Fredericksburg notes as residents visit and travel
Local and personal items detail visits by J. M. Dubray and child to Tillie Schwethelm. Miss Selma Eckert in town. many attend Mrs Wilhel Vander Stucken funeral in Fredericksburg. Residents travel to San Antonio and Dallas for business and fairs, a highway engineer to survey routes, a turnout at Turn Verein, and weather shifts with a cold norther and showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Dubray
Tillie Schwethelm
Ille
Heyland
Max T. Henke
Kerrville
Selma Eckert
Seguin
Louis Eckert
Ives
Fredericksburg
Wilhel- Vander Sticken
Rs. Geo. Bor
James Agerland
Berg Parsons Olle
Anna Martin
Ary Falter
Ottebus
Mason
Frits Tackerybach
Emil Toeppersin
Walter Schaefer Menard
Alfred Vander
Stuckers
Zorrise Bartlett
San Antonio
Hy. Rodermund
Ernst Nimitz
Louis Nimitz
San Angelo
Minna James
McKavett
Herman Gold
Egon Braeutigam
Converse
Ruby Gaines
Austin
Notice of M E Church South conference at Mason
Prominent divines from the M E Church South traveled through Fredericksburg this week en route to Mason for the annual convention, with ministers from San Antonio Hondo and East Bernard among them. Also recounts a Copperhead snake incident at the newspaper office involving Miss Stella Klaemer and a paper press pit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ual
M.E. Church South
Fredericksburg
Mason
Robt. Moerner
San Antonio
Pp. H. Hensch
Hondo
Missionsfreund
J. A. G. Rabe
O. Benold
East Bernard
Stella Klaemer
The
Standard
Copperhead
Season for Fires Prompts Tax Notice Across Gillespie County
I H Ochs Gillespie County Tax Collector announces 1917 tax collection days at Dess Harper Morris Ranch Albert Stonewall Luckenbach Willow City with no taxes at Fredericksburg. Also warns fires rise this season and urges stove care and chimney cleaning. A Halloween event at Cain City is noted with ghost costumes and a hall dance. A three year old child’s foot sore is reported and safety reminders linked to fire prevention. Mr W Bierschwab travels to Dallas for the State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Texas
I. H. Ochs
Dess
Harper
Morris Ranch
Albert
Stonewall
Luckenbach
Willow City
Fredericksburg
Engel’s Hall
Cain City
Otto Meurer
Fredericksburg Lyceum Committee Elects Officers
The Fredericksburg Lyceum Committee met at the courthouse on Wednesday night and elected W. Z. Bates as president, Lewis K. Smith as vice president, and R. G. Striegler as secretary treasurer for the coming year. Six high class performances are booked, starting with the Swiss jodlers on November 17, promising top talent and strong public appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum Committee
Fredericksburg
Head of Horses Sold to U S Army and Other Purchases
Capt. Coach of the U S Army bought 44 head mostly horses at Hotopp's Yards Fredericksburg for $6794. On the same day Hy Yeager a San Antonio horse buyer bought horses and mules totaling $5000. All animals shipped by rail. Mrs Helmine Vander Stucken died in San Angelo at 75 years 7 months 11 days. She was born in East Prussia and came to America in 1858. Funeral held in Fredericksburg at Greenwood cemetery with Rev M O Publ officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Hotopp
Fredericksburg
Hy. Yeager
San Antonio
Wilhelmine Vander
Ericksburg
Geo. Brockmann
Angelo
East Prussia
Germany
America
Messrs
Henry
Julius Kordzik
Indianola
Vander Stucken
Emil Vander Stucken
Felix Vander Stucken
Sonora
Otto and
Henry Vander Stucken
Menard
Max Vander Stucklen
New Mexico
Ps Brockmann
San Angelo
Julius and
Henry Kordzik
Otto Kordzik
Mexico
Ernst Nimitz
Vander ‘Stucken
Greenwood Cemetery
M. O. Publ
Holy Ghost Church
Bishop Shaw Visits Fredericksburg Clergy Tour
The Rt Rev Bishop Shaw of San Antonio arrived in Fredericksburg on Saturday afternoon by car from Kerrville. He and visiting priests were welcomed at St Marys Catholic church by Father Gerlach and local citizens led by Chester Riley. The party planned brief visits to Llano Mason Brady and Menard before departing Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Shaw
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Kerrville
Father Gerlach
Our Town
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Michel
Pohlen
Llano
Schneider
