GONZALES NEWSPAPERS INDEX

Extracted by Kathleen Springs

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INQUIRER 1914


Adlof, Paul, married Hulda Nagel, 7 May 1914
Ahrens, Otto G., running for sheriff, 24 July 1914
Allen & Cardwell Warehouse, Waelder, burned, 1 Oct 1914
Atkinson, Adele, married Mack Davis at Cranz, 17, 21 Sept, 1914
Autry, Samuel I., died, 24 Jan 1914
Autry, Samuel I., funeral, 26 Jan 1914
Baggett, Jesse L., married Eva Schlick, 15 May 1914
Baker, Mrs. Russell, died, Leesville news, 17 Feb 1914
Barron, Miss Artie, married Mr. Bert Victory, 5 Feb 1914
Barrow, Mrs. Sam M., died, 4 Dec 1914
Bauer, Mr. G., died, 3 Jan 1914
Bell, John L., funeral, 23 Nov 1914
Bell, A.K., married Miss Edna Scheske, 22 April 1914
Bell, Rosa, married Seab Brister, 15 May 1914
Bertsch, Betty, married Armstead M. McCarty, 31 Aug 1914
Biggs, Inez, married V.E. Howell May 27, Belmont news, 16 June 1914
Bissett, John, died, 23 March 1914
Bissett, J.R., funeral, 25 March 1914
Bissett, John Robert, died, 24 March 1914
Blackwell, Dr. Finley D., wounded by John Boedecker, 5 Sept, 1914
Boedecker, John, wounded Dr. Finley D. Blackwell, 5 Sept, 1914
Bongarde, Victoria, married Dr. W. Thompson, 13 Nov 1914
Botts, T.J., funeral, 5 Jan 1914
Botts, Thomas J., died, 3 Jan 1914
Botts, John, died, 22 July 1914
Botts, John, funeral, 23 July 1914
Botts, J.M., Memorial by Masons, 13 Oct 1914
Bouldin, Ben, daughter born to, Harwood news, 9 April 1914
Bourland, Nettie Lucille, married William Terry Thrift, 9 July 1914
Brelsford, Bessie, married Osborn Lee Duke, 24 Sept, 1914
Brennings, Olga, married Jim Gentry, Westhoff news, 25 March 1914
Brister, Seab, married Rosa Bell, 15 May 1914
Brooks, Mrs. R.A.S., funeral, 7 April 1914
Brooks, Mrs. R.A.S., died, 6 April 1914
Brothers, Frank C., funeral of, 15 April 1914
Brothers, Frank C., obit of, signed His Pastor, 16 April 1914
Brothers, Frank C., died, 14 April 1914
Buchanan, E.B., married Roberta Shanks, 6 Aug 1914
Burnett, C., died at Pilgrim Lake, 26 Jan 1914
Burnett, C.D., died, Pilgrim, 12 Jan 1914
Campion, Della Ruth, 18 mos. old, whooping cough, 1 April 1914
Canton, J.B., married Clarice Whitehead, Leesville news, 22 Dec 1914
Card, Joe, married Annie Howell, 30 Nov 1914
Carpenter, John L., married Mollie Foulds, 23 Jan 1914
Chenault, Mrs. John B., died, 2 July 1914
Christian, M.J., running for county commissioner, #1, 24 July 1914
Cobb, W.O., died, 14 May 1914
Cobb, W.O., funeral, 15 May 1914
Cochran, J.C., elected county school superintendent, 26 July 1914
Cochran, J.C., running for county school superintendent, 24 July 1914
Coffee, Mrs. Nancy, died, Nixon news, 1 April 1914
Colley, E.D., running for J.P., precinct 1, 24 July 1914
Cone, N.D., running for sheriff, 24 July 1914
Cooksley, Mrs. J.A., grandmother Mrs. Tubbs, died, 23 Feb 1914
Crozier, Vernon, killed by Frank Eason at Waelder, 25 Feb 1914
Currie, Ida, married S.K. Pease, 19 Nov 1914
Davenport, Amanda, married Tyler Evans, 24 Jan 1914
Davenport, Miss Audrey E., married M.D. Kirk at Neville, 14 Jan 1914
Davis, Gertrude, married John Turner, 8 May 1914
Davis, Mack, married Adele Atkinson at Cranz, 17, 21 Sept, 1914
Davis, Carrie, married Joe O'Toole, 2 Feb 1914
Denman, Robert, married Minnie Almira Talley, 7 May 1914
Denman, Miss Willie, married Virgil Mitchell, 30 April 1914
Dennis, I.W., running for pubic weigher, 24 July 1914
Dennis, J.W., died, 3 Dec 1914
DeWitt, H., running for J.P., precinct 1, 24 July 1914
Dickerson, John, died, 5 Dec 1914
Dikes, Earl, of Cost, accidentally shot, died, 23 June 1914
