Lively laughs and tips from old column tales
Humorous vignettes and quips about love, work, and daily life fill a holiday page. Jokes range from flirtatious bosses to traffic law, with a short medical note on child feeding and a note on Texas sulphur fields and a large spinach farm in Carrizo Springs. The tone reflects a provincial 20th century humor page.
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Carrizo Springs
Texas
Union
Louisiana
Brazoria
Matagorda
Miscellaneous weights list and a church note
A dated inventory lists weights for nails barley beans clover seed corn onions grass seed peaches apples peas popcorn potatoes sweet potatoes rye spinach tomatoes turnips and wheat. The item Go to Church next Sunday appears as a closing directive alongside the weights.
Texas Market Report San Antonio February cattle and hog receipts
San Antonio on February 6 reports salable receipts of 400 hogs with active demand and prices to 10 cents higher. Top hogs $7.35 for 175 to 250 lb butchers. cattle receipts 600 and calves 1,400 with mixed bids and steady to weak prices for many classes, including light fed steers at $8.75 for a 1006 lb load and various stocker and slaughter calves from $5.50 to $9.50 in recent sales.
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San Antonio
Texas
Pension rolls rise as 61 receive February checks
Austin officials report 114 664 on old age assistance in February, up 275 from January. Since Jan 1, 1 640 added, 547 became ineligible and 1 015 died. February grants total 1 494 689 with average over 51 Will be reviewed by the Legislature. Grand Saline hosts the world’s largest salt dome owned by Morton Salt Company.
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Grand Saline
The
Morton Salt Company
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C. T. Holekamp
Lucids
Lola
Sions
Helen
Mary
Mente Em Pollotz
Henpeck
Joe
Garden of Eden
Abraham Lincoln
Janet
Sandy
Pat
Micheal
Mike
Willie
Mandy
Frank Howard Richardson
Richardson
Ozzie
S&ib
Frebrueary
Heyman Drug Store
Light
Lnventite
A. Thomas Alva Edison
the Wizard of
Menlo Park
Edison
West Texas
West Texas Utilities Company
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