Galveston Bond Issue Authorized for Grade Raising Works
Senate Joint Resolution No 23 proposes amending Article sixteen to empower Galveston City and Galveston County to issue up to five million dollars in bonds for grade raising seawalls breakwaters and other protective works with tax levies to retire debt and a sinking fund. The governor is directed to submit the amendment to voters on the first Tuesday in November 1919 with a five thousand dollar appropriation for implementation.
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Senate
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State of Texas
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Galveston
City
Couny
Galveston County
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Local residents depart for visits and trips
Mrs Rue Thornton left for Uvalde to visit relatives. Mrs B H Cordes went to Kyle to see her daughter Mrs Ed Hill. Miss Viasta Shandera left for Houston and Galveston for a week. Mr Lee Bunting visited his mother Mrs Rachel Bunting in Uvalde. Oscar Lee Bunting and Ed Pundt went to San Antonio for business. Mrs H A Menefee and son Melvin went to Columbus to visit relatives. Mrs Sam Jaeggli traveled to Fla tonia to see her mother Mrs E M Ragsdale. Mrs Otto Umlang and children from Utopia visited her parents. Mr and Mrs G J Bohnenkamp and son Henry and Mrs Emily Jaroszewski motored to San Antonio. Mrs Katherine Lipgnau and granddaughter Erna Mueller returned from Rockdale and Clifton.
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B. H. Cordes
Kyle
Ed. Hill
Lee Bunting
Uvalde
Rachel Bunting
Oscar Lee Bunting
Ed. Pundt
San Antonio
Otto Umlang
Utopia
John I. Janssen
G. J. Bohnenkamp
Henry
Emily Jaroszewski
Katherine Lipgnau
Erna Mueller
Rockdale
Clifton
Mra
Otto Prove
Louis Schindler
Mrs George Strattmann Dies at Mertz Mill
Mrs George Strattmann of Mertz Mill near Hallettsville died Sunday afternoon and was buried Tuesday in the Hallettsville Cemetery with Rev M Heinrich presiding. Born in Germany 53 years ago, she came to Texas with parents in 1871. Survived by husband and seven children Ben Emil Fertsch two Mesdames Fertsch Miss Bertha Ella and Alvena Strattmann.
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George Strattmann
Mertz Mill
Hallettsville
M. Heinrich
Germany
Texas
Ben and
Emil Strattmann
Mesdames
Emil Fertsch
Robert Fertsch
Bertha Ella
Alvena Strattmann
Local Visitors Depart for Trips and Returns
Albert Ducho visited Yoakum early this week. Mrs. Anna Svoboda of Wemar left for Shiner. A. F. Kotzebue and family and Mrs. Vince Rebmet and the baby went to Galveston to the sea shore. Mrs. F. Mielchen and Mrs. Albert Steinberg returned to Floresville. Mrs. John Flescher and daughter Lorrayne of Happy left Columbus after visiting the Menefee couple.
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Anna Svoboda
We Mar
Paul Ammermann
Shiner
A. F. Kotzebue
Vince Rebmet
Galveston
Tuveday
Sea Shore
F. Mielchen
Albert Steinberg
Johnns. Mueller
Floresville
John Flescher
Miss Lorrayne
Happy
H. A. Menefee
Columbus
Dilworth Route One Community Notes August 1919
A local column recounts social visits and family news in the Dilworth area. Visitors include Miss Dina Will and Miss Mary Hanezig from San Antonio, and relatives such as the Will, Roeber, and Schindler families. Events include a dance, church christening, and a gallstone operation at Gonzales City Sanitarium.
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Dina Will
Evanston
Lilienois
Paula
Wanda Will
San Antonio
William Buelow
Mary Hanezig
Birthdays and Visits Mark Oak Grove News
Oak Grove notes relatives visiting from near Houston and Yorktown plan further visits. Frank Wendel hosts a birthday gathering with Shi ner relatives. Community members mark birthdays for C. M. Kotzebue Mrs. Adolph Baur and Mrs. Anns Buescher while O. B. Eilert's mother Sophia Kilert celebrates her seventy first birthday with friends and refreshments.
Birthday Anniversary At Vogt Home In Boursville
The home of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Vogt Sr in Boursville hosted a Sunday afternoon birthday anniversary gathering for Mr Vogt. Relatives and friends enjoyed games and refreshments with many listed attendees including the Vogt family, Jaroszewski Klobedans Baur Sternenberg Fisbeck Schmidt and others.
