Marie Cottle Reports From Harper News
Miss Marie Cottle acts as reporter and collector for Harper News, gathering local notes and updates for the publication.
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Marie Cottle
Fredericksburg Standard in Fredericksburg, Texas
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1927
Page
4
Local visits noted from Kerrville and Fredericksburg
Harve Stevens traveled to Kerrville on a recent Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Marvin Ernst visited their mother Mrs Lena Ernst in Fredericksburg last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs David Schmidt were among Fredericksburg visitors from Harper on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Stevens
Kerrville
Marvin Ernst
Lena Ernst
Fredericksburg
David Schmidt
Harper
Harpers Social Roundup Features Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Willie Lennon return home after Harper visit. Rev and Mrs T C Hoffmann of San Antonio visit relatives in Harper. Raymond Fiske leaves for Arizona after visiting the Granville home with Ellis Granville. Frank M Floyd installs a radio set and enjoys programs. Archie Lennon visits. J J Casper and family and Mildred Solomon spend weekend in Llano. Stella Zesch visits Granville home. C W Sageser and daughter Lora visit the Raymond Cottle home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Hoffmann
San Antonio
Harper
Frank M. Floyd
J. J. Casper
Milton
Mildred Solomon
Llano
Stella Zesch
Mrs. C. W Granville
C. W. Sageser
Httl
Lora
Raymond Cottle
Hartmanns Caretaker Stays At Tatsch Ranch
Felix Hartmann of Fredericksburg has stayed at the Ferdinand Tatsch ranch to look after the property while Mr Tatsch recovers from a mule bite at the Seeor Sanitarium.
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Felix Hartmann
Fredericksburg
Ferdinand Tatsch
Mr Tatsch
Seeor Sanitarium
Family Visit Ties to Local Gins In Baumann Area
Mr. and Mrs. IL D. Nixon and granddaughter La Dell Nixon along with Mrs. Clarence Harper and Janis visited San Marcos to see Irvin Nixon. Baumann Gin reports nineteen bales ginned in its first full day, while the former Henry Fischer gin under Gordon Harper has reached three bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IL. D. Nixon
la Dell Nixon
Clarence Harper
Janis
San Marcos
Irvin Nixon
Baumann
Henry Fischer
Gordon Harper
Stapp and Collins Wed in Kerrville Nuptials
Miss Calis ta Stapp and Mr. Willie Collins quietly married at Kerrville. Miss Stapp is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stapp Sr. Collins has lived in New York and then in the Knoxville Community. Friends extend best wishes for a long, happy marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calista Stapp
Willie Collins
Kerrville
Miss Stapp
Chas. Stapp
Mr. Collins
New York
Noxville
Scrub-Sire Trials Aid Livestock Improvement
The Bureau of Animal Industry notes widespread scrub-site trials to boost public interest in better livestock. Trials are mock legal proceedings at gatherings led by local officials with educational displays. verdicts target non-purebred sires, reflecting local sentiment.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Michigan
Seventeen Rattlesnakes Killed in One Den at Robstown Farm
Robstown Tex August 20 seventeen rattlesnakes were found in a single den on the D F Ware farm. Amabert Jurecke and Orvil Ware killed them with a grubbing hoe and shotgun. Several cotton pickers, said to be Black, abandoned the field after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robstown
Tex
D. F. Ware
Amabert Jurecke
Orvil Ware
Mine owner injured as flash flood traps car near Terlingua
Alpine Texas Aug 21 W B Whitlock of Denton owner of the Rainbow Quicksilver mine is hospitalized after a wall of water swept a stalled car and three men from Sheep Creek canyon 30 miles south of Alpine. Whitlock sustained severe cuts and scratches entangled in wire while the car and clothing were buried under sand. Two geologists from Cambridge Mass Jos L Gillson and Geoffrey A Edsell of Yale were with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Tex
W. B. Whitlock
Denton
Rainbow Quicksilver
Terlingua
Sheep Creek
Whitlock
Cambridge
Mass
Jos. L. Gillson
Boston Tech
Geoffrey A Edsell
Yale University
Four Arrested in Cattle Theft Ring at Victoria
Four men, three white and one Black, were jailed as suspects in a string of cattle thefts. One confessed to being an army deserter. Sheriff Louis O. Hudler launched a countywide drive against cattle thieves.
