This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
3
Mr and Mrs G L Bier schwale and children returned Monday from Eldorado where they visited Mr and Mrs Frank Webb They also saw Mr Bier schwales sister Mrs L McDonald of Menard
Herbert Gamel leaves for San Antonio to attend exercises as Celeta Gamel finishes at Brackenridge High School. Marguerite and Mabel Fussell return to London after a term at Klein Branch. Marie Cottle has been ill but is improving. Bryan Birt and wife Mrs Kent visit Dr Birt with grandmother Mrs Ivy. Lewis Nixon family travels to Fredericksburg to meet Mrs Nixons sisters from Dallas and Marshall.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Harper attended the play at Morris Ranch last Friday night. D L Nixon accompanied them and stayed with their daughter Mrs Walter McDougall until Sunday. Mrs Sam Honig was a business visitor in town Tuesday. Mrs F M Floyd has been very sick this week and we hope for her recovery. Mr and Mrs Irving Brown and Mrs Wm Brown made a business trip to Kerrville Monday. Mrs Alfred Wilson and children and Mrs Joe Moore of Barnhard are visiting their father Mr Fritz Serschwale and relatives. Rainy weather has farmers hopeful for better times. Mr Fritz Sageser in town Tuesday to buy a new cultivator from Bryson Crockett Mercantile Co. Dr Birt and family and others left Tuesday afternoon for a fishing trip on Devil's River. A party at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Wedekind honored their daughter Leona's seventeenth birthday with a large crowd and gifts.
The Standard announces Miss Mamie Cottle has accepted the role of reporter and solicitor for the Harper Section and asks Harper and nearby residents to share news promptly. Editor Mr Charley Coffy and Mrs Coffy with their son visited Noxville, while Mr and Mrs John Morris were in Fredericksburg for business last Friday.
The club plans a program the first Wednesday in June with songs Eyes of Texas and Cecil Floyd and Lesa Belle Jones. Members show enthusiasm. parent cooperation urged. Local items note family travels, illnesses, and town happenings including a child’s car mishap and a rattlesnake bite incident.
A large crowd attended the closing school exercises at Reservation last Friday night. Mr Wallace of Kerrville gave an engaging talk and diplomas were awarded. The Klein Branch term ended successfully with a well received program. A shower benefited Harper area boosting farmers and ranchers. Local social visits occurred among residents including J F Wedekind and guests, Edna B and Rolan Taylor.
Mr Ed Cowsert and his daughter in Noxville escaped a upstairs fire last week in Harper. The blaze started upstairs where no stove had been in years and may have been started by a mouse stick match. The piano trunks and beds were saved. no insurance covered the loss. Cowsert plans to rebuild. The paper also corrects a prior misstatement about Central Meat Market and Cafe ownership.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.