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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
7
Boston resident Mrs Florence Loftus 32 6 ft 2 in tall reports dropping from 166 to 127 pounds after four months of Kruschen Salts. She says the daily half teaspoon in hot water improves health and vitality while cutting fat.
A quirky 1920s style column urges cheerfulness and resilience with aphorisms about kindness, resilience, and optimism. It weaves playful phrases and calls to “smile” despite obstacles, ending by noting the value of advertising in The News.
An old promotional item touts Dr Caldwell's syrup pepsin as a mild stimulant and laxative for all ages. It claims to prevent constipation, improve digestion, and protect families from ill days and frequent sickness with a weekly spoonful. It urges readers to keep a bottle in the medicine chest.
Sen Antonio Light contrasts April 1836 and April 1932 to show Texas survived by courage. He recalls the Alamo fall, Santa Anna’s advance, and Sam Houston’s Texan resolve at San Jacinto, urging remembrance of San Jacinto and Goliad.
The United States Treasury plans a George Washington bicentennial quarter to be minted in large quantities and released before June 1. Designed by John Flanagan, the coin features Washington's portrait on the obverse and a spread eagle with United States of America on the reverse. Minted in San Francisco, Denver, and Philadelphia, it will replace the current 25 cent piece and circulate through Federal Reserve channels.
In Nueces and San Patricio counties farmers credit the 42nd Legislature’s cotton acreage reduction law with spurring a shift to onions cabbage and other vegetables. Officials estimate 8 500 train cars of onions and up to 1 500 cars of other vegetables will be shipped this season with prices around 1.25 to 1.60 per crate generating about 2 million dollars for the two counties.
A reprinted Paris Morning News piece questions excessive data gathering in business and statistics. It contrasts detailed measuring with natural growth and likens business to a patient under constant vital checks, warning against overreliance on figures and trends. It lists local political endorsements for July 1932 Democratic Primaries in counties and precincts.
Austin May 17 A vast archive of over 27 000 documents on Texas ranching and land administration has been donated to the University of Texas Library by the children of Joe Jean Summerfield of Dallas pioneer surveyor and ranchman. The donors include Mrs Nellie Summerfield Mitchell EB Summerfield Douglas Summerfield Avery Summerfield and John Summerfield. The papers illuminate early settlers and the Panhandle’s development through surveying and land settlement.
A fragment notes movement of boundary lines through Colorado Kansas and Indian Territory in 1874 and 1875. It mentions a subsequent Texas visit to lead land dealing parties of Jee Gunter and W Z Munson of Sherman, described as a large firm in land operations.
Summerfield began in the Panhandle and West Texas locating surveying and selling millions of acres in the 1870s and 1880s. Later Summerfield Gunther and Munson entered ranching forming the T Anchor brand with headquarters in Randall County where the old ranch house still stands as the Panhandle's oldest.
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