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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
6
A compact health column from 1am SS in 1926 offering practical tips for daily well being. It outlines simple routines, hygiene, and routine habits aimed at maintaining fitness and vitality through common, accessible advice of the era.
Oklahoma state board of health issues a simple balanced daily feeding program for babies nine to twelve months. Schedule includes morning bottle or breast, juice or prunes, cereal with milk, vegetable beef soup with barley and rice, baked potato with juice and carrot, and evening bottle, with time for possible toast and milk mix.
A medical note highlights how professions imprint on the body as industrial skin diseases. Dr. Lowe reports 6 percent of 7000 skin cases at Massachusetts General Hospital stem from work, with eczema rising to 11 percent from industrial conditions. Openheim estimates up to 20 percent of skin troubles are work related.
Houston Tex The farmers alone have received more benefit from the experiment stations of A and M college than the entire college has cost the state since its founding 49 years ago T O Walton told Rotarians and former students. He cited eradication of tick fever in cattle as proof of the college's research and said the loan fund aids character building and sends deserving youth to A and M. Luke Ballard said over 180 men received aid last year and the association expects at least 40000 in loans next year.
Austin Tex Cotton classification service not abolished by markets and warehouse department says Commissioner W D Cowan two cotton classers earning 150 a month were dismissed due to summer lull in cotton offerings. Cowan notes statement by George B Terrell about abolition was mistaken and that service may resume after department merge in September. He formed a board of examiners who tested 21 applicants trained freely at Texas A and M college for state licensed cotton classers.
National banks extended resources by 1.784 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, reaching 24.351 billion, a record high aside from late 1924. Reserve-city banks led gains with New York adding 353.44 million, Chicago 24.901 million, Detroit 42.953 million, while country banks outside reserves added 88.787 million.
Austin Texas officials designate seven counties as quarantined for pink boll worm infestations. Presidio and Brewster counties must remove all cotton bolls and parts by February 1 each year, while El Paso Hudspeth Ward Reeves and Pecos counties must follow the same sanitation rule where infestations are found, per Commissioner George B Terrell.
A watermelon seed that had started to sprout was removed from the right lung of 2-year-old Charles Ray Cole of Mesquite at a Dallas hospital. The seed was inhaled about five weeks ago. The operation was bloodless and recovery is expected.
Late summer styles emphasize cool comfort and colorful sheer fabrics. The feature highlights openwork linen frocks, crepe de chine accessories, and lightweight undergarments with delicate laces like filet and alencon. Top elements include white felt hats, silk hosiery, and pale hues, with outfits adaptable to radium silk, satin, or crepe fabrics.
Whitewash remains the oldest paint used in American agriculture for barn interiors. Expert E R Gross notes its low cost ease of preparation and long improvement. The government formula uses quicklime salt rice paste glue and whiting with alum to harden and help adhesion. Applying while hot and not too thick prevents cracking and scaling.
Geneva experiment station compared seed potato pairs from halves of the same tubers under similar conditions. Yields ranged from none to 141.8 percent of the average, averaging a 23.4 percent difference. Findings suggest unknown factors affect yield and hill selection may not reach perfection, though selecting from high yielding hills remains valid for maintaining high yields.
A guide notes young alfalfa crowns stay near the ground and are vulnerable to grazing. Horses and sheep bite off plants below the crown in fall and winter, while cattle eat the tops left for winter protection. Alfalfa stays green under snow and can regrow after mild spells, but heavy stock trampling and top damage reduce plant survival. fencing is cheaper than reseeding.
Agricultural guidance emphasizes spraying or dusting potatoes, mowing pastures to control weeds, cultivating corn mainly to kill weeds, and planting soybeans for seed hay and soil health. It promotes Sefton Good paint, early weed control, frequent cultivation, and profitable poultry with proper housing and feeding to gain alfalfa and reduce despair.
Mrs Henry Hollister of Wyandotte Michigan says after a difficult pregnancy she could not care for her baby. She found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and later consulted a doctor who approved its use. She now recommends the remedy and keeps a bottle on hand. The advertisement claims the product is dependable and available from druggists everywhere.
Miss Catherine Murdock treasurer of a Kansas City theater practiced shooting for months to defend the box office against thugs. While taking 1200 dollars to the bank she was waylaid and chose not to shoot, saying she could not kill for 1200 dollars and that firing would have meant death as her aim was true.
A man openly states his wife is stubborn and decides he can stop praying. The remark signals a humorous take on marital dynamics and personal resolve.
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