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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1929
Page
8
After months of terrorizing Hays County farms, a large panther that hunted fowl and livestock was killed by Joe Jones and J. B. Dickinson near Dripping Springs. The cat had previously evaded hunters and damaged vehicles and sheep during a summer of raids.
In Huntsville Texas the body of Henry Helms, executed for the Cisco bank Santa Claus robbery, was buried in the penitentiary grave with brief funeral rites. Helms died in the electric chair after a dramatic struggle in the death cell.
Snow lay from one to four inches deep in parts of western Nebraska and the Black Hills region of South Dakota today after temperatures dipped to near freezing overnight. Hay Springs Nebraska reported a low of 26 degrees.
Harley Quattlebaum, 14, the son of a farmer near Trent Texas, was killed when he was thrown from a wagon as a water barrel he rode on dislodged. His mother witnessed the fall and reached him as he died.
In S Croix Falls Wisconsin on September 7 a rear tire blew out sending an auto into a ditch on Highway 8. G A Kinney of Portland Ore was killed. His daughter Ruth was uninjured but three other daughters Geneva Alma and Charlotte were injured in the back seat.
J T Robison former Texas land commissioner died in New London Connecticut after 38 years in public service including 21 as land commissioner. He died after three weeks illness from pneumonia at age 67, with his wife and two sons beside him. His body lay in state in the Texas Senate chamber before funeral services at Cook funeral home.
Eight year old Lynn Smith, son of Lynn Smith a Miller County planter, was killed instantly in Texarkana when a bale of cotton fell from a truck as the child climbed over the bale. The accident occurred September 7.
Sanderson Texas reports heavy rain and hail overnight with an electrical display. Two residences were struck by lightning but sustained very little damage.
W. T. Farmer reports dramatic recovery after using two bottles of Sargon. He had suffered three years from stomach trouble and dyspepsia with constipation and headaches. The pills allegedly cured indigestion and biliousness and allowed him to eat freely. Central Drug Co. agents promote the remedy.
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