The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1949 Page: 4 of 8
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with the understanding you must like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have rout money back
CREOMULSION
for Coughs,Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Simon’s current act is simplicity itself. He climbs into a wooden
coffin-sired structure with three sticks of dynamite and a lighted cigar.
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gets up and slowly walks away
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"If everything goes off all right.”
Simon says, “I just feel a
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the Act of Congress of March 3,
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Mr. and Mrs Otto Fick. Joyo ?
and Randy spent Sunday evening
in the home of Mr and Mrs Louis
Reuther.
RELIEF AT LAST
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| lives long enough This he plans
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Simon.
It is with pleasure that we re-
port Arnold Krause who has been
in the Veterans Hospital at Mc-
Kinney for the nast 2 months is
Daily Office In La Grange
IN GIDDINGS EVERY THURSDAY
CITIZENS STATE BANK BUILDING, - GIDDINGS, TEXAS
( Formerly Dr. Mantzel's Office )
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Texas ' Hl
Entered, as second-class matter
April 5th 1940. at the Post Of-
fice at Giddings, Texas, under
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Texns
will lx- reported
it you want to harvest a crop of
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protect the spectators from flying he wears a crash helmet fortified
pieces of wood. i with cups to protect what is left
of his hearing.
He's Very "Careful
to retire to his 28 r
lodge on the Florida
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With Dynamite 22 Times At Fair
A man who says he enjoys living will "blow himiself up” with
dynamite 22 times during the 1949 State Fair of Texas Oct. 8 23.
He is Capt. Leo (Suicide) Simon of El Jobean, Fla , world-famous
daredevil who developed his dynamite stunt because he got tired of
getting his neck broken in the fire-diving act he did up until about
two years ago.
flam ing gaso ine on t P-
Every Bone Broken
He dlaims to have broke n every
bone in his body doing this stunt
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over the engine and you can't stop it Once again Chry
you the year S most needed engineering feat The first
comptetely water . f ignition system
pn any pas er ►
Ameriea and it's standard 0„ all Chrysler mode (
dS/r? harness spary/plugs everything shed a
ne mind you this only one of 50 ntand •'
h y«jr on the beautiful Chrysler Better see how the,
" steal driving, best riding Chrysier ever built ‘ '
NEW MARRIAGF LAW
Erfective October 5. 1942)
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wish for him a
THE GIDDINGS STAR. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7.
E so much improved that he,is able!
r to walk about some His father
2 Mr. John Krause had |he encour-
♦ aging news from Arnold s doctor
$ a few days ago; so Mr Krause exy
tifted by the state health depart
mint The physician performing
the medical examination must be
a. duly aualified physician licensed
accompanied by an
dynamite. Even so,, it's not the
dynamite that knocks him cold. but
usually pieces of the box. hitting
him in the head.
The noise of the explosion does .
not bother Simon. He has been I
virtually deaf for years. However,
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, "With dynamite I am very care-
ful," he says. "People don’t realize
how careful, because I love living
and want to keep on living ”
in any
f the
Enforcement of
THE GIDDINGS STAR
Published every Friday by
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not inn i?
and surgery
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nited State
The feirst Vationai l’ank
cetified by any state h alth de
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Simon admits he is not the orig-
inator of his act, which he will
perform at the Fair with the Joie
speedy recovery
Robert Fritsch
Perormed 0
od tests made
a laboratory with all provisions i
any person or agen, ’ »J
comply to or 1I
requiremeents of “ih
guilty of a misdemiacc
hit dhor 4.
conviction fined no: , Ml
1 hundred dollars t
| official laboratory of any of the certificate form up--
other states or territories of theithe court, or failin, Tder
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Simon has an act he performed
for 17 years. He .drenched his
clothing with flaming gasoline and
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. man to blow himself up was a Capt.
... ic .. . “ slight Frakes, a Hollywood stunt man
thud. If everything doesn't go just who specialized in fiying. an air-
right, I don t feel anything; I just plane into a burning building.
wake up in the ambulance on the ’
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Miss Adelia Schulz of H uston
was up over the weekend for a vi
sit with her parents Mr. and Mrs
Ed Schulz and also attended the
wedding of her girl friend Miss
Mildred Weiser at Linqoln Sun
day.
Any errom us reflection upon ■
the character, standing or reputa- j
tion of any firm, corporation or in- |
dividual publish i in the columns I
of this paper v ill be cheerfully ,
corrected when brought to our at-.
tention •
We will also appreciate the giv-
ing of any n Ws items the names
of visitors at your home or the
names of any members going away ।
on a visit. This will help •o in-
crease the value of your local pa- :
prnd should be giv n with the I
thought that it is a debt you owe
to the prograss of your city and
community.
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Congratulations are extended
to Mr. and Mrs Harold Vogel on
the arrival of a fine son last week.
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EXCEPTION
5 poets to visit with him this week
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? The passing of Rex Paul G I
Dong. Heck & Red Harrison 2 Brust came as o.uite a shock since
Siit was het 1------J -- * ■■ '
$ i illness.
3 I extended' to thi
£ and the Manheim congregation of
4 which he was Pastor '____
and as a wing walker in the old-
time barnstorming at rial circuses.
.Three times in one year, he broke
his neck.
That s when dynamiting himself
began to look easy to him, he says.
• Simon says the secret of his act
is to keep his head within six inches
of the dynamite.
“There is a vacuum formed by
the blast like the eye of a hurr-
<ane,” he explains. "Three feet
। away and I'd be blown to bits."
He. U e no protection except an
inch thick steel plate between his
Mr‘ Frarktirban and Miss
Mildred Weiser were married
Sunday October 2 at the Lincoln
Church. Congratulations
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#agua a
H artfelt sympathy is
Lenses Duplicated OPTOMETRIST
Frame Repairs
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Monday
Simon says a sponsorup-Est
wanted to bill him as "Simple
Simon."
"tmagine that," Simon snorts,
indignantly, "People might think I
was crazy."
Stat . t T* xas and *b sir ns to
marr T xas • , h, b 1 3
the: physical at 1 labor at r exa :
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The beoutiful Chrysler Yorf»r with
ForYour COUGH
Creomulsion relieve* promptly because welfax
it goes right to the seat of the trouble c t ’ her 1 1 •
to help loosen and expel germ laden , , , a
phlegm and aid nature; fosoc the nd T A
heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchal A yr'k
mucous membranes Tell sour drugristv form
FX A MIN ATION s OUTSU F
THEO A PREUSSER Editor
ALB B. MIERTSCHIN Busi-
ness Manager.
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($500 00 ).
Mr Cl
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PEN ALTH -
Any person
v fact reouiredt '
and woman marry
, Texas must obtain a medical
which includes a that the laboratory had been
dard blood test for syphilis
,, j physician before a mar-
, license can be issued The
ria ceremony must
a Witliin fifteen davs fol
s
A. B. MILLER, GIDDINGS, Texas
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, di । boratory to the Texas
> Th of Health Form*
en of examir ation and hloo
orovi l be obtained it ’
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Preusser, Theodore A. The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1949, newspaper, October 7, 1949; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1611414/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.