Osage orange a relic of Calhoun County hedge farming
The Osage orange or bois d arc shaped late American hedges and living fences across Calhoun County before Civil War. Farmers used sapling lines bent at four feet to create dense barriers that cattle could not breach, while surveyors marked corners with burnt stumps charcoal and rare trees. The plant spread eastward, was valued for fence posts and wagon parts, and appeared in 19th century ads and editorials as a pivotal hedge plant before fading from use.
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Calhoun County
Brett
Texas
Arkansas
Peattie
Midwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Nebraska Historical Society
Lincoln
Texian Advocate
Fannin County
T. Bissell
Bissell
Powderhorn
John Henry Brown
Victoria “Advocate
Matagorda Bay
Fitzpatrick
Sid Weisiger
Texana
Garcitas
Mobile
New Orleans
Lavaca
Stevens
Indianola
Bois Dare Bow, Arrow and War Club
Pennsylvania Railroad
Galveston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Cisco
Albany
Tex
Ann Landers Neutered By Time and Letters
A reader group urges Ann Landers to give older fans a break from sex topics and suggests discussing marriages where wives funded education for their husbands. Ann replies that time need not neuter anyone and addresses the adoption letter about telling a child the truth.
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Ann Landers
Grump
O.K
S.L.P
Val
Dear Heloise Tea Cleanup Trick Sparks Kitchen Laughs
A reader shares a humorous note about using denture cleanser in a tea kettle to remove stubborn tea stains. The method involves heating water in the kettle, adding cleanser, waiting, then rinsing to achieve a sparkling finish with no scrubbing.
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Heloise
Roger Slover
Cracky
Swanson at 76 Still Looks Good
Gloria Swanson, at age 76, discusses enduring fame, youthfulness, and health. She credits genetics, advocates sugar avoidance learned from William Dufty, and urges mindful eating. Swanson shares health tips, travels to visit her two daughters and grandchildren, and wears a family tree necklace.
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Miss Swanson
Fifth Avenue
Fish Fry Set For Saturday at Point Comfort church
The Point Comfort Assembly of God Church Men's Fellowship will hold a fish fry Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm at the church annex on the corner of Peace and Runnels. Adults pay $2 and children $1. meals are available to go. Pies and cakes will also be sold.
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Point Comfort
Assembly of God Church Men's Fellowship
Peace and Runnels
Port Lavaca Art Guild nets 978 at Lavaca Bay festival
The Port Lavaca Art Guild earned 978 from the Lavaca Bay Arts and Crafts Festival held last weekend, with total festival sales of 7440. Seven donated pieces added about 150 for youth art scholarships. Entries for a beginners art class start Nov 7, taught by Henry Wallace, with sessions on the second and fourth Tuesdays at the guild studio above Artcrafts, 237 E Main St.
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Port Lavaca
Edward Foreman
Wayne Sharkey
D B Cassel
Barbara Burkett
Hilda Cox
Thelma Briscoe
Dan Martin
Mildred Ramsey
Mary Moses
Burkett
Henry Wallace
Victoria
Guild
Artcrafts
Main St
Plea switch denied in Fromme assassination bid
Lynette Fromme lost permission to change her plea from innocent to no contest on the Ford assassination attempt case in Sacramento California. She elected to represent herself with a stand by attorney after firing her court appointed co counsel. Judge Thomas MacBride warned she must question witnesses and present opening and closing statements herself. The 2 year old devotee faced a pistol aimed at President Ford as he walked to the state Capitol on September 5.
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Sacramento
Califap
Lynette Fromme
Ford Miss Fromme
Thomas MacBride
MacBride
Manson
Miss Fromme
Ford
State Capitol
Cooking Is Fun Mixed to Bake in Sugar Molasses Form
In a medium mixing bowl stir together the flours, soda and salt. Add molasses and beat to blend. Let stand 30 minutes. Bake in a WO-degree oven until a cake tester comes out clean in 45 to 50 minutes. Place on wire rack until partly cooled.
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Osage
Joe Brett
Gloria Swanson
New York
Our Lady
Ann
Anna Grumpwitch
Atlanta
Mr Webster
Athens
Sevelyn
William Dufty
Dufty
Turkey
Kenmore Ranges
Sears
Spars, Bopreca and CO
Viking Mall
Kenmore
Gabardine
Chinos
Jersey
McCall
Virginia Fairway Shopping Center
Kark Mari
Monthru
Art Guild
John Virgo
Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Cole Slaw
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