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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
12
The piece notes farmers face a farming crisis as exchange value of products lags, with parity slipping from 1910-14 to 1932 and rising to 77 percent by 1939. It argues parity measures farm income by what it can buy, not by commodity prices, as a key factor in solving farm problems.
Mr and Mrs Elijah Bergman Round Mountain and other families visited in Johnson City on Saturday. Residents from Round Mountain Sandy and Carta Valley dropped by for weekend or daylong visits including Burns Burnet and Cypress Mills areas. Various individuals and families toured local homes, joined relatives, or underwent medical procedures with wishes for speedy recoveries.
Juenke, longtime Fredericksburg businessman and civic figure, led local efforts from the fire department modernization in 1923 to the Jubilee celebration of the city in 1923. He served as president of the Social Turn Verein and was a loyal Concordia singer, bass in local bands for 50 years, and a Lutheran Church trustee. His sons Eric and Perry assist in the family grocery and dry goods business.
An old advertisement claims CARDUI eases functional dysmenorrhea by improving digestion and reducing distress. It suggests taking the remedy a few days before and during the menstrual period and touts 50 years of popularity.
Local families visit relatives in Luckenbach and nearby towns. Several trips to Llano Pedernales Dam and Buchanan Dam are noted, with fishermen reporting 35 pounds of fish caught and multiple San Antonio visits among residents and guests.
Freeman Ford ad promotes General Tires and Tubes at the Fredricksburg Drive-In Station operated by Rubin Crenwelge Prop with prop 32tf noted in the listing.
The piece urges Americans to maintain normal business activity as the nation stabilizes, stressing that industry supports defense needs, sustains workers, and preserves prosperity. It highlights the value of American products, agricultural staples, and a robust financial system with reserves and strong management as essential to national security.
The message urges steady business operations and calm leadership to aid government preparedness for eventualities, emphasizing sane thinking as the safeguard of peace and sound national commerce.
An exhibition with local youths from the San Antonio Club is noted at Gillespie County Fair. Pressler serves as president of San Antonio Gas Mode and recently became a scientific member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. The spring Pressler and a San Antonio aviator toured Fredericksburg for the Fredericksburg 44 School Annual.
Fragments describe racing machine ribs and paper in Fredericksburg Publishing Co paper call. The item hints at a local production note or advertisement with references to machinery and printing materials.
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