaving board with vacancies.
Shapiro a San Saba merchant was elected commander of the American Legion post during a Thursday night meeting at City Park. George W. Horton Jr. was chosen as an officer.
An advertisement claims SSS Tonic builds up low blood strength from non organic nutritional anemia by activating ingredients. It promises increased energy, appetite, sleep, and vitality, noting better digestion and brighter skin. The copy appeals to broad health fears and urges readers to buy at drug stores.
Demand wanes as Reubens tinued to drop to about $1 per hundred below last Friday while receipts reach 850 head at Capitol Livestock Auction. Slaughter calves fetch $22 to $25, medium $19 to $22, cows $16 to $19, cutters $14 to $16, bulls $17 to $20.50, stocker calves $20 to $23, stocker heifers $19.50 to $22. Representative buyers include Oscar Schmidt and Roy Lawson from Austin with multiple calves and cows and calves sold at various weights and prices.
The record lists numerous cattle sales by owner and weight across Austin Llano Dale Leander and other Texas locales, with prices from about 13.90 to 25.50 per hundredweight for cows, steers, and calves. Government funds for 1949 soil conservation programs are being arranged in Central Texas, with ACA secretaries and county officials meeting at College Station and Williamson County seeking higher insurable yields for cotton.
Travis County committee will decide Friday at its regular meeting when to convene the committeemen to select practices for approval in the county. The report lists farm concerns from Will Wetterman’s fire loss to ACA seed distribution and Polled Hereford show entries, with local farmers named.
Postmaster M P Adams announces extension of rural delivery on Route No 3 in Lampasas. The route now begins at Groves Corner on Highway 281 and ends at Randall Corner, then continues north to Adamsville as before.
Rene Benjamin, 63, French writer, died in Tours on Monday following a major operation. Benjamin published his first novel Madame Bonheur in 1909.
Marble Falls Independent School District budget for 1948 49 approved by the Marble Falls School Board. Superintendent M F Mayfield said Tuesday total estimated receipts for the year will be about 72000 dollars.
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