THESE TIDBITS WERE TAKEN FROM THE OLD CALDWELL NEWSPAPERS, STARTING WITH THE FIRST ISSUE STILL AVAILABLE.  THE PAPER WAS IN SERVICE BEFORE THIS DATE, BUT NO ISSUES HAVE BEEN LOCATED AS OF THIS TIME.

July 1898

JULY 1, 1898

BORN: Twins, boy and girl to Rev. & Mrs. REINCH, pastor of German Lutheran Church.

  Marriage: Frank POLLOCK and Miss Annie McCASLAND  [Cooks Point]

  Mr. Ed. C. EBSON, compositor on Contra Costa News, Martinez, California recommends Dr. Miles Nervine. 

  Mrs. C. C. NAEVE, 386 Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon recommends Pe-ru-na.

  Mrs. M. C. MEHL, 504 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania recommends Dr. HARTMANN,s Pe-ru-na. 

  Marriage: W. B. EARTHMAN and Sallie ELLIS

 

JULY 8, 1898

Jack ATKINSON, age 82, preached at Cumberland Presbyterian Church. [Burleson Co.]

  D. B. WILKERSON of Deanville is very low.

  Marriage: John NICHOLS and Emma McLEN  [Deanville]

  French liner, La Bourgoyne sunk in a collision with British Ironclad Cromartyshire. Of the 714 passengers aboard, only 163 souls saved.

  Mrs. John WALLET of Jefferson, Illinois recommends Dr. Miles Hear Cure.

  Advertised letters: Miss Virgie DANIEL, Miss Willie TONGULESON, Miss Lizzie WALKER

  Lee ALFORD lost a gold watch, hunting case, winding stem, case # 362, 854. $5.00 reward.

 

JULY 15, 1898

Married: Celeste FARQUAHAR and Mr. O’NEIL in Brenham. [Washington Co.]

  Miss Emma L. BOLDEN, of Wilberforce, Ohio recommends Pe-ru-na. 

 

JULY 22, 1898

BORN:  8 lb. Girl to Mr. & Mrs. P. DEHART on the 14th anniversary of their marriage.

  Mr. WHITNEY, who moved to the Hix community about a year ago, will soon be making good brooms.

  Ben NUGENT, near Nacogdoches shot & killed his father in law, Elam MARTIN. The killing was in self-defense.

  W. E. MAY of Post Oak neighborhood lost a little child Tuesday to congestion.

  Tom HOUSTON sold half interest in livery stable business to E. F. JOHNSON, of Merle, Texas.

  Mrs. H. D. AMOSS, of Greensboro, Georgia recommends Pe-ru-na.

  Married: C. W. WILLIAMS and Ada BUSH of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, at Mississippi.

 

JULY 29, 1898

Advertised letters: Frank DOHEN, Jos. F. MARESH, H. L. STORY, Mrs. Emily THOMAS, Deatra WATSON

  Mr. & Mrs, Jackson CROUCH, of Moultan, Lavaca County celebrated 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. CROUCH was born in Logan County, Kentucky in 1816. Mrs. COUCH, nee: WINTERS was born in Giles Co. Tennessee in 1818. They came to Texas in 1834.

  Mrs. Jeanne NASEL, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska recommends Severa’s Balsam of Life.

 

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