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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment references a Mexican Christian figure and a control matter. It mentions “de ge ser no salt” and hints at ideation around a residence or site. No clear event, date, or names emerge from the readable portion.
A fragmented wartime style notice touts line discipline and kidney health, promoting Dr. Pierce’s Anuric to cure uric acid buildup causing backache and rheumatic pains. It includes testimonial snippets from Mrs Quay and Marion Spencer and ends with a recipe style rice tomato pepper dish.
Recipe fragment lists ingredients for muffins using oats cornflour and oats based crust. Mentions no wheat and includes oats and oatmeal components with quantities and steps, though text is incomplete and garbled.
A compact recipe fragment lists ingredients for bread using oats and corn flour. It specifies 3/4 cup liquid 4 tablespoons fat 4 tablespoons syrup 6 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups corn flour and 1 cup ground rolled oats.
The author notes annoyance at grounds crew clipping grass with tools and advocates using a block of sheep to keep grass short and weeds down. Sheep would simplify maintenance, convert vegetation to meat and wool, and support the nation in an emergency.
Notice directs the Gillespie County sheriff to publish probate action for Rice Savory. The document is a court notice seeking probate of a will and requests publication in a general-circulation local paper. The text references the sheriff and publishing duties.
Notice of Application for Probate of Will in Gillespie County Texas. Reinhold Eckert and Henry Mohr filed for probate of Emil R. Eckert's will and letters testamentary. Hearing set at the Gillespie County Court House Fredericksburg on the first Monday in July 1915. interested parties may appear and contest. Court writ dated June 13, 1918.
The Sheriff of Gillespie County is notified to publish a notice in a general circulation newspaper. Gustave Gold and Frederick Gold have filed in the Gillespie County Court for the estate of Peter Gold Jr. deceased. The first Monday in July 1918, at the court house in Fredericksburg, is set for interested parties to appear. Failure to respond is warned. Dated June 12, 1918.
Notice of application for Letters of Guardianship of the person and estate of Madge Maurene Mueller, a minor, filed by Mrs Willie Ruby Mueller. The matter will be heard at the next term of the court commencing January.
Reading: Monday in July 1918 at Fredericksburg Court House to hear and contest miners welfare application. Return with writ endorsed. Given by order of the court on June 12 1918. (Seal Herman Usener)
By virtue of two executions issued by the Justice Court of Precinct No 1 Gillespie County Texas the sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in July 1918 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the Gillespie County Courthouse Fredericksburg Texas an undivided one seventh part of townlots 56 and 57 in block 29 with improvements on Austin Street to satisfy judgments in favor of Mathilde A Gliddon May A Gliddon against Win Probst for 234 75 and in favor of John Knopp et al against Win Probst for 200 72 plus interest and costs. Herman Ochs Sheriff and ay FLI Morgan Deputy.
A vintage rhetoric piece extols the Antibellyacher Society a tongue in cheek wartime campaign. It urges joining, discouraging bellyaching, and pledges to recruit members while funding the Red Cross through a time bound contribution. It cites the phrase to act as a forceful Americanism and notes a humorous pledge to refrain from bellyaching during the war.
International News Service reports in Washington that the House Ways and Means Committee approved a revenue bill imposing heavy taxes on all luxuries. The measure aims to broaden the tax base amid fiscal pressures and is expected to advance to full House consideration.
A fragmented notice lists members including Tempene D. Smith Apert Kopnnecki Mr Frep Walter and Ensa Walter tied to the American Bankers Association Texas Bankers Association stockholders context. The fragment lacks clear actions dates or places.
The Means Committee mapped revenue sources for a 1 billion plus budget proposing higher taxes on luxuries including automobiles and jewelry while considering a federal car license. A sporting goods executive urged lighter taxes on baseball gear. Separately, Mrs. Stokes received three espionage act sentences totaling ten years’ imprisonment to run concurrently, with Judge Van Valkenburgh denying motions for new trial and arrest of judgment.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes of New York is reported as being sentenced in Kansas City Missouri on June 1. The brief item notes her name and the city and state of the action and cites no further details of the charge or sentence outcome.
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