Way To Goliad Tale Of 36 Expedition In Texas History
The article recounts Reuben H. Brown’s 1859 Texas Almanac account of the Matamoros expedition led by Col Frank W. Johnson. Facing Urrea’s 1,000 dragoons near the coast, Johnson and Grant are overwhelmed after a failed march from San Antonio toward Matagorda Bay. Grant is killed. Brown is captured, and Urrea turns to San Patricio and Fannin, ending in massacre.
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Goliad
Texas
San Jacinto
Alamo
Matbattles
Reuben H. Brown
Texas Almanac
University of Texas Library
James Fanni
Johnson
Refugio
Sam Houston
East Texas
San Patricio
Fannin
Matagorda Bay
Urrea
Grant
Jad
Send the Standard to Your Boy at Camp
A recruiting appeal offers a four year subscription for one dollar to any boy in a camp in the United States. Readers are urged to send the home town paper to servicemen to keep them informed about community news.
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The
Standard
United States
Johnson City Couple Injured In Car Mishap
Mr and Mrs Roy Stubbs were injured in an automobile accident near Lockhart. Their car overturned several times after being struck by a truck driven by a Mexican, wrecking the car. The injuries are not yet confirmed as serious. More residents and visitors were listed in Johnson City on Thursday and Friday including Mr and Mrs Robert Riddell, Judge and Mrs Jas H Clark, Mr Will Ross and son, Mr and Mrs Buck Smith and children, Mrs Mazie Miller, Mr Earl Johnson, Mr Chas Vollmering, Mr Ernest Bauerle, Mrs K C Kindle and baby, Mr Jesse Sublett and son, and Mrs Geo Kennedy among others. Farmers welcomed drying wind after wet conditions delayed planting.
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Roy Stubbs
Lockhart
Robert Riddell
Round Mountain
Jas H. Clark
Lampasas
Will Ross
Spicewood
Johnson City
Buck Smith
Sandy
Hugo Fuchs
Cypress Mill
WPA
Fredericksburg
Joe Novian
Post Oak
Geo. Kennedy
San Marcos
Felix Vollmar
Raymond Roses
Peach Trees in Bloom Present Beautiful Sight
Beautiful early spring scene shown as acres of fruit trees bloom inviting visitors. The piece notes lingering travel by Alvin Weinheimer and others to San Antonio and Fredericksburg for visits and business. It mentions farmers awaiting planting due to wet fields and recent warm sunshine.
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Miram Hodges
San Antonio
Luckenbach Residents Visit Relatives and San Antonio Trips
San Antonio visitors include Richard Kunz with his mother Mrs Otto Kunz and other relatives. Berthold Nebgen and Victor Pahl couples visited Werner Pehl group. Ewald Pehl spent the weekend with his mother. Meurer Kerrville family and Willie Behrends party traveled to San Antonio for business. Arno Engel Emery Peese and Fred Birch fished and returned with rice fish. Elgin Ellebracht owns a new tractor. Continued on Page 4 Sec 2.
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Richard Kunz
San Antonio
Otto Kunz
Berthold Nebgen
Hilda
Victor Pahl
Werner Pehl
Reinhard Behrends
Ewald Pehl
Albert Pehl
Clemens Meurer
Kerrville
Robert Fritz
Willie Behrends
Herman Petsch
Arno Engel
Emery Peese
Fred Birch
Elgin Ellebracht
Armin Engel
George Peh
San An
Feudin in the Hills staged by Harper seniors at Benn's Hall
Harper seniors presented the annual play Feudin in the Hills at Benn's Hall with a debuting school band under Miss Wilma Barnett. The evening included dancing after the show and drew a splendid crowd.
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Benn’s Hall
Wilma Barnett
Arnold Markworth
Fredericksburg
Mutual Lumber Co
J. J. Petty
Ozona
Harper
Sinclair
Camp Buffalo
Comfort
Clinton Brown
Ollie Parker
Miss Pay Parker
Fred Wedekind
Mariette
Ed. Casper
Hunt
J. M. Scarborough
Walter Hug
San Antonio
Doss Community News Highlights Local Visits and Sunshine
The Doss Im promevent Club notes Ruth Kline cannot speak at Friday’s meeting. Mrs Rubin Nixon and sons visited Edwin Strackbein family at Harper. Mecklen burg resident Walne Solbrig visited grandparents. Farmers hope for more sun to plant corn. Several locals visited Barons Creek and enjoyed the Gone With The Wind show in Fredericksburg, with reflections on war.
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Doss Impromevent Club
Ruth Kline
Rubin Nixon and Sons
Edwin Strackbein
Harper
Walne Solbrig
Mecklenburg
Hilmar Dittmar
Elmo Baethge
San Marcos
Willie Rosenbusch
Levy
Elgin Rosenbusch
Barons Creek
Fredericksburg
Why Easter Date Moves Across the Calendar
The article traces the historical dispute over Easter’s date from early Christian divides between observing on Passover or the first Sunday after Passover. It notes Jewish and Babylonian calendrical influences and cites Polycarp and Anicetus discussing the issue, with broader calendar errors persisting into the Roman era.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Asia Minor
Jesus
A. D
Polycarp
Sunshine lifts spirits after rainy week in Albert
People welcomed the sunny days last week as children returned to school after a bout of rosy plas. Irene visited home folks over the weekend and many youngsters attended the Gone With the Wind show Wednesday night. Buddy Hahne notes that it pays to take girls.
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Rosy Plas
Verybody
Irene
Buddy Hahne
Brady Visit Highlights Castell Social Notes
Castell residents report guests from Fredericksburg and Monthalia visiting Brady over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Charles Henry Dye and Mr and Mrs H J Raesener toured to see Baxter Dye in town. Pearl Dalhau of Alta Energia was at home. Arno Sheeberly and family visited W C Leifeste.
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Charles Henry Dye
H. J. Raesener
Fredericksburg
Brady Sunday
Baxter Dye
Miss Pearl Dalhau
Algerita
Arno Sheeberly
Monthalia
W. C. Leifeste
Mexican Family Injured In Sunday Car Mishap
A Mexican family from the Dahlio Burches on the Gus Wahrmund farm were in a Sunday morning crash on Bur net road near Fredericksburg. The driver lost control and the car hit an embankment, badly damaged. Two girls were hospitalized but not seriously hurt. Several local families assisted at the scene.
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Dahlio Burches
Gus Wahrmund
Fredericksburg
Burnet Road
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