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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
3
A column advises canning fall tomatoes and corn with glass jars, detailing sterilization, boiling times, and seals. It notes tomatoes preserve vitamin content, offers guidance on pressure canning, and suggests poultry preservation strategies to trim winter feed costs and keep ready meals.
The story of cotton traces to ancient India and Peru with early textile mastery. It notes India and Peru developing cotton goods long before European contact, Columbus and da Gama expanding trade routes, and Sea Island cotton’s origin in Peru. It ends with a Portland, Maine kitten anecdote linked to Mrs. Charles E. Kent.
General Hugh S. Johnson of the National Recovery Administration appeals to American women to support the Blue Eagle program. He says reemployment and higher wages aim to lift the economy, urging purchases at Blue Eagle establishments to aid national prosperity and shorten the depression.
The Tyley County Booster cites Charles Fitzhugh Tasman in The Rankies Oblivion noting Verhbyansk in Siberia as the coldest place. Descriptions include water frozen midair, spittle freezing, wildlife seeking shelter, partridges digging into snow, animals dying in flight, and armor-like ground ice affecting tools.
A vintage note on bee robbing outlines gear and methods for the amateur beekeeper. It urges calm movements, smoke to soothe bees, careful frame handling, and steps to take honey while preserving the colony and queen. It also covers swarm capture techniques with protective gear and hive setups.
Representatives of corn hog producers advise immediate adoption of a plan to set premium prices at livestock markets for under 100 pound pigs. The idea, discussed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, aims to reduce hog numbers and balance supply with demand, with possible purchase of young pigs under an emergency program.
In Graham Texas on August 22 a grape festival celebrated the opening of Texas first grape juice factory at New Castle. G. R. Warren and local farmers organized vineyard plantings to supply juice for bottling and blending. A pageant crowned Mrs Roy Veal queen of the vineyard with eight varietal attendants. Delegations from Wike and Montague counties arrived with locally grown grapes. Mrs T V Munson supplied grape varieties from Denison experimental vineyards.
The piece weighs the value of higher education against starting work directly after school. It cites Who's Who in America showing about 85 percent of notable figures are college graduates or attended college, while 15 percent succeeded without it. It notes that more schooling generally improves outcomes, though early work can yield pay now.
The Board of Trustees of Liang Independent School District will meet on August 26 1933 to receive sealed bids from applicants wanting to become the depository of the district funds for the next two years. Bids may be mailed or delivered to Wesley Oatman secretary of the school board. Right to reject any and all bids is reserved. CHAS MILLIGER President.
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