Old Pecos River Bridge Demolished, Southwest Tale Ends
The 1892 Pecos River bridge near Langtry is being torn down after years of disuse. J C Carter of Southern Pacific studied the structure once famed for cowboy crossings, Roy Bean inquests, and Pecos Kate legends, now replaced by a new bridge.
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Pecos River
Roy Bean
J. C. Carter
Southern Pacific Railway
Pecos
Langtry
Old Roy
Old Bridge
Southwest
Flatonia Heads to Build New High School Gym
Flatonia Oct 30 The school board and architect Keilner opened four bids for Flatonia High School gymnasium. Award goes to Bohlmann Bros Schulenburg at 72980 dollars. Brick 100 by 70 foot building will start immediately. Negro school plans are underway with construction to begin once details are finished.
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Flatonia
Flatonia Independent School District
Keilner
Flatonia High School
Bohlmann Bros., Schulenburg
Card of Thanks for Piggly Wiggly Store Manager
The note thanks friends and customers for patronage while manager of The Piggly Wiggly Store in Moulton. It expresses pleasure from business dealings and wishes continued support for successor Tom Tousek.
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Moulton
Tom Tousek
Thanking patrons for ten years of service at E. and R. store
Roy Kotzebue and wife express gratitude to the trading public of Moulton and vicinity for ten years of liberal patronage. They say it has been a pleasure to serve and hope the same generous support will continue for their successor.
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Moulton and Vicinity
Moulton
Roy Kotzebue
Diet and grasshoppers a mass eating comparison
The text notes grasshoppers eat their own weight in green material in roughly 16 hours. It then compares this to human appetite, stating a 150 pound person would consume 150 pounds of food daily if scaled similarly.
Lutheran College Holds Homecoming Festivities Planned
TLC announces its 19th annual Homecoming for November 12 to 14 with events led by a coronation, Court of Appreciation, and a re dedication of Weber Hall now science building. The Saturday schedule includes open houses reunions a banquet speech by Dr Gould Wickey and a Bulldogs versus Victoria Junior College Pirates game. A Sunday memorial service closes the weekend at 8 45 AM with Rev L G Hannemann delivering the sermon.
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Teras Lutheran College
TLC
Rosalie Strong
Weber Hall
Emma Frey
San Antonio
Gould Wickey
Washington, D. C
Association of Church Related Colleges
Board of Education
United Lutheran Church In America
TLC Bulldogs
Victoria Jr. College Pirates
The
Lutheran Church
L. G. Hannemann
McGregor
Notable Visitors and Travels Around Moulton This Week
Ewald Etlinger from Ganado visited Moulton on Tuesday afternoon. Local families from Moulton hosted up the weekend in El Campo with the Jurek Janca and Wenglar households. K Windecker and family returned from trips to Freeport and Lake Jackson. Mrs. W A Jorden and children along with Mrs. Otts Gardiner and Cecelia Reh, all from San Antonio, visited Moulton Monday. Vince Reh attended a Texaco meeting at the Rice Hotel in Houston last week Monday.
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Fred J. Jurek
Johnnie Janca
Willie
Moulton
el Campo
James Wenglar
W. A. Jorden
Will Otts
G. Gardiner
Cecelia Rehmet
San Antonio
Vince Rehmet
Texaco
Rice Hotel
Houston
Notice of Store Purchase by Novosad in Kotzebue Location
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kotzebue sell the E and R 5 10 to 25 cent store and Mr. and Mrs. Wm Novosad will continue business at the same site. A complete line of goods will be offered as before and customer business will be appreciated.
Natho Paper Co Represented by Leslie Natho in Moulton
Leslie Natho of San Antonio representing the Natho Paper Company visited Moulton on Tuesday to discuss business matters.
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Leslie Natho
San Antonio
Natho Paper Company
Moulton
Houston residents Joost and Welfl visit family over weekend
Warren Joost of Houston visited his parents Mr and Mrs Theo Joost and other relatives on Monday. Charles Welfl Jr of Houston spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Chas Welfl.
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Warren Joost
Houston
Theo, Joost
Charles Welfl Jr
Mrs
Chas, Welfl
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