Furlong Tackles Hidden Bolt in Drilling Duel
Ben Furlong arrives to help Betty Durham and her aunt in a stubborn well problem. He crafts a magnetic tipped tool from steel casing to seize a small bolt buried deep in the shaft as tensions rise over delays and looming ruin for the owner.
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Wwe
Aunt Mary
Royalids
Betty
Ben
Furlong
Tiller Maddox
Durham
Fox
Maddox
Miss Durham
Betty Durham
Pardner
Tiller
Widder
Dallas
Mary
Angelo Soil Conservation Project To Be Inspected
A group of Runnels County farmers and others will meet at the Soil Erosion Office in San Angelo on Tuesday January 21 at 1 p.m. for a field tour studying government soil conservation methods in Tom Green County including field and pasture terracing strip cropping and related practices. The county agent urges participation to transfer knowledge for use in Runnels County this year and improve erosion control.
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Bunnels County
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Runnels County
Tom ‘Greens
Runnels
Wound Care and Antiseptics Compared
The article reviews antiseptics for wounds including carbolic acid tincture of iodine turpentine hydrogen peroxide and bichloride of mercury. It notes strengths weaknesses and cautions for each and covers suturing bandaging and wound hygiene practices.
Texas Beef Cattle Improved by Government Cull
Texas beef cattle show improvement after government culling during drought. Extension agent George W. Barnes outlines 1936 steps for better calves, including registered sires, feeding regimens, grain and roughage ratios, silage use, and mixing feeds to prevent bolting. He emphasizes open bunks, thorough mixing, and limiting cottonseed to 20 percent of the diet.
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College Station
Texas
George W. Barnes
Extension Animal Husbandman
Barnes
Pompeii Ruins Found During 1594 Aqueduct Work
Workmen digging an underground aqueduct in 1594 uncovered buried ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The discovery emerged during construction near the Roman site, prompting later archaeological interest and study.
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Pompeii
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Jar
Hentitee
Smallona
J. M. Williams
Densman
Coley’s Produce Co
South Main Street
Wilmeth
Winters Wingate
RED & White
Drasco Bradshaw Pumphrey
Macaroni
PEAS
Iowa Club
Icocoa
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