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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
3
Advertising rates list contract terms for months of continuous service and differing pricing by line and type, with special positions priced higher. Local rates show ten cents per line for one issue and annual line counts with per line charges, plus surcharges for heavy type and special positions.
A string of public notices announces candidacies for various offices in Gillespie County and surrounding districts. Names include Martin for Representative District, Schmidt for State Senate District 89, D. C. Darroch for County Judge, H Klaerner for Sheriff and Tax Collector, Hermann Ochs for re-election as Sheriff Tax Collector, and Robert Rosenbusch for Tax Collector.
Several local notices declare candidacies for the office of Assessor in Gillespie County. Chas Schmidt Willie Heimann Jr Louis Kordzik seek re election or new terms in the upcoming November election.
An official notice announces Albert J Midt's candidacy for re election as County Treasurer of Spice County at the next bee election. The filing signals the continuation of his stewardship in county finances and governance.
The National Chamber of Commerce directs a nationwide referendum urging lawmakers to consider a joint congressional resolution. It would instruct the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad wage scales hours and related issues amid the rail traffic crisis. The committee cites a potential national calamity and seeks cooperative industry input.
Forty five days is allotted for the National Chamber railroad referendum thus a result will be known in the second week of June. The list of officials includes Charles E Faeth Dr Livingston Farrand Bishop Thomas Gailor C A Johnson E T Meredith William Fellowes Morgan A J Porter T Weed and Oliver Wilson.
A reunion of Texans in Washington was staged at the Ebbitt with the Texas delegation in Congress, the Attorney General and Postmaster General, and Texan leaders including Fort Worth Mayor and Dallas Mayor. They discussed a San Antonio 1918 expo to mark the city’s 200th anniversary and a pending federal recognition for the project, highlighted by Senator Culberson’s fiery speech.
S. W. McClinton of Brandon Springs Alabama reports his baby suffered severely from whooping cough until Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was given, after which the child recovered quickly. Obtainable everywhere.
Texas is home to 4,408 people in the printing and publishing industry with a $9,127,000 capitalInvestment across 1,067 establishments. It ranks second in newspaper counts. the Houston Telegraph founded by Gail Borden in 1836 is defunct, while the Galveston News, established 1843, is the oldest still published. The state hosts 57 foreign language papers with a combined circulation of 5,000,000 per issue.
Richard Riggs of Kerrville Texas reports relief from backache headaches and dull vision after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says the pills abort attacks when symptoms return and recommends them to others. Price five zero cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York manufactures.
Alamo Lodge No. 522 of the Fraternal Brotherhood announced by Assistant State Manager Newton H. White that San Antonio lodge defeated Dallas in the State Membership Campaign. They won a handpainted doeskin banner bearing the Order insignia to be presented by State Manager Morgan A. Duke of Dallas. A banquet honoring the manager is planned with entertainment by the Fraternal Brotherhood Baseball and Drill team.
A vintage advertisement extols Chamberlains Tablets with a red five pointed star as a health symbol. It claims the tablets provide quick relief from indigestion biliousness and constipation and are obtainable from any druggist everywhere.
Brownsville dispatch says three adjoining counties have lost track of General Jose Morin the alleged uprising plotter once arrested near San Antonio and jailed in Kingsville. Reports say Morin and Vic toriano Ponce were captured near Norias Ranch Willacy County and may have been shot during escape attempts. Authorities indicate Rangers have Morin and Ponce in custody and were to transfer them to Brownsville for questioning tied to the 1915 train wreck near here.
Morin and Ponce, handcuffed together, were found near a tree by the Norias railroad as Rangers prepared to move them west for identification. Rincones, a fence rider, identified Morin as gang leader. Doc Sterrett named Ponce as a wrecking suspect. Five railroad workers injured in a handcar crash near Pumpville were treated at Santa Rosa Hospital and expected to recover.
Advertising notice offers 7 64 or 7 64? short order meals at all hours with emphasis on family trade and dinner parties. Mentions ladies entrance on south side near Mrs Richter residence.
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