Local residents send weekend greetings across towns
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Markworth visited Cisco Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Lange with children called on relatives at Hye. Carl Oehler and Miss Lerlene Hamilton visited Abiiene. Victor Wendel toured Fredericksburg on Saturday. Rufus Alexander visited their daughter near San Saba. August Fiedler of Cain City was in Harper Monday. Alfred Pehl of Fredericksburg visited relatives here Sunday. Chas Lange of Fredericksburg called on relatives here last week. Miss Francis Floyd, Wilbur Seiders in Austin Monday and Tuesday. Pat Voigt and Bill Sparks in Austin were in Harper Monday. Edgar Fiedler visited Fredericksburg Thursday. Eddie McDougall and son Clinton of Kerrville visited Harper. Hilary Bierschwale and nephew Chas in Frederickshure Sunday. Bob Keller and children of Kerrville visited relatives in Harper Sunday. Vester Parker was a business visitor in Junction Monday. Raymond Cottle shopping in Fredericksburg Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Markworth
Cisco
Max Lange
Hye
Carl Oehler
Lerlene Hamilton
Abilene
Victor Wendel
Fredericksburg
Rufus Alexander
San Saba
August Fiedler
Cain City
Harper
Alfred Pehl
Chas J. Lange
Francis Floyd
Wilbur Seiders
Austin
Pat Voigt
Bill Sparks
Edgar Fiedler
Eddie McDougall
Clinton
Kerrville
Hilary Bierschwale
Chas
John Duderstadt
Mr. Duderstadt
San Marcos
James Jung
Theresa Tobin
San Antonio
Harvey Stevens
Roy Sparks
Herman Sparks
Margaret Kay
Jack. Morris
C. Whitewood
Burman Faris
Bob Rogers
J. J. Cosper
Richard Bierschwabe
J. F. Wedekind
Ida Kneese and Sons
T. C. McDougall
C. W. Sageser
E. O. Larkin
Frank M. Floyd
Chas. Stevenson
Blanco
Grady Cooper
W. FE. Stevenson
Imogene
Amelia Eckhardt
Gala
Reinhold Duecker
Johnson City
Oscar Heckel
Rocky
Chas Vollmering
Jimmie Stevenson
Cliff Lovejoy
Milton Barnwell
Round Mountain
B. M. Loudan
Herman Jenschke
Ernest Bauerle
Damon Sharp
J. C. Stewart
Joyce Singleton
Sandy
Chia Haynes
Louis Felps
Miller
Grover Simmons
Notice of monthly Sunday closures beginning February 1940
The business will close on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month starting February 4 1940. The note thanks customers for past business and expresses hope to continue service in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehne
Burgdorf
South Side
Stein Lumber Company
Community Notes From Harper and Nearby Towns
Residents attended visits and travels across Fredericksburg Kerrville San Antonio and Harper. Death of Frank Webb saddens locals with a funeral in Eldorado attended by many Harper residents. Bettys relatives and friends shared news of illness and health updates including Wm Moses and various visits this week.
Dass Local Visitors and Health Updates
Doss area notes visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Spaeth and family of Mason. Rev. Redford and son visited Valley Springs. Mrs. Harvey Stein of Fredericksburg spent Thursday with Dass relatives. Rubin Lang of Mason visited Chas Friedrich while recovering from illness. Mrs. John Leutbecker hospitalized in San Antonio. Enos Rode and family of Cherry Spring visited Dittmar family. Fred Hahn and son Edward, and Elmo Baethge made business trips to Fredericksburg and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Spaeth
Alf. Spaeth
Mason
Jacob Spaeth
Wilson Redford
Redford
Valley Springs
Harvey Stein
Fredericksburg
Dass
Rubin Lang
Chas. Friedrich
Lang
John Leutbecker
San Antonio
Enos Rode
Cherry Spring
J. J. Dittmar
Fred Hahn
Edward
Elmo Baethge
Local Social Notes from Fredericksburg and Nearby
Casteles locals Mr and Mrs Rubin Lehmberg and daughter Margie of San Antonio were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Fr R Buchholz. Joe Frasier Brown of Austin spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Paul Brown and grandparents Mr and Mrs C H Grote. Memorial services for Mrs L F Kneese held at Edison St Methodist Church. Leonard Kothmann announces birth of a son on Tuesday January 30. Miss Mildred Leifeste of San Antonio visits with her parents. The Rev H G Cooke conducts the Llano District quarterly conference. Rosalie Wuchholz and Mrs W E Dalhau attend the funeral of Theo Wolff at Gay Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubin Lehmberg
Margie
San Antonio
R. Buchholz
Joe Frasier Brown
Austin
Paul Brown
C. H. Grote
C. Leifeste
Randolph Leifeste
L. F. Kneese
Edison St. Methodist Church
Fredericksburg
Leonard Kothmann
Mildred Leifeste
J. W. Leifeste
H. G. Cooke
Llano
Methodist Church
Rosalie Wuchholz
W. E. Dalhau
Gay Hill
Theo Wolff
Budgeting for 1940: Extension Service urges rural women to track food costs
Louise Bryant of the A and M College Extension Service urges Texas rural women to record food weights and costs and compare them to weekly market lists from the Diets to Fit the Family Income bulletin. The bulletin sets four cost levels and covers families of any size. supplies of eggs dairy winter vegetables canned fruits and oranges are plentiful, with pork and wheat production up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Miss Bryan
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Acquittal Claimed On Insanity Defense Sparks Debate
A lawyer explains his client was acquitted of murder on grounds of insanity. He notes that the defendant’s father served five years in an asylum and worked as a doctor, but the fact was not brought out due to time constraints.
