Texas Tales of Growth and Turbulent Times in 1900s
The clip highlights diverse Texas events from Blooming Grove's incorporation by a 600 to 150 vote to Houston debating a new barrel factory. It notes infrastructure like a completed Rio Grande bridge at Eagle Pass, a Provident National bank plan in Waco, a new high school in Fort Worth, and multiple fires, accidents, and legal actions across cities including Bryan, Galveston, and Paris, with political campaigning by Attorney General Hogg and railroad bonuses offered by Athens residents.
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Hogg
Rusk
Fort Worth
Leslie Mayes
Green Lloyd
Weather prophets and cautionary tales from a troubled era
Rev Int B Hicks of St Louis touts forecasts amid a Louisville cyclone that undermines his cred. He predicts frost and storms for the 15th to 20th instant. A young lady is accidentally shot during a pleasure drive with a young man. Advice warns Indies to avoid danger from men. Ads mock patent remedies and court talk appear. Fort Bend’s Black community reports reform and peace after recent troubles.
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Int. B. Hicks
St. Louis
Louisville
Fort Bend County
May 5 Bond Election Set by Austin City Council
The Austin city council, with one dissent, passed an ordinance ordering a May 5 election to issue 1 100 000 dollars in bonds for a dam across the Colorado River. A notable aside mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for influenza related coughing with local sales by RB E Luan.
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Austin
Colorado River
Power of ideas shapes the age not poetry
F L Woods, a Grayson county farmer, was found Monday night in Sherman semi conscious after being struck and robbed by two African American women. The piece notes a rail link between Huntsville and Navasota with a committee appointed to discuss the railroad.
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Montgomery County
Uvaide
Lufkin
Frances Nelson
Ed Shields
Galveston
Paso G. Mhorsday
Geston
Harrisburg
San Antio
Saw 10
F. L. Woods
Grayson County
Sherman
Huntsville
Navasota
Distressing Case and Happy Cure Reported
A letter quotes a yearlong leg ailment healing after Clarke's Extract or Flex a Skin Cure. The writer, A D Hayward, says he can walk two miles again. Clarke's Flax Soap is advertised to soften skin while preventing chapping. Forsale by J Tristram Agent. Also notes a high price sale of Irish toilet silver at $3 560.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
A .D. Hayward
Kago
Clerke
J. Tristrami
Judge McLeary Endorses Hed-ake Medicine for Headaches
Judge J H McLeary former Texas attorney general and Grand Master of Masons says Hed-ake is the best headache remedy and can cure any headache. For sale by all druggists at 50 cents. A note adds that volcanoes are rarely deeper than five miles.
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J. H. McLeary
Texas
Grand Master of
Masons
J.D. Rogera
Preston's Hed-Ake Headache Cure Adclaims
Mr J H Simon of Simon & Gee Brenham says Preston's Hed-Ake is the best head ache remedy he has used. For sale by all druggists at a low price. The eye of the beetle has over twenty five thousand facets.
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J. H. Simon
Simon & Gee
Brenham
Preston
Brard's Horehound Syrup Claimed Global Superiority
An advertisement touts Brard's Horehound Syrup as a universal remedy for consumption coughs colds sore throat and more asserting it is the best in the world. It cites testimonials and a Canton paper claiming 75 000 Chinese deaths from fire and flood to bolster speculative proof.
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Brard
Ballani
Carleton & Nuka
Canton
China
Quack Remedies and Local Notices Plague 19th Century Shopper
An assortment of patent medicines and medical claims dominate the page. Dyspepsia cures tout seven shillings per bottle with guarantees from Shiloh’s Vitamins. several merchants advertise tonics, tonics promise relief for coughs, hoarseness, and lung issues. Notices mention railway leadership change and a local merchant praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
Shilohs Cure Ads and Political Mention in 1590s Journal
Crime prevention, tonics, and cures fill this page with notices and testimonials. Advertisements tout Shilohs Cure for coughs and lung issues, Ballards Liniment for headaches, Clarke’s products for skin and babies, and a Shakespeare illustration commission payment. The London Spectator apologizes to Michael Davitt for a political murder remark.
