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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1923

Page

2

Dam Crisis at Martlet Dam Sees Engineers Race Against Flood

Resident engineer Vandeventer and Meade surge to save the dam as rain stops. They plan a palisade of timber and iron sheets with earth banks to hold back rising waters, ready to deploy labor and cement bags if needed.

Vandeventer Meade Beyore International Martlet Company Stafford Martlet Vendeventer Earth

Dam and Palisade Battle Under Severe Flood Threat

At dawn engineers assess rising waters as workers reinforce the dam with earth and debris. Vandeventer Meade and Stafford briefed on storm weather, with warnings sent to towns and bridges, while the crew labors through the night to deepen the spillway and hold the palisade against the flood. The storm’s toll and danger loom as the Northwest cloudbank grows.

Vandeventer Meade

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Helps Deafness Claim

Catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube causing rumbling and imperfect hearing. If inflammation remains, hearing may be destroyed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and has sold through druggists for over 40 years by F I Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.

Hall F. I. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

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