Drisdale, Miss Mayme Roe, married Stephen O'Meaux Lincecum, 27 Aug 1914
DuBose, W.K., married Susie McCoy, 7 Jan 1914
Duke, Osborn Lee, married Bessie Brelsford, 24 Sept, 1914
Dulma McNemar, married Hester Lay, Leesville, 29 April 1914
Duncalf, Frederic, married Alma Rather, 2, 4 July 1914
Dylla, Steven, married Alvina Hassett at Monthalia, 25 Nov 1914
Earl, Boss, married Mary Richter, 7 Oct 1914
Earl, Buster, married Clara Richter, 7 Oct 1914
Eason, Frank, killed Vernon Crozier at Waelder, 25 Feb 1914
Ehrig, Ernest A., died, 23 Nov 1914
Ehrig, Mr. ernest, funeral, 24 Nov 1914
Eickenroht, Hugo E., married Ethel Hall Roberson of Dallas, 27 July 1914
Evans, Tyler, married Amanda Davenport, 24 Jan 1914
Ferguson, Carroll D., married Miss Lela Joe Sample, 14 Jan 1914
Ferrell, R.B., running for constable, precinct 1, 24 July 1914
Floyd, Mrs.S.C., died, 23 Nov 1914
Forshnsen, Birdie, married K.R. Towns June 3, Belmont news, 16 June 1914
Foster, Durwood, married Geneva Thomson, 31 Dec 1914
Foulds, Mollie, married John L.Carpenter, 23 Jan 1914
Freeman, Mattie May, married Dr. James N. Stone, 7 July 1914
Gandros, Willie, son born to, Bebe news, 15 April 1914
Ganiam, John, married Amelia Hazkia, 9 Nov 1914
Garrett, Grandma, died, Leesville news, 25 March 1914
Gentry, Jim, married Olga Brennings, Westhoff news, 25 March 1914
Goss, Luther, son born to, Belmont news, 15 April 1914
Gottwald, Mrs. Mary, died, 14 Oct 1914
Granger, Mrs. W.W., funeral, 24 Feb 1914
Granger, Mrs. W.W., died, 23 Feb 1914
Grauke, Olga, married Richard Wilkes, 25 Aug 1914
Gray, Tip, shot and killed Murray Lowe, 24 Aug 1914
Green, John W., Major, of Pocomoke, MO, died, 7 July 1914
Green, Ernest, colored, shot by Ivey Smith, colored, at Dreyer, 31 Aug 1914
Green, Mrs. John W., died, 28 April 1914
Griffin, Q.M. running for county treasurer, 24 July 1914
Grobe, F.F., funeral, 25 Feb 1914
Grobe, F.F.,died, 24 Feb 1914
Gunn, Mrs. W.P., Loving Memory, her nephew, 16 Nov 1914
Gunn, Mrs. Sallie, died, 9 Nov 1914
Hagdoaff, August, son born to, Nixon news, 15 April 1914
Hamilton, Pink, killed by train at Harwood, 9 Jan 1914
Hampton, N.W., running for tax collector, 24 July 1914
Hanna, Mrs. Tom, died, 15 Jan 1914
Harless, Benjamin Franklin, married Jennie Knox Walker, 1 July 1914
Harris, Mrs. Medora A., died, 14 Jan 1914
Harris, Mrs. Pinkney, died, 13 Jan 1914
Harris, Louis, married Lyna Stone, 2 Dec 1914
Hassett, Alvina, married Steven Dylla at Monthalia, 25 Nov 1914
Havens, David, died, 18 Nov 1914
Hawkins, A.D., married Bessie Smith, 17 Aug 1914
Hazkia, Amelia, married John Ganiam, 9 Nov 1914
Helmecke, George, married Fay Aline Woolsey, 24 Oct 1914
Helms, James Loyd, funeral, 28 March 1914
Helms, James, Loyd, died, 27 March 1914
Henke, Meta, married Elo A. Wied, 9 Oct 1914
Henry, Clara, married Mr. Beverly Turne, 8 April 1914
Herndon, Westley, In Memory of little, 5 Feb 1914
Herndon, Mrs. Maggie S., died, Smiley, 29 Jan 1914
Herndon, Otis, son Westley, In Memory, 5 Feb 1914
Herzik, Joseph, running for county treasurer, 24 July 1914
Hey, L.C., married Debbie Turner at Wrightsboro, 6, 11 Nov 1914
Hicks, Harriet, colored, thrown from buggy, died, 20 April 1914
Hildebrandt, Edwad E., died, Westhoff news, 13 May 1914
Hinton, Frank, boy born, Wrightsboro news, 17 Nov 1914
Hodges, Jarvis J., married Effie Mae Staton, 27 Jan 1914
Hodges, Miss Minnie D., died, 26 Oct 1914
Holmes, W.E., died, 26 Jan 1914
Hopkins, Jesse, died, Waelder, 5 Jan 1914
Hopkins, C.P., died, Waelder, 6 June 1914
Howe, Irene, 2 years old, died, Nixon news, 21 Oct 1914
