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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
6
The note lists Fredericksburg Publishing Co details with editor and manager William Dietel and transmission notes. It states publication is Fredricksburg Standard by the Fredericksburg Publishing Co issued every Saturday with postal designation second class and directed communications to the publishing office.
The piece argues against binding voters to party pledges in primaries citing the Supreme Court Key v Schneider ruling. It urges exercising the right to vote for any candidate in the primary despite pledges and reflects on citizen duties, rights, and respect for others in daily conduct.
The Brady Standard laments postwar paper and mailing costs, noting government wartime boosts to press support now followed by steep price hikes. It criticizes the government and printing industry, arguing editors face higher rates while profits rise elsewhere.
The piece traces the temperance movement from its Maine beginnings in 1831 through successive state dry laws. It notes key figures like General Appleton and Neal Dow, Maine's rise and brief lapses, and the spread to Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, and others, culminating in the 1919 Prohibition era and the Eighteenth Amendment.
An ad asserts all items in the Grocery Department are of the highest quality not cheap but good and brands the message to customers of Henke and Hirsch.
Mr. Joe Stein of F. Stein & Son informs the public and customers via this paper that lumber prices have fallen recently and plans to build soon should proceed now before prices rise again. The message notes Old Homestead substitutions and family drink references amid the housing guidance.
The Fredericksburg bar in Gillespie County Texas endorses Judge T D Cobbs for Associate Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District. Endorsers include J T Estill Alfred P C Petsch Moursand Harrington H H Sagebiel J B Wieser and Max Blum.
The annual stockholders meeting of the Gillespie County Oil Company will be held Tuesday July 20 1920 at 3 p m in the Chamber of Commerce room Priess Building Fredericksburg Texas.
I inform customers I have sold my business to Messrs Knoche and Bernhard. I thank my customers for their support and solicit continued support for my successors. J. W. Braeutigam.
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