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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1926
Page
5
Statewide fishing and hunting rules tighten with license requirements for landowners and managers leasing hunting property. Deputies pledge strict enforcement as gear and bag limits are listed for doves ducks deer turkeys quail and more, with penalties for song birds and illegal commerce.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that clean fallows may reduce Texas root rot in cotton and alfalfa, with two years of fallow yielding uninfested crops in test plots. In Sacaton Arizona saturating soil with formaldehyde reduced infestation from 92 to 6.9 percent. Barnyard manure also lessened root rot injury.
Cuero on October 3 reports the death of John Lunsford a prominent DeWitt county farmer who died in a local hospital from gunshot wounds believed to be caused by an accidental discharge while climbing a barbed wire fence He was over 60 and survived by a large family of children Subsequent content discusses a town storekeeper urging advertising with a remark about impacts on sales
The three year old son of G. E. En of south San Antonio died Sunday night after choking on a sweet potato at dinner. A physician assisted at the home but the child died again en route to a hospital.
J. J. Andrews a 72 year old pioneer from Robinson in McLennan county died after a grass burr in his knee caused infection and double pneumonia. The injury occurred six weeks earlier when the burr was removed with a pocket knife. He died early this morning at his country home near Waco.
Advertises UPSON BOARD to seal interiors and prevent frost. Mentions Frigidaire displays and several local businesses and individuals listed as in use or involved in the sale and exhibition.
The article posits turning corn into sugar as a vast new market, noting eight billion pounds of annual US corn sugar imports and a two billion pound native sugar output. It argues a large shift to corn sugar could absorb vast corn surpluses, boosting American production, sales, and consumption under domestic conditions.
Prof R S Dearstyne of North Carolina State College warns that improving sanitary conditions in poultry houses prevents disease. He notes autumn weather brings seasonal illnesses like pox and pneumonia, and that mortality rises when owners delay action to isolate sick birds.
A humorous dialogue shows a Southern magistrate questioning a colored prisoner about stealing a chicken. The prisoner Sam replies with caution, saying he’d rather not discuss such acts. The scene shifts to a valet firing for removing a spot from a suit, noting the 10 spot.
Van Brunt drills offer machines in single or double discs to satisfactorily drill the smallest grain and oats with guaranteed results. Priced very reasonably at a local supplier.
A farm raised man became a district school teacher, saved enough for medical college, moved to Buffalo and became Dr. R. V. Pierce. His Golden Medical Discovery is a well known blood medicine and tonic with over fifty million bottles sold. If unavailable locally, send 65c to the Dr. Pierce Clinic, Buffalo NY, for tablets and free medical advice.
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