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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1926
Page
24
Austin September 17 rout ing administration forces the houses of representatives of the A0th legislature adjourned until 1 o'clock Monday morning in jubilant mood. The vote was 104 to 29 with one member voting present. Nine members to be named by Speaker Lee Halter white will conduct the investigations.
A legislative committee was authorized an expense fund of 825,000 for an inquiry to probe the highway commission the textbook commission and the pardon board and to investigate other departments if needed The plan follows intense debate with support for immediate investigation and scrutiny of contracts executive clemency and political figures including former governor Ferguson and Governor Moody The measure was referred to the committee on state affairs and a favorable report split the house with about 25 members backing start of inquiry and the rest opposing
Guido R Bonn died in September at age 12. Fred A Renick died August 20 at age 22. Peter Pape died July 31 at age 77.
A classroom exchange reveals a child mistakenly tracing digestion from the mouth to the big and little testament. The teacher seeks to measure reach of instruction after a digestion lesson.
Mr and Mrs Emi Gerhard join Mr and Mrs Waltereer and Mrs Ang Herbert on a pleasure trip from Robatown to Corpus Christi.
ABeaver Creek woman suffered a minor injury last week after a dispute over a tool and a refill attempt. The incident was described as nonserious and authorities offered no further details.
Mr and Mrs J W King and daughter and Mrs Harold Stork and son from San Antonio spent the week end here with home folks. Miss Alma Klingelhoefer left for Beaumont where she holds a position in a High School. Mr Egon Wahrmund and family of Dallas visit Mr Wahrmund and Mrs Max Wahrmund. Born to Mr and Mrs Edgar Marschall a son on September 12.
Mr. Edgar Ottmers accepted a position as salesman at the L. EB. Hirsch Store. Mrs. M. Gerhard returned from Austin where she has been under treatment of an eye specialist.
Mr. Rieh Weber and Mr. Christian Lehne traveled to Iowa to attend a seminary in Trulbuque.
The Epworth League program at the M E Church South on Sunday September 19 at 8 p m includes Devotional Exercises Esthers Service for her people led by Louise Bode songs 202 and 146 a service of a friend for another iy Radetzky The Good Samaritan by Mrs Lena Ernst Last Service of Jesus for his Disciples by H J Hahn remarks and announcements closing song Work for the Night is Coming and benediction.
Truett Harlin an 18 year old of Athens was accidentally shot while reaching for shells in a car his gun discharged injuring his left shoulder damaging his cheek and possibly his eye. He was taken to a hospital in Dallas.
The Rev. Wm Mueller of Giddings Texas a former missionary in Kamerun will join Zion's Church for the annual mission festival next Sunday. Services at 10 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm with an afternoon Sunday School program and an English language evening sermon by Rev Th R Strong of Government Hill San Antonio. Pastor F A Bracher extends a cordial invitation to all.
San Antonio authorities led by District Attorney C M Chambers reopen the 1924 case of Ada Mendham McCobb recluse and globetrotter found beaten to death in a lodging house A new suspect from Portland Maine is being investigated and Mable Longworth Sheridan faces a possible charge as the trail shifts to a hammer blow by a man not the landlady's daughter.
The 39th legislature in special session engrossed 164 bills including 48 validating measures and five House bills. Road districts in Jones county led the pace as the body fast tracked emergency measures amid ongoing investigations into Mrs. McCobb's death.
A doctor prescribed powder for Old Mose and told him to take as much as he could afford. Mose nearly dies after overuse, replying he had no dime and used nickels instead. The exchange shows Mose’s frantic craving and a fatal misstep in poverty.
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