Sutherland Springs Letter Highlights Social Visit and Local Echoes
Thirty guests gathered at Mr and Mrs M M Williams country home to honor Mrs Williams daughter Mrs Gilmore visiting from Chicago. A worm reception sparked chatter as families like the Gumps and Gasoline Alley shared talents. Henry Williams escaped a clinging vine mishap while Miss Perdie Busby led with the evening’s top score. Local society notes mention real estate traffic, illnesses, and visits to Floresville and San Antonio, with continues of church activity and neighbors calling on friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Williams
Williams
Gilmore
Chicago
Gumps
Joe
Henry Williams
Henry
Perdie Busby
Sutherland Springs
Helen Bremer
Richard Harvin
San Antonio
Ed Harvin
San Marcos
Virgie Burris
Floresville
Ag Sete
C. E. Ford
Gambrell Baptist Association Holds Successful Stockdale Meeting
The Gambrell Baptist Association met October 43 at First Baptist Church Stockdale Texas despite bad weather. About 300 baptisms added, membership over 3000, 15 Sunday Schools with over 1700 enrolled. Cash raised for work surpassed 28000, supporting missionaries in Mexico and among English speaking people in Dallas. Officers elected include H M Smith moderator, H Bridges vice moderator, 2 L Burris recording secretary, and Mrs S22 Dubuce president of Woman’s Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sain Fore, Jr
Floresville
Texas
Fore
Gambrell Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Stockdale
Home Board
Atlanta
Georgia
Dallas
Herndon
Hal Buckner
Buckner Orphan’s Home
I. E. Gates
San Antonio
H. M. ‘Smith
Karnes City
D. I
Hanks
In Memory of Dr Charles E Ford
In memory of our friend Dr Charles E Ford who died after a illness. He was 74 at death and had lived in Sutherland Springs since 1910. A Mason and Christian Scientist, he touched many with a gentle smile and kind words. He will be missed in church, Sunday school, and the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sottow
Charles
Filiott Ford
Mess. Ford
Ford
Cincinnati
Ohio
California
E. S
Sutherland Springs
Harwood Townsend Preface on Duty and Honor
A fragmentary quote from Twinburn Harwood Townsend extols duty and honor as a guiding compass. It hints at a speaker urging resilience, fidelity, and a patient ascent, with a closing line on faces that smile to follow the call of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amiles
Twinburn
Harwood Townsend
Fragments Suggest Self Care Remedies in Ailment Note
A reader outlines quick relief ideas for colds and digestive discomfort using draughts and water. The fragment mentions bile, liver medicine, fast eating, and eructations with a claim of prompt relief and disappearing symptoms after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieee
Driver Liability for Passengers in Car Accidents
A magazine warns that driving to save a fare risks full liability for any passengers carried. auto club bulletins emphasize the same, noting courts have held drivers responsible beyond insurance limits. The piece cites cases of “ride-jackets” and warns hosts to avoid hitching strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T . Auto Club Belletins
Utility News
Correct Game Laws Published in the Hallettsville New Era
The document lists hunting seasons and bag limits for doves quail ducks geese wild turkeys buck deer squirrels and fur bearing animals with specifics on open dates daily limits weekly limits and licensing along with notes on exemptions and a license fee. It also notes Governor Jas E Ferguson purchasing land in Live Oak County and a George West Enterprise mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waddell
Hallettsville
Jas. E. Ferguson
Live Oak County
George West Enterprise
Floresville Fire Insurance Agency Ad
Fire insurance prompt urging readers to insure early with Floresville Insurance Agency KE Johnson as manager, emphasizing risk prevention and experience as a selling point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floresville Insurance Agency
KE. V. Johnson
Bachelor Girls Bridge Club entertains at Miss Henson home
Miss Margaret Henson hosted the Bachelor Girls Bridge Club on a Saturday evening in October. Three tables played four games with Miss Lallah Warren winning high score and receiving a yellow linen embroidered luncheon set while Miss Kathleen Canfield earned a hand embroidered table cover for low score. Attendees included Elizabeth Wiseman Nell Irvin Ada Warren Voneile Powell Madge Crif Youngblood Frances Davis Lois Waldie Anna Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Henson
Bachelor Girls
Lallah Warren
Kathleen Canfield
Endless chain schemes target farmers warned by extension agent
Texas A and M Extension Service swine expert A L Ward cautions farmers about buy back endless chain plans selling purebred sons at 100 to 150 dollars each with promised buy back of gifts. He urges county agents to warn the public and for farmers to avoid high power salesmen with pleasing personalities. Also a local help wanted notice seeks a girl for general house work at the New York Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Ward
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Texas
Ward
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Ening
Wesich
Inoyes
Dora Elizabeth
Iurits
Ealaissen
Arnis
Rae
Sutherland Springs Letter
Charles E. Ford
Doctor Ford
Miss Perdie
Bevan
Bachelor Girls’ Bridge Club
New York
Buick
Buick Motor CO
Flint, Mich
General Motors Corporation
Sky High
Liberty Bell
San Antonio, Texas
Witc the Eagle Pencilco
Ss. B. Carr
Saw
F. J. Cheney & Gos
Toledo
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