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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1929
Page
13
Government authorities suggest under favorable conditions a single male and female fly pair may yield over 50.5 trillion offspring in one season. The ad promotes FLY-TOX from Mellon Institute research with simple bottle instructions and a perfume-like scent, claiming safety and effectiveness for all household insects.
Kerrville Texas hosts the dedication of Louis Schreiner Airport with over 5,000 attendees. Army planes from Kelly Duncan and Dodd Fields join civilian flights from San Antonio and Houston as Brig. Gen. Lahm designates the field a primary cross country Army field. The Schreiner family long praised for local gifts, with ceremonies, concerts, and a Blue Bonnet Hotel luncheon.
A bandit robbed the Majestic ticket booth of 263 dollars at 9 30 p m and was shot and wounded in a chase by two policemen. The robber, who used a 44 caliber bull dog pistol, gave names Ralph Stuart then Ralph Tuart and claimed Louisville Ky as home. He was captured after a pursuit beside the theatre and taken to hospital. Edith Williams, the window witness, had the money recovered. This incident recalls a prior 1927 theatre robbery and killing linked to Roscoe Wilson and Bob Silver.
A wealthy man dies and is approached by a persistent salesman's ghostly punchline about a promised appointment in heaven. The salesman recalls pestering him in life and lunges into the joke that the afterlife billing continues.
Chicago. Thelma Brewerton, a Clarence Missouri waitress who funded four years at the University of Chicago, failed to graduate by one hour of credit. After news, she visited the Indiana sand dunes to escape grief, collapsed from heart trouble and died.
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