17 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
1
A glossy survey notes that despite tough talk from leaders many executives still show appreciation for poetry and rhymed language. The finding highlights a cultural pull toward lyric expression in business settings and communications.
A collage of verses and anecdotes reflecting on sport moralities, traffic rules, humor, and urban life. The piece quotes the One Great Scorer poem, notes calm sentiment after a Sunday truck ban, recalls a alligator joke, and ponders public impression. It visits Fort Worth dining, theater, and Austin traffic signals with wry commentary on modern quirks.
In Austin the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas treats treasure stories as routine. Its director Dr. E. H. Sewards notes staff examine minerals for the public and often identify so called gold nuggets as iron pyrites though they glitter.
A Texas man submitted six so called black Indian diamonds to the bureau claiming an ancient map to 1200 diamonds and gold. Geologists found the stones were colorless glass marbles used in acid etching with a carbon-like look. A fifty pound ore fragment from South Texas proved pure silver poured in haste. Bureau tests show many samples hold real value despite initial misidentification.
Marion M. Terry operates a 250 acre orchard near Richland Springs with over 100 fruit varieties grown for Brady stands in summer. He plans a return to his magic show in school auditoriums, hosts an annual nurseryman barbecue, and maintains a mixed farm including pecans and livestock. The piece also discusses home cooling research and a humorous train-time exchange.
Universal resident licenses remain required in Llano and 20 other counties with new rules. County funds must be spent locally on game and fish restoration. Shooting preserve operators no longer pay 10 percent of sales to the commission. The $5 shooting preserve license remains. Resident hunting licenses at $2 require or exempt certain residents. Resident fishing licenses at 55 cents exempt minors and landowners and certain license holders. Wild turkey bag limit set to two gobblers per season.
University of Texas WPA geologists uncovered skulls of the fourth fifth and sixth mastodons in a Rae county quarry within 10 months. Scientists call the site no less than a burial ground of the prehistoric elephants and expect it to be among the richest fossil beds found.
Dr. B H Sellards reports six skulls of large size, about ten feet long with tusks and 400 to 500 pounds each, found together near a boggy quarry that once held water. Shipment to lab expected within a month.
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