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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1921
Page
1
A Red Cross course is announced with instructors A. W. Moursund and H. M. Harrington leading sessions. The provider is Moursund and Harrington, offering instruction on lifesaving and emergency care.
A notice explains arrears statements are mailed to subscribers to protect both parties and comply with advance payment laws. It also announces Red Cross nutrition courses led by Miss Katherine Mitchell starting Friday May 27 with daily sessions, and offers home and school outreach in the Otto Meurer building.
Local readers and subscribers list names from San Antonio Kerrville Llano Fredericksburg and nearby Texas towns. Reports mention a school superintendent change at Moulton and Jourdanton, a jailed ex soldier on highway duty in Fredericksburg, and the Fort Worth Star Telegram moving to a new million dollar home with an upcoming opening. An American Railway Express agent faces embezzlement charges in Uvalde.
The Louis Jordan Post will honor Memorial Day with graveside ceremonies at the city cemetery at four o clock led by Rev J H Harris former army chaplain and post member Major Estill will give a Civil War veterans address. Public invited. Flanders Poppies sale by the American Legion supports wounded WWI orphans and silk replicas. St Louis jordan remains due for burial with full military honors at the Court House. Public ex service members urged to join in uniform or not. Public School Auxiliary extends library hours through summer with Mr Bittner in charge Saturdays 9 to 12. St Marys School program at Peters Opera House featured German and English songs and plays. School session ends Tuesday. Frederick Frederick Public School defects linked to poor building conditions per Miss Pearl Hyer nurse.
April 11 a son to Mr and Mrs Alonzo Faught. April 30 a son to Mr and Mrs Carl Moritz. May 5 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Arthur Sagebiel. May 17 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Edwin Fischer. May 18 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Hy W Bierschwale.
Deaths listed May 12 to May 18 include August Marshall 62 years 5 months 1 day Sidney Chase Beaver 2 or 6 days Ily White 76 years 3 months 28 days. Bank closures on Decoration Day. Local social notes: F E Crouch of Taylor visited Fredericksburg. a carload of black Angus Muley calves shipped by D A and E H Riley. Verdie Kettner plans San Marcos Summer School then University next fall. Attorney F J Brandes left for Mississippi on legal business and aims to return by Sunday to settle Fredericksburg as home. Commentary on Fredericksburg schoolhouse.
Residents of the Bad Woods community in Red River County resist tick control, prompting J. B. Boog-Scott livestock chairman to report citizen indignation to Governor Neff seeking Rangers. Sim Fire, believed to have started in a restaurant, damaged three buildings in Temple with losses over 50,000 dollars, while a Dallas blaze ruined the Elm Harwood Pacific Olive block except Winn Furniture, with damages from 400,000 to 500,000 dollars.
Brick and lumber cars lie on the ground for the Kingsville Cotton Mill erection. Walls reach several feet high, steel is on hand for roof framing and joists. The mill and machinery are expected to be ready for opening early fall. Natural gas, abundant in the local field six miles southeast, will fuel operations.
Governor Pat M. Neff awarded diplomas to 146 graduates after Theodore H. Price of New York City gave the commencement address on the A&M College of Texas campus. President W. B. Bizzell announced the 1921 scholastic year concluded with solemn remarks.
Brig. Gen. Horatio G. Gibson the oldest living graduate at Nest Point and the army’s oldest rear officer marked his 94th birthday on Monday. Brig. Gen. David S. Gordon also observed his 89th birthday. Both served extensively on border duty with Gibson a veteran of the Mexican War.
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