Door to door operators prey on shoppers with hype
Dallas Better Business Bureau warns of multiple gimmicks by traveling salesmen across Texas. A man claims a polio survey and a wall plugged device that supposedly purifies air, but is just a vacuum gadget. Other schemes include fake soup recalls and oil sample scams.
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Dallas
Texas
Ducanville
Bureau
Duncanville
Houston
G. Duffield Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
Poison ivy vs wood vine rule shared at 4-H camp
Texas A and M extension forester C W Simmons advised 4-H members at Lake Trinidad Conservation Camp to distinguish poison ivy from wood vine by leaf count. Poison ivy shows three leaves, while wood vine has five, so hands should be shaken only with wood vine.
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College Station
C. W. Simmons
Texas A. & M. College
Lake Trinidad
Thirteen Oil Drill Permits Sought East Sherman Area
Sherman reports thirteen permit applications to the Texas Railway Commission to drill in the east of Sherman area. Two tests are underway and Standard's Beth Brown No. 1 is a current producer.
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Fort Worth
Grover Thompson
L. Fleming
Juanita Turner
A. Thompson
B. A. Skipper
Longview
M. Whitney
H. W. Harvey
H. Freeman
L. P. East
J. W. Smith
Ramsey
Alan Drilling Co
Sherman
Belmont
Christian College
Colbert Street
Elliott Street
Sherman City
Railroad Commission
Grayson County Clerk’s
Cotton Fabric Becomes Fireproof by New Chemical
Du Pont Co announces a new chemical treatment for cotton and rayon fabrics to render them fireproof without altering appearance or feel. The compound, kept secret pending patents, is a solution of titanium and antimony salts and remains effective after repeated home washing or professional cleaning.
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Wilmington
Del
du Pont Co
Sears Hikes Outlay for Newspaper Ads
Sears Roebuck and Company set a record newspaper ad outlay totaling 24.57 million dollars for last year, up 28 percent from 1947's 19.13 million. General Motors led national advertising with 15.28 million, while the source notes an old Connecticut blue law restricting crossing rivers on Sundays to clergy.
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Chicago
Ill
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Sears
General Motors Corporation
For Sale Lots of Household and Farm Items in Whitewright
A mixed classified listing from Whitewright features multiple for sale notices including four room houses, a 152 acre farm, a milk cow, a two room dwelling, an icebox and other household goods. Also advertised are rentals, car parts, canning supplies, flowers, a six mile south dwelling, and a church thank you note from Bethel Baptist Church.
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Pascal Farley
Pascal Connelly
Kentuckytown
Whitewright
Stephens & Bryant
Tom Barbee
Babcock Auto Store
Allen T. Short
Hannah’s
Mr. Hasty
Penn
Dawson Butane
John Deere
J. I. Leard
County Line Road
Jack Nossaman
Sun
Thor
Wringer
South Bend Street
T. L. Ingram
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Farmall
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
Babcock Auto _ Store
Bethel Baptist Church
The
Treat Winter Grain Seed
College Station advice from E A Miller ext agronomist urges farmers to prepare winter grain seed this planting season. Check local county agents for best adapted varieties and treat seed to prevent smuts and seed borne diseases.
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College Station
E. A. Miller
Extension Agronomist
Texas A. & M. College
Miller
Ceresan
Ranger
Rustler
Victor
He May Get Stuck With Hobby Collecting Cactus
Waco man L. A. Riddle is a cactus collector with 5000 plants on his property. A watchmaker by trade, he built the collection over 10 years and 100000 miles of travel with his wife, both members of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America. A rare bagrel cactus weighs about 400 pounds and can go three years without water.
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Waco
L. A
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Dallas News
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Connecticut
Stetson
America
T. W. Ayres & Son
Lal
Auto Finance Co
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
J. A. Worsham
la Aan ProducTs
TAI UN
Sherwin-Williams
Congoleum
Arvin Dinette Suite
Arvin
Plastiglass
Elec
Sunbeam
General Electric
Betty Crocker
Universal
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