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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1929
Page
4
Instructions for preparing and canning roast meat include selecting the cut, searing all sides, seasoning, adding a modest amount of water or gravy, packing loosely in jars, sealing, and processing in a steam pressure cooker for 60 minutes at 15 pounds, then sealing again and reheating before use.
A national canning contest organized by the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation offers 222 cash prizes totaling 5825 dollars. A grand prize of 1250 dollars awaits the best jar of canned fruit vegetables or meat. Entries open to women and girls and must be submitted by October 1 1929 with free entry jars available from Anne Williams director at 925 St Homan Avenue Chicago Illinois.
The document outlines Texas features including 253 organized counties and one unorganized Loving County, near 600 bird species, a vast public school system with 1 000 independent districts and 7 000 common districts valued at about 179 million dollars, 35 million acres of railroad bonuses, and total wealth around 12 billion. It notes the Texas Railroad Commission established in 1891, 860 miles of shared border with four states, 370 miles of Gulf coast, 34 cities over 10 000 population, and a 5.487 million state population. It also cites the Dobe Walls clash of 1864 involving many Indians, and river watershed details within the state.
Mr and Mrs Heinze and A J Giesbers departed for Temple Saturday.
William Kuehn of Moulton joins The Eagle as a new reader. J J Jaeggi and family spent Sunday and Monday in San Antonio. R M Arnold of Yoakum visited the Papacek home. H A Fiedler and family toured Houston and Galveston early last week. EB A Lightfoot of Bryan, Allen Academy Band director, was in Moulton on business. Emily Darilek returned Friday from San Marcos after attending Southwest Texas State Teachers College.
Edwin Richter attended a one summer session at TEA CHERS COLLEGE in San Marcos and returned home last weekend.
D R Coker of Hartsville South Carolina advocates side dressing cotton with Chilean nitrate of soda arguing it boosts yields and profits. He cites experiments and Circular No 36 from the South Carolina Experiment Station showing average increases of 340 pounds per acre from 200 pounds of nitrate applied after chopping. At 7 cents per pound seed cotton and 2 50 per hundred pounds soda, the per acre profit reached 18 80.
Scrub Bull faced charges of robbery and larceny in a Laurel Mississippi trial held during the Milk Products Show. The jury found him guilty, a death sentence was pronounced, but he vanished before execution. The event aimed to boost dairy industry progress and tick eradication amid bank sponsored agricultural efforts.
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