Personal and Business News From Rensselaer and Nearby
A string of brief notes reports visits by residents from Rensselaer Kentland and Chicago, health updates, social calls and a Carnival company talkduring the Big Stock Show. The narrative then shifts to a disastrous flood in San Antonio with vivid eye witness details, rescue efforts by police, firemen, soldiers and volunteers, and warnings against looting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alzan
Houston
Commerce
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Ile
Anothe
Tres porter Office notes and local visits
In the Tres porter Office column Mrs A D Babcock is reported recovering from an operation in Kankakee. George Feazer and family, formerly local residents now in Maryland, visited, while J D Rich Paul Hanson C B Sunderland and the editor fished at Kankakee last Thursday camping overnight. The trip featured scarce damp firewood, plenty of fish, hard travel, rain, and a humorous complaint about river rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Babcock
Kankakee
J.D. Rich
Paul Hanson
C. B. Sunderland
Brook
Vivid Eye Witness Recounts San Antonio Flood
An eye witness describes a sudden cloudburst that blasted San Antonio with rain and floods. The Alazan and Olmas creeks surged, wreckage and debris flooded streets, and residents sought shelter clinging to buildings and trees as water rose rapidly. The witness recalls struggling to stand against the swift current and escaping from a submerged home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Olmas
Bargain Furniture Sale Clears Stock Quickly
A store advertises sharp price cuts on dining room bedroom and living room furniture. Odd rockers buffets tables couches and many other items are priced to move within a few busy days. Stock is limited so shoppers should come early to select and save before new winter stock arrives.
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John Bill
Rensselaer
Ostan Carroll
Ona Shhindler
George Rider
Kent
Ehwood
Harry
Chicago
W. 5
Joseph Kendall
Isaac Sell
Morocco
Freq Lyons and
Peach Leopold
Kentland
Abe Snyder
Crawfordville
Martin
Joe Badger
Roy Sell
Frank Corbin
Grant Snaffer
Calvin Stone
Rev. R. S. Lantz
Louis Blankenbaker
Sidney, Ilinois
L. @. Lyons
Finney
St. Louis
Thorpe Beagley
Wm. Shaffer
Clinton
Culver
Indiana
B&o
Lafayette
Indianapolis
William Parke
Tresporter Ofice
George Feazer
Maryland
San Antonia
Chas, Borkland
Drayman
Creamery
Jasper County Creatiery
Rensselaer, Indiana
W. M
L L Hershman
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