Drive Against Fake Mutual Benefit Life Firms Warned
A national campaign led by Postmaster General James A Farley targets fake mutual benefit life protection outfits. The notices say some local groups from Fredericksburg operate in larger cities while sham policies ignore medical exams and age limits, with post mortem investigations delaying death benefit payments. Before investing, inspect policies and seek reliable providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Farley
Postal Department
Fredericksburg
Summer library programs keep Texas students reading
Texas newspapers report summer library openings in many public schools to allow students and adults to borrow books. While not a substitute for free public libraries, the effort promotes reading and may push the Legislature to boost state library aid, aiming to correct Texas’s low library funding.
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Texas
The
Texas Weekly
Hot Weather Health Advice and Clever Sayings From Papers
Health officers urge moderation in heat with tips to avoid overexertion and dehydration. Eat light, drink water with salt, wear light clothing, and seek shade. Also notes siesta habits and a few pithy quotes reflecting public sentiment and court views from Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Lufkin News, and other papers.
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Corpus Christi
Texas farmers fight grasshoppers and drought menaces
Grasshoppers marching across the Southern High Plains threaten the largest row crop in history as millions of insects advance two miles a day. Union County New Mexico and Southeastern Colorado suffer heavy damage while farmers deploy poison from federal sources. The report also notes cattle prices at Kansas City and new gopher control methods in Texas, with agriculture forecasts predicting a smaller pig crop this year.
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High Plains
Amarillo Daily News
Union County
N. M
Colorado
Des Moines
J. B. Copeland
Copeland
Washington
Agriculture Department
Federal Crop Reporting Board
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Grain Market Review
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Canadian
Europe
Liverpool
Dipping Goats on Kerr Co Ranch
Texas A and M extension specialists endorse wettable sulphur to eradicate goat lice. A 38 mile Kerrville area ranch hosts one of the first round vats in Texas, costing 43.90 to build. 1902 goats were dipped at 250 per hour with two dips 11 days apart, improving condition and mohair yield.
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Kerr County
Extension Service
Kerrville
Wilson Ranch
Eckert Locals Show Town News and Rodeo Trips
Local column notes visitors and travelers with Melvin Evans back from San Antonio for medical care. C. H. Laurence and families visited town. Lee and Smith attended the Comfort Rodeo. Various locals visited relatives and rodeos in Brady Fredericksburg and San Angelo. Texas ranks second among western manufacturing states.
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S. B. Evans
Melvin
San Antonio
C. H. Laurence
Edwin and
Rueben Lorenz
Comfort
Messrs
Victor and
Desmond Sagebiel
Brady
G. Ben Thomas
Click
Ruby Moehle
Theo Hohman
Fredericksburg
Ruth Key
San Angelo
Robert Dittmar
Austin
H. C. Kirk
Texas
Mississippi
Draft horse for sale near Eckert and Fredericksburg
Heavy all purpose two year old draft horse for sale. Sixteen hands, gentle to ride unbroke to work. Also buy and sell cameras including Kodaks. offer made at MacDonald Studio in Fredericksburg Texas.
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D. H. Moehle
Eckert
Kodak
MacDonald Studio
Fredericksburg
Texas
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Icksburg
Freder
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Denison Herald
Reader’s Digest
Kansas City
Hatchet Cattle Company
Pueblo
Col
Swift & Co
M. S. Graves
el Paso County
Kerr CO
Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
William Schroedre, Jr
Henry H. Houy
Stein’s Ice Factory
Humble
Texas Motor
Humble Oil & Refining CO
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