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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
4
The issue offers poems and stories aimed at spreading Christmas cheer. Many pieces are written for children, inviting readers of any age to rekindle a youthful spirit and forget daily troubles for a few festive hours.
Frank Hanisch argues that Tanlac’s popularity stems from genuine merit, not just heavy advertising, noting the product’s effectiveness in addition to its promotional presence.
County Attorney J T Estill sought guidance from the State Attorney General on open turkey gobbler season. The response from Bruce W Bryant Assistant Attorney General clarifies that open season runs November and December in most counties, with Gillespie and Wendall fixed March and April and eight specified counties barred until November 1 1926. The notice notes Kimball County is treated as November December. Also announced is a Christmas program by the English and German Sunday Schools at the M F E Church South with parish invitation.
On Wednesday December 28 the Public School Auxiliary will present the second lyceum number featuring The Serenaders Glee Club. The quartet Tobias Kirkpatrick Sheffield Williams will perform original readings and piano selections. School children admitted free to encourage attendance and aid the Auxiliary.
Local merchants reported market prices paid on Friday. Hall's Confectionery advertises home made candies at 1211.
The article recounts Jim Bridger known as Old Gabe and The Old Man of the Mountains. It details his Yellowstone sightings of petrified trees and birds, his crystal elk experience, discovery of the Great Salt Lake and winter 1830 snow, his nicknames among tribes, his map work for the Union Pacific, and his death in 1881.
Esme Scott Watson recounts an odd frontier incident near the Oregon Trail at Green River where Old Jim Baker and a French trader fought a lengthy pistol duel from cabins about a hundred yards apart. Both drank heavily, fired wildly, retreated, refilled, and finally quit, ending the curious clash in mutual disgust. Baker, born 1808, aged hunter and guide, later helped frontier expeditions with Gen. Johnston and became a Denver settler after various adventures with bears and fur traders.
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