Local Residents Share News and Illness Updates
Mrs Plan Rose is on the sick list this week. Mr Otto Learson of Henry was a business visitor here Monday. Mr Frank Crider of Austin is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Jeff Crider this week. Mr and Mrs Fields and Mrs Anna Felps were visitors here Saturday. Mrs Dock Smith, ill last week with flu, is able to be up.
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Plan Rose
Otto Learson
Henry
Frank Crider
Austin
Mrs
Jeff Crider
Mrs. Fields
Anna Felps
Dock Smith
Gordon Buckner
of Austin
E. P. Ross
F. L. Dodgen
Round Mountain
Ferrell Casparis Wedding at Baptist Church Sunday
A pretty wedding joined Louise Casparis and Floyd Ferrell in a Baptist Church ceremony conducted by Rev. J H Clark. The couple, from local families, will reside here, with wishes for health and happiness. Other local visits and events noted include funeral services in Blanco and a Christian Church Bazaar set for December 15.
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Baptist Church
J. H. Clark
Louise Casparis
Floyd Ferrell
Austin Casparis
Ed. Ferrell
Ferrell
Ladies of the Christian Church
J. R. Johnson
Blanco Locals Share News and Visits From Austin to Blanco
Local notes report visitors and residents in Blanco including Gordon Buckner and family, Rev Adair’s visiting son, Mrs Goar ill, Alma Felps at school, and Mrs Martiny visiting relatives in Austin and San Marcos. Several Blanco residents travel to San Antonio New Braunfels Marble Falls Mason and other nearby towns for business and leisure. The section notes weddings births and a death, with Jay Chapman’s obituary promised next week.
Jay Chapman Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Mr. Jay Chapman had an appendicitis operation at Dr. Barnwell's Sanitarium on Wednesday of last week. Dr. Scott of Austin assisted. Chapman is very ill at this time.
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Jay Chapman
Barnwell
Dr. Scott of
Austin
Chapman
Alf C Beckman Dies After Illness at 56
Mr Alf C Beckman died Saturday night December 8 at his Blanco home from pneumonia at age 56. He leaves relatives and many friends. He was laid to rest in Blanco Cemetery Sunday afternoon. Our sympathy goes to the bereaved.
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Alf. C. Beckman
Blanco
No Peril in Vaccine for Infants and Schoolchildren
A public notice states vaccine is safe and necessary for infants and school aged children. It urges vaccination now with doctor approval and explains storage to preserve potency, stressing vaccines must be kept below freezing and away from heat to avoid loss of potency.
Teacher Turns Turkeys Into Profitable Sideline
Burnet Texas December reports Miss Lorena Glimp who combines teaching with turkey farming. Her flock this year reached 200 birds yielding nearly 1000 dollars in profit as some birds sold for ten dollars each. She tends nests during summer and after school hours when birds mature. Miss Glimp is daughter of Tom Glimp a leading Texas sheep grower.
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Burnet
Tex
Lorena Glimp
Turkey
Miss Glimp
Tom Glimp
Texas
Fire Destroys Kirkland Hotel and Store in Texas
Fire ravaged Kirkland nine miles from Childress destroying the Kirkland Hotel and adjoining store. Firemen gained control before noon and extinguished the blaze as units from Childress arrived. Other buildings suffered only light damage.
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Childress
Tex
Kirkland
Texas gypsum trade centers and export profile
Texas hosts gypsum deposits with plants at Quanah Sweetwater Plasterco Klamlin and Rotan. Four customs districts Sabine Galveston San Antonio and El Paso handle trade. Cotton wheat and gasoline lead exports. State eleemosynary institutions total 17, with the State School for the Blind and State School for the Deaf in Austin among the oldest, opened in 1856.
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Texas
Quanah
Sweetwater
Plasterco
Klamlin
Rotan
Sabine
Galveston
San Antonio
el Paso
State School For the
Austin
Artificial cotton from Egyptian weed shows promise
Paris reports C. J. Hedley-Thornton described a new artificial cotton derived from a weed in Egypt. He claimed production could reach between 3,000 and 4,000,000 pounds next year while en route to Egypt to arrange large scale contracts.
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Paris
C. J. Hedley-Thornton
Hedley-Thornton
Egypt
Plant fiber promises low-cost yield and wide cultivation
The speaker cites a weed whose fiber could sell for six pence per pound versus ten pence for cotton. After nine years of study he claims grafting and cross-breeding yield 900 pounds per acre, with the plant resistant to boll weevil, growing on poor soil in tropics or temperate regions. English manufacturers have contracted his next crop.
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Tropics
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Blanco Locals
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Paint Rock
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J. H. Chapman
John Goar
Alma Felps
Herwig
Wm. Martiny
Howard Klett
Mildred Martiny
San Marcos
Herb Weir
Tom Durham
A. H. Mayfield
Miss Pearl Byars
W. L. Byars
New Braunfels
Walter Wilke
Oscar Kneupper
U. P. Goar
Johnson City
Edwin Patton
John Saunders
Tom
Durham
Dr. Horwood
Marble Falls
Dr. Scott
Guy Felps
Maxene
Cynthia Crider
Chas. Brackner
Mason
Othella Tanner
Arrington
Otto Kaderli
Cranes Mill
Tom Hunnicutt
Doss
Walter Collins
Hamilton Crossing
Dr. Barwells Sanitarium
Meira Henderson
Carl Shugart
Alexander Place
Chas Koch Place
Pink Kennedy
Mr. Sterling Cage
Robstown
J. J. Cage
Jeff Buckner
Lucile Leah Belle Wagner
Clyde Buckner
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Norman Bros
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