Local residents visit Harper area and return of longtime residents
San Antonio visitors Mr Liberty New stays with Mr and Mrs L D Nixon while Kerrville native Mrs Chas Morris visits John Morris home. Junction couple Will and Clem Little spend weekend with family. Beeman and brother visit Lon Whetstone in Noxville. Rev Wm Bierschwale Segovia visits relatives. Walter Yett Blanco buys mutton sheep recalling Harper years. Adoph Fritz from Reservation shops in Harper. Y Delwan of San Antonio visits daughter Mrs Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Yett
Blanco
Harper
Local visitors call on Casper Haines and Jeffrey families
Mr and Mrs Sam Jeffrey and their children spent several days visiting the Casper Haines and Martin Jeffrey households along with Mr and Mrs Lee Haines and Mr and Mrs William Casper in a family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jeffrey
Wm. Casper
Lee Haines
Martin Jeffrey
Barn Dance Brings Local Friends Together in Morris Ranch
Mr and Mrs Walter McDou gall of Morris Ranch hosted family visitors last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Oliver Fairchild entertained guests including Mr and Mrs Chester Moses and Mr and Mrs Kurt Solbrig. Paul DeLorey and Mrs John Morris and daughter Mrs Jack Lee shopped in Fredericksburg. Arthur Lott and wife hosted a lively barn dance attracting neighbors from surrounding communities for a night of merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Fairchild
Chester Moses
Kurt Solbrig
Paul DeLorey
John 8. Morris
Jack Lee
Fredericksburg
Arthur Lott
Local Folks Hint at Weekend Visits in Harper
Miss Mildred Rogers of Junction spent last Saturday and Sunday visiting home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bierschabe of the Reservation Community were in Harper Wednesday afternoon. Miss Annie Ray Ottmers has returned home from Johnson City where she taught as her school closed last Friday. Mr. J L Faris and son Burman delivered steers to the Real Ranch Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson of Kerrville visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wedekind Monday night. Mrs. Anderson is a cousin of Mrs. Wedekind. Miss Cora Rogers was here last weekend visiting homefolks. Mr. Mart Royston of Bastrop was in Harper last Saturday as a guest of Miss Mary Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Little
Junction
Clem Little
Mildred Rogers
Richard Bierschwabe
Reservation
Harper
Annie Ray Ottmers
Johnson City
George Anderson
Kerrville
Fred Wedekind
Anderson
Wedekind
Mart Royston
Bastrop
Mary Anderson
Kerrville Couple Host Relatives from Hunt and Basse
Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Casper hosted relatives over the weekend. Visitors included Mrs. Wedekind's parents Mr. and Mrs. R. K. R. Merritt and daughter Rose Ellen of Hunt, along with her sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Otto Basse and their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wedekind
Mrs. Wedekind
RK. R. Merritt
Rose Ellen
Hunt
Otto Basse
Students stage two light-hearted plays to raise funds
Intermediate pupils presented Al Martin's Country Store to cheering crowds last Thursday. The following night the high school wowed capacity audiences with The Daughter of the Desert. Proceeds will fund a piano for the school. A free program by the lower grades drew a large crowd Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Martin
Sageser Riley families enjoy Devil's River picnic
Mr and Mrs B C Sageser and Mrs A C Riley sus daughters spent a pleasant day picnicing at Devil's River last Sunday. Mr and Mrs J L Faris and son Barnam spent last Sunday fishing on Devil's River. A successful school term will close for Harper next Tuesday. The graduates are Miss Nora Fischer and Mr Lawrence Nichols. The Baccalaureate sermon will be at the Presbyterian Church Sunday night April 25. The commencement exercises will be Monday night April 26 at the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Wiley
McCaleb
Earl
Clarence Harper
V. C. Russell
B. C. Sageser
A. C. Riley Sus
Devil’s River
J. L. Faris
Barnam
Harper
Nora Fischer
Lawrence Nichols
Presbyterian Church
Shipwreck evidences wash ashore along Padre Island
Brownsville April 21 Evidences of a Gulf of Mexico shipwreck have been found along Padre Island from Port Aransas to Brazos Pass Col Sam Robertson reports after a beach survey He found a large unmarked life boat hundreds of pounds of lard cans labeled for Mexico and gasoline drums washed up with no carrier marks.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Padre Island
Port Aransas
Brazos Pass
Sam Robertson
Corpus Christi
Mexico
Daughter costs more to raise than son in 18 years
