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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1923

Page

7

Local and Personal News From Harper Area

Local and personal items recount social visits and travel across Harper and nearby towns. Names include V C Russell Fanny Young Walter Markworadt Carl Kroll Alvin Kensing J H Moore Alma Hoffman Mabel Smith Leona Wedekind Olivia Moore Ella Mae Cantwell Ora Shepperd Clara Nixon D H Whetstone S A Ezell Edith Cassenttch Jimil Gammenthaler and others. A fatal lightning accident near Bierschwale ended two youths' lives. brief reports of visitors, sales, and local events follow. The Barbecue fundraiser aided the school, with prizes awarded to W W Whitworth and Myrtle Jung, supporting ongoing community work by the Auxiliary.

Fourth of July Barbeque Feeds Thousands at Community Event

A long community report describes the largest free barbeque with at least 4,000 pounds of meat 600 pounds of bread and a 50 gallon barrel of pickles. Volunteers and local sponsors supplied coffee seasoning and other needs while crowds endured heat and long waits. The piece notes thanks to contributors and mentions Rev. Chas Nixon preaching at the Methodist Church and visiting relatives of local families.

Cheek-Neal Coffee Co Collins Co W. E. Smith Harper Chas. Nixon Methodist Church Joseph Nixon

Recital at Presbyterian Church by Mrs. Lewis Stevens Pupils

Recital Sunday afternoon July 29 at the Presbyterian Church with pupils of Mrs. Lewis Stevens performing pieces including I’m Glad to See You by Edgar Guest Hazel Peril’s Slumber Sweetly and An Old Sweetheart of Mine by James Whitcomb Riley Temple Dnu derstadt.

Presbyterian Church Five O’cloeck Lewis Stevens Edgar A. Guest Marshall Stevens Kroemann Hazel Peril James W. Riley Temple Dnuderstadt

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Frederic Iles West Ksburg Citizens Auto CO J. P. Taylor’s Drug Store Ed’s. Drug Store Sunset Garage Bryson & Crockett Merc. Company Texas First State Bank J.S. Whitewood H. P. Gartrell John 8. Morris Ness Fanny Young Town Mrs Walter Markworadt Carl Kroll Alvin Kensing James River Messrs Earl Bierschwale S H. MecCaleb Clyde Wright Banquete J. H. Moore Eric Hodges Fredericksburg Harper Section Miss Adams of Hutto T. P. Harlan Ed. McDonegall Ofa Mr. Harlan California Ella Mae Cantwell Ora Shepperd Brady Frank Webb Alma Hoffman Mabel Smith Valley Springs Leona Wedekind Hunt Olivia Moore J. L. Bierschwale Ranch Rose Bierschwale Clara Nixon Taredo Rev. Nixon J. D. Nixon First Methodist Church Laredo D. H. Whetstone G. H. Baumann R. Moore S. A. Ezell A. L. Smith Edith Cassenttch el Campo Jimil Gammenthaler Monster Gammerthaler R. A. Speed Sam McCaleb Geo. Bierschwale Bierschwale McCaleb H. M. Wendel Louis Feller G. Lange Alfred Kramer Fred Gammenthaler Henry Maurer San Antonio Mr. Gammenthaler Ed. Gibson Menard Eldorado Big Devil’s River Mr. Gibson Christoval Conrad Bier Ethwale Merard L. McDonald Melvin A. B Barker Fred Wedekind Lewis Menges Jim Howell Claude Howell Iunt Chas. Stapp Noxville W W. Whitworth Myrtle Jung Petersburg Fredericksburg Publ. Co L. W. Trent Hammond, Okla Mrs. Trent A. F. Bode Banaule Fritz Bode Patsy Kate Douglas Wiggin Verna Mae Billings Thankfulness Louise M. Aglevee Harvey Stevens, Jr the Whistling Boy Brooks the Conqueror Edmund Vance Cook Blanche Duder Stadt Anon Lawrence Nichols Papa Corinthia Russel A. C. Burton Alta Lee Duderstadt Ella Wheeler Wilcox Mattie Johnson H. C. Maier Schneider Produce Co Deslere J. F. Wedekind’s C. W. Granville Mosty Kerrville and Centerpoint Harper Tin and Sheet Metal Shop H. J. Kaiser Goodyear
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