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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
4
The Fredericksburg Standard lists the Fredericksburg Publishing Co. staff with editors R.S. Klett managing, R. E. Jordan sports, Wm. Petmecky feature, and Wm. Habenicht business. The paper is issued every Friday and entered as second class matter at Fredericksburg, Texas.
The article directs readers to send all communications to Fredericksburg Publishing Co. For business matters use Bookkeeper's Dept. For all other matters use Editor's Dept. This establishes the proper department routing for inquiries and notices.
The standard urges shoppers to buy soon as stores offer fuller stock and lower prices this season. With crowds thinning and discounts visible in advertisements, prices are described as the lowest in years, though the window may close quickly.
The Fredericksburg and Gillespie County community backs Health Nurse Celia Moore in her school health program. Citizens’ cooperation is praised as essential to success and the effort’s aim is to instill lifelong healthy habits in children, benefiting many youths.
A Houston church talk by Frank Williford Jr. links crime and divorce rates in Harris County with Texas leading in both. The prosecutor cites Justice Department data from 1930 to argue editors claim a sinister link between crime and divorce is supported by statistics.
A Houston court observation notes that 98 percent of youths under twenty five in trouble with justice come from separated families and 75 percent from divorces. The author argues Texas must address its divorce problem, asserting it is not inherent in Texans and proposing changes in attitude or laws as the remedy.
The Bureau of Home Economics says lamb replaces mutton in the American diet and outlines cooking changes in a leaflet titled Lamb as You Like It. It covers roasting leg and saddle, stuffed cuts, broiling chops, mint stuffing, cold cuts, mint gelatin, and a lamb stew with affordable cuts. The leaflet No. 28 L is free from the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington DC.
A movement in the senate to defer consideration of the world court protocol for a year was launched on Monday but there was no guarantee of agreement. Supporters want to avoid linking the protocol to an extra session while opponents urge prompt action, and both sides concede action is unlikely during the short session.
Home economists and dietitians stress slow cooking of eggs to moderate, even heat. Soft and hard boiling, poaching, frying and shirring require gradual temperature control and careful timing to preserve tender whites and yolks.
The recipe describes placing the mixture in a shallow baking dish or ramekins with butter salt and pepper. The dish sits in a pan of water and bakes in a moderate oven until the whites set.
A farm guidance note explains that laying hens require rations of whole and ground grains with protein concentrates to avoid loafing. It describes using animal-origin protein such as meat scraps or tankage mixed with bran shorts and cornmeal, fed in open hoppers with a daily seven to eight pounds for 100 hens to boost egg production.
Agricultural experts A E Hutchins and Dr F A Krantiaz of University Farm St Paul Minnesota advise using well rotted barnyard manure as the first step to prepare garden soil. When ground is workable disk deeply to mix manure, then plow at least five inches, follow with a second disk to fill air pockets and a thorough harrow for a mellow seedbed.
Experts advise selecting a permanent garden location free from lumps and smoothly prepared to allow annual enrichment. Planting plans emphasize long term soil health and ongoing cultivation.
Resourcefulness and ingenuity of Texas farmers boost state outputs. A Wise County man sold 600 dollars of tomatoes from two acres until frost. Trinity County producer earned 38 dollars from cantaloupes and soybeans, fed 15 bushels to hogs, and stored 15 dollars of hay. Dallas County farmer produced 1500 pounds of soybeans from three acres plus grazing and hay returns. Hall County grower saved half winter feed, cut fertilizer costs, and yielded 50 percent more cotton on reseeded land. Grayson County grower grows paper shell pecans on hickory. Wharton County farmer earned 15 dollars monthly grazing twelve acres of Sudan grass and saves six dollars daily in feed costs.
Texas has eight distinct producing areas with daily averages over 800,000 barrels despite artificial reductions. West Texas yields nearly one third of total output, followed by the Coastal field.
Texas pursues two large waterways: the Intracoastal Canal extending from Sabine Lake to Corpus Christi, and the Trinity Canal from Fort Worth and Dallas to the Gulf. Engineers testify to feasibility while many counties back the project for its significance.
A humorous quote from The Honolulu Item asks what fuels a top salesman. The reply cites a line spoken on door delivery: Miss, is your mother in. The exchange underscores streetwise sales wit in a social setting.
Gamut includes all leather dress and work shoes for ladies men and children plus lace boots for men and boys. Juenke and Schoenewolf.
Professor Phelps of Columbia University Medical School argues pasteurized milk is the only reliable safeguard against disease, noting that certification and inspection fall short and leave more room for error compared to pasteurization. He emphasizes pasteurization as the one sure safe method.
Notice warns that hunting with guns dogs trapping and trespassing on land owned by Otto Kramer Alfred Kordzik Max Kunz Max Kuenemann Adolph Eckhardt Hy Eckhardt Wm Ottmers R H Eckhardt is strictly forbidden with violators to be prosecuted. Names listed identify landowners and association members and a legal enforcement stance is stated.
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