Protecting the Worm in Ediths Garden Fashion
Edith admires a new summer frock believing silk comes from a worm. Her mother reproaches Edith for referencing her father in the remark.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
3
Edith admires a new summer frock believing silk comes from a worm. Her mother reproaches Edith for referencing her father in the remark.
Mrs Willis asks how life goes Mrs Gillis replies husband and servants in the army and daughter in the motor corps She fears losing the cook amid war pressures reflecting home front concerns
Young Jack assesses a new arrival and asserts she is his grandmother on his father’s side. The old woman confirms the lineage and retorts that he is on the wrong side.
Park issues orders for Je 31 with rednes ize. Men. roe.
A crowded polling scene yields 902 votes for Bildad and 753 for Slathers amid a flood of paper notes. The tally includes eight tomato ketchup recipes, four wash lists, and a milliner’s bill as Mrs. Wallicky tallies the final totals.
A weary traveler face to face with a collector refuses a ticket. The sleepy yokel is questioned about a payment of five and six. The inspector demands payment, but the yokel mutters eleven with a drowsy, half-aware gaze.
Father warns daughter about spendthrifts while a World War I scene unfolds with a doughboy whispering a joke to a Colonel of the 324th Infantry in a trench zone. The punch line questions distance to the trench as a cold excuse surfaces.
Washington authorities seek 1.5 million dollars in Congress for continued influenza research amid expected fall recurrence. The text also details a civil suit in Gillespie County Texas involving Wes Smith versus August Fiedler and others over a promissory note and property claims, with court actions and dates specified.
The suit filed August 2 1919 by Benedict Hagel names Heinrich Spilner and heirs of several defendants as parties. It seeks quiet title and removal of a cloud on an 113 acre tract near Fredericksburg, alleging ten years adverse possession and asserting the plaintiff owns and uses the land. Court date set for September 15 1919 at Fredericksburg County Court House.
A married man or one with a small family is preferred to perform all around work. For details contact A. F. Moursund or Emil Wahrmund.
A business man's wife suffered eye pain and poor vision for years until Lavoptik eye wash brought rapid relief. The ad claims a bottle can help any case of weak, strained or inflamed eyes and offers a free aluminum eye cup from Central Drug Co.
By order of sale issued Aug 4 1919 the constable will sell at the Fredericksburg courthouse door two buggies and a survey to satisfy a 97 85 judgment in favor of Knopp & Schneider. The sale is set for Aug 18 1919. Edgar Kothmann constable Precinct No 1 Gillespie Co Texas.
Court summons Ernst Meusebach Elizabeth Meusebach Zesch the German Emigration Company and assigns to appear before the Gillespie County District Court at the next term in Fredericksburg Texas The case No 1174 concerns possession of land on the Court House Square and adjacent blocks in Fredericksburg with specific lot numbers and boundary streets listed in the petition filed August 4 1919.
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