Howell, V.E., married Inez Biggs May 27, Belmont news, 16 June 1914
Howell, Annie, married Joe Card, 30 Nov 1914
Huff, Leslie, died at Luling, 15 Oct 1914
Humphries, C.E., 2-yr-old child died, Leesville news, 11 Nov 1914
Jahnke, Robert P., Resolution of Respect, 7 April 1914
Jahnke, R.P., drowned, 9 March 1914
Jahnke, R.P., funeral, 11 March 1914
Jaks, Frank J., married Mary A. Zak, 22 Jan 1914
Jennings, M.C., running for constable, precinct 1, 24 July 1914
Jennings, Mrs. Sallie, died, 23 Sept, 1914
Johnson, P.C., died, 9 Oct 1914
Jones, Mrs., child of burned to death, Belmont, 10 Jan 1914
Jones, Miss Lutie, married Edgar Mahon, 26 Dec 1914
Jones, Knox, died at Rio Grande City, 24 Feb 1914
Juengerman, August, running for county commissioner, #1, 24 July 1914
Keifer, Mrs. S.J., died, 10 March 1914
Kelb, Lydia Clara married Fred Schlitzkus, 3 Sept, 1914
Kelley, Mrs. D.A., died, 27 Nov 1914
Kelso, Frank, running for county commissioner, #1, 24 July 1914
King, Celina, married Paul Kurtzmann, 2 Feb 1914
Kirk, M.D., married Miss Audrey E. Davenport at Neville, 14 Jan 1914
Kokernot, L.M., died, 4 June 1914
Kokernot, L.M., funeral, 5 June 1914
Kokernot, L.M., Memoriam, Confederate veterans, 15 Sept, 1914
Kokernot, L.M., laid to rest, 8 June 1914
Konecny, Mrs. F.S., died, 27 July 1914
Kriedler, Mrs. J.F., died, 17 June 1914
Kurtzmann, Paul, married Celina King, 2 Feb 1914
Lamkin, Julia Kathleen, married Joseph Richard Scheske, 11 Nov 1914
Lay, Hester, married Dulma McNemar, Leesville, 29 April 1914
Ledbetter, Mrs., died, Cost, 23 June 1914
Letbetter, Mrs. F.A., died, 15 July 1914
Lewis, Hugh, died, also picture, 18 May 1914
Lincecum, Stephen O'Meaux, married Miss Mayme Roe Drisdale, 27 Aug 1914
Littlefield, Geo. W., picture and write-up, 31 Aug 1914
Logan, F.M., died, 21 July 1914
Lott, "Grandpa", died, Leesville news, 4 Nov 1914
Lott, Mrs. Beulah Irene, Memoriam, 5 Aug 1914
Lott, Mrs., Beulah Irene, died, 22 July 1914
Lowe, Murray, shot and killed by Tip Gray, 24 Aug 1914
Lowe, Mury L., Memoriam by Dewey Camp, Ottine, 7 Sept, 1914
Lowe, A.S., running for tax collector, 24 July 1914
Mackey, Corinne, married Fred Pierce, 15 June 1914
Magee, Mrs. Sarah, died, Nixon, 29 June 1914
Magee, W.M., married Mrs. Willie Grey Pace, 3 June 1914
Mahon, Edgar, married Miss Lutie Jnes, 26 Dec 1914
Markham, Frank, married Peal Wiley, 17 Nov 1914
Martin, Ivy, married Vernon Wright, 12 Nov 1914
Martin, Braxton, married Beatrice Moore, 21 Dec 1914
Martin, Miss Willie, married C.B. Wright, 16 Jan 1914
Martin, F.L., running for county treasurer, 24 July 1914
Massey, Frank, died at Leesville, 24 Nov 1914
Massie, Frank, died, Leesville news, 2 Dec 1914
Maurin, Firmin, running for county treasurer, 24 July 1914
May, Bro. & Sister, baby died, 4 Feb 1914
McCarty, Armstead M., married Betty Bertsch, 31 Aug 1914
McCoy, Susie, married W.K. DuBose, 7 Jan 1914
McDonal, Tillie, married Ferrin Talley, 18 Feb 1914
McElyea, Lewis, died, 20 Jan 1914
McNemar, J.W., picture, writer of Belmont news, 25 March 1914
McVea, J.D., elected tax collector, 26 July 1914
McVea, J.D., running for tax collector, 24 July 1914
Micke, H., twins born to, girl and boy, 22 July 1914
Miller, Col. W.A., died, 10 Aug 1914
Mitchell, Chauncey A., running for county treasurer, 24 July 1914
Mitchell, Virgil, married Miss Willie Denman, 30 April 1914
Mohrmann, Alice, married Malcolm Robertson, 22 April 1914
Moore, Miss Dora John, died, buried in Guadalupe Cemetery, 22 June 1914
Moore, Beatrice, married Braxton Martin, 21 Dec 1914
