100000 French Troops In Ruhr Occupy Zone
Duesseldorf Jan 17: Marshal Foch planned and Degoutte executed the Ruhr occupation. About 100000 French troops secure the mine pits from Wesel to Witten with Belgian units along the Lippe. Degoutte praises the forces for patient endurance and warns Germans against Bochum demonstrations.
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Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Marshal Foch
Degoutte
Wesel
Rhine
Lippe
Dorsten
Lunen
Dortmund
Herdecke
Witten
Hattingen
Barmen
Elberfeld
Wulfrath
Bochum
Spring Stock And Poultry Show Set For April 1 and 22
The last meeting of the Gillespie County Poultry Association board decided to hold the Spring Stock and Poultry Show in the city on April 1 and 22. Poultry coops have been erected and other preparations are under way to ensure a successful event. Races are barred during the Stock and Poultry Show.
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Ting
Gillespie County
Tractor course success at Klaer Street event
A Service School tractor course at Klaer Street attracted strong participation with Weirich & Co Case Threshing Machine Co local reps presenting. Instructors Q T Lace M H Zer and F S Tarpley led demonstrations of tractors parts, mechanics, and photographs, highlighting Case machinery.
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Klaer
Case Threshing Machine Co
Q. T. Lace
M. H. Zer
F. S. Tarpley
Pecan Growing Club Forms in Local Community
A Monday night gathering at the Albert house organized a Pecan Growing Club with Mr. R. S. Miller presiding. Members voted to establish the club and approved planting 1000 pecan trees as part of the season program. Hurrah Ybert. Names of residents and deliveries including Hilmar Henke Edwin Klein Ford touring and other vehicles are listed in the community notes.
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Monday
R. S. Miller
Albert House
Miller
Louis Kott & Co
Rehe
Eek
Hilmar Henke
Edwin Klein
Ford Touring
Arry G. Schmidt
Sean
Frank Feller
Lange
Kolmeier
Ford
Gordon Ford
Louis Jordan Post A L Meeting Officers Elected
Members of the Louis Jordan Post Americam Legion held their annual meeting last Sunday electing Col. A. C. Kennedy as Post Commander H L Krauskopf as Vice Commander R Klingelhoefer as Adjutant Wm Habicht as Finance Officer F Stehling as Chaplain A N Striegler as Historian Max Stehling as Publicity Officer Emil Roeder as Sergeant at Arms and Wim Hoelzer R E Jordan Ad Marsehall J W Metzger on the Executive Committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Col. A. C. Kennedy
H. L. Krauskopf
R. Klingelhoefer
Wm. Habenicht
F. Stehling
A. N. Striegler
Max Stehling
Emil Roeder
Serge
at-Arms
Wim. Hoelzer
R. E. Jordan
Ad. Marsehall
J. W. Metzger
End of the joy ride ends in crash on Mason Road
James O Brian employee of Gordon Alvis Road Construction Firm drove Alfred Grobe’s automobile and turned turtle near the 7 mile Creek on Mason Road Sunday afternoon. Grobe was asked by phone to remove the wreckage and the car was left with only the number intact. The driver and lone passenger were brought to town for medical care.
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James O’brian
Gordon Alvis Road
Alfred Grobe
7 Mile Creek
Mason Road
Fredericksburg Camp Elects M W A Officers
Fredericksburg Camp Modern Woodmen of America elected M T Henke Venerable Counsel Ad Bonn Worthy Advisor A J Hahne Banker Otto Stoffers Clerk Monroe Wahl Escort Wm Grinke Watchman Walter Pfeil Sentry Dr J E Peden Camp Physician Herm Usener R C Bonn and H Moellering managers for the ensuing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Camp
Woodmen of America
M. T. Henke
Ad. Bonn
A. J. Hahne
Otto Stoffers
Monroe Wahl
Wm. Grinke
Walter Pfeil
J. E. Peden
Herm. Usener
R. C. Bonn
H. Moellering
Fredericksburg Defeats Blanco in Local High School Basketball
Fredericksburg High School boys beat Blanco 32 to 5 at the school grounds. Girls also triumphed 20 to 10. Next Friday Kerrville will hold a tryout game at the same venue.
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Fredericksburg
Blanco High School
Fredericksburg High School
Kerrville
Miss Theresa Ersch Visits Sister in San Antonio
Miss Theresa Ersch is visiting her sister Mrs. Eddie Tate who resides in San Antonio.
