Local society notes from Valley Mills and area
Village residents attend visits and illnesses noted throughout Valley Mills region. Families travel to Mineola Fort Worth Waco Dallas and Bartlett while local church and school life continue with gatherings and a spring marriage linking Valley Mills to Clifton.
When Hogs Have Lameness in Rear Legs
Bosque County hog lameness and rear paralysis blamed on mineral deficiency and lack of exercise not kidney worms. Cure by cod liver oil 2 tablespoons daily and mineral mix of bone meal or wood ashes with salt. Prevention includes green pasture exercise and grain plus a daily pound of tankage and cottonseed meal mixture. Pure alcohol is now made from sawdust.
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Elmo V. Cook
Bosque County
Newspaper Ad Spending in 1929 Exceeds Billions
In 1929 advertisers spent over 790 million dollars on newspaper ads while subscriptions and sales reached about 273 million. Total newspaper revenue surpassed 1 billion dollars. Periodicals outside newspapers spent over 300 million on advertising. Printing houses produced products valued at over 2.7 billion dollars across 24 205 firms.
County cotton ginned in Bosque County rises in 1931
Meridian Texas reports 14,929 bales ginned from the 1931 crop in Bosque County up from 12,218 bales for 1930. Special Agent Thomas L. Dunlap provides figures.
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Meridian
Texas
Bosque County
Thomas L. Dunlap
Plant Fertilizer Made From Coal Now Produced
A new process uses coal to manufacture plant fertilizer reducing reliance on traditional mining. The development aims to boost fertilizer supply and lower production costs while addressing energy use and environmental concerns.
Hair analysis spurs 21 000 classifications method
Criminologists unveil a new identification approach using human hair analysis with over 21 000 distinct classifications, promising sharper forensic discrimination in cases.
East Texas sheep industry poised for growth says agent
Houston Chronicle reports Col. C C French, an industrial agent for Fort Worth Stockyards Co, believes East Texas will gain a firm foothold in sheep raising as farmers diversify beyond one crop. He cites rising livestock plans, better feed, and pastures, noting East Texas still lags in quality sheep but has potential for profitable lamb production with West Texas stock and local feed resources.
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Houston Chronicle
Col
C. C. French
Fort Worth
French
East Texas
East
Edwards Plateau
West Texas
Ohio
Middle West
Texas
Black Land
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Charlie Hinton
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J. C. Sills
J. B. Reeder
Bev Reeder
Earl Nesbitt
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Newell Hix
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Leta Young
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Baldy” Butler
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M. E. Compton
Mesdames P. A. Nowlin
A. S. Tweedy
Chas. Ellison
Dan Veteto
Morgan
Workers’ Council of the Baptist Church
Josephine Griffin
Iredell
Josephine Gandy
Shannon and
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Valerie McNeill
Timmonds Barnett
Miss Blanch Rose Howard
Houston
Timmonds
Hubert Powell
Fairbanks
Miss Blanch
Cleburne
R. B. Stanton
Pittsburg
J. C. Jarrett Jr
Jimmie
Johnnie
Roy Hudspeth
Bartlett
Howard
Verna Mae Freedman
Will Freedman
Roger Raley
Baptist Parsonage
Frank Nixon
Raley
Santa Fe Railway Co
Valley Mills High School
Little City
W. H. Raley
la France
Eugene
la France Beauty Shop
Kansas City Life Insurance Co
Kansas City Life
Oscar I. Rea
Chevrolet
G.M.A.C. Terma
Standefer Chevrolet CO
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