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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1929
Page
9
Roy Cottle and son Howard dined with Mrs. N Cottle. Families including Schumpelts Fairchilds Caspers Bein Tadtsch and others visited in Kerrville Fredericksburg and Harper. Births reported for Anderson Kensey and Levis Menges. Several moves and visits to relatives near Corpus Christi Seven Hundred Springs and Klein Branch noted along with local teaching Miss Geneva Duderstadt and other area residents.
Miss Marguurite Bein is suffering from scarlet fever and her many friends wish her a speedy recovery.
The seven month old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Roeder died Friday after months of illness culminating with pneumonia following influenza. Friends showed sympathy with flowers and a long funeral procession. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Catholic Church with Rev H Kirk officiating. The community extends condolences to the bereaved family.
Mrs. Jim Peril shopped in town this week. Fred Bode from Kerrville visited friends in town last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hopf were in town one day this week. J. J. Rogers did a business trip to Fredericksburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Schmidt were Harper visitors last week. Alfonso Hopf and family were in Harper on business this week. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Mosel of Klein Branch visited Mrs. Mosel’s parents, IL. 8S Fairchild, one day this week.
A group of speeding offenders including Dewey Auerbach, a New York candy maker, were sent to Tombs prison to scrub floors. Auerbach received two days in jail and a $90 fine for traveling 32 mph in Central Park. others faced two to five day sentences and fines, with some penalties doubled if they could not pay. Magistrate Ewald imposed the sentences as examples.
Cain City store H. C. Hoffmann promotes a limited offer, gifting six dinner plates with every five dollar purchase while supplies last during the First Anniversary Sale.
A government advisory notes insects cause large losses to U S agriculture but birds and predators mitigate damage by eating insects and pests. Secretary Jardine proposes a ten year cooperative predatory animal control program with annual funding of 1 378 700 dollars to reduce pests and protect wildlife on farms and in forests.
A gentleman in an uptown restaurant requests support for a wobbly table. The waiter declines humorously, saying they must be careful because two places in the block were padlocked. The gag relies on a street crime joke from the New Yorker.
The United States Bureau of Biological Survey states that thirty million dollars worth of livestock and game are destroyed annually by wolves coyotes mountain lions and bobcats. The coyote is singled out as the most destructive for causing disease spread including rabies and tularemia. Over one million coyotes have been killed by hunters aiding the survey.
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