Luther League of Texas 16th Annual Convention Opens in Seguin
The Luther League of Texas holds its 16th annual convention in Seguin with 25 pastors 60 delegates and 100 visitors. The event features talks by Rev Braulick and Rev Ander on manliness in faith and science and the Bible while detailing endowment and mission fundraising and plans for a future encampment and broader regional participation.
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Luther League of Texas
Seguin
Texas
Lutheran College
Wm. Krausharr
Braulick
Ander
Austin
South Sea Islands
Pflugerville
Taylor
Cotton gin destroyed near Willow City Texas by fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Harry G. Pfeil cotton gin property near Willow City early Sunday. The blaze was noticed around 3:30 A M by the Willow City telephone operator and Pfeil family, with the boiler test the previous day noted leaks. Total loss estimated at 15000 dollars with 7000 dollars insured as Pfeil faced a hard blow to a season of expected activity.
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Harry G. Pfeil
Willow City
Texas
Pfeil
Neil
Gillespie County Teachers Institute Meeting Focus
At the Gillespie County Teachers Institute on Monday September 9 from 10 30 to 11 30 Miss Sanders of the State Department of Education will discuss subjects of interest to teachers trustees and patrons. Ex officio School Supt Herman Usener invites trustees parent teachers associations and patrons to Fredericksburg High School auditorium for the session.
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Gillespie County Teachers’ Institute
Sanders
State Department of Education
State Department
Fredericksburg High School
Herman Usener
Mrs Bruno Fritz and son visit relatives
Mrs Bruno Fritz and her son visited relatives, with Miss Ida Semmler of Cuero accompanying them to Fredericksburg to visit for an extended time.
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Bruno Fritz
Cuero
Ida Semmler
Fredericksburg
St Marys School Opens Week With Record Attendance
Tuesday morning this week St Marys School opened with a record breaking turnout. Additional teachers had to be employed to handle the large number of students.
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St. Mary’s School
Pflugerville Vocal Solo Shines Olivia Schawe Performs
In Pflugerville Olivia Schawe presents a vocal solo of My Faith Looks Up to Thee with accompaniment by Maxwell. The audience applauded as the performer delivered a clear, expressive rendition.
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Pflugerville
Olivia Schawe
Maxwell
Trades Day Fete Promotes Dairying In Gillespie County
Fredericksburg hosts the first Trades Day with a dairy focus. A $150 registered Jersey cow is given away next Monday and another on October 14. A public auction may sell an old car, with ticket drawings for the cow, cash prizes, and a cinema program on dairying at Palace Picture. Local dairy leaders share success stories, including R. E. Spruce’s 600 acre operation with about 100 Jerseys earning $1800 monthly. The event features T. H. Royder speaking and encourages livestock swapping and product sales in Courthouse Park.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Wilson County
Jersey
R. E. Spruce
Spruce
T. H. Royder
Bexar County
Courthouse Park
Palace Picatre
Calf Feeding Plans For Finish Next Spring
Calves to be finished for baby beeves next March should start feeding before losing milk fat. Dry pastures mean oats. cooler weather adds corn and cotton seed meal. Weaning should follow a grain diet to avoid weight loss. Start with oats, then add corn, then cotton seed meal as weight increases. For 350 to 400 pounds add meals gradually to reach about one pound daily. A full feed calf may take two pounds grain per 100 pounds weight. For a 400 pound calf typical daily: 4 pounds oats, 1 pound cotton seed meal, 3 pounds corn. for a 500 pound calf 4, 1, and 5 pounds, oats and meal fixed, corn rises with weight. Notify county agent to start calves for a good finish next spring.
Nixon Family Reunion at Doss and Multiple Descendant Gatherings
The Nixon family reunion at the old Nixon homestead on Wednesday August 21 drew over two hundred relatives. Additional reunions occurred September 1 at Klein Frankreich for 35 Rosenbach descendants and 160 Grona descendants in Fredericksburg with a long immigrant journey from Germany. Festivities included refreshments, a barbecue, speeches and songs, with many living descendants named and 194 total Grona descendants reported.
