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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1926
Page
27
Local office urges visitors to view and purchase Gillespie County History volumes before they sell out, noting strong demand and limited remaining copies.
A Carolina man questions the origin of Bull Durham and George Washington in the same state. The writer explains he writes ads not history, noting the American Tobacco Company’s insistence on not revealing origins and that ads pay more than telling history.
The writer admits misnaming the Carolina in the article, saying North Carolina and South Carolina would be upset. A playful aside claims Southern readers remember such slips and teases another piece in the paper soon.
An enduring argument for life insurance contrasts today with pre 1907 practice under Robertson's law in Texas. The piece highlights tax contributions to state funds, policy loans, cash values, and protection for dependents, urging careful agent conduct and presenting a $10,000 estate vs policy comparison with disability benefits and rapid payout to heirs.
An Exchange item recalls old customs and manners from a bygone era. It mentions coffee boiled with egg settling, side saddle riding, brass toe boots, blunt preacher truth, noon rituals, and neighborly interest, along with social norms and everyday life details.
Radio sets phonographs pianos and musical instruments available at First Class Pianos near Travelers Cafe. E B Keenan of 8 A Music Co invites customers to leave name and address to receive monthly lists of records and player rolls by mail.
On April 10 1926 at 2 00 PM a public cash auction will sell the described Dodge Touring Car State License 64030 Motor 937274 left for repair by an unnamed Mexican whose name and address are unknown. charges total 26 95 plus 25 cents daily storage and sale costs to satisfy the debt with sale in Fredericksburg Gil lespie County Texas.
Mr Hart, gloomy but hopeful, cleans up and sings through dinner. He ends with washing the dishes, while his wife laments a string of mishaps at home. Worth Jr and Dan fight at school, Mary tears her dress, and the husband returns drunk to cap a chaotic day.
Marble Falls report recalls Granite Mountain near here once sold for a pony. The 640 acre site fed Texas capitol and Galveston jetties granite. Plans now foresee shipping about $500000 worth of granite to New York for the Roosevelt Memorial with a polishing plant to be built locally. W D Clark of New York will direct shipments.
A cyclone Tuesday night blew away the post office building at Vincent in Hardin County Texas. C C Tate, postmaster at Vincent, reports the loss to the Austin postal inspector. Finder urged to advise authorities.
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