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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1926
Page
24
A car load of 4 Threshers made for Fordson and light tractors will arrive soon and be sold at about half price. The machines are fully equipped and billed as a bargain. Fredericktown Imp. Co. promotes Freed-Eisemann radios and Moline implements via HY Fischer.
Local residents report visits and movements including Mr and Mrs H W Fairchild traveling to Kerrville to see Mr and Mrs Chester Moses. July and August social activity at Harper Hotel draws crowds. Several residents relocate businesses and homes between Harper Morris Ranch and nearby towns.
G L Bierschwale bought the City Cafe and Meat Market from Mrs. Johannah Kneese in Harper last week. Kneese receives the Bakery building and the connected dwelling, while Archie Weinecke leased the cafe the past months. Bierschwale takes charge and promises splendid service amid a local business transfer.
Community mourns the death of Mrs. Herman Mater. Funeral attendees from Harper include Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grosenbacher, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grosenbacher, Mrs. Otto Rahe, and Mrs. Jas. A. Schleyer who traveled to Fredericksburg.
Mr and Mrs Frank Kroll and their children traveled to Fredericksburg on Tuesday for a family outing.
Mr and Mrs B H Whaley and daughter Winnie of the Reservation were visitors in Harper. A group traveled to Mexico last week to inspect land. The travelers listed include J A Bell A W Sellers and Rev P D Swift among others from the Reservation settlement.
Evangelist W H Hanhardt offers lectures this week at the Presbyterian church with a public invitation for Sunday night March 28 on the topic Beast Worship What it is. Local residents Mr and Mrs John S Morris visited Kerrville and Fredericksburg while Mr Wm Parker passed Harper Tuesday en route to Kerrville. Watkin Tarr returns to school after illness. Subscriptions and hardware ads note local commerce.
A cement walk is being installed in front of the H. A. Wedekind Merchandise Store this week to boost the building’s appeal and town attraction. Frank Seward leads the work. Lumber is hauled to Mack Scarborough as he remodels his home adding two rooms for convenience and appeal.
Eighty passengers the captain and the first and second engineers died when the Brazilian river steamer Paes de Carvalho sank in the Solimoes River near Manaos after an explosion. Seventy-eight passengers and several crew members were rescued.
Local brief notes Henry Markworth is on the sick list this week with unspecified illness.
Mr and Mrs Harve Stevens and their son from Klein Branch were seen in Harper Monday afternoon in a local sighting noted by residents.
Temporary injunction granted in district court against Mrs Avor Biggar to stop harassment and statements about Mrs Lockie Hetzer. Four Biggar children and the husbands of both women are parties to the suit.
The notice promotes advertising rates for the Standard claiming strong results from a bonafide subscription list of 1750. It asserts sworn circulation statements and promises wonderful outcomes for advertisers.
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