Two Marriages Tangle as a Prisoner Returns
Marshall report recounts the arrest of Charles Norris for 1883 mail robbery at Pena Texas and notes a prior marriage to Nate Rawson, now in a second marriage after Norris vanished. The piece links dengue fever spread from Austin to Fort Worth and Greenville, warning of summer illness.
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Veona
Norris
Chester
Charles Norris
Marshall
Jefferson
Nate Rawson
Henry Rawson
Rawson
New Orleans
Sills
Gardner
Pena
Austin
Texas
Luling
Seguin
Gonzales
Waco
Fort Worth
Greenville
Greenville Banner
Flower declines second NY Democratic ticket post
The New York state committee will fill Flower's vacancy after he declines the lieutenant governor slot. Flower viewed the post as a poor return for a costly campaign, while the role remains influential, including ex officio duties and chairmanships. The Galveston News notes historic instances of reassembling tickets after declines.
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Roswell P. Flower
New York
State Committee
Flower
Texas
Capitol
Senate
Horatio Seymour
Galveston News
Noted cattle thief found guilty in Uvalde court
In Uvalde Texas during the current term district court judge Joss Kennedy convicted a prominent stockman and cattle thief with a fortune of about 200000 and two years in the penitentiary. Despite efforts to save him, wealth could not alter the verdict or sentence in this western Texas murder case context.
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Uvalde
Texas
Joss Kennedy
Marshall Herald
Prohibition Approved by Young County Court Vote
The Young County Commissioners Court held a special session on September 9 1885 to count votes from August 31 1885 election on liquor sales. Prohibition won 382 to 278 with sacramental wine and medicine exceptions. order to publish in The Graham Leader for four weeks. Certified by A T Gay County Court Clerk sealed September 14 1885.
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Commissioners’ Court
Young County
Texas
Young
Graham Leader
State OF Texas
A. T. Gay
A. T. Gay, Co
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Louisiana
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Mich
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G. W. Parker
4Th Street
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Graham
Daily Mail
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