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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1926
Page
8
Advert reads Calotabs as nature’s foundation of health and urges a thorough course once or twice weekly for several weeks to purge the body. It promotes a family package with directions for 35 cents at any drug store.
Thomas McKean of Delaware served in the Continental Congress throughout the Revolutionary War era. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he led in Pennsylvania politics as governor three times, and helped shape Delaware and Pennsylvania constitutions. He faced persecution, moved his family multiple times, and lived near the Susquehanna amid Indian threats.
Lightning struck a dugout during a rain and hailstorm near Shamrock Texas injuring Mr. and Mrs. J A Eastman their two children and George Groom. The bolt scorched a feather mattress and stove corner while causing deep floor holes but the victims are not seriously hurt.
In San Antonio a jury in the 94th district court found Paul O'Brien not guilty of defaulting with $3000 from D Sullivan and Co bankers on March 7, 1921. Trial lasted two weeks. Paul and his brother Peter faced 81 indictments alleging a total bank shortage estimated at $35,800,000 by special prosecutor H B Brooks.
In Quanah on June 26 7 year old Haskell Hughes was instantly killed when a 13 000 volt line surged through his body after wandering into the light plant yard. Witnesses say he did not touch equipment but the transformer area snapped the fatal current due to a short circuit worsened by rain and wet ground. A brother restrained others from touching the body until power was cut.
The July issue of The Texas Outlook critiques Texas school oversight and the primary election law. It argues county superintendent selection by a county board, critiques voting skill as educational merit, and discusses changing laws since Terrell.
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