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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1926
Page
7
Social calendar features visits among Menard and San Antonio families. UT Austin notes, Seguin Lutheran College events, and numerous card parties at the Nimitz Hotel hall with prizes, refreshments, and a busy fall social season.
New Orleans October 6 sixty million dollars from the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank is offered to Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana cotton farmers via cooperative marketing bodies and agricultural credit groups to aid orderly marketing. The scheme allows access through cotton growers associations or agricultural credit bodies with borrowing power up to ten times capital stock.
Messrs Harry Eckhardt and Edgar Stroeher undertook a business trip to San Antonio on Monday of this week to discuss official matters and potential arrangements with local partners.
The Public School Auxiliary will hold its next regular meeting Friday afternoon October 15 at the Public School building instead of Friday October 8. Mr. Will Stevens of San Antonio died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. He is a cousin of Mrs. Hy Maier and known to many people in the city.
Last Sunday a large number of friends and relatives surprised Mrs Ben Fiedler on her birthday. A bounteous supper was followed by a dance.
Mr and Mrs Harry Heimann of Meusebach Creek celebrate birthday anniversaries with the Singing Club Columbia of which he is a member. A Kitchenkook Oil Store representative will demo at Kolmeier Klier Co store Tuesday October 12 inviting all to attend. See another column for the notice.
Mr William I Bothe and Miss Elizabeth Beck Mr Nowlin Althaus and Miss Bertha Horlen appear in a society wedding notice listing couples and their names for a local social column.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Althaus on October 3. The family named the newborn and celebrated the arrival of their child.
Mrs Henry Klinksick died March 28 at age 53. Willie Henke died February 23 at age 56.
At Fort Worth on October 6, the bones and 350 pound hide of “Old Bill” the big rhino from Barnum and Bailey Ringling Brothers theater were prepared for shipment to Yale University’s Peabody Museum. Thomas A. James cleaned and disjointed the skeleton and readied the hide for display in two exhibits. The specimen measured 11 feet 2 inches not counting the tail.
A corporal recalls a misheard drill sergeant remark about a private. The private clarifies the phrase did not insult but suggested a hat and a woodpecker. The exchange highlights miscommunication during training.
Murphy, elated by presenting triplets, invites visitors including Hogan to view the brood. Hogan, inspecting the offspring, notes a particularly healthy one and jokes about keeping it. A discharged clerk returns to the boss, who questions the reason after reading a letter claiming he was fired.
County Agent Ehlenger conducted a business trip to Houston during the latter part of the week to coordinate outreach and inspect program operations.
Mr. Harry Reichenau underwent an appendix operation at the local sanitarium on Friday afternoon this week.
Sunday and Monday October 10 and 11 mark the last chance to see Rudolph Valentino in The Conquering Power at the Empire Fredericksburg. The film promises romantic backdrops glamorous settings and thrilling drama combined with artistic worth.
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