Death of Rev Father Heckman in Waco Texas
The Very Rev P A Heckman aged 64 pastor of the church of the Assumption in Waco was found dead in his rectory room from heart failure on Monday afternoon. Born in Ohio he served about forty two years as a priest mainly in Galveston diocese. He formerly led St Marys Temple for 27 years and was rector in Waco for seven years. Funeral plans await Monsignor Kellys arrival and the body will likely be sent to Ohio for burial. He left a Dallas sister Mrs E Harting and other Ohio relatives.
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Waco
Texas
P. A. Heckman
Church of the Assumption
Father Heckman
Ohio
Galveston
St. Mary’s Church
Temple
Westphalia
Burlington
Lott
Volunteer Firemen’s Association of Texas
Knights of Columbus
Central
Diocese of
C. E. Byrne
E. A. Kelly
Laporte
Heckman
Dallas
E. Harting
Lost Jersey Cow Strayed From Cameron Home
Strayed from my Cameron home a Jersey cow weighing about nine hundred pounds with a crumpied horn. Reward of 5.00 dollars offered for its return. Please contact for details.
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Jersey
Cameron
Thorndale Man Hit by Freight Train. Serious Injuries
Dewey Ball, longtime Thorndale resident now in Taylor, was struck by a freight train near the Katy depot in Taylor on Tuesday night. He slept on a truck and, waking suddenly, ran onto the tracks, suffering both legs broken and a severe head laceration. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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Dewey Ball
Thorndale
San Gabriel
Taylor
Katy
Ball
Platform critique at San Antonio outlines partial truths
A Thorndale Champion column critiques the Democratic platform from San Antonio. It argues the document omits key issues, notes mystifying secret organizations, and questions the Ferguson era references. It praises some noncontentious planks like reform and religious liberty while condemning cryptic language and vague details. The piece also honors attending delegates from multiple towns at a funeral service.
George Pecman Second Victim In Engine Accident
George Pecman, a pumper for the Texas Company, caught the index finger of his right hand in a gas engine while oiling it last Thursday. First aid was given by a local physician, then he was taken to a Taylor hospital for dressing. The finger was nearly severed but may be saved if infection does not develop. This is the second incident of a hand caught in this engine, two months after R. L. Coder, the field manager, lost a finger.
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George Peckman
Texas Company
Taylor
R. L. Coder
Oil test on Kuykendall farm yields painful hand injury
George Kuykendall sustained a deep cut to his left hand while oiling an engine used to pump water from Brushy Creek to a drilling rig of the Texas Company. The injury occurred during the second oil test on the Kuykendall farm east of Thorndale. He described intense pain that gradually lessened to a lasting soreness.
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Brushy Creek
Texas Company
Kuykendall Farm
Death of Mrs. Mary Ramick Passes After Christian Life
Mrs Mary Ramick died early Wednesday at her son W T Pearson s Thorndale home after a long life in the Methodist faith. She first married W Pit March in 1880, had five children with him, four years later wed J D Ramick near Rockdale, producing six more children. Surviving children include James Ramick Thorndale G W Mullins Sealy and Mrs W B Palm San Antonio. Funeral held Thursday at 10 a m at the Thorndale Methodist Church with Rev A B Chapman officiating. interment City Cemetery.
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Mary Francis Ramick
W T. Pearson
Thorndale
W. Pit March
Mr Young
Goose
Laura Midgue
Caldwell
W. T. Pearse
J D. Ramick
Rockdale
James Ramick
G. W. Mullins
Sealy
W. B. Palm
San Antonio
Methodist Church
A. B. Chapman
Methodist Church of
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C. N. Green & Brothers
Lk. A. Wallace
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
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J.K. Freeman
Cameron Cotton Oil Co
Democratic Party
Ferguson
James BE
Dan Moody
Dave Garner
Austin
J. W. Lumpkin
Homer Lumpkin
W. D. Ramick
W. C. Mathews
Milano
James Young
Gause
J. W. Mullins
Thorndale Champion
George Pecman
George
P. L. Marburger
SAM Houston State Teachers College
Willis L. Smith
Hiuntsville, Texas
Pace-Marshal Drug Co
Jackson Pharmacy
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