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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1927
Page
6
Sintered at the postoffice as second glass master at Fredericksburg Texas. R 8. Klett managing editor WM. Habenicht business manager.
A historical remark asserts that cowardice among representatives imperils government more than corruption. The quote is attributed to Joseph Weldon Baily and reflects a critique of political courage and leadership.
Texas recorded 43 335 deaths last year with 15 771 from preventable illnesses including 3 440 from pneumonia and 1 509 from cancer. Typhoid malaria dysentery diphtheria scarlet fever smallpox and other preventables caused widespread sickness and economic loss. the State Board of Health urges readers to aid disease prevention and boost public welfare through health protection guidance.
Texas State Board of Health warns communities to improve sanitation and drinking water, boil water if uncertain, and control flies and milk supplies. Vaccination urged as the sure protection against typhoid during touring season.
The Texas farm women’s special train travels to California to study modern farming practices led by Mrs. Christian Matthiesen who represents Gillespie County. The visit highlights California’s road and school improvements and farmer standardization that uplifted communities since 1910.
The piece notes that in the United States only 2,000 of 4,000,000 potential typhoid cases occurred, compared with 210,000 in the French army. It urges readers that their nearest doctor can vaccinate them to maximize safety given scientific limits.
The Texas Farm Women group will depart July 9 for California to study rural life and cooperative marketing effects on rural prosperity. Representative Mrs. Christian Mathiesen of Gillespie County joins the tour, the first of its kind by farm women to showcase their role in agriculture. The journey ends July 25 at College Station for the annual farmers short course at A&M College.
Bartlett July 6 Three Holder brothers Elbert 17 Joe 13 Carl 11 drowned Tuesday afternoon in Donahoe creek below Davilla while swimming to escape heat their father P E Holder a tenant farmer found clothes but not boys oldest boy 17 could swim. Neighbors pulled bodies from the swift water youngest still warm. The tragedy occurred as the brothers tried to help a drowning sibling.
Elmiral Jaws reports John Kilworth, a farmer, in critical condition after bees attacked him Tuesday while he mowed his orchard. Two of his horses died from the swarm. He accidentally struck two beehives, triggering the attack at his home Wednesday.
A notice seeks an upstairs floor suitable for a business college around July 18th. The offer targets property owners with available space for educational use.
Huntsville Tex July 6 for the first time since the electric chair was installed all cells in the death house at the State penitentiary here are full. Nine men two white and seven negroes await their doom. F M Snow white from Stephen ville is to die July 15. Clifford Franck white is also to die. Negroes include Pete McKinney Pete Banks Ed Joslyn Pete Chester Willie Fischer Moses Chyrar and Lawrence Davenport. The doomed men sing and pray led by Shyrar a former preacher.
Four small boys rescued Stub Campbell a veteran parachute jumper from Commencement Bay after he descended in darkness and became entangled in his parachute. Three speedboats searched the bay for more than an hour before Campbell was revived. He said the parachute snagged him and it nearly stopped his swimming. Campbell is over 60 years old.
An indictment returned by Bastrop county grand jury charges Ed Goerner, 56, of Cottletown, with murder in the death of his wife Mrs Goerner on April 22. The death occurred at the Goerner farm north of Bastrop. The body had buckshot in it and was found by their son. R D Throp, a fingerprint expert from Austin, was among the witnesses.
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