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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1939
Page
2
State health officer Dr. Geo W. Cox warns parents must report cases to local health authorities or physicians. placards warn visitors of illness and help curb spread of measles whooping cough scarlet fever mumps and other diseases during winter. compliance and reporting are essential under law.
The piece notes Shanghai’s cosmopolitan celebration of Christmas with Western and local traditions. It contrasts Western style dinners and gift giving with distinct national practices in Russian, French, Japanese, English communities, and local schools, while most interior Chinese celebrate their own holidays and view December 25 as just another day.
In Morton City snow delayed a train on Christmas Eve. Residents improvised gifts from picked-over samples and the town organized carol singing for the passengers. A decorated tree and a generous feast with roasted fowl spread cheer among travelers and locals alike.
Crude toys such as box blocks can hosted cans floor boats stick horses and sand offer children more imaginative play than elaborate costly items.
The article notes severe soil erosion in 41 percent of the country destroying up to three quarters of top soil, with a further 12 percent erosion exceeding three quarters. It discusses marketing quotas, acre parity payments, and the farmer's share of domestic markets, plus rayon production rising from 1914 to 1938.
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