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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1929
Page
10
Miss Emilie Bushnell serves as Editor of the Blanco County Section and accepts items for publication at Johnson City Texas. Send submissions to her care in Johnson City.
Mrs Susie Casparis of Austin visited relatives here last week. Numerous residents including W E Stevenson and B J Stubbs traveled for business in Fredericksburg and New Braunfels. Several families visited Brady Austin and San Antonio while others returned from San Marcos school session.
The following are the names of those summoned for jury service for the grand jury and general panel. Names include W. N. Cox H. E. Crofts Erich Armke Albert Rose Ernest Conn H. J. Weirich A. P. Hayner Hugo Eckhardt Lee West Val Griffin Alex Grote RK. 5. Dorough Henry Maneus Gus Artzt James Riddell and Dan Wiershausen plus Andrew Hayner George Gip son Albert Brehmer E. Stribling Henry Danz Carl Gerges W. 5 Crider Floyd Ferrell Emmett Crossley Walter Haas Felix Newman H. De Spain A. P. Sharp Gordon Tunnell Edgar Keoch Carl Fassell Bernard Olfers Ernst Lierman Edwin Joy W. A. Hunnicutt J. C. Haley Frank Price Monte Seymore G. T. Bryan Hy Anderegg Herman Schlamens Dan Reeves Heinz Ulrich H. M. Benskin Tom Sparks Herman Knoll C. H. Krause Clarence Johnson Fred Grinke L. C. Page Chas Whit worth Helmuth Hahenberger Leonard Smith Fred Sultemeier Edwin Althaus
List of residents and visitors traveling between Blanco Johnson City New Braunfels Marble Falls San Marcos San Antonio Fredericksburg Alpine Edna and other towns. Names include Guss Ross Phelps Nowotny Bremer Buckner Parker Price Green Belcher Crist Laven der Wagner Shugart Hale Malone Dale Patty Lindemann and others. References to fairs and schooling noted with multiple one week visits and homecomings.
Dayton Murray of Henry visited here last week as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Murray. Miss Gladys Bushnell of San Antonio spent Friday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bushnell.
Mr and Mrs Howard Casparis travel with children and Grandmother Casparis and Dayton Casparis to Oklahoma for a relatives visit.
An unidentified white man, about 35 to 40, was found deceased under a tree near a railroad west of Hutto. Justice Oscar Humphrey ruled death unknown after an inquest. Clothing included two coveralls and a brown sweater. no bloodstains or signs of blows were found. Paint stains on outer overalls suggest he may have been a painter.
August 27 1929 Fort Worth stock market notes small changes from last week with fat steers possibly 10 to 15 cents lower. Cassidy sold dehorned white face steers at 12 50, high quality grass and cake fed cattle range 9 to 14 dollars. Canners and cutters steady 4 50 to 5 75, calves 6 to 12 50, veals 11 12 50, fat bulls 7 to 7 50, medium bulls 6 50 to 7, light weights 5 50 to 6.
The D. Holekamp & Son store in Comfort was robbed early Wednesday. Robbers used nitroglycerin to blast the safe, leaving a burned fuse and soap fragments. About $80 in cash vanished, with $40,000 in non negotiable notes and records missing, while no fingerprints were found.
Jessie Charles a Black man condemned by a Liberty County jury for the murder of white Winifred Knipple at Devers was granted a reprieve delaying his scheduled early execution. The case remained under legal review as of August 22 in Austin Texas.
About 69 pairs of boys school pants priced from 1.00 to 2.00 dollars a pair will be sold by Norman Bros. on Trades Day September 9 at 9c a pair with limit of one pair per customer.
Morrow received a week stay from Governor Moody. The Board of Pardons urged commutation for Charles after a key witness recanted. Doubts about Charles' guilt linger as DA seeks delay for an inquiry into the Knipple murder claim. Knipple died August 16, 1928.
A 65 year old man carrying papers with the name A. H. Tacquard of 4701 Harrisburg Boulevard Houston was instantly killed when a tire blew out on the highway three miles east of Waelder Texas on Saturday authorities said the incident occurred near Waelder.
The driver Ile was alone in his vehicle when, after another car passed, a rock struck the tire causing a blowout. His car then rear ended the vehicle ahead, rolled over, and he was killed instantly.
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