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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
6
An entry records a second lass matter filed at the Fredericksburg post office. The brief note indicates processing or designation within the local postal office records. No additional names or dates are provided in the readable text.
Editorial notes recount a deceased inmate who wrote a moving will on scraps, later probated in Cook County. The document distributes imagined joys to families, children, lovers, and youth, with poetic pledges and playful bequests, ending with a call for safety on streets. A bicycle collision near City Fruit Store prompts advice on conduct and bicycle equipment.
A nostalgic poem recalls the old swimmin hole now refashioned as Purity Pool with tiled walls and aquamarine ceiling. It notes heated water and treatment, bans turtles and snails, and laments loss of nudist summer days once shared by Skinny and the speaker.
Master John Major, son of Mr and Mrs 8 A Major, is in Austin at the Pasteur Institute for treatment after a stray dog on the Blanco River bite left him with rabies. The dog's origin and prior victims are unknown.
A short notice invites readers to subscribe to the STANDARD at a yearly rate of one dollar. The item emphasizes affordability for ongoing newspaper access.
Washington dispatch outlines looming pressures for the Coolidge Administration as Congress returns. Key issues include the anthracite coal strike, the Volstead Act enforcement through a reorganization, income tax payments, and friction with the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corp. Foreign concerns cover war debts financing, the Shanghai customs conference, and the World Court.
Amasa Clark of Bandera celebrated his 100th birthday with his wife and a large family including 16 children 86 grandchildren and 75 great grandchildren. A veteran of the Mexican War he joined Gen Winfield Scott in Mexico City and later wore a uniform when Gen Pershing visited San Antonio in 1922. Distinguished attendees from San Antonio include Pioneer Freighters led by William B Krempkau with members such as B F Schmidt Gus Ahr and Rev Stuart J Pearce. A gold button bearing the design of the drivers and the inscription Amasa Clark 1825 1925 September 3 will be presented by Krempkau. engraved by Charles Simmang.
In Luling on September 1 Florine Mc Neal, young daughter of Clarence Mc Neal, was killed by a lightning strike during rain at noon. A Magnolia Petroleum Company tank holding about 50,000 barrels of Lytonn Springs oil was struck, igniting a dangerous blaze in the 55,000-barrel tank.
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