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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1958
Page
5
A reflective columnist describes battling a blank page while tallying shrimp landings and weather notes. He cycles through tricks to spark ideas, from sharpening pencils to pacing the desk, confronting a desert of space before resuming work.
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports oleanders in Port Isabel are infested with a scale insect, advising pruning of affected tissue and spraying with 1 percent horticultural oil. City and local groups arrange cooperation, with Driftwood Garden Club supervising treatment and spraying support funded by the city.
Ancient Babylonia in modern Iraq is cited by some scientists as the cradle of civilization. A Brahman is described as the highest caste in Hindu society.
The Port Isabel Press lists its publication details and staff in Port Isabel Texas. It notes the office at 451 longoria street and subscription rates of 2 dollars per year in Cameron County and 3 dollars elsewhere.
Local ads seek coin machine service agents with car and capital for interviews at Box 4724 Texas. Port Isabel Bayfront 2 bedroom home for quick sale by M A Storey Paone San Benito EX 9 374. Anglo boy over 16 seeks refrigeration and electrical work with references Box 386 Port Isabel Texas.
Furnished 2 bedroom stucco pane with attic bedroom and a 2 bedroom asbestos siding home on the same lot in Port Isabel. Asking price 8500 dollars. Contact Vela in Harlingen at WH 3-2820. Cant on a -.-M. Vela, Harlingen.
A readable OCR fragment lists numerous across and down crossword clues including Reckless Ballet step ages Open Insect Oxidation Evilspirit Fodder Married Blue dye etc. Several entries appear garbled or incomplete but readers can follow the clue set for a puzzle grid attempt.
The writer laments creative drought in a diary style note about failing to produce a new Shrimp Tales column. He recalls tasks like laundry and letters, worries over an unread salamander regeneration article, and asks for a mental reset to regain usable ideas for next week.
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