County effort urged to form Gillespie County Historical Association
Editorial notes urge teachers and residents to form a Gillespie County Historical Association and museum with maintenance funding. A county survey shows many valuable relics and firsthand data stored poorly and at risk of loss, fire, or destruction. The editors call on the Chamber of Commerce to provide financial support and official backing for preserving Gillespie County’s historic records.
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Gillespie County
Gillespinania
Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie
Legislature Bans Masking. Five-Year Penalties Enacted
Both houses passed anti masking laws with penalties for assault while masked. The Mankin house measure and Holbrook senate bill set five years or more for masked assault. public place masking carries fines or up to one year. Private home gatherings exempted. church entry by masked persons carries two to ten years. secret society parades face fines up to 500 dollars or six months in jail.
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Mankin House
Holbrook Senate
Holbrook
Clean Up Week Promotes Spring Community Effort
The article notes a spring push for community cleanliness and renewal, praising Clean-Up Day as a seasonal motivator. It highlights farmers adopting new practices, including planting pure maize varieties and experimenting with fertilizer, plus work on terraces and orchard improvements.
Fredericksburg overhauls refuse and beauty efforts urged
A public plea urges the family to clean up its refuse and improve Fredericksburg grounds. It calls for adding beauty to the town and hints at political ambitions, joking about an army pardoned to back re election and warns against appointing favorites to office.
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Fredericksburg
Market Quotations From Fredericksburg Merchants
Prices paid by Fredericksburg merchants on this date include eggs at 20 cents per dozen, fryers at 27 cents per pound, hens 16 cents, stags 15 cents, old roosters not shown, turkeys 65 cents per pound, cream 0 cents, oats per bushel 50 cents, shelled corn 1.15 dollars per bushel, wheat 1.60 dollars per bushel, baled cane 1.00 per cwt, and middling cotton at 24.75 per barrel.
Sterling Bros Boys Clothing Arrival Ad
An advertisement announces a new stock of boys blue serge long trousers and other boys clothing arriving from Sterling Bros. Readers are invited to come see the new assortment soon.
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Sterling Bros
Local business opens welding and iron works in old shop
Mr. Erwin Birkelbach starts a welding and iron works business adjoining a blacksmith shop in the former Max Ransleben site on lower main street. The building once housed Probst Brewery in the 1870s and 1880s is being remodelled into an apartment house, with John Stehling as the new owner. A surprise party honored Willie and Anita Durst at their parents home last Sunday night, with 85 guests, games, and refreshments.
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Max Hutschenreuter
Hutschenrenter
Erwin Birkelbach
Max Ransleben
Lower Main Street
Probst
Fredericksburg
John Stehling
Willie Durst
Anita Durst
Death of Mary Louise Storch Born to Storch Family
Mary Louise Storch, 41, of this city, died February 21 at her parents home in Giddings. Funeral and burial followed at Bell Settlement Cemetery after services. She was survived by her parents, five brothers, three sisters, and a large circle of friends.
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M. Louis J. Storch
Giddings
Mary Louise Storch
Seed Prices and Varieties Offered With Satisfaction Guarantee
The notice advertises seeds described as bright and well matured with high germination tested seed. Sudan priced at 5.50 per hundred. B G Millet White Wonder Millet and Darso 5.00. Redtop Amber Orange Seeded Ribbon Cane 3.00. Milo Yellow and White Reg and White Kafir 3.25. Hegari and Feterita 4.00 per hundred with freight paid to Texas points. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Sudan
Texas
Premier Ranch Herefords Advertises Breeding Quality
The notice markets Premier Ranch Herefords as producing cattle at a loss and urges investing in superior stock. It claims better cattle yield higher profits and promotes subscribing to the Standard.
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Fredericksbur Standard
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
O. R. Schumacher
WM. Habenicht
Spur
Willie Bruns
Bat Cave
Mousebach Creek
Friserra’s
Tugo Kliens
Fredericksburg Giants
Essa
Eee
Lee & Ieavwta
J. R. White
Alfred Rahe
Main Street
Mr. Kahe
Tme
U. S
Premier Ranch Herefords
Wes
Leo 5
Blanchard
Kolmeier & Klier Co
W. R. Petermann
Joe Stein
Stein
Schmidt Bros
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