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Published 2026-09-18 · Texas border papers, 1885–1905 · 20 stories
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896
The Same Old Story Only Told Differently
A wry newsroom anecdote about a subscriber who canceled his paper over a strangely petty complaint, offering a glimpse of 1890s newspaper office humor.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896
Two minor thefts reported to Austin's Central police station on the same evening — blankets and shoes taken from local stores — a tiny record of everyday small-town crime.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895
A cheerful note about a doctor's return from ranch country in Bandera and Kerr counties, plus a friendly gift left at his hotel — a snapshot of small-town Texas sociability.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896
A small human-interest note on a departing sheriff gifted a gold and silver pistol by courthouse officials before heading home to Tennessee for the holidays.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896
Two railroad officials from Waco married two sisters from Tennessee in a joint ceremony at their uncle's Austin home, a small society item capturing a holiday-season wedding now utterly forgotten.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896
A brief charitable appeal on behalf of a struggling Austin family, the Matscheks, asking local aid societies for help.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895
Two San Antonio men found a strange chocolate-brown pebble in a plowed field near the Leona River, which a local doctor identified as a meteorite fragment.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895
A recap of a hard-fought three-game bowling match between two San Antonio amateur teams, the Turners and the Missions, with full lineups and scores preserved.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895
An elderly, unidentified man died at the city hospital and was found to suffer from a rare skin disease resembling fish scales, a strange medical footnote from 1895 San Antonio.
