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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1925
Page
3
A ready made dress in orange printed crepe with white lace trim was found. The owner may redeem it at Grienke and Son's store by paying for this advertisement.
An advertisement offers Blue Star Remedy for conditions like Eczenia Itch Tetter cracked hands ringworm and other skin ailments. Central Drug Co. guarantees the product will not stain clothing and has a pleasant odor.
Narratives recount George W. Wood and Allen Killough settlers in Cherokee County in 1836 1837 encountering hostile Indians. The account details ambush killings captures of families including the Killough and Wood households and a later 1842 Comanche pursuit. Also mentions fire prevention and livestock disease measures in Texas.
Following Governor Ferguson’s telegraphic request, orders were sent to Dr. Marion Imes of the Bureau of Animal Industry to lead Texas in eradicating foot and mouth disease. The department agreed to assume full responsibility for the campaign after reviewing temporary injunctions granted to dairy interests.
The piece notes Fire Prevention Week marking 54 years since Mrs. O'Leary's cow ignited the Chicago fire and stresses that most fires are preventable through engineering and common sense. It warns that fires cost lives and money, with insurance premiums funding replacements and losses.
Three carloads of mail order catalogues arrived in Austin Friday morning for distribution to all parts of the state through the local post office, making possible wider access to goods and prices for residents.
The largest single shipment of mail from one source this year reached Austin with three box cars carrying 2755 sacks. Clerks under Adolph Koch sorted parcels at an H and T C siding for state distribution. A New York mail order firm will supply 98 898 catalogs handled through Austin. Clerks will work at railroad yards due to space limits in the post office.
San Angelo reports a foot and mouth outbreak triggers quarantines halting 160000 to 175000 sheep shipments. Most penned for Colorado and other states were stopped as Colorado moved to ban Texas rail shipments. Ranches in Crockett Sutton Schleicher Tom Green Irion Reagan feed pens and loadouts froze amid the crackdown.
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