Memorial fund for Gosling assassination victims
A San Antonio committee met in the Mayor's office to solicit subscriptions for the Gosling Memorial Fund honoring Harrington Lee Gosling, the U.S. Marshal shot on duty. The group announced plans to publish the address statewide and form a permanent leadership and solicitation team as they push for public support and press involvement.
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Gosling
San Antonio National Bank
R. W. B. Elliott
Texas
Harrington Lee Gosling
United States
Western Judicial District of
San Antonio
Congress
Marshal Gosling
William Aubrey
A. Becxnar
Jonny
I’. Lytix
C. C. Cresson
Frank Grice
R. W. B. Exxiorr
John Withers
W. C. Rowards
Dynamiters in Council in Paris Congress Report
A Paris dispatch describes a Fenian dynamiter congress with 11 delegates at the table and 13 Fenians behind it. Attendees included Irish Revolutionary party members in Britain, Extremists from the US, Ireland, and the continent, and two Irish Invincibles. Russian nihilists and a dynamite dealer are noted. everyone carried revolvers ready to act. The meeting was opened by a man named Kine, likely John Morrissey.
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England
Ireland
Patrick Corcoran
London
Corcoran
Lonnox
Paris
Kine
John Morrissey
County Carlow
Hennesey
Congress
RAYS OF LIGHT AND LOCAL EVENTS IN SAN ANTONIO
Notes from a February 1931 issue list activities around the city: Baptist church monthly meeting, Tyrolean singers at the pavilion with free admission, and a parade of gun clubs with drills and prize shoots. Detective Hughes arrests Smaith for new gold, and Knights of Pythias plan a political capitol corner stone visit. A Ladies' Aid pound party at Trinity M. E. church and a peculiar birth of four children in First ward are also noted.
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First Baptist Church
Alamo Gun Club
San Antonio
San Antonio Rifles
Commerce Street
Hughes
S. Smaith
Ew Gold
United States
Thomas Simpson
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Austin
Capitol
Ladies’ Aid Society
Trinity M. E. Church
Saltillo
Emma Abbotts Generosity Prompts Benefit Opera Ticket Plan
Emma Abbott agrees to support the Hal Gosling family by benefiting from a ticket plan across Texas Arkansas and Tennessee. She buys Ticket No 1 for 100 dollars and arranges 000 more tickets for sale, with autographed receipts for donors. The scheme leverages her popularity to fund the late marshal family without the full company tour.
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Austin
Emma Abbott
Mma Abbott
Miss Abbot
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Miss Abbott
Bountiful Ieee
Hal E. Gosling
Bryan Callaguan
Charles Ogden
Ernest Biscux
C. B. Mullary
Hal L. Gosling
Murder in Pitts Case Reveals Yeager Family Ties
A Pitts shooting case unfolds through interviews with Mrs Yeager Sr and Celestine Yeager in Austin. Witness accounts describe Ditson and Pitts as paired robbers with bracelets and diamonds, while letters from Yeager's husband recount train violence near New Braunfels and the ongoing trial.
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Schwartz
August Schwartz
Celestine Yeager
Ditson
Pitts
Charley
Charlie
Crown
P Pitts
Scott
Precinct
Austin
Rose
New Braunfels
Therisoners
Rosa
Trur Huspano
Yrager
Written for the Light Lee on Grant
A Civil War scene describes Lee waking after the Wilderness fighting to hear Grant’s cannon. He studies the Federal advance and notes the masterful maneuvering. the Federals have finally found their decisive commander.
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The
Light
Lee
Grant
Risa
Uniforms Arrive for Elk Lodge Knights of Pythias
Elk Lodge No. 35 reports new uniforms for members. All who plan to travel to Austin on Monday March 2 for the corner stone laying of the new capital should attend the lodge meeting tomorrow night. Knight rank work will be conducted and visiting members in good standing are invited.
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Elk Lodge No. 35
Knights of Pythias
Austin
Far Lodge
Prince Demidoff and Khalil Bey Clash in High Stakes Ecarte
The St James Gazette recaps a prolonged high stakes ecarte duel between Prince Demidoff and Khalil Bey. They played through two nights at Cafe Anglais with stakes around £2000 per game, ending with Khalil Bey winning £40,000 after a late spell of luck. Also noted are Tyrolean singers at the pavilion in San Antonio offering popular concerts with free admission.
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St. James Gazette
Prince Demidoff
Chroniqueurs
Ecarte
Khalil Bey
Cafe Anglais
Prince
Rev Falkinburg to Lecture at St Paul M E on February 26
The San Antonio Light notes Pastor W. Falkinburg of Trinity M E Church will give his popular lecture with living and natural object illustrations. Presented to benefit the nearly finished parsonage on South Centre Street, Mack Henson, pastor.
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San Antonio
St. Paul M. KE
Pey
Falkinburg
Trinity M. E. Church
Sehilda Farce Rehearsed by Beethoven Society
Sehilda a musical farce set in an imaginary village where inhabitants are shown as centuries behind the times. The Be thoven society rehearses the piece with ludicrous situations and satire while the music is described as charming and highly enjoyable. Ladies approve of your smoking Little Loker tobacco.
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Bethoven
Sehilda
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DOE & Engelee
Berlin
Saxony
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Commerce St
San Antonio, Tex
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Hal Gosling
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San Pedro, Tex
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Hackilsor
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Rev. Falkinburg
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