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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1924
Page
8
Texas reports 8 577 convicts in penitentiary and prison farms plus 3 366 in county jails and 1 448 in city jails. First six months of 1923 saw 2 916 new commitments. Virginia and Kentucky follow with far fewer totals.
Market report lists prices for corn white shelled per bushel eight point six nine in shucks 6 4 8 for wheat No 1 par price oats cotton seed and eggs butter and butter fat per pound turkey and hen prices noted with miscellaneous figures. A quoted Mussolini remark is included as a quotation on governance.
R G Kirby explains gosling upbringing in grass rich ranges with shade. Feed stages include tender grass first two days then moist mash five times daily. later scalded cracked corn. Warns against bare enclosures and notes leg weakness and worm vitality remedies. Ends with an old tavern sign and a note on ancient French effigies suggesting early negroid presence.
In Gillespie County Texas Christian Leyendecker applies for probate of Maria Leyendecker’s last will and testament and letters testamentary. The hearing is at the County Court in Fredericksburg on the first Monday in March 1924.
President Coolidge presents a straightforward plan prioritizing public interest over personal gain. He backs Mellon tax cuts, supports generous aid for disabled veterans, and calls for a world court with reservations. He addresses tariffs railroads and prohibition, aids farmers, and proposes nitrate projects to lower prices.
In our hour of sorrow at the loss of our dear son, brother and nephew Edwin Ellebracht, we are comforted by remembrance of kindness and assistance after the accident. Neighbors and friends are deeply grateful for floral tributes, words of condolence, and services of Reverend Hoefer, Dr. Keidel, Ernst Schmidt and family, and Mr. Albert Wendel and family. Ernst Ellebracht and Family. Ju Lange and Family.
Brownsville secretary of commerce O L Williams reports a surprising march of wildlife along a 12 mile route from Blessing to Palacios as Matagorda county floods force animals to shelter near the Southern Pacific tracks. Skunks lead the procession with hundreds joining, including coons opposites and armadillos, as Williams walked home.
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