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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1929
Page
12
John Hansford Stapp aged two died at his Burnet home from burns after his clothes caught fire when his mother was away. Funeral services led by Rev. J. L. Bryan were held. burial followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and help after the death of our beloved father grandfather and brother Special thanks to Revered Bracher for condolence to the Zions Church singing choirs for songs and floral offerings The bereaved family
Cleophas Hicks was badly burned on shoulder neck chest and arm when a gas pressure heater exploded while he tried to light it. His home and all belongings were destroyed. The fire occurred Wednesday evening at Tarpley five miles northwest of Hondo Texas. Hicks, newly married three weeks, is hospitalized here severely burned but expected to recover.
In Austin officers dropped a blood-stained automobile as a factor in the unsolved death of former Texas University student Lawrence Lumsden, ten days after his death, after determining no connection.
Four boys and a bootlegger were involved in a night of drinking and fighting. Lumsden was shot and found in another car with a pistol nearby. The coroner ruled the shot unknown. A University student helped exclude the other car from the case. Parents of Lumsden, Mr. and Mrs. L. Lumsden of Wilson, were notified. Norfleet, famed criminal tracker, cited no conclusion yet. Lumsden had $25,000 in cash and had recently left school for health reasons.
Lufkin Texas January 2 1923 body of a man long believed missing was identified as Alphonse Charret by his sister Mrs Philiza Deragon of Plymouth Massachusetts. Charret came here in 1923 with a pipeline crew and was buried after a fruitless search for kin.
A man was identified by a real name before death. An inquest followed his passing and returned a verdict that death resulted from poisoning.
The bereaved relatives express sincere thanks for sympathy and assistance shown during the sickness and death of their brother Berthold Jung. Special thanks go to Father Rickx of Harper for visits, Father Heckmann for condolence, Doctor Birt for medical aid, and all who sent floral offerings.
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