Poth Happings Floresville Loses to Poth in Baseball
Floresville All Stars were defeated 16 to 5 by Poth on a Sunday game. Pitcher Pyle allowed only three hits and no earned runs through nine innings, while Ike Toman and Red Harper contributed strong fielding and pitching efforts. Local spectators enjoyed a high scoring contest as Floresville players tried to hold off the Poth lineup.
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Floresville
Indianapolis Speedway
Pyle
Path
Ike Toman
Red” Harper
Red
Texas: The Biggest State In The World
Bay City Tribune notes Texas claims the world’s largest poultry farm near Bowie in Montague County. It highlights Texas as home to the largest sulphur mine, the world’s largest Jersey herd region, and the largest individually owned ranch said to be owned by the world’s richest woman.
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Bay City Tribune
Texas
Bowie
Montague County
M. Johnson
Colfed
Commonwealth
Last Year's Cotton Still Being Picked in Seguin
Seguin Texas June 10 Guadelupe county residents are picking and ginning cotton from last year's planting. No crop for this year is likely due to dry weather. Renters in the northern area gather scrap cotton for ginning. Geronimo gin processed over 15 bales last week with more expected this week.
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Seguin
Texas
Guadalupe County
Geronimo
Marshall's Body Rests by Riley's in Crown Hill
Indianapolis June 4 The body of Thomas Riley Marshall rests in Crown Hill Cemetery near James Whitcomb Riley. Simple, reverent rites mark the funeral with Scottish Rite and Masonic ceremonies, reflecting a humble spirit despite his vice presidency and governorship. Rev Mathew Smith delivers the eleemosynary eulogy as William Geake leads the Scottish Rite ritual.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Riley Marshall
James Whitcomb Riley
Crown Hill
Indiana
Marshall
Mathew ‘Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
William Geake
Port Wayne
Ind
Supreme Council For
Prisons to receive $200000 loan for crop year
Houston reports a $200,000 loan to Texas prisons to operate during the crop sale period. Weatherford Crump will deliver the funds to the prison commission once the attorney general signs off on the agreement. The move aims to support prison operations pending approval.
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Houston
Texas
Mad cats bite merchant and nephew in Weimar incident
Weimar and nearby reports describe a mad cat biting merchant Charles Fahrenthold and his nephew Owen Kontz at their Weimar business. They traveled to Austin with the cat head for inspection, while a mad dog named Midnight was shot by a constable on Main Street. Local authorities report many cats killed and a general scare about mad animals.
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Weimar
Texas
Charles Fahrenthold
Owen Kontz
Main Street
Tom C. Roberts
Amiel Brunkhoefer
Fragmented Price Parable at the Local Store
A garbled note from a reader hints at price, value, and social access in a small town. It references cents, a butcher, a candy box, a movie, and a Sunday in Saint Louis, though the meaning is unclear and the text reads as a broken personal musing rather than a coherent item.
Disjointed Notice on Dog Control and Fines
A fragmented notice indicates dog control rules and penalties for without a muzzle. It mentions authority and imposition of fines and disposal, but the details are unclear due to garbled text.
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Poth, Texas
Durant Motors
Lansing
Mich
Oalland
Cal
Hous
Xeo
C. Usiray
Reskin
LD Pho
Mother
Sister
Rather
Poth
Anne Warnken
BE. W. Schneider
New Braunfels
A. W. Kosarek
San Antonio
F. le Kosarek
Victor F. Warnken
C.J. Billimek
Edna Golke
Yorktown
C. J. Bomba and Son
Alamo Cuy
Elda Laake
Myrtle Reinhard
Alex’ Klaus
Boerne
Kerrville
J. L. Kosarek
R. J. Kosarek
Julia Kosarek
Alamo City
Rileys
Texas Highway Bulletin
A. L. Orts
Mgr. Poth
Maha & Laake Meat
Floresville Insurance Agency
B. V. Johnson
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