Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits and Alumni Party
Mrs L M Terrell arrived Saturday to spend weeks with Mrs L Bartlett and Mrs J Kordzik. Several alumni guests from the State University Austin attended events hosted by Alfred Sehmidt and family. Social gatherings include a blue and silver class party for seven 1925 graduates hosted by the J A M club with sixty couples attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Terrell
L. Bartlett
J. Kordzik
Louise Sehmidt
Fredericksburg
Willie Grosig
Eagle Lake
State University In
Austin
Alfred Sehmidt
Local happenings in Eckert area this week
Carl Lorenx and family visited relatives in Comfort Sunday. Marvin Stahl broke his arm last week. Willow City school closed last Saturday with attendees from the community. Mrs. Alfred Sagebiel is ill this week. Lettie Palmer and Stanford White wed Wednesday morning by Rev. Billings of Fredericksburg. School closes on the 25th with a primary program and provided ice cream and drinks for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lorenx
Marvin
Ernest Stahl
Willow City
Alfred Sagebiel
Lettie Palmer
Stanford White
Rev. Billings
Fredericksburg
Advertised Letters List to Be Forwarded
A notice lists undelivered mail for individuals including J. E. Bridgeman H. Hahn Esther Lang Wm Muencker Nellie Mae Wooten Sacarias Dominguez Faustino Liendo Chilesten Lopes Jesus Martinez George Valdez. Letters uncalled for by the 25th of March will be sent to the Division of Dead Letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Bridgeman
H. H. Hahn
Esther Lang
Wm. Muencker
Nellie Mae Wooten
Sacarias Dominguez
Faustino Liendo
Chilesten Lopes
Jesus Martinez
George Valdez
Card of Thanks from Hy Ellebracht
I express sincere appreciation to Dr. Wm. L. Secour Dr. Palmer Dr. Jackson and the nurses for their kind service and strenuous efforts during my wife’s recent operation at Kerrville Sanitarium.
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Wm. L. Secour
Palmer
Jackson
Kerrville Sanitarium
HY. Ellebracht
Barn Fire Destroys Farm at Comfort Texas
Comfort Texas May 19 Rudolph Flach loses barn and all contents in a blaze of unknown origin. Ernst K Flach awakens to find the fire engulfing the building. Five hundred bushels of oats, one ear corn, and farm implements are destroyed. Loss exceeds £3000 with only farm insurance.
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Comfort
Texas
Rudolph Flach
Ernst Knapp Flach
Sisterdale Road
Ernst K. Flach
Strange Fire at Bartlett Home Stumps Investigators
A dwelling owned by J. H. Brooks in Georgetown, Bartlett, burned at lunch hour Saturday. Occupants Sam Dillard and family and Mr and Mrs Joe Briges Jr. escaped as the blaze, which began under the house near the wooden underpinning, was fought by volunteers before the fire department arrived. Six months earlier a similar fire occurred at the same spot, with no explanation and rumors of a match and a rat.
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Bartlett
J. H. Brooks
Georgetown
Sam Dillard
Joe Briges Jr
Walter Cagle
Sheriff Killed Then Acquitted in Texas Murder Case
Goliad Texas May 20 Sheriff B H Haynes of Goliad County was killed by the Victoria County grand jury at 11 o clock on a murder charge after he shot Tom Holliday in the other county a day earlier. Haynes was tried that afternoon and the jury found him not guilty under court instructions. Holliday resisted arrest and was armed with a pump shotgun when the sheriff shot him with a rifle.
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Goliad
Texas
B. H. Haynes
Goliad County
Victoria County
Tom Holliday
Holliday
Haynes
Whitlock boy captured by Indians found living in Arizona
Burnet May 21 relatives of the Whitlock boy abducted years ago report he now lives on an Indian reservation between Bowie and Globe, Arizona. The boy survived after Indians killed his family and abducted him and his sister. The sister died after being dragged by a wild horse during the attack near Long Mountain between Burnet and Llano.
Texas Headlights Law Demonstration In Austin
E Y Davidson of Pittsburg led a session for over 250 Texas Automotive Dealers association members on proper headlight focus under the new law. The law takes effect June 18 with arrests for violations beginning September 1, though no arrests are planned if drivers learn correct lighting. Testing stations will be established statewide to assist motorists in achieving proper focus.
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Austin
E. Y. Davidson
Pittsburg
Texas Automotive Dealer’s Association
Davidson
Oil Spray For Mosquitoes In Kingsville City War
Kingsville health department began an oil spraying campaign to combat mosquitoes. Crews cleaned the creek south of town and operated a spraying machine from the disposal plant area to cover about two miles. Officials expect continued spraying for thorough pest eradication after a windy period brought the pests in.
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Kingsille
Tex
City Health Department
Kingsville
Kinksville
Splinter in Leg Causes Death of Young Girl
Opal Kimbrough five died in a local sanitarium in Waco Texas after infection from a splinter in her right leg. Doctors amputated the limb about four inches below the body in an attempt to save her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Opal Kimbrough
Hamp Kimbrough
Valley Mills
Grasshoppers Ravage Crops Along Wharton County Areas
Grass hoppers are seriously damaging crops in eastern Wharton County with entire cotton fields devastated in several localities. Cattle dip sprayed on turning rows and field borders has yielded good results for some farmers.
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Wharton
Tex
Wharton County
Farmer Shot Near Thorndale Ends in Arrest
On a Cameron jail after surrendering to Sheriff Blaylock, Jack Moore is accused of fatal buckshot shooting of J. T. Man Davis on a farm 10 miles north of Thorndale. Both men worked as farmers for Davis' father and quarreled over farm work. Davis leaves a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorndale
Jack Moore
Cameron
J. T
Davis
Blaylock
Moore
Gingham 15c available at Schroeder Bros
A brief notice advertises a nice lot of Gingham 15c being sold at Schroeder Bros with subscription to the Standard. The ad emphasizes stock and placement for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder Bros
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