Frightful accident ends a salesman’s life at the wharf
In Galveston on October 29, Harry C. Duble, 24, a Miller Brothers salesman, died after a steel rail swung from a schooner’s hoisting tackle struck him on the head near the brick wharf. A large crowd gathered as he was crushed to the earth.
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Galveston
Harry C. Duble
Miller Brothers
Duble
William H. Whalen
Douglass Ahavey
Whalen
Sealey Rifles
Prrrspung
Randall Club
Old City Hall
Sauel J. Randall
W. N. Heard
Mr. Randall
Grover Cleveland
Priorspurg
Sherman
Academy of Music
General Mahone
Mahone
Ohio
Wicnit1
Kansas
Daily
B Ig
Booners
Oklaa
Oklahoma
Evansville
Ind
Rockport
Boston
Transcript
Carl Schurz
Boston Post
Market notices and futures listings from New York and Liverpool
Reported figures show futures for December and January in various commodities and currencies with prices around 9.4 to 10.2 in dollars, plus Liverpool and Orleans cotton receipts and sales. Stock market quotes include Northwestern Delaware and Lackawanna St Paul, with wheat and pork prices and grain/hog receipts for the period.
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New York
Tsik
Liverpool
Orleans
Northwestern
Delaware and Lackawanna
St. Paul
American girls and the habit of loud speech
The Atlanta Constitution notes a peculiarity of English society affecting American girls who speak loudly in public. It contrasts the American habit of loud tones with the quiet, undertone conversation prized abroad, suggesting the noise shocks quiet onlookers in shops parlor gossip and hotel meals.
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Atlanta Constitution
Ready for the Fight on the Night Train
Two men ride a railroad train as one buys a book and, after reading, discards it claiming it dull. He tells his dance partner he would maul the author who sits beside him, who then declares I am the author.
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Arkansaw Traveler
What You Want and a Divorce
A barber jokes about hair Restorer and a customer requests a divorce. The exchange ends abruptly with the barber saying nothing more. The fragment hints at a humorous or ironic exchange in a casual setting. Callout for printing services appears toward the end of the snippet.
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Austin
Rosendale
Fashionable Wedding Ald of Lieutenant Rumbough and Miss Stanley
Lieutenant D. J. Rumbough married Miss Lillie Stanley at Madison Square church in a society wedding attended by General and Mrs. D. J. Stanley. The ceremony featured floral arches, parasols, and a procession of family members and groomsmen. A reception and dance followed at the bride’s father’s residence with the Eighth Cavalry band.
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Madison Square
D. J. Rumbough
Lillie Stanley
D. J. Stanley
D. N. Bush
Josie Stanley
Heyl
Lillian Lee
Jennie Wright
E Cushman
Peng Nannie Stanley
Maud Wright
O. M. Smith
May Williams
L. H. Slocum
May Godwin
Luie Simpson
Davids
Stanley
E. C. Scudder
Nannie Stanley
Misses Lee
General Stanley
San Antonio Society of Note
Eighth Cavalry Band
Local Notes From Travel and Hotel Guests Listed
A long Personal section lists guests at the Southern Hotel and the Menger, with many names from Texas and beyond, including J. C. Meyer recovering from dengue, A. L. Hodges from Dallas, M. W. McLemore of Abilene, J. W. Dueck of Pleasanton, and Rudolf Kleberg of Cuero taking office in the Western District. Also notes arrivals at Hotel Maverick and other places, plus a fire at the Lunatic asylum stables and an ad for A. Mather patent gloves.
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Pleasanton
M. Nicholson
Galveston
Laredo
W. G. Belding
J. W. Ramaay
Gonzales
Emma Paschal
Paschal
Pennsylvania
Rudolf Kleberg
Cuero
United States
Texas
Menger
F. E. Riles
Eagle Pass
M. Wand
M. W. McLemore
Abilene
John W. Hunt
J. E. Dwyer, Jr
Ranch
J. W. Ramsay
J.S. Dunlay
Houston
Missouri
R. Schram and Family
New York
P. Teak
Bogton
W. F. Read
P. A. Howard
M. C. Oatman
Burnet
van Nese Lewis
N. J. Neville
Palestine
Austin
W. H. Judd
Cincinnati
Hugo Wetzel
New Braunfels
K. Brotheraton
W. Lyon
F. A. Balcom
Chicago
Mra
E. J. Catchings
Yazoo
Migs
Wiil. Davidson
J. C. Delany
Fort Stanton
New Mexico
J. J. Labry
Isaac Blum
Ladd M. Waters
J. B. West
New Orleans
G. C. Albaugh
Louisville
Rud. Kleberg
Lapowski
Rumboug
City
G. M. Hodges
Encinal
C. F. Perkins
Sioux City
Iowa
W Bller
Schulenburg
the Menger
Corrected Tale of Gaston and the Press at Gaston’s
An anecdote about George Gaston on Missouri Avenue reveals a hospitable host to newspaper boys and a memo on a journalist’s unpaid bill. The tale ends with a wry jab at journalism and a punch line about eloping into fame as a daughter of wealth.
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Kansas City Times
Louisville Times
George Gaston
Gaston
Missouri Avenue
Irronic
George
Aston
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Ladies Dress
Josee Brothers
Digiel
San Antonio
James P. Hickman, JR
Crescent Comi
Manoracions
Oxford
Newport
Soledadsat
Geo. H. Kalteyer
B. J. Mauerman
W. E. Jones
C. Bambegger
Alamo Cement Co
Acequia Street
F. W. McAllister & Bro
S. Alamo ST
Cor. Villita
San Antonio, Texas
Simmang
Oysters
Fish and Game
A. Hampel
Riverside Cafe Restaurante
Scholz’s
Commerce
Losoya Streets
Lone Star & Pacific Saloon
Austin Street
John Guhmann
Light Office
Office
East Commerce Street
Soledad Street
Loan and Commission Brokers
Lio
The
Great Western Insurance Co
Toronto
Springfeld Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Hibernia
the Lion
London
East Texas
Tyler
Houston Insurance Co
Chevalier
Garguy, Wise Co
Morley Bros
P. Searcy
F. Kalteyer & Son
Christian Krehenbuehl
Vienna
Commerce Street
Krehenbuehl
Pais
Satguaran
Telegraphic News
Virginia Politics
McClellan
Orange, New Jersey
Orange
N. J
George B. McClellan
Orange Mountain
Seward
Yesterdae
Apa
Ms. McClellan
Washindton
D. C
George B. McClelan
New Jersey
Executive Departments
General McClellan
8. &Floyd & Co
Adair Restorer
Lieutenant Rumbough
Lion
Lunatic Asylum
A. Mather
Clarissa
Chicago News
Theatre
SIMMS_ & SAMUELS
Antonio
W. Ft Simms
Theo
A. Porn
TELAS
Esween Mara Augsemest Dingeros
Leapex
March Tannhuser
Florence Robennette
Billy Carroll
Mr. and
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Huse N. Morgan
Paulina
Paulina Ames
Mollie Barry
Barry
John
Bakers
Braham
Lou
Laura Ashby
Larry Dooly
Great West VA
Marquis
Sells
Corneville
Billie" Carroll
Hannah
Mona Valade
Pauline Ames
Lou Baker
Laura AS
Virgie Jackson
Monavalade
Vestvali
Katarina
John Baker
Jocko, the Ape
Larry Ce
Jocko
Knights of the Road
L. Wolfson
Emporium OF Fashion
Prince Albert
Miain Plaza
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