Veteran Civil War veteran extols Tanlac’s cures
George D. Shaw of Springfield Massachusetts, aged 78, credits Tanlac with dramatic health gains after fifteen years of digestive trouble. He says he weighed 117 pounds before treatment and now weighs 143, claims he could endure old army rations again and urges fellow Civil War veterans to try Tanlac. All druggists sell Tanlac.
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George D. Shaw
Walnut Street
Springfield
Mass
Taniae
Hempstead District Melon Growers Exchange Marks First Watermelon Marketing Success
The Hempstead District Melon Growers Exchange completed June 20 1921 in Houston Texas and began operations June 29 with first car at Eagle Lake. North American Fruit Exchange oversees distribution across 125 plus U S offices. Despite inferior melon quality this season the exchange provided a positive outlet and potential for future membership growth and grading adherence.
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Harm Bureau
Hempstead
Melon Grower’s Exchange
Chamber of Commerce Room
Houston
Texas
Eagle Lake
Navasota
North American Fruit Exchange
United States
Exchange
Ichthyol Company Organized at Burnet Texas
The Texas Ichthyol Chemical Company of Burnet Texas formed by professionals and businessmen to build retorting and refining plants to produce ichthyol from fossiliferous rock. It is the only known U S deposit and the second in the world after Austria Hungary. The drug shows strong skin penetration and germicidal effects and is valued for treating sores and threadworms in hospitals and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Ichthyol Chemical Company
Burnet
Texas
United States
Austria Hungary
Austria
Texas Company
Burnet Bulletin
Pooling of Wool Improves Quality
C J Fawcett of the American Farm Bureau says pooled wools show marked quality gains. A large buyer notes improved grading and conditions, with growers receiving grader reports detailing grade numbers, pounds, prices, and preparation notes. The cooperative marketing method helps growers know market value and reduces transfers between grower and consumer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Fawcett
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Gillespie County Texas
Sheriff announces sale of Henry Dechert farm totaling about 324 1/3 acres in Gillespie and Kendall counties at the Gillespie County courthouse on the first Tuesday in November 1921 between 10 A M and 4 P M. The sale satisfies multiple judgments totaling over 18 thousand dollars for the plaintiffs and intervenors with costs. The land includes surveys 805 806 3828 and is described as the Henry Dechert farm near Fredericksburg.
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District Court
Gillespie County
Texas
Henry Dechert
Otto H. Bernhard
Albert Koennecke
J. R. Brown
Alfre J. Petmecky
Gillespie and
Kendall Counties
Fredericksburg
August Dechert
Court House
A. D
Officers Elected for Cotton Pool in Texas
The Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association elected J. Torr of Dallas County as President and C. O. Moser of Dallas County as temporary Secretary at the July 22 meeting. Walton Peteet said the Cotton Marketing Association has strong financial backing for member cotton moves. Over 40 000 Texas farmers will take part in the first distribution of funds, with plans to advance 60 percent of market value upon delivery. The Co operative Marketing Association is described as the world's largest of its kind in membership and product value, attracting attention from major banking centers and seen as a major step in global cotton marketing.
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Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
J. Torr
Dallas County
C. O. Moser
Walton Peteet
The
Texas Farm Bureau
Cotton Marketing Association
Texas
Co-operative Marketing Association
Gillespie County seeks audit bids for 1917 to 1921 period
The Gillespie County Commissioners Court invites bids from qualified accountants to audit county finances for August 1, 1917 through July 1921. Bids due by Wednesday, November 16, 1921 at 10:00 A.M. with right to reject all bids. Albert E. Klett, County Clerk.
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Honorable Commissioners’ Court
Gillespie County
Texas
Commissioners’ Court
Albert E. Klett
Pecans of Mr Locke Attract County Attention
Mr Hermann Locke gathers world beaters from his edge of town trees. Three varieties, especially a Daisy tree, produce fine clusters. A Covington Kentucky check for 40 dollars arrived last Saturday with orders to ship 100 pounds, sold at 50 cents a pound in smaller lots. His garden area has grown from Johnson grass to a county showplace, proving others can replicate this success.
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Hermann Locke
Covington
Kentucky
Sheriff Sale Notice of Personal Property in Gillespie County
By virtue of and notice of sheriff sale of personal property issued from the Honorable District Court of Gillespie County Texas on October 7 1921 by A D Stahl clerk upon a judgment entered in the case Joseph Bros a partnership Max Joseph and Fritz Joseph v Ernst Sultemeier No 1296.
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District Court
Gillespie County
Texas
A. D
A. D. Stahl
Joseph Bros
Max Joseph
Fritz Joseph
Ernst Sultemeier
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Tanlac
Ichthyol Company
Alfred J. Petmecky
Joseph Brothers Garage
Main Street
Joseph Brothers
A. J. Petmecky
Isias Pahl
Emil EB. Dechert
Kendall County
L. E. Hirsch
Kleck Bldg
Turner Hall
Saenger & Ochs
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Worth American Savings & Loan Company
Dallas
Frank Hanische
Bank OF Fredericksburg
American Bankers’ Assn
BANKS
Temker D. Smith
Albert Koennecky
Eusa W
Eiders
Apoup
Gold
Alter
Texas Bankers’ Ass’r
Temple D. Smith
Ad. Gold
Alb. Koennecke
Alex W. Henke
Lawrence Knopp
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