Hostess hosts 500 at Mrs J C Blohm gathering
Mrs J C Blohm entertained about 500 guests Wednesday evening with three tables of games. The reception room featured red and pink begonias and a dining room plate lunch. Favors at each place were blue Monday pill boxes containing miniature washday items. Prizes went to Mrs Fink for high score and Mrs A J Blohm received a soap bar as booby.
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J. C. Blohm
Mesdames B. R Holchak
Walter Muecke
E. J. Tomasco
G. Valenta
R.H. Valenta
A. Bee
A. J. Blohm
Louis ¥Ink
BB. Bielheusen
Victor —— Koether
Missesann
Cora Ana
Kingsville High School Barns After Fire Losses Reach Half House
Kingsville High School near total loss after fire in Mrs. H. M. King gift building. Origin undetermined but suspected incendiary. Structure valued at 75000 with 30000 insurance. Library, books, and records hit hard, with 5000 value. typewriters in business department totaling 1100. Athletic gear damaged. vaultless building allowed loss of student credits. Firemen fought with existing water and equipment. fire still burning in basement at 8 am.
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H. M. King
Kingsville
Kingsville Record
Liberty Theatre Anniversary Week Attracts Crowds
The Liberty Theatre marks an anniversary week from February 18 to 21 offering splendid attractions for 10 cents to all. Large and appreciative crowds attended each show.
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Liberty Theatre
Surprise miscel laneous shower honors Miss Kate Malloch
Mesdames W. S. and Rep Moore hosted a late afternoon surprise shower at Mrs. W. S. Moore’s home for Miss Kate Malloch of Prairie Lea. Guests enjoyed a blindfold game and multiple prizes followed by fruit punch, cake, chicken sandwiches and cookies.
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Mesdames W. S
Rep Moore
W.S. Moore
Kate Malloch
Prairie Lea
Miss Malloch
Seal Moore
Susie Boothe
Miss Boothe
Maloch
Kate Marloch
Frieda Hillen
Jay Boyce
Willie Mae Turk
Maud Turk
Bertha Meyer
Josie Mae
Suasie D. Boothe
Mesdames
Ed Dreyer
Eddie Dreyer
W. L. Ladewig
Lewis Turk
Jim Turk
Joe Boothe
E.H. Krause
John Hil Ton
L. J. Hillen
Frank Anders Sr
Geo. Turk
Otto Koehler
Gerhardt Mueller
Chas. Langhoff
Schmidt
W. S
Cor
Sunday and weekday Mass Schedule
The church conducts morning Masses starting at 6 30 on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Saturday, 8 00 on Wednesday and Friday, and 8 00 and 10 00 on Sunday. The schedule lists service times for the week.
Devotions in German Bohemian and English at Local Church
During Lent the church schedules Wednesday Way of the Cross in German at 4 p m Friday Way of the Cross in Bohemian at 4 p m and Sunday devotion at 7 30 p m Rev L P Netardus is the pastor.
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L. P. Netardus
Man delivers $1000 life insurance check after wife’s death
Jos Muras went to Charlotte to hand Frank Smiga a $1000 life insurance check for Francis Smiga who died Feb 6 and was buried Feb 7. The policy with Pan American Life Insurance Co. was written Apr 9 1924, just under a year prior. Muras regrets delayed notification slowed payment.
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Jos. Muras
Charlotte
Frank Smiga
Francis Smiga
Muras
Pan American Life Insurance Co
City Taxes Collected and Turned Over to Treasurers
City Secretary Canon reports total city taxes of 11 756 10 turned over to the City Treasurer and 9 223 86 from school taxes turned in to the school treasurer. In addition 525 poll tax receipts were issued, 25 fewer than last year.
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Canon
Bohemian Play Draws Overflow Crowd at Opera House
Catholic Entertainment Club drew 475 tickets sold for the Wednesday show at the Opera House, with many turned away. The overflow event was repeated Sunday night, selling 236 tickets.
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Opera House
St Edward's College to play Shiner and Hallettsville
St Edward's College basketball team from Austin will face Shiner at Bluecher Park Friday night and Hallettsville at Hallettsville court Saturday night. Fans urged to give the visiting team a royal reception.
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St. Edward’s College
Austin
Shiner
Bluecher Park
Hallettsville
Hallettsville Court
Census Enumerator Appointed for Shiner School District
J. M. Canon has been appointed census enumerator for Shiner Independent School District. If you have any interest in your children, call at Mr. Canon's Office to enroll them.
