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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1923
Page
1
Albert Koennecke announces the new Chamber of Commerce structure listing officers and directors. Committees include Public Health Fire Protection Legislative Good Roads Entertainment Civic and Municipal Industrial Agricultural Financial Membership Game and Fish Protection Publicity Investment and Special Committee with multiple members named.
A Frederickburg event is set for July 26 at the bride’s parents home Mr and Mrs Otto Braeutigam. The wedding will be a pretty affair with a bridal party of close friends of the couple.
Regular summer play nights begin Friday July 3 from 7 to 10 p m on the Courthouse lawn. Open to all children, no charge, run by the public School Auxiliary. Parents encouraged to attend with kids. Smoking boys not welcome to ensure wholesome hours.
Miss Edna Smith of Stonewall married Emil H A Hahne Tuesday afternoon in a simple ceremony at the Methodist Church parsonage. The Rev R Gammenthaler officiated and only close relatives attended before the couple left for Stonewall to begin their life together.
In a doubleheader last Sunday Kotts Garage beat Live Oak 9 to 7 in game one and 7 to 2 in game two. Hitzfeld and Molberg plus Lang and Molberg caught for Kotts. Hansen and Lehne caught for Live Oak. A large crowd witnessed the two games.
Fredericksburg High School receives two and a half extra units for Bookkeeping short hand and typewriting. The school now offers four English units a distinction shared only with San Antonio. An extra unit was added in American History and Economics awaits review.
The Fredericksburg Publishing Co has completed printing and binding of the Gillespie County Fair Catalogue for 1923. Catalogues are available at local business places or by writing to secretary William Schneider.
The notice lists several marriage pairings including Emil H. A. Hahne with Edna Smith, Raymond E. H. Feller with Clara Strackbein, Evaristo Hernandez with Amands Escamillo, and Felix Kensing with Clara Fischer.
June 21 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Alb J Lang. June 20 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ad A Bernhardt. June 22 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Oscar H Durst. June 26 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Sterling Reese. June 29 a daughter to Mr and Mrs W S Massey.
Last Friday a committee from the Harper Commercial Club met the manager of the C T Telephone Co in Chamber of Commerce rooms and signed a final agreement after extensive work. The Harper Club will furnish posts and install them while the Telephone Co will supply wire and carry out erection.
The Firm of H. Kuenemann builds a Beer House and Ice Vault beside their lumber yard at the depot. The building is leased to Schumann Bros.
Mr G W Crenwelge dies at home in Cherry Spring aged 93 years 7 months 19 days. Funeral held Friday at 3 00 pm from Otto Kolmeier residence with Rev F A Bracher officiating. Interment in Fredericksburg Cemetery. Community mourns a longtime pioneer.
Mr and Mrs Louis Herbert announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Thekla to Mr Emil Koch on July 29. A modern bungalow for Mr Emil Koch is under construction beside Herbert s store. Harper Community Barbecue scheduled July 18. Various local visits and trips are noted including San Antonio and Corpus Christi itineraries.
The death notice reports Karl Schlaudt aged 82 with a June 29 date reference. The item provides only basic demographic detail and does not include a location or funeral plans.
Mr. and Mrs. Schellhase and son Udo visited Comfort last week for business. Mr. G. Gold accepted a position as bookkeeper and stenographer with E. P. Ross Hardware Co. in Johnson City.
At a Cham ber of Commerce meeting sufficient funds were set aside to hire a pitcher for the Fredericksburg Giants and to arrange transport to Harper for a July 18 barbecue celebration. The Chamber and the local ball club show community support. Harry H. Linde of Del Rio and Hecht Bros. Clothing Co. gave a generous donation and spoke highly of the team.
Local American Legion event marks a traditional Fourth with cannon volleys, a brass band concert at Courthouse Park, and a 1:30 PM Market Square parade. Spectators lined Main Street with out of town plates as radio experts from Ft. Sam Houston displayed a Dempsey Gibbons fight in Montana. Giants beat Kelly Field 9 to 6 in a ball game, and the event closed with auto races, rooster catches, and a full grand program.
Local survey lists Mr. and Mrs. Alex Shapiro in San Antonio visiting last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fischer spent a few days in Fredericksburg. Several men from San Antonio including Chester Duecker Gilbert Hitzfeld and Willie Rausen were here for the Fourth. Comfort residents Mr. Edgar Doebbler G lkansleben and Mr. E Schwethelm visited Fredericksburg last week. Illness reported for Mr. Wm Wagner manager of the Southwestern Grante Co. Emil Kolmeier and family and Eugene Schmidt visited Mr. Richard Maier ranch in Blanco County last Thursday. Supt C W Feuge appointed to State Summer Normal Board of Examiners at Austin by State Supt S M N Marrs.
Jasper Rich Edmonson and Leonard Deen Starkey faced United States Commissioner R L Edwards after a complaint charged them with raising and passing a federal reserve bank note. Edmonson posted bond at 750 dollars. Starkey at 1000 dollars. The duo, residents of Brady, Texas, were remanded to await further proceedings. A Fredericksburg incident involved a $1 note raised to $10 detected by a merchant and reported to Secret Service agent Ed Tyrrell. The case was filed Saturday afternoon.
Ranger Capt Frank Hamer and officials from Austin conducted a morning raid on an alleged moonshine operation. Joe Wimberly and one or two others were taken into custody and about two hundred gallons of mash along with an active still were captured. Details remain unclear amid surrounding mystery.
Mrs. W. F. Haberman and her son of San Antonio are visiting the Albert Carderli family of this city.
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