REA Electric Farm Equipment Show Draws Johnson City Crowd
Planco News reports Mr and Mrs Chas Stevenson and other residents visited in Blanco and Johnson City. The REA Electric Farm Equipment Show attracted several thousand people over two days with strong regional attendance and praise as the first of its kind in Johnson City.
West Point applicant rules tighten with June exams
Headquarters Eighth Corps Area sets early June qualifying tests for West Point candidates. Civilians seeking Army enlistment to compete must file applications by May 15. Recruiting officers issued instructions and will provide details to interested applicants. A misogynist is defined as a man who dislikes women almost as much as they dislike each other. Card of thanks expresses gratitude to those who aided during illness and death of husband and father with mentions of Rev. Haag, Miss Dietz, Dr. Hanus, Beckmann's Funeral Home, and floral offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Corps
West Point
Theo Haag
Anna Dietz
J. J. Hanus
Beckmann
Community thanks for kindness after bereavement
We express sincere appreciation for acts of kindness during the illness and death of Doctors Keidel and Peden, the Rev. S. N. Redford of Valley Springs, Schaetter's Funeral Home, and those who sent flowers. Your deeds will be remembered by the bereaved family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keidel and
Peden
Keller Real Estate Offers Various Acreage And Homes
Real estate listings describe 280 acres with 80 acres in farm and multiple houses. Prices range from 550 to 5259.60 with features like wells mills tanks porches garages fruit trees and shaded fields. Also offers ranches at 4.00 per acre with cedar breaks and doby hills and improved acreage on highways.
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Eerper News
Nieves
Gilbert Pape
Karl W. Durst
Doss, Texas
Ftr
Alfred Mremer
Garfield Fairchild
Fairchild
David Schmidt
White Bluff
C. FE. Bein
Wm. Moses
Patricia Silvers
Smithson Valley
Edna Burns
Omer Cottle
Fredericksburg Implement Co
Minneapolis-Moline Picture
THE
Doss Locals
Sy Barry Wohrmend
Castele
Planco News
Viva Ruth Gipson
Louis Dietz
A. A. Davis
Otto Schneider
Wm. Schroeder Jr
Schandon & Reichenau. Oaleo
Lindenberg Bros
Electrolux
Alton Moore
Texas
Vers Dairy
Standard Service Co
R. C. Nethery
Rock Springs
For
Hamshire
Edmund Meyer
Stannard
Aljo Beauty School
Haroll
W. 6Th
Comfort Hatchery
Louis Kott
Business and Professional Directory
Petsch
Usener
Alfred Petsch
Herman Usener
Attorneys - AT - Law Associates
Boerne — Kerrville
Llano — Menard
Alex Jung
Striegler
J. W. Yancey
Keller Real Estate
Kerrville Highway
Arthur Keller
Across From
Court House
Jas. A. Schmuen
Fire
Strie
the Loan & Abstract CO
Reuben E. Jordan
Automobile and
Gser
H. F. Wahl
Llano Highway
Services
Optometrists
Leon F. Zwiener
Optometrist
Palace Theatre
H. Welge Lewis
Ambulance Service
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