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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1941
Page
16
The readable fragments show garbled letters and partial terms, offering no clear person, place, date, or event to summarize. It appears as a corrupted OCR line rather than a coherent historical item.
County Clerk Henry H. Holly reports March births favor girls with four more girl births than boy births. Two girls were twins born to a local Mexican family. Male deaths outpaced female deaths with seven men dying to four women. Ten marriage licenses were issued in the month.
Buttons return as fashion accessories with coats dresses hats scarves and bags. clips pins brooches zipper pulls gauntlet gloves and jewelry options appear. Military pins bracelets and earrings emerge as trends with lighter spring versions noted at Fredericksburg Drive-In.
The Doss Home Demonstration Club met March 20 at Mrs. John Dittmar's home to view a six cornered rose arbor planned as an outdoor living room. Uprights, trellis, and climbing roses will create a fragrant covered space with flagstone flooring.
District 40 welfare workers and old age assistance representatives gathered at Gillespie Courthouse for an all day meeting led by district supervisor J Luther Watson The session covered policies procedures and mechanics of welfare work across Bandera Blanco Gillespie Kendall Kerr Kimble Llano Mason McCullough and Menard counties Attic conversion ideas and home improvement tips followed from contractor guidance.
A solid truckload of Norge equipment including an electric range washer hot water heater and refrigerator was sold to a single customer by Kolmeier and Klier Co local agents for the appliance line. In the photo the sellers are Emil Kolmeier and Harry Land with Robert Moritz to the right.
The Annual Clean-Up and Fire Prevention Week runs April 4 to 12 in Texas. State and city campaigns, led by the Texas Department of Health and Texas Fire Insurance Commission, aim to reduce fire losses, improve public safety and sanitation. Communities will clean alleys, parks, and vacant lots, control malaria, and emphasize home maintenance to boost safety and property values.
Attendees at the funeral in New Braunfels on Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cameron and family, Miss Else Walter, Mrs. Adolph Meckel, Mrs. Annie Blum, and Mrs. Emma Schaefer.
Mrs Walter Hopf and Mrs L W Wendel underwent operations on March 31 at a local hospital. Charles Ahrens had an operation on April 1. Granville Porter fractured his left leg after a fall from a fence Monday. Edwin Priess welcomed a son on April 2. Hiram Walton suffered scratches and bruises and was briefly unconscious after a fall from a pole at Hahn Brothers ranch near Doss. Mrs Rubin Bernhard had an operation on April 2.
A wife vents frustration as her husband returns home intoxicated after a day of mishaps including a burst pipe and a broken mirror. The exchange captures a tense domestic moment.
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