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Victoria
Louis O. Hudler
Farm flock still backbone of egg industry
Roy C Potts of the USDA notes that despite rising specialized poultry farms, the general farm flock remains the production backbone of poultry and eggs, contributing over half of total output. Specialized farms grow and rely almost entirely on poultry, using up to date methods and improved stock.
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Roy C., Potts
United States Department of Agriculture
Buff and Blue Dress of Colonial Soldiers and Dye Industry
Baron Steuben recounts Valley Forge conditions with soldiers naked without proper coats while Washington wore buff and blue. The piece notes varied colonial dyes due to tanning limits and explains American dye independence as German competition resurges, urging subscription to the STANDARD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Steuben
Valley Forge
Europe
German Dye Trust
J Frank Norfleet Suggested for Texas Ranger Role
R. W. Haynie of Abilene urged Gov. Dan Moody to appoint Hale Center native J. Frank Norfleet to the Rangers. Norfleet, famed for tracking swindlers and bringing criminals to justice, has also worked as a private investigator and assisted in cases including murder arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Texas Rangers
Dan Moody
R. W. Haynie
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
J. Frank Norfleet
Hale Center
Haynie
Rangers
Norfleet
Merchant on prewar liquor cited in Lon Pride trial
John Luizza, suburban merchant, faced sixth examination in a case tied to liquor bought before the Volstead Act. He complained that arrests lead to liquor being returned. Justice Oversteer sent the matter to the grand jury and released Luizza on recognizance.
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Houston
John Luizza
Luizza
Justice Oversteer
Burned to Death in Bootleg Feud Ambush
Baltimore on August 20 two men were dragged from their car by bandits, beaten, locked in a house that was set on fire. John Harrahy died at the hospital and Chester Pugh died later. The coroner linked the killings to a bootleg feud.
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Baltimore
John ©. Harrahy
Chester Pugh
Amasa Clark Monument Set for September 15
The monument honoring Amasa Clark Ban dera centenarian and Mexican War veteran who died last winter will be ready to place on its foundation on the Government reservation near Austin Road about September 15, per William B. Krempkau, chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amasa Clark Bandera
Austin Road
William B. Krempkau
Monument to 101 Year Old Clark To Be Erected
A memorial project by the Old Freighters' Association plans a foundation this week for a statue honoring Clark who died at 101. Charles Simmang completed a memorial panel sent to Ohio for casting and finished the Third Infantry coat of arms. The bronze panel will show Clark with a freighting wagon, set in a granite boulder near Bear Mountain, Fredericksburg, funded by Nagel Bros.
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Old Freighters’ Association
Charles Simmang
Ohio
Third Infantry
Clark
Nagel Bros
Bear Mountain
Fredericksburg
Dynamite Truck Wreck Kills Man Near Del Rio
Del Rio Texas Aug 23 Henry July 30 a State Highway Department worker was killed instantly when the dynamite truck he rode in wrecked at Seminole Canyon four miles east of the Pecos on the Mexican Border Highway about 49 miles west of Del Rio. Logan Ethel 26 the driver was badly injured with several injuries reported.
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del Rio
Tex
Henry
Negro
State Highway Department
Seminole Canyon
Pecos
Truck Crash Near Seminole Canyon Injures Driver
A truck leaving Comstock for Shumla crashed at Seminole Canyon injuring the driver with fractured bones and keeping him from work for six weeks. The vehicle carried dynamite and gasoline but did not explode. The driver, formerly from Bracketville, was brought to Del Rio and may be buried there. The driver’s small son in the truck was uninjured. Ethel, a State Highway Department worker for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iis
Small Son
Comstock
Shumla
Seminole Canyon
Bracketville
del Rio
Texas Advances in Fuel and Agricultural Exports
Texas remains free from fuel supply interruptions due to abundant fuel oil natural gas and lignite deposits. The state leads in agricultural value and mineral production with prominence in petroleum sulphur and a cotton crop nearly meeting continental needs.
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Texas
Continent
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Stapp — Collins
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Amasa Clark
Logan Ethel
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Grienee
Caravan
Standard Motor Co., Inc
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