Deer and Turkey Season Hits Peak In Hill Country
West Texas hunters on the Harry Jenschke ranch west of Fredericksburg reported a strong early season with sixteen deer and two turkeys killed in the first five days. The West News photo shows Rudolph Stanislav, Wendel Montgomery, Aug Morris, Bill Zatopek, Jim Fetcher, Geo E Kach, Frank Hlavaty and Rudy Marak.
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West
Texas
Harry Jenschke
Fredericksburg
Rudolph Stanislav
Wendel Montgomery
J Morris
Bill Zatopek
Jim Fetcher
Geo. E. Kach
Frank Hlavaty
Rudy Marak
the West News
Why cotton gin is called gin
The term gin is short for engine and refers to the machine that separates cotton seeds from fiber. Piano wire ranks as the strongest wire for its weight, used in high tension applications.
Akron Emerges as Largest Rubber Manufacturing Center
Akron Ohio stands as the most extensive rubber production hub in existence. The earliest known English usage of the term garage appears in 1903.
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Akron
Ohio
Gifts Pour Into Pioneer Memorial Museum Library
Through courtesy and generosity, many books and magazines are donated to the Pioneer Memorial Museum Library for Christmas gifts. Donors include anonymous patrons and Mrs. Ralph Street, Mrs. Alton Barnes, Miss Edith Sagebiel, and Miss Agnes Sagebiel, with subscriptions from J. C. McDonald Studio and others. The library serves 118 adult readers and 298 children, and rural schools contribute titles from Pecan Creek Meusebach Creek Eckert and Post Oak.
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Garis
Toby
Field
Pioneer Memorial Museum
Wieland
der Schmied
Herzog
Inge
Ingraban
Freytag
Plaut
Richard Wagner
Mathilde Wesendank
Cervantes
Soltan
Milton
Boettger
Historia de Espano
Romero Navarro
Merle Stein
van Dine
Rex Staudt
Ralph Street
Alton Barnes
Carrick
Billy Joe Martin
Dorothy Ann Wehmeyer
Harriet Crenwelge
Rio Grande
Millis
Midwest
Morgan
Lone Rangers
Striker
Punjab
Gray
Miss Muffet
Edith
Agnes Sagebiel
J. C. McDonald Studio
Pecan Creek
Edgar Moses
Meusebach Creek
Irene Neffendorf
Esther Mueller
Denton
Public
Daedalian Quarterly
Texas State College For Women
For Sale Paper Fasteners and Staples
For sale items include paper fasteners paper clips thumb tacks bulldog clips and staples from Fredericksburg Publishing Co.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Gillespians View Moon and Venus in Occultation
Fredericksburg residents watched as Venus appeared to pass in front of the Moon an occulation a rare celestial event. Onlookers debated its meaning from apocalyptic omens to wartime end times and tied the sight to Christmas reflections recalling the Wise Men's guiding star.
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Fredericksburg
Venus
Bethlehem
Ration calendar and starch stamps note December changes
Ration details indicate red stamps A8 to Z8 and A5 to S5 remain valid indefinitely with no new stamps until December 31. Blue stamps X5 5 75 A2 and B2 issued December 1, sugar stamps 30 to 34 five pounds each indefinitely with stamp 40 canning sugar through Feb 28 1945. Gasoline A13 through Dec 21 and A14 four gallons from December 2. Airplane shoe stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely. The oldest crossword, the Phaestus disk, is in Johns Hopkins archaeological museum in Baltimore.
WMU Meeting Observes Week of Prayer at Church
The Baptist Womans Missionary Union met at the church on Wednesday December 6 with Mrs H J Leitz presiding. The program highlighted the Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering including hymns devotions greetings from the Foreign Mission Board and lessons on purity justice and perseverance.
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Baptist
H. J. Leitz
Foreign Missions
Lottie Moon
H. J. Loitz
E. F. Goodale
Foreign Mission Board
W. H. Taylor
H. J
Burro Discovers World’s Largest Lead Silver Mine in Idaho
A legend claims a peevish burro pawing the earth beside his sleeping master uncovered the largest lead and silver mine in the world in Idaho. The tale ties the find to a mule’s instinct rather than formal exploration, reflecting local lore about mineral riches.
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Idaho
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Gillespie County Historical Society
Pioneer Memorial Museum Library
Schaeler Spa and Aimplement Co
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Ewald
Archaeological Museum
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Phaestus
Crete
WMU
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Friendly Men’s Store
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