30 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1917
Page
1
The Loan and Abstract Company advertises abstracts of title and fire insurance. It offers long term ranch loans on 1900 acre properties or larger at 7.5 percent with no commission. Located in the Gold Building, Fredericksburg, Texas.
Local residents and visitors attended gatherings and events around Fredericksburg. Families like Beevers, Hart, and Kole were mentioned with travels to San Antonio and San Antonio trips for the sheepmen’s convention and other visits. Several locals moved, hosted, or planned home changes, and a Ford demonstration at Kott & Co’s garage entertained workers while Miss Esther Alford visited Ruby Riley.
A stylized cry adapts the national hymn into a stilted postal style, mashing phrases about dawn light flags and distant shores with odd spellings. The piece reworks patriotic imagery to describe a banner waving over land and sea, preserving well known lines in altered form.
A three year old son of Mr and Mrs Emil Knopp was bitten on the foot by a copperhead snake at their home near Six Mile Creek on the Willo City road on Wednesday. Medical attention was given and he was reported out of danger. The snake was killed by Mr Knopp. In other news Mr Lluis Stieler arrived from Bear Creek ranch Tuesday and joined Dr Victor Keidel to attend the Sheep men’s Convention at Menard after a heavy rain benefited crops and stock range.
Hans Basse a well known Fredericks man died Tuesday morning in this city aged 30 years 7 months and 5 days after several weeks illness from typhoid fever He was a native of the county and had worked twelve years at Henke Hirsch general merchandise store He is survived by his wife and parents Mr and Mrs Ad Basse several brothers and sisters and many relatives The funeral Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev M O Publ pastor of the Holy Ghost church was one of the largest ever in this city
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The 32nd annual Gillespie County Fair catalog is nearly ready with 85 pages and revised premium lists. Fredericksburg printing offers an attractive booklet as preparations for the big July 4 celebration proceed with events at the fair grounds and city amusements.
Prof Arthur Claassen of San Antonio directed a Saturday concert at Peters Opera House featuring tenor Oran Kirkpatrick and contralto Mary Aubrey singing arias from French German Italian and English operas. Hildegard Wagner, a Claassen pupil, sang Ave Maria. the duet Tri Torvatore with Claassen at the piano drew the warmest applause. Mrs Claassen accompanied and charmed the crowd.
Ten units of American woodmen sent from New England states to U K forests have landed on English soil. Their complete equipment surprised observers and drew favorable comment as the teams prepare to set up sawmills and start work immediately.
Frank Buehner 51 of Austin Texas employed by Mound City Coffin Company was found dead in a washroom at the St Louis plant with a bullet wound to the head. He had been at his desk for about a half hour before going to the washroom. a shot followed and coworkers found him dead.
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