Celebrations and Moves in Local News
Capt Chas Welhausen marked his 78th birthday with close friends in Shiner. Miss May Washburn left for Houston for a teachers' institute then Harrisburg to join city schools. Helen Neuman arrived in Honolulu after a voyage, cablegram reports. A. Schultze took over the Commercial Hotel from B S Neuman who had operated it recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Welhausen
Shiner Gazette
May Washburn
Houston
Teachers’ Institute
Harrisburg
Hallettsville Herald
H.H. Harrison
Helen
Honolulu
Flatonia Argus
Galvestons Trade With Latin America Surges
The Galveston News reports a substantial rise in trade through the port with Latin American nations for the past year. Exports and imports to Caribbean and Gulf countries reached 9 385 091 dollars versus 5 292 916 the year before, a gain of 4 092 175. Developments include Haiti liner service and increased business with Mexico Jamaica Porto Rico and Cuba aided by a Texas business sales excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
Galveston
Galvest’n News
Gulf
Caribbean
Haiti
Mexico
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Cuba
Texas
The Good Speaker and a Wilson Quotation at Spring Lake
Woodrow Wilson receives praise for his speaking talent at Spring Lake. A reporter asks about training, and Wilson responds with Wilberforce's remark that separates a good speaker from a bad one: the good has something to say, the bad has to say something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Spring Lake
Wilberforce
Pres. Wilson
Freshmen Enrollment Boost at Texas A and M College
Unprecedented freshman attendance is expected when the term opens September 23 at Texas A and M College. Applications for enrollment exceed prior years and Registrar Finley says at least four hundred fifty freshmen will enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. & M. College
Finley
College dairy to feed on corn shuck cob and ensilage
The A. and M. College dairy herd will be fed a balanced ration this year using corn ground shuck cob and all along with ensilage and cottonseed meal. This year’s corn crop should yield about 3000 bushels, plus 400 tons of ensilage made from sorghum and June corn for feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Social Roundup From Shiner and Hallettsville
Miss Bertha and Ottilie John visited Miss Annie Mueck Sunday. Miss Emilie Minster of Hallettsville stays with the Hilscher family. Mr and Mrs John Koehler of near Wied spent Saturday night locally. Mr and Mrs Frank Peny and son John visited Frank Proshko’s family. Henry Schoenfeld and family visited Louis Boehm’s. Otto Boehm and sisters Tillie and Martha stay with Frank Meisserschlaeger. Annie Hilscher visited Theo John. Wm Huhs and family and George Reif visited Proshko family. A keg of river water was emptied and all enjoyed themselves. Several attended Labor Day at Hallettsville Monday for a grand time. Mocking Bird. September 2, 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilie Minster
Hallettsville
Joe Hilscher
John Koehler
Near Wied
Frank Peny
John
Frank Proshko
Shiner
Henry Schoenfeld
Louis Boehm
Otto Boehm
Tillie
Martha
Near
Your City
Frank Meiserschlaeger
Annie Hilscher
Theo. John
Wm. Huhs
George Reif
Proshko
Mocking Bird
Big slogan sign lights up Fort Worth after Chamber project
In Fort Worth a 1000 light slogan sign was lit for the first time on Saturday night August 30 and is visible to arriving trains. In Dublin August 28 was set as clean-up day by the Civic League and city council with nearly 1000 volunteers improving streets and lots, aiding Dublin’s entry in Holland's Magazine cleanest town contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
Dublin
Civic League and City Council
Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fist Mate Bank of Moulten
Capital Stock
Ws. Green
E. Stupremay
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Philip Welhausen
O. Buescher
Wm, Green
Jno
Bucgx
Cashier
E. Studeman
Wesgell Banx Money Orders
Joc
Henry Etlinger
AGT
R. A. Tudson
Kopecky Drug CO
Parke Davis & CO
John. Kopecky
Moulton
Moulton Eagle
C. F. Knaper
Our
Mouton
Flatonia Oil Mill
Anton Kolar
Moulton, Texas
B. S. Neuman
A. Schultze
Schultze
CoXoXeXere
Kokoro
South
Liberal
Yoakum, Texas
D.C. Imboden
K. Elkins
Route
Bertha and
Ottilie John
Annie Mueck
Eseven Futter
Nat
P. O. Pack
Denis Moulton
Bank
Deutsch Und Englisch Gesprochen
Porua
Ford
Detroit
J. R. Matula
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!