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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
16
A historic recipe lists ingredients for a KC Two Tone Cake including butter sugar flour and eggs. It describes beating, folding, dividing batter, melting chocolate, and baking in two pans at 350 to 375 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.
The article recounts Dr James Long’s Texas venture after 1819 border treaty. Long's volunteers set up a provisional republic in Nacogdoches, sought Lafitte’s aid, faced Spanish royalist forces, and evacuated to Louisiana. Subsequent actions include his return with Bowie, capturing Goliad, and the breakup of the volunteer force as Mexican troops attacked.
The article recalls 100 years ago events from The Texas Centinel Austin 1841 recounting shipping to Vera Cruz, counterfeiters, a five million loan, and Captain M B Lewis’s expedition across the Nueces headwaters while noting long prison escapes and a fatal street shooting in Mexico City.
The U S Navy Aviation Cadet Selection Board cut the minimum height from 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 4 inches, citing physical ability to operate modern aircraft controls. Education requirements for naval aviation training were also simplified by removing mathematics from college credits. Interested candidates should contact the nearest Navy Recruiting Station.
A stranger asks a boy for directions to Merchants Bank. Inside the bank the man asks the boy how much he owes, receiving a quarter as fee. The boy explains the charge is high only because he is a bank director, delivering a witty nod to power and humor.
Electric ranges and roasters see record sales across the 23 county area served by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Home makers praise cleaner cooler cooking while costs run about three cents per meal using LCRA low cost electricity.
A brief exchange notes budgeting habits and a joke about saving money. The speaker says balancing the budget each evening leaves no time to go anywhere, highlighting frugality and humor in financial restraint.
The economy and efficiency of kitchen work are showcased at a Peter's Hall scene, with Miss Hogue stressing practical use of the latest economical devices for cooking. The program aims to help busy homemakers lighten kitchen tasks, enjoy more leisure, and feed families better while saving money, especially for new rural electricity users.
The Fredericksburg Standard announces its Second Annual Free Cooking School opening Thursday June 12 with sessions on Thursday Friday and Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4 pm. Miss Hogue leads demonstrations and lectures, a display of kitchen equipment and foods will be shown, prizes donated by local and national firms awarded daily to attendees. Admission is free to all including men.
More than a quarter of Texas land is leased for oil and gas, while state government costs rise to nearly five times two decades earlier. Population has increased 38 percent in the same period.
Texas oil producers face an average tax of 90 cents per barrel, a broad levy affecting the state’s petroleum industry and related revenues. The measure applies across all oil output, shaping fiscal expectations for producers and state coffers.
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