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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
3
We Believe continues urging readers to investigate charges against the Fergusons and Texas leadership. The piece argues the governor’s office safeguards citizens’ rights and urges voters to choose the honesty and competence of candidates, foreseeing that Sterling should receive their vote.
Stories include a British official’s wife injured in Nanking by a Chinese soldier and Chinese abuses against women missionaries. Shanghai dispatches. bandit threats in Funkien Province. and a Belasco list naming actors with differing ages. Also mentions Jean Tasserand’s death and critiques hero worship.
Advertisement states for sale a Fuller and Johnson engine with pump and jack attached. Contact A. T. Thompson at the Gold Building by calling phone 97 in Fredericksburg for delivery or pickup.
A written statement by T. B. Edmondson tied him and two others to a wide spree of robberies and a San Antonio extortion. The confession linked the Bledsoe kidnapping, a Travelers Hotel theft, and multiple robberies in Waco and Fredericksburg road scenes. Edmondson named Will Wright and J. D. Connors as organizers. Wright remains at large. Authorities prepare charges and seek Wright within 45 hours.
Konawa Oklahoma August report tells of Fritzhuug Elledge 28 a truck driver for an Oklahoma City firm who steered his rig over a 20 to 22 foot embankment to avert a collision with a car driven by a woman. He died from neck injuries and chest trauma when the truck wrecked at the river bridge approach. Witnesses said the car attempted to pass on the left as Elledge crossed the Ada Eknawa bridge over the South Canadian river. The woman's name was not learned.
A weekly Baptist prayer meeting is held every Wednesday evening at 7 PM in the upstairs room of the Advance Motor Co Building, opposite the Nimitz Hotel.
In San Antonio August social benefits of farm groups like the Poultry Producers Association of Texas are highlighted beside cooperative marketing gains. The Comfort Chamber of Commerce picnic drew 1,500 attendees, 750 barbecued spring roosters, and talks by R. M. Sherwood and A. H. Demke on cooperative farming and poultry housing considerations.
San Antonio reports the Poultry Producers Association of Texas urges summer feed programs to sustain egg output. With cold storage and a NAB contest formula, flocks are kept productive, roosters removed, and profits tracked across the South Texas member base.
A summer sale advertises Evelyn dresses reduced from 1.95 to 1.49 dollars. The deal emphasizes affordability for shoppers seeking seasonal attire with a clear discount.
In Wilmington on August 11, about 150 Clinton county farmers distressed by extended drought petitioned the county commissioners to arrange employment. They reported total crop losses and forced sale of cattle due to lack of feed and water.
An offer promotes a yearly subscription to the Standard newspaper priced at 1.50. It emphasizes affordability and immediate sign up. The notice targets readers seeking a low-cost way to access ongoing coverage.
An advertisement from Central Drug Co promotes Fitsch's Dandruff Remover Shampoo claiming to remove all dandruff with a single wash and promising relief from unsightly flakes for tomorrow.
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