Mammy's Lil Wild Rose staged by Harper youths
F H S Weekly Echo reports Harper community presents the three act comedy Mammy's Lil Wild Rose at the high school auditorium on Friday night. Proceeds benefit Fredericksburg High School. Cast includes twelve characters with two aged negro roles and a mountain couple. Scene set in the Virginia Mountains with humor and pathos. Orchestra performs before and between acts. Admission 15 and 25 cents.
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Harper
Mammy
Fredericksburg
Morris Ranch
Virginia
School announces Chautauqua and speaker at commencement
Supt Feuge announced a Chautauqua event with student tickets at 2.50 and ticket sales on commission. Mr Herman Ochs, president of Wolf & Marx in San Antonio, will be the chief speaker at commencement. Crockett Riley, an FHB school alumnus and Texas School of Mines attendee, visited Friday and plans to depart for Alaska.
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Supt
Feuge
Herman Ochs
Ochs
Wolf & Marx
San Antonio
Crockett Riley
Texas School of Mines
el Paso
Alaska
Three Children Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Jermyn Texas
In Jermyn Texas three children of Mr and Mrs Vanworth died when their four mile north farmhouse burned at nine this morning Bernie Ray aged four James 18 months and Donald Lee four months were alone as Mrs Vanworth borrowed milk from ranch owner Charles Hanna. The father had left home about a month ago and his whereabouts are unknown. The bed was found across the room from the area where the mother had left the children.
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Jermyn
Texas
Bernie Ray
Orgatone Relief Narrative From Waco Housewife
Mrs E L Quinn of 908 South 9th Street Waco Texas describes months of indigestion dizziness and headaches alleviated by Orgatone after friends recommended it She reports renewed appetite and no further bloating gas or pain following two bottles Genuine Orgatone sold at Central Drug Store Fredericksburg Adv.
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Fredericksburg
Central Drug Store
Longing for Texas by Gertrude Kott at Sophie Newcomb
Poem by Gertrude Kott, a Sophie Newcomb College student in New Orleans, expresses longing for Texas. It frames Texas as a free land with imagery of cotton fields, cowboys, and pioneer history, ending with a vow to never roam again.
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Gertrude Kott
Sophie Newcomb College
New Orleans
Fredericksburg students tour local publishing plant
An advertising class toured Fredericksburg Publishing Company on Tuesday noting courtesy and thanking Mr. I G Wehmeyer for explanations. Other classes met for biology lantern slides on insects Monday and Tuesday, while ninth grade history covers the Great War. Freshman English studies Julius Caesar and the senior class prepares a play titled Cornelius Booth Freshman.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Company
I. G. Wehmeyer
Julius Caeser
Cornelius Booth
Local Socials Report From Kerrville and San Antonio
Elisa Weber May Stein Margaret and Victoria Keidel and Elsie Sagebiel traveled to Kerrville Friday night to view Aunt Lucia staged by home talent. Blanche Kaderli Myrtle Wuest visited friends over the weekend. Minna Joseph visited San Antonio Sunday. Vera Hohenberger spent Sunday in Comfort. Henry Kuenemann visited Kerrville Sunday. Erna Mae Henke spent the weekend in San Antonio.
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Elisa Weber
May Stein
Margaret
Victoria Keidel
Elsie Sagebiel
Kerrville
Lucia
Blanche Kaderli
Myrtle Wuest
Minna Joseph
San Antonio
Vera Hohenberger
Henry Kuenemann
Erna Mae Henke
Two Harris County Jail Escapees Recaptured After Fire Hose Flight
In Houston on April 7 two of twelve men who fled Harris County Jail by sliding seven stories down a fire hose were captured by a deputy sheriff posse. The two identified as W. C. Johnson 23 and Bryan O'Neal 23 were charged without resistance.
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Houston
Harris County
W. C. Johnson
Bryan O'Neal
Fort Bend Sheriff Indicted Again on Prohibition Charges
Federal grand jury returns three indictments charging Fort Bend Sheriff H Wyatt Collins and deputies with selling and possessing liquor and maintaining a common nuisance. The raids on Mud Alley and Frog Flats in Richmond occurred January 19, involving 24 to 28 co conspirators and three African American women.
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Houston
H. Wyatt Collins
Fort Bend
Richmond
Collins
Card of Thanks for Mr. Wm. Petermann Sr.
The Bereaved Family expresses appreciation to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy after the death of Mr. Wm. Petermann Sr. Special thanks go to Rev. Gammenthaler, Mr. G H Holly, the Methodist Church choir, and for the floral offering.
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Wm. Petermann, Sr
Gammenthaler
G. H Holly
Methodist Church
Second Grade Teacher Spends Weekend at Blanco
Mrs. B. E. Benton, a second grade teacher, spent the weekend in Blanco. Texas gypsum production in 1929 totaled 509,472 tons with a manufactured value of 3,041,156 dollars.
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B. E. Benton
Blanco
Texas
Watkins Remedies Available Through Local Dealers
Local Watkins dealer network extends across the country with shipments via Schneider's Produce Co Aug M Jung and Schaefer's Cafe. Residents along Schneider's route may call to place Watkins orders with Schneider's Produce Co for next delivery. Fredericksburg vendor listed.
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Watkins
Schneider’s Produce Co
Aug
M. Jung
Schaefer’s
Travel
Sehneider’s Produce Co
Mammy's Lil Wild Rose at High School Auditorium
An event titled Mammy's Lil Wild Rose is scheduled for Friday April 11 at the High School Auditorium. The notice promotes subscriptions to the Standard at 1.50 per year.
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Mammy
Lil’ Wild Rose
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