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Theresa Ersch
Eddie Tate
San Antonio
Requisitioning In Force In Ruhr Region
Paris reports the French government has begun requisitioning in the Ruhr region. Authorities say 5800 tons of coke and 600 tons of coal loaded by Germans were seized and redirected to aid the Allies. The action comes as penalties for Germany's timber delivery default per the reparations commission decision of December 26.
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Paris
Ruhr
Rhine
Germany
Prize Essay Praises Legion Service To Nation
Miss Margaret Maier of this city won first prize of 5.00 in a contest by the American Legion Louis Jordan Post for How The American Legion Can Best Serve The Nation. The essay argues the Legion aids the nation by training C M T C boys, supporting veterans in hospitals with literature, promoting holidays and entertainments, teaching patriotism and civics, aiding immigrant Americans, funding schools for disabled veterans, developing veterans talents, and providing jobs to unemployed ex soldiers to prevent loafing.
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Margaret Maier
American Legion
Louis Jordan Post
Legion
America
Army
Navy
Death of Mrs Sophie Ketron at Cherry Mountain
Mrs Sophie Ketron wife of Otto Ketron died Sunday at the family home on Cherry Mountain after a brief illness from hemorrhage. Survived by husband and three young children. Funeral services were held Monday by Rev G H Holly with interment in Cherry Mountain cemetery. Also notes Mr H P Gartrell of Mason visited Fredericksburg friends last Thursday.
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Sophie Ketron
Otto Ketron
Cherry Mountain
G. H. Holly
H. P. Gartrell
Mason
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Farm Loan assoc elects officers board
Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association held its initial stockholders meeting at the Courthouse last Tuesday. Officers elected include A N Striegler as President and Otto Kneese as Vice President with Th. Mathiesen as Secretary Treasurer. Loan committee members named were Aug. Lo, Wm. Rusenberger, and Fred Mansen.
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Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association
A. N. Striegler
Ot Kneese
John Kneese
Henry McCord
Waldemar Klier
Otto Kneese
Mathiesen
Treas
Aug
Lo Wm. Rusenberger
Fred Masen
See
Business Men Go On Good Will Trip
Fredericksburg and Johnson City business leaders plan a goodwill excursion organized by the Chamber of Commerce. The party departs next Thursday January 25 at about nine in the morning, will dine in Johnson City and return before supper. About thirty five boosters have agreed to go, with more expected to join.
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Fredericks
Burg
Johnson City
Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksburg
Senor
Apostles of Good Will
Prohibition and War Echoes Across Public Life
The text notes Prohibition gaining traction and reports a Legion claim to serve the nation and the public. It mentions 75 carloads of ginger ale suspected as hooch but identified as genuine ginger ale. Bonar Law says America found its soul in the war, remarking it may refer to the Revolutionary War.
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Legion
Bonar Law
America
Death of Juergen Verdig in Cain City and Fredericksburg
Juergen Verdig died in Cain City on Tuesday after a brief illness while visiting Louis Marquardt. Age eighty, he joined the M E Church South in 1899, never married, with no living relatives. Funeral by Rev R Gammenthaler at the local cemetery. Burial followed in the City cemetery on January 17, 1928 after services at Fredericksburg hospital and town residence.
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Juergen Verdig
Cain City
Louis Marquardt
R. Gammenthaler
Methodist Church
South
Gammenthaler
Verdig
Germany
Fredericksburg
Texas
America
Jacob Bader
M. E. Church
Rammenthaler
Vital Statistics Notices From 1922 Important Births
Vital statistics listing births: Nov 18 1922 Mr and Mrs Herman J Kaiser a son. Jan 11 Mr and Mrs Wealey Waugh a daughter. Jan 8 Mr and Mrs Bodo Habenicht a daughter. Jan 6 Mr and Mrs Victoriano Contreras a daughter. Oct 21 1922 Mr and Mrs Hy A Friederich a son.
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Herman J. Kaiser
Wealey Waugh
Bodo Habenicht
Victoriano Contreras
Hy. A. Friederich
Third party move debated by two already in excess
The piece voices lack of sympathy for forming a third party, noting two parties already exceed needs. It also cites Uncle Sam being about a billion and a half short in revenue, implying the public should understand the feeling.
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Sam
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Felix W. Maier
Dichey
S. J. von Koenneritz
Certified Public Accountant
Scarbrough Bidg
U.S
Austin
Jesse
Weirich & Co
Ganized Pecan Growing Club
A. L
Basket Ball News
Mrs
the Loan & Abstract CO
R. G. Striegler
A. ©. C. Petsch
Hugo A. Walter
Walters Jewelry Store
Farm Loan Association
General Fund
Treasur
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