This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
20
The Fredericksburg Standard lists its publication by Fredericksburg Publishing Co. with editors R. 8. Klett managing, R. E. Jordan sports, Wm. Petmecky feature, and Wm. Habenicht business. Issued weekly on Fridays.
Greenville reports Fred Price remains aloft in a tree near the fire station as preparations move him to a truck bound for Hunt County Fair. He aims to surpass 1500 hours of tree sitting while briefing teachers give daily lessons and vows to hold on until the fair ends and then return to his home tree.
A daily press roundup notes many automobile railroad crashes in the past week including a family tragedy where all but one child died. Twenty five percent of collisions occur when autos speed into trains. Crossing signs exist, yet many motorists ignore them, treating STOP as a mere warning rather than law.
The State Department of Health notes that being a good neighbor often signals good citizenship and health compliance. It urges simple rules to foster community cleanliness, cites sanitary codes, and warns that public nuisances arise from barnyard manure and stagnant water. The Texas Weekly surveys highway bond funding through gasoline taxes in several states and quotes officials on tourism, highway finance, and tax relief impacts.
A plea for urban sanitation and public health urges addressing unscreened outhouses discharges into public places and dilapidated unsafe buildings. It stresses sanitary regulation, clean water quality, milk safety, and considerate behavior such as lowering noise at night to protect rest and well being.
The piece argues that extensive highway construction in four southern states correlates with population gains, rural road access, and economic progress. It stresses paved, year round roads as vital to farm prosperity, market access, and the motorization of agriculture, urging scientific, business-like expenditure.
The state outlines bond financing with 4 percent interest and a 5 cent gas tax, of which one cent returns to counties under the State highway commission. Four cents plus auto license revenue cover bond interest, maintenance, and administration. About 30.5 million dollars remains for new construction. total bonds voted reach 100.009 million with an average price near par and interest about 4.45 percent.
Honey Grove Texas Sept 22 a fierce fire engulfed the Honey Grove Oil Company hull and seed houses destroying both buildings and threatening nearby homes and barns. Loss estimated at 125000 with the mill office and six box cars burned, aided by a southeast wind and rapid spread.
Austin reports Sen Ed Witt of Waco will lead a Tuesday meeting of a joint legislative committee to organize support for four constitutional amendments on the November 4 ballot. Participants include Reps Sanders, Warwick, Pope, Stevenson, McCombs, and Senators Moore, Levenson, and Greer. The amendments cover legislative session length and pay, taxation of University of Texas land, broader University securities, and year round Supreme Court terms.
Eldorado Arkansas reports a posse of about 100 armed men closing in on four men who robbed the Farmerville State Bank in Farmerville Louisiana of around 10 000 dollars in currency. The pursuit centers in the marsh lands along the Gualchita River bottoms near Mobr, east of Eldorado. Arkansas officers anticipate capture soon as the bandits followed a puzzling trail across the state line.
Washington report confirms Charles Manly Stedman, 89, longtime North Carolina representative and Civil War veteran who rode with Stonewall Jackson, died after a stroke. He had served in Congress since 1911 and was the last Blue and Gray veteran in the House. The death follows his withdrawal from the June primary ballot and a recent decline in health. His daughter Katherine Palmer of Greensboro cared for him.
A promotional note advertises a standard subscription priced at $1.50 per year, inviting readers to enroll for ongoing newspaper access.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.