Whitewright Hog Ranch Earns Noted Feature
The Farm and Ranch highlights J. R. Oliver of Grayson County and his Duroc Jersey hogs in a December 25 piece by T. C. Richardson. The article details Oliver’s steady breeding program, 400 hogs sold in two years, and a 1925 record of nine healthy piglets from a ten litter crop.
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Farm and Ranch
Southwest
J. R. Oliver
Mr. Oliver
T. C. Richardson
Oliver Farm
Texas
Cotton
Grayson County
Oliver
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
Doctors now recommend Calotabs the purified calomel tablet to cure colds influenza sore throat or tonsillitis. One or two tablets at bedtime with water. next morning the cold vanishes and the system is purified. Family package with directions available for 35 cents at any drug store.
Hayes Healing Honey and Grove Open-Trate Salve Pack
Hayes Healing Honey stops cough by healing throat irritation and includes Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat used on children with colds and croup. The combined carton costs 35 cents and is sold by druggists.
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Hayes
Grove
Honey
Oliver’s hog business rides waves of prosperity and practice
A farmer named Oliver explains a steady strategy of persistent advertising and delivering goods to sustain hog sales. He reports weekly hog receipts of 750 dollars on shipments, corn producing 75 bushels per acre, and using hogs to consume corn rather than selling at low prices. Ups and downs are part of farming, demanding patience and consistent effort.
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Oliver
Wide Spaced Cotton Gave Best Results
A twelve year test at the state experiment sub station in Troup finds 30 inch stalk spacing yields the highest cotton. Farmers in East Texas commonly space 12 to 14 inches. The best spacing question has long sparked debate among growers.
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Troup
State Experiment
East Texas
Farmers’ children lead UT enrollments in 1925 26
Austin report shows sons and daughters of farmers totaling 587 among University of Texas enrollees for 1925 26, far ahead of merchants 406 lawyers 269 doctors 172 real estate 134 bankers. Parents span many occupations, indicating wide social cross section in the student body.
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Austin
University of Texas
W. M. Splawn
Board of Regents
Notable Variety in Student Parent Occupations at University
Of 4 984 students surveyed 110 reported parents retired with 34 students listing university employees. Occupations span grocers, lumbermen, dentists, engineers and many others including junk dealer and newspaper business. Arts padded by nine musicians and one artist. 709 listed no parent occupation.
Wife Uses Attic Jail to Secure Divorce
Berlin reports Frau Charlotte Grauen hid her husband in the Baumholder attic from 1923 until her 1926 divorce on grounds of desertion. He was fed barely enough, found emaciated and filthy, with matted hair and long nails, and Grauen has fled to Denmark.
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Berlin
Frau Charlotte Grauen
Baumholder
Graven
Frau Grauen
Denmark
Rules for Maintaining Batteries
Important guidelines for battery care including charging checks with an ammeter and hydro test weekly. Add distilled water weekly to keep electrolyte over plates. Do not leave the switch on when the engine is off. Prevent shorts and insulate terminals with grease and avoid metal on terminals. Keep battery fully charged to prevent freezing.
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Ad From Bow Wright Drug Co
An old classified style ad touts Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore or bleeding gums and loose teeth. The Bow Wright Drug Co. promises money back if customers are not pleased, claiming the product is unlike anything previously used.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Nothing Like it on Earth Boro Zone wound treatment sold locally
The article touts Boro zone liquid as a potent antiseptic that cleanses wounds and Berozone powder as a great healer for torn flesh, cuts, and sores. It lists liquid prices of 30c 60c and 1.20 and powder at 30c and 60c, sold by J L Kirkpatrick, druggist.
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J. L. Kirkpatrick
Texas Gas Usage and Farm Property Values
Houston and nearby industrial districts burn over 100 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. Texas farm property is valued at three and a half billion dollars, versus about fifteen and a half billion for seventeen southern states. Texas produced casing head gasoline exceeds fifteen million dollars annually.
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City of
Houston
Texas
Southern
Bromo Quinine Brand Box Ends With Grove Signature
A single Bromo Quinine tablet product is described with the label E W.GROVE'S and the box bears a Grove signature. The note mentions the count as 300 tablets and asserts the medicine removes the cause of colds and influenza.
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E. W. Grove
E W.grove
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Whitewright Hog Ranch
Bermuda
Whitewright
Vestal
Nilisi
Baldwin Pianos
Brunswick Phonographs and Records
Sherman, Texas
Sewinca
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank Bldg
Flora L. Harbert Chiropractor
Sun Office
Earth
H. G. Webster
Whitewright, Texas
Res
Texas Life
S. H. Montgomery & Son
Seiberlings
Seiberling
Supreme Service
Chevrolet
Fisher
America
E. B. Flint
Mich
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