1939 Draws To A Close In Gillespie County
The year 1939 brought notable progress for Gillespie County with the completion of the new courthouse and planned rural electrification bringing power to hundreds of farms. Roads improved on Harper Llano Kerrville routes, crops held steady, and schools churches and civic bodies prospered, leaving residents with a satisfying yet mixed reflection on the year.
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Gillespie County
Gillespie
Harper, Llano
Kerrville
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County 1940 Awakening
A 1940 outlook urges citizens of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County to unite for progress. It calls for shared burden to fund education highways buildings and recreation, to awaken the county’s potential and help Texas rise economically with state collaboration.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Do It Now Not The List New Year Resolve Advice
A columnist urges skipping long lists of New Year resolutions. Focus on improving ongoing work and personal conduct through steady, specific action. Instead of promising to change next year, start making tangible improvements now and let others notice the progress.
What Is Americanism and Drunken Pedestrian Safety
A Mason County editorial defends Americanism as consent-based self government rooted in the Declaration of Independence, contrasting it with communism fascism and Nazism. It urges citizens to reject total state power and upholds government as servant. The Kerrville Times notes a Oklahoma City editors’ meeting on traffic safety, citing Burton W Marsh on drunken pedestrians causing two thirds of urban accidents. It urges slogans like If you drink don t walk to reduce crashes.
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Congress
Oklahoma City
Burton W. Marsh
American Automobile Association
Marsh
Kerrville Times
Physical Inventory Be Taken Now Urges Health Official
Dr. Geo W Cox State Health Officer urges all to visit a family physician for a thorough annual physical examination. He warns against neglect, noting cancers TB nephritis diabetes and heart ailments often strike silently and early detection saves time suffering and money. He stresses prevention and early treatment to ensure long term health.
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Geo. W. Cox
San Saban Dies in Hunting Accident Near San Saba
Jeff D. Lewis, 60, San Saba nightwatchman, was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast while hunting with two companions near San Saba. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental shooting. He is survived by his widow and several children.
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Jeff D. Lewis
San Saba
Lewis
Observations Of Interest To Stockfarmers
Farmer record keeping is outlined by Tyrus R. Timm of Texas A M College Extension Service. Start a farm inventory around January 1 and again at year end, with items valued at market price. Track cash expenses and incomes, total production, and home uses to gauge overall farm efficiency. Local agents offer aids for simple records as mohair market activity updates arrive from Uvalde brokers and firms.
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Tyrus R. Timm
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Timm
Turtle fed hogs top price on San Antonio market
Turtle fed hogs produced 30 000 pounds of turtles destroyed and 6 000 pounds of pork from 20 pigs in Cassin Lake area. J M Alien cooked daily over 1 000 turtles for hogs and chickens amid drought, finishing hogs on corn before sale as No 1 mature stock. Mohair buyers paid up to 214 cents for adult hair in West Texas as New Market mohair activity neared one half million pounds.
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Tom Richey
A. W. Hilliard & Son
Richey
Uvalde Wool and Mohair Co
Ed Wentworth
San Antonio
J. M. Alien
Cassin Lake
Texas Game Department
Allen
Mr. Allen
West
Mothair i
Texas
San Angelo
Markwell stapling machine for 60 sheets
The Markwell stapling machine pins or staples up to 60 sheets, offered by Fredericksburg Publishing Co.
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Markwell
Fredericksburg Publishing
Digestive Tonic Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertorial promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT laxative as a remedy for constipation and related symptoms. It links relief to a simple regimen and urges readers to try the product, claiming it tones the bowels and improves digestion.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Company
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Mason County News
San Saban
Kallenberg
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A. T. Wendler
Boerne, Texas
Logy
J. W. Rothmann & Sons Livestock Commission Agenes
Sunset Motor Lines
Brady Freight Lines
Austin
Houston San Angelo
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Woerner Warehouse
Henry Klein
Basse Express
East Main Street
San Antonio Union
Ranchman’s Supplies
Lochte Storage & Commission Company
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