Local residents travel and family obituaries fill Kerrville notes
Jurman Faris and mother travel to Kerrville for sight seeing with Burman driving a Jewett. Grandparents accompany him to San Antonio. J W Coffney and son Jess drive to Kerrville on business. Stanley Fairchild family visit from Knoxville for feed and supplies. Mrs Jim Stoifs shops for James River Ranch. Otto Schlaudt moves from Johnson City to finish relocation by mid next week. Grandma Whetstone dies at 77 after long service to community. service held in Harper with Rev Bradshaw and Elder Read. Surviving children listed. note on prior burial of daughter. James River Ranch work, outlaw wolf caught by R L Paulk. Flu affects Mrs Morris. Della Maye Roberts visits with Ray Gentry and Mrs Bill Spruell from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurman Faris
Kerrville
Burman
Jewett
San Antonio
C. Bierschwabe
Tolbert Hoffmann
Grandma Whetstone
T. M. Whetstone
G. R. Beemann
Harper
Texas
Lawrence County
Ala
Whetstone
W. C. Bradshaw
Pearl
Mrs. Whetstone
Noxville
Local and Personal News from Friday to Sunday
Mr. Alfred Feller and family stopped in town Saturday morning en route to the Farms Bureau meeting in Fredericksburg and returned Sunday evening after visiting Mrs. Feller’s brother Harry Shane. The Missionary Society met at Mrs. R. H. Tobin last Thursday evening with a refreshments break and several attendees listed. Rev. Lewis Perl and Mr. Aaron Welch with family from London arrived Saturday evening and stayed through Monday morning. Perl spoke at the Drug Store gathering and again at the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Feller
Farms Bureau
Fredericksburg
the Missionary Society
R. H. Tobin
L. E. Lane
E. F. Rogers
H. M Jones
G. J. Harper
L. D. Nixon
G. R. Beeman
A. P. Cunnings
S. G. Welch
Ode Rogers
Eva Ballard
Ima Fay
Ava May Rogers
Lewis Perl
Aaron Welch
London
Perl
Methodist
Moseses Plan Indefinite Visit to Segovia
Mr and Mrs Wm Moses departed Saturday evening for Segovia to visit Mr Fred Bierschwale and family indefinitely. Mr Bierschwale came down Saturday morning so they could accompany him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Moses
Segovia
Fred Bierschwale
Mr. Bierschwale
Wolf Capture and Fire Scare Reported Near Devil River
John Thurman trapped a mother wolf after a long chase, capturing the animal who later died after the pups, six in number, cried nearby. A cedar yard fire at Hy Markwardt’s yard was quickly tamed by local responders. Moses Bierschwale took his wife to Kerrville for medical help Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thurman
Devil Rivers
Hy. Markwardt
Moses Bierschwale
Kerrville
Mr and Mrs Adolph Juenke Visit Kerrville Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Adolph Juenke made a trip to Kerrville on Tuesday with no further details provided in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Juenke
Kerrville
Card of Thanks for Mother's Illness and Death
Express gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy during illness and after the death of our mother. Floral offerings provided consolation and help during a dark and trying hour.
Texas Pioneers Farm Life and Early Cotton Trade
The article traces early Texas farming from corn and meat reliance to cotton and sea island cotton along the coast. It notes 1821 acreage along the Brazos, Harris County gins in 1834, and figures like Jared E Grace and John M Smith shaping Texas agriculture. It contrasts primitive farms with modern ranches and rails, ending with reflections on progress and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
William Scott
Cedar Bayou
Harris County
New Orleans
Sea Island
Scott
Jared E. Grace
Hempstead
Mexico
John M. Smith
Trinity River
Town of
Liberty
Masely Baker
William H. Jack
William B. Travis
Texas Progress
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Coffney
Jess
Mr. Stanley Fairchild
Noxville Finday
Jim Stoifs
James River Ranch
Otto Schlaudt
Johnson City
Mr. Schlaudt
D. Hl. Whetstone
A. T
Seth
Fred
J. F
Ingram
R. Beeman
B. H. Whaley
Ada Warren
Junction
Buck Blunt
Jim Taylor
Della Maye Roberts
Aubrey Ivy
R. L. Paulk
Ollie Scarborough
R. C Little
Olle
John Morris
Ray Gentry
Bill Spruell
Citizen’s Auto Co
Harper, Texas
DR. Nethery & Feller Union Painless Dentists Bldg
Commerce St
Voight
Henderson
Krell
Jefferson
Loyal Music Store
Ernst
Goodyear
SEI
Berling and
Dunlop
Ilarper
Brazos
Brazoria
Austin
Washington Counties
Louisana
Vince Brothers
Houston
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Atlantic Coast
Florida
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
New England
Mississippi
North Dakota
South Carolina
F. G. Gammenthaler
Elgin Auto
Fairbanks - Morse Auto
Botil Standard Mills
Harper Tin and Sheet
TIN Line
H. J. Kaiser
Tutt
Ender
Tutt’s
J. F. Wedekind
C.e—E. Bein
Electro Medical Office
S. Alamo St
E. Commerce
Joke's Dept. Store
S. Alamo Street
Heiskell
Johnston, Holloway
Alfred Neffendorf
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