Early Gillespie Fat Stock Show Held on Market Square
The 1929 fat stock show on Gillespie Market Square featured prize calves with winners Milton Grona Victor Sagebiel Dan Sagebiel and others. Calves sold for an average of 14.5 cents per pound and prize money totaled 72.50 dollars. Judges were A J Cotton and W S Marshall, county agents for Burnet and Mason counties.
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Gillespie
Market Square
Milton Grona
Victor Sagebiel
Dan Sagebiel
Victor Wendel
A. J. Cotton
W. S. Marshall
Burnet
Mason Counties
Gillespie District camporee moved to May 5–6 in Stonewall
The Gillespie Boy Scout District camporee shifts from April 21–22 to Friday and Saturday May 5 and 6 in Stonewall. All county troops plus Mason unit attend a two day program starting with 4 PM registration Friday, a public court of honor and campfire Friday night, contests and awards Saturday morning, and disbanding mid afternoon Saturday.
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Gillespie
Stonewall
County
Mason
Mrs Alfred Heimann Dies in San Antonio Rites Held Here
Mrs Alfred C Heimann nee Meta Eckhardt of San Antonio died in a local hospital April 30 at 1 45 am aged 59 years 1 month 16 days Final rites were at Beckmann Funeral Home May 1 at 3 pm officiated by Rev Otto Lindenberg with the Bethany Lutheran Church choir. Interment in City Cemetery Survivors include husband son Raymond A Heimann of Schertz daughter Myrtle Dittmar San Antonio two grandchildren and five Eckhardt siblings from Schertz Fredericksburg and San Antonio.
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Beckmann
Alfred C. Heimann
Meta Eckhardt
San Antonio
Otto Lindenberg
Bethany Lutheran Church
Advertising district eyed to promote the Magic Valley
Edinburg Texas may form a four county advertising district to levy a tax for promoting the valleys products and advantages. The proposal seeks a special law from the Texas Legislature to establish the district and fund regional promotional efforts.
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Edinburg
Magic Valley
Texas
Freedom Forum diary notes Arkansas visit highlights
In Searcy Arkansas Harding College is praised for hospitality and growth under Dr. George S. Benson. The Strawberry Center is highlighted with Bald Knob as a key hub and up to 32 000 pickers needed by harvest time. A Freedom Forum fish fry on a lake near Searcy draws 250 pounds of blue catfish. Fredericksburg and Oklahoma are referenced as part of the authors return home.
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Harding College
Searcy
George S. Benson
Strawberry Center
Arkansas
Bald Knob
Texas
Freedom Forum
Fredericksburg
Oklahoma
Standard
Physician who aided Alabama and Coushatta Indians remembered
Dr Caleb Chambers, who served as a missionary and medical helper for 36 years, earned the tribes’ trust as their “Medicine Man” in East Texas. He helped secure state and federal aid for displaced persons, leading to a thriving reservation with education and success spreading among later generations.
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Livingston
Caleb Chambers
Alabama
Coushatta
Texas
Census worker asks how many people live here at windmill home
A census taker recalls a tough moment at a farm where one man at a windmill answered the count after the resident of the house shouted the questions. The scene captures one resident alone at work and the method of questioning.
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Shamrock
Chloe Borwn
Panama Canal Passage From Atlantic To Pacific
A brief note explains that traveling through the Panama Canal shifts from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and implies a change in direction from east to west as ships complete the transit.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Field Day At Hill Country Experiment Farm May 6
Field day at the Hill Country Experiment Farm Comfort invites farmers from the Hill Country to tour crops and conservation practices. R G Holekamp president of Comfort Seed Growers announced the event on Saturday May 6 with Dr I M Atkins presenting results from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Denton on small grains disease resistance yields and grazing.
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Hill Country Experiment Farm
Comfort
Cypress Creek Bridge
R. G. Holekamp
Comfort Seed Growers
Hill Country
I. M. Atkins
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Denton
Texas
Cake and candy sale at St Marys Church set for May 13
The St Anns Society of St Marys Catholic Church will sponsor a cake and candy sale in the annex to Peters Hall on Saturday May 13 starting at 10 am. Whole cakes and slices will be sold in the morning. coffee and cake will be sold at 1 pm by society members.
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St. Ann’s Society of
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Peter’s Hall
Gold Section Leads In April Rainfall
April rainfall across the county totaled abundant amounts led by Oswald F. Eckhardt with 3.32 inches in Gold Community ahead of 1949. Other reporters noted 3.17 inches F B Riley 2.84 Otto Rahe Harper 2.57 Al ferd Neffendorf Fredericksburg and 2.35 Elroy Schnelle. Heavy rain occurred mid month with scattered showers and hail in Rocky Hill and Palo Alto areas caused no widespread damage.
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Oswald F. Eckhardt
F. B. Riley
Otto Rahe
Harper
Alferd Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Elroy Schnelle
Rocky Hill
Palo Alto
Personalized napkins as a wedding gift package
A Fredericksburg Publishing Company note suggests creating a show er gift by imprinting the bride and groom names on a package of personalized napkins.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Company
City issues wooden nickels as legal tender for centennial
Greenville marks its 100th anniversary with 24,000 wooden nickels circulating as legal tender during next month's celebration. A special court will try men without beards or women who use cosmetics, with exemptions possible by purchasing a permit to be clean shaven or for women to wear lipstick.
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Greenville
Appeals Court Reverses Martin Widow Case ruling
Judge W O Murray of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals San Antonio reversed the 1949 trial judgment in favor of Mrs Clarence Martin restoring the case over the 200 acre Martin homestead. The decision found the equity court could not compel kindness and support as part of ownership remedies.
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W. O. Murray
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
33Rd Judicial Court
Clarence Martin
Tom Martin
Lela Martin
Murray
Court of Equity
Tom
Martin
Martins
Deeds Not Words Rotarian Demonstrates Meat Business
New Braunfels Rotarian Joe Chapman gave a classification talk by demonstration, showing his meat packing plant that specializes in smoked turkey ham and sausage. After tasting his products, members appreciated the quality and noted the business is expanding nationwide.
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New Braunfels
Joe Chapman
Fredericksburg Publishing Co sells personalized bill imprinting
A notice states customers can have their bill imprinted with their name at Fredericksburg Publishing Company. The brief urges readers to visit the store to obtain customized imprinting services.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Coe
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Robert Klett
Desmond Sagebiel
Vern _Helmers
Orwin Peese
Walter Helmers
Harvey Stevens Jr
A. H. Wendel
Milton Wendel
Wm. Bruns Jr
Warren McDougall
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Saenger & Ochs
Alf. Heimann
Mutual Lumber Company
Mak
Center of the
Pround
Mark Twain
Holekamp
Panamas
Sterling Bros
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