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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
6
The item lists Friday issuance and key editorial roles including R. S. Klett as Managing Editor R. E. Jordan as Sports Editor Wm. Petmecky as Feature Editor and Wm. Habenicht as Business Manager.
The excerpt notes violent deaths and solemn funerals as trouble grows when events become public. It highlights railway finance with New York Central owing 460,340 shares of the Big Four and boosting its yearly dividend to ten dollars a share, sending an extra 920,700 yearly to the company. It also mentions a Bolivian revolution said to involve Indian and Communist factions, warning of possible unrest from religious and communist beliefs.
Palace Theatre presents Sunny Side Up on Thursday and Friday featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in a sunlit, musical comedy praised as a peak in entertainment. Ken Maynard western Lucky Larkin follows on Saturday with action and romance, then Sarah and Son stars Ruth Chatterton Sunday and Monday, before The Return of Sherlock Holmes headlines Tuesday and Wednesday with Clive Brook exposing a high–stakes crime plot.
Entry filed at the Fredericksburg Texas post office as second class matter, indicating mail classification for local distribution.
The notice instructs readers to direct all communications to Fredericksburg Publishing Co. For business matters use Bookkeeper's Dept. for other issues consult Editor's Dept.
A week’s family editor notes a suspicious chain letter received by mail. The letter’s address looked odd and was opened, never reaching the intended recipient. The writer laments weak adherence to such superstitions and notes only the post office benefits from stamp sales.
A safety notice urges keeping fireworks under expert control to prevent injuries and property damage. It cites past tragedies including blindness, burns, and deaths and calls for supervised public displays and stringent precautions, especially to protect children.
Lloyd George tells MacDonald he will cooperate with the Labor party to pass legislation addressing unemployment. He questions how to balance supply and demand as hundreds of thousands remain idle and lack sufficient goods. He notes unlimited raw materials but a disconnect between workers and materials and criticizes how finance governs the economy.
A mob of about a thousand men in South Carolina shot and killed Dan Jenkins of Beaufort after two white sisters in law identified him as their attacker. The mob gathered Saturday, seized Jenkins, and fired repeatedly, despite a state National Guard mobilization attempt. An inquest was planned at Maple Ridge Church.
Harness in constant use will stand a light oil application every month or so, while all farm harness should be thoroughly cleaned and oiled, preferably twice a year.
The Houston Lighting & Power Co announces a capacity increase at its Deepwater plant to 150000 kilowatts, marking growth from the original 40000 kw installed in 1924 and a 1929 boost of 100000 kw.
Mrs Caroline Fischer Geissler 83 died suddenly of heart failure Monday at her daughter s home near Waring Texas She came to the United States as a young woman and lived here all her life Surviving are three daughters one sister a brother and several grandchildren great grandchildren Funeral was held at her daughter s home with burial in Herman Sons cemetery near the old Capt Zoeller home near Waring
Growers who used the potato weeder praise its performance and the machine was released last season. The article notes barley as the most satisfactory substitute for corn among small grains.
Western Air Express received a report from Postmaster Lunt that two Nevada sheepherders discovered the wrecked plane believed tied to missing air mail pilot Maurice Graham. The wreckage showed heavy snow impact and a parachute lay outside. Iron County officers moved to secure the site as Pilot Jimmie Jamesoula was en route from Alabama.
Adolph Treibs as Community Administrator files final account for Mina Treibs estate with request for discharge. Gillespie County Court will hear on the third Monday in July 1930 at Fredericksburg Court House. All interested parties must appear or contest the account. Stationery seal and clerk Albert E. Klett.
The world's first bale of 1930 cotton, grown near Rio Grande City in Starr County on E. J. Guerra's La Grulla farm, was ginned at Rio Grande City and weighed 445 pounds. It sold at Corpus Christi for 1.50 per pound, with a $445 bonus donated by local business men to Felipe Solis.
The Commissioner's Court of Gillespie County held a special Board of Equalization session to raise and equalize tax assessments. Readings covered Clemens Pahl 32 acres, Henry Wendel 91 acres, Edwin Hohenberger multiple parcels, Emil Halfmann 834 acres, Stein Lumber Company sites, and pipelines from Texas Pipe Line and Shell Pipe Line Corp. with adjusted rates per mile and for pump stations, totaling 233 600 dollars.
The court fixed four thousand dollars per mile for the pipeline and twenty five thousand dollars for the pump station property totaling one hundred twenty eight thousand eight hundred dollars. Bids previously advertised included P C Pressler offering cedar posts and corner posts at prices per unit with Fredericksburg delivery and Mosel Saenger Company offering similar posts at higher per unit prices. Action on the bids was deferred until the court views the offered posts. Per diem allowances of five dollars for two days were granted to each of the four commissioners before adjournment.
Tomatoes and celery are essential in a well planned family garden. Plants that are light in weight and start early tend to stop producing after a few weeks and moult.
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