Elopement and Double Wedding Amid Rain in San Antonio
A romantic double wedding was held after a hastily arranged elopement from Gates Valley Atascosa County. Mr Sam Smith and Miss Mary Hicks wed, joined by Mr Andrew Pickens and Miss Zora Coward. Rain drenched the party en route. Mrs Pickens fell ill from the downpour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Porter
Dolorosa Street
Max Neuendorff
Sam Smith
Mary KE. Hicks
Andrew N. Pickens
Zora Coward
Gates Valley
Atascosa County
Brown
Messrs. Campbell
Burke
Dorsey
F. Jaimes
Mr. Pickens
Miss Coward
Mr. Smith
Miss Hicks
San Antonio
Pickens
Smith
Delayed Mails After Austin Bridge Washout
Heavy rains flood the region from the Rio Grande to Taylor causing a bridge washout between Taylor and Austin. International and Great Northern trains halted with no service to Fort Worth. Houston routed Northern mail today. Wires down to Galveston. Maverick County cloudburst kills thousands of sheep. Rio Grande rises fifteen feet.
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Austin
Houston
Rio Grande
Taylor
International
Great Northern
Fort Worth
Western Union
Galveston
Maverick County
Right of Way Committee Elects Officers and Solicitors
The Fourth ward Finance committee authorized to secure right of way and depot grounds met in the Mission garden last night and elected Gustav Schmeltzer as President Alex Sartor as Vice President Runge as Secretary Gustav Groos as Treasurer. A large list of members was named to solicit subscriptions including John R Shook John Wilkins C Runge Joseph Scwartz G Reimann Ed Steves G Schmeltzer A Guenther Henry Elmendorf A Sartor G Groos KE Wehr huahn N C Cosgrove IL Mahncke Ben Mauermann Ed Braden Mary Pauly IL Grothaus and General William H. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Mission Garden
Gustav Schmeltzer
Alex Sartor
Runge
Gustav Groos
John R. Shook
John Wilkins
C. Runge
Joseph Scwartz
G Reimann
Ed. Steves
G. Schmeltzer
A. Guenther
Henry Elmendorf
A. Sartor
G. Groos
Wehrhuahn
N. C. Cosgrove
Mahncke
Ben Mauermann
Braden
Mary Pauly
Grothaus
William H. Young
Wild Eyed Man Demands $2 Pistol For Suicide At Pawnshop
A deranged patron enters a Chatham Street pawnshop requesting a pistol to end his life. The clerk offers a $2 pistol and quotes the proprietor Mr Isaacstein a $5 charge. The exchange ends with no clear outcome but highlights a suicide plot incident and odd advertising lines about Cleveland and Opera Puff Cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham Street
Isaacstein
Destructive Flood Ravages Medicine Lodge Area
A Medicine Lodge Kansas special report describes a severe flood along Medicine River and Elm Creek with 5 to 12 foot water rises. Dozens of wagons and many people were stranded or drowned, including families and Governor Pardock's household. rescue attempts amid high waters continued into the night as multiple fatalities were confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Daily Eagle
Medicine Lodge
Medicine Lodge City
James Gibbs
Annie
Harris
Governor Pardock
Frank Sheppard
Kansas City
Medicine River
Elm Creek
Edicine
Eli River
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Emanuel Abrahams
Commerce Street
Angelica
Vienna
West Commerce Street
N. Wise
Crescent Oy
Soledadst Op
Emerson’s
Courthouse
Emerson Px
Azilian’s
Commerce
Alamo Streets
Graham
Pique
Mayer Pm
Navarro Streets
San Antonio, Texas
Telegraphic News
Pleuro-Pneumonio
Isthmus
Barrios
President
Grenada
Panama
Antonio Barrios
St. Louis
Colonel Hunter
National Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association of the
United States
The
Standard
Russia
Komeroff
Penjdeh
St. Peterssurg
Pacific Ocean
China
London
Cunard and
Union Steamship Companies
Umbria
Arizona
War Office
England
Ireland
Arkansas City
Crouch
Washington
Washineton
Cleve
Georgia
Wasursaton
Treasury
Bureau of Animal Industry
Wilkesbarre
Earnest Williams
Patrick Lawler
Snake Island
Parsons
Williams
Lawler
Secretary of the Interior
San Francisco
Guatemala
L. Parnett
Washington, D. C
Ro. Hunter
Norman J. Cotman
Ironpox
Soudon
Gladstone
Khartoum
Mr. Gladstone
House of Commons
Peter Lumsden
Turkey
Austria
France
Germany
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Atascosa
Cleveland
Sam Antonio
Texas
Simms & Samuels
Mark Grayson
Dan Keating
Bertha
John Flynn
Oe Ore
Royal
Eva Allen
Olburt
Victorio
Cleo
George
Holmes
Trl
Fashion Orchestra
Penhe
API Bhertha
Keating
Colburn
Flynn
Clayton
Momus
Carrie Linton
Lulu Edmunds
Nellie Colburn
Belle Fletcher
Nellie Hassett
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