Ad Valorem Tax Rate Fixed at 77c
The state automatic tax board set the ad valorem tax rate at 77 cents per $100 valuation, with 35 cents to the general revenue fund, 35 cents to the available school fund, and 7 cents to the Confederate pension fund. A higher rate would have been needed to balance the budget, and deficits projected for the general revenue fund and Confederate pension funds were cited.
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Austin
State Automatic Tax Board
General Revenue Fund
Confederate Pension Fund
Confederate Pension Funds
Texas
Sulak thanks voters and seeks continued support in run off
L J Sulak thanks the voters of the 15th Senatorial District and asks for renewed efforts in the August 25th primary run off. He notes his strong home town and county showings in LaGrange and urges support for clean politics and his own merit for the State Senate nomination.
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E. R. Spencer
Spencer
Bat
LaGrange
Frank Mikulik Sr. 88 Laid to Rest in Praha-Novohrad
Frank Mikulik 88 of Praha Novohrad died Sunday afternoon at his uncle Ed Mikulik’s home after a period of illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 9 am at home church and grave with Rev. Father John Anders officiating. Burial in Praha Catholic Cemetery. He was a charter member of the K J J Society and survived by nine children and many grandchildren. Born February 19 1846 in Moravia, Austria he came to Texas in 1880 and lived near Novohrad and nearby on the Praha Novohrad farm. He was married in 1868 to Mary Satanik who died earlier this year.
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Frank Mikulik
Praha - Novohrad
Ed. Mikulik
Grandpa Mikulik
Father
Father John Anders
Praha
K. J .J. Society
Adolph
Willie Mikulik
Joe J. Migl
Joe Holub, Jr
Julius Faltjsek
Mr. Mikulik
Moravia
Austria
Mary Satanik
Texas
Novohrad
Praha-Novohrad
Joe
Moulton
John O ‘Engle
Frank Jr
San Antonio
Mikulik
Joe Mikulik
Edwin J. Knesek
Louis Migl
Legislature Sets Special Session for Bond Sale
Austin announces an extraordinary session on August 27 to authorize additional bonds for relief work and related funding.
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Austin
Candidate Seeks Votes in Runoff Campaign
A political figure pledges to maintain voter interest until election day and says they led the ticket by 200 votes in July. The letter promises to work to merit confidence and broad support, ending with a personal sign-off.
Moulton Volunteer Fire Department Monthly Meeting
The Moulton Volunteer Fire Department held its regular meeting at the American Legion Hall. President F. T. Fehrenkamp presided. The insurance committee reported group insurance for active members is in place and discharged the committee. Delegates Bohuslav and Fehrenkamp reported on the A M short course with a perfect score, helping Moulton secure an 8 percent reduction in its key rate. A buying committee was urged to consider additional department equipment.
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Moulton
School Will Open In About A Month
In about four weeks the boys and girls will return to school to receive training for the duties of citizenship. Parents should ensure their children are present on opening day and attend regularly through the session.
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S School
Campaign Kickoff For Governor Run-off Between Allred And Hunter
James V. Allred led the July primary and Tom F. Hunter will oppose him in the August 25 run-off. The report notes campaign openings last week and mentions visiting individuals and a rainfall report from Richland Springs.
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James V. Allred
Tom F. Hunter
Port Lavaca and Victoria Week-End Visit Noted
Mr. Andrew Petrek and family and Mr. Eddie Breitschopf and family of Cistern visited Port Lavaca and Victoria with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boehm and Adolph Petrek spending the week-end in the two cities.
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Andrew Petrek
Eddie Breitschopf
Cistern
Richard Boehm
Adolph Petrek
Port Lavaca
Victoria
Johnsons Return From Mississippi Visit
Mr. Sam B. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Buck Johnson with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ware and son Gordon have returned from a two week visit to Mississippi and other locations.
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Sam B. Johnson
Buck Johnson
B. F. Ware
Gordon
Mississippi
Young Patient Mildred Hull Home After Surgery
Mildred Hull daughter of Mr and Mrs Chauocey Hull of Old Moulton returned home Friday after an appendicitis operation at Huth Memorial Hospital in Yoakum according to The Eagle.
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Mildred Hull
Chauocey Hull
Old Moulton
Huth Memorial Hospital
Yoakum
Eagle
Fayette County Pioneer Buried Last Sunday
Fayette County pioneer and Freyburg resident died August 3 after a brief illness. He was born in Germany on October 2, 1856 and lived 77 years. Surviving are seven children and a large number of relatives in Fayette County. Funeral services were held at his home and graveside at Philadelphia Lutheran Cemetery in Swiss Alp with Rev. Paul Piepenbrock officiating. Six nephews served as pallbearers. He first married Mary Stoever in 1885, then Meta Stoever in 1888. both wives preceded him in death.
