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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
6
The fragment lists roles at the publication including R. S. Kiett as Managing Editor R. E. Jordan as Sports Editor Wm Petmecky as Feature Editor and Wm Habenicht as Business Manager. It notes the weekly Friday issuance.
Entry recorded at Fredericksburg Texas indicating second class matter status for mail. The note identifies the post office filing and classification without further details or dates.
The public is asked to send all communications to Fredericksburg Publishing Co. For business matters use Bookkeeper's Dept. All other inquiries go to Editor's Dept.
The State Department pushes high school consolidation to improve schools and extend terms. Consolidated districts may receive more state aid as tuition costs drop. Lawmakers expect results if aid continues. Rural districts face consolidation pressure or risk opposition from cities over state funding burdens. County communities show favorable positions and should consider this issue.
A Monday night blaze at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus killed more than 300 convicts and injured over 100 as fires swept four cell blocks and nearby mills. State officials and troops secured the grounds while investigators pursued incendiary origins across I and K blocks and chapel, mills, and other sites.
In Seattle on April 18 Mrs Ida Stichler found her six year old Ruth dead and her eight year old Leonard dying from fumes of an insecticide used to fumigate their apartment the previous day. A neighbor Edward ten slept unharmed. The mother was jailed on an open charge after crying out in police headquarters. Leonard died soon after at a hospital.
Fort Worth police charge John Alsup and A P Boyt with murder in the April 10 attempted robbery of the First State Bank of Polytechnic. Alsup, a former officer, and Boyt, a barber, are jailed without bond as prosecutors pursue an examinating trial.
In Bucharest an Easter church fire during a Good Friday vigil killed nearly 150 people. By night 112 were identified, 11 more bodies recovered, with 17 initially thought dead later found alive or wandering in the countryside. many seriously injured. The blaze at Cotesiel caused panic.
Miss Tiny Russell was bitten by a disturbed skunk while protecting her chickens. The head was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Austin for rabies testing and a telegram advised immediate treatment. The Loyal Music Store advertises Majestic radios from 95 dollars and an upcoming Majestic refrigerator.
The article notes a push by School Auxiliaries and the Lions Club to form a municipal band funded by the community. A committee will approach the Chamber of Commerce to present plans to voters, with belief a first class band benefits the city and pride.
The Standard announces a yearly rate of 1.50 for a one year subscription. Readers are urged to subscribe for ongoing news coverage and access.
In St Louis on Easter afternoon four Black worshippers and a 13 year old girl drowned during a baptism on the Mississippi River levee. The Rev. Robert C. Williams 30 pastor of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church Deacons Joseph McGee 35 Henry Turner 47 and Viola Lewis 13 were swept away as the group waded into the current a deacon escaped. None of the bodies were recovered and a fifth swimmer survived.
In Dallas on Easter Sunday Blinky a brave old rabby cat chased a coach whip snake toward Roy Richburg a four year old boy hunting eggs in his yard. The cat pounced on the snake and chewed off its head letting the child escape unharmed.
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