Newspaper Tidbits, October 7, 1898

Advertised letters: Mrs. M. FERGUSON, Miss Mary HICKS, Miss Nannie HAIR, S. P. SMITH

Mrs. Lizzie M. BREWER of 196 High St. in Westerly, Rhode Island recommends Pe-ur-na.

October 14, 1898

Advertised letters: A. G. COLE, Miss Lizzie DEEN, Ed FLETCHER, T. A. GIBSON, S. P. SMITH, Leslie WILKINS

Abe MULKEY of Corsicana, Texas recommends Kitchen Queen Baking Powder.

J. FAIRLEIGH of Platte Cannon, Colorado recommends Tutt's Liver Pills.

October 21, 1898

Married: Mr. J. D. GIDDINGS and Miss Gertrude LEONARD were married at Burton, Texas. Groom's father is J. S. GIDDINGS. Miss Mabel & Mattie GIDDINGS, sisters. Miss Beula KENNEDY is a cousin. [does not state whose cousin]

Henry COLMS hanged himself in the Presidio County jail. He was charged with theft of $13.00.

Patents issued to Texas residents: Jehu O. BUNDY and A. L. JACKSON of Dekalb for railway signal, Louis S. FLATAU of Dallas for chemical fire extinguisher, Willie H. JOHNSON of Navasota for mechanism for overcoming dead centers, John E. LINCH of Carlton for back hand -----, Virgil A. MASON of Austin for trolley pole, Timothy B. PERRY of West for hand planer, Thomas RILEY of Austin for car coupler, Carl H. SHULTE of Granbury for reversible hoe, John G. SHERRILL of Gordon for car coupler.

Mrs. Ada E. HART of Groton, South Dakota recommends Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption.

Advertised letters: Emmette B. GRIEMWOOD, Henry TAYLOR, J. ARONSON, Sam BAGLIN, William WARD

October 28, 1898

Walter ADAMS lost one of his match horses last Saturday night. [Clay]

Joseph LUX, Jr. of Sealy won first prize at the annual meeting of State Photographers Association in Dallas. He is a saddler and in 1893 won first prize for best saddle at Chicago.

Advertised letters: Andrew STEWART, A. E. TILLEY

At Waco, Texas Walter FORD [c] was sentenced to hang for murder of Lucinda MOORE, a pretty 17-year-old colored girl.

Mrs. C. A. COUR, the wife of secretary of the State Fair recommends Kitchen Queen Baking Powder.

Tom WILKERSON [c] in employee of O. W. JOHNSON is laid up as the result of his horse stepping in a hole and falling on him.