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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1921
Page
3
The Internal Revenue Bureau offers a simplified 1040F form to record sales of livestock and produce and summary income and expenses for 1920. Farmers must report all proceeds from farm products and exchanges. Net income deducts necessary farm expenses and inventory methods vary by record-keeping.
Mason County farmers and ranchers met at the Mason court house last Saturday at 1 o clock to organize a Farm Bureau. Officers elected include M L Webster president Dor W Brown vice president W E Jordan secretary treasurer Hubert Jordan business manager Allen Murray John Weidemann Ed Jordan and William Rothmann as county directors. Dor W Brown chosen as delegate to the State meeting in Dallas. A county drive will follow after the Dallas meeting to boost membership and fund county agriculture and marketing efforts. The organization meeting adjourned after no other business. Mason Co News.
Dr Ernest Thompson Seton argues in a Pittsburg lecture that humans benefit morally and healthwise from wearing no clothes. He cites East African tribes as examples and claims tighter collars cause throat diseases while looser collars reduce them among soldiers and sailors.
The West Texas Wool and Mohair Association announces sales of 225000 pounds of Mohair from the 1919 and 1920 fall clips by Duwaine E. Hughes. Crimins and Pierce of Boston bought the mohair, with 70000 pounds at 27 cents and 150000 pounds at 40 cents for $64 000 total. Shipment moved from San Angelo to Galveston then to Boston by boat.
A brass band is a public institution and the town’s best investment for business vitality and civic unity. It boosts health, ambition, and community appeal, with social and economic benefits echoed by doctors, merchants, and pastors.
A Boerne Star note reports Mr. Brown touring Boerne on plans for a newspaper plant. Locals oppose competition, arguing the town cannot support two papers and warning would-be publishers like Brown and Sorehead that existing operations rest on a solid local business base. The piece frames past failed ventures as cautionary signs and urges restraint.
Tires offered at half price by H. C. Maier's store in a local sale. Prices and brands not specified in available text.
Two local lads Chas Raute and Edgar Pankratz who went to California for fortune report tough luck. Raute suffered a serious railroad injury at Mercedes and has been hospitalized after leg surgery. Pankratz saved 235 dollars and lost it when a hotel room key was stolen, money gone from his room.
Kerrville residents report six months of acts by a gang of youngsters including thefts of autos from churches and garages for joy rides. The most recent incident involved taking a fire department auto truck, causing damage. Authorities warned the mischief could escalate if unchecked and noted disturbances and vulgar language affecting sidewalks and night safety.
Hospitals in Vienna await patients as rules require bringing own bed linen. American Red Cross notes shortages hinder admissions and operations.
William Green aged 77 died at his Harper area home last Saturday afternoon from heart trouble. A longtime Blanco County resident who lived in Gillespie County in recent years, he was an old Union soldier and pioneer. Survivors include his wife, four daughters, and three sons, all present at the service in Harper Cemetery led by Rev. Brown. Relatives Levi Maddox and A. J. Ferrell attended the funeral from Johnson City. The Blanco County Record notes the family’s sorrow and thanks friends for their sympathy.
Market report notes the highest prices paid for poultry eggs wax and hides at 5t1 with buyers seeking top bids and local sellers urged to compare offers.
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