A New York study from Metropolis Life Insurance Co lists total costs to rear a girl at 6,167 and a boy at 6,077 until age 18. Feeding costs are 2,500 per child, with clothing at 1,002 for girls and 912 for boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolis Life Insurance Company
Man Injured in Wreck Near Nordheim
August Burow Sr. aged 81 suffered a broken leg when his car left the road and went into a ditch near Nordheim Tuesday morning. His daughter Mrs. J H Menn also injured. Both were in Beeville hospital with Burow having endured a third serious accident in the past year or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Burow Sr
Nordheim
J. H. Menn
Beeville
Burow
Remember the date old fashioned dance in Fredericksburg
See our Dress Hats before buying. Remember the date Saturday April 24 an old fashioned dance for everybody at the Fredericksburg Turner Hall. For sale A. C. Black Minorca setting eggs at 65 cents per setting. Call residence A. C. Arlitt Fredericksburg Texas Phone 954F5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Turner Hall
A. C. Arlitt
Fredericksburg
Texas
Poisoning Moles By Lye And Cyanide Dust Methods
Recommendations for mole control describe using concentrated lye poured into fresh runways in intervals and covered to exclude light. An alternative method involves blowing cyanide dust into active runs via a dust gun, forcing dust with a hand duster or foot pump.
Flowers Battle Founder Dies In Texas
Mrs Ellen Maury Slayden 65 widow of ex congressman James L Slayden, founder of the Battle of Flowers, died at 9 PM Tuesday at 1026 West Craig Place. Born in Charlottesville she moved to Texas decades ago and lived in San Antonio for 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Maury Slayden
James l. Slayden
San Jacinto
West Craig Place
Founding of the Flowers
Charlottesville
Texas
San Antonio
Congress
Mrs Sally Culberson Dies in Washington at 70
Mrs Sally H Culberson widow of late Senator Charles A Culberson of Texas dies in Washington from apoplexy Funeral services set for Wednesday at Washington and burial in Fort Worth Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sally H. Culberson
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Fort Worth
Start Tomato Plants In Cans Crate Method
A simple guide describes using discarded tin cans as mini pots. Remove ends, assemble a crate for a dozen plus cans, fill with rich soil, plant one or two tomato or cabbage seeds per can, then slide out each can to transplant without disturbing roots.
Old Time Square Event at Fredericksburg Turner Hall
Advert reads pay and distributing samples from LADIFS in Dayton Ohio. Then invites readers to enjoy an old time square at Fredericksburg Turner Hall on Saturday April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison, Beckel
Dayton
Ohio
Fredericksburg
Turner Hall
Satwday, April 24Th
A Symbol of Smoke and Freedom in Verse
The notebook poem traces smoke rising as a symbol of ascent toward freedom and perfection beyond oppression. It pairs Tolman’s lines with a playful exchange about a family task, capturing a literary vignette from The Family Job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Tolman
Stable Talk Reveals Winded Horse With Odd Comment
A seller praises a horse’s coat while noting its poor wind, sparking humor as the owner criticizes the animal’s pants in a brief exchange.
Gillespie County History books selling fast
Office notice urges readers to visit and purchase the Gillespie County History books as demand grows and stock runs low. Shoppers are invited to examine copies in person while supplies last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Rain and Hail Flood Uvalde Amid Storm Traffic
A Tuesday morning storm in Uvalde Texas dumped heavy rain and as much as 12 inches of hail. Five inches of rain caused flooding with ditches overwhelmed and the Leona River rising. Hail damaged the north town heavily and drifted in places forming deep banks while mist reduced visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Texas
Leona
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Liberty New
Chas. Morris
John Morris
G. R. Beeman
Mr. Beeman
Lon Whetstone
Noxville
Wm. Bierschwale
Segovia
Hubert Frederick
Frederick
W. Owl Fairchild
Adoph Fritz
Mr. Y. J. Delwan
Mart Stevens
Walter McDougall
Morris Ranch
Cora Rogers
Mrs
Alvie Casper
Ren
Mittee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Investment Committee
Albert Koennecke
Schroeder Bros
Flowers Battle
Jill
Stanford Chaparal
Citizen’s Auto Co
Harper, Texas
Kerrville Sanitarium
DR. Secor’s Hospital
Juenke & Schoenewolf
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