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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
25
A Farm and Ranch column urges dairymen to cull low producers and feed top cows, noting drought in the corn belt reduces dairy output while southern and southwestern regions fare better. Keep foundations and wait for prices to recover as profits return.
Walter Glover aged 19 of Lamb County was shot and killed at Shallow Water 12 miles northwest of Lubbock. John L. Fisher, a filling station operator, was released on 2000 dollars bond after being charged with murder. Fisher said he fired at prowlers after being awakened, not knowing anyone was struck. Glover’s body was moved to Littlefield by companions James Jackson Truett and Troy Hawkins.
Canadian Texas Sept 8 Callaway a cowboy was pinned beneath his horse for two hours on a ranch northwest of here. He freed a hoof by cutting away part of the horse’s body and was nearly exhausted when two residents found him and freed him after the horse collapsed and died.
Health guidance warns that diseases like measles scarlet fever and eye inflammation can weaken eyesight. After illness avoid reading or close work until fully recovered and do not read lying down. Do not rub eyes or share towels. rest eyes with short closures and warm then cool bathing.
The article notes poultry and egg prices stayed firm in the Middle West during agricultural depression, making a standard bred high producing flock a reliable income source. It argues poultry keeping compares favorably with other farm activities and highlights proper flock management.
Representative Briggs says opening a new river mouth by Federal dredges will ease Trinity river overflows in Liberty and Chambers counties formerly helped by an outlet now blocked by drift and sandbars. Greggs County led East Texas Chamber of Commerce with 188 new members. Grand Saline plans five additional blocks of paving after near completion of others and three more starting. Westminster Presbyterian Church Nacogdoches to build a $35,000 house of worship.
A P Wooldridge long time Austin mayor and civic leader died after months of illness. He helped launch city improvements parks schools and library services and chaired various commissions. Born 1847 in New Orleans he arrived in Austin in 1871 and shaped education banking and municipal groups across Texas.
Ewes with twins or triplets require more feed and should be fed separately if possible. Twin and triplet lambs benefit from ample grain, clover, or alfalfa, plus a creep feed starting with bran and oil meal, then oats and corn. Creep fed lambs market earlier, weigh more, and reduce maternal stress. support local merchants.
A Houston Yacht Club incident left Raymond R. Stone dead and Harold Moffett critically injured after a homemade gunpowder charge fired a Civil War relic cannon prematurely. Bernard Talmadge survived uninjured though stunned. Stone had graduated from Rice Institute in mechanical engineering. Stone’s body to be cremated in San Antonio with burial in Houston.
Alpine, Sept 5 Daniel Ramirez escaped from the county jail last week by breaking through a wall and slipping away in the night without clothes. He had been jailed since 1929 and escaped from a farm in April. Ramirez is accused of stealing a car and was recaptured by Roswell officers before returning to Alpine, where he escaped again. A state reward of 25 dollars plus a sheriff’s 1000 dollar reward stands.
Austin firemen returned from a false alarm at 3 a m to their station in the city’s far section. They found the station entered and a watch with all pocket change pilfered from their civilian clothes.
Valley pupils entering school will gain from a $1,143,000 package of new buildings and equipment. Taylor reports pride in industrial progress and hopes to finish other improvement objectives. Corsicana advances a $165,000 junior high school under construction. Amarillo helium plant runs at 60 percent capacity, with gas development expanding since 1917. Texas and Pacific completes a 7.5 mile water main from Mc Cutcheon Springs to Toyah, addressing a 1450 foot fall with pressure reduction installations to curb the 600 pound force.
Promote maize planting with the RESCHEE Header to head and deposit in wagon beds using a rear wheel propulsion. Adolph Sattler, Agent, offers particulars by phone or mail.
A Texas man died from deep burns after a 12 000 volt shock while throwing a disconnected switch on a lightning arrester at the Handley sub station of the Texas Electric Service. The incident occurred Thursday, Sept 7, in Fort Worth.
A Birdville resident and electric company employee, 23 year old, died Sunday following an on site incident at Winton Lane Booth. Co workers and authorities investigated the fatal event as details emerge.
The report states that 46 500 eggs were laid every minute in the United States during the previous year, indicating a high level of poultry production and efficiency across large farming operations.
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