Community Guests and Local Visits Spread Across Towns
A series of Sunday and weekday visits are reported in Harper area notes. Douglas Duderstadt traveled to Kerrville while Mr. and Mrs. David Schmidt visited Fredericksburg. Others including Opal Mabry guests, the Feller family, and Anita Granville hosted or attended gatherings. Local business visitors frequented Mason and Junction. teachers and students from Tivy High School spent weekends at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Feller
Fredericksburg
Local Families Noted In Weekend Visits And Illness News
Mr and Mrs Olive Casper and children of Kerrville were there during the weekend. Miss Monterey McDougall was absent from school two or three days this week due to illness. A C Bettingfield of Kerrville visited Monday. Mrs Frank Bauman Sr of Fredericksburg spent this week visiting relatives in Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Roberts
Helen of
Round Mountain
Harper
Olive Casper
Kerrville
Monterey McDougall
A. C. Bettingfield of
Harper Monday
Frank Bauman Sr
Fredericksburg
Burnet Teens In Crash Injure One Man
Burnet Texas October 15 Charles Davenport 16 is painfully injured after a car driven by Helen Schnabel with passengers Kathrine Fisher and himself lost control and plunged into a ditch on Bertram Road Davenport jumped from the car and struck a rock pile becoming unconscious. The other two girls escaped unharmed.
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Burnet
Tex
Charles Davenport
Kathrine Fisher
Helen Schnabel
Bertram Road
Davenport
Man Gets 10 Years for Attacking Girls in Shamrock
T. G. Johnson of Wheeler County, a deputy sheriff, was convicted on a statutory charge of attacking two girls and sentenced to 10 years in district court. The incidents occurred last March after they failed his escort for reckless driving and his defense claimed a frame-up with alibi.
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Pampa
Tex
T. G. Johnson
Wheeler County
Johnson
Shamrock
Autumn leaves fall to protect trees from winter drought
Martin Davey of Davey Tree Expert Co explains why leaves shed in autumn. He notes trees shed millions of leaves to stop root water loss during winter and protect sap. Drought last summer hastened leaf drop to conserve moisture.
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Martin Davey
The
Davey Tree Expert Co
Davey
Nature
Schroeder Bros Introduce Boys School Pants and Suits
Just arrived line of boys school pants and suits from Schroeder Bros offering new school attire for students.
Ice Pick Slayer Freed by Jury in Corpus Christi Case
A 17 year old Corpus Christi football player J C Baldwin Jr was found not guilty by a 79th District Court jury at 1 am in the ice pick slaying of George Morris 21 of Corpus Christi. Morris died Sept 15 after a fight at the Drake home in McAllen. Defense attorney Tarlton argued self defense and temporary insanity after Baldwin was knocked down three times and struck his head.
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Edinburg
Tex
79Th District Court
J. C. Baldwin Jr
Corpus Christi
George Morris
Morris
Baldwin
W. C. Drake
McAllen
Robert Ridgill
Tarlton
Llano Votes Down School Land Sale In County Election
In Llano County voters rejected selling 17 712 acres of school land in Tom Green County by 457 to 84. Rural boxes unreported likely widen the margin. The land was offered at 20 dollars per acre, with leases to continue grazing. the current five year lease by T J Clegg ends May 1 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Llano County
Tom Green County
Commissioners Court
Cecil Taylor
Henshaw Brothers
San Angelo
T. J. Clegg
Dairy Feed Plant Planned for Bishop by Weinsche
Bishop Texas October 19 Construction is set to begin soon on a 1200 dollar dairy feed plant to be built in Bishop's industrial sector by John A Weinsche. The 40x50 foot facility will house a 100 horsepower mill with five electric motors and a capacity of two to three tons per hour, using sorghum grains from the region for mixed dairy and stock feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
John A. Weinsche
Weinsche
Rural mail routes serve over a million patrons in Texas
The Know Texas note states 2,194 rural mail routes serve 1,209,000 patrons in Texas at a cost of 15.25 dollars per year per family. nationwide there are 44,288 such routes across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
The
United States
Texas Builds 8917 Projects in Early 1929
In the first seven months of 1929 Texas initiated 8,917 building projects with a total outlay of $253,060,800. Engineers and state offices reported the surge in construction activity as the industry showed strong momentum across cities and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas gypsum plants rise to fourth in production in 1928
Four of the 58 active gypsum operators in the United States have plants in Texas. Texas stands fourth in gypsum produced and sold, with Texas gypsum sales totaling 3,094,145 dollars in 1928.
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United States
Texas
Texas Cotton Output and Value 1866 1928
Between 1866 and 1928 Texas produced 154255 204 bales of cotton valued at 11244000000 dollars. The figures reflect the scale of cotton production across the period in the state.
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Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harper News
Marie Settle
Douglas Duderstadt
David Schmidt
Joe Lange
Opal Mabry
Reba Nell
Egell Bierschwale
Willie Pape
Harold
Felix Maier
Roy
Raymond Cottle
Mason
Anita Granville
W. A. Cottle
Chas. E. Bein
Junctiion
Menard
Edmund Grona
Wahrmund Place
Henry Bierschwale
Junction
Harper Tuesday
Garret Bierschwale
Phil Rogers
Dean Hopf
Tivy High School
R. H. Tobin
Marvin
Irene
Harperaturday
Marshal Stevens
Milton Bode
Aice Stovall
Mrs
Felix Maurer
Man
Schroeder Bros
Ice Pick
Bishop Dairyman
Bishop, Tex
Graham Bros
Joseph Bros
Fredericksburg Implement Co
Rakam
Fiat
Graham Paige
LY SU
Sudden Service Garage
Fredericksburg, Texas
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