Marathon Budget Highlights Local Life and Accidents
The Marathon budget column notes moves and visits by local residents including the Roberts family and Rev McKinsie. Tom Pulliam is seriously wounded by an unknown shooter, and Edward Marshall loses flesh from his hand after catching it in cog wheels. Mrs Ardine Dickson dies of pneumonia after a ten day illness, leaving two children. The community raises funds for a school library.
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R B Massey
Longfellow
McKeller
W H Mansfield
Hke
Frank Rooney
Marathon
Tom Pulliam
Edward
J W Marshall
Ardine Dickson
Quicksilver lands in Brewster county spark legal fight
State land offices report that most Brewster county quicksilver deposits on agricultural lands are claimed by actual settlers at $1 per acre before price hikes to 256 to 100 per acre. Expected mandamus actions may force State Land Commissioner to honor prior price, risking school fund protection as mines supplant long term payments.
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San Antonio
Austin
Perial
State Land Office
Brewster County
Kogan
Brain Food Nonsense and a Loco Weed Discovery
An editorial mocks diet fads and promotes Green's August Flower as promoting digestion and vigor. A reader note reports a plan by the territorial college to release aphis insects to kill loco weed in Oklahoma, promising immense value if successful.
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G Tr Green
Sharp Bros
Green
T Winder
Woodward
C. T
D.P Marum
Territorial Agricultural College
Oklahoma
Railroad push for Orient Line across Texas and U S
The Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway reports progress on a transcontinental route. About 200 miles graded, 25 miles prepared in Texas, 500 miles in Texas planned. Rails to lay 200 miles by January 1 1908 with portions from Chihuahua to Port Stilwell and beyond.
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Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Company
Kansas
Mexico
Texas
Red River
Sweetwater
San Antonio Express
Chihuahua
W. W. Sylvester
International Construction Company
Paret
Minaea
Port Stilwell
Sylvester
Enterprise
el Fuerte
Trevino
Aldama
United States
Anthony
Fairview
Oklahoma
Greer County
Emporia
Witchita
Stilwell
Europe
San Antonio Great Fair promises blaze of gaiety
The annual fall festival in San Antonio runs October 29 and 30 featuring cattle roping contests battle of flowers band concerts football and horse racing among other events. Southern Pacific Sunset Route offers low rate tickets with special excursions during the fair.
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San Antonio
Danger Ahead in Remedy Selling Claims
An ad-like fragment markets Grandma's Diarrhoea Cure as a universal remedy endorsed by thousands. It claims to cure Colic Dysentery Cholera Morbus Cholera infantum Summer Complaints and promises prompt relief. A note about deer in Glass mountains mentions GW Blackburn and seven others.
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GW Blackburn
Glass Mountains
George Blackburn
Nay Bowles
Verge Falles
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Alpine
Co. H. Larkin Co
Mallory Commission Company
Live Stock Commission
Chicago
Kansas City
East ST. Louis
South Omaha
Sioux
THE
Thomas School For Girls
West End
Bester
Florence
Munich
Berlin
Ceacher
Leipsic Vonservaory
School of Oratory
New England
Nservatory
A A. Thomas
California
New York
Sprvacan Pacific
If. B. Morse
Houston
Tex
L. J. Parks
T. A
Roberts
Rev McKinsie
Bob Serna
Mr McKnight
Fd Taylor
Quicksilver Land
Orient Line
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