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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1918
Page
3
Texas Extends Wheatless Period to Next Harvest
The Texas wheatless period is extended from June 1 to the next harvest due to acute wheat shortages. Governor Peden wires Hoover to continue wheatless observance, citing sacrifice for Allies, with Southwestern Milling division aiding state efforts and mills outside Texas instructed to stop shipping flour into the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Hoover
Peden
Ian
Southwestern Milling Division
Texas Mills
Mr Hoover Appreciation Telegram Sent to Texas Supporters
Mr Hoover expresses deep appreciation for Texas residents pledging wheatless efforts until the next crop. He says their action will inspire the nation and urges similar action through churches and organizations on May twenty sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Texas
Proclamation on Licenses Under 1918 Food Act in Texas
Houston May 16 1918. Hugo Kallenberg Texas Food Administrator informed that President Wilson signed a proclamation requiring licenses for several food and commodity firms and associations by June 1. It lists packers of tuna and salmon, poultry and egg packers, cotton seed handlers above 20 tons annually, cotton seed hull dealers, and alcohol beverage manufacturers. Most retailers and farmers are exempt. Applications must be made in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Hugo Kallenberg
Fredericksburg
Uw Wilson
The
Food Administration
Washington
Congress
The Great American Dollar Has a Great American Heart
Poem of wartime propaganda praising the dollar as a helper to the Red Cross. It traces the dollar from toil to wartime aid, urging enlistment of funds to support wounded soldiers and the war effort.
Third Liberty Loan totals and fatal dispute report
The Third Liberty Loan reached $4,170,019,650 with about 17,000,000 subscribers, oversubscribing by 39 percent. Treasury officials hailed the result as the strongest yet, despite taxes raised since the Second Loan. A separate report notes a deadly family dispute over a line fence, with R. Riley shot dead and Mrs. Riley wounded. The source cites regional oversubscription, with Minneapolis at 172 percent and New York at 124 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve District
Treasury
Federal Reserve
United States
McAdoo
Minneapolis
New York
Explosion Death Toll at Aetna Plant Near Pittsburg
Fifty six people are dead and ninety four injured after nine explosions wrecked the Aetna Chemical Company plant at Oakdale, sixteen miles from Pittsburg. Thirty one employees are missing as investigators continue to search the debris amid blue brown smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Aetna Chemical Company
Oakdale
Ten Year Old Boy Fires After Parents Shot Near Sunset
International News Service reports that near Sunset, Texas, a ten year old boy named Bob Riley opened fire after witnessing his father and mother shot dead in their home. Buckshot struck Robert Walton in the chest as authorities investigated the violent incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Fort Worth
Tex
Sunset
Here
Bob Riley
Robert Walton
Soldier Drowns on Bosque River Near Waco
Private Fred Horrick, 25, of the 616th Aero Squadron, drowned while boat riding on the Bosque River near Waco Texas yesterday. His body was recovered in the afternoon. His father Basil Horrick of Koshovwolyn Russia could not be reached. Funeral services were held this afternoon and the body shipped to San Antonio for interment in the National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Bosque River
Fred Horrick
616Th Aero Squadron
A. 8
Hovricck
Basil Hovrick
Koshovwolyn
Russia
San Antonio
National Cemetery
Thoroughbred Delano Merino Raims for sale
A thoroughbred Delano Merino Raims is offered for sale at 38 William Roeder Jr in White Oak Gillespie County Texas. The listing cites location and seller details for potential buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano Merino Raims
Election Notice for Gillespie County Hog and Livestock Run At Large
The Gillespie County Commissioners Court orders an election for June 29 1908 to decide if hogs goats and sheep may run at large in Pocket School District No 34. Boundaries described through a chain of property tracts and grantees. This action stems from a petition by Emil Fiedler et al. and lists numerous survey numbers and owners along the subdivision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gillespie
A. D
Commissioners’ Court
Gillespie County
Emil Fiedler
Towit
Pocket School District
N. W. Cor
Sur
N. Line
S. M
S. Grantee
Ss. BE. Turner
Cor
N. E. Cor
M. E. Cor
H. E
T. Ry. Co
Kk. Cor
T. Brockmann
W. Cor
Johan Russworm
N. FE. Cor
T. Hyde
S. E. Cor
David Ness
Election to ban livestock at large in Gillespie County
An order by County Judge A H Krieese of Gillespie County Texas calls for an election on June 29, 1918 at Pocket School House to decide if hogs goats and sheep may run at large in the described subdivision. Albert Kramer and Wim Fuhrmann named election judges with Kramer as presiding judge. Voters must be freeholders within the subdivision and hold qualified Texas voter status. Ballots will read Per the Stock Law for restricting livestock or Against the Stock Law to allow it. Return of results to the County Judge within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Walker
N. E. Cor
Said Sur
N. W. Cor
Sur
J .P. Spencer
S. E. Cor
Z. T. Fowler
S. B. Turner
H. E
W. T. Ry. Co
S. E. Turner
A. Hl. Krieese
Gillespie County
Texas
Albert Kramer
Wim, Fuhrmann
Fredericksburg
A. D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vard
MR. Hoover
Kb. A. Peden
Federal
Thrist
Good
Evil
Land of the
Free
William Gerard Chapman
Red Cross
Carl
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
R. Penniger
R. Riley
Bank OF Fredericksburg
American Bankers
Ass’n
Texas Bankers’ Ass'n
BANKS
Tempe
D. Smivu
Albert Konnnecki
MrRe Uti
USA
Walter
Aponon
Temple D. Smith
Ad. Gold
Alb. Koennecke
E. 0. Bierschwale
Texas Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
Citizens Bank
iClose
Alfred Vander Stucken
Oscar Krauskopf
WM. Bierschwale
Cashler
Soutwestern
Martin
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