Local Notes From The Alamo Region And Nearby Towns
The column details visits and travel of Olga Foerster and Miss Liesel Vannenken near San Antonio and ongoing trips by Rk. L. Kott, I. R. Hohenberger, and local families to Menard and Boerne. It notes A Striegler obtaining a county auto sales agency, cattle and pasture concerns, and a fishing party planning to return today. A misadventure report recounts Felipe Lopez’s buggy ride interrupted by gunfire near Lonnie Booker, with injuries and detention details.
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Felipe Lopez
Lonnie Booker
Lopez
Springfield
Lopes
Lonnie
Boone
Bullets
Fat hog market price prompt sparks price talk
The fragment mentions market price and an ED phrase along with selling fat hogs and paying PFD. Specific details are unclear but business terms imply farm commodity pricing and sale actions.
Giants Travel to Kerrville for Weekend Baseball
The Fredericksburg Giants travel to Kerrville Sunday for two games against the local club. The doubleheader is scheduled for Sunday and Monday, June 7 and 12. The Giants arrive in good trim and seek a decisive win over the Ideal aggregation.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Kerrville
Giants
Sunday School Picnic At Rabke’s Pasture River Event
Members of the M. E. 1 South Sunday School held a picnic in Rabke’s pasture on the Pedernales river. Over 100 people attended. noon meals were shared beneath shade trees. In the afternoon Palo Alto defeated Riverside 13 to 9 in a local baseball game.
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M. E. 1 South
Rabke
Pedernales
Palo Alto
Riverside
Kordzik Jr Seeks Gillespie County Commissioner Seat
In the STANDARD the candidate is Mr Hy Kordzik Jr for County Commissioner Precinct 1 Gillespie County. Henry Kordzik, born and raised here, is described as an honest, intelligent man. This issue notes local visits by Edwin and Henry Hopf from near Harper and a Harpers trip to San Marcos.
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J. T. Maupin
Brooks
J. P. Sullivan
Hy. Kordzik, Jr
The
Standard
Gillespie County
Henry Kordzik
Edwin
Henry Hopf
Harper
Fredericksburg
San Marcos
Harper Country
Body of Dead Mexican Found on Striegler Farm
The body of Donacio Cisneros was found Tuesday on the farm of F C Striegler. Deputy Morgan and Justice Petinecky investigated after Basilio Zavallo, unpaid, vanished. Cisneros died from a blunt force blow to the right temple, while Zavallo disappeared.
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F.C. Striegler
Fredericksburg
Cisneros
E. J. Striegler
F. &. Striegler
Hermann Ochs
Frank Morgan
Justice Petinecky
Zavallo
Fire Doused Quickly at Saloon Kitchen Blaze
A fire at the rear of R. Maier & Son's saloon was quickly checked Monday night when a gasoline stove flame fed by a leaking tank rose rapidly. Fire extinguishers and a tub of water prevented major damage to property.
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R. Maier & Son
Substantial Street Improvement on Upper Main Street
Citizens on upper Main Street fund substantial improvements west of the square toward Kraus cigar and soda water factory. A large quantity of gravel is laid and will be graded to first-class condition. The county owns a steam roller now at work and will soon move it to the street above. Private subscription pays for the work.
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Upper Main Street
Kraus Cigar
Fredericksburg Social Turn Elects Directors
At the annual meeting Fredericksburg Social Turn elects the old slate of directors. Adolph Meckel is president and new officers include Max Wahrmund vice president Max Bier Schwab secretary and Adolph Gold treasurer. Members also name Emil Juenke Walter Meckel Richard Henke Hy Hirsch Otto Meurer Ferd Meeckel Arthur Wahrmund and R C Bonn as directors.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
Galveston
Messrs
Adolph Gold
Robt
Penniger
Emil Juenke
Hy. Hirsch
Mexican note to U.S. demands withdrawal of troops
Mexico lauds diplomacy while accusing the United States of planning for war as it cites arms shipments and an invasion in Mexico. Washington says troops stay until Carranza can secure the border, with a possible withdrawal when control is proven. An ensuing clash results in two bandits killed during an American detachment engagement.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Scott
Villa
Carranza
Washington
Wilson
Private Hulett hero of Las Cruces engagement
The bravery of Leoncer A. Hulett, a private in the Seventeenth Infantry, who was wounded yet killed Candelario Cervantes and Juan Bencore near Las Cruces. General Pershing praised the act as highly significant, noting it helped curb incursions by bandits threatening American columns. Hulett and two other enlisted men acted without officers present during a ranch-side advance. Local dispatches describe the Mexican band numbering about twenty.
