Harris County jail site debate drags on across Texas
In 1878 reports several topics draw attention. Murphy temperance wave rolls through West Tennessee. Congress discusses Bankrupt Act repeal while House debates pensions. Kavrers Essen plant employs 8500 in foundry with 25 000 horsepower overall. A San Antonio district court summoned 300 jurors. only one fifth eligible. Governor raises rewards to 1000 per arrest for train robberies. A Helena Montana brick casting uses 150 tons ore from Penobscot mine near Silver City. Bruce of Mississippi condemns special treatment for African Americans. Caase of Fall River admits theft of 490000. Tilton and Elizabeth World reports reunite. Dallas convention handwriting debate shifts to Austin.
Railroad announces quarterly pay in drafts for several months
Tue H. and T. C. railroad says in April May June and July employees will receive one third cash and the rest in ninety day drafts on the Treasurer. Drafts will be receivable for freights after maturity.
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Tue H. and
T. C. Railroad
Colonel Huger Predicts Belton Extension in Eight Months
Col. C. W. Huger, director of the G. C. and S. F. railway, passed through Waco en route to Belton. He told a reporter he expects to complete the line to Belton within eight months.
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S. F. Railway
Waco
Belton
Amrtiner
Editorial Sparks Texas Resistance to Globe-Democrat
The Marshall Record harshly criticizes the St Louis Globe-Democrat calling it radical and unworthy of Democratic Texans. It alleges the paper’s unscrupulous correspondent is now in Texas and asserts the Marshall newspaper will critique the Globe-Democrat in its editorial column.
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St.Louis Globe-Democrat
The
Texas
G.-D
Marshall Aerad
Lang Downs and Downing lecturing farmers sparks rural clash
Col W W Lang master of the Texas State Grange and J W Downs of Waco travel Texas lecturing Grangers. A Tennessee Colony Anderson County audience hears claims that all classes oppose farmers. The Waco Telegraph questions the report while defending farming as a valued calling.
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Texas State Grange
J. W. Downs
Waco Aramimcr
Tennessee Colony
Anderson County
Palestine New Era
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Waco Telephone
Texas
Downs
Waco Examiner
G H Warren Delays New York Bond Talks
G H Warren financial agent for Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad writes the Galveston News that his trip to New York to negotiate the bonds is premature. He says conditions for sale are not yet met and pledges support once aid is subscribed, urging Washington and other counties to subscribe promptly.
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Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Galveston News
New York
Koppers
Washington
Ham seeks liberty by turning State’s evidence
Ham, known for land swindling, aims to regain freedom by testifying against fellow conspirators and convicting his former allies. The move pivots on providing evidence to the state to secure leniency or release.
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Ham
Gold Resumption Nears as Senate Committee Actions Bind
Gold closed in New York at 100 ¼, the war years low, after the Senate Finance Committee approved measures. July first is set for legal tender to be received for customs and for four percent bonds at par, with existing tender irredeemable, and old redemptions retired. Banks move toward gold redemption, signaling resumption as an almost done deal without crisis.
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Broadway Bank of
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Chicago
Texas Newspaper Fraternity Heads Toward Prominent Mayors
The piece notes Benjamin Baker of the Colorado Citizen elected mayor of Columbus and Ward Taylor Jr of the Jimplecote elected mayor of Jefferson. It remarks Jefferson’s debt burden while journalists rise, highlighting a trend of journalistic figures attaining city leadership in this era.
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Benjamin Baker
Colorado Citizen
Columbus
Jefferson
Ward Taylor, Jr
Jimplecote
Ward Taylor
Harp Times Sells Long Branch Clubhouse at Sheriff Sale
John Chamberlain, noted gambler, loses the Long Branch club house and grounds after a sheriff sale. The property fetched £30,509, ending his occupancy of the prominent gambling venue.
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Harp Times
John Chamberlain
Long Branch
Time and Place Set for State Democratic Convention
The Democratic Executive Committee chose Austin as the convention site and July 17 as the date. Citizens are urged to begin organizing the party ahead of the event, noting three months remain before the gathering. Local politics have been quiet since the last national election. The Manor to Georgetown railroad project needs 1200 more dollars to complete bids, with concerns about its impact on Austin.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Austin
Austin Seafesmax
Manor
Georgetown
Tix Galveston .News Opens Marshall Branch Office
The Galveston News announces a new Marshall branch office to expand its coverage in East Texas. The move aims to boost local reporting, distribute editions more quickly, and serve readers in Marshall and surrounding areas.
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Tix Galveston
Marshall
Democratic State Convention Called for July in Austin
The Democratic State Executive Committee calls the Democracy of Texas to assemble in Bastrop on July 17 in Austin as the time and place for the next state convention. Delegates from each county will elect representatives to nominate state officers and conduct business deemed proper. Chairman Joseph D. Savers announces the meeting.
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Waller County
Scallaway
Texas
Austin
Josefh D. Savers
Democratic State Executive Committee
Bastrop
Ringbone Treatment for Horses Promoted by Rural World
Coleman’s Rural World reports a home remedy for ringbone in horses using mercury preparation and thorny topethan with cider vinegar, applied hot with a sponge, then massaged into the skin. Rest the horse, allow midday turnout in good weather, repeat 2 to 4 times. total recovery may take three months or more. Also notes spring wheat yields up 50 percent and no change in Europe.
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Coleman
Do Not Let Mother Dolt Daughter
Fragmentary poem-like verse contrasts a daughter urged not to let mother toil or suffer. Refrains warn against making her a slave while the daughter remains idle. Imagery of a mother lying low beneath budding daisies evokes farewell and longing for a home now sad and bereft.
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Greene
Adil
The Value of Home Comfort and Garden Taste
A narrator recalls a man who built a fortune by buying run down farms, fixing them up, and selling for profit. He credits his wife for transforming gardens and porches with vines to create value and happiness, arguing real wealth lies in tasteful, lived homes, not gilded adornments. The piece extols simple, affordable beauty that riches cannot buy and quotes biblical authority to praise domestic comfort.
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Solomon
Talk of Federal Help for Texas Trains Provokes Ridicule
The Houston Telegraph condemns seeking federal troops to guard Texas railroads from robbers as foolish. It argues state officials would reveal incompetence and bring disgrace to the state by requesting such aid.
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Denison Herald
Texas
Indian Territory
Congress
Houston Telegram
Vast Postal Requisitions Reported in Washington
On Monday the 8th inst requisitions were received at the Postoffice department in Washington for 14,500,000 postage stamps 2,500,000 envelopes and nearly 4,000,900 postal cards totaling $437,610.32.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
New Silver Dollar Dies Shipped to Mints
Ten pairs of dies for coining the new silver dollar have been shipped from Philadelphia to the San Francisco mint and ten pairs to the Carson City mint. Coinage will begin at both mints in a few days.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
Carson City
Bees, shields, and hats spark odd cautionary tale
A fragmented 19th century item warns about bee protection gear with a thin shield from hat to waist to block stings. A bartender scene in Tennessean setting interrupts with a drink demand as a ribboned scene unfolds, and a mention of a new brand of cigars appears amid the garbled text.
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