Aug 18 Notes From Town Obituaries and Moves
Aug 18 local items note N Williams of Smiley buying the Turner Hall lot and planning a livery stable. Farmers Union builds near the warehouse. Mrs. W C Haynes and children visit Edna. Mrs. Jim Chandler arrives from Pandora. Andy McCown in Sabinas. Miss Della Covington of Marcelona visits sister Mrs Will D Stout. Mrs L B Fatheree returns from Rockdale with sister Mrs Glassgow. E D Mack visits San Antonio on business. Mrs C S Curry of Nixon visits Saturday and Sunday. L L Moody and wife of San Antonio visit town. Miss May Allen leaves for Cuero. Rufus Young goes to Nixon for work. Louis McMeans to move with family to Floresville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Fatheree
Rockdale
Glassgow
E. D. Mack
San Antonio
C. S. Curry
Nixon
L. L. Moody
May Allen
Cuero
Rufus Young
Louis McMeans
Floresville
McGee's Baby Elixir advertised as safe cure
A Palace Drug Store listing touts McGee's Baby Elixir as free of narcotics and effective for disordered stomachs and teething woes. The note also mentions seven candidates for the Agricultural Commissioner vacancy to be created upon Milner's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGee
Palace Drug Store
Mr. Milner
Weather, ginner progress, inquest, and local notices from Lavaca County
From Lavaca County Witting Aug 18 light rain cooled air but didn’t help pastures Hy Henrichs ginned a little over 100 bales this year Mrs Mary Schacherl of Henk haus died by jumping in a 65 foot well inquest by Judge Meiners and Dr Guenther she was deemed insane but no asylum space Mrs Hy Striebeck improving Mrs Wm Grief near Floresville aiding ill daughter Chas Apts now recovering William Tell Schuetzen Verein to hold annual king feast and prize shoot Oct 12 election to decide intoxicating liquor sale in precinct No 1 Marfa Aug 31.
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Witting
Hy. Henrichs
Mary Schacherl
Henkhaus
L. A. Meiners
J. G. Guenther
William Tell Schuetzen Verein
Wallace Branch Items Aug. 18 Weather and local notes
Rainy weather keeps farmers busy with rising cotton pickings and falling prices. Hay stacks promise cheap pasturage and fat stock this fall. Community updates include birthdays, visits, and travel. Local lines report a new Falls City to Stockdale telephone project and workers moving to Edna and Edwards ranch. DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve advertised.
Evergreen Social Notes Aug 17 Highlights
Rain benefits pastures and late sorghum as cotton picking continues. Edmund Albert and Willie Thane attended a Poth dance. A baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs Valenta Liechnovsky. Mrs Grief’s sick daughter is improving. Evergreen dance draws a crowd. Emil Svoboda and Nick Kabuga hosted a Three Oaks house dance. Misses Murray Houston and Will Murray visit the Springs with a camping party. DeWitts Little Early Risers liver pills ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund
Albert
Willie Thane
Poth
Stork
Valenta Liechnovskey
Charles Apts
Evergreen
Emil Svoboda
Nick Kabuga
Three Oaks
Union Letter Aug 18 Notes Rain and Local Happenings
Showers fell in the section yesterday and the day before and a general rain would help cotton. Visitors include Mrs E V Johnson and children and Mrs Ralph Johnson of Floresville. Carl Benton visited Port Lavaca. W W Beaty and F S Spear in Floresville. Coral Patterson in San Antonio. Dick Gray sought work in Bay City. G H Cone and wife took their sick daughter Pansy to San Antonio for surgical aid and hope to bring her home tomorrow. Cotton rushing, business picking up, fall fights begun. Tom Trammell family from Stockdale visited. Mack Spear hosted a party.
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E. V. Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Floresville
Carl Benton
Port Lavaca
W. W. Beaty
F. S. Spear
Coral Patterson
San Antonio
Dick Gray
Bay City
G. H. Cone
Pansy
Tom Trammell
Stockdale
Mack Spear
Laziest Man In The World Endorses Ballard Snow Liniment
An advertisement urges readers not to ignore the first ache or pain and promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment as a quick remedy. The copy asserts effectiveness for any trouble and notes it is sold by Palace Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Palace Drug Store
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E. B. Chandler
EK. Crockett St
San Antonio Tex
Stockdale Letter
Lavaca County
Commissioners Court
Marfa
Wallace Branch
Julius Harrison
J. K. Hayes
J. H. Sutherland
Jack
Florine
Henry Bishop
R. Bishop
Falls City
John Lott
Edwards Ranch
Mary Lou Shepard
Edna
de Witt
DeWitt’s
DeWitt
All Druggiste
Mattie Murray
Nelle Houston
Will Murray
Will
John Griffith Company
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