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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
9
An advertorial claims Konjola, a new liquid medicine, cures rheumatism neuritis and digestive ailments by acting on stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It promises quick relief and enables many to walk without aids, with its rollout starting today at Central Drug Store in Fredericksburg.
Dwight W. Morrow declares support for repealing the 18th Amendment and favors a constitutional amendment to restore state power over liquor policy while maintaining federal enforcement to curb cross border and interstate traffic. He argues for a federal state balance and warns against returning the saloon, calling for constitutional change and lessons from temperance history.
Mrs J A Waddell of Bandera Pass area near Kerrville suffered two rattlesnake bites while in her garden. She fainted en route to safety, was treated in Comfort with snake bite serum within an hour, and blood tests reportedly killed a guinea pig.
Sheriff J T Moore raided a thicket within a mile of Kerrville city limits and seized nearly 1000 bottles of beer. Officers hauled the haul to the courthouse. the contents smelled of lemon julep despite green and yellow caps. No arrests or docketed cases were listed.
College Station May 17 A&M College entomologist R R Reppert reports grasshoppers may become a serious pest in 1930. They are found in alarming numbers in Bexar Kendall Fayette Navarre and McCulloch counties with rains fueling potential damage to cotton corn and other crops. If dry weather continues through June hoppers may move from pastures to fields. Control advised includes poison bran mash using bran Paris green or arsenic molasses and water, broadcast to cover five acres and reach margins and adjacent pastures.
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports motor taxes totaling 390 million dollars for 1929 and notes 5 677 500 motor vehicles on farms. The edition lists costs per mile, life of vehicles, regional registration gains, and rural school bus fleets across the United States. Nevada leads in trucks per population. the District of Columbia shows the largest registration gain. 1 032 large communities sustain local bus service.
Kerrville Texas May 17 a copy of a 1861 letter by a Kerr County schoolmaster recalls pioneer days with settlers amid Indians and preachers carrying six shooters in churches. The writer George A Staples notes winter teaching near Guadalupe headwaters and a visit to the Alamo.
Admission policy shows adults pay 25 cents for the program at night while children under 14 enter free. The note delineates pricing and age-based access.
Imogene, age three years nine months, accidentally shot herself in the head with a pistol while playing with a pistol in the grandparents’ car. Doctors say recovery is unlikely as the family, from Shawnee Oklahoma, settled in Beeville yesterday after arrival Friday afternoon.
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