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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1927
Page
6
The item notes an individual employed at the Fredericksburg Texas Post Office as a second class worker with specific duties referenced in the period. The text emphasizes the role and location without broader context.
The piece calls for strong Fredericksburg and Gillespie County backing of the forty first annual fair highlighting farm and ranch exhibits to attract visitors. It warns motorists against using highways as repair shops, citing AAA guidance to pull off the road before repairs.
A Texas meeting on August 18 at Abilene gathers residents to oppose the State Board of Water Engineers granting Colorado River waters to a large syndicate. The notice condemns drought control by power interests, calls for action to retain land use, and promotes cooperative education through North Texas Agricultural College.
Norman Keller sec commerce reports plans to place one hundred boys at North Texas Agricultural College Arlington on a half time cooperative program for next school year. Three vocational tracks general electricity auto mechanics and agriculture will alternate six weeks classroom study with six weeks in industry earning wages.
J T Barley twenty died from injuries after the Rocksprings tornado. He passed at Kerrville Hospital and body brought to Junction for burial at Junction Cemetery with services by Rev J A Decker. He was a Kimble County native, son of Mr and Mrs Will Barley. death toll in Rocksprings disaster reaches sixty seven.
Fredericksburg defeated Stonewall 18 to 2 with goals credited to Louis Klein Edgar Duecker Burke Kneese Fischer and Maier among others. Miss Bertha Gold of San Antonio visited Fredericksburg relatives as Taylor-Burke Motor Co installed a modern compressed air car washing machine.
In the United States District Court Western District of Texas the matter of August Fielder is a bankruptcy proceeding. The creditors of said August Fielder are directed to present their claims by a specified deadline and in accordance with court rules.
Fiedler filed a petition for a certificate of discharge in bankruptcy. The hearing before referee O W Sandstrom will occur at his Austin office at 10:00 AM on September 14, 1927. Creditors may appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted. D H Hart, Clerk. By A V Knight, Deputy. Date August 1, 1927.
Mrs Eva Schwethelm and her daughter from San Antonio are visiting relatives in Fredericksburg this week. They plan to tour local points of interest and reunite with family members during their stay.
Kerrville Texas ad seeks a young woman with good references for a waitress position at the St Charles Hotel. Phone collect calls invited for particulars.
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