Riley sisters visit town amid ranch harvest scene
Misses Brad and Iris Riley were in town Wednesday to shop while at the Ranch the harvest is good with plenty of roasting ears to eat.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1924
Page
4
Misses Brad and Iris Riley were in town Wednesday to shop while at the Ranch the harvest is good with plenty of roasting ears to eat.
Mr Lee Goff and sisters Ella and Delia were in town on business Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Hy Moellendorf will give their daughter Frieda in marriage to Mr Willie Maier of Fredericksburg on July 2 at 230 PM at the Lutheran church.
Whitewood and Edith Brown quietly wed in Kerrville last week surprising many friends. The groom is J S Whitewood’s son and the bride the daughter of W C Brown of Noxville Community. Both families wish the couple happiness.
Mr E S Fairchild and wife sold their home one mile south of town to Mr Hermann Selbrig with possession in 30 days. They plan to move to a ranch eight miles from Utopia comprising 1932 acres, 150 cultivated, well improved, bought for 17500000. Community notes record multiple local visits and weather, plus a Fourth of July picnic at Mr Stewart's Grove.
Mr Albert Bode and his children from Banquet arrived Friday to visit Mr Fritz Bode and family then moved to the Guadalupe River near Hunt for a vacation camp. Mr Bode previously left in 1921 for a new home where he taught three school terms and will hold the same post next year. They seek a thorough rest in the hills for the summer outing.
A town storekeeper recounts attempting advertising once and nearly ruin, noting customers flocked in and bought nearly all stock. The exchange questions why merchants advertise and ends with the remark about the risky outcome.
One Lot Percale at 12.¢ 36 in. Percale at 18c sells at Schroeder Bros. We buy fryers hens eggs cream butter and turkeys. Knopp and Metzger advertise stock and farm services. Medicated salt for sheep goats and stock raisers urged for health. H. C. Maier Cash Grocery features prices. Mr Felix Feuge seen in a new car.
Mr and Mrs Allen Gibson returned Monday from Wichita Falls after answering Jim Moore’s call that Mrs Moore is very low. They were joined by Mrs L Rogers and Grandma Spence who stayed with the Moore family, well known locals who lived here for years before moving away.
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