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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
3
Efforts to produce a single serving pumpkin variety have succeeded at the USDA Cheyenne Wyoming field station. The new small family pumpkin was created because cut pumpkin does not keep well. The Llano Post Office lists mail matter under the 1878 Act with Llano Texas as the publication location.
College Station report notes rural Texas women earn cash from farm products to supplement farm income. Extension service specialist Martin Murray says funds mainly support home conveniences and education for rural youth. Home demonstration club members who market their products plan cash crops as part of farm operations.
A circus manager nicknamed Popcorn George repeatedly rejects a small undersized job seeker. To rid himself of the persistent lad, the manager asks him to sweep the lions cage. The boy later reveals he released the four man eaters and tied them to a tree.
Miss Murray notes women with quality farm products turn to individual customers roadside markets and homemakers markets to supplement income. Potter County Market marked its eighth anniversary with narratives of buyers and sellers benefiting from sales of dressed poultry vegetables plum jelly butter canned cream and handicrafts.
Centre Alabama marks 63rd year of publication as the old press once used by Henry W Grady remains in operation. The paper began March 20 1878 and carries front page news with Will Rogers stories. Centre Cherokee County once fought over spelling Center Centra and remains bone dry under Alabama law.
The piece notes Mercury mining growth in West Texas around Terlingua and Brewster County as World War demand drives price gains from 22 to 30 pesos. Texas provides about a quarter of annual output, with 16 000 flasks of 76 pounds each produced yearly. The mineral area near the Chisos Mountains has long been recognized for cinnabar deposits.
The Texas Highway Department plans to employ 41 civil engineering graduates from six major Texas colleges who will receive their degrees in June. The department states it seeks to use new graduates where possible, offering opportunities to all who want work, with about 70 percent of graduates expressing interest.
Regular conclave dates for Lodge Directory and Commandery No. 34 R T Visitors invited to attend. Allen S. Johnson Commander H W Torrence Recorder. Shown are Liano Chapter No 197 R A M and Liano Council No 242 R S M Regular convocations with meeting days and officers. Order of Eastern Star No 216 meets second Monday in each month with visitors welcome. The Federal Seed Act labels interstate seed shipments. A medical survey of 100 low income farm families reports 122 cases of rickets 31 suspected tuberculosis 14 pellagra 288 diseased tonsils 360 with defective teeth 124 with defective vision.
State health officer Dr. Gen. W. Cox warns Texans of summer snake bites. Bites often occur on feet or hands during outdoor activity and heat. First aid advised includes wound incision suction, tourniquet use with careful release, seeking a physician promptly, and avoiding alcohol or overheating.
John Jonathan Pratt, inventor of the typewriter, lived in Centre and was laid to rest in a private cemetery nearby.
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