Boy plummets into well saved by quick Texas Central conductor
A baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson fell into an old well twenty to thirty feet deep while playing under a house. Conductor C. L. Webster descended by rope, calmed the child, and retrieved him unharmed. The rescue was witnessed as a remarkable act of bravery. The story also notes the couple’s wedding the prior Sunday and plans for a bridal tour before settling in Clifton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson
Ith Street
Levin
Webster
Alerald
Willis B. Mitchell
Mins Aulda Kruger
E.W. Dittrich
Clifton
Houston
Clara Grimlund
J.T. Shelton
Strayed and stolen animals haunt Gatesville notices
A fragmentary Gatesville Messenger item reports a brown mule and horse pair stolen from John Linberg’s pasture, valued at about 20 dollars. It also notes local chatter on a milling department worker resuming duties after a fever, plus a lengthy anecdotal comparison of circus excursion advertising and crowd counts for Ringling Bros. and the local show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Linberg
Jonx Larsen
Ohit
Tom
Ringling Bro
Waco
Ringlings Bros
Eailroud
Mr Bush
Gatenville
Gatesville
Gatesville Messenger
Bedside Charade and Civic Virtues From Old Letters
Fragment from a period piece recalling a courtship scene in which a young Lindy faces a formal proposal, a Bible text exchange, and a marriage that follows. It includes a tale of a New York governor William H. Seward’s upbringing, and notes on education, school aesthetics, and the value of order in a school setting. A local printer’s note about typographical errors ends the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitin Chareti
Indy
Ran
John
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Clifton Record
Robert L. Baldridge
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Bosque County
Shephard Snd
Hatchett
C. L. Webster
Texas Central Railway
Mitchell Kruger
Annie Geiglimd
P. E Schow & Bros
Clifton Bine
Ely
Gove
William
Ywon
New York
United States
Willam H. Seward
Caton Sonne
Smife
Yenell
Roccay Mountain
First National Bank
Texas
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