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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1924
Page
4
D. R. Schumacher is listed as Managing Editor and William Habenicht as Business Manager in the Fredericksburg Texas post office matter record. The entry notes second class mailing status and Fredericksburg as the city of matter filing.
A northern town debate urges truthful court verdicts over punishing for related offenses. Observations critique prosecution bias, insist drivers should be convicted of intoxication or proven not guilty, and call for legislative and judicial clarity on intoxicated driving. The second item reports Public School Auxiliary actions including play nights, domestic science budget cuts, and library hours.
The text argues that intoxicated men on highways endanger public welfare and should be prevented by moral and legal means. It discusses punishment options such as jail prison fines or revoking driving rights, aiming to reduce or stop offenses.
Miss Margaret Kott left for Palestine on an early Thursday visit. Hilmar Schaetter and family returned from New Braunfels. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Otto McDougall died last Thursday. Wm Penner of Bandera and relatives visited Fredricksburg earlier this week. Mrs. Peter Metzger Ella Metzger and J W Metzger visited the Capitol city. Cherry Mt school picnic set for Saturday June 23. J A Thomas of San Angelo, state senate candidate, paid a visit last Tuesday. Doss Community crops look good. a light shower could boost growth.
Heinz Ostrow returned from a trip to his sister Sylvia in San Antonio where she is taking piano lessons. Mrs H A Odom and daughter Juanita, with Misses Annye Hason and Katie Cardwell of Johnson City, paid a pleasant call last Tuesday. Last Sunday Kerrville defeated the Giants 5 to 0 on Kerrville’s diamond.
L Kott & Co delivered four touring cars and one roadster last week. H F Fritz of Bell County is visiting relatives and friends in Fredericksburg. The people are working hard to keep the hoppers down and are having good success.
Miss Lola Gold visits relatives in San Antonio. Otto Saenger family plans to restore Fredericksburg home from Dallas after five years away. Tivydale beat Kotts Garage 12 to 9. Kott families take a Mason County pleasure trip. Schult Bakery opens Saturday June 21. Ben Kneese family returns from San Antonio Seguin Medina Lake trip. Chas Schroeder Floresville group travels west. Pearl Bode in Houston Baptist Sanatorium returns home. Col A C Kennedy Blum Blum visit Kerrville. Blum and Weidenfeller tour San Antonio and Laredo. Louise Mathiesen stationed at Ft. Sam Houston spends weekend with parents.
Blum Bros return from San Antonio with machinery for a modern vulcanizing plant to be set up at their business. Mr. Max G. Eckert and family and Miss Selma Eckert depart for an extended northbound trip, likely two months, by auto via Austin Fort Worth Dallas. A Fredericksburg Fourth of July celebration invites friends from distant places to spend the weekend on July 4 to 6.
The Keyser building on upper Main Street has been remodelled and is now complete. It will be occupied by the Schneider Produce Co. in the near future.
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