Short Newspaper Articles

Cotton Belt Bandit
Weekly Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 2, 1891
Napoleon McDaniels, the famous Cotton Belt bandit, who, with three others, on the night of June 9, 1890, ditched and robbed a Cotton Belt passenger train at Spur Switch, five miles west of Texarkana, and who was in the October following, given a life sentence in the penitentiary, and escaped from jail by braining his jailer on December 8 last, was captured in his house, in the north suburbs of Texarkana, Wednesday morning. He has been at home ever since his escape, though reported in Mexico. Tuesday he gave his fifteen-year-old son a brutal beating and threated to kill him, and the boy went to the officers and gave his father away.
Dallas Morning News, Dec. 12, 1903
Texarkana
Mrs J P Faull has returned from Sherman.
Mrs P C Ireland is here from Shreveport.
Miss Juliette Sevier is visiting at Little Rock.
Mrs H H Sinnige has returned to Birmingham.
Mrs R D Hart has retunred from Southern Texas.
Miss Shackelford of Jefferson is the guest of Mrs Allen Mabry.
Mrs Joseph Huckins Jr entertained for Miss Dunn Monday afternoon.
Miss Huckins, Mrs Day Wells and Misses Wells are guests of Mrs J Huckins Jr.
Mrs Charles Todd, Mrs F L Wisdom and Mrs Hiram Glass are at home from Fort Worth.
Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs Frank Polhannus entertained for the bride and groom, Mr and Mrs N Lee Estes.
Dallas Morning News, Dec. 16, 1903
Special To The News
Texarkana, Tex. - Four tenant houses at Oak and Fifteenth streets, owned by W C Hardin, were destroyed by fire this morning. The total loss is about $1,000; insurance $400.