Harper News: Marie Bottle Reporter and Collector
Marie Bottle is noted as reporter and collector in Harper News. The item highlights her roles and local involvement within the community.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1929
Page
3
Marie Bottle is noted as reporter and collector in Harper News. The item highlights her roles and local involvement within the community.
Miss Clara Markworth visits Kerrville relatives while Bertram Sageser and Author Sellers travel to San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. David Schmidt with their young son pass through Harper. Thelma Scarborough visits Harper from Kerrville. Victor Marshal and grandmother visit Kerrville. Rev W Wolf spends days in Roosevelt. Mrs. Ira Scarborough and daughter from Electra visit Mac Scarborough Jr. The Nixon family hosts in Doss during reunion. Theo Haag and children from Seattle travel home after visits to California and Wyoming, meeting Rev W Wolf in Harper.
A. C. Wendel and family moved into the Nabers house so Wendel can run City Drug Store, which he bought from Nabers for 12009. The deal was arranged through W. Granville. Also noted are Mr. and Mrs. Max Hopf of Harper departing August 17 for a tour of the East visiting New York City, Adirondacks, Boston, Montreal and other eastern cities.
Friends mourn the death in San Antonio of John Jiles born in Franklin Tennessee who came to Texas as a youth. He spent time visiting relatives here and was known for his sunny nature. The funeral was led by Rev Dekle at the Baptist tabernacle and he was buried in Harper Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Garfield Fairchild spent Tuesday in Kerrville as visitors. Miss Mary Ellen Stockard is in Harper this week visiting friends and relatives. Mrs Henry Tatsch and son from Belton were in Kerrville on business Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Skinner and daughter Thelma and Ed die McDougall were Kerrville visitors Tuesday. The Harper Hurlers played Ingram on Sunday and won 7 to (incomplete).
Arthur Jung and family visit Johnson City. Mrs F R Boyd and children visit Llano relatives. J W Adams family at the coast. Katie Mae Price joins youths to Morris Ranch. Volney Striegler and family welcome a son. Frank Goodale and Gay Gloria hosting. Rev Heckmann marries Miss Margaret Wallendorf and Mr Edgar Gellermann at St Marys. Bride from Cain City, groom near Johnson City. Best wishes extended.
A historical remark notes a commandment against killing but argues it does not apply to federal prohibition enforcement officers. The quote reflects tensions between moral codes and law enforcement duties during the era.
Castell A F Rothmanns and son stayed in Austin with Webb Ruff. Mrs Edgar Weber of Fredericksburg visited the Bauers. Matchetts return to Bay City after visiting homefolks. Hattie Hasse came home from Mason. Kourersehkte couple in Austin for eye care. Julia Striegler returned to Melvin after visiting friends. Seth Ward Lehmberg stays with grandparents in Georgetown. Splitgarber and Willingham families from Mason visited their father. Otto Henrich visits Fayetteville. Carl Otto attended Comfort celebration. Ernestine Kourersehke back from Mason after operation. Lehmbers children visit from San Antonio. Virgil, guest of Buchholtz, returns home with parents. W L Taylor of Abilene and Dr Bob Taylor of Orrick guest here. H. Steussy returns to Giddings. Edw in Bauer and Mattie Koenig visitors. Norma Wasterling returns from Mason. Leifeste family hosts in Llano. Death mourned: Charles Henry Lehmberg, son of Rev C A Lehmberg Crockett. funeral in Bartlett. Delegates attended: Rev F W Radetzsky, Prof F C A Lehmberg, Rev F Foerster, P A Bode, Chas Lehmberg. Sympathy extended.
Memphis Tenn August 20 Robert O Brien 16 son of a Birmingham manufacturer died of shotgun wounds received last night in a watermelon patch. He and two companions volunteered to steal melons when guard Burnett 40 said tramps were stealing from his patch. Burnett fired as the three carried off melons, O Brien died today. Burnett was not arrested. O Brien had been on a two week trip with Robert M Sparks 17 of Bryant Ark en route home with others awaiting a freight train for Birmingham.
Richmond, August 22. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that beverages made from fruits grown on the maker’s land for home consumption must be proven intoxicating in fact before prosecution. The presence of more than one half of one percent alcohol is not by itself proof of intoxicating qualities.
Prohibition officers and U S marshals arrested at least 35 people in two waves of raids across North Carolina. Seventeen in Mecklenburg County jail by late afternoon and more arrests awaited as search continued. In Fayetteville area Robeson County raids held a “score” of detainees.
A Wednesday night blaze wiped out the main barn on the Otto Moellendorf place west of the city. Sparks risked the nearby house but the wind shifted, limiting damage to hay, harness, and tools worth about $500 with firefighters hampered by a weak water supply. A crowd gathered as the fire spread dawnward.
Wakehurst New Jersey August 21 The US Navy airship Los Angeles completed a 102 hour flight and practiced catching and releasing an airplane. The plane hooked on a wire from the dirigible stern and remained with the ship as it moved. Lieutenant Commander Herbert V Wiley plans further experiments to carry up to six planes.
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