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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
6
A set of five trivia questions asks which president said a civic service line, whether nicotinic acid equals nicotine, the origin of printer's devil, which birth broke direct succession after Princess Elizabeth, and which government branch Washington last organized.
The Lower Colorado River Authority reports more than 1,450 farms and ranches joined its soil conservation and farm and ranch improvement program by end October, adding 600 farms in October. Four months show 742,450 feet of terraces protecting 2,462 acres, 119,810 feet of drainage ditches, 7,909 cubic yards of fills, 53 farm water reservoirs with 59,470 cubic yards moved, and 2,426,000 pounds of fertilizer spread on nearly 10,000 acres.
University of Texas bacteriologists report cockroaches carry paratyphoid fever and food poisoning. Dr. O B Williams and Ruth Bitter found roaches may host dysentery linked organisms and should prompt precautions to protect kitchen items.
Three San Saba boys received ROTC promotions at John Tarleton College by the professor of Military Science and Tactics. Ward Vogel was promoted to Cadet Sergeant First Class. The report notes seed amounts and livestock figures tied to pasture improvement using LCRA power spray on 19,481 cattle and 2,342 sheep and goats.
Culture major Billy McIntosh, a junior engineering major, and Bob by L. Trotter, a senior pre-med major, were both promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
Answers to multiple choice prompts include Rutherford B Hayes and distinctions between nicotine and nicotinic acid. Printing's early link to superstition tied to uniformity. printers reportedly called ink blackened helpers devils. The present Duke of Wind sort of belongs here. the judicial remains incomplete.
The notice jokes about Japanese distilling liquor from onions and hints at future topics like air conditioning. It also raises a question about whether rising automobile prices will require higher tips to salesmen.
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