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Namiquipa
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. M
Leoncer A. Hulett
Seventeenth Infantry
Candelario Cervantes
Juan Bencorne
Las Cruces
John J. Pershing
Villa
General Pershing
Hulett
Cervantes
Bencorne
French Hold Line as Meuse Battles Rage in Fog
London May 31 French forces withdraw under heavy German pressure while regaining ground by seizing a fortified German position with 220 prisoners on Dead Man Hill. Verdun battles continue as Germans push toward Avecourt Cumieres line and Esnes, Mort Homme scatters German troops and forts. Bulgarian frontier incursion reported as 25 000 strong backed by German officers crosses into Greece near Strumitza Valley.
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London
Meuse
Dead Man Hill
Verdun
Avecourt-Cumieres
Esnes
Chattancourt
Paris
Avecourt
Mort Homme
Fort Vaux
Fosse Woods
Metzeral
Hartmannnsweilerkopf
Saloniki
Serbian Army Crosses Aegean to Strike Balkans Front
Allied reports say 100000 Serbian troops landed near Demir Hissar after crossing from Corfu to confront Bulgarian forces. Cannonading and infantry clashes rise on the Vardar left bank as Serbians claim early resistance. In Nauplia British ships bombarded the Greek port with fires in parts of the city. French occupy Borori near Lake Doiran. aerial attacks target German and Bulgarian camps at Gievgeli with many casualties. Vienna reports Austrians capture a mountain ridge on the Trentino front with 2500 prisoners, four guns, four machine guns and bicycles in a major push from Cornochampe Verde to Moota.
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Strumitza
Aegean Sea
Corfu
Serrail
Demir-Hissar
Vardar
Athens
Nauplia
Borori
Lake Doirin
Gievgeli
Naupliais
Greece
Twe
Vienna
London
Trentino
War Department
Cornochampe Verde
Moota
Fruit Jars Sale Offers Mason and Rubber Caps
Local ad advertises 500 boxes of Masons and Bzg Seal jars with caps and rubbers at special low prices. Encourages readers to check prices before purchasing to save money.
American Legion unit sails for Allied front duty
Nine thousand American Legion members in training at Toronto plan to sail within a week to join the western front offensive expected mid July. Captain Edwin Bower Hesser, a New York artist and staff officer in the 212th battalion, helped design recruiting posters. The legionnaires carry folded American flags to be raised over trenches, asserting a neutral duty and aid to the Dominion in gratitude for Canadian Civil War losses.
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American Legion
Toronto
Legion
Edwin Bower Hesser
Esser
New York
Canada
Dominion
United States
George Washington
Seamless Sacks Sale at Removal Sale by Burrier-Mier Co
Grain and wheat sacks offered in bulk during a removal sale by Burrier-Mier Company. Prices advertised for 600 foot sacks with emphasis on seamless grain storage bag offerings. Local trade notice indicates stock clearance event.
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Apecis
Burrier-M “Ier CO
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Tfas
Alf
P. C. Petsch
Loan and Abstract CO. Gold Building
Dcal
Personal
Olga Foerster
San Antonio
Liesel Vanneken
Icksburg
Fernando
Alamo
R. Penniger
I. R. Hohenberger
Atonio
Rk. L. Kott
Menard
Harmony Club
Ma Heyland
Wednesernoon
Misset Arlit
Yoakum
A. Striegler
Cains
County
J. C
Wright
Felix Stebbling
Klaerner
Max Neuman
Witley
Wallace Morman
Marschall
Chester U
Isaak Walton E Ffort
H. Wagner
Boerneey
Engel Jr
Lueckenbach
Luckenbach Eceun
Ion
Maxwell
American Ice Association
Navy
Jme
E. J. Koenig
R. Mater & Son
Riley
Souls Taba
Metaie
Eles
Yano-River
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