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Fredericksburg Standard in Fredericksburg, Texas

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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1923

Page

8

Starving German children stir world sympathy drive

Dispatches from American correspondents describe Silesia afire with burning farms and plunder, as police fire on rioters and various factions clash. General Allen heads a relief drive for German children while Americans face hardships at home. Two Dublin Irishmen joke about rubber gloves in a drugstore window.

Germany Silesia America American Committee For Relief of United States Rhine Coormany Tion American Society of Friends Quakers Elad Geery Allen Nfpls Bishnem Dublin

Laughs and Oddities from a War and Wedding Ledger

A collection of joke snippets and oddities including a South African war anecdote, quips about a 125 year old circus hopeful, marital and musical humor, and a note that readers should shop early. Two sisters of Mrs B B Byrnes from Walnut Springs visit Fredericksburg are mentioned.

B. B. Byrnes Walnut Springs Fredericksburg

Local quarrel over church collection box value

A fragmented note accuses officials of manipulating parish funds and mocks public generosity. The writer suggests a political sting on the collection box and mocks the town for not allowing modest giving. The taunt references liberal church sentiment and a charged feeling about money in religious offerings.

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