Local residents visit across towns in Sunday gatherings
Mrs Charles Riske visited in Shiner on Sunday. Mrs M E Rugedale returned to Flatonia Tuesday. Mrs Foster of Muldoon visited Moulton Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Fred Wilks visited Schulenburg Tuesday. J A Leazar from Flatonia visited his son Smith Leazar. Mrs H Menke and daughter Helen visited Nix. Superintendent and Mrs T N Powell attended services in Flatonia. Miss Helen Rubman has been absent due to illness. J M Knox bought the confectionery business on Moore Avenue. Ed Boehm Jr and family and others watched the Chicago Girls play ball in Schulenburg Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Rubman
Sam and Will Moore Institute
Boehm, Jr
Helena Albrecht
Oscar Lee Bunting
Nelda Erhard
Gladys Smith
Schulenburg
Chicago
How to Raise the Price of Cotton and Make Warming Pay
The Hagle forwards a small folder issued by George B. Terrell, commissioner of agriculture, detailing twenty years of cotton acreage, production, domestic use, exports, price, and value. Copies available by writing to the Austin commissioner of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Terrel
Commissioner of Agriculture
Austin
Defeat of flexible school tax in Baureville district
In Baureville School district election held Saturday voters defeated the proposed flexible tax by 37 against to 25 for. The levy currently imposes 10 cents per hundred dollars of property value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baureville
Moulton Club Meeting Set With Mrs Jaeggli
The Moulton Home and School Club will hold its regular social meeting on Wednesday April 19 with Mrs J T Jaeggli. All members are urged to attend especially those who want to maintain the social features of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Home and School Club
J. T. Jaeggli
Local notes show clergy visits and community events
Rev E Hanneman returned from Sublime after ministerial work. Ed Richter of Austin stayed in the city, a guest at the Janszen home. Oak Grove school closed its term with A J Elster as principal and Victor Schroeder as assistant. Several residents traveled to San Antonio and Houston for family and work. Judge Madden Fly campaigned in the Ninth district. Oil discovery near Rosenberg yields a pump producing about 800 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Richter
Austin
Aug. W. Janszen
Oak Grove
A. J. Elster
Victor Schroeder
Aged Lady Bertha Koch Dies in Yoakum Home
Bertha Koch aged 84 died at her Yoakum residence Monday and was buried in Yoakum cemetery Tuesday with Rev. Hebel officiating. Attending relatives included William Hillmer and August Kuehn families of nearby towns. Survived by daughters Mrs Kirchhoff and Mrs McQuillan of Yoakum and son F C Lems of Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Koch
William Hillmer
Yoakum
Hebel
Lutheran Church
August Kuehn
Louise Ammermann
Louis Hohmann
Paul Ammermann
Moulton
Decedent
Mesdames Kirchhoff and
McQuillan
F. C. Lems
Waco
Balloon instrument found west of town tied to a balloon
A meteorological instrument found on the Harry Thompson place west of there by A Marsee and J Marsee was carried by a small balloon. The letter asks the finder to return the instrument to Kelly Field No 2 San Antonio Texas and receive a $10 reward. Marsee shipped the instrument as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Marsee
Harry Thompson Place
Kelly Field No. 2
San Antonio
Texas
Mr. Maraee
Pioneer Matilda Parr Dies in Yoakum Texas
Mrs. Matilda C. Parr 83 longtime Lavaca County resident died at her son W. P. Parr’s home in Yoakum. Born in Alabama she came to Texas at age five with her parents and lived in Lavaca County since. She married C. S. Parr in 1854 and was mother to 12 children, with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She joined the Baptist church 50 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Texas
Matilda C. Parr
W. P. Parr
Lavaca County
Alabama
C. S. Parr
Baptist Church
Powder Puff at Texas A M College praised by Eagle
The Eagle thanks the Students' Association for publishing Powder Puff a fine style journal from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The issue is noted as a credit to its publishers and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Mansfield Returns to House in Wheelchair After Illness
Representative Mansfield of Texas Washington a round of applause as he entered the House in a wheelchair for the first time in nearly a year. He had been ill since last spring and treated at Walter Reed Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mansfield
Texas
Walter Reed Hospital
Henry Hollman Sr. Dies in Shiner Pioneer Citizen
Henry Hollman Sr a leading Shiner Texas pioneer died Saturday morning at about 70 years He leaves three sons Capt John Hollman of Mexico Herman of Shiner and Henry of Roswell New Mexico and two daughters Mrs Edwin Wolters and Miss Matilda Hollman of Shiner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Texas
Henry Hollman Sr
John Hollman
Mexico
Herman of
Henry
Roswell
N. M
Edwin Wolters
Matilda Hollman
Fire Destroys Barn on Kubena Place Near Town
A barn on the John Kubena rent place one mile east of town burned Tuesday at noon. The fire destroyed about 150 bushels of corn and six loads of feedstuffs. The loss was approximately 459. The occupant of the place is Bobumir Kubena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kubena
Bobumir Kubena
