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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
3
United States Department of Agriculture urges shifting heavy hay labor to horses and ready-made machinery. Tips include avoiding close mower spacing, using a side delivery rake, and employing tedder, push rake, and stacker to reduce hand work. Proper press setup also saves time.
USDA specialists advise careful harvest and packing plus effective refrigeration to curb decay and soft rot in transit. Cooling limits yellowing and wilting. use layered crushed ice in barrels or baskets with drainage holes and ice top layer for best protection of spinach during shipment.
Beekeeping specialist notes swarming results from poor ventilation crowded space for the queen to lay eggs insufficient honey storage and excess drones or an aging queen. To prevent swarming avoid these conditions while acknowledging the queen’s role in reproduction and that the old queen leads the first swarm.
Texas cotton conditions on May 25 stood at 71 percent of normal, below several previous years. The report notes April warmth followed by cold, heavy rains, and pests delaying planting, with regional variances and the Dallas area leading to late growth and replanting in parts.
The Markets report shows dairy butter prices steady to slightly higher amid active storing demand, with Midwest cheese already firmer. Grain futures surged on late demand and bullish crop data while May wheat hit a season high, and corn lowers modestly while cash grains in Chicago stay near current levels. Stock trends lift hogs and beef, while cotton dips and vegetables vary across regions.
St Louis report by the American Engineering Council committee on elimination of waste in industry finds management responsible for more than 50 percent of waste in industrial processes and assigns under 25 percent to labor. The committee was appointed by Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce.
Polish insurgents attacked German defense organizations in Annaberg a village about seventeen miles southeast of Oppeln and east of the Oder River. They were defeated by German forces.
James Hastings known as Luke McLuke, famed humorist and newspaper man, died Friday in a Cincinnati hospital at age 63. He gained recognition for his wit and contributions to journalism.
In Fort Worth Texas on Friday buyers moved slowly for 1800 head of cattle with 200 head booked calves selling readily. Hogs were active but 10 cents lower while sheep advanced 25 cents on a brisk market. About 700 hogs arrived and the sheep count was about 1200 head. Receipts included eighteen cars of steers from West Texas.
An advertisement warns calomel is harmful causing illness and strong effects. It promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute that cleanses the liver, won’t salivate, and is gentle enough for children.
A letter from T. P. Kyger of Pawhuska Oklahoma dated January 4 1920 testifies that Ware's Black Powder cured his chronic indigestion after many remedies failed. The sale price is 60 cents per package with a two dollar and twenty cent pack available, and the Ware Chemical Co of Dallas offers a free booklet on stomach and bowel troubles.
Geo W Thomas of Shreveport credits Ware's Baby Powder with relieving his three month old's constant intestinal pain after spending $750 on doctors. The advertisement extols the product as simple and harmless for teething stomach and bowel troubles in babies, sold in liquid form for 60c or 1.20 per package by The Ware Chemical Co. Dallas.
A humorous panel features a man declaring he will not garden again and will hire help while his wife neighbor and partner react to plans for planting. He urges postponement and jokes about garden failures, ending with a cryptic life lesson about worrying and wisdom.
A U S Navy mutineers left a Connecticut sailor and three companions on a Marquesas island for three years. The other two died. he survived on fish breadfruit and coconuts using shells and cups made from skulls of his mates. The Queen Charlotte investigated the smoke from the island and found the castaway.
An expert claims there are ten causes of crime and ponders whether the saying the good die young might be among them. The remark links traditional wisdom to factors shaping criminal behavior.
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