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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1926
Page
7
Last Friday night a narrow but destructive hail storm swept through east San Saba County. Hail two feet deep near Chapple with timber stripped and pecan trees damaged. Crops will need replanting at Dismuke and Arhelger farms.
Six more missing automobiles have been recovered and three men are in jail after sheriff deputies investigated an alleged ring of thieves. Sheriff James Stevens expects more arrests as questioned suspects provide information.
An old Kentucky farmer from Christian County writes on happiness through music. He explains his violin helps him rethink problems, endure market downturns, and find peace in memories of the past and visions for the land.
An eight year old Mexican child was saved from drowning as more than 100 people fled to higher ground after 4.65 inches of rain fell in four hours. Fire crews rescued eight Americans in Rockwood Court and 150 children from No 21 School crossed flooded streets. The river peak reached seven feet with minimal damage citywide.
The Pitchfork lambasts Woodrow Wilson, accusing him of intellectual dishonesty after Versailles. It argues against elevating Wilson with a “Woodrow Wilson Foundation” and highlights alleged failures in his Fourteen Points, open diplomacy, and federal power expansion.
Portland sailors fret over the schooner Irene 128 days out of Grays Harbor bound for the Panama Canal with enough water and provisions for about 100 days. Masters who sailed the calm belts fear she is trapped in a windless area.
Cease fire ordered across land sea and air as French and Spanish delegations seek peace with the Rif rebels. The truces applies to Melilla and surrounding fronts during negotiations.
J H Jarboe warned livestock men and farmers Thursday that the Colorado and Guadalupe rivers remain swollen with high banks and rising crests. Heavy rains, including 9 inches at Smithville, push the streams higher. Guadalupe crest earlier passed Gonzales at 36.4 feet, highest since 1913, with Victoria forecast to reach about 24 feet by weekend.
Tom Miley Kuyendall 9, son of J. T. Kuykendall of Field Creek Llano County, died Friday night at a local surgical institute from injuries on his father's farm. He fell from a planter wheel contact led to leg amputation and fatal shock.
At a district meeting the Llano independent school district named J. W. Davis as special tax assessor. Davis will begin immediately to ensure all property is listed at fair value to secure more tax money for school support. The board says full renditions are essential for effective schooling.
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