James Dobie Calls Meeting of Texas Folk Lore Society
Austin April 16 James Frank Dobie instructor in Kong lish at the University of Texas acting secretary calls a meeting of the Texas Folk Lore Society for April 20 at the University of Texas. He urges new members and asks anyone with knowledge of Texas folklore to inform him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
James Frank Dobie
University of Texas
Texas Folk Lore Society
University
San Marcos
Dobie
Shiner Ships 756000 Eggs In March Market
Statistics from the Shiner Commercial Club show 2100 cases of eggs sold locally in March totaling 63000 dozen eggs at 15 cents a dozen. The market value is about $10,000 for the month with all eggs produced locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Texas
Shiner Commercial Club
Texas Tornado Toll Rises Across West Central Counties
Nineteen people were killed and many injured as cyclones swept several West Central Texas counties Saturday from west to east. The hardest hit were Runnels, Callahan, Dallas, Tarrant, Johnson and Stephens counties with Rowena in Runnels reporting six fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Runnels
Callahan
Dalles
Tarrant
Johnson
Stephens
Rowena
Confirmation at Lutheran Church Sunday Morning
A class of ten, six girls and four boys, was confirmed at the Lutheran church Sunday morning with Rev. YY. Hannemann officiating. Confirmands listed include Henrietta Koenig, Hertha and Erna Schreiber, Elizabeth Janssen, Alma Flessner, Hilda Marburger, Walter Limburger, Louis and Erwin Pietsch and Willie Kortwig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
YY. Hannemann
Henrietta Koenig
Hertha and
Erna Schreiber
Elizabeth Janssen
Alma Flessner
Hilda Marburger
Walter Limburger
Louis
Erwin Pietsch
Willie Kortwig
Lutheran Church Notes Schedule in Bathsville and Moulton
Friday morning at 10 30 o clock German services and holy communion in Bathsville. Friday night at 7 30 o clock English services and holy communion in Moulton. Sunday morning at 10 30 o clock Communion in Moulton. English services at 7 30 o clock at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathsville
Moulton
Culak School News and Local Social Notes
Heavy showers last week damaged local fields, forcing some farmers to re plant cotton. Miss Rosa Brow visited her sister in Sweet Home. Mr and Mrs Frank Koenig welcomed a baby girl born April 6. W H Schodde and family spent Sunday in Shiner with August Hartmann. Otto Marburger and wife of Breslau visited, Ed and Charles Wells were reelected Dulek school trustees. Gus Huff and family hosted L Janssen and family at Sweet Sixteen. April 16, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Brow
Sweet Home
Joe Kasper
Frank Koenig
W. H. Schodde
Shiner
August Hartmann
Otto Marburger
Breslau
Boy Dies from Bite of Rattlesnake in Nepal Section
Yorktown Texas April 7 The seven year old son of Bruno Dubofski living in the Nepal section was bitten by a rattlesnake yesterday evening on his way home from school. He received medical attention about 30 minutes after the accident but grew worse and died within four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Texas
Bruno Dubofski
Nepal
Wind Hits Moulton Damaging BP Fehrenkamp Warehouses
A cyclonic wind gust struck Moulton during a shower Saturday tearing the front from BP Fehrenkamp & Sons' warehouse, breaking a heavy telephone pole and damaging several shade trees. No further damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BP. T. Fehrenkamp & Sons
Tragic Drowning of Saturn Two-Year-Old
In Saturn Texas on April 2 a two year old child of Mr and Mrs Amos Martin drowned after following ducks to a water tank and falling in. The body was recovered later and buried in Saturn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Texas
Amos Martin
Saturn
Flatonia Legion Elects Publicity And Finance Officers
At the Jerome Michael Post No. 94 American Legion meeting in Flatonia Texas on April 7 the following were elected for one year W D Johnson publicity officer W A Farek historian and A Gardner finance officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flatonia
Tex
Jerome Michael Post
American Legion
W. D. Johnson
W. A. Farek
A. Gardner
Also Mentioned on This Page
First State Bank of
Wm. Green
Frank J. Wagner
EK. StupEman
Gro. v. Lignen
Ass’t Cashier
Wm. Green E. Studeman Frank J. Wagner
Philip Welhausen
O. Buescher
Guenther Hospital
Moulton, Texas
Drs. Guenther & Jaeggli
C. Quin
Lester Holt
C. L. Stavinoha
Frank Schoppbe
T. H. Streich
Frank Culak F. Jos. Butsahek
F. W. Hans Anton J. Jilek
For Justice of the Peace
Prec
F. J. Helweg
New York
Charles Riske
M. E. Rugedale
Mrs. Foster of
Muldoon
Fred Wilks
J. A. Leazar Flatonia
Son
Smith Leazar
H. Menke
Miss Helen
Nixon
Mra
T. N. Powell
M. E. Church
J. M. Knox
Joe Janota
Moore Avenue
Klobedans Garage
Mohawk and
Gates
E. W. Klobedans
E. Hanneman
Sublime
Alberta Cockrill
Moulton Tues
Alex Cockrill
Fred Fehrenkamp
Houston
Bayou City
F. L. Filipp
Mr. Filipp
Nora Janszev
August W. Janezen
Helen Kotzebue
Judge Madden Fly
Congress
Ninth
Judge Fly
Hiugene Kopecky
Frank Nachlinger
H Rosenberg
Hubbard City
Nachlinger
Rosenberg
Kelly Field
Yoakum Pioneer
Henry Hollman
the Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Bank of Personal Service
Folk Lore Society
Lutheran Church Notes
Culak School
Charles Wells
Dulek
Gus Huff
Hilda
Janssen
Sweet Sixteen
Flatonia Legion
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