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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1930
Page
6
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Lavaca County reports 7623 school age children, up 405 from last year. Common districts total 4986 with Yoakum 1179 Hallettsville 685 Moulton 389 and Shiner 384 students. County Superintendent Frank Schoppe completed the census scholastic rolls.
Mrs. Ella E. Lane and Miss Annie Louise Plageman attended the State Press Association event in Copus Christi over the prior weekend, signaling engagement with professional journalism circles.
Mr and Mrs H H Striebeck and Lewis left Saturday for a visit with Captain and Mrs E G Smith at Freeport.
Sunday guests at the C B Stratman home included Robert Spies and his Hallettsville family Mr and Mrs G Lorfing of Schulenburg and Chas Langhoff and family of Dreyer.
Mrs T Johnstone recalls relief after using Vinci for nervousness and irritability in her children. The ad claims Vinol with iron calcium cod liver peptone restores sleep and appetite, offering quick energy and happiness, and lists Shiner Drug Co as the seller.
Miss Alvina Dolossi R N enjoys a vacation with her mother after graduating from Santa Rosa Infirmary and passing the State Board. Friends congratulate her on both achievements.
Aug. Weber advertises repair services for watches and jewelry at reduced prices. The brief note implies affordability and the repair shop offering likely in-store service with a focus on value.
Hertha Liebhafsky presents a compact history of Shiner High’s 1930 senior class. The narrative recalls the class’s formation from 16 first graders in 1919 through four years of growth, loyalty, and scholastic achievement, concluding with pride in the eleven years of school life and a promising future.
Last fall Miss Lillian Jaks wrote to Eskimos about Texas. Her December letter reached the addressee in February. The reply came promptly and in May Miss Jaks received six interesting letters about Alaska.
The Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau will award in each state to the farmer who has used nitrate of soda the longest. The effort marks the 100th anniversary of its use in the United States. Letters from farmers arrive daily as awards are planned for this fall. Four generations of Southern farmers have used fertilizers, with widespread adoption only in the last 25 years.
Chilean nitrate or nitrate of soda, the oldest modern fertilizer, began in 1830 when first shipped to the United States. Mined from a vast barren desert in northern Chile, ore lies about three feet deep and ranges 5 to 70 percent sodium nitrate, refined to 25 to 99 percent with 15.5 percent nitrogen. Iodine and trace elements appear as by products. Experts estimate Chilean deposits can meet world needs for generations.
Notable dates trace how nitrate of soda from Chile, lime, and other inorganic substances shaped American agriculture. 1830 marks nitrate use. 1842 England patents superphosphate prompting phosphate discoveries in southern states and Africa. 1860 German potash mines begin farm use.
Announced names for Democratic Primary positions in Lavaca County dated July 26 1930 include state senate Gus Russ er representative J J Olsen and J F McKnight county judge Aug W Janszen C L Stavinha county clerk J F Bozka sheriff Gene Houchins A P McElroy county treasurer Mrs B Mikulenka and Mrs Steve Bennett tax assessor E A Turk tax collector V J Prasek county attorney Paul H Fertsch county superintendent Frank Schoppe Charles Chovanetz public weigher O C Henkhaus L M Roeder precinct 3 7 commissioner slate Alois Pastka Henry F Ehlers D Co Dock Burkett Gonzales County for county commissioner precinct 2 Fred J Boenning.
A Texas ad promotes Fitch's Dandruff Remover Shampoo for rapid dandruff reduction. It claims to banish dandruff and dirt with a promise of measurable results. The notice cites retail prices and a druggist contact in Shiner, Texas.
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