Health Hints for Texas Babies in Hot Weather
Health officials urge parental care to cut diarrhea and dysentery deaths among Texas infants. Key steps include exclusive or boiled bottle feeding, boiled water, strict personal hygiene, isolation of ill family members, fly-proof sanitation, and safe water. In heat, keep baby cool, clean, lightly dressed, open air, hydrated, not overfed, and seek a doctor promptly if ill.
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Texas
State Health Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Time’s Nothing After 69 Year Checker Play
Austigo resident W. J. Zahl 84 has played checkers for 69 years and argues time no longer troubles him. Neighbors may find him nightly at his home playing live matches or drafting moves for mail games with opponents.
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Austigo
Wis
W. J. Zahl
Zahl
Diamond mine yields ten tons to place one carat spar
A diamond mine requires about ten tons of ore to extract one carat spar for milady, illustrating the low yield and demanding processing involved in gemstone production.
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Milady
Texas hunters would outpace Pennsylvania and Michigan in bag limits
An old-time sportsman compares Texas and Pennsylvania and Michigan game rules. Texas allows larger bag limits and longer seasons for deer turkey quail squirrels while Pennsylvania and Michigan impose stricter limits. The piece highlights notable differences in seasonal openings and daily allowances.
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Austin
Texas
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Lone Star
Keystone State
Lone Star State
Black Buck Captured in Comal County Rare Melanic Deer
A Comal County ranchman captured a black deer, a melanic variant rarer than albinos, the second such sighting in the county in recent years. One was killed in 1935, per the Texas Game Department. Melanism causes excess pigment in hair or feathers.
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Comal
Texas
Game Department
Fisherman’s Reminder as Deer and Squirrel Crops Improve
Reports say ticks kill deer in East Texas but biologists observe more deer than usual in the region. The squirrel crop is better than in years. The text suggests taking a boy or girl fishing.
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Game Department
Austin
Texas
3000 Carpenters for Grayson County Flying School
About 3000 carpenters will be employed on the Grayson County basic flying school project as work commences, according to the local carpenters’ business agent who spoke Sunday.
Hints For The Housewife From Everyday Cleaning Tips
Quick household tips cover washing, ironing, cleaning, and cooking. Advice includes using a rug to reduce fatigue, cheesecloth polish, gingerly handling blinds, proper lemon mark removal, tightening knobs with rubber washers, and cleaning methods for fish poultry and linens.
Spindletop Oil Anniversary to Host Monument Dedication
Beaumont prepares for a national oil anniversary in October as Spindletop marks forty years since the Lucas gusher. The event features a Texas granite monument to the Lucas gusher and pioneers, led by the Lucas Gusher Monument Association amid broad oilman donations. The Texas oil industry now dominates the state with production near half a billion barrels last year from about 100,000 wells and $750 million in local expenditures.
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Lucas Gusher
J. Cooke Wilson
Beaumont
Texas
San Jacinto Memorial
United States
Papers of 1849 on Display at Bonham
Two copies of the Bonham Advertiser from October 4 and October 18, 1849, loaned by Mrs. J. L. Cantrell of Whitesboro to the Bonham Daily Favorite. The weekly official organ for several North Texas counties, found among Collin McKinney papers. The owner is McKinney's great granddaughter. previously owned by Mrs. J. L. Kelley of Van Alstyne.
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Bonham
J. L. Cantrell
Whitewright
Advertiser
Fannin, Hunt
Grayson
Denton
Dallas
Cooke
Henderson
Navarro
Collin McKinney
North Texas
Collin County
McKinney
J. L. Kelley
van Alstyne
Cantrell
Dutch Air Lines Pioneers European Passenger Service
Dutch Air Lines led by K. L. M. established as a pioneer in passenger aviation and is noted as the oldest European company with continuous operation.
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Dutch Air Lines, K. L. M
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Chicago Daily News
Black Buck
East Texas Prospects
the Minute Man
America
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Cardus
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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