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Newspaper
Bandera Bulletin
Location
Bandera, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
6
In the 1880s Texas Siftings edited by Alex E. Sweet and J Armoy Knox grew famous with wide circulation. They moved headquarters to New York and Texas Listings ended. The Bulletin will reprint articles from the old paper for a time.
A San Antonio tale recalls Bob Augustine the so called long ranged Roarer who pressured strangers for loans while Winthrop from Boston foiled him with a pistol holster bluff. After a chase through Commerce Street the Roarer fled and later vanished. Winthrop rose to prominence in Galveston as a merchant prince. The tale ends with the Roarer aged and impoverished in Graveston, its rumors laid to rest.
Property owner C. G. Clousnitzer posts former Fest Duff B F Langford Jr and Dalton ranches to deter hunting and any trespass. Signs announce strict posting against all entry.
A fragment notes Methuselah’s uncertain life expectancy tied to past medical surgeries and choices about toothpaste gargling and smoking. The text implies speculative health outcomes from appendix and tonsil removal and household habits.
The San Antonio Express reports Republican leaders vow to move a preparedness draft before June adjournment. The plan would conscript ages 19 to 25 for two years with 18 to 30 registration and immediate start, while House aims to delay 75 days after passage. Public opinion leans toward compulsory service for national security.
Funeral services for William Henry Schweers 69 stockman of 614 Montana St were held at Akers Funeral Home with burial at Mission Burial Park. Survivors include his wife three sons four sisters and two grandchildren. he active in cattle industry and served in Revolutionary era cattle drives and Rough Riders.
Mrs. Hubert Horsman and son Eddie Lee Nixon visited from Houston for a day or two. Mr. Horsman, under a Houston specialist, is steadily improving but will stay there for weeks. He has had two or three plastic surgeries and may need more before returning home. He is regaining weight after dropping to 117 pounds and can walk about.
Services for Mrs Roy Denman Browne daughter of the late Judge and Mrs Leroy Denman were held at Mission Burial Park at 10 a m last Saturday. She died in New York City and is survived by three daughters and four sisters and two brothers.
The Coffey and Estes families thank everyone who helped Friday night after their barn burned. The barn was a total loss, filled with corn, hay and farm implements, and they express gratitude for all assistance.
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