Cooperative motor-truck routes aid farm produce haul
A farmer contemplates using a light truck to haul milk and crops to town and forms a cooperative plan with neighbors. The idea, backed by USDA bulletins, outlines pricing, organization, and operation for a shared motor-truck route serving small, frequent loads.
Nationwide effort to eradicate rats reported by USDA
Reports to the United States Department of Agriculture describe vigorous extermination campaigns across the country. In Blackstone Virginia the together effort of home demonstration agent and biological survey worker led to 80000 rat tails counted, and in Fargo North Dakota cooperation from city officials and local clubs yielded successful use of poison. Texas plans a statewide eradication with a bureau specialist to direct operations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
States Relations Service
Recient Control
Bureau of Biological Survey
Blackstone
Biological Survey
Fargo
N. D
City Commission
Commercial Club
Health Department
Boy Scouts, Women’s Clubs
Texas
Bureau of A Biological Survey
CAREFULLY TEST OLD SEEDS FOR GERMINATION
Test all old seeds before planting by a simple tester using two dinner plates and moist blotting paper. Place seeds between papers, invert a plate to trap moisture, then check germination rate after a few days. If under ninety percent, buy new seeds.
Penny Party in Buckholts funds Baptist church interior
The Ladies' Aid of the Buckholts Baptist church hosted a penny party at the Fikes home. Guests brought pennies equal to their ages and dropped them into a plate, raising over twenty eight dollars for interior improvements. An Easter Egg hunt is planned for March 27 with prizes and eight hundred candy eggs.
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Buckhoeks
Tex
Dee Fikes
The
Baptist Church
Earl Little
Glenn Kahler
Sharp News highlights local basketball win and busy weekend
Sharp defeated Oakville in a recent home game in front of a large crowd. A Sunday Singing Convention drew residents from Buckholt, Sandy Creek and Salty classes with a fine program and a splended meal. Local trips and visiting neighbors filled the weekend with social and church activities.
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Oakville
Sharp
Young
Seth Corley
Harry
Harris
Hughes
Buckhous
Groppell Couple Visits Manor Relatives
Mr and Mrs Louis Groppell spent time in Manor last week to visit relatives and reconnect with family members.
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M. J. Bigger
Mount Pleasant
J. B. Rector
Galveston
Henry Reichert
Ben and
Clay
Dale
Lizzie
Louis Groppell
Manor
Easter Hunt Set For Monday At Sons of Herman Hall
An Easter egg hunt will be held Monday afternoon on the lawn of the Sons of Herman Hall. All children of the members have been invited to attend the event.
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Sons of Herman Hall
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Proven Effective for Catarrh
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined and it was long deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally and acting through the blood on the mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case it fails to cure. circulars and testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Death of Mrs Elizabeth J Brashear in Cameron
Mrs Elizabeth J Brashear died at the home of M G Cox in Cameron on Wednesday March 23 at three o clock. An aged Calvert resident born in Mississippi she married Dr Brashear of Mississippi as a youth and mothered eight children none living except Annie Cora who cared for her in Calvert. She had long been a Christian church member. Her daughter Miss Brashear lay ill in Galveston at St Marys infirmary unaware of her mothers death, and the family sought comfort at M G Cox's home where the end came.
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Elizabeth J. Brashear
Cameron
M. G. Cox
Brashear
Calvert
Texas
Misssippi
Dr. Brashear
Mississippi
Christian Church
Annie Cora
Miss Brashear
St. Mary’s Infirmary
Galveston
T. N. Cox
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