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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1929
Page
6
Notice directs communications to the Fredericksburg Publishing Co with second class post matter at Fredericksburg Texas. Business inquiries go to Bookkeeper's Dept while all other items go to Editor's Dept.
The Standard expresses appreciation to readers and customers for friendship confidence and cooperation. It thanks them for loyalty allowing employees to enjoy the holiday season and wishes health prosperity and happiness in the New Year for all.
Eastern Llano County landowners grant options to Emery Peck and Rockwood of Chicago for sale of land that would be inundated by a proposed Kingsland power dam on the Colorado River. Principal optionors include P. D. Holland L. R. Hereford T. J. Casner John Johanson W. J. Parks M. V. Hereford R. M. Lewis Mrs. Nettie Hereford and others.
Edinburg Texas December 21 Todillo Robles 20 of Mercedes linked to a sensational escape at Edinburg Cemetery last June is back in Hidalgo County jail Robles was arrested in Brownsville after a bar fight and identified by Hidalgo officers as the man sought for the murder of Cipriano Hernandez at Mercedes on February 4 this year Esquivel Guadalupe Robstown was convicted and sent to the penitentiary while Robles had fled toward Mexico
Five talking pictures headline the second week program at the New Palace Theatre with Viennese operetta Married in Hollywood on December 31 as a midnight matinee. Laura La Plante stars in a Paris farce and the week includes New Year’s Day Big Time with Lee Tracy and Stepin Fetchit, Thursday and Friday Mississippi Gambler with Schildkraut, and Saturday Darkened Rooms with Evelyn Brent.
Consul General Enrique Santibanez reaffirmed Mexico will not lift the embargo on Laredo until its terms are met, demanding the resignation of Webb County District Attorney John Valls or the dropping of charges against former President Plutarco Calles. The Laredo consulate closure disrupts local patronage and border trade as travel and cargo permits dwindle.
USDA and state poultry departments run demonstration farms to show better practices under typical conditions. Owners must follow recommended methods, keep records, and ensure proper housing and feeding. Feed costs account for about 75 percent of poultry keeping expenses, making full feeding a key decision. Net incomes vary by state but show stability over seven years, with income over feed cost around 2 dollars per bird, before housing and labor. Continued on page 7.
District Attorney John Walls reported receiving numerous telegrams from across the United States and from Mexico praising his stance. He declined to resign or drop charges against former President Calles and other Mexican officials accused of conspiracy to commit murder.
Mrs. Rena Winn Wheat aged 41 wife of Rev. C E Wheat died December 19 1929 in Kerrville Texas after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church December 28 with Rev C R Brewster officiating and interment in Huckabay Erath County. She was born October 1 1888 in Huckabay and survived by her husband two sons C E Jr and Van Winn, four brothers and her parents E A and Mrs Winn.
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