Comfort Bronchos Defeat Giants In Tight Ball Game
In a disputed finish the Comfort Bronchos beat the Giants 2 to 1 after a late run scored on a wild throw and a relay error. Key moments include Deike’s pitching and Knopp’s overthrows, with Watt earning the win as Pankratz and Bremer contributed clutch hits. Gillespie County Fair action follows with future games against the Kerrville Tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
Giants
Deike
J. Pankratz
Meyer
Knopp
Leidl
Pankratz
Hollmig
Bremer
Gillespie County
Kerrville
Abrhoae Durst
Nagel
Klett
Klaerer
Henke
Hahn
Abrhoa
Goforth
Wendler
West
E. Pankratz
Watt, P
PAW RD Bie Son Aes Ees
Durst
Nickels-Lochte
R. E. Jordan
District Court Dockets List Delinquents and Divorces
District court records show multiple delinquent tax cases settled or dismissed including State of Texas v H W Wende v Perry Weiss Wells Evans Washington Lopez Englemann, and cases against J H Englemann and Louis Evans. Divorce actions include Lillie Wimberly v Joe Wimberly with costs paid and dismissal at plaintiff request and Odie Lee Rogers v Proctor Rogers granted custody. Garnishment against Citizens Bank in Langbein case ordered liquidated. other promissory notes and foreclosures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Louis Evans
Jack Washington
John Lopez
J. H. Englemann
Lillie Wimberly
Joe Wimberly
Fritz Langbein
Eugene Althaus
Citizens Prank
Citizens Bank
Hl. Kuenemann
W. R. Petermann
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Anton Novian
Emil Frantzen
Odie Lee Rogers
Proctor Rogers
Harry Hitzfeld
Otto Baurrer
Otto Burrer
Security Mortgage and Loan Co
Henry Mogford
Wm. Bierschwab
Gus Gold
Death of Texas gunsmith and vigilante Joseph Petmecky at 88
Joseph C. Petmecky died Saturday in Austin aged 88. A Civil War veteran and noted gunsmith, he helped form 1863 vigilantes who repulsed a 40 bandit raid on Texas State Treasury, crafting guns used in the fight. Survived by his wife, four sons Fred Charles Jake Howell, a daughter E H Bruce of Los Angeles, a brother A W Petmecky, and sisters Ottilie Carstansen and Lena Ronkamp. Funeral held in Austin with Austin lodge No. A F and A M projecting as sponsor.
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Joseph C. Petmecky
Austin
Makers of Texas
Texas
Petmecky
Treasury
Sibley
U U. S
America
Germany
Fred
Charles
Jake
Howell
E. H. Bruce
Los Angeles
Calif
A. W. Petmecky
Fredericksburg
Ottilie Carstansen
Boerne
Lena Ronnkamp
Comfort Bronchos Beat Giants on Opening Fair Day
The Comfort Bronchos defeated the Giants 5 to 3 on Friday the first day of the Fair, securing an early win in the event.
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Comfort Bronchos
Giants
Boy appeals sentence for church stabbing
Elroy Morgan fourteen filed an appeal in the Court of Criminal Appeals on the stabbing of Chester McGlothin eighteen during a prayer meeting at Energy Baptist Church. Morgan was convicted in Commanche County and sentenced to nine months in the State Juvenile School at Gatesville after a post meeting fight over a seat. The injury was not serious.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Elroy Morgan
Commanche County
Chester McGlothin
Gatesville
Baptist
Energy
Grand jury returns burglary and theft bills
The grand jury returned bills naming Floyd L. Beetel for burglary Ralph Smothers for theft of an automobile and charges against Bessie Pierce J B DeWitt and C A Flannigan for burglary all in the same term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd L. Beetel
Ralph Smothers
Bessie Pierce
J. B. DeWitt
C. A. Flannigan
Rome Receives $1 Million Dental Dispensary Gift
Rochester, Aug. 22 George Eastmann signed a contract with Italian officials to build a dental dispensary in Rome costing 1 million dollars. Eastmann has long funded education medicine and philanthropy in the United States and abroad.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Eastmann
Rome
Local Notes On Residents Visiting And Recoveries
Miss Peura Franz visits California while Ruth Gold undergoes appendicitis surgery. Otto Thiele also has an appendicitis operation Thursday. Alb Bonn of San Antonio visits Fredericksburg. Mrs Hodges and daughter spend weekend in Austin with Mr and Mrs Carey. Otto Schmudt travels postall from Monte Carlo. Ernst Klappenbach and family of Johnson City visit the Standard office Friday.
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Alb. Bonn of
San Antonio
Tonio
Fredericksburg
Eric Hodges
Austin
John Carey
Ernst Klappenbach
Johnson City
Standard Office
San Antonio and Texas murders test insanity pleas
In Eastland Texas Hy Helms condemned for the Cisco Santa Claus Bank robbery seeks a stay by insanity affidavits from his father and wife as Judge Davenport sets August 28 for trial. Earlier attempts in Texas to save death row inmates by proving insanity included Pete McKenzie who escaped the chair and is in an asylum.
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Eastland
Tex
Texas
Hy Helms
Helms
J. C. Helms
Nettie Helms
George L. Davenport
Pete McKenzie
San Antonio
Harry J. Leahy
Mathis
State Board fixes per capita school fund at 17 50
The Texas State Board of Education set the scholastic per capita school fund at 17 50 and urged trustees to save 50 cents for next year. The board ruled the 17 50 is mandatory under the new law and rejected a 17 proposal to assure a future year’s amount. In New Orleans two narcotic peddlers wounded government agent Clarence P. Moore in an auto chase. Moore, a former San Francisco officer, is in serious condition.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
Texas
Public Instruction
Marrs
Clarence
Moore
San Francisco
State school tax to drop to about 31 cents
A school fund exceeding 3 000 000 dollars, plus other income, will require a state school tax of about 31 cents rather than the 35 cent maximum.
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Kerrville, Texas
Chevrolet
California
G. R. Ivy
London, Texas
Emil and
Guenther Lochte
Court House
M. A. Kowert
O. F. Barnett
Llano, Texas
Nuala
H. W. Wende
J. J. Perry
Adolf Weiss
E. C. Wells
Katherina Kieck
Albert Jordan
Peter Kieck
Alfred Frantzen
Erwin Behrends
Otto Crenwelge, Sr
Chester Schumann
J. B. Wieser
Peter Kleck
R. E. Smith
Jacob Heiner
Marvin Thiele
Joseph Petmecky
Sudden Service Garage
Peura Franz
Ruth Gold
Otto Thiele
Otto Schmudt
Monte Carlo
France
New Orleans
Piggly Wiggly
Wilson Herber
Schumann
Slic
Cash & Carry
Bartholmae’s
Fruit Store
Pintoo
Ceans
Handy Andy
Fleischmann
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