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Newspaper
Floresville Chronicle Journal
Location
Floresville, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
1
San Marcos resident H Sloan invites all to Marcelena Baptist Church next Sunday morning for a cordial service. The notice highlights a Sunday observance and encourages attendance at the church event.
Last Sunday Mothers Day observances included a special sermon and service at the Floresville Methodist Church. The event featured two notable offerings and was well received by the congregation. Sheriff W L Wright and wife hosted the county commissioners court with District Judge Chambliss and District Attorney T P Morris attending at a dinner. The group then toured and praised the recently remodeled Wilson County jail as a credit to the county.
The Wilson county district court opened with Judge F G Chambliss presiding and a grand jury empaneled. Five indictments were returned including murders of W T Matlock and Zack Mills and thefts. A civil injunction hearing from Runge consumed two days. The Bahuslav murder case set for next Wednesday. A. J. Reinhard reported enlisting another soldier. a grandson born to A M Reinhard and wife.
A Floresville loyalty celebration featured a signal honor of a artillery battery and infantry company. Three new model bi planes arrived from the aviation field, Nos 134 135 and 125, flown by Capt J C McDonald and Capt C Spatz with their crews. The Curtis J N bi planes performed stunts and the aviators promised another flight soon.
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