Exposition exhibits and political notes sweep the nation
The issue of a 66000 dollar school bond is ordered for Houston. A Texas timber claim surge reports 150 young women in six months. Washington mills and New England industry influence loom as national politics mix with tariffs. A look at Japan Russia China and American sentiments accompanies editorials on Texas pride and a call to defend liberty against a rising plutocracy.
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State
Washington
East
United States
Texas State News Briefs Highlight Bonds and Incidents
Fort Worth holds 227000 in bonds unsold while Beaumont nears a 320000 issue and Austin authorizes 60000 in school bonds. Hillsboro aims to issue 7000 for 15 years and Decatur seeks the Northwest Texas Baptist college location. A Waxahachie fire destroys F M Donnelly residence. Del Rio votes 10000 in bonds. San Antonio approves 50000 yearly street bonds. Rio Grande dreath kills thousands of cattle. Governor Hogg visits San Antonio for a state asylum grant. a Hillsboro law firm faces indictment. Galveston begins a 200000 grain elevator project due May 1. Robin Henderson seeks bail in a manslaughter case at Hempstead.
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Rio Grande
Hogg
San Antonio
Southwestern Asylum
Smith & Messers Gin
Jefferson
Brief assorted notes raise curious claims and anecdotes
A compilation of quirky items cites absurdities about perfumes for wild cats, fish that never sleep, and obsolete tax jokes. It reports varied tidbits from penal systems, fashion, and health warnings to oddball trials and athletic bets, all captured in a light, columnar cadence.
Rubens pays debt with painted fortune to harsh innkeeper
In early seventeenth century Paris Rubens, living near Maria de Medici’s palace, lent a hand to pay a stubborn landlord by offering a painted 1200 lire note. The host discovered only painted coins and garments, while Rubens fled with the promise kept. The trick boosted his fame as patrons lined up to hear the tale.
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Peter Paul Rubens
Paris
Maria de Medici
Rubens
Louvre
Houss
Louis
Mounted Police in Canada North West Then and Now
A survey of the Canadian mounted police describes a force of about one thousand stationed at major northwest settlements. In gaudy red jackets with yellow trim they attract tourists at CPR stations, though on hunts they dress in black. Pay is thirty dollars monthly with five year enlistments extendable, and the service may continue as the territories become provinces.
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Canada
Northwest
Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Northwest
Northwest Territories
Canadian Pacific Railroad
New York Sun
Diamonds aid marksmen with quick aim in dim light
A new use for diamonds is described where front and rear sights are set with gems to assist aiming. The brillants supposedly help align the rifle as soon as it is shouldered, letting the eye pick a target without hesitation. The piece appears in the Herological Journal.
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Herological Journal
Not marry. He asks if there is enough to support two wives
A fragmentary dialogue shows a man anxious about marriage and eloping with a woman after a father questions whether they can support two wives, with a hint of seeking action in New York Weekly.
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Greenville
Kansas
Commercial Hotel
Miss Davey
Mr. Norman
Pal Mal! Gazette
New York Weekly
M. D
Chicago Herald
Traveling by Night in London Weeping Moon Verse
Poem excerpt reflects a night journey through London under a mournful moon. The voice lingers on tears and echoed years, invoking a lyric mood from Arthur Symons in the Academy.
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London
aArthur Symons
Academy
How Nature Distributes Her Gifts
A Chicago Herald opinion piece argues wealth should be used to aid improvident neighbors. The narrator imagines generous acts funding funeral costs for dead horses and easing burdens of the poor, while noting big hearts often lack means and vice versa.
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Tam
Chicago Herald
The Lord Told Her to Sing at Leytonstone Chapel
The Leytonstone Baptist chapel drew a crowd on Sunday for news that Madam Antoinette Sterling would sing in the service. She did not sing then yet joined in prayer at the following meeting and delivered a brief address.
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Baptist
Leytonstone
Madam Antoinette Sterling
Devonshire Square
Madam Sterling
Margaret Lacy
John Bright
Smoke Oil Harvest in Scottish Iron Works
A Scottish company collects furnace smoke gases from iron works, routing them through miles of iron tubing. The resulting oil yield is substantial, with one plant reportedly producing 25 000 gallons per week. The oil is distilled to extract cresol and phenol, while the remainder enriches gas for illumination.
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Scotland
New York
San
Courtesy of Assassins Recalled in Open Court
The note recalls the Sofia killings of Finance Minister Belcheff and Premier Stambuloff with the taunt forgiveness line on Belcheff’s tomb. It cites General Trumbull and mