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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
4
Dr. Geo W Cox Texas State Health Officer notes a fifteen million dollar annual loss due to rats based on two rats per person and warns Typhus fever Brills Disease linked to rat infestations. He explains transmission by fleas from infected rats and describes varying death rates between Old World Typhus and the Texas form.
The text describes typhus symptoms such as intense headache fever and low mood and notes the illness lasts about two weeks. It stresses that control is difficult and depends on rat extermination, with trapping poisoning and starvation of rats through ratproofing buildings where food is stored. The State Department of Agriculture offers assistance to communities.
Receipts were liberal with a heavy calf run and active trading to shippers and small killers. Medium to good calves weaken to 25 cents, others steady to late last week. cows uneven but about steady overall. Hogs strong with top bulk 180 to 195 lb around 10.75. sows 9.00 to 9.50. pigs 6.50 to 8.50. Sheep and goats sparse. wethers steady at 3.50.
Texas ranches recorded a jump in screwworm infestations in May from 3 665 to 7 831 cases. Of May cases 5 518 affected cattle and 1 961 sheep with the worst losses tied to the outbreak threshold and animal population impact.
Engagement of Miss Elea nore May Eccles daughter of Mar riner S Eccles chairman of the Federal Reserve board to Harold J Steele of Houston Texas was announced. Miss Eccles a junior at George Washington university Steele with the electric home and farm authority. They will marry in September.
The article notes a proposed state law by State Senator Ben ONeil to prohibit the sale or exchange of any child under 16, citing ongoing practice of child selling despite earlier regulations. It also mentions officials blaming individuals for preying on vulnerable babies and references unrelated anecdotes about public figures and quirky inventions.
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