Harper Social News Reflects Visiting Families and Illness
A parade of locals and guests appears in Harper this week. Mr and Mrs Felix Feuge and many Kerrville and San Antonio visitors attend church, family gatherings, fishing trips, and Sunday visits. Illness flags include Tatsch and Leora Little, with recovery hoped for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Felix Feuge
Harper
Mrs. Buck Baker
Kerrville
John Morgan
San Antonio
Harper Sunday
Irving Nixon
San Marcos
Mrs. L. D. Nixon
E. C. Speckles
C. W. Granville
Crawford Goode
Goode
Anthony Maurral
Arizona
Alvie Casper
Flora Scroggins
Boy bitten by rattlesnake improves
Clifton Hopf the young son of Mr and Mrs A L Hopf was bitten by a large rattlesnake while playing in the yard on Thursday. He had been in a very serious condition but is now improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Hopf
A. L. Hopf
Death of Wm. Pape at Fredericksburg Sanitarium
William Pape died at Fredericksburg Sanitarium on Monday at age 53. He was survived by son Willie O. Pape of Tivydale and four sisters, with a obituary noting his kindness and morals. Funeral services were held at the C. E. Bein residence by Rev. Radetzky and Rev. Holly, and burial followed west of town. Hy. Blum of Fredericksburg was in Harper Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Pape
Fredericksburg
Anna Klein
Willie O. Pape
Tivydale
Clara Ressman
Menard
Anna Lang
Near London
Adelia Schaper
Lena Feller
Morris Ranch
Pape
C. E. Bein
Radetzky
Holly
Hy. Blum of
Harper Wednesday
Two Texans Break Jail in Kansas and Steal Car
Three Ford County jail inmates escaped using broom-handle keys and fled west in a stolen motor car from Offerle. The fugitives include H. W. Reed alias Howard Myers of Norman Oklahoma charged with Bucklin burglary and Milton Tate and William Triplett of Texas on motor vehicle theft charges. A second stolen car from M G Beiley was found wrecked near Offerle. Six other prisoners stayed jailed, saying they could not afford to break out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kan
Ford County
Offerle
H. W. Reed
Howard Myers
Norman
Okla
Bucklin
Milton Tate
William Tripplett
Texas
Edwards County
M. G. Beiley
Picnic At Comfort Brings 40 Central Power Employees
In Comfort Texas on June 12 the San Antonio district of the Central Power and Light Company held its monthly Public Relations meeting. About 40 employees and families from Fredericksburg, Comfort, San Antonio, Devine, Natalia, Persall, Dilley, Cotulla, Three Rivers, Pleasanton, Bandera and Bourdanton attended. A meal at the Meyer and Faust hotels preceded an old fashioned barbecue at the Guadalupe River site. The day featured merriment and sunshine, with recent heavy rains prompting optimism for a bumper corn and sorghum crop. Wednesday mornings rainfall measured 1.33 inches, hindering threshing.
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Comfort
Tex
San Antonio
Central Power and Light Company
Fredericksburg
Devine
Natalia
Persall
Dilley
Cotulla
Three Rivers
Pleasanton
Bandera
Bourdanton
Meyer Hotel
Faust Hotel
Light Snow Covers Wyoming Valleys and Ranges
A light snowstorm swept across Wyoming from Rock Springs extending through the Green River Valley into the Gros Ventre and Wind River ranges and toward the Idaho line. Temperatures fell to 38 degrees above zero in Rock Springs, with a broad 40 to 50 degree span across the state and into Colorado and Utah.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Green River Valley
Gros Ventre
Wind River
Idaho Line
Uinta Mountains
Colorado
Utah
Plaintiff Grilled in Wedding Promise Case
Karnes City Tex June 15 John Ascher was subjected to a gruelling cross examination in his suit against Mrs Emma Hillmer for recovery of land and money given in exchange for her promise of marriage. After a three day ordeal he appeared worn and uncertain. The case has drawn wide interest in Karnes County due to Ascher's status as an old settler and member of a prominent family.
