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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
6
Otto Kolmeier advertises meat choppers and stuffer sizes along with butcher knives. The notice references special bargains in second hand automobiles in another column of this issue and urges readers to read the STANDARD advertisements.
Community notices recount visits and gatherings among residents of Eckert Kerrville Mason Willow City and San Antonio. Names include Richard Lawrence Vey Standerer J W Lee Thaxton Claud Young Leo Lehne Allie Mae Lee plus families Parker Moehte Gold Enderle and others. Felix Moehte dies after appendicitis surgery. funeral at Eckert Cemetery.
Cain City figures note trips to Kerrville Fredericksburg Llano and Frede ricksburg. A fatal fall from a scaffold during a 1890s era building incident at an unnamed structure left Wheeler dead after his injuries. officials arrived, a large hole appeared in glass flooring, and workers were shocked by the accident.
Houston officials report 8 to 20 killed and about 40 injured when Houston East and West Texas Railway No. 28 side swiped a switch engine near Humble depot. Conductor Kempsey died on impact, with many victims burned or crushed. injured include several Houstonians and Negro and white passengers in the smoking car and other coaches.
Edward Wheeler 35 died after plunging from a scaffold while painting the Texas Capitol dome. The 150 foot fall through glass and cast iron framing led to his death at a hospital. He leaves a widow and four children. This marked the first fatal accident on the state grounds.
Two Texas youths from Houston and Humble and a Mexican were killed in an oil field payroll raid by Mexican bandits. A third Texan was wounded. Names given include Charles E. Snapp, 28, of Houston, and G. West, 22, of Humble. the Mexican victim’s name was not released.
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