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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1929
Page
8
An automobile left in gear caused $700 damage to the P and 8S Pharmacy in Corsicana Texas yesterday when the owner cranked the car parked in front of the drugstore. The car, occupied by the man's wife and children, crashed through showroom displays into the corner of the building. occupants escaped injury.
Georgetown Texas October 7 a fire gutted the interior of the E L Hardin gin causing total loss inside and severe damage to the structure. Authorities say losses may reach 50000 with partial insurance coverage.
Kerrville Texas will begin free city mail delivery on January 1 1930 per US Post Office Department communications to the Kerrville postmaster Acting First Assistant Postmaster General W R Spillman approved the inspector report from August 14 17 Carriers will be appointed from the current force with substitutes or a later examination to be held.
A Montreal Gazette quip attributes longevity to two periods without motor cars. The oldest inhabitant says for 70 years there were no cars and the last 30 years have been spent largely at home.
Washington Oct 8 A proposal by Senator Sheppard to make the buyer of liquor equally guilty with the seller was attacked by Senator Hawes who said it would create domestic discord and more informers. Hawes argued it would require officers to commit murder to catch a thief and urged extending the 18th Amendment by a new constitutional amendment. The Methodist Episcopal Church South Board of Temperance and Social Service urged Congress to enact the Sheppard bill saying buyers and sellers should be treated as enemies of home and school. They argued purchaser testimony has failed to convict sellers under current law and consistent branding of buyers would curb traffic. Curren of the association against prohibition said Congress cannot insert such a provision without nullifying the Volstead base. Hawes echoed that constitutional amendment submission could be considered later.
In Cameron Texas two women riding in a stalled automobile were struck by a Santa Fe freight train at a crossing in Larlow five miles east of town. Mrs. J W Henry 65 died in hospital a few hours after the collision. Mrs Willie Hicks was seriously injured but expected to recover.
Eagle Pass Texas October 7 local sheriffs report solving cattle thefts from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Mexican authorities arrested and jailed three men who confessed to stealing cattle and pointed to two recaptured cows. Local citizens may be implicated as investigators recover stolen horses and goods with cross border cooperation yielding further recoveries.
Kerrville resident H. Galloway aged 53 died from injuries after a car wreck on the Austin Fredericksburg Highway two miles from Kerrville. Survived by widow, parents, five sisters including Mrs. Goar and Mrs. Hudnall, and two brothers. Interment in Masonic Cemetery with service conducted by Rev. A. H. Clark and the Masonic order.
Stella asks about two wishes and Maris replies with a wish for a husband. Stella notes that is one wish and Maris says she would save the second until she sees how the husband turns out.
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