Morrison, Herbert, married Tennie Thedie, 30 Dec 1914
Moses, Ed, Waelder restaurant burned, 1 Oct 1914
Muellar, Lillie Byrd, married Johnathan Willis, 12 Jan 1914
Murray, Mrs. Elizabeth, 15 Dec 1914
Nagel, Hulda, married Paul Adlof, 7 May 1914
Neighbors, B., elected sheriff, 26 July 1914
Neighbors, B., running for sheriff, 24 July 1914
Nesloney, Carrol, married Arno Schnabel, 9 Dec 1914
Nesloney, Mrs. Annie, died, 4 Nov 1914
Nesloney, Ernest, died, 10 Aug 1914
Nesloney, Thomas (Ernest?), stabbed & killed by Lee Sutton, 20 Aug 1914
Newby, Mrs. T.h., died, 17 Dec 1914
O'Toole, Joe, married Carrie Davis, 2 Feb 1914
Orchard, Joe, running for public weigher, 24 July 1914
Orosco, Joe, Mexican, died of lockjaw, 23 March 1914
Pace, Mrs. Willie Grey, married W.M. Magee, 3 June 1914
Parks, George W., was shot and killed, 30 Sept, 1914
Parks, Lonnie, confesses to murder of Geo. Parks, 19 Oct 1914
Pease, S.K., married Ida Currie, 19 Nov 1914
Perry, Henry Austin, married Mary Christian Rather, 13 June 1914
Pfeuffer, Chris., died, 17 Sept, 1914
Pierce, Fred, married Corine Mackey, 15 June 1914
Price, Mose, colored, died, 6 July 1914
Price, Liz, colored, died, 6 July 1914
Pruett, Jim, 2-yr.-child died of meningitis, 13 Jan 1914
Rather, Mary Christian, married Henry Austin Perry, 13 June 1914
Rather, Alma, married Frederic Duncalf, 2, 4 July 1914
Red, Charley, colored, 5-yr-old daughter died, 12 Feb 1914
Richter, Mary, married Boss Earl, 7 Oct 1914
Richter, Clara, married Buster Earl, 7 Oct 1914
Riske, Charles George, married Eva Florida DuBose, 23 Dec 1914
Roberson, Ethel Hall of Dallas, married Hugo E. Eickenroht, 27 July 1914
Robertson, Malcolm, married Alice Mohrmann, 22 April 1914
Robertson, Mrs. Rhoda, died, Waelder, 9 Nov 1914
Ronshausen, Mrs. Minnie, died, 26 June 1914
Ruddock, William Henry, died, 22 April 1914
Salliger, Frank, married Emma Walshak of Dilworth, 14 Jan 1914
Sample, Miss Lela Joe, married Carroll D. Ferguson, 14 Jan 1914
Schaumloffel, Mrs. A.E., died, 13 Oct 1914
Scheske, Miss Edna, married A.K. Bell, 22 April 1914
Scheske, Joseph Richard, married Julia Kathleen Lamkin, 11 Nov 1914
Schlick, Eva, married Jesse L. Baggett, 15 May 1914
 Schlitzkus, Fred, married Lydia Clara Kelb, 3 Sept, 1914
Schnabel, J.W., married Gertrude Weinert, 29 June 1914
Schnabel, Arno, married Carrol Newsloney, 9 Dec 1914
Schuman, A., 3-yr-old daughter died, 29 June 1914
Shanks, Roberta, married E.B. Buchanan, 6 Aug 1914
Simmons, Woddy, Waelder butcher shop burned, 1 Oct 1914
Simmons, Eva, married David Wade, 28 Dec 1914
Skinner, Gaston Brassell, funeral, 3 Feb 1914
Skinner, Gaston Brassell, died, 2 Feb 1914
Smith, Mrs. Inez Clementine Wilson, died, 8 Dec 1914
Smith, Ivey, shot & killed Ernest Green, both colored, 31 Aug 1914
Smith, Bertha, married Thomas A. Vernor, 2 Feb 1914
Smith, Bessie, married A.D. Hawkins, 17 Aug 1914
Sorell, C.C., married Bessie Wyatt, Belmont news, 21 Jan 1914
Sorell, C.C., married Bessie Wyatt Jan 18, Belmont news, 16 June 1914
Spencer, Mrs. Elizabeth, died, 7 Jan 1914
Stanard, Harvey A., died, 8 Dec 1914
Staton, Effie Mae, married Jarvis J. Hodges, 27 Jan 1914
Stone, Luna, married Louis Harris, 2 Dec 1914
Stone, James N., Dr., married Mattie May Freeman, 7 July 1914
Sullivan, D., 2-wk-old infant died, 12 Feb 1914
Sutton, Lee, stabbed & killed Thomas (Ernest?) Nesloney, 20 Aug 1914
Talley, Mrs. Jim, died, Leesville, 10 April 1914
Talley, Mrs. T.C., Memory of our mother, 4 May 1914
Talley, Ferrin, married Tillie McDonal, 18 Feb 1914
Talley, Minnie Almira, married Robert Denman, 7 May 1914