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Karnes City
Tex
John Ascher
Emma Hillmer
Ascher
Karnes County
Pecans Growers Plan July Convention in San Saba
The Texas Pecan Growers Association will hold its annual convention on July 10 11 and 12 in San Saba. San Saba County growers host a fish fry the first night and a goat barbecue on Wednesday at the Donnelly Pecan Orchard. Registration opens the first morning at the new Hotel San Saba with sessions in the San Saba Club Room.
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Texas Pecan Growers Association
San Saba County Pecan Growers
Chamber of Commerce
Donnelly Pecan
Tlotel San Saba
San Saba Club
Landslide vote names Kansan on first ballot
Kansas City June 15 Her bert Hoover of California for president, Charles Curtis of Kansas for vice president. The convention unanimously chose Curtis as running mate after a night of party talks. Curtis led 1052 to Dawes 13 and Ekern 19 with other votes scattered.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
California
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Curtis
Herman Ekern
Wisconsin
Charles G Dawes
Hanford MacNider
Hailstorm Wrecks Barber County Wheat Across Huge Area
A severe hailstorm in Barber County Medicine Lodge Kansas last night caused an estimated 1 million dollars in damage to ripening wheat. The storm carved a six mile by fifty mile swath damaging about 50 000 acres. Farmers begin fallowing with tractors to prepare for next fall’s seeding. Barber County wheat was projected at 30 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Barber County
Twenty Nine Tank Cars Burn While Derailment Shuts Line
Thirty oil and gasoline laden tank cars derailed on the Franklin branch of the New York Central between Franklin Pennsylvania and Hadley Ohio. Flames rose about 100 feet as a large smoke column darkened the sky. Officials estimated losses near 100000 dollars. Five hundred feet of track were torn up forcing passengers and mail to be bused from Hadley to Osgood. Service expected to be out at least 24 hours.
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Greenville
Franklin
New York Central Railroad
Andover
Ohio
Hadley
Osgood
Bomb Explodes in Detroit County Building Court Area
Detroit June 18 At least nine injured three seriously when a bomb exploded in the areaway of the county building in downtown Detroit The blast shattered windows and caused chaos inside the building Three seriously injured include Arthur Vererusse Frank Stopla and Ed Cooney Most injured were women clerks from offices nearby The device was found in a men's rest room by Stopla who threw it into the areaway before detonation Obit A distant reference to fruit jars ends the report
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Detroit
Arthur Vererusse
Frank Stopla
Ed Cooney
Stopla
Boiler blast in Mexico City bathhouse kills many
Nine teens were killed when a boiler exploded at a bathhouse in a suburb of Mexico City. Thirty people were injured and two buildings were destroyed. Rescue teams worked amid debris as more bodies were feared, with surrounding homes cracked by the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
New Braunfels Contract Awarded for College Annex
Seguin Tex June 15 Bids opened on the administration annex to Lutheran College New Braunfels resident Walter Sippel was the low bidder at 32440 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels
Seguin
Tex
Lutheran College
Walter Sippel
Building plan outlined for Lutheran school Annex and dorms
Construction will start Monday for an Annex with recitation rooms lab and library and a large assembly hall. The plan includes a gym dorms mess hall and central heating and will expand as funds become available. A solicitor surveys the Lutheran constituency in Texas and field secretary J N Doerfler will canvass for new students at the Academy and Junior College under the supervision of Marvin Eikenroth and Bartlett Cocke San Antonio architects.
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Lutheran Church In
Texas
J. N. Doerfler
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Tatsch
Markham
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Alvin Strackbein
Johnson City
Herbert Gamel
Richard Roeder
Leora Little
Herman Lang
London
Wm. Pope
Mr. Hy, Tatsch
Secor Sanitarium
Frank Stauch
Arthur Baumann
Frank Nixon
Little Son
Rev Nixon
Mrs L. D. Nixon
J. T. Thurman
James River
J. M. Scarborough, Jr
Arthur Sellers
Devils River
Liberty New
L. D
Gordon Harper
Buck Baker
J. M. Scarborough Sr
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Kansan
Minnesota
Dawes
North Dakota
Ekern
South Dakota
MacNider
Marvin Eiekenroht
Bartlett Cocke
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