Educator Bittner Remembered After Forty Years of Service
Obituary notes the life of German instructor Professor Bittner who taught in Fredericksburg for four decades. Born 1859 in Silesia he moved to the United States in 1885 and began teaching after arriving in New York. He retired in 1936 and left a large teaching legacy with descendants and community ties across the nation. Funeral services were held at Beckmann Funeral Home with relatives and German-American groups in attendance and interment in City Cemetery.
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Bittner
Fredericksburg
Silesia
Herman Bittner
Germany
Glatz
Waldenburg
Academy of Forestry
Tharand
Dresen
Saxony
New World
New York
Austin
Clara Merz
Beckmann
Theo. Haag
Herman Sons
Arion Singing Club
Order of Hermat
Paul Leonhard
Theo Haag
Herman Knopp
Francis Merz
Richard Merz
Emil Merz, Jr
Henry Immel, Jr
Frederick Sauer
Ellebracht Family Reunion At Klaerner's Park
The annual Ellebracht family reunion took place at Klaerner's Park on Sunday, gathering relatives for a day of shared memories and community.
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Ellebracht
Klaerner’s Park
Dechert Son Undergoes Appendectomy After Friday Procedure
Alroy Dechert the son of Mr and Mrs Ernst Dechert underwent an appendectomy performed Friday of last week in a preventive medical case.
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Alroy Dechert
Ernst Dechert
Hot Weather Warning and Calo Tablets Advertisement
In hot weather digestion slows and biliousness may cause gas, belching, headaches and nausea. Calo tabs promise calomel and salts effects with quick relief. Trial package ten cents, family pack twenty five cents at drug stores.
South Texas League Standings and Results Summary
Standings show Boerne leading with 2A and Fredericksburg at 3 75. Last Sunday Boerne defeated Fredericksburg 10 to 8 in 11 innings while Hondo D Hanis beat Pearsall 8 to 2. Next Sunday fixtures include Fredericksburg at D Hanis and Boerne at Pearsall.
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I. Pet
Poapral Ces Cesnses
Boerne
Giants Fall In Extra Innings To Boerne
Boerne overcame the Giants in 11 innings with unearned runs and late hitting. Meyer's run and Bourgeois double sparked a tired fight as Uecker hit a long homer but was ruled out for missing second base. Pankratz and Klett drove in key runs, with Leidl and E. Pankratz contributing multi RBI at various frames.
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Schnerr
Meyer
Bourgeois
Schweppe
Leidl
Uecker
Sox
Giants
Pankratz
Klett
Pfeiffer
Schneider
Molberg
Kraerner
E. Pankratz
Hahn
Weise
Hondo
Boerne
Klaerner
Wendler
W. Bergman
E. Bergman
W. Bergmann
E. Bergmann
Langerhans
Wright and
Schroeder
Wells
Bergmann
Wehmeyers Spend Saturday in Austin for Business
Mr and Mrs I G Wehmeyer with Alois and Josephine Wehmeyer visited Austin on Saturday to attend to business matters.
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I. G. Wehmeyer
Alois and
Josephine Wehmeyer
Austin
Messrs Wehmeyer
Local Notes on Health and Obituaries in Gillespie County
Mrs Victor Nixon underwent a tonsil operation. Robert Probst, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Probst, and J D Stein, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Stein, are mentioned as individuals connected to local families. R W Pearson, a former Gillespie County agricultural agent, died at his Bryan home last week. He had served on the A and M College Extension staff since 1913 and was well known among farmers and ranchers.
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Victor Nixon
Robert Probst
Clarence Probst
J. D. Stein
Joe Stein
R. W. Person
Gillespie County
Bryan
A. & M. College
Pearsons
Blum era ends as France may see new premier
Blum, head of the Popular Front Government, faced a likely replacement as France’s premier after a failed bid to secure treasury order. He boasted labor support and claimed colonial gains, but observers call his two-year tenure a marathon with no successor named yet. Also in brief, Russian aviators in a secret route landed in Vancouver Washington 580 miles from their goal, after a 2 hour 17 minute flight from Moscow. Frederick Nite Jr. of infantile paralysis arrives in Chicago after 447 days in an iron lung.
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Blum
France
Popular Front
International Eivnion
Credit Oy
Moscow
Soviet Russia
San Francisco
Vancouver
Wash
Articozean
Tole
Canada
United States
Golden Wedding Anniversary for Braeutigams Celebrated
Mrs. Braeutigam aged 68 and her husband 73 celebrate a golden wedding. They have ten living children and a large guest list from Houston Waco San Antonio Dallas and Los Angeles attended by numerous relatives including Braeutigam and Crenwelge families. The couple wore formal attire with gold daisies and lace after decades of healthful life.
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Fers
Braeutigam
Benno Luckenbach
J. W. Woods
Houston
J. W. Braeutigam
Felix Braeeutigam
Fritz Braeutigam
Charles Braeutigam
Edgar Crenwelge
Otto Braeutigam
Paul Sauer
Annie Braeutigam
Ottemfindenberg
Weinheimer
Herbert Crenwelge
4Ichter
Waco
Herman Crenwelge
Ughter
Egon Braeutigam
Los Angeles
Calif
Adelph Boerner
Waring
Emil Braeutigam, Jr
San Antonio
Henry Schaefer
Harry Eckert
Alex Behrens
Emil Braeutigam
Richard Braeutigam
W. W. Corby
Jewett
F. H. Nichols
Louise Brodie
Richard Hahn
W. T. Binfcord
Dallas
Bertha
Viola Schaefer
Mamie Schaper
Woodrow
Harold “Braeutigam
San ‘Antonio
Raymond Braeutigam
Christian Hahn
Roy Steitle
Stanley Hollmig
Warren Hunter Visits Texas Vacation With Family
Warren Hunter former editor of the Harper Herald now a student at Chicago University travels to Texas for vacation. He is accompanied by his wife and children and visits relatives and friends in the state.
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Warren Hunter
Harper Herald
Chicago University
Texas
Penitentiary sentence in Colemann robbery case
Shipley received a penitentiary term for the Colemann Bank robbery after a trial in Coleman. He had been held in Abilene and Brownwood for safekeeping before delivery to penitentiary agents. The case involved C W Woodruff and $23706.89 stolen from the First Coleman National Bank on February 2, 1934.
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Kansas
Shipley
Abilene
Coleman
Brownwood
Frank Mills
C. W. Woodruff
First Coleman National Bank
S. H. Gray
Texas Rangers
Johnson City
Blanco City
John
Marie Newton
Bernhard Scharnhorst
Sandy
Scharnhorst
Newtons
Hill County
Texas
Newton
Emporia
Bentonville
Arkansas
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Standard Service. CO
Schroeder & Houy
Pearsall
Jackie Hanus
J. J. Nanus
Adela Kunz
Santa Rosa Hospital
Max Kunz
Korey
Basse Express
San Antonio Headquarters
South Flores
Union Truck & Transportation Terminal
Otto Kolmeier &Co
Hesterfield
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