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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1929
Page
9
A quiet ceremony united Mrs. M J Parker of Noxville and W G Weldon of Kerrville in marriage at Kerrville Court House. Justice E R Turner officiated. Weldon is 9? years old and Parker is 81 and mother of eleven. they will live on the Parker Ranch near Noxville.
Last Saturday at 5 30 o clock Miss Nettie Smith eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Smith of this place wed C W Baldwin quietly in Fredericksburg. Baldwin works at Legion near Kerrville. Several locals visited and business matters noted as townspeople moved through the week. A soda fountain installation at City Drug Store was announced along with minor injuries from a wood saw accident.
The final link was completed near Luling Texas on December 28 linking Central North and West Texas with Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana to form a continental high power network from Kingsville to McCamey. The seven mile line between Luling and the San Antonio Public Service Company interconnects with Central Power and Light and ties Gulf Coast valleys rice belt and Texas areas into the regional grid. The completion assures continuous service and reserves for growth across the region.
Charley Clark an 11 year old Mission high school pupil disappeared after stepping from a bus near the grammar school Friday morning. Police in Corpus Christi Houston San Antonio Waco Fort Worth and Dallas joined the search as fear of foul play grew. He boarded the bus at his home south of Mission and was last seen on the school grounds.
A rooster roams the countryside and discovers a giant ostrich egg. He rolls it home to the barnyard and gathers the hens to view the massive egg. He claims the display is not to reflect on them but to show what others are producing elsewhere.
Gordon Justice of the Peace Tilman W. Stubblefield reported a body found in brush two and a half miles east, shot in the throat and bludgeoned, dragged about 30 feet from a road. The woman, about 28, of Mexican stock, had been dead about a week.
In San Antonio a flash from a water heater exploded spraying gasoline, turning Mrs. George Utt and a Black servant named Marie Spencer into living torches. Mrs. Utt escaped by running through the house and leaping from a window after tearing away burning clothing. Spencer likely perished as she fled, badly burned.
Surgeons at the hospital here cared for injured travelers after a wreck delayed the regular train. The on scene medical team from Odem aided the victims before transfer to Corpus Christi and then to San Antonio via Linton Skidmore and Mathis. Dr Otis King and Mrs King assisted on site.
A testimonial from Rev D Lee of Portmouth N F describes relief from frequent nightly bladder irritation after using Lith Buchu Keller Formula. The ad claims the tablets ease irritation by flushing deposits and reducing acidity, costing 2 cents each and available at Central Drug Co or Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio.
Gillespie County Commissioners Court will receive sealed bids from banks or bankers on February 1 1929 at 10:00 A M to serve as county depository. Bids must state interest rates and include a certified check equal to at least 0 5 percent of the county revenue as a bid guarantee. Hermann Usener is the county judge.
A San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf passenger train derailed after striking a mule four miles north of Odem at 2 30 Saturday morning. Three men were injured two seriously Albert Mosier fireman J G Mc Grail engineman and J J Carter baggage man were treated. Victims were taken to Physicians and Surgeons hospital.
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