Legislative Activities By Senator Penrose B Metcalfe
The past week saw extensive committee hearings in both houses on key bills including a state soil conservation program requiring 90 percent land owner approval for land-use rules. Gov approved $900,000 in warrants to maintain elderly payments. hearings continued on truck load limits and funding for wool scouring labor at A M College.
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House
Senate
Toant
West Texas State Teachers College
C. F. Wardlaw
G. W. Cunningham
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
A. & M. College
Texas
Davis
Sulak
Good Roads Provide Dental Care for Rural Louisiana
Mobile dental trailers travel Louisiana’s back roads bringing care to the poor. Since 1938 twelve trailers have treated nearly 40 000 people, improving health and reducing relief needs as vast highway improvements enable wider reach.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Hospital Board
United States Public Health Service
The Doctor Who Brought Anaesthesia to Mankind
The article recounts Dr Horace Wells of Hartford Connecticut who introduced nitrous oxide use in dentistry. It notes initial ridicule and delayed recognition, his 1844 tooth extraction, and his 1848 suicide at age 38. It credits his work with founding anesthesia and laments lack of timely monuments.
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Alaai
Pelous
Horace Wells
Hartford
Conn
Priestly
Geradin
Academy of Medicine
Paris
Colton
Riggs
Dr. Wells
Range Specialists Meet at Kerrville
Kerrville hosts a district conservation meeting with range specialists and ranchers from eight counties. The focus is grazing land improvement, with I. C. Martin presiding. Attendees include county agents range inspectors AAA committee men and ranchmen from Bandera Bexar Edwards Kendall Kerr Real Kimble and Gillespie counties.
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Kerrville
I. C. Martin
State Extension Service
AAA
Bandera
Bexar
Edwards
Kendall
Kerr
Real
Kimble
Gillespie
Farmers League Meeting Set for March 12 at Courthouse
President Guido Weinheimer announces the next Farmers League meeting will be held Sunday March 12 at 1 PM in the courthouse. Delegates Hilmar Weinheimer attended the Jourdanton convention February 9 to 11 and will report. Election of officers will be considered. members urged to attend.
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Guido Weinheimer
Farmers League
Court House
Hilmar Weinheimer
Jourdanton
Pneumonia seen as seasonal in Texas study
Austin report cites Dr George W. Cox noting pneumonia worsens in wet cold weather. Last week 234 cases were reported to the State Health Department. Urban centers suffer most. spread via coughs and sneezes. Public reminders urge hygiene, isolation of the sick, and personal preventive habits.
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Austin
Tex
Geo. W. Cox
State Health Department
Texas
Green sand zeolite found near San Antonio boosts Texas water softening
Mining of zeolite-bearing green sand near San Antonio drives new Texas industry as public works projects adopt the Stamford waterworks system. Texas green sand costs about 15 dollars per ton versus New Jersey’s 75, enabling brine regeneration and lower treatment costs across the state. Since Stamford’s plant began producing 1,000,000 gallons daily, three other Texas towns have built similar facilities, amid mild local news of visits and weather impacts.
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Texas
Public Works Administration
Uel Stephens
PWA
Texas A. and
M. College
San Antonio
New Jersey
Stamford
Brazos River
KE. P. Schook
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
University of Texas
Washington, D. C
New York City
Boston
Richmond
Schreiner Sells His Race Horses
Kerrville financier and former Game Fish and Oyster commissioner Gus F. Schreiner has sold 25 race horses to T. P. Morgan of Pallas. The sale includes the stallion Hygro, 15 mares and nine colts. Schreiner has bred thoroughbreds for 88 years. his three year old Hycamp won races in Maryland and at Santa Anita.
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Kerrville
Gus F. Schreiner
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
T. P. Morgan
Pallas Oil Man
Local Visits Highlight Kerrville and Junction Socials
Kerrville residents Mr and Mrs Fred Deal visited Mrs Paula Pape and son Albert on Sunday. Phil Rogers spent time with Mr and Mrs Royce Buster in Junction over the weekend. Miss Imogene Duderstadt called on Mr and Mrs M R Duderstadt and Mr and Mrs Warren McDougall last Sunday. H P Gartrell of JMMfason attended business in Harper on Monday. Louis Stevens was seen in town.
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J. J. Rogers
F. M. Floyd
L. H
Clarence Harper
San Antonio
Oran Parker
Little Daughter
Joe Rogers
Clarence
Leslie Harper
Lorenz Wandel, Jr
Fredericksburg
Arthur Bierschwale and Son
Chas, Morris of
Ingram
John S. Morris
Fred Deal
Kerrville
Paula Pape
Albert
Phil Rogers
Mr. and
Mrs. Royce Buster
Junction
Imogene Duderstadt
M. R. Duderstadt
Warren McDougall
H. P. Gartrell
Jmmfason
Harper
Mrs Whitewood and family visit Kerrville and Fredericksburg
Mrs J S Whitewood and daughter Mrs L Tarper visited Kerrville on Monday and Tuesday. J S Whitewood and son Fred were business visitors in Fredericksburg on Monday.
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J. S. Whitewood
L. Tarper
Kerrville
J. S. Whitewood and Son
Fred
Fredericksburg
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M’ocean Mist
del Monte & Libbys
Fredericksburg, Texas
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
Kerrville Milling Company
Water Street
Purina
Kerrville Milling CO
A. L. Morrow
W.W. W. “Builde
Rel
Irville
Penrose B. Metcalfe
W .E. Auginbaugh
M. D
Farmers League Meeting
Reuben Nixon
Schreiner
Middlesboro
Kentucky
Olaf
Old
Greece
Fae Wanggat
Desert
Yukon
Gomme Theotokopulos
Mueller
Travelere Safety Service
RADDA
Rialto
Cary Grant
Victor McLaglen
Alice Faye
C. Bennett
Nancy Kelly
Tall Spin
Tuesaday
Nancy Drew Reporter
Henry Fonda
Maureen Sullivan
Jesse James
Arcadia
Chas. Starrett
Iris Meredith
MR. Moto
Clark Gablemyrna Loy
Patrick Chapman
Atlantic
New York
Pala Theatre
Tex Ritter
Rollin’ Plains
Wallace Beery
Robert Taylor
Bobby Breen
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
THE
Harper Hall
Dayton Rahe
Louis Stevens
the Herald
Dr. Booth
Presbyterian Church
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