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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1929
Page
6
Issued every Saturday and entered at the Fredericksburg Post Office as second class matter. The public is asked to send all communications to the Fredericksburg Publishing Co. For business matters use the Bookkeeper's Dept. All other items go to the Editor's Dept.
Plan your exhibits before the fair and help make it greater. It is desirable that every community in the county participate. Both fair management and exhibitors must see the advantages of involvement.
In Fort Worth on August 6, 1929 cattle receipts were light with traders not anxious. Grass steers and fat cows gain 15 to 25 cents weekly. cake fed steers barely steady. Stockers scarce and demand weak without rain. South Texas steers sold at $10.25 per hundredweight average. cows sold up to $8.90 with carrots $7.25 to $7.75 and cutters $5.50 to $6.00.
Mrs Wm Kuenemann left for San Antonio to visit relatives. Hartmann, Marschall and Weidenfel ler attended the Sheep and Goat Raisers Convention at Del Rio. Mr and Mrs L Price of San Antonio visited Mrs Louis Dietz, first time in Fredericksburg, praised the town.
On Sunday August 11 there will be no Sunday School and no church service Pastor K Konzack announces the cancellation due to unspecified reasons at the Evangelical Church.
Fredericksburg residents visit relatives in San Antonio and Austin while many travel and attend events across Blanco County. Notables include families of Kordzik, Breustedt, Schmidt, and Hansen. Schumann's Clearance Sale lists discounts on fabric, socks, outings, shirts, linens, and luggage with limited-time offers.
The Holy Ghost Church schedules special services for the congregation’s youth on Sunday August 11. The morning service at 10 o clock will be in German while the evening sermon at p m will be in English. Pastor A Koerner urges all youths to attend both services for engaging messages.
Pastor L H Billings leads Sunday School at 10 A M with services on the first second and third Sundays at 11 A M and 7 30 P M for the congregation.
Mr George Rountree of Hye attended church here Sunday. Mrs J W Adams left for Waco after learning of daughter Mrs Frank Nixon’s operation at the central Texas Baptist Sanitarium. Rev Otto Hoffman and family from San Antonio were here for a Baptist revival. J W Adams visited Harper with grandson Howard Adams. August Fiedler and family visited San Antonio. Miss Nellie Patton visited Fredericksburg. Keifer Billings and others were seen around town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stoffers and Mrs. William Pfiester visited Mrs. Jimmie Pfiester in San Antonio where Mrs. Pfiester was seriously hurt in an auto accident. Andrew Kuenemann left for Houston to visit his brother Wesley at the Houston L P Co. An extended San Antonio group including Mr and Mrs Peter Knopp and others left on a long trip to Arizona and California.
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