Targ, Mrs. August F., died, Stieren, 15 Jan 1914
Taylor, William, store at Harwood burned, 5 Jan 1914
Thedie, Tennie, married Herbert Morrison, 30 Dec 1914
Thompson, Oscar, married Miss Kate Thornton, 20 March 1914
Thompson, Dr. W., married Victoria Bongarde, 13 Nov 1914
Thomson, Geneva, married Durwood Foster, 31 Dec 1914
Thornton, Miss Kate, married Oscar Thompson, 20 March 1914
Thrift, William Terry, married Nettie Lucille Bourland, 9 July 1914
Towns, Edgar, son born to, 8 April 1914
Towns, K.R., married Birdie Forshnsen June 3, Belmont news, 16 June 1914
Tubbs, Mrs., Mrs. J.A. Cooksley's grandmother, died, 23 Feb 1914
Turne, Mr. Beverly, married Clara Henry, 8 April 1914
Turner, John, married Gertrude Davis, 8 May 1914
Turner, Debbie, married L.C. Hey at Wrightsboro, 6, 11 Nov 1914
Tyree, Emma, married William Vickers, Wrightsboro news, 20, 21 April 1914
Valenta, Mrs. Mary, died, 26 Oct 1914
Vernor, Thomas A., married Bertha Smith, 2 Feb 1914
Vickers, William, married Emma Tyree, Wrightsboro news, 20, 21 April 1914
Victory, Mr. Bert, married Miss Artie Barron, 5 Feb 1914
Wade, David, married Eva Simmons, 28 Dec 1914
Walker, Jennie Knox, married Benjamin Franklin Harless, 1 July 1914
Walshak, Emma, of Dilworth, married Frank Salliger, 14 Jan 1914
Ward, Martin V., died, 6 April 1914
Ward, "Grandma", died at Leesville, 19 Oct 1914
Weinert, Gertrude, married J.W. Schnabel, 29 June 1914
Wells, Miss Pearl, died, 18 Feb 1914
Wheeler, Roy, died at Wheeler, 24 Jan 1914
White, Thomas Jefferson, funeral (brother of Thomas D.?), 17 Nov 1914
White, Tom, died at Roswell, NM, 30 Oct 1914
White, Thomas, funeral, 3 Nov 1914
White, Thomas J., died at Roswell, NM, 13 Nov 1914
White, Tom, funeral Monday at Gonzales, 31 Oct 1914
White, Thomas D., died (copy of NM paper), 2 Nov 1914
White, Thomas Jefferson, Memorial, by Masons, 3 Dec 1914
White, Thomas Jefferson, rec'd message he is very low, 7 Nov 1914
Whitehead, Mrs. Sidney, died, 28 Jan 1914
Whitehead, Clarice, married J.B. Canton, Leesville news, 22 Dec 1914
Whiteside, Mrs. Clifford, married J.M. Whiteside, 14 March 1914
Whiteside, J.M., married Mrs. Clifford Whiteside of Memphis, TN, 14 March 1914
Wied, Elo A., married Meta Henke, 9 Oct 1914
Wiley, Peal, married Frank Markham, 17 Nov 1914
Wilkes, Richard, married Olga Grauke, 25 Aug 1914
Williams, Mr C.H., Confederate veteran, died, 16 April 1914
Williams, C.H., died, 17 April 1914
Williams, C.H., funeal, 18 April 1914
Willis, Johnathan, married Lillie Byrd Muellar, 12 Jan 1914
Wood, Mrs. Ora, running for county school superintendent, 24 July 1914
Woolsey, Fay Aline, married George Helmecke, 24 Oct 1914
Wright, Vernon, married Ivy Martin, 12 Nov 1914
Wright, Wellington, running for constable, precinct 1, 24 July 1914
Wright, C.B., married Miss Willie Martin, 16 Jan 1914
Wyatt, Miss Mary, died, Leesville, 28 Jan 1914
Wyatt, Miss Mary, died, 4 Feb 1914
Wyatt, Mrs. Lola, elected county treasurer, 26 July 1914
Wyatt, Mrs. Lola, running for county treasurer, 24 July 1914
Wyatt, Little Willie Preston, died, Dewville, 26 Jan 1914
Wyatt, Bessie, married C.C. Sorell, Belmont news, 21 Jan 1914
Wyatt, Bessie, married C.C. Sorell Jan 18, Belmont news, 16 June 1914
Young, Leonidas V., died, 21 July 1914
Young, Leonidas V., funeral, 22 July 1914
Young, I.V., Memorial by Masons, 13 Oct 1914
Young, Thomas A., died, Cheapside, 6 Jan 1914
Zahow, Sarah Frances, married Joseph C. Zakoor, 16 Feb 1914
Zak, May A., married Frank J. Jaks, 22 Jan 1914
Zakoor, Joseph C., married Sarah Frances Zahow, 16 Feb 1914


