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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
5
Mrs Arthur Bruckner is Editor of the Blanco County Section. Any item intended for this section may be sent to her at Johnson City not later than Tuesday of each week.
Marriage licenses issued to Herbert Darrah and Evelyn Fraser F A Lindemann and May Dearborn John E Jones and Joanna Wren. Births include a son to Edwin Deike Aug 31 1930 a son to Melvin Winters Sept 7 1930 a son to Hugo Beckmann Sept 19 1930 a daughter to Louis Haun Sept 11 1930 a daughter to Otto Crider Sept 17 1930 a daughter to Ralph Coleman Sept 11 1930.
Practical advice outlines preparing hogs for winter, providing shelter before storms, training hogs to sleep in suitable quarters, and avoiding damp bedding. It emphasizes clean dry bedding, ventilation, and feeding to maintain bowels, recommending linseed meal as a laxative aid.
Brand names Hawk Alamo and Scott showcased work clothing at Juenke and Schoenewolf store. Local shop highlighted durable fabrics and practical styles for laborers with demonstrations and in-store displays.
A large clover field benefits rotation with crops and hog movement. Prefer that corn precede clover but not essential. Follow sweet clover with a tilled crop to remove volunteer plants unwanted in the rotation.
The text outlines farm management tips including lowering laying flocks to adjust to low egg prices and to make room for growing pullets. It notes overcrowding in hog houses causing heat and damp conditions and suggests sunflowers seeds as excellent limited winter feed for chickens due to their tough hulls.
Doss locals report that the open air concert last Wednesday October 8 marked the first anniversary of the Doss Band under Adolf Hopf of Fredericksburg with 21 members. A large crowd attended and other notes mention local visits and a beneficial rain for farmers.
At a New York luncheon Col. I. Randolph, president of the Chicago Association of Commerce, argued that prohibition fuels crime by boosting smuggling profits and enabling a system of special privileges. He warned that dishonest unions and business groups prey on workers and consumers as citizens bear responsibility for lawless conditions.
Mr. and Mrs. George C Key esr join Rev H B Watts and Fred Hall families in Austin. Hy W Beyers of Ft Worth ports a business visit Wednesday. Ben Bauer Edwin Bauer and Robert Lee visit Fredericksburg relatives Sunday. E C Leifeste Roy W Rothmann and son spend days in Seguin. Ed Leifeste returns with her daughter Mrs Monroe Schmidt. Mrs Schmidt improving. P A Bode visits Brady Wednesday. Rev F Foerster at Parkie Mountain Sunday. J L Buster and daughter Mari attend funeral of Georgia Francis Barley in Voca Tuesday. Lester Keyser and Victor Foerster visit Georgetown. A R Dalhau Bobbie Gene visit Sectiin with Trotts. Roy Rothmann Alex F Kothmann back from Ft Worth. Chas H Leifeste and A F Leifeste visit Somerset San Antonio. Mrs Otto Henrich leaves for Temple for medical care. Norma Wasterling of Mason visits parents. Esther Dalchau visits Liano with M C Dalhau. Gleason Rothmann returns from Austin after operation. P T A holds short meeting and social. Multiple grades perform. Hugo Oestreich visits Austin. Lutheran Ladies Aid Bazaar and chicken supper well attended.
Members of the Luthern League of Kerrville presented a play titled The Slave of Mammon at the Harper Theatre Friday night. The production was uplifting with a strong moral, and the actors demonstrated evident study and forethought. A large crowd attended, and net proceeds supported the Harper Luther League.
Henry Markwardt delivered furniture to San Antonio Tuesday. Various local residents and families, including the Bier schwales, Cattle, Bein, Pape, Staudt, and Cottle, visited relatives in Kerrville, San Antonio, and Fredericksburg. A large Harper crowd attended a farewell basket supper for O C Durst and family who plan to move to San Antonio.
Poultrymen lose thousands by keeping unprofitable hens on expensive feed through summer. Regular monthly culling after production ends can stop this loss by removing nonproductive birds and redirecting resources to profitable flock members.
A rural warning raps against cotton pests and careless farming. The poem depicts a weevil from Mexico threatening crops, urging fall plowing, clean cover crops, healthy seed, and daily cultivation to protect yields. It ends with a practical nudge to order produce via local numbers.
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