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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
3
Ford Motor Company announces daily extraction and sale of benzol from blast furnace coke ovens near Detroit Michigan. Public station offers 26 000 gallons on hand with 300 000 gallons sold to date. Benzol blends with gasoline for now and shows higher conductive power but cannot yet replace gasoline.
Ronald Hotson Constance Gostick and Solomon Yoder reported on their June visits to families of 579 German prisoners who labored with the Mission in France. Each man received twenty marks per day worked, with about one third still unemployed, and relief funds totaling 14,000 marks aided hard-hit households amidst Germany’s post coup chaos. American Friends Service Committee. S. A. Light, June 7.
June 9 1920 Austin Texas Prominent university student Austin resident Grady Fuller of Center connected with the United States Engineers office at Port Arthur served as government inspector of jetty construction at Sabine in 1919 He has since been a student assistant in the School of Physics at the University of Texas Fuller holds many honors including Ramsham Literary Society Tau Beta Pi Newman Club Pteropod Social Club North American Association of Engineers and leadership roles in the senior engineers and intra mural baseball teams He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in June 1920 and is among 411 graduates honored at the University of Texas commencement.
From the Junction Eagle two incidents are recorded. On June 1, Kennon 23 and Beasley 25 died when a horse fell on them at Beasley ranch. On June 2, John Phillips accidentally shot himself and his sister Ola after killing a rattlesnake. he is slightly injured while Ola is seriously hurt. Medical aid was summoned promptly.
An ad lists an almost new Dodge with about 4000 miles and a 1917 Model Ford. It also advertises a Cotton Chopper at Carter & Weyrich and a Niagara All in One Powder Sprayer. Local services include brake linings by Reybestos and blacksmith work by Felix W. Maier with same day completion.
Local seller advertises Brunswick and Savage tires at old price while supply lasts. Listing notes quantity and location at 267, inviting quick purchase before stock runs out.
Classified note lists two Ford Touring Cars 1917 and 1918 models, one Dart 1917, one Harley Davidson motorcycle, all in first class condition. Adds a 36 to Fredericksburg Auto Co address, new piano boxes for Mrs. M. A. Kowert, and a cheap sale offer despite garbled text.
A four and a half year old boy Charles Malloy Jr. was found crushed beneath a bale of cotton in the R. S. Crain gun yard. He disappeared about eight and the crowd grew after a search. A bale tipped on a slope is blamed though exact cause remains conjecture. San Saba Mar.
Comfort Texas dated June 7 1920 reports L F Dakin and child Jett Sunday moving to San Antonio from 434 Cumberland Road Mrs Dora Cunningham Jeft plans San Antonio relocation and Oscar Lich's son born May 28 Miss Lizzie Biermann dies Camp Latota Lot children arrived Camp Idlewilde opens June 1 Mrs Chas Fellbaum and Mrs Lindner host farmers party Five hundred and bridge were paved and a lawn party hosted for teachers by Eva Ledbetterr with guests including D H
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