*Two men at Waelder died from drinking wood alcohol (no names). Several Negro men are
reported sick from drinking it. 10 Jan 1914

*Dower, John, "Land Titles of Texas", more on Mrs. Littlefield; about Mrs. E.M. Badger, 15 Jan
1914; more 24 Jan 1914; more 27 Jan 1914; about John and Jane Mooney, Abraham and Sarah,
10 Feb 1914; more on Mooneys; Peach Creek, early settlers, 11 Feb 1914; more on Mrs.
Littlefield, her school, and the teacher was Mrs. Mary E. Bass, nee Kaufman. She married Mr.
Bass, the sheriff at that time, 2 March 1914; Says old Fort Magrauder on hill near old Thomas
place, 11/2 miles above Gonzales on the Austin public road of unneeded preparatory fortifications
for the coming of the great Yankee host that never came. Negroes dug the fort and had it nearly
made, but quit work on it in 1864. It still stands today (1914). Dowell says he saw it being built, 5
March 1914; Billy Button, My boyhood pony, 6 March 1914; more on war and negroes, 21
March 1914; moreon slavery, 23 March 1914; Willis Cavalry Battalion. Gonzales owns 41. Civil
War engagements. Part of commands of Generals Forrest Price, Van Dorn, S.D. Lee, and
Chalmer". 1 April 1914; About Waul's Spy Co., 3 April 1914; Prof. M.H. Allis, President of
Gonzales College, 6 April 1914; more on Civil War, Willis Cavalry Battalion, 23 April 1914; 27
April 1914; 28 April 1914; 30 April 1914; 1 May 1914; He says this article was written by Gen.
Henry E.McCulloch in his own handwriting. Deals with battle of Plum Creek, Dawson massacre,
16 May 1914; more on Plum Creek battle. Gives lots of Gonzales names, 18 May 1914; Major
Alsey S. Miller of the Texas Army; Dawson's Massacre, 30 May 1914

