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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1929
Page
9
The 44th annual fair showcases numerous bests in livestock and produce with many named exhibitors. Winners include George Pehl and Adolf Schmidtrensky for top bundles, Hugo Brehmer and Herbert Schumann among others in fruits and field crops, and extensive cattle awards led by G F Henke and Wm Roeder with champions in bull and cow classes.
Junior Yearling over 12 months and under 18 months Alvin Alberthal of Fredericksburg takes first. Boar pig under 6 months Emil Eckert of Fredericksburg takes first. Sow pig 6 to 12 months Emil Eckert, also first in the class.
Orville Ball, 12, son of Mrs Maybelle Ball of Victoria, is recovering from lockjaw after stepping on a rabbit bone. A wound between his toes led to tetanus, treated with 55 000 units of antitoxin at DeTar Hospital, jaw relaxation followed and he convalesces.
Lubbock Texas August 25 74 year old farmer W A Wolfe was freed on $1000 bond after wounding 14 year old Oscar Cothren with a shotgun in a water melon patch. Wolfe said he fired when he saw Cothren and three companions among his melons. It is the second such shooting this week in the area.
Local residents express gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance following a house fire that destroyed their home in Wyoming.
Official canvass of returns from the July 16 special election shows both proposed amendments failed. The governor salary increase from 4000 to 10000 per year drew 49681 for and 77066 against, while enlarging the Supreme Court from three to nine members drew 49644 for and 76166 against. Two counties did not send returns.
We express heartfelt appreciation for the assistance and sympathy shown at the death of our husband father grandfather and brother We thank friends for flowers and Rev A Koerner for words of condolence at home and grave The bereaved family
Established business including stock and tools with four workers and a Chevrolet agency. Owner relocating to California seeks a buyer. bargain price. See or write G. R. Ivy in London Texas.
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