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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1917
Page
5
Advertising rates for Fredericksburg Standard listed for contracts of three months or more. rates show ten cents per inch single column per issue, with 10 point body text and line count guidance. heavy type body matter commands double price. local rates noted per line and per thousand lines. special positions add 25 to 50 percent.
A rural buyer advertises purchase of poultry eggs butter and other country produce. The note promotes checking prices first and notes two phone lines Southwestern 45 and Martin 30.
Publicity Department bulletin reports a November 30 order by Robert S. Lovett to expedite roughage shipments to drought stricken Tex as areas. The order extends priority to hay rice straw hulls and forage across multiple railroads and states. Administr ator Peden urges rice farmers to bale and shelter straw to prevent deterioration and avoid delays in car availability.
Jeremiah O'Leary, once editor of The Bull, and two associates are indicted for conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act. Other editors of foreign language papers, including Max Lucke of Deutsche Zeitung, face suspensions or internment. The New Jersey Freie Zeitung publishers demur to treason and sedition charges. A Sullivan County Review editor faces scrutiny for an anti Wilson editorial as indictments spread nationwide.
The Provost Marshal General urges broad publicity to inform registrants who changed addresses to notify local boards. Questionnaires will be mailed December 15, and failure to keep current could affect exemption or discharge rights. The governor and press representatives are asked to disseminate this warning widely. JOHN C. TOWNES Sr Major of Infantry Supervisor Selective Service Law in Texas.
New York December 4 Federal Food Administrator Hoover predicted lower prices for meat milk and other commodities due to the enormous corn crop expected to be distributed nationwide by January 15 He said the crop will act as an economic remedy to the high prices.
Dr Werblun, an optician, will visit the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg from December 8 to 12. Eye examinations will be free during the visit.
Otto Jones was cut and his father Frank Jones was probably fatally shot after a prayer meeting at St Hedwig 20 miles east of San Antonio. Cecil Mitchell, a negro, was arrested and charged with assault to murder in Justice of the Peace Ben Fisk's court. An examining trial is set for tomorrow afternoon as Deputies Newton and Stevens investigated the case.
Temple Texas December 4 two U S Army cavalry regiments spent Sunday in Temple and received orders to dispatch part of the force to Houston and the rest to Brownsville for border service. Some troopers have five years of continuous border patrol experience and one commented he would go anywhere except Kansas.
Public notices from Gillespie County Texas court actions include summons for Peter Novian in district court at Fredericksburg on February 18 1918 and a sale of property tied to Alfred Jung. The filing covers various real estate parcels and debt amounts with details on execution of process and publication requirements.
The advertisement proclaims the largest assortment of guns and ammunition available. It promises rifles, shotguns, and shells, with a full range of cartridges for small and big game, and urges readers that anything for the hunter can be provided at right prices.
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