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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1961
Page
5
The five German companies of the Galveston Volunteers have withdrawn to form a battalion under Lieut. Col. Oswald and Major Otto Bruch. Plans exist to raise three more companies to create a German regiment and reorganize other infantry into a full regiment for the Confederate war effort.
A Vigilance Committee of twenty four leading citizens is appointed in San Augustine county to patrol beats and arrest suspicious persons and deliver them to civil authorities. Mr Giddings of San Antonio funds and expands mail routes and transports with reinforcements to Niblett's Bluff toward New Iberia.
The Southwestern Express notes plans to open the route through Giddings and praises Taylor as a capable hand. A sad telegraph report recounts the drowning of J J Sweeney a Local staffer with the Bayou City Guards near New Iberia while serving on the overland route. Foundry visit shows a fine six pounder and other cannon balls, highlighting local capability to manufacture defensive projectiles.
An inmate in Wichita Falls Texas while on janitorial duty swept the jail floor to the door and walked out, slipping away from confinement. The incident highlights security lapses at the facility as authorities pursue the escapee.
Unfurnished two bedroom house near Adams and South Shore Drive on the bay. $45.00 per month. One bedroom unfurnished option also listed with bay view at the same corner. Monthly rent set at $45.00.
Sealed proposals to furnish tools equipment labor and materials for a fresh water supply main and pump stations are due August 24 1961 at 7 p m in Port Isabel Texas. Bid security five percent of the greatest amount bid and performance payment and maintenance bonds at one hundred percent are required. Plans may be obtained from Millwee and Associates for a fifty dollar deposit refundable if plans are returned within 48 hours after bid opening.
Female help wanted to live in for general work with steady job. Contact number WH 3-294. For sale a two wheel trailer in good condition contact Alg Evans at WH 3-2450.
Fragmented OCR crossword clues with numbers and partial words across and down. Reads like a list of definitions and partial entries including bearings such as Tower Granular corundum and German city.
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