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London Spectator
Michael Davitt
Health quackery and royal health claims in old notices
A jumbled mix of medical ads and a royal health note. It touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla for catarrh and other ailments, Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy with a nasal injector, and notes Prince Henry of Battenburg claiming unusual health among European royalty.
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Shiloh
J. D. Rowan
Alto Thos. Watson & Cox Burton
Prince Henry of
Battenburg
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State News
Navasota Guard
Taylor
Houston
Corpus Christi
Blooming Grove
Jones County
Bryan
the Provident National Bank
Waco
Sugar Planters Association of Texas
Houston Cotton Exchange
Belknap Rifles
Kaneas C
Irill
A. F. L. Ellison
Bellon
McDonald
Laham
Goliad
Tateen's Association
Ean
Stephensville
Minsolatown
Meews House
Avansas
aSal
John T. Wilhelm
Menard County
Orson
R. Ratcliffe
Lampasas
Atheft
John Knipsher
Weimar
Manor
Elle Priestley
Moscow
Polk County
Cooper
Boston
The
National School Teachers’ Association
E. L. Robertson
Gainesville
Willis Ready
Denton
Richmond
Western Union Telegraph Company
Fort Woth
Chicago
New England
Jefferson
Marion County
C. K. Smith
Choctaw
M. M. Bennett
Larissa
Cherokee County
Snch
W. B. James
Pattong'le
Lamar County
Waco Artesian Water Display
Geo. E. Webb
Concho National Bank
San Angelo
John Mack
Iron Mountain
Texarkana
J. L. Geiger
Texas Pacific Railroad
Marshall
Southern Brewing Company of
New Orleans
Aransas Pass
Capital Stock
Messrs
Uriah Lott
E. P. Stevenson
B. F. Yoakum
A. W. and
Reagan Houston
van Alstyne
Sherrod Roland
Susan Robinson
Pualestine
Palestine
Thompson
Maurice Nubby
H. H. Harper
W. W. Haupt
Kyle
A. V. Lane
Dallas
J. Peggs
Milford
H. B. Richards
la Grange
Athens
Andree
Annie Bayless
Paris
Edgar Britton
Clarksville
Jos. R. Bradbury
Robert Thornton
C. A. Shane
Tishomingo
Chickasaw
Ganes
Presidio County
United States
Live Oak
Terry & Easley
N. B. Rauble & Bro
D. M. Crooks & Co
E. B. Dryis
Joseph Hargus
H. H. Boles
Forney
Grand Central Hotel
Chambliss
Headsville
Robertson County
Clark
Bremond
Robert McClellan
Henry Perkins
Cotton Belt
Greenville
Ed Jones
Jones
Bravos River Channel and Dock Company
Velasco
Berlining
Jerre
Brantley
Montgomery
Santa Fe Road
Jim Bishop
Padre Island
West India Islands
Herrs'zia
Govak
Beneh
Dr. Bull
Kimball S. Oak
Kimball
RB. E. Luan
Oscar Wilde
James Whitcomb Riley
England
Preston's “Hed-Ake
Zeta Bottie
Eaffel Tower
L. G. Gnassavex
Dreier
J. D. Rogers
G. T. Todd
East Line and
Red River
G. M. Giles
R. L. Smith
Dundas, Mo
Chamberlain
R. 5
Lubna
Trea
J. D. Rocens
Thos. Watson & Co
Burton
Messina
D. R. Fir & Co
Brru
L. & H. Biom
R. Luns
Brenham, Texas
GaLveros
Massas. Davip RB
For, & Co
W.H. Siena
G. Clr
BrCo
R. E
E. A. Abbey
Harpers
Reed
Berlin
Persia
Enum
Hood
Peter Lechner
Soundlick
Europe
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