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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
6
Each precinct votes listed with specific sites and presiding judges. The long list names precinct locations from Peters Hall to Advance Motor Co and names numerous judges and assistants.
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Wm L Bierschwale son of Mr and Mrs Max Bierschwale spends leave with his parents in Fredericksburg He has served in the navy since June 7 1939 arriving May 9 and plans to stay until May 25 before returning to USS Maryland now in dry dock at Bremerton Washington
Staff Sergeants C E Kneese and C C Kneese both married yesterday at the home of their parents in Fredericksburg. The service joined them to Miss Dora Lee Ersch and Miss Myrtle Bridges with Rev O F Kattner officiating. The brothers enlisted in the Air Corps in 1939 and advanced together to staff sergeant.
Palace Package Store moves from Palace Theatre Building to the former Central Power and Light site at West Main and North Llano. Melton Keller, proprietor, awaits State Liquor Board permit before opening. Expansion includes more liquor storage, loading space, and a soda fountain.
Fredericksburg dry goods merchants join the eleventh National Cotton Week as Governor O Daniel proclaims the period May 16 to 24. Trade groups growers processors and retailers sponsor programs to boost cotton use with 150 000 participating stores this year and a national domestic cotton consumption near 6 to 10 million bales. Local shops Knopp and Metzger Juenke and Schoenewolf and Norman Brothers advertise in the Standard during the observance.
The Clean-up Committee calls on all citizens to continuously maintain and improve premises after a city drive. They cite remaining tasks such as weekly yard cleanups, sealing posts, disposing of cans and tires, treating cisterns, removing dilapidated fences, and filling abandoned wells to prevent hazards. Authorities warn action will follow on reported conditions.
Burglars shattered the rear door to raid Kallenberg’s Pharmacy at Main and North Adams stealing morphine valued around 50 dollars from the narcotic cabinet. The theft is linked to two similar robberies in Mason and Keidel’s Drug Store as officers, aided by the U S Narcotic Bureau, investigate a possible local narcotics theft ring.
Advertisement for a drive in station promoting the Standard, urging best results from General Tires and Tubes. Mentions Frederickburg locale and Rubin Crenwelge as proprietor.
A saying contrasts a poor man’s worry over his next meal with a millionaire’s anxiety about his last. The quip highlights how financial status shapes daily fears and ultimate fate concerns.
The Advance Motor Company announces the opening of a Firestone Accessory Store in their lower Main Street building. The department, tied to the Ford Dealership, offers tires tubes and a wide range of auto accessories plus sporting goods household goods batteries radios bicycles and lawn tools in an inviting showroom setting. Grand opening advertised in this issue.
Francis Haag, son of Rev. and Mrs. Theo Haag, was named a candidate for the bachelor of science degree in pharmacy at the University of Texas. Dean W. F. Gidley announced the June graduation list from the school.
Al Maas proprietor of the General Appliance Company announces his appointment as authorized White Sewing Machine representative for Fredericksburg and Gillespie County. The White machine, built since 1876, features an exclusive buttonhole make attachment. Maas and staff offer demonstrations by appointment.
Fredericksburg Publishing Co reports a Markwei tapues device capable of stapling or pinning as many as 60 sheets in a single operation.
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