Looking Backward Items From Twenty Four Years Ago
Aged Headlights items recall events from Texas towns and local people. Mentions include Miss Beth Wright, Jeff Mon Gay, Mr and Mrs D Landa, and Habertsville visitors. notes about Lee Reed, M Steinweis, Hilsa Anice, and homes in progress. Mary Edna Boothe returns from Easter at a university and other hometown updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Powns
Menards
Lee Reed
Altair
M. Steinweis
Hilsa Anice
D. Landa
Habertsville
Beth Wright
Jeff Mon- Gay
G. A. Stoermer
Colorado
Mary Edna Boothe
Baster Universe
A Wife Is What An Inspired Writer Says
A collection of fragmented opinions on what a wife is. The text contrasts a wife with a forward looking man and a married man, mixing phrases about saying I do and daily duties. It hints at expectations and behaviors without clear coherence or full sentences.
Picnic at Hermann Park With Navy Man Home From Annapolis
A group from the community hosted a picnic at Hermann Park on a Wednesday to bid farewell to Ensign William Gook who will depart for duty on the Pacific Coast. Gook recently graduated from the Naval Academy and will be stationed overseas, joined by family and friends including Lois, Evelyn Beane, Dick Bullington Jr., and Miss Margarete Rambo among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breaise
Daniel Ant Reynolds Beane
Ensign William Gook Jy 8
Lissie
Pacific Coast
Annapolis Navel Academy
Local visitors and social notices across Chesterville
Chesterville News reports visits by Houston residents W Tanksley and J Townsley to the Jordan family, plus Ingram, Wills, Brown, and other relatives. It notes Francine Culkin staying with grandparents A L Jordan, and Henry Ford's back-to-the-land plan with 100 young men on model farms near Detroit. Also mentions a six-pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Wash, nursing drills in Houston, and W M Logan attending a university commencement in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonora Selph
J. H. Brown
Gene
Walls
Francine Culkin
Houston
A. L. Jordan
T Iles
Detroit
Dearborn
Michigan
Ford
Cuero
Anson R. Wash
Caney Valley Hospital
Wharton
Mary Garolyn
Bernardo News Social Roundup of Visits and Birthdays
Mr and Mrs George Miller and family of Houston spent Wednesday and Thursday visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Joe Truchard and daughter Jeanette spent Wednesday afternoon with me and Mrs G W Drescher. Mr and Mrs Anton Neuendroff and sons entertained friends Thursday for Neuendroffs birthday. Various families hosted gatherings and birthdays across the weekend with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althama Drescher
George Miller
Houston
Joe Truchard
Jeanette
G. W. Drescher
Anton Neuendroff
Nevendroff
John Tallas
Gregory Drescher
Elo Braden
Anna Marie
Mr. Braden
Marcus Kansteiner and Sons
Frank Miller
Jake Liermann
Ivan
Joyce
Leo Henneke
G.W. Drescher
H. J. Campbell
Alvin Drescher
Eagle Lake
L. C. Henneke
G. E Drescher
Rock Island Items Note Local Students and Visitors
Rock Island items list returning local students including Victor Wegenhoff from Stephenville Dan Nicewander Richard Maze at Texas University and Homer Wheeless from Galveston Ball High Lilie Olsen to Huntsville for summer school She will gain a BA this year Guests Mr and Mrs J T Beneef of Houston visit Maze family Relatives welcome Mr and Mrs Homer Wheeless in Galveston Eve Hudson to Austin for summer with Rutta family Prices and ads note DeLuxe Ice Cream Soda mentions by Joe D Luna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. I. Nicewander
Rock Island
Victor Charles Wegenhoff
John Tarlton
Stephenville
Dan Nicewander
Kinsville
Richard Maze
Texas University At Austin
Homer David Wheeless
Galveston Ball High
Lilie Olsen
Huntsville
J. T. BeNeef
Houston
R. E Maze
Marshall Grant
Lebanon
Evely Hudson
Austin
Charles Rutta
Homer Wheeless
Galveston
W. A. Hudson
Amazing Predictions From 1886 Foresee Broad World Changes
A St Louis newspaper in 1886 predicted major events such as a league of nations, a world court, flying machines, photophone news, and global real-time knowledge. The eerie list notes 52 years of partial accuracy and imagines future advances like aerial mail, widespread air travel, and a long United States spanning from Panama to Alaska with 94 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
E. PB. P
League of Nations
EB. B. P
United States
Panama
Alaska
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Notes and Visits
The weekly lesson sermon titled God the Preserver of Man will be read in Christ Science churches on Sunday. It quotes Isaiah 31 5 and Revelation 22 17 with related passages from Science and Health. Mrs A M McDow spent several days last week visiting her sister Mrs A L Schantz in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Jerusalem
Phe—hesson-Sermon
Mary Baker Eddy
A M McDow
A. L. Schantz
Houston
Visionary social laws and future science themes
The fragment lists forward looking aims such as repealing rigid laws, paper houses with modern materials, photophone news stations, interplanetary communication, individualized education, longer lifespans up to 150 years and beyond, evolution of animal thinking, ending vagabondage through social contribution, segregating criminals and sterilizing the unfit.
