Protect Babies During Warm Summer Months
The Texas State Department of Health warns parents about summer diarrhea and dysentery, advising clean milk and water, boiled beverages, proper feeding, regular intervals, keeping babies cool, and prompt treatment for infections. It also notes a 650 acre coal tar deposit near Palestine, Texas to supply a new analine dye plant in Houston and the Missouri Senate naming a woman chaplain, Sophia Fritts, who jokes about prayers.
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Texas State Department of Health
Palestine
Texas
Houston
Southwest
Preventable diseases cause rising Texas deaths and high costs
Texas public health data show deaths from preventable infections and parasitic diseases rose 54 percent since 1994, with pellagra pneumonia and diarrhea increasing 22 percent. In 1934 more than 17,000 Texans died from preventable diseases and in 1936 the figure exceeded 24,000. Funeral costs and economic losses are cited, including $245 million in 1936 and $175 million in 1934.
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Texas
Texas Planning Board
Employment of Women in Government And Industry
The piece notes that for 100 years after independence no women were government employees. It cites 1870 as the first law permitting women clerks and reports over 25,000 women in Washington offices and 60,000 elsewhere. It lists roles from bacteriologist to postmasters and notes women in labor leadership and judiciary. Private employment reaches nearly ten million wage earners. The article questions whether rising female employment marks improved civilization and asserts women’s proven capacity across vocations.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington
Kimble County Cannery Offer Attracts Local Family
Kimble County proposes to furnish the cannery free of charge to a reputable local family who will operate it on a percentage basis to provide canned vegetables and meats for residents. For details, see Mrs Willie May Beasley at the Court House.
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Kimble County
Willie May Beasley
Texas Penal Code Article 802 Amended on Drunk Driving
Enactment amends Article 802 to set penalties for drunken driving in Texas. Convicted offenders face up to two years in a penitentiary or five to ninety days in county jail plus a fine of 50 to 500 dollars. Section 2 suspends three-day reading rule due to rising highway accidents from drunken drivers. Take effect upon passage.
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State OF
Texas
Fourty-fourth
Poor Richard 1937 Quotes On Habits And Ambition
The collection presents aphorisms on breaking bad habits, effort, and perseverance. Witty maxims compare life choices with navigation and success, urging steady effort, unity, restraint, and self improvement amid daily challenges.
Texas Tourist Trade Ranked Second in State Economy
Texas statistics show oil enrichment at 450 million dollars last year followed by tourism at 446 million and agricultural crops at 348 million while cotton brought 210 million. Marvin Nichols of Fort Worth argues highway investment and roadside beauty require banning advertising signs in residential rural districts to protect travelers.
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Texas
Marvin Nichols
Fort Worth
The
Texas Planning and Civic Conference
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Gene Carr
Missouri Senate
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Pleasant Hill
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Randolph
All South Development Council
Pennsylvania
Earle
Richard
Umble Oil & Refining CO
Ronee-Aetro and
Sharkpro
General Motors
Tnstaliment P
Revrole
oFon
the Highland Chevrolet Company
Junction, Texas
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