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Thurber Through the Eyes of the Paper

 By Mary Adams From The Texas Miner,  Portal  To Texas History                   The newness of the town and the paper combine to give this edition a very positive and encouraging tone. On the front page the paper carried stories from other areas, such as labor unrest in Ohio, unemployment numbers and a grim outlook for winter out of Pittsburg, financial uncertainty of coal mining in France, and a harsh commentary on the idea of Tariff reform. Though over half the page was taken up with these political and world news issues, the remainder was a bit more social and mostly positive. They share the news of the death of Peter Haulenbeck, “kind-hearted, whole-souled, friend to the masses” who died in New York at the age of 65. It also talks about, a World Boxing Championship held in Florida where an American defeated the English title holder, the success of a benefit ball that had been held locally, the visit of one of “Stephenville’s popular young ladies”, and the injury of a miner who wor

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