Mysterious Austin burglary suspect jailed in Pennington
A man about 30 years old, light complexion with sandy mustache, registered as J E Sumerall from Austin at the Pennington hotel. He tried to sell new cutlery, was arrested after officers found knives and jewelry on him, and baggage contained a quilt, bottles, patent potato peelers, and a knife box. Authorities in Austin are being contacted to verify if he is wanted there. his mother resides in Blanco county and he named Kyle and McDade as places where items were stolen.
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J .E. Sumerall
Austin
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St Torrey
Blanco County
Kyle
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Citizens Meeting Favors Charter Amendments for City Improvements
A citizens meeting discussed amending the city charter to remove barriers to improvements notably electric lights. Mayor Wilkins to appoint a six member committee to draft amendments enabling bonds and city borrowing for public works, with votes by the people to follow. The group also reported school enrollment figures and a fire incident involving a young girl recovering from severe burns.
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Thos. Dwyer
F. W. Schuerenberg
J. D. Campbell
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Miscellaneous items reflect curiosities and aphorisms from 19th century media
A collage of maxims and notes covers varied topics from literature and science to politics and daily life. Entries reference Virgil, Cervantes, Pisa, Pope, Texas agriculture, and social customs, with scattered facts about clocks, monuments, post offices, and education.
Oddities and Estimates from Puritan Times to Sleep Studies
The piece notes a cord of oak wood equal in value to thirty seven cents of turnips, records France exporting at least 320000 dollars in candies to harems in Turkey and Egypt, and recounts railroad waiting room banter. It mentions a sleeping gentleman composing an ode, a demand for baseball players in Chicago, reliable strike free workers, a Sunday school request to repeat the Golden Text, and sleep aided mental work including a man finishing a train of calculations in sleep.
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