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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1921
Page
1
Court convened Monday July 1 with full attendance. Tax levies for 1921 set at multiple ad valorem and special district rates. Treasurer’s balances listed. Officials approved salaries. resignations and appointments noted. Snake bite incident reported for Harry Staudt.
Obituary notices recall Mrs Johanna Sctopp Evers born 1845 in Hannover Germany. The family settled in Fredericksburg after migrating via Indianola. She married Hy Evers in 1868 and lived in a home opposite the Court House. Surviving children include Otto, Eddy, Ella, Ida, August, and two others. siblings Chas Heotopp, Dina Hotsopp, Henriette Kiehne, and numerous grandchildren and in laws. Also noted are death of son and daughter in infancy and a second marriage to Edda Weindheimer, with Eugene and three more sons. Funeral details reference Rosewood Cemetery and local Masonic rites in San Antonio with many attendees.
Vital statistics item lists several residents returning from San Antonio and San Angelo. Names include Wm. Habenicht, Max O. Schmidt and families, Peter Ed Jacoby, Wesley Cauley, Chas Lindig and sons, Wim and Hy Hitzfeld, Mrs. Lee Cauley, Emily B. Roos, QO. P. Enders, C. J. Cillig, and Miss Cora Gold. Attended funeral of Mrs. Geo. Cauley, nee Lina Jacoby, in San Angelo last Saturday.
A series of births includes a son to Hy Moellendorf on June 3, a son to Wm Crenwelge on June 30, a daughter to Oswald Eckhardt on July 3, a daughter to Lon Solomon on July 4, a daughter to Juan Lopez on July 6, and a daughter to Walter Knoche on July 9. Balsar Blum has joined Camp Travis for training from July 15 to August 14. A party including Joe Dietz Peter Pape Carl and Yeo Schmidtzinsky returned from fishing at the Llano.
Mours and Harrington attorneys at law based in Redericksburg Texas operate as a local legal firm offering services to residents and businesses with emphasis on client representation. The firm location and practice areas are indicated but specifics are limited in the fragment.
This week a deal makes Mr F Maier owner of the John Klaerner property including the Opera House and confectionery while Mr Walter Klaerner continues the confectionery and shows. Mr John Klaerner gains a Blanco County ranch of several thousand acres formerly owned by Fr J Maier. Bandera Texas. The rest notes various community items and local sports results.
Miss Cora Gold married Mr. Gillig in a ceremony at the Lutheran Church with Rev. J Konzack officiating. Ralph Gold was best man and Mae Gillig maid of honor. The couple will reside in Galveston after a honeymoon to Texas coast cities.
Bargains on barrels of all sizes advertised by Schneider's Produce Co. Notices focus on low prices and urge customers to compare before buying at the new Grocery-Patton Building location.
The Gillespie County Commissioners Court will accept bids Monday August 8 1921 at 10:00 AM for 3800 pieces of lumber 90 percent rough 8 by 8 inches and 20 feet long with heart. Court reserves right to reject all bids. Albert E Klett County Court. Community notes report travel and social visits in Fredericksburg and nearby towns including guests from Alice Beeville Galveston and San Antonio with social events around weddings and dinners.
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