Fredericksburg Standard Publisher Note
Fredericksburg Publishing Co issues every Saturday with C R Schumacher as managing editor.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1924
Page
4
Fredericksburg Publishing Co issues every Saturday with C R Schumacher as managing editor.
Public notice outlines contact routing for the Fredericksburg Publishing Co. Business matters go to Bookkeeper's Dept while all other correspondence goes to Editor's Dept. It notes post office handling and city of Fredericksburg Texas.
Editorial notes urge residents to spend locally, noting that dollars kept at home circulate within Fredericksburg and support jobs and manufacturers. They warn that funds paid to outside promoters or investments drain the local economy, hindering progress and slowing business efforts.
A reader ponders how long youths should stay in school as summer jobs tempt teens toward work or college. An old man offers two regrets worth heeding: acquire a bit more schooling while possible and buy land, rather than skip opportunities.
The piece argues that not all should attend college or farm, but one more year of schooling or music and cultivating reading habits in youth are valuable for later life. It urges children to persevere for at least one more term, promising they will not regret it.
Alice Texas July 8 a bootlegger drives through town colliding with the Main and Wright Street flag pole breaking it off and vanishing before officers arrive. No injuries or car damage details secured. San Antonio July 9 gold and silver ore found in Bexar County indicating deeper ore potential near Potranca Road sampling by Potranca Development Company. Eagle Pass July 8 bank statements show totals of 3 141 142 dollars. Fort Worth Handley fire July 8 destroyed a quarter block of business district with losses not yet estimated. Fire spread from I B Trowell feed store to Brown and Logans icehouse and three adjoining shops. Fire brigades from Fort Worth and Arlington assisted Handley Volunteers. San Antonio July 9 Claude Hearne faces 15000 damage suit over horn dispute at Mataverda and Goliad Streets. San Antonio July 9 J N Malone dies after gun battle with Amade Gonzales on a moving freight train near Uvalde. Gonzales killed. Malone critically wounded, sister Mrs W W Mitchell attends. Subscribe to the Standard. $1.00 per year
The passage notes two private banks in Eagle Pass with deposits totaling about 3.5 million dollars. It asserts the Texas region is in strong financial condition with no bank failures or bankruptcies for several years.
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