Local Residents Noted in Weekend Visits and News
Friday through Monday saw several local families traveling and visiting. Mr and Mrs Oliver Stevens shopped in Harper while Mr and Mrs H T Cunningham toured Kerrville this week. Rueben Bode and children visited Harper for a day. Willie Maier of the Resistance Community was in Harper on Monday. A A Metzger and children shopped in town for a day. Mrs William Kaiser Sr learned of her brother John Jung's death near Fredericksburg Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Maier
Resservation
Harper Monday
William Kaiser Sr
John Jung
Fredericksburg
Local social notes and delays mark Harper visits
Walter Shumpelt greeted friends in Harper Monday. Mr and Mrs Herbert Gamel visited business in town this week. Florence Thomas stayed with Clara Markworth last Saturday. A T Whetstone and others from Noxville and White Oak were in Harper. William Casper collected turkeys for Kerrville. Olin Walker and family visited from the Reservation. Arthur Baumann and Frank Staudt hunted Tarr ranch for two days. J J Solomon and daughter Mildred spent Saturday at their ranch. Chamber of Commerce supper at Harper Hotel was postponed due to the death of Conrad Bierschwale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Baumann
Frank Staudt
Tarr Ranch
J. J. Solomon
Mildred
Chamber of Commerce
Harper Hotel
Conrad Bierschwale
Harpers Welcomes Local and Traveling Visitors
Marvin Ernst visited Harper on Tuesday while Mr and Mrs Alfonso Hopf were in town on business Monday Otto Fritz a business visitor also came to Harper Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Ernst
Harper
Alfonso Hopf
Otto Fritz
Harper Tuesday
Harper and Fredericksburg Visitors Reported Throughout Week
Lee Roy Brandon and Lawrence Roeder attended the dance at Harper Frideight. Mr and Mrs Theodore Ochler and children were in town one Mr and Mrs Edmund Grona and children were Harper visitors Saturday. Mr and Mrs Arnold Wendel were pleasant visitors in our city one day last week. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Pape and Mrs Henry Tatsch were Fredericksburg visitors Monday. Mr and Mrs Paul Bode were Harper visitors one day last week. Mrs Elgin Bode and daughter Eugene Pearl were shopping in town Monday. Allen Smith and D W Sage were Fredericksburg visitors Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Bob Nabers were shopping in Fredericksburg Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Alfons Hopf were among the Fredericksburg visitors from Harper Tuesday. Frank Risehner and family were shopping in Harper Monday. Mr and Mrs Lytle Gibson and little grandson were in town Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood and children were business visitors in Fredericksburg Monday. Mrs N C Cottle and daughter Marie were Fredericksburg visitors Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Rudolph Staudt of near Fredericksburg came up to Harper to visit relatives Tuesday. Mrs N C Cottle had as her guests Sunday Mr and Mrs VA Cottle and children and Mr and Mrs Gilbert Pape. Mrs Arthur Baumann and children were guests of Mrs Frank E Staudt Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Wendel
Our City
Rdolph Staudt
Fredericksburg
Harper
Kaiser Families Attend John Jung Funeral in Fredericksburg
Mr and Mrs Albert Kaiser and Mr and Mrs Wm Kaiser Sr attended the funeral of John Jung in Fredericksburg Tuesday. Mrs Floyd Gasper went to Mason Saturday. Mrs Fred Wede kind and daughter Marieta returned with her after visiting Mrs Lewis Menges for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kaiser
Wm. Kaiser Sr
John Jung
Fredericksburg
Floyd Gasper
Mason
Fred Wedekind
Marieta
Lewis Menges
Frontier Attack and Murder on the Rabb Ranch
A frontier woman named Mrs Rabb defends her family as a party of Indians attacks the ranch. Her quick actions, including barring the door and fleeing with her children, end in the murder of a friend as the raiders abduct the two children and flee toward the plains. The group crosses the Brazos, Wichita and Arkansas rivers by swimming. Continued next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabb
Texas
Astley’s
Plains
Brazos
Wichita
Arkansas
A Woman's Escape From the Indians
Frontier Times recalls 1867 Western Texas settler Rabb whose frontier life included a wife three children and a female friend Mrs Jones with an escape from hostile Indians. The account highlights isolation with the nearest neighbor fifteen miles away and perils faced by early settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Rabb
Jones
Farmer slain. son held without bond near Holland
A quarrel over rearranging furniture for the Christmas holidays led to the fatal shooting of Will Lanham, 48, at his farm home near Holland, Temple area. A son was arrested and held without bond and did not speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Tex
Will Lanham
Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harper News
Marie Cottle
Mrs. Oliver Stevens
Mrs. H. T. Cunningham
Kerrville
Rueben Bode
Ase
A. A. Metzger
Mellan’s
M. Mellan
N. Alamo
San Antonio, Texas
Walter Shumpelt
Herbert Gamel
Pine
Florence Thomas
Clara Markworth
A. T. Whetstone
Noxville
August Lott
Bill Meurer
White Oak
William Casper
Olin Walker
Merry Christmas
H. Kuenemann
Oscar Krauskope
Lee Roy Brandon
Lawrence Roeder
Harper Frideight
Theodore Ochler
Edmund Grona
Gilbert Pape
Henry Tatsch
Paul Bode
Elgin Bode
Eugene Pearl
Allen Smith
D. W. Sageser
Mrs
Bob Nabers
Mrs. Alfons Hopf
Frank Risehner
Fred Whitewood
N. C. Cottle
V A. Cottle
Frank E. Staudt
Frontier Times
Bandera, Tex
HY. Hirsch
Alfred Gold
City Furniture CO
Schandua
Reichenau
Standard Motor CO
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