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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
7
Small farm 1 miles from Fredericksburg offered cash or terms to suit buyer. Also a nice residence in town available with cash or terms. Address to be provided at this office giving name and address. 47
Two sorrel mares, one with a bald face no brand about 15 hands tall aged 8 to 9, the other solid sorrel shod all around with an old wire scar on the left fore foot. Last seen on the Fredericksburg San Antonio road. Liberal reward for information leading to their recovery.
Lost dog about six months old a white collie female. Five dollars reward offered. Phone or write 44 Clarence Martin Stonewall or Albert.
A brown horse mule about 15 hands high is missing. It bears a diamond brand on the left jaw and a white spot on the back. Five years old. Liberal reward for information leading to recovery. 47th.
Last Sunday a Tire Rack and two Pennsylvania Non Skid Tires were reported missing. One SUX3 and an 80x3 tire were taken along with a Rearlight and license plate 374520. A liberal reward is offered for the return to Gold and Stahl in Fredericksburg Texas.
A settled woman or girl is sought for housework for one person in Fredericksburg Texas. Must be willing to learn to drive an automobile. Salary accordingly. Phone 254. 48 Mrs. Anna Martin.
Help wanted advertisement seeks house maids and dining room maids for University Girls Dor mitory. Apply by letter to Mrs M R Johnson in Fredericksburg Texas Austin. Good salaries.
Advert says a German girl or woman is sought as a cook for a family in Uvalde Texas by September 1. Contact Mrs Sol West Jr at 933 West Magnolia Avenue San Antonio Texas by mail or phone for three positions.
Advertisement invites buyers to acquire good Blanco Valley farms near Blanco City at reasonable prices. Part of the notice asks interested parties to write or see T. E. Patton at Box 102 Blanco, Texas for particulars.
Fresh coal mine reports warn of looming shortages as labor troubles rise across industries and rail transportation strains ripple through production. The text notes scarce workers, high rents in cities, and a postwar pullback in output, with price declines and ongoing strike effects shaping a fragile recovery.
D. H. Henderson reported a Monday hail and wind storm east of Brady damaging buildings and cotton. A half mile by one mile area, with hailstones as large as a man’s finger, battered fields, toppled trees, and punctured watermelons. Ben Smith from Nine community saw extensive cotton loss and orchard damage, with late dry planted cotton having little chance to recover. The nine-section region near Brad Standard reports the limited scope of destruction.
The text notes Rhode Island averages over twenty cars per mile while many states have one car per mile and a half. It cites Massachusetts with 13.2, New Jersey near that level, and California at 7.8. Prof Hirsch visits Fredericksburg, and an advertisement for the American Casket Company via Alfred Basse is mentioned.
Mr and Mrs Fritz Vollmering of Tarpley have arrived for a visit to relatives.
The Federal Bureau of Public Roads reports 7,565,446 motor vehicles registered in 1919, up 28 percent from 1918. License fees totaled about 4.7 million dollars, mainly for road maintenance and construction, while roughly 2,475,000 miles of highway exist nationwide, implying about three cars per mile.
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