Fredericksburg Fire Dept Treasurers Report May July 1917
Regular meetings detail balances on hand and cash received for April May and June 1917. Items include repairs, salaries, rentals and utilities from Ransleben Co Chas Schwarz Felix Blanchard W Tel Tel Co Gl obe and Power Co and other small charges. Notes show balances carried forward and cash on hand after each meeting. The report also mentions a scheduled baseball game and Red Cross fundraising efforts led by Mrs. Earlyfield to build an independent Fredericksburg chapter with about 500 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransleben & Co
Chas, Schwarz
W. Tel & Tel. Co
Central Garage
Globes
Felix Blanchard
Emil Blanchard
Flog. Publ. Co
Joseph Bros
Flog. Light & Power Co
Early
American Red Cross
New Orleans
Red Cross
Fredericksburg
Gillespie
International Red Cross
Red Cross Service
Ladies of the
Prolonged Drouth Broken by Wide-Rearing Texas Rain
Gillespie county saw rains Tuesday ending a long drought. Reports from Fredericksburg and nearby areas describe showers from light to heavy, with towns like Crabapple Willow City Doss and Bear Creek area reporting gains. Stockmen and farmers express renewed hope as moisture returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Creek
Kerryville
Bear ‘Creek
Fredericksburg
Dr. Darroch
Cain City
Albert
Palo Alto
Stonewall
Luckenbach
Harper
Advertised Letters List at Fredericksburg Post Office 1917
Unclaimed letters for the week ending July 14 1917 include Gordon Anita Harper Mrs Alice Morse Marcelino Almanza Loreta Infante Emiliano Hernandez Espiridion Garza Blaz Ollarbides Alvino Villanueva Migel Ramirez Losaro Brazil Jesusita Reyna. Call “Advertised” or they will go to Dead Letter Office July 18 1917. A R Gold Postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Washington, D. C
A. R. Gold
Recruits Called to Kerrville for Guard Duty
About twenty five Gillespie County National Guard recruits were ordered to report in Kerrville on Friday for further instructions. Led by Representative Thomas J. Martin, now a second lieutenant, the group left Fredericksburg Friday morning. The recruits are described as splendid specimens of hardy manhood likely to become fine soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Hopf
Cora Hopf
Harper
Ottmar Loudon
Ella Loudon
San Antonio
Hackeni Kraenzchen
Felix Vander Stucken
Edyth Krauskopf
A. & M. College
Lucian
Ernst Herbert
Bear Creek
Fredericksburg
Mr. Herbert
Ernst
Selina Eckert
Hattie Haag
Seguin
Ida Dickey
Ingram
Miss Dickey
Harles
John Earl Turk
Robert Heinrich
Aug. M. Jung
Boory Lott
Lott
Texas
Kerrville
National Guard
Gillespie County
Youngs
Thomas J. Martin
State National Guard
Brother Dies at Waco After Illness
Fred Nichols aged 36, brother of Harry Nichols of Fredericksburg, died in Waco Texas Wednesday morning from dropsy. He had worked in Grooch & Wells granite shops until his recent illness which proved fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Fred Nichols
Harry Nichols
Fredericksburg
Texas
Grooch & Wells
Disturbance Between Mexicans and Negroes in South Heights
Constable John McDougall was called to quell a disturbance on the South Heights ridge last Saturday night between several Mexicans and Negroes. Four Mexicans and two Negroes pleaded guilty in Justice Petmeky’s court. the trial of two colored damsels is set for the next term. All charged with fighting and evidence suggests rocks and razors were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDougally
South Heightsridge
Petmecky
Destroy the Red Ants in City Streets and Gardens
Citizens complain about numerous red ant beds causing painful stings especially to children and ruining vegetation. It urges Boy Scouts to lead a city cleanup with public financial support, noting two weekly applications of ant poison should eradicate all beds at low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Soldier killed in Texas train wreck near Victoria
One soldier, William Stonebreaker, died and five were injured when four troop coaches overturned and three derailed on a Texas & Pacific line near Shamrock, Victoria, La. The train, traveling about twelve miles per hour, wreck occurred at 2 p.m. details pending. Victoria is about 102 miles southeast of Marshall. The injured were taken to Alexandria, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Tex
William Stonebreaker
Shamrock
Victoria
Texas & Pacific
Alexandria
New Chancellor Declares U-Boat War Justifiable
Copenhagen July 19 Dr Michaelis the new Imperial German Chancellor told the Reichstag that Germany’s submarine war is lawful and justified to shorten the war. He credited the policy to Britain’s illegal blockade and Russia’s mobilization and said America failed to check it. He praised former Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg and noted the peace offer had failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S .A
Copenhagen
Dr Michaelis
Reichstag
Germany
Dr. Michaelis
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Great Britain
America
New Union Depot Ordered for Fort Worth by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission ordered multiple railways including Texas & Pacific and Missouri Kansas & Texas to jointly build and maintain a union passenger depot at Fort Worth with adequate tracks and facilities. If using the current depot, plans by J L Lancaster must be used to enlarge and improve it and baggage handling must be separated from passenger areas. Additional train sheds and baggage facilities were also ordered for Fort Worth and plans due within 30 days. In Petrograd five hundred people were killed or wounded in riots over the past two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas & Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Texas
Fort Worth & Rio Grande
Fort Worth
Denver City
International & Great Northern
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
City of
J. L. Lancaster
Texas &Pacific
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Houston & Texas Central Railway
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Ricks
Fredeburg Vol. Fire Dept
R. E. Jordan
Vol. Fire Dept
E. Juenke
Hohmann & Stehling
Mil Blanchard
S. W. Tel. & Tel. Co
Flog. Light & Power Co. Current and Globe
R. BE. Jordan
Fire Dept
Egular
Wm. Bruns
Kolmeier & Klier
F. Blanchard
E .Blanchard
W. Tel
Tel
Am.-LaFrance Fire Eng. Co
Fair Grounds
Fredericksburg Giants
Kerrville Athletics
Wright
Lee
THE
Alf
P. C. Petsch
R. G. Striegler
the Loan & Abstract Company
Katy Krueger
Santo
Antonio
Nelda Neep
Wiegand
Relves
Fritz Bruhn
Little
Frederburg
A. Sembritzky
G. Garza
Alice l
Helmuth Grobe
Needlecraft Society
Walter Bierhwale
Pearl Bode
Castell
Willie Hahn
Elsie Kolmeier
Leola Holtzer
Llano
Lucille Meyer
Otto Kol- Meier
Frida
Selma Behr
Lina Franz
Dora Metzger
Rubin Durst
Erwin
Houy
Walter Houy
Woerner
F. J. Maier
Messrs
Herbert
Lucian Wright
Twin Falls
Idaho
Geo. ‘Wright
R. Maier & Son
Arthur Meiars
Santonio
Dericksburg
Chester Herbert
Fredericksurg Publishing Co
Tonio
Chester
Stan
Elise Schwarz
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Burrier-Maier Co
NEW Union Depot
Petrograd
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