Swatting a fly saves health in towns yearly
In this period, the newspaper urges readers to swat flies to protect public health, claiming the winged insect carries more disease than any other creature and daily contact endangers people.
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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
2
In this period, the newspaper urges readers to swat flies to protect public health, claiming the winged insect carries more disease than any other creature and daily contact endangers people.
The speaker envisions Tana evolving into a premier summer destination, comparable to Colorado coal mountains or Oregon and Washington resorts, as tourism grows across the South and Texas edges into progressive prominence.
A Llano Texas column laments grasshoppers hurting crops and praises resilience. It praises local industry granite and non fertile eggs, calls for picnic celebrations on the Llano banks, notes Dallas dances, and predicts a busy 1924 campaign. It reports Texas floods in Trinity River and economic recovery in Moore State Bank.
The A and M College Bulletin offers guidance on grasshopper control using a poison bran mash formula with wheat bran, white arsenic, and lemon juice. It advises timing for field and fence-row applications and warns against using fruit juice in the mix. The section also laments drought and praises Iowa diversification, criticizes Texas politics, and promotes Blue Star foot remedies sold by Coroner Drug Store.
Reports from San Angelo note an oil gusher brought in last week on land owned by the University of Texas. Llano County holds about seventeen thousand acres of school land in the San Angelo region and citizens hope the find will spark educational benefits for the county and lead to further productive wells.
The Boys Community Agricultural Club outlines goals in agriculture teamwork and meeting skills. Members pledged $1 each on May 8, 1923 to fund sending one Cherokee boy to the A and M College Short Course, with Mrs. Clark supervising the exam and highest grade earning travel and all expenses paid.
Food trucks and good drivers for light or heavy hauling are invited to call the 35-tfe Ford Garage for opportunities.
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