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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1949
Page
9
A historic note recalls Thomas A. Edison publishing the first newspaper aboard a moving train. The reminder hints at romance and social notices, urging readers to send Gibson Greeting Cards via Fredericksburg Publishing Co. for weddings and anniversaries.
St Mary's Glee Club of thirty five girls travels to Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio on Thursday March 24 to perform Jubilate Deo by Weiss Reilly with Miss Dorothy Stein on piano. The group will join massed choruses in the annual Glee Club Festival.
The article traces Fredericksburg’s electric system from the 1896 50th anniversary of the Wilke plant to 1947. It names owners such as Stehling Pfeil Beckmann and Wilke, describes the 1921 Wilke Light plant fire, 1922 public power service, and 1926 city takeover by Central Power and Light, then Lower Colorado River Authority and finally the city. It notes wartime expansion limits, load growth from 530 to 1040 kilowatts, and new equipment and meters as the system expanded with the city’s needs.
H. M. Shevnan of Chicago will be at the Brazilmar Hotel Taylor Texas Friday April 1 from 9 A M to 4 P M to demonstrate The Zoetic Shield. He claims the method holds rupture and improves circulation without straps or medicines and offers free demonstrations, especially inviting incisional hernias.
Kerrville resident Bob Helmke aged 32 shot his wife Inez Elizabeth Helmke 32 three times with a .45 pistol and then killed himself. Two small children witnessed the incident as Justice of the Peace Virgil Storms ruled homicide and death by own action. Sheriff Earl Garrett identified the shooter and noted the victims.
The City of Gillespie County headquarters have traveled through multiple sites from the second story of the county’s first court house to the Wieser Building, Beckmann Building, the Hirsch Brothers space, and the Old Courthouse. Last week officials moved to the Municipal Building across the street from the original starting point.
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