Birthday Celebration for Miss El sine Austin at Bernard River
Miss Lytila Reuther and Mrs Dor othy Peters hosted a birthday picnic at the Bernard River and a dance at Austin's Hall in her honor. Friends attended as J M Lewis family and others joined a trip to Hope Texas for a week at the Methodist encampment. Fredrich Hoeninghaus drove to Austin to bring Leonard Seaholm home from the university for summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lytila Reuther
Dorothy Peters
Elsine Austin
Bernard River
Austin's
Fredrich Hoeninghaus
Austin
Leonard Seaholm
University
Mrs. Chapman Visiting Before Rotary Convention Trip
Mrs W G Chapman is spending the week with her father Mr R O Kiser in Bay City before he leaves for the Rotary Convention in California next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Chapman
R. O. Kiser
Bay City
Rotary
California
Better Light in the Home Club Meeting Topic
The Bonus Nedra Club discusses improving vision and safety at home through proper lighting. They note fatigue from poor light and dust on shades and windows as major issues and emphasize reading material as a digested task. Miss Nora Beth Howard of Shiner visits Mrs. E C Terrell during summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. C. Wiederstein
Bonus-Nedra Club
Eld
Earl Carter
Nora Beth Howard
Shiner
E. C. Terrell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joleywood
Constance Bennett
Brian Aberne
Patsy
Kelly
Alan Mowbray
Billie Surke
Hermann Park
Lillian
Grace Killough
Margarete Rambo
Franklin
Lorease Carey
Texas University
Eldridge News
Marie Engbrock
Rudolph Gold
John Gundervich
Jvan Columbus
Charles Engbrock
Louis
el Campo
Mueller
A Kubena
Edward Svasta
Morton Zuehike
Joashie
Patsy Ann
RC. Burtsschell
Hirris Willigans
Peak
Hempstedd
Eldridge
Lynn Guest
Herre
Tell
Ino
Henry Durr
John Heyne
Glen Flora
H. A. Drom- Au
Clifford Pigkett
Dolls Clifford, Jr
Baytown
Ave
CG. McGinnes
Mercedes
Steir
Little Rock
Sas
H. J. Miculka
Henry Shenoska
E.E. Brooks
Sam Carney
Marion Zuehike
Tony Marek
Mr. Baring
Billy
East Bernard
Chesterville News
Ford's
Farm Boys
Henry Ford
Johanne Balas
St. Joseph's Hospital
HG. Munsch
W. M Logan
Bernardo News
Joe D. Luna
Christian Science Services
East
Bernard
Lissie, Via
Vick
Frank Dut
Central Forwarding, Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Texas
Bagle Lake
Phono
Capitol
General Electric
Cfou
Painbanke.moroe
Yale
Univerral
Frank Stephens CO
The
First National Bank
F, D. LO
ATC
Eagle Lake Grain CO
Cardus
Coz
Waco Optical Parlors
DR. J. Flalery
Austin Avenue
Waco, Texas
John F. Bell
Columbus
Roy Towell
Harry D. Larson
Apatatis
Norris
Tex
M. P. Tigett
W. M. W. H. Albrecht
Brethren In
Emanuel Roos
Norris Bldg
P. T. Gordon
Becond Moor
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