Post Office Notice Recorded at Fredericksburg
Entry indicates second class matter handling at the Fredericksburg Texas post office.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1926
Page
6
Entry indicates second class matter handling at the Fredericksburg Texas post office.
The piece notes a plan to print Constitution on a two cent stamp and reflects on a debate about delaying the Declaration of Independence. It argues against a call for a farmers strike, saying farmers should organize instead as strikes rarely pay and only show desperation.
The excerpts affirm a Texas two party system, focus on national cooperation, ballot reform, and efficient governance. It calls for bipartisan highway policy, strong enforcement of laws, and constitutional fidelity, aiming to raise state influence in national councils.
Wednesday night marked the final open air concert of the Fredericksburg Concert Band season. The town prides itself on the band and its prestige among nearby communities despite the absence of a band in other towns, a point praised by locals. A separate note mentions a congressman suing for breach of promise and speculates on constituents mirroring such actions.
An organization of married women formed to curb liquor supplies has already led to three raids by prohibition officers in San Antonio. The group gathers information from husbands and relays it to officials to keep husbands at home, said Charles Stevens, the U S prohibition administrator.
Edison Records offered at Walter's Jewelry Store with a sale price of eight records for one dollar. Subscriptions to the Standard are also advertised.
A Chicago Cloverleaf Weekly report tells of Pat O Hara heir to a $12 500 000 Texas estate, with his foster mother Mrs Maude King of Kingsville requiring marriage within six months. Martha Marcnsson, a cloak model, influences the plot as Pat proposes repeatedly.
Dallas police are asked to watch for two men who, after robbing the Swiss government of 180000 guilders in Zurich, were traced to Dallas and chased from Zurich to Texas. The Swiss consul in Washington requested the alert.
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