Hempstead Banker L D Amsler Found Dead
L D Amsler vice president of Farmers National Bank and County Treasurer was found dead in his Hempstead home this morning. His wife heard a pistol shot and discovered him. death said to be from a self inflicted wound. He leaves a widow and mother, two daughters, a son, a brother and two sisters with connections to College Station Georgetown and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsler
Waller County
Associated Press
Hempstead
L. D. Amsler
Farmers National Bank
Farmers’ National Bank of Hempstead
C. A. Searcy
L. R. Besse
College Station
Harriet Mayo Amsler
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Hervey
New Bank
Corpus Christi
John Amsler
P. B. Thornton
Houston
Theo, Ahrenbeck
Harriet Mayo
Amsters
Amsler Funeral Held At Home In Hempstead
Funeral services for L. Amsler banker and county treasurer who died from a pistol shot will be at 3 30 this afternoon at the family home Hempstead with Rev S Moylan Bird in charge. Burial will be in Hempstead city cemetery. Survivors include widow two daughters son brother and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Aimler
Hempstead
S. Moylan Bird
Episcopal Church of
Bryan
Amsler
Episcopal Church
Hempstead City
L. R. Besse
College Station
Harriett Mayo Amsler
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Hervey
New Bank
Corpus Christi
John Amsler
Waller County
P. B. Thornton
Houston
Theo. Ahrenbeck
Searcy
C. A. Searcy
Harriett Mayo
Amslers
Steep Hollow Christmas Visitors Tell of Holiday Guests
Misses Katie and Rebecca Hall visit with Mr and Mrs T P Hall for Christmas. Ollie Moore of Dallas spends holidays with Mr and Mrs W E Moore. Etta Smith of Houston stays a few days with Laura Mims. Loucille Worsham family return home from Quanah. W E Woods of Somerville visits the Hall home. Roy Foster family spend Sunday with Allen Hopkins of Iola. Sidney Atkinson of Corsicana visits sister Mrs W E Moore. Eva and Emma Tobias of Bryan spend weekend with Cora Annie Laura Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Dally Eagle
Steep Hollow
Katie
Rebecca Hall
T. P. Hall
Ollie Moore
Dallas
W. E. Moore
Etta Smith
Houston
Laura Mims
Loucille Worsham
Quanah
Fannie Worsham
W. E. Woods
Somerville
Hall
Roy Foster
Allen Hopkins
Iola
Sidney Atkinson
Corsicana
W. FE. Moore
Eva
Emma Tobias
Bryan
Cora
Annie Laura Cook
J. D. Barnett
Joe Barnett
Lizzie Barnett
Charlie Jones
Harvey
Dr L C Wilkerson Recalls China Big Game Hunt
Dr L C Wilkerson spoke at the Green Parrot Tea Room where Rotary Club members and guests listened to tales of his experiences in China. He described a big game hunt and shared entertaining anecdotes learned during his voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. L. C. Wilkerson
China
Green Parrot Tea Room
W. S. Barron
Ruth Knox
L. 0. Wilkerson
D. L Wilson
Wilson
Wilkerson
Hunter recounts China hunting trip and Bandera Civil War tragedy
Dr Wilkerson recalls a China hunt with four companions including a 16 year old son and Dr Taylor as they travel by rail and foot to western China. Bandera carries a Civil War era tale where eight Williamson county men were hanged by soldiers and never tried. A monument marks their graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Dr. Taylor
Western
Peking-Nanking
West China
Wilkerson
Dr. Wilkerson
Peking
T. A. Adams
W. S. Barron
C. L. Benson
C. S. Beckwith
S. M. Bird
J. W. Black
J. H. Kraft
T. K. Lawrence
W. H. Lawrence
Oak McKenzie
W. I. McCulloch
Roy Montgomery
J. F E. Marsh
J. T. S. Park
David Reid
J. L. Reese
Chas. Sosolik
R. Dunn
C. C. Todd
D. D. Vasbinder
M. E. Wallace
D. L. Wilson
Associated Press
Bandera
Frank Pyka
Williamson County
Bandera County
J. Marvin Hunter
The
Pioneer Times
Mexico
Here
Alexander
Squirrel Creek
Hondo
Hunter
C. J. Sawyer
W. M. Sawyer
George Thayer
William Shumake
Jack Whitmire
Jake Kyle
John Smart
Mr. van Winkle
Mr. Hunter
Report Cards Available At County Superintendent Office
The office has received the report cards. Teachers needing copies may call at the Office of the County Superintendent, D. J. McDonald, to pick them up at their convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McDonald
Memphis and Madisonville Guests Of Mr and Mrs Allen
Miss Mattie Mae Garrison of Memphis Tennessee and Mrs J R McJunkin of Madisonville are guests of Mr and Mrs C A Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Mae Garrison
Memphis, Tenn
J. R. McJunkin
Madisonville
C. A. Allen
Elected officers named for Baptist Business Men's Class
The First Baptist Sunday School Business Men's Bible Class elected officers on December 28 for the next six months. R B Grant became president with Jas M Dunn as first vice president and L O Wilkerson as second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.B. Grant
Baptist Business Men
Business Men’s Bible
First Baptist Sunday School
R. B. Grant
Jas. M. Dunn
L. O. Wilkerson
L. R. Benning
O. J. Parks
T. H. Haltom
Carnegie Library
Austin Frontiersmen Poker for Tombstone Legend
Austin reports recount the 1880s feud between Colonel Cardwell editor of the Statesman and Ben Thompson. Thompson threatens violence. Cardwell warns him with armed guards and joking fatalism. Thompson later plays a tombstone wager with Luke Watts the tombstone peddler, amid Austin frontier lore.
