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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1926
Page
3
Miss Effie Ross of San Antonio visits her aunts Mrs. Casper and Mrs. Lee Haines. Miss Lydia Fiedler of Petersburg attends school here. Mrs. Willie Seelig dies Wednesday with many friends and relatives at the funeral in Fredericksburg on Tuesday.
Messrs John Fiedler and son Edgar and Joe Jung visited Fredericksburg Tuesday. Mr August Ernst was a business visitor in Harper Wednesday. Mrs J J Casper and Miss Effie Belle Ross were in Fredericksburg Wednesday trading. A phone message from Mrs Oswald Feller said her mother in Fredericksburg was very low.
Mr and Mrs Chas Coffee of Noxville Community move to Harper on their way to Dripping Springs to make their home. Numerous friends regret their departure but wish them success.
Trespassing with guns dogs or traps is forbidden in pastures north and south of Harper. Violators will be prosecuted.
The Harper School opened last Monday led by Principal E. O. Cole with Miss Duke in Primary, Miss Witterspahn in 3rd and 4th, Miss Buchanan in 5th and 6th, Miss Moss in 7th and 8th. A large turnout praised teachers and students and the re organized Ladies Auxiliary elected new officers, signaling strong parental cooperation for a successful term.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hopf were seen shopping in Fredericksburg on Wednesday, adding a routine social note to the local scene.
Messrs. Hy Fischer and J A Bell embarked on a business trip to Pleasant on Sunday and returned Tuesday, reporting active negotiations and plans underway.
Kerrville businessmen J H Wedekind and F Cosper visited Wednesday. Warm weather boosts farm work as Harper reports 462 bales cotton ginned by Wednesday night. Junction residents Mr and Mrs A C Allen are visiting this week. Town mourns death of Mr John Roe at an Austin sanitarium from cancer. he previously lived in Junction.
The Harper School held an auditorium meeting Tuesday to form a Literary Society with officers President Cecil Floyd and Lydia Whitewood as Vice President, Edna B. Taylor as Secretary, and Mildred DeFreest as Reporter. Choral and Dramatic Clubs organized with their own officer lines, and Girls and Boys Athletic Clubs formed. Edna B. Taylor named Librarian and Alice Nichols Assistant Librarian.
Mr Douglas Duderstadt attending Schreiner Institute Kerrville visited Klein Branch last weekend. The Klein Branch community mourns Mrs Louisa Moellendorf mother of Otto Moellendorf with Harper friends attending her funeral in Fredericksburg.
Mrs N C Cottle and daughters Lola and Marie visited her sister Mrs M E Highsmith in Junction last Sunday during a family trip.
USDA notes low quality sites hinder cattle production and purebred sires offer the best gains. At Snn a Bar Farms in Jackson County Missouri, first cross calves sired by purebred beef bulls outpaced common bulls by $2 per hundredweight. With 1,000 pound cattle, this equals about $240 extra per year on 12 calves if heifers improve similarly.
Metal furniture manufactured in the United States finds a ready market in tropical countries as it offers superior resistance to white ants and other insects compared with wooden styles.
New York Oct 6 Richard backed by a Wall Street syndicate and a Texas oil man plans a 5 million race track and winter resort at Nuevo Laredo Mexico opposite Laredo Texas. They secured a government concession and option on land with Rickard to manage. Plans target a year ahead with full details to follow while Texas financier John Choate leads the group.
Pennsylvania State college poultry specialists urge saving fathers from early hatches for next year’s chicks. Choose twice as many early birds as needed to allow heavy culling in the fall and avoid weak late hatchers.
A wealthy Parisian bequeathed ten thousand dollars to his cook stating she was the only one who could prepare soup that satisfied him. The bequest notes the cook’s skill and the unique role she played in his final wishes.
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