Father Kemper
Germany to Declare U S Coast War Zone
Berlin dispatch says Germany will soon declare the coasts of the United States Canada and Cuba as war zones. The un dated report received in London indicates the move is expected to be announced by the Admiralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Berlin
Admiralty
Wireless Press
Germany
United States
Canada
Cuba
School Notes on Sixth Week Examinations and Alumni
The sixth week of the term closes with exams and plans for honor roll reports. Alumni locations include Richmond Striegler at A. and M. in civil engineering, Edyth Krauskopf at Woman's College Ft Worth, Alfron Ahrens in Madison Barracks NY, Harvey Jordan with 8 W. Telephone Co in Houston, Gertrude Wehmeyer at the University of Texas, and several teachers and students at various posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Striegler
Edyth Krauskopf
Woman’s College
Meyersville
Gertrude Wehmeyer
University of Texas
Mathilde Maier
Lina Klingelhoefer
Alvin Lehne
Ernst Fideler
Raymond Rabke
Alfred Cameron
New Braunfels
Charlie Herbert
San Antonio
Gus. Basse
Cherry Mountain News and Gossip Oct 16 1917
In Cherry Mountain editor notes, Emma Ketron falls ill at school and is taken home for care by Dr Williamson. Damon Ottmers and family visit, Hy. Sehueh’s gin catches fire briefly during ginning but no major damage. Christian Schaffstedt dies at his home and is buried with Rev. Holly officiating. Neighbors plan to bring horses in for military service as feed shortages loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss
Cain City
Emma Ketron
John Ketron
H. W. Durst
Williamson
Damon Ottmers
Cherry Mountain
Hy. Sehueh
J. Ahrens
Christian Schaffstedt
Willie Scott
Holly
H. W
Southwestern Tel and Tel S subscribes to Liberty Loan
Manager Peace at Fredericksburg relays that American Telephone and Telegraph and Bell System affiliates have subscribed five million dollars to the second Liberty Loan. The total will be allocated to districts by Treasury quotas and subscriptions made locally by the operating company in each area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace
Fredericksburg
J. K. Farnsworth
Southwestern Tel. & Tel. Co
American Tel. & Tel. Co
Bell System
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
Strike on Cotton Belt Halts Railroad Shops
A labor strike of several hundred men began at 10 a m at the Cotton Belt Railroad shops in Texas cutting off the Ty department lines. The walkout includes car inspectors and scrap gangs as mass meetings urged a settlement but the company refused. Guards patrol the shops and yards while workers stay off company property awaiting a decision on the contract dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vler
Tex
Cotton “Belt Railroad
Callé& Ve
Cotton Belt Railroad
Pacific coast shipyard strike settled in Seattle and Portland
About 25,000 workers in Seattle and Portland yards agreed to return to work Monday after the Labor Adjustment Board decision. The settlement, announced by the Shipping Board in Washington, D.C., aims to resume construction on Pacific coast shipyards, many of which were delayed by unrest. Seattle and Portland hearings had been progressing satisfactorily, while Portland reported no final agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Portland
Shipping Board
Labor Adjustment Board
Hurley
The
Ore
W. Everett Macy
Federal Wage Adjustment Board
Jnew
Washington
Tee
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P. C. Petsch
the Loan & AssTract Company
R. G. Striegler
Ormor Fredericksburg
Harry Heylane
Geo. E. Wright
Elsie
Land
John Lewis
Frost Hansen
Camp Stanley
Leon‘ Springs
Missezonis Dietz
Tr’mbers
Hackel- Kraenzchen
August Stahl
F. Vander Stucken
Ft. Worth
Ad.Gold
Dallas
Big Springs
Louis Stieler
Bear Creek
Victor Keidel
Turn Verein
John Keller
Marie Keller
Capitol City
East 7Th Street
Grobe & Eckhardt
D. C. Darroch
BE. J. Koenig
Koenig
Herbert
Bear
Ernst Creek
J. B. Peden
Max Blum
Ad. Gold
W. m
Mrs. Ihelmine Vander Stucken
U. S. Coast
Styles
Bubrier-Maier CO
J. B. Wieser
Fredericksburg, Texas
Burrier-Maier CO. Or
Farmers Produce Co
Burrier-Maier CO
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Liberty Loan
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