Social Notes Brighten Fredericksburg Weekend
A parade of visitors and locals flocked to Fredericksburg with Mrs. George Walker and Miss George Rochs among the weekend guests. Numerous bridge gatherings, dinners, and a 25th wedding anniversary at the Riley home highlighted social life with parties hosted by Mrs. Harry Priess, Mrs. Bierschwabe, and others in Kerrville, Mason County, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Fredericksburg
George Walker
George Rochs
Francis Little
C. Attwell
Paul Rochs
Sons
San Antonio
R. W. Klingelhoefer
Mary Louise
Pflugerville
Burton
Mesdames
L. K. Tainter
Alma Kott
Nannie L. Striegler
Will Thaxton
Mason
Harold Thaxton
South Africa
B. F. Pittinger
Charles H. Nimitz
Anne Mugford
Sadie Westbrook
Peter’s Prairie
Mason County
W. F. Striegler
M. L. Throop
Grace Throop
Ethel Ried
Palestine
Harry Priess
Fred Spencer
Adela Brown
John Thummel
Max Bierschwabe
Needlecraft
Edgar Ochs
William Habenicht
Bierschwab
Erwin Jordan
Viola Henke
O. B. Witte
Emil Walter
Henry Becker
Felix Keidel
Harry Rusenberger
Fred Sliva
Lott
James Tachias
Waco
Charles Priess
B. L. Enderle
A. Enderle
Kerrville
Margaret Bracher
Wallace
Felix Stehling
Texas
Austin Street
Elsie Alma
Stella Marie Lochte
Arcadia Theater
F W. Radetzky
A. J. Hahne
East Fredericksburg
Zinnias
Ecards
Edyth Krauskopf
Alfred Schmidt
Hahn
Anna Lingsweiler
Jolia Struve
Taylor
Walter Schaefer
Main Street
Attention Farmers Delco Light Plants Adopted by Local Farmers
Delco Light Plants are now used by farmers including Aug Lott Louis Seiter Emil Kott Hy Mogford Otto Braeutigam Alfred Sauer Ernest Kott Eddy Pfeister. Those interested in a Delco Light Plant or Frigidaire may contact the above gentlemen. For Sale by Subscribe to the Standard.
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Delco
Aug. Lott
Louis Seiter
Emil Kott
Hy. Mogford
Otto Braeutigam
Alfred Sauer
Western Union Office Keeps Fredericksburg Test Flowing
At the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet on June 23 the committee reported the Western Union office in Fredericksburg had a temporary test period ending July 1. Western Union threatened closure for nonpayment but agreed to six more months on current terms after the chamber refused a higher subscription. The effort aims to make the office self sustaining through increased use. The chamber thanks Mr. Milliger of United Telephone for his help. Blanche Wilson of Bettam Texas mourns a six child union, five surviving including the wife, and siblings including S A McCollum of Mason County.
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Chamber of Commerce
Western Union
Fredericksburg
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chamber of Commitree
Chamber of Comerce
Milliger
United Telephone Company
Blanche Wilson
Bettam
Texas
Harry
Floyd
Roy Granville
Aubrey
A. McCollum
Mason Co. News
Marriage Announcements For Several Couples Names
Vital statistics list several couples tied in marriage ceremonies including Guido L. Kuhlmann with Elsie A. Wallendorf Sidney Roberts with Elizabeth Vera Ellis Felix G. Stehling with Elizabeth Meecker Roman J. Peter with Elizabeth R. Knopp Miguel Sedillo with Andria Gadino.
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Guido L. Kuhlmann
Elsie A. Wallendorf
Sidney Roberts
Elizabeth Vera Ellis
Felix G. Stehling
Elizabeth Meecker
Roman J. Peter
Elizabeth R. Knopp
Miguel Sedillo
Andria Gadino
Death Report Ed C Holden Dies at 84
Ed C Holden died June 20 at age 84. Funeral arrangements are not listed in this brief notice.
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C. Holden
Fatal Nap on Tracks Near La Grange
An unidentified white man aged 25 to 30 was fatally struck by a switch engine while sleeping on a railroad track near La Grange. A pawn ticket for Brook a watch from Crescent Loan Office San Antonio is the sole clue. He wore a soldier’s uniform with blue shirt brown shoes and had sandy hair and blue eyes.
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la Grange
Here
Crescent Loan Office
San Antonio
Dr C L McCollum Passes Away in Mason County
Dr C L McCollum of Mason died at his home Sunday at 1 00 am after a 38 year medical career. Born August 10 1862 in West Point Fayette County Texas he studied at Emory and Henry and Louisville Medical College. He had practiced 25 years in Mason and was 63 years old. He was married to Miss
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Mason County
C. L McCollum
Mason
West Point
Fayette County
Texas
Emory & Henry College
Emory Virginia
Louisville
Kentucky
D. C. L. McCollum
Second Large Panther Killed Near Alpine
Alpine Texas July 1 panther kills rise in Brewster county as Lee Shuler brings in the second large panther within two weeks. The latest catch was bigger than the first and may be its mate. The animal fled a trap but was run down by hounds after a brief chase. The earlier panther is being stuffed for West Texas Museum by Dr H W Morelock president of Sul Ross State Teachers College after he attends a Sesqui Centennial Exposition.
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Alpine
Tex
Brewster County
Lee Shuler
Mr Schuler
West Texas Museum
H. W. Morelock
Sul Ross State Teachers’ College
Rattlesnake Bites Fatal to Two Texans
Dallas June 30 Two fatalities from rattlesnake bites and two near fatalities were reported in Texas. Edith Jane Thornton sixty died at her Abilene home after a rattlesnake bite and failed first aid. Ima Lou Burkett two died after a rattler bite in McKinney.
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Dallas
Texas
Edith Jane Thornton
Abilene
McKinney
Ima Lous Burkett
Rattlesnake Bites Reported Near San Antonio
A mother sucked venom from her daughter's leg after a rattlesnake bite in San Antonio, and anticrotalus serum saved the child. Another bite near Lytle prompted serum treatment for a second child, who also recovered.
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San Antonio
Lytle
Alamo City
Representative Smith seeks state bounty on rattlesnakes
Austin Texas July 1 Representative John T Smith of Travis County announces plans to introduce a bill at the next Legislature session to pay a state bonus for each rattlesnake killed He previously proposed such a bounty in the 88th Legislature but it failed to pass.
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Austin
Texas
John T. Smith
Travis County
Smith
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Social Notes
Harry McFarland
Houston
H. H. McFarland
Julia Struve
Leola Patton
Southwest Texas Teachers’ College
Paula Welgehansen
San Marcos
Collge
Arthur Lochte
Mary Lochte
Ernest Kott
Frigi
Daire
Eddy Pfiester
Western Union Office
DR. C. L. McCollum
U.S
Royal Balloon
U.S. Royal Balloons
Fredericksburg Motor Co
United States
Central Drug CO. Inc
W. H. Schaefer
Mgr
House OF Quality
W.H. Schaefer
Central Drug Co., Inc
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