Fredericksburg Publishing Co. notices and contact details
Issued every Friday. R. S. Klett, Managing Editor. R. E. Jordan, Sports Editor. Wm. Petmecky, Feature Editor. Wm. Habenicht, Business Manager. Entered at the Postoffice as second class matter at Fredericksburg, Texas. The public is requested to send all communication to the Fredericksburg Publishing Co. If the matter pertains purely to business, mark it Bookkeeper's Dept., all other matter Editor's Dept.
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R. S. Klett
R. E. Jordan
Wm. Petmecky
Wm. Habenicht
Fredericksburg
Texas
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Fredericksburg’s Bargains and Fair Deals Promote Trade
Readers urged to come to Fredericksburg to trade for quality merchandise at low prices. The note emphasizes Fredericksburg prices are competitive and produce buyers may pay higher prices, inviting locals to do business there for a fair and square deal.
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Standard
Fredericksburg
Law Overload Blamed For Crime Wave In 1929
An editorial argues that 1929 saw 43 states enact 16 921 new laws from over 50 000 proposals at a rate of 46 laws daily. The piece says excessive legislation burdens citizens, weakens fundamentals, and urges swift, sure justice and repeal of legal technicalities to curb crime.
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Patrick Henry
Prevent the Fly Menace with Screening and Cleanliness
Wintered over flies prepare for a spring campaign of propagation. Kill them early and destroy breeding places. screen porches, doors and windows. keep manure piles and garbage covered. clean pig pens and stables. protect food and milk to prevent disease spread.
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Mankind
Campaign against the fly menace to homes and health
A call to screen homes and businesses and destroy breeding places of the fly. The text frames the insect as a threat to food conservation health and human life and urges organized action against it.
Co Op to Handle One Third of Wool
Del Rio Texas reports indicate about 150 million pounds of wool and mohair, over one third of the U.S. total, will be handled through cooperative marketing associations in 1930. Directors met in Chicago to confirm handling methods as Texas New Mexico and Arizona provide the core totals.
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National Marketing Corporation
Draper & Co
Boston
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Chicago
F. J. Hagenbarth
National Wool Growers’ Association
Ed. S. Mayer
Lone Star Wool-Mohair Co-Operative Marketing Association
San Angelo
L. B. Palmer
Columbus
Southwest Texas Wool and Mohair Co-Operative Marketing Corporation
Kidnaped girl runs away with lover in Texas case
Alma Baker, 17, of Webster, who fled with Pete Finch, 21, after a robbery, was captured in Hillsboro and jailed in McLennan County on robbery with firearms charges. Alma, who turns 18 Monday, says she ran away seeking marriage, while her father seeks bond.
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Waco
Alma Baker
Webster
Galveston
Alma
McLennan County
Pete Finch
Hillsboro
E. W. Baker
Pete
Oklahoma
Finch
Austin
Abilene
E. E
Toone
Boyd
Dallas
Mason TQ Holds School Board Election
Mason Texas April 6 the Mason Independent School District board calls an April 25 election to issue 30000 in bonds for Mason grammar school improvements. Voter tax rate unchanged as the 1 per 100 valuation cap set six years ago remains. Will N Noonan Company of San Antonio to design a four room addition in non steel wood construction.
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Mason, Tex
Mason Grammar
Mason Independent School
Will N. Noonan Company
San Antonio
Frederickburg Giants win Hill Country opener over Kerrville Tourists
The Hill Country Baseball League opened with Fredericksburg Giants defeating Kerrville Tourists 4 to 3 in a tight pitcher's duel. Probst beat Thornberry as Giants rally in first and fourth innings sparked by Hollmig's triple and Klett's hit. next games set Mason at Comfort Boerne at Kerrville Fredericksburg at Llano.
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Mason
Comfort Boerne
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Llano
Hill Country Baseball League
Giants
Kerrville Tourists
Felix Stehling
Bob Bennett
League
Seven Yellow Jackets
Stein
Ernst Lochte
Probst
Thornberry
Coleman
Hollmig
Fuller
Vaughan
Hollman
Giant
Klett
Durst
Pitcher
al Hollmig
E. Klaerer
Andrews
Knapp
Saenger
Wooton
Tourists
Peter
U. Henke
Knopp
Henke
Morris
E Klaerner
Laurence
Holling
Hall
Freddy Peter
Scarborough
Leo J. Blanchard
Abrhore
E. Klaerner
Vaughn
A. Henke
Holimig
Werner Lochte
Boerne
Saunders Leads Local Skeet Club Practice
B E Saunders of San Antonio tops the score sheet at a Wednesday practice with 22 broken targets out of 25. Emil Koch 15 25 John Stahl 13 25 Bob Moritz 13 25 Alex Mittendorf 12 25 Harry Land 12 25 Alex Maier 6 25 Saunders provided instruction. next practice Sunday morning April 13.
