Local Business Visitors and Beran Auto Sale Notice
J T Jaeggli visited San Antonio earlier this week. Louis Ehlers a Shiner cigar maker interviewed in Moulton Monday. Mies Hettie Niemeyer returned from Yoakam Tuesday. Notice To The Public Beran's Auto Sales Co offers 50 cash for a prospect and deposit and provides a 1 year parts guarantee and 90 days free service. R Beran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Ehlers
Shiner
Moulton
Beran
Auto Sales Co
General Bagby Dies at Hallettsville Home
General Arthur Pendleton Bagby who was reputed to be the last surviving Confederate general died at his Hallettsville residence Monday afternoon. Born in Alabama in 1823 he joined the Confederate forces and led in the Red River campaign and the Galveston recapture. He practiced law in Hallettsville after the war and is survived by sons A P Bagby of Austin and Will T Bagby of Hallettsville.
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Arthur Pendleton Bagby
Hallettsville
General Bagby
Alabama
Green
Red River
Galveston
A. P. Bagby
Austin
Will T. Bagby
County Salaries Fixed by Hallettsville Court
The county commissioners in Hallettsville Texas set ex officio salaries for the year. County judge 1200 dollars, county attorney 300 dollars, district clerk 900 dollars, and sheriff 500 dollars.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Death of Mrs G Knape of Schulenburg
Beloved mother Mrs. G. Knape of Schulenburg dies after a stroke on Feb 11 at 75 years. Funeral held Feb 19 at home with Lutheran rites. interment Schulenburg City Cemetery. Born Johanne Kannengiester in Straud Germany Nov 30 1845 she married G. Knape in 1872 and left behind three children and 18 grandchildren.
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G. Knape
Schulenburg
Paul Piepenbrok
Lutheran Church
Dem
Straud
Germany
Johanne Friederike Kannengiester
Texas
Black Jack Springs
Fayette County
Swiss Alp
O. F. Knape
Moulton
Lewis Meyer
Port Lavaca
William Steinmann
Oak Grove Items Reflect School Events and Visits
A series of notes from Oak Grove recount visits by Supt. Frank Schoppe and Mrs. Schoppe, hospital update on Mr. Horak, family trips by the Haas and Fishbeck households, and local school activities. Pupils traveled to Witting for volleyball, noon school, afternoon track and games, with trustees Linbrugger and Novak visiting. A Charlottenburg program, birthday celebrations at homes, and Catholic Ladies' Aid Society planning meet at Mrs. Edmund L. Ethoger’s residence are also noted. dated February 23, 1921.
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Duesday
A. Haas
Edward Haas
Joe Heger
Gonzales
Frank Schoppe
Schoppe
Berdovsky
J. J. Horak
Mr. Horak
John F. Fishbeck
John
Agnes
Stasia Raab
Oak Grove School
Witting
Linbrugger
Novak
Charlottenburg School
P. S. Garner
Maggie Greer
Edwin Kram
Frank M. Novak
Della
Jeff
Cattle Raisers’ Texas Meet Nears San Antonio Dates
The 45th annual convention of the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas will be held in San Antonio March 15 16 and 17. Local notes report farm and road work, a wolf bounty veto, and civic updating alongside community visits and gatherings.
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National
House of Representatives
Neff
House
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Harding
Donna
The
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
San Antonio
Guadalupe Co
Mary Ann Wilson
Caldwell County
Texas
Lockhart
Ireland
County Interscholastic League Meet Set in Shiner
The County Interscholastic League Meet will be held in Shiner on March 18 and 19 with all league schools invited to enter eligible contestants. A special junior track division for rural schools counts toward the county championship, and registration requires a $1 fee to Dr. E. D. Shorter.
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Shiner
E. D. Shorter
Austin
Texas
Provident City
Chas Chovanetz
Lutheran Frauen Verein hosts meet in Moulton
Mrs. Helena Albrecht hosted the Lutheran Frauen Verein gathering Thursday afternoon with a large turnout. Dainty refreshments were served. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Ed Boehm Jr on Thursday March 10.
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Helena Albrecht
Moulton
Facts About Cotton Brightens Industrial History
Marlboro County South Carolina leads US in average cotton per acre Ellis County Texas tops in total bale production US annual lint yield ranges from 14 pounds in 1871 to 224 pounds in 1984 Egypt averages about 390 pounds per acre India grows cotton across 25 million acres with planting and picking year round Cotton spans Asia to Chicago latitude Civil War turmoil linked to cotton supply World War II shifted focus to factory districts Current US cotton stocks exceed past national production Spindles in US about 35 million with 15 million in growing states Largest US crop 37 458 000 acres in 1913 yielding 14 156 486 bales American output peak 16 134 930 bales on 36 832 000 acres Cotton has Spanish discovery roots in West Indies Arkwright Hargreaves Crompton English pioneers Eli Whitney American inventor of the saw gin patent dated March 14 1794 The gin made commercial cotton feasible by simplifying seed removal.
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Marlboro County
South Carolina
United States
Ellis County
Texas
Egypt
Nile
India
Asia
Chicago
South
America
West Indies
Arkwright
Hargreaves
Crompton
Eli Whitney
Whitney
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Guenther Hospital
Moulton, Texas
Drs. Guenther & Jaeggli
Opera House
Alice Brady
Charles Ray
Busher
Maxwell and Chalmers Automobile
Allis-Chalmers Tractors
Columbia
Presto
Portage and Miller
Humble
Beran’s Auto Sales CO
James W. Boyle
Kopecky Drug CO
J. T. Jaeggli
Mies Hettie Niemeyer
Yoakam
Pve de Fa
Klobedans
Anders
Hermann Schuetze
Charles Gebert
Robert Wolters
George Baur
Gerhardt Otten
Harry Meyer
Fred Bittner
Otto Schwenke
Oak Grove
Ladies’ Aid Society
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society
Mra
Edmund L. Etlioger
George Bargmann
Snyder
Mr. and
T. Febrenkamp
Joseph Faltisek
Anton Paltisek
Julius Hinck
Mies Ivy Meyer
Eliinger
Mre
F. Tehrenkamp
Victor O. Fehrenkamp
Mary Tomasko
William Tomasko
Agnes Flury
H. W. Bates
Caldwell
G. M. McMaster
Yoakum
T. H. Arnold
Alvin
R. B. Papacek
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Service
the Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Lutheran Frauen Verein
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