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Nixon
Doss
Nixon Homestead
John Rosenbach
Willie Rosenbach
Klein Frankreich
Herman Grona
Klaerner’s Pecan Grove
Germany
Max
Kerrville
Indianola
Fredericksburg
Ernst
Richard Grona
Emma Schroeder
Paul
Albert
Felix
San Antonio
Gus Schoenfels
Ohio
Oswald
Charles Seelig
Louis “Menges
Wilson Hey
Mason County
Hamilton Ranch
James River
August Doell
Willie Evers
Felix E. Durst
Otto Mayer and Family Visit Wink Residents
Mr. Otto Mayer and family of Wink Texas were Sunday guests of Mr. Rudolf Itz and family.
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Otto Mayer
Wink, Texas
Rudolf Itz
Hill Country Bands to Perform at Hil da Concert
The Hill Country Bands gather for a concert at Hil da on Thursday September 12 with a 6 p m start. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Hilda
Nortex Oats Prove Superior Yield In Denton County Trials
Farmers who planted Nortex Oats sourced from Denton County report exceptional yields with 40 bushels per acre on KK. FE. Pressler’s Tosca farm, compared with 26 bushels per acre for similar land and treatment. Interested readers are urged to consult the listed growers who planted Nortex oats last year.
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Denton County
KK. FE. Pressler
Tosca
Emil Petsch
Alvin Striegler
Karl Kroll
Louis Klinsiek
Emil Mund
Harry Hitzfeld
W. S. Stevens
Edmund Kott
Chas. Welgehausen
Hy. A. Sagebiel
Harry Herbert
Alf. Kordzik
K. F. Fressler
Max Grona
Ernst Gerhard
Local Man Wins Praise for Advertising Stunts
Albert Knopp, a Fredericksburg Palace Theatre advertising man, is praised in Exhibitors Herald for linking civic undertakings with his ad work. A large portrait and several feature stories highlight his community efforts and publicity value for the theatre.
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Albert Knopp
Palace Theatre
Herald
Knopp
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
John Stahl
New Proprietors Take Over Rainbow Service Station
Mr Ernst Nagel sells his interest in the Rainbow Service Station to Benno Jung and Walter Pehl who assumed charge on September 1. The new proprietors request your patronage and promise real service as announced in today’s issue.
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Ernst Nagel
Messrs
Benno Jung
Walter Pehl
Bazaar at St Josephs Hall October 5 and 6
A bazaar is planned for October 5 and 6 at St Josephs Hall. The event will feature local vendors and refreshments, inviting community members to attend and support the hall activities.
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St. Joseph's Hall
Basse, Kott Families Visit Corpus Christi and Rockport
Mr Henry Basse and family Mrs Gus Basse and family and Mr Louis Kott and family visited Corpus Christi and Rockport last week. A fire caused by a faulty flue damaged the roof of Mrs Anton Loth's residence Wednesday morning. Firemen arrived before significant damage occurred.
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Henry Basse
Gus Basse
Louis Kott
Corpus Christi
Rockport
Anton Loth
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Wm Krausharr
American Lutheran Missions
Island
New Guinea
Alfred Neffendorf
H. W. Zuch
Norma Koch
Paul Stricker
Link
H. C. Ziehe
J. C. Felger
Victoria
A. Bogish
New Braunfels
Robert Sehmidt
Mason
Estelle Sauermilch
Marian Stuermer
Yorktown
Eugenia Reimer
Austin League
John Addicks
Gue
Erna Bohls
Hugo Walter
Petsch
Petsch Tor NE
Boerne and
Llano
By HU. F. Grote
Wilbur C. Treadwell
Keidel & Kallenberg Drug Store
H. F. Grote
New Proprietors
Alex E. Jung
Striegler Bldg
Alf. Petsch, Atty
Reuben Jordan
R. G. Striegler
Mgr
the Loan and Abstract CO. Loans Abstracts Insurance Rooms
Priest
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