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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1926
Page
7
Demand for Gillespie County History books is strong and they will sell out soon. Visit the office to view and purchase. Also advertised are galvanizing dipping vats for sheep and goats from Schandua & Reichenau, and John Deere grain binders mowers and rakes from Oscar Krauskopf.
The Post Office Department has denied the use of the mails by the Zenith Lawns Accessory Company over claims about Herbae Prati a grass seed mix. The Department of Agriculture finds the mix mainly meadow fescue and Italian rye grass and not a good lawn grass. Victims paid up to $1.50 a pound while proper seed could cost 18 to 20 cents. Traveling agents remain active selling the product, especially in the Southern states. Meadow fescue is a meadow and pasture grass not a turf-forming lawn grass, and the mix does not resist drought nor form velvet turf.
The San Antonio Art League offers six thousand dollars in prizes for a national competition of oil paintings featuring Texas landscapes and wildflowers. An anonymous donor funds the prizes and contest expenses, with Texas artists eligible for a five thousand dollar top prize and a one thousand dollar Texas-only prize.
Prune suckers from apple trees and prune mature varieties for better yield. Use soap on trunks to deter rabbits. Dehorn peach trees to improve fruit quality. Older trees require more pruning. younger trees need careful attention. Also advertising McCormick and Deering binders with prices and quick service.
Petronilo Romerz of the Jack Votan ranch encountered a large panther guarding a fresh buck and shot it with small shot. The blinded animal fought briefly before Romerz clubbed it to death. The 8 ft 4 in hide weighed about 150 pounds, part of a pair roosting in Catarina’s northwest area for two years.
A Dallas man, FR. W. Smith, received a worn $10 gold certificate bearing a jailhouse warning. The back inscription claims the note is the last of a $28,000 fortune spent on gambling whiskey and women and urges caution, signed by Y. J. M. awaiting murder trial.
Fort Worth Texas March 29 Brady Sidney Dees three months old son of Mr and Mrs B K Dees was accidentally smothered to death while in bed with his parents Hal P Hughes justice of the peace presided at an inquest held Sunday parents discovered the death about 230 am Sunday
Fredericksburg resident Henry Klaerner endorses Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic to improve sluggish kidneys and scanty burning secretions. He bought them at Hannish's Drug Store and reports thorough benefit. Sold for 60 cents at all dealers, Foster Milburn Co. manufacturers, Buffalo NY.
On April 10 1926 at 2:00 PM a public cash auction will be held in Fredericksburg Texas on San Saba Street to sell a Dodge Touring Car State License 64030 Motor 937274 left for repairs by an unknown Mexican who did not provide name or address. Charges totaling 26.95 plus storage at 25 cents daily through sale and costs of sale due.
Wilbur C. Treadwell optometrist and optician will be in his Fredericksburg office over Keidel and Kallenberg's Drug Store Saturday April 3 for eye examinations and glasses fitting. Subscribe to the Standard, $1.00 per year.
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