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Austin Autocrats
Tombstone
Colonel Cardwell
Ben
Desperado
Thompson
Texas
Statesman
Cardwell
Ben Thompson
Luke Watts
Austin
Jim Long
Watts
San Antonio
New Braunfels
San Marcos
Bryan Boy Verifies Hearing from St Petersburg on 3-Tube Radio
J. D. Martin Jr of Bryan received a confirmation card from headquarters validating his claim of hearing St. Petersburg Russia on Thanksgiving night November 24. The 3 tube radio picked up Mexico City briefly then the foreign station, strong enough to be heard 30 feet away, with the boy noting details for the St Louis Post Dispatch. He previously heard Glasgow, Scotland, a year earlier on Thanksgiving night 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Martin, Jr
Bryan
St. Petersburg
Petrograd
Junior Martin
Mexico City
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Glascow
Scotland
Boy Scout Troop 13 Meeting Highlights Sunday Evening
The usual weekly meeting of Troop 13 opened with the Scout oath and ended with the oath. Scoutmaster W S Barron praised the boys for past behavior and spoke on Rotary and its aid to Scouts in San Antonio. Present were Barron and several scouts including Frank Bain Morris Kaplan Sam Kaplan and Woodrow Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop No. 13
W. S. Barron
Mr. Barron
Rotary
Rotary Club
San Antonio
Barron
Frank Bain
Willie Boriskie
Abram Kaplan
Morris Hamilton
Theodore Boriskie
Sam Trant
Sam Kaplan
John Robert Persons
Henry and Neal Godwin
Osborn Higgs
Woodrow Wallace
Morris Kaplan
Visitors From College Town Drop In At Bryan
Mrs. W. B. Bizzell Mrs. B. Young Mrs. M. Francis Mrs. R. P. Marsteller Mrs. C Todd and Mrs. J. B. Bagley of College were among the visitors in Bryan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bizzell
B. Young‘blood
M. Francis
R. P. Marsteller
C. ©. Todd
J. B. Bagley
College
Bryan
Personal mentions brighten Bryan Christmas season
Local notes list Lula Mae Blaylock and J E Blaylock Jr of Waco visiting Bryan, other families and residents returning from holiday trips to Houston Hearne Calvert and San Antonio, new homes and a carload of furniture for Store No 3 at College, and several travels around Texas during Christmas season.
Illness and Christmas Travel in Bryan Area
Mrs. L Lobella is reported quite ill with pneumonia. Mesdames Henry Locke and James Page returned from a Christmas visit to their mother in San Antonio. They traveled by auto with Miss Frances Locke and Miss Eula Beth Locke. They abandoned their car at Giddings due to slippery roads. Mr. and Mrs. W R Glazener spent the holidays with parents in Fairfield. Albert and Charlie Payne of Edge visited Bryan. C W Risinger of Steep Hollow is a Bryan visitor. Mr and Mrs J H Womble of Bryan came to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Henry Womble
W. S. Higgs
First State Bank and Trust Company
H. T. Coulter
Helen
Rockdale
Bryan
J. W. Coulter
Charley Hudson
Allen Academy
Ada
Okla
Wayne W. Evans
Henry T. Schovassa
Edward D. Brandt
Luling
John A. Moore
Geo. Horner
San Antonio
J. T. Turner
Frank Bittle
Texarkana
Col
C. C. Todd
Miriam Crute
Gabe Cazell
Ennis
Sam FE. Eberstadt
Crute
Corinne Leibrecht
Marlin Ls
Lois Manley
J. H
Edinburgh
Frances James
E. F. Parks
Helen Kerr Parks
Merry Lillian
Lucy
Somerville
Park
Mary Parks
Henry Hoehlman
Eugene Parks
Dallas
J. W. Dyer
J. H. Conway
College Avenue
A. H. Poetter
Franklin
Constance Bradbury
Baylor University
Waco
A. R. Sutton
Fort Worth
W. F. Miller
Houston
Frank Miller
Minnie Lou
Mary Andrew
Blum
R. P. Andrews
Eden
L. J. Falgeau
Gabe Cazell, Jr
Gabe, Jr
Arthur Potts
College Station
Jack Davis
A. and M. College
J. Tom Smith
Will Smith
Shreveport
Reliance
Smith
J. Tom
Coulter Smith
Solon Morgan
Dixon Turner
Shirley Irene Turner
Smetana
Turner
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L.D. Amsler
Rev. Bird
Julian
Chronicle
Joseph Poor
Middle Verde
O. B. Miles
George Hay
John Pyka
Robert Ballantyne
St. Louis
Billy Simms
Asutin
Austin Statesman
Austin American
John Cardwell
Cairo
Egypt
G. Senter
Bryan Boy
Russia
BOY Scout
Lula Mae
J. E. Blaylock, Jr
J. M. Bullock
Fritz Vanderworth
Allister Waldrop
Calvert
Sangster Bizzell
Jacksonville
Milton W. Sims
Milton W. Sims, Jr
Charles H. Mills
S. H. Cain
Frank McGee
H. F. Payne
Kenedy
C. E. Jenkins
Ray Corley
D. L. Corley
San Angelo
W. E. Johnson, Jr
Wharton
T. H. Carlson
A. and
M. College
Carlson
Brookings
South Dakota
Lee J. Rountree
el Paso
T. C. Mitchell
O. B. Webb
Frances Barnett
Webb
Cliff A. Harris
Texas Pacific Railway
New Orleans
S. Ross Dunn
Longview
J. B. Dunn
W. A. Stone
J. E. Stanford
L. E. Morehead
Ursuline Avenue
East 28Th Street
Business and Shorthand Training School
Howell Building
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