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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
10
Fort Worth reports Samuel G. Bittick Jr., 13, dead from rabies two days after illness. Doctors corrected earlier verdicts, noting no bite history and a stray dog seen near the home two weeks prior. The case follows another rabies death in the same week.
Mrs. August Stelzer and daughter Evelyn 16 die after an east bound MRT train strikes a coupe carrying them for eight telegraph poles. Anna Margaret 14 is hospitalized in serious condition with a fractured leg and possible internal injuries. Eyewitnesses say view was blocked by a long string of cars and the crash was unavoidable.
Chicago May 28 Chicago school teachers must wear longer skirts under a decree by Superintendent William McAndrew. The order requires attire to be swell and suitably arranged with skirts a few inches looser and about a hand's breadth longer in classrooms.
Uvalde County Sheriff Harold Mathews, sworn in January, tracked a burglar for five months from the Mexican border toward California. In a dramatic January siege he lost three fingers but captured the suspect after a pistol shot shattered his gun hand.
Kansas City chamber of commerce will ask the post office department officials visiting Friday to establish two air mail routes into Kansas City. One line would run from El Paso through Amarillo Phoenix Tucson and Wichita, while the other would run from San Antonio via Waco Fort Worth Dallas Oklahoma City to Tulsa.
Captain James Doyle of the fishing steamer Foam reports sighting a sea serpent about 8½ miles south of Boston light ship while two weeks from South Channel banks. The creature, longer than Foam at 136 feet, resembled a gigantic eel with a barrel‑sized girth and was visible for about twenty minutes.
A large crowd gathered Tuesday night for the Paulus park and bath house season opening. Mr Paulus has cleared grounds erected a bathers’ building and installed electric lights over the park and waters. He plans lunches and cold drinks each evening, making it a pleasant riverfront spot after work.
Ernest Dannheim a Mason County native who spent seven years in Brenham Texas died May 8 at 5 55 am. He was born in Fredericksburg in 1859 and moved to Mason County with his parents at age seven living there about fifty nine years. He served as a teacher and past master and upheld Christian faith. Survived by wife and nine children with many relatives at his funeral.
August Richter of Brenham Route 8 reports cotton plants killed by root worm. Samples show tap roots bored by the insect, with worms appearing in large numbers on his farm, killing much cotton.
A barn on the J. W. Gukian farm southwest of Lockhart burned Monday night. Fire destroyed the building and a large quantity of feed harness and farming machinery. cause undetermined.
The City Garage and Implement Co announces a cylinder reboring service for all car makes with on frame boring to keep engines square and true. Ford blocks priced at 7 50 and Chevrolet, 7 50 with Dodge at 10 00, tractor work available at farmers' sites. KNOPP and METZGER buy country produce. ANNOUNCEMENT reports new filling station hours and Sunday service. Standard subscription offered.
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