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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
11
In Bartlett on September 28 a notable number of town women joined farmers to harvest cotton. Prices ranging from 2.50 to 3.50 per hundredweight drew many, with reports of some picking 900 pounds a day or more.
Denture users are urged to use FASTEETH a alkaline non acid powder to keep plates in place reduce wobble and odor. The ad claims better security and comfort while noting it fights denture odor and directs readers to buy at drug stores.
A Texas outdoors feature profiles Don H Bridges Sr of Marble Falls praised as the outstanding outdoors cook in the state. He jokes about his secret sauce, recalls contest wins with his wife, and notes he prefers goat and chicken to beef. Bridges works with the Lower Colorado River Authority in Marble Falls.
Georgetown High FFA launches a nine month livestock study with a two day project show at San Gabriel Park. The top student will win a week long trip to Wyoming Hereford Ranch in Cheyenne and tour Monfort and other breeding operations. Local committee includes Sam Harris Sr Lee Karr and Herbert Sullivan.
A grand figure states the annual egg production as 55 billion, claimed to be enough to pave a 750 foot wide road from New York to San Francisco, highlighting the scale of poultry output.
The Smithville Garden Club meets at the Ragsdales for its season opener with Miss Willie Birge of Austin as guest speaker on Iris culture. Members hear horticultural notes and discuss the club's plan to buy new books for the City Library this fall and winter.
Former Georgetown publisher Sam E. Harris sells a feature article to a national sports magazine. The piece, Yellow Cat Fishing Texas Style, aims to show the Colorado River yellow cat as a sporting fish with action and thrills attracting Marble Falls crowds. Harris, ex Blackland Reporter publisher, will have four features in Sports Afield, The Western Horseman, The Cattleman, and Texas Farm and Ranch.
The instructions emphasize removing all loose and peeling paint from the surface before painting. Ensure the surface is dry and free of moisture prior to applying a new coat. Follow sanding or scraping steps to create a smooth, sound base for the new paint layer.
The article emphasizes that rats cause the greatest harm not by eating but by wasting food and resources, underscoring industrial and urban risks.
About 33 percent of the 49er Club at Smithville High School will attend higher learning this fall. Of 12 graduates, Bryson Bardee and George Burns go to Texas A&M College, Frankie Adamcik to the University of Texas at Austin, Bobby Hart Joe Shafer and Robert Bonardon to Blinn College, Zantha Bennett to Southwest Texas State.
San Marcos colleges and Austin business schools are listed with instructors and administrators including Bobby Lynn Jo Ann Yancey Iverine Blaschke Vella Mach and Mildred Meath highlighting Nixon Clay and Durham establishments.
More than five million Americans work as truck drivers across the United States, reflecting the sector's large workforce and transportation role. The figure highlights the scale of trucking jobs and the industry's labor demand.
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