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Christian Knape
Freyburg
Fayette County
O. F. Knape
Moulton
Philadelphia
Frank
Emil
Louis
Gustav Knape
Germany
Texas
Mary Stoever
Meta Stoever
The
Eternal Home
Edmund Knape
Yorktown
Henry
Fritz Knape
Ed. Petrasch
Henry Hass
Henry Fiedler
Hugo Diering
Hunter Booster Visits Moulton
William Zappe of Shiner campaigned for Tom F. Hunter in the Texas gubernatorial run off, saying Hunter’s strength is growing across counties and signaling an overwhelming majority on August 25.
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William Zappe
Shiner
Tom F. Hunter
Texas
Zappe
Hunter
Children of Mary to Gather for Communion Event
The Children of Mary will meet Sunday morning with a mass followed by a body communion on Wednesday August 15. An officers election will be held after mass and all members are urged to attend.
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Children of Mary
Texas Grabs Drouth Relief Grants Amid August Aid
Texas receives 1.4 million dollars for drouth relief in August from the federal administration, adding to 1 million previously issued that month. Four hurricane-stricken coastal counties Aransas Calhoun Matagorda and Refugio receive advances of 750 400 650 and 500 respectively.
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Texas
Aransas
Calhoun
Matagorda
Refugio
Mr and Mrs Dr White Visit In San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Dr White of San Antonio visited in the home of Mrs Leona Merrem Sunday.
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Dr. White
San Antonio
Leona Merrem
Delegates Share Highlights of A M Short Course Trip
Hildred Jaroszewski of the Moulton Home Demonstration Club recounts the A and M College Station Short Course. She details the vast kitchen operation feeding nearly 2 900 at once with large scale baking and meat storage, the bakery, butcher shop, and a wagon wheel chandelier in the Agricultural Engineering Building, plus the Key Cottage home exhibit.
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College Station
Moulton
College Mess Hall
Hildred Jaroszewski
Moulton Home Demonstration Club
A. & M. College
Ladies Aid Society Holds Regular Meeting
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society met August 2 and set September 6 as the next gathering. Committees were named: Sick Mesdames Wiedeman and Haas. Membership Mesdames John C. Mueller and Amalia Mueller. Flower Mesdames Pietsch and Thar. Serving Mesdames Amalia Mueller Rudie Mueller and George Mueller. Visitors Mrs Juengermann Shiner and Mrs Schmidt Yoakum. New member Mrs F C Kaase and daughter Helen.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Harry Wiedeman
Walter Haas
John C. Mueller
Amalia Mueller
Fred Pietsch
Mathilde Thar
Rudie Mueller
George Mueller
Emma Juengermann
Shiner
Julia Schmidt
Yoakum
F. C. Kaase
Helen
Lavaca County Shows Strong Presence at A M Course
Twenty five Lavaca county home demonstration and four H Clubs attended the annual short course at A M College in College Station last week. Mrs Joe K Etlinger and Miss Hildred Jaroszewski represented the Moulton Home Demonstration Club. Miss Norma Wachtendorf and Miss Maxine Bergfeld represented the Moulton 4 H Club.
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Lavaca County
A.&m. College
College Station
Joe K. Etlinger
Hildred Jaroszewski
Moulton
Norma Wachtendorf
Maxine Bergfeld
President Hindenburg Dies On August 2
Paul von Hindenburg, soldier and statesman, president of Germany and world figure, died August 2 in his 87th year. He was survived by three children, one son and two daughters, with burial at Tannenberg on Tuesday morning.
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Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Tannenberg
Chairman Brim Calls Committee Meeting
J. K. Brim of Sulphur Springs, chairman of the state democratic executive committee, has called the committee to meet in Austin Saturday August 11 to canvass state and district returns from the primary in compliance with the election laws.
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J. K. Brim
Sulphur Springs
Democratic Executive Committee
Austin
Kuntschik Gosch Wedding Held at Kotzebue Home
Max Kuntschik and Miss Inez Gosch of Cistern wed at the Kotzebue home Sunday afternoon at six. Rev. A H Falkenberg Lutheran minister performed the ceremony with witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Breitschopf.
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Max Kuntschik
Inez Gosch
Cistern
Roy Kotzebue
A. H. Falkenberg
Eddie Breitschopf
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. J. Sulak
Frank Mikulik, Sr
Fire Department Monthly Meeting
F. A. Cinadi
Leona Janszen
el Campo
T. M. Ragsdale
Oklahoma City
Sam Jaeggli
W. E. Smith
Richland Springs
Ary
Hunter Booster
Brim
Kuntschik Gosch
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