Ponton Creek News Local Fun and Notable Echoes
Horror incident injured Ed on in a run down accident last week. Dickson school students planted trees in late February. Local residents Otto Hohmann Willie Heidrich Herman Witting and Rod Koenig fished Tuesday and reported a good catch. Many attended Lutheran services in Moulton and others attended church. Annie Kolar ill. Several locals visited Harwood and Yoakum. Komenskyites joined a Moravia basket supper with praise for the event. A reader riddle asks what runs forever yet never leaves a place.
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Horror Bacur
Edon
Dickson School
Otto Hohmann
Willie Heidrich
Herman Witting
Rod Oening
Otto Marburger
Willie Wachtendorf
Jennie
Mary Annie Heidrich
Ida Andie Kuehn
Annie Krause
Mary Ream
War With Mexico Editorial Cautions Against War
The Austin Tribune argues that a war with Mexico would pit ordinary U.S. workers against Mexican poor and uneducated citizens. It contends the wealthy and politicians will not fight while American laborers face fevers, jungle dangers, and hardship.
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Mexico
Austin Tribune
Underwood Wins Senate Vacancy Victory in Alabama
Hon. Oscar W. Underwood defeats Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson by a decisive majority to fill Alabama's United States senate vacancy. He is described as one of the ablest men in the country. Other notes list residents visiting relatives and several locals traveling or visiting in Shiner, San Antonio, Flatonia, Hallettsville, Bluff, and Fayette county.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
United States Senate
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Mr. Underwood
Lampasas Prohibition Wins In Local Option Vote
In Lampasas county the prohibitionists carried the election by a majority of 107 out of 1,683 total votes. Limestone county, dry for 14 years, went dry again by a majority of 648.
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Lampasas
Limestone County
AT&T Expands Reach With 8 Million Telephones and Vast Network
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company operates 8,133,017 telephones and serves 70,000 cities, towns and villages in the United States. It runs over 16,000,000 miles of telephone wires and handles nearly 9,000,000,000 calls each year.
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The
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Public School Reports for Moulton March
March reports show Sam and Will Moore Institute and Rural School totals. Enrollment, present counts, and attendance percent listed with grade distribution and tardies. Superintendent J. C. Guy notes 1506 term grades and varying A through E percentages.
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Sam and
Will Moore
J. C. Guy
Local notes from Hallettsville area and area events
Local items report visitors and births in Floresville and Hallettsville, church confirmations and weddings, school picnics at Wied and Wied school, and a prize contest urging Texas farmers to enter records of profits and yields. The Eagle notes community milestones and upcoming Easter events at Herman Park.
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Wied School
Kallus Hall
Bertha Karthman
Texas Industrial Congress
the Congress
Dallas
A.&m. College
Congress
Lyceum entertains with Southers and Westerners at Opera House
The Sam and Will Moore Institute lyceum course opened Friday with Dr and Mrs Edwin Southers presenting His Majesty The Devil by Kotze. The Westerners Concert Company followed Tuesday with Mariam Less, Clementine Groshong, and Carl Jesse delivering acclaimed performances.
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Sam and Will Moore Institute Lyceum
Opera House
Edwin
Clementine Groshong
Carl A. E. Jesse
Echo
Oak Grove Farmer Joseph Suetz Builds Home Addition
Joseph Suetz, a progressive farmer from Oak Grove, has an addition under construction on his residence. Messrs Thar and Mueller are handling the project work.
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Joseph Suetz
Oak Grove
Messrs. Thar & Mueller
Eggs and produce markets in Houston show steady demand
Houston dealers report ample egg supply with a 16 cent minimum price guaranteed by the Cooperative Produce Company until April 15. Demand remains strong for chickens and turkeys, while celery stays high due to limited California supply. Strawberries expected in greater quantities. Easter shopping boosts dry goods and millinery.
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Houston
Texas
Houston Produce
Cooperative Produce Company
California
Oak Grove News Roundup and Weekend Visits
Rain aids crops as warm weather is awaited. Farmers busy with corn and cotton. Neighbors and families share visits across Hallettsville Yoakum Kamensky Kuehn's Grove and Shiner. Listed names include Wendel Hoepfl Kram Selzer Kasper and Pavlicek. Darling dates note April 6.
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Adam Wendel
Willie Hoepfl
Herbert
Fred Kram
Wm. Kram
A. J. Elster
Ludwig F. Heinrich
Hallettsville
Edward Haas
August Seifert
Henkhaus
Joe Selzer
Emil Kasper
Emma
Anna
Yoakum
Nora Hirsch
Francis Pavlicek
Shiner
Willie Buesing
Jim Hoepfl
John Schmidt
Kamensky
Rud. Haas
Kuehn’s Grove
Darling
Rgrq
Edna Ammermann Hosts Pleasant Gathering at Grandfather's Farm
Last Sunday evening Miss Edna Ammermann entertained numerous friends at her grandfather August Kuehn's farm home several miles south of town. Guests enjoyed outdoor games and delicious refreshments, with a lively social atmosphere among attendees including Emma Kaiser Janssen Zimmermann Schacherl Moeller Kaase Hobmann Jaroszewski Kaiser Janssen Moeller Merer Wieting Heidrich Pohler Wagner Kaast Schemek Schacherl.
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Edna Ammermann
August Kuehn
Emma Kaiser
Emma Janssen
Minnie
Tillie Zimmermann
Mary
Annie Schacherl
Emma
Lena Moeller
Bertha
Emily Kaase
Louis Hobmann
Henry Zimmermann
Emil Jaroszewski
Henry
Willie Kaiser
Dick Janssen
Henry Moeller
Otto Merer
Herman Wieting
Willie Heidrich
Hugo Pohler
Kay Wagner
Edwin Kaast
Frank Schemek
John Schacherl
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Ava
John Krueger
John Kolar
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Annie Rothbaur
San Antonio
J. F. Wood
John Treptow
John Burkett
Anna Moellenberndt
Mr. C. ©. Dittmar
F. Thuemler
Bluff
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Tute
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Floresville
Leona Wood
Henry Ninigzer
Steaty Gent
J.W. Nachlinger
Cuero
J. Q. Doree
Eagle
Warne J. Krause
Hy. Cook
W. F. Gerdes
Joe Eltinger
District Court
Herman Park
T. J. Ponton
Shiver
Frank Schoppe
Moravia
Kopecky Drug Wo
F. J. Knesek
Henry Hilinger
Joe Darilek, Jr
Papacek Bros
Albert Dittmar
O. OC
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Eulab Thornton
San Marcos
Lutheran Church
G. Rapp
Alfred Warnke
Kred, Wiedemann
Alfred Janszen
Willie Aggert
Emil Siems
Willie Pundt
Otto Lagua
Apts and Son
Ropert
Lavaca County
Gustav Krueger
Charles
Gus
Columbus
Wm. Schulenburg
Glidden
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Schulenburg
C. F. Steves
Runge
Mr. Steves
Steyes
Joe Willberg
Moulton Catholic
BE. Schindler
Jno. Strieder
Emil Anderle
Arthur
There
Ben
Rowena
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Lyceum Entertainments
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