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B. E. Saunders
San Antonio
Winchester
Saunder
Emil Koch
John Stahl
Bob Moritz
Alex Mittendorf
Harry Land
Alex Maier
Mr. Saunders
Two Hurt When Army Plane Crashes Near Fort Crockett
Lieut Alfred Beatie and Sgt Carl Criss were seriously injured when their new Army plane crashed five miles west of Fort Crockett landing field in Galveston at noon Friday. Beatie, a reserve officer from Oregon City, and Criss from Galveston, suffered general bruises and broken limbs. The aircraft, delivered last week, was a total loss and the men were taken to the post hospital by ambulance.
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Galveston
Alfred Beatie
Carl W. Criss
Fort Crockett Landing Field
Beatie
Oregon City
Ore
Criss
Poteet Man Invents Milk Churn Device
Poteet Texas April 7 Nathan Adame known as Grandpa has invented a milk churn device. A container attaches to the churn dasher and can hold warm or cold water or cracked ice to regulate milk temperature. It fits both dasher and rotary churns and is described as inexpensive so any cow owner can buy one.
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Poteet
Tex
Nathan
Adame
Adams
Man Held for Stabbing in Kerrville Affray
Kerrville April 7 A complaint of assault to murder was filed against Virgil Sublett in connection with a Sunday affray in which Jap Coleman was stabbed in the neck Sublett was out on bond at the time.
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Kerrville
Virgil Sublett
Jap Coleman
Sublett
Texas Rich List Grows With Super Millionaires Count
Texas has thirteen citizens in the super millionaire class with annual incomes between 500000 and 2000000 dollars. The common class includes 481 individuals earning from 50000 to 499999 dollars, according to the report.
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Texas
Yorktown Egg Growers Profit
In Yorktown Texas four farmers sold about 2 400 dozen eggs to local merchants in March at an average 18 cents per dozen totaling 425 dollars. Laura Holdeman led with 686 dozen, followed by Charles Mueller 572, Max Boldt 556, and William Gerhardt 535. Each top seller averaged over 100 dollars in March.
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Yorktown
Tex
Laura Holdeman
Davy
Charles J. Mueller
Chicago
Max Boldt
Callahan
Wiliam Gerhardt
Garfield
Texan in coma two months better
Hugh Calhoun Jr. has regained consciousness at Cook Memorial hospital after more than two months in a coma from carbon monoxide poisoning. He sits up and feeds himself though still unable to speak and recognizes visitors, with marked weekly improvement since Jan. 24.
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Fort Worth
Hugh Calhoun, Jr
Cook Memorial Hospital
Calhoun
Ex detective charged in hotel hijacking
San Antonio April 4 charges of robbing a St Anthony hotel cashier of 1500 in cash and a like amount in checks were filed against J W Williams former detective of that hotel and Fred W Brauchbach local insurance man. The robbery occurred before day break Sunday.
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San Antonio
St. Anthony
J. W. Williams
Fred W. Brauchbach
Two Killed as Plane Crashes at State Reserve Dedication
In Tilden Nebraska a plane crash during a dedication ceremony claims the lives of Leon Baldwin 24 and Leonard Alexander 22. Kenneth Kirk 26, pilot and co owner, dies or remains critically injured after the wreck. All were Plainview residents.
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Tilden
Neb
Here
Plainview
Leon Baldwin
Leonard Alexander
Kenneth Kirk
Alexander
Kirk
Baldwin
Angora Show and Mohair Sale Dates Set for July
Uvalde Texas April 7 dates for the Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association annual show and sale were set for July 15 16 and 17 by the executive committee at Rocksprings. The sale will be privately conducted not an auction to boost goat seller prospects. The meeting drew 20 committee members hosted by Edwards County Chamber of Commerce. A motion backing cooperative mohair marketing with support from the Federal Farm Board was adopted.
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Uvalde
Tex
Texas Angora Goat Raisers’ Association
Edwards County Chamber of Commerce
Fred E. Barwood
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
National Co-operative Marketing Association
Washington
Fred T. Barwood
Quanah Seeks Details On Large Isinglass Find
Quanah officials express keen interest in a potential large deposit of isinglass uncovered during highway construction excavations. The find, if confirmed, could affect project timelines and require further geological evaluation by state authorities.
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Quanah
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Hutto
Vauga
Benedict
Rhe
Krauter
Maddox
Meyer
Uecker
Kalisky
Nickels
Faust
Rhe Llano
Shankel
Eygar
Dannheim
Tate
I Mason
Iera
AB HO E Coleman
Hall Holloman
Lawrence
Baker
Wotton
Warren
Yorktown Egg Growers Profit
Angora Reatsers
Fredericksburg High School
Cornelious Booth
Schloss Bros. and
Griffin
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