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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1930
Page
12
The column criticizes Texas policy on occupational and ad valorem taxes, arguing the Automatic Tax Board wields excessive power. It notes the 2 percent general fund levy, compares it with a proposed 3.2 percent rate by an Austin expert, and warns of deficits and state debt. The piece laments lost leadership and democracy.
Cardington England August 16 The dirigible R-100 returned from a Montreal round trip after 56 hours 10 minutes flight. Storms delayed its Atlantic crossing preventing a new record. The ship landed at Cardington at 9 40 am GMT to good reception with officials including Lord Thomson Sir Sefton Brancker aboard.
A $52,000 blaze ripped through Pendleton Texas a town seven miles north of Temple on the Santa Fe Railroad. The fire leveled a two story store and Masonic hall the telephone exchange post office and several business properties including six stored automobiles. Origin undetermined.
Washington reports rapid progress on four air routes in Texas as the aeronautics division notes towers and beacons erected on the Kingsville Houston segment and partial completion on Brownsville Fort Worth. El Paso Fort Worth survey advances. some airports closed or postponed while new fields arise at Austin Bonham Corsicana Fort Stockton McAllen and Odessa.
Indiana expert G A Williams advises post calving care with bran oats and corn based feeds. Start with six pounds ground corn, two pounds oats or bran, one pound oil meal and adjust to condition. Use bean mashes around calving for cooling laxative effects and ensure gradual grain increases after freshening.
Henry Chandler, 30, died in Houston two days after a bale of cotton fell from a truck in El Campo on Monday night. He was on the running board when a wheel ran off, the load toppled, and upper bales crushed him. He leaves a wife and two children.
Homer Edwards was found guilty of murdering John W. Bradshaw whose body was found in the Guadalupe River near Waring. A Medina County jury sentenced him to life in the penitentiary after a rapid trial that followed a venue change from Kendall County. Edwards showed open pleasure at the verdict and indicated readiness to begin his life term.
Color fast men's dress shirts offered special for the fair at 1.00 each by JUENKE and SCHOENEWOLF with a promotional push aimed at event shoppers.
An advertising notice for RAT-SNAP rodent killer, sold by R. M Lewis and Knopp & Metz Ger. The cakes come in three sizes 1 cake 35 cents 2 cakes 65 cents and 5 cakes 1.25 dollars. The product claims to kill rats and mice with a money back guarantee and requires no mixing with food.
Many farmers overlook that a well balanced ration with farm grown grains lowers production cost. A ton of high protein concentrate seems pricey but proper mixing with grains improves efficiency, reducing overall dairy production expenses.
Trials in Illinois show sunflowers cut about 88 days after planting, mid August, yield palatable forage and maintain milk flow near corn silage levels. Mammoth Russian variety grown 30 feet apart rows 10 inches apart. best cut when 25 percent bloom with yellow rays and green upper leaves.
In Chicago on a Saturday a police officer dining with a companion shot and killed one bandit and seriously wounded another as three men tried to rob a restaurant. The officer fired four shots after triggering his revolver, and a fleeing suspect escaped.
An employment notice seeks a reliable woman to take orders for Watkins Products in Fredericksburg. Established customers and excellent pay offered. Write C. H. Werley at 70 90 West Iowa Avenue Memphis Tennessee.
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