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Newspaper
Hill View Times
Location
Kerrville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
4
Reprint analyzes Northwestern calls for peace amid Civil War, arguing such hopes are unreliable. It cites Illinois and Kentucky moves opposing the Confederacy, warns against armistice and consolation that could undermine Confederate independence and vigor.
San Antonio reports that murder charges will be filed against motorists in fatal accidents. County and city police are enforcing a safety drive targeting careless drivers who hit pedestrians or occupants in other vehicles. The crackdown follows a weeklong anti grave headlight law and brake adjustment campaign, with over 700 people placed on probation.
R F Hunt of Kerrville visits Hunt on business while Emmett Redford and Emmett’s friends drop by from Johnson City. Visitors Bertha Sublett from San Antonio and families from Paint Rock and Callahan County appear. Hunt School District builds a four room stone and concrete school. State Superintendent’s rep approves. Baptist Church prep underway with painting for Medina River Association meeting.
Roy Bedichek of the University of Texas Interscholastic League identified a large Bandera County mound as a kitchen midden. He and J. Hunter of Frontier Times investigated the site, reflecting their broader study of Texas Indian life before white settlement.
A party via rough mountain road reached a mound near Tarpley 15 miles south of Bandera. They confirmed it as a large kitchen midden of notable size and possible scientific interest but left its contents undisturbed for future systematic study.
Alex Waite director says Lone Star Camp at Hunt Texas will not move to Medina Lake as reported last Saturday. He confirms purchase of a site there with plans to establish a camp but not to close the Hunt operation.
The floating university will depart New York on September 18 aboard the Ryndam for a world cruise. A faculty from various universities will run a daily paper with printing facilities. Editor is Henry J. Allen former Kansas governor.
Mr and Mrs C S Childs and children from Kerrville spent the weekend at the Jetton Wilson camp on South Llano. They were accompanied to Kerrville by Mrs Lee Clare who is heading back to Houston.
Louis Domingues of Dallas, former Kerrville boy, in charge of Red Cross Life Saving classes in Kerr County this summer, consents to help with stunts at the Water Carnival at Price's Camp on Tuesday September 7.
A Florida man bound his 15 year old daughter with a log chain riveted to her ankle to stop her from leaving for cabaret life and jazz bars. The action drew police scrutiny and potential legal action.
A patient at an asylum, cured by gradual progress from insanity caused by corn liquor, is told by a physician he will be released in under three weeks. While writing home the stamp drops. it bounces around the room on a cockroach, then along the walls and ceiling. The patient, watching intently, sighs that he will not be out in three years.
A newspaper note proclaims a year of Hill View Times for $1, claiming its value exceeds the price. The message targets potential subscribers with a limited subscription incentive.
Report from Edmonton Alberta describes a circus elephant stampede sparked by a dog bark. The herd ran through town until a clown used bread to lure and restrain them back to the tent, while bystanders fled and the keeper hid in a graveyard. A reward notice follows.
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