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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
6
A farmer recounts a hog cholera outbreak brought by a dog and buried carcasses, prompting quarantine and disinfection. The piece stresses sanitation, veterinary care, and cooperative cleaning as vital to preventing spread and reducing serum costs, urging constant vigilance to keep hogs cholera free.
Carpet grass pasture rivals bluegrass in value and provides grazing for about one cow per acre for five months and one cow per two acres for three to four months more. Close grazing keeps the grass in prime condition, prevents shading by taller plants, and avoids soil compaction. Do not burn fields. write the US Department of Agriculture in Washington for Farmers Bulletin 11380.
Sunlight boosts vigor in pigs and lambs while lambs demand the best. A skilled horse buyer inspects the animal’s head closely before purchase.
Texas has 279 012 acres planted in rice per a Rice Millers' Association report. Ten counties lead in total four kinds of rice, with Jefferson and Harris Galveston among top producers. last year’s acreage was 255 962. No county-by-county increases are shown.
Fort Worth convention commissioner Leffler reports the Texas Farmers' Union accepted an invitation to hold its eighteenth annual convention in Fort Worth August 10 11 and 12. President D E Lyday says the main issue will be expanding the Farmers Exchange the union's Houston based business agent. The plan calls for raising capital from 30000 to 100000. The exchange last year moved 20000 bales of cotton for members and earned up to 20 dollars extra per bale. Patrons will share in a 35 percent dividend on first year operations with a 10 percent stock dividend and funds set aside for surplus and patronage.
The attorney general's office informs that absentee voters must vote no earlier than ten days and no later than three days before primaries. This year ballots may be cast from July 14 to July 21 in person with county clerk handling and forwarding to the election judge for counting.
Uvalde Texas reports widespread crop damage from rats and mice. Congressman John N Garner is flooded with federal requests for help in extermination. Watermelon and cantaloupe fields are ruined and cotton bolls damaged across truck growing areas.
The lord chancellor announces under an act passed that from July 15 women may serve on juries under the same conditions as men. A husband and wife may not serve together on the same occasion.
In Victoria Texas the first corn of the 1920 year was brought in on Saturday signaling the start of the harvest season. The ceremony emphasizes local farming progress and seasonal yield expectations for the community.
A Miami Fla fish weighing 30 000 pounds with a 50 inch wide mouth 48 inch deep and a 40 inch tongue is described by clergymen as a possible Jonah survivor. Smithsonian scientists identify it as a whale shark first of its kind captured living off Knight's Key Florida capt. Charlies H. Thompson caught it while tarpon cruising.
The text explains how light gives water its color and how suspended particles influence it. It notes blue water from depths, green when particles increase, and brown tannin-stained brooks. Rivers like Rhone and Rhine show different colors due to minerals.
The article discusses the universe’s vast size and the possibility of other universes beyond. It explains light’s speed as 186 000 miles per second, notes that light travels 669 660 000 miles in an hour, and estimates it would take 30 000 years to cross the space, with some astronomers speculating up to 300 000 light years or more to span it.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to avoid calomel and try Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe substitute. It claims calomel causes cramping nausea and salivation while promoting liver relief and increased energy with the vegetable product.
Efforts to pursue the seemingly unattainable have yielded significant progress and enduring outcomes. The statement highlights perseverance, innovation, and the rewards of pushing beyond perceived limits.
Publicized advice urges mothers to look for the word California on fig syrup bottles to ensure a gentle laxative for children. It promises a fruity taste and complete directions on each bottle, urging readers to say California in promotional language.
Fragmentary note cites Denk steel 00 ruin Jame mans 36 and urges insistence on Diamond Dye. Gao ions in package suggest hazardous material concern noted in unreadable lines.
An old advertisement touts Freezone to remove various corns with a drop that stops pain instantly and lifts the corn off with fingers. It notes a small bottle costs a few cents and can eliminate hard and soft corns and calluses without irritation, plus Roman Eye Balsam for overnight eye relief.
In New York's heart of business, diamond and jewelry trades may relocate due to rising rents. A committee urged several new sites and plans a feasibility canvass. Over 75 leading firms, including major manufacturers, weigh moving to new locations.
An old Bayer advertisement touts Aspirin as safe for millions, prescribed for more than twenty years. It urges purchase of an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Tin boxes of 12 cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
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