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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
4
Robt Pennizer listed as Editor and Manager with B T Gliddon serving as Assistant Editor in the masthead. The note records the newspaper staff positions.
San Antonio imposes the strictest Food Administration rules on flour sales. Each person may buy only six pounds of flour per month, with half a pound per leaf of bread. Buyers must declare purchases from all stores and certify no extra flour elsewhere, under threat of license revocation for merchants and enforcement by Secret Service agents. The aim is to support Allied needs and prevent starvation among women and children.
Three men return from Menard when their car overturns on the Brady Coleman Road about 1 30 pm near Brady. Driver W L Robbins is bruised, W A Scarborough is dead, Jim Boyd of Bangs Brown County is injured with doubtful recovery. Witness says speed 40 50 mph, car skidded, flipped, trapping driver.
Real estate ad offers an irrigated farm in Menard County for purchase. W R Barrier, real estate agent at Menard Texas, invites buyers to quit worrying about the vain and consider the property.
Howell Smith of McKinney, president of the Texas Bankers Association, urges banks to stock and sell Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps. He argues they are safe, dividend paying investments that build thrift, boost national effort, and increase bank deposit growth, citing England’s thrift campaign as a model.
Citizens urged to buy War Savings Stamps to speed victory. A thrift-minded message emphasizes that purchasing stamps at home aids soldiers in France and boosts local quota achievement. It promotes prudent saving and patriotic investment as an effective wartime duty.
The sprocket style appeal explains War Savings and Thrift Stamps as small bonds that fund the U S war effort. It highlights price changes from four to four and a quarter dollars, four percent interest, and redemption values on January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1918. It urges regular investment for thrift, patriotism, and national prosperity.
An appeal asks if children in your household are learning thrift through War Savings Stamps. It questions whether they are being guided to invest wisely, with the promise that dimes today grow into future security.
Secretary of the German American Body opposes Kultur spread as hearings on a dissolution bill unfold. Adolph Timm testifies that he opposed Kultur, supports former president Dr. C J Hexamer, and denies backing pan German propaganda or the Kaiser's Kultur slogan amid probing of loyalty claims.
New Braunfels Texas March 14 The drug store of H Schumann was robbed Tuesday night by breaking a glass panel of a rear door. Loss estimated at 110 dollars including fountain pens change stamps and other articles. Officers have no clues at this time.
Luling Texas March 1 Caldwell County of Defense members appeared before the Commissioners Court and secured 3500 for arms and ammunition for home guard units. Guns may be bought at cost or kept until the war ends then returned to court.
Austin March 14 C Weaver was convicted in Travis County Crime District Court of murdering T B Mason, a janitor at Bridge Public School, and was sentenced to death. Mason, a dairy worker, went to the school to collect a milk bill of a small amount, a quarrel over which led to the shooting and Mason’s death moments later.
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