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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
6
Cameron reports a deluge of door to door sellers hawking hosiery and linoleum. A local wife bought a yard for 73 cents to cover her kitchen, a $20 bill, and the husband later learned a better quality could be had for 60 cents a yard from a furniture dealer.
The jury in Mrs. W. F. Mullens perjury indictment tied seven to five across ballots and was discharged after failing to reach a verdict. The case relates to her habeas corpus testimony in the Frank Collier matter over a forgery penitentiary term.
Preparations underway for the Eight Weeks Gas Engine Automobile and Tractor Course at A and M College College Station Texas starting June 17 and 24. Designed for power farmers and operators, the program aims to give practical working knowledge of gas engines automobiles and tractors to improve farm operations and youth futures. A special bulletin from the Agricultural Engineering Department is available upon request.
Commencement exercises at the University of Texas will align with the inauguration of President W. M. W. Splawn. The forty second annual event starts Saturday June 6 with class day reunions, June 7 baccalaureate sermon by Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, and June 8 commencement exercises at Memorial Stadium marking Splawn’s formal inauguration.
Graduates will be conferred with degrees during a formal ceremony as part of the presidential address and honors.
In Cincinnati Senator William E Borah denounces the growing reach of federal bureaucracy saying it strips citizens of home rights and privacy. He warns Washington will soon censor every private practice and relation from parent to child. Source: Texas Industrial Review.
A severe May hailstorm west of Cherokee Texas caused heavy damage. Trees lost bark, livestock including sheep pigs and chickens were killed, and most houses suffered north-side window breaks. Gardens and fruit were ruined.
Thirty-two Kansas cattlemen sue the United States for 251703.16 in federal court, alleging Bureau of Animal Industry inspectors failed to dip cattle from Texas, spreading Texas fever to Kansas herds, with nearly 8000 cattle killed or damaged.
In the Paramount production The Fighting Coward James Cruze uses pre Civil War Mississippi Railroad Co notes for gambling scenes in a Natchez hall. The film stars Ernest Torrence Mary Astor Noah Beery Phyllis Haver and Cullen Landis. Klaerner opera house shows it Sunday May 10 ad copy confirms.
Mineral Wells May 6 The seventh annual convention closed with Amarillo chosen as next meeting place. A P Dugan of Littlefield elected vice president and Jo E Bell of Fredericksburg named to the new board of directors. Ah Lee of Cisco named president succeeding Col. C C Walsh of San Angelo.
May 6 news reports officer Macey fatally shot Henning during a hold up in which five men robbed victims in rapid succession. Henning died. Graham was jailed. The pair fled in a crowded auto but were cornered. Graham surrendered. A 38 pistol, a novelty pipe pistol, four gold watches wallets and about $8 in silver were found on the deceased.
Testimony is set to begin with fifty witnesses called from across the United States and the Philippines in a federal district inquiry held in Minneapolis Minnesota. The high turnout signals a wide scope for the investigation.
A Texas special Supreme Court denied a writ of error in Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Mrs. Bessie Davis Galveston County upholding lower court rulings awarding Davis payment on her husband’s insurance. The case rested on presumed death after seven years and the Woodmen’s dispute over proof of death.
Davis disappeared after telling his wife he withdrew 4300 from the bank to pay for mules. An empty pocketbook identified as his was found near Virginia Point shortly after his disappearance.
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the case of R G Vaneel of Fort Worth who was convicted of killing his 7 day old baby. The infant was found buried near a dipping vat on the Fort Worth outskirts on Nov 11 1922 and the court ruled evidence failed to prove homicide.
An old classified-style notice promotes Pure Cane seed Milo maize Feterita Hygeria Sudan Grass at KNOPP and METZGER and urges buyers to purchase summer suits at SCHROEDER BROS with a street address 606.
Alfred Gold advertises fresh honey for sale while Stetson hats rise by one dollar in general. Sterling Bros. notes they will sell current stock of wide and narrow brim Stetsons at the old price.
The Gillespie County Commissioners Court will convene May 18 1925 at the Fredericksburg courthouse as a Board of Equalization to inspect correct and adjust the 1925 assessor’s lists and books. Albert E. Klett County Clerk署
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