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Adolph Baur
O. B. Eilert
Mr. Eilert
Sophia Kilert
Rudolph Vogt
Boursville
Emil Schmidt
Rudolph J. C. Vogt
Emil Vogt
Otto Kuehn
Wenske
G. Mueller
Henry Zimmermann
Otto Vogt
E. Westerhoff
Breitschopf
Edith Herzig
Hilda Schmidt
Messrs
Roy Dagg
Henry Breitschopf
Henry Engelbach
E. Thiede
Gonzales
D. Fisbeck
Red Cross seeks women for Home Service institutes
Lavaca County Red Cross chapter outlines plans to train women as community workers through Home Service Institutes at Oklahoma and Texas universities with courses expanding to Arkansas Kansas Missouri and more. Officials say the program shifts to peacetime aims training women to assess community resources coordinate agencies and improve town life.
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Lavaca County
The
Red Cross
Southwestern
American Red Cross
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Gehlke
Bureau of Education and Research
Miss Smith
Miss Jones
Death of Joe Meiserschlager in Hallettsville shooting
Joe Meiserschlager a 33 year old service car operator died after being shot four times by Frank Biehunko late Monday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 5 pm from the residence with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Survived by wife five children his parents four sisters and two brothers. Frenk Biehunke placed under a 5000 dollar bond pending an examining trial in Hallettsville Friday.
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Joe Meiserschlager
Frank Biehunko
Father Neubert
K. Meiserschlager
Frenk Biehunke
Hallettsville ,Atay
Red Cross canteen closes at Yoakum Texas after serving soldiers
The Yoakum canteen opened November 27 at the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Depot and operated after hours by shopmen. It served 10,186 soldiers and sailors, with 335 gallons of coffee, 400 pies, 2,000 meals, 4,000 cigars, 3,000 cigarettes, 10,000 post cards, 1,500 magazines, and $50 stamps. Ladies on the committees enroll in the canteen reserve list for future needs.
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Yoakum
Texas
Red Cross
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Moulton Route One Community Notes
Fair weather favors cotton crop as residents report visits and family arrivals. Miss Martha Havel and Miss Martha Beyer visited Miss Tekla Kloesel. Mr and Mrs John Magraver welcomed a baby girl. House dance at Louis Pospisil’s home enjoyed by all. Paul Neisser visited the Kloesels. Simciks and daughters traveled to Pine Spring. George von Lienen family attended soldiers homecoming at Pine Spring school with large turnout on August 4, 1919.
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Martha Havel
Martha Beyer
Tekla Kloesel
John Magraver
Louis Pospisil
Paul Neisser
Arthur
Adolph Kloesel
Paul Simci
George von Lienen
Pine Spring School
Flatonia
Mrs Joe Nachlinger and Family Visit Hermleigh Relatives
Mrs Joe Nachlinger and her children visited Hermleigh on Tuesday to spend time with relatives and friends in town.
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Joe Nachlinger
Hermleigh
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Sioz Fhis
Guenther Hospital
Moulton, Texas
Drs. Guenther
Guenther
George F. Howard
Stats
Rue Thornton
Viasta Shandera
Houston
Sam Jaeggli
E. M. Ragsdale
Albert Ducho
Dilworth
Jobo Saliger
Bertha Will
Ienry Roeber
Hetty
Emma
Henry Siltmann
Saturn
Robert Foster
Nickel
Emil Schindler
Mise Kila
Henry Lovketedt
Henry Roeber
Letty
Hermann
Gottlieb
Will
Fritz Roeber
Christian Tuch
John Christensen
Mies Bertha Papacek
Mise
Edith von Lienen
Margaret Wiedeman
Shinet
Ed. Arnim
Bay City
Rosenberg
Frances Zak
Shiner and
Wllie J. Naublinger
Monterey
California
Ruby Dirr
Calvert
Avele
August G. Mueller
Louis Schindter
Elizabeth Quebedeaux
da Rehmer
Nouston
M. ©. Kubitz
Rudolph Jaeggli
Lonie Fehrenkamp
Dorothy Jean Jaeggli
Mra. J. I’. Jaeggli
Rev
H. A. Heiveke
Ing
Mias
Cora Wendel
Prot
Roeder
Meyersville
Reinhold Huebner
Alice
Mrs. Huebner
William Hillmer
Oak Grove
William Linbrugger
Albert Hoelscher
Yorktown
Frank Wendel
Route 3
Dorothy Gerdes
Hermann Meyer
Inez Caathern
Sweet Home
Mra. A. Jaegghi
Carles Mladenka
Charles Duffy
Inez
Charline Biiasbeth
Howton
C. M. Kotzebue
Moore Hotel
William Schodde
Oir
Gustav Lieff
Kred Heerwaen
Charles Flessner
William [Luebner
Ed. Studeman
Jennings
Edna
N. W. Vorne
Swila Horne
Annie Caton
Anns Buescher
Red Cross News
Moulton
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