Texas Patriotism and Enterprise
A nostalgic piece extols Texas leadership in educational travel and tourism. It cites a Montreal tour party of 189 visitors where Texans outnumbered others, credits southern institutions, and lauds Texas loyalty in national exhibitions and sesquicentennial pages, portraying Texas as a model of enterprise and mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lone Star
Montreal
Tenessee
Niagara Falls
America
South
Here and Sons
Ford
Uniform marking system urged for livestock shipments
The farm department urges a nationwide uniform livestock marking method to reduce ownership errors in co operative shipments. Cattle would bear clipped 4 inch Roman numerals on the right hip with prefix bars for ten or twenty. Hogs marked on shoulder or back with up to four marks. sheep with branding fluid on head or shoulders. Painting is discouraged due to wool damage.
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Shipping Association
United States
Basis of Our National Prosperity
Essay argues prosperity rests on five primary wealth sources agriculture mining manufacturing forestry and fisheries. Highlights wage trends with 1923 1924 1925 dispute data and calls for stable productive enterprise to sustain employment and wages.
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Federal Bureau of Labor
Piping Supplies Arrive Soon From Fredericksburg Imp Co
A carload of piping in all sizes will arrive in a few days. Ask for our prices before you buy. It will cost over 12000 dollars for attractions at the New Braunfels Fair. admission is 50c and 25c with night admission 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels Fair
Ex-Slaves Seek Birth Registration for 13 Children Near Waelder
Bb M Brown and wife, former slaves living on a Waelder area farm, request birth registration for 13 children born between 1875 and 1903. They state they do not know their own ages due to slavery, and owners named as Joe Hamlinson and Mr McLite of Yorktown. State health officials say the couple’s request is timely and may push Texas toward nationwide registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bb. M. Brown
Waelder
Joe Hamlinson
McLite
Yorktown
Dewitt County
State Board of Health
Texas
United States
Gillespie County History books in high demand
The notice urges readers to visit the office to purchase Gillespie County History books, noting strong demand and that all copies may sell quickly. It invites customers to come in and review the titles.
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Gillespie County
Typhoid Reports Drop as Sanitation Improves in Texas
County and city health officers reported 122 typhoid cases for August, less than half of August 1925. Dr. H O Sappington credits sanitation gains, vaccination, and rural health education for the decline and urges continued effort. Other monthly communicable diseases include chicken pox 27 dengue 3 diphtheria 27 dysentery 7 influenza 56 measles 17 meningitis 1 mumps 14 ophthalmia 8 poliomyelitis 1 pneumonia 0 rabies 3 scarlet fever 43 smallpox 52 trachoma 2 paratyphoid 188 tuberculosis 49 typhus 1 whooping cough 112.
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State Board of Health
H. O. Sappington
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A. N. Eschmann
Winchester, Tenn
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Fredericksburg Impl. Co
Zenith
Zenith Ford
City Garage
Wesley A. Franz
Simmons
Wesco
City Furniture Co
Walter’s Jewelry Store
Jaenke & Schoenewolf
Standard
Overland
Chevrolet
Oakland
Buick
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