Murder in Rushdale Gay Hill leads to jail
Herman Heider, 28, shot in a field near his home nine miles east of Rosebud. Jesse Ashley, aka Herbert Ashley or Mupps Helmeke, 18, jailed in Marlin on murder charges after a confrontation with Heider and Taus Ashley. The shooting occurred during a dispute over ducks and escalated when Ashley fired twice, killing Heider.
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Herman Heider
Rushdale
Gay Hill
Rockdale
Emil Dockal
Jesse Ashley
Herbert” Ashley
Mupps” Helmeke
Marlin
Heider
Rosebud
Taus Ashley
Taus
Ashley
Young Ashley
Bud Guthrie
Guthrie
Sumi
Lle
Vaus
Rushdale-Gay Hill
Fritz Helmeke
Heider Leaves & Wife
Herlsion
Berman Voss
Rockdale considers dropping one passenger train and rescheduling
L A Baxter reports a linewide inquiry on scrapping passenger trains No 53 and 54 between Yoakum and Waco and adjusting times of Nos 51 and 52 to keep travel within the same day. Rockdale Cameron Rosebud Lott Chilton Waco groups express mixed impact including reduced southbound mail service and altered interurban connections.
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L. A. Baxter
G. I. & S. A. Railway Company
Yoakunt
Waco
Rockdale
Yoakum
Cameron
Dallas
Lexington
Giddings
Rosebud
Lott
Chilton
Railroad Commission
Rockdale Man Improves After Temple Hospital Stay
Rockdale reports August Mrosko, after two months in a Temple sanitarium, has returned home showing health gains though confined indoors. Doctors expect further mobility in a few weeks as his wife and children reopen the family business. Also noted is Nigel Outlaw named District Judge for Texas 2nd Judicial District, youngest holder, following Baylor Law School graduation and early practice at Ralls.
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Rockdale
Temple
Mrosko
Nigel Outlaw
San Gabriel
E. A. Outlaw
Texas
Outlaw
Baylor University
Ralls
Crosby County
Imely
Texas Rockdale
Attitude of Rockdale’s southern towns in question
For more than a year the outlook of towns south of Rockdale remains uncertain. The note cites unsettled sentiment and questions how communities will respond moving forward.
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Rockdale
Minerva Negro Claims 137 Years Of Age In 1865 Context
Col. E Mays recounts meeting a woman near Minerva who says she is 137 years old. She is the great grandmother of George Taylor and can eat walk and speak. she says white folks counted her age when slaves were freed in 1865. The observer believes she may exceed 100 years.
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Col. E. Mays
Minerva
Sandy Creek
Cooper Place
George Taylor
Colonel Mays
Roeckdale
Pecan culture honored at Cameron Lions banquet
Rockdale Lions Club members fh. A. Camp and John B. Cooke attended a Cameron Lions banquet in Cameron Tuesday evening. Col. P. L. Downs of Temple gave the key address on Pecan Culture, urging liberal planting, proper spacing, and praising pecan trees as shade and fruit producers. He criticized hackberry as a poor shade tree, noting its drain on soil and disease risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fh. A. Camp
John B. Cooke
Rockdale Lions Club
Cameron Lions
Cameron
P. L. Downs
Temple
Colonel Downs
Downs
Camp
R. L. Batte
Cameron School Banquet Notable Meal and Plans for Expansion
The Cameron Public School cafeteria hosted a banquet served by the domestic sciences class with oyster stew fruit salad baked yam mashed potatoes stewed corn hot Parkhouse rolls and fruitcake dessert. The event drew praise for the school plant described as among the best for a Texas town of 25 000. Rockdale Reporter notes Albert Triggs from Cameron, a drought district merchant, moved to Gilmer with his son for treatment at Temple Sanitarium on December 10 and is reported to be recovering well. Pythian tanner Knight is mentioned.
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Cameron Public School
Cameron Ward School
Cameron
Texas
Rockdale
Albert Triggs
Gilmer
Temple Sanitarium
Pythian Tanner Knight
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County News
Tom Engram
Palestine
Teleof
J. EB. Engram
Washich
Stove
Minerva Negro
Marcel
Decker Motor Company
Cameron, Texas
Doonse Brothers Dealers
Sei. Goon
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
O. Schiller
Texas Qualified Druggists’ League
And
Ranch and Molland’s Magazine
The
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