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J. M. Canon
Shiner Independent
Shiner Fair 1926 Planning Under Way
A mass meeting in Shiner was swamped by attrac tions last Friday and a postponed meeting Monday urged a June 1926 fair. Mr. Peck Welhausen chaired as residents pledge to plan and recruit volunteers, though late freezes and a drought threaten floral and agricultural exhibits for the year. The town aims to make the third expo the best yet with widespread local involvement.
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Shiner
Peck Welhausen
Drouth
XX Century Club Meets for Sacred Paintings Study
The XX Century Club gathered at Mrs Peck Welhausen's home February 19 with eighteen members and guest Mrs A G Edmundson of San Antonio. They studied sacred paintings including Correggio's Holy Night and Del Sarto's The Young Saint John, with notes on their schools and locations. The Descent From The Cross by Rubens was highlighted as a premier work in the Antwerp Cathedral. The next meeting is scheduled March 5 at Mrs Edgar C Wolters's home.
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XX Century Club
Peck Welhausen
A. G. Edmundson
San Antonio
E. G. Buske
Corregio
Parma
Dresden
del Sarto
O. A. Brieger
Pitti Palace
Florence
A. A. Schramm
Cross
Ruebens
Christ
Antwerp
Edgar C. Wolters
Mammoth Buckeye Incubator at Henkhaus Hatchery Inspectible
Shiner Hatchery owner O C Henkhaus shows the Mammoth Buckeye incubator in a cement underground cave with capacity for over 2000 eggs. About 200 baby chicks peep from the hatch, with deliveries nearly daily. The yard holds six to seven hundred White Leghorns and around 800 eggs are gathered daily. electricity modernizes operations.
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O. C. Henkhaus
O. C
Shiner Hosts District Basketball Guests and Championship Hopes
Shiner welcomed about thirty guests including Hallettsville Nixon Flatonia and Columbus with coaches. Hallettsville beat Nixon 19 6 and Flatonia beat Columbus 11 23. Hallettsville lost to Flatonia 30 11 leaving Flatonia as undisputed bi district champions ahead of a showdown with Austin High.
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Shiner
Hallettsville
Nixon
Flatonia
Columbus
Brunk
Lavaca County
Gonzales County
Fayette County
Colorado County
Austin High
Miss Berckenhoff Hostess Crafts Charming 500 Party
A Friday afternoon 500 party hosted by Cora Berckenhoff with her mother. Decorations featured a George Washington motif and tally cards matched the tables. Mrs. E. J. Tomasco won high score and a set of markers. Mrs. Alfred Brosch received a score pad. Guests included Mesdames Holchak, Wolters, Henkhaus, Fink, Blohm, Darilek, Schramm, Welhausen, Koether, Muecke, Dreyer, Longoria, Wagner, Valenta, and Miss Dorothy Jean Blohm.
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Cora Berckenhoff
George Washington
Cianatis
E. J. Tomasco
Alfred Brosch
Mesdames Benno Holchak
Victor Wolters
E. J. Henkhaus
Louis Fink
A. J. Blohm
A. A. Darilek
Alfred Schramm
Herman Hollman
J. C. Blohm
Peck Welhausen
C. B. Welhausen
Hugh Koether
Walter Muecke
Otto Dreyer
R. Longoria
F.M. Wagner
L. G. Valenta
Eddie Berckenhoff
Dorothy Jean Blohm
Quality Gasoline at Shiner Motor Sales
Prompt service at Shiner Motor Sales offered Gulf gasoline praised as that good quality fuel. P. R. Otto, proprietor, emphasizes quick, reliable assistance to customers and the availability of Gulf products.
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Gulf
Shiner Motor Sales
P. R. Otto
Tax Loss Deductions for Trade Business and Farm Losses
Income tax rules allow deductions for losses incurred in trade, business, or profession or in profit seeking transactions. Farm losses are deductible when the farm is a business venture. losses from farms operated for pleasure are not deductible.
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Liberty
McAvoy
MAK
FOX News
Tom MIX
Sennett
Theodore Roberts
Geo. Fawcett
James Cruze
Kingsville High School Barns
Dreyer News
Catholic Church Services
Khon
Bohemian Play
Scholastic Census
Jesse L. Lasky
George Fawcett
T. Roy Barnes
Harrison Ford
Fritzie Ridgeway
Shiner Hatchery
Miss Berckenhoff
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