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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1923
Page
4
Public notice from Fredericksburg Publishing Co addressed to post office readers. Directs business communications to Bookkeeper's Dept and other matters to Editor's Dept. Subscription rate listed as 1.60 dollars per year. Published as second class matter at Fredericksburg Texas.
Editorial reprint highlights Chief Justice McReynolds reasoning on states forbidding foreign language teaching below eighth grade. Court held such statutes violate the 14th Amendment, protecting life liberty property and the right to contract and acquire knowledge. Justice Holmes dissented. opinions stress education as a supreme civic priority amid a changing political landscape.
The passage notes Republicans and Democrats sharing power as governors and mayors in several states and cities. It highlights third party dominance in at least two states and suggests professional politicians tolerate bolting as a minor offense. It argues voting patterns in Texas, Louisiana, and Kansas show varied outcomes.
Seven fifty five or more men and women in Menard gather for a banquet as the San Antonio delegation arrives after 11 pm. Judge Matthews cautions that every town has enemies and hints at routing the San Antonio crowd via different routes next time. He declares Menard a San Antonio town and thanks the visitors for a cordial welcome. The piece also notes a cannery expansion aim and praises Gillespie County fruits and meats, plus news of Miss Effie Entemann earning a gold medal at a San Antonio hospital graduation.
A first person account from Ft Madison recalls witnessing a hanging and argues over capital punishment as applied to Orrie Cross. The piece questions juvenile crime, moral responsibility, and society’s complicity, weighing deterrence, religious arguments, and calls for firmer gun and narcotics laws amid late 1940s era debates.
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