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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1925
Page
9
The message asserts that advertising in the Standard will yield strong results with a bonafide subscription list of 1750. It notes sworn circulation figures backing the reach and value of ad purchases.
In September 1875 a West India hurricane struck Indianola Calhoun County Texas. The storm wrecked homes, flooded streets, and killed many on Matagorda Peninsula while two prisoners in the courthouse helped rescue drowning victims. The narra tor recounts rescues by William Taylor Joe Blackburn D W Hatch Jr and Captain Nichol s family and notes the town’s subsequent decline in confidence and rebuilding efforts.
The 1886 Indianola storm, more violent than 1875, ripped railroad rails from ties and hurled them into Powder Horn Lake. Fewer casualties due to fewer residents, and most inhabitants fled, leaving Port Lavaca as the county seat again with one old resident remaining.
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