Editorial Notes on Liquor, Roads, and Fredericksburg
Editorial discusses bootleggers among university students and calls for strict punishment, critiques legalization myths, and warns of intoxicated drivers. It then highlights New England mills moving south, fears on labor and economy, praises Fredericksburg’s new paved Main Street but notes street lighting gaps, and lists high school composition topics for civic engagement.
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Texas
Fredericksburg
Main
Interesting Facts On Gillespie County Wool And Mohair
The Chamber of Commerce reports 1920 census figures for Gillespie County showing 33 163 sheep yielding 253 490 pounds of wool worth 128 859 dollars and 41 258 goats producing 124 190 pounds of mohair worth 66 303 dollars. It compares county totals with Kerr Bandera Uvalde Blanco Mason Tom Green Sutton Edwards Kibble and notes large regional producers. Next week another set of facts will be published.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County
Texas
Hillespie County
U.S
Kerr
Bandera
Uvalde
Blanco
Mason
Tom
Fredericksburg High School Basketball Game Report
The article notes a game between Blanco and Fredericksburg with focus on improvements in the lighting system and ongoing questions about incorporating historic buildings in Fredericksburg. It mentions transportation methods and a convention year in town alongside modern equipment.
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Blanco
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg High School
The Pecan in Texas on Food Supply and Population
The article asserts that animal life and human labor depend on adequate food. It argues nourishment drives all work, warns of civilization setbacks from food shortages, and predicts future distress if population grows without sufficient subsistence.
Native Nut Trees Could Lift Texas Agriculture
An advocacy piece urging cultivation of pecan, hickory, and walnut trees native to Texas. It argues nuts offer low-cost, high-profit food, cites waste land for planting, and notes potential nationwide demand supported by historic U S production and import figures through 1919. The piece emphasizes civic duty to study and expand native nut cultivation.
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Texas
North America
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Is Standard Publishing Co
Frederekeburg
Frederickeburg
Fredes- Seaside Publishing Co
New England
United States
Peter
Phaburg
C. It . Tee
W. P. Lemon
Evan Dechert
Treac
Wedne Deel City
Bank Fredericksburg
Stehling Bros
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
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