*Syrian may go to white school. Gonzales had refused to let them go to school before. There are
67 Syrian children in Gonzales of school age. 12 Feb 1914

*South Texas Teachers Association opens today, gives program, 19 March 1914

*Dam breaks on Guadalupe River, due to high water; washed away about 35 feet of dam. 30
March 1914

*Price, Mose and Liz, colored, died. She died that morning and he died that night. Buried
together, both very old.

*The Mayor and Civic Club are to have a weekly trash removal starting Wednesday. Everyone is
to burn what they can and which can't burn is to be put in receptacles on the sidewalk so it can be
removed, 18 July 1914

*England declares war on Germany. 5 Aug 1914

*France declares war on Germany, 10 Aug 1914

*England declares war on Austria, 13 Aug 1914

*I.O.O.F. Hall dedicated (gives program), 22 Sept, 1914

*German Americans of Gonzales to send $1,000.00 to the German Red Cross (Gives names and
amount of money they gave.) 5 Oct 1914

*Parks, Lonnie, confesses to murder of his father Geo. Parks Sept. 30. Shot. Lonnie implicates 2
Negroes and one white man in the murder. Chris House, City Marshall of Nixon was the white
man, does not name the Negroes. K.S.), 19 Oct 1914

*Page one all papers from July 31 1914 through Dec. 31, 1914 are about War news.


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