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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1929
Page
7
Notice instructs readers to address correspondence to Fredericksburg Publishing Co. at the Post Office Fredericksburg Texas with divisions for business and editor matters. Public urged to send communications to Bookkeeper's Dept for business and Editor's Dept for other items.
Pflugerville Texas November 29 Mrs Louis Pfluger 80 pioneer Travis county resident died at home east of town Thursday at 8 30 p m Born in Germany she came to Texas in 1872 and lived in Austin county a year Family lists four sons three daughters a sister and a brother Surviving relatives reside in Pflugerville Coupland Hutto and Rowena Funeral held Saturday at 1 p m at the family home with Rev M J Schwarz Burial in Lutheran cemetery
An advert urges relief from bladder irritation and backache with the Cystex 48 Hour Test. It promises rapid improvement with a money back guarantee and advertises a 60 cent price from Central Drug Co-Adv.
28 head of goats with right ear crop marking and left underslope found at Eckert. Mutton branded D.P. on bell. Owner must pay for this advertisement and pasturage to reclaim. See S. B. Evans at Eckert.
Four people are hurt after a Union Bus Company bus en route to Fredericksburg from San Antonio caught fire nine miles north of the city. Driver Bob Downs suffered serious facial and hand burns while rescuing three passengers, including Mrs. T. Foster of Nixon. The bus, valued at $5,000, was destroyed. A bystander named Brady helped remove occupants. A Safety Board inquiry will conclude Friday morning.
Eleven Federal prisoners from Borger depart by bus for Amarillo to face hearings on prohibition act violations. Among those named are former mayor Glen A. Pace and ex-deputy sheriffs Jim Crane Cal Beard and Sam Jones. Bonds may range from sixty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand dollars. A federal grand jury session is set for December 9.
Luther Berwick faces the death penalty after a Port Arthur jury convicts him of the October 30 killings of William Byrd and Belle Crow. Berwick admitted the shootings saying jealousy over Crow drove him to fire as he feared Byrd would attack. He described the events on the stand and broke down when recalling Crow's death.
San Benito Texas November 30 12 year old Douglas Hanee son of Mr and Mrs Denver Hanee farm near San Benito became the second hunting casualty of the week when his brother Morris 15 fired across a small lake. Eight or ten pellets hit Douglas in chest side and legs. He remained in serious condition while E L McMurtry of Rio Hondo had been killed earlier the week.
Volunteers from Mexico and the United States, about 600 strong, plan to join a punitive expedition against a band of 15 Apache braves and their women in a canyon 168 miles from Douglas Arizona. Led by Col Hernegildo Carrillo and Leslie Gatliff, the group aims to wipe out the group blamed for border raids and the 1926 slaying of Francis Finbres’s wife. The Indians are wintering in a canyon and cannot leave until spring melt. the Fimbres boy is believed to be with them.
A Detroit to Pittsburgh Colonial Stage Line bus suffered carbon monoxide exposure near Cleveland on November 29. Seven passengers and the driver were hospitalized but expected to recover. Names include H. E. Manion, Louise Wilson, Pedro Muner, Walter Moebus, William Weller, F. S. Moltor, and driver Miss Tevnie Hanutula. The bus was kept warm by heat from the exhaust during repairs to a cracked windshield.
Washington report notes that Texas saw 76,240 marriages in 1928 up from 75,042 in 1927 while divorces rose 4.5 percent to 18,073 from 17,290. Annulments also increased from 115 in 1927 to 155 in 1928.
A preliminary state report based on county clerks estimates shows Texas population at 5,487,000 on July 1, 1928, up from 5,397,000 in 1927. Marriages per 1000 residents are 13.9 in 1928, divorces 3.29, compared with 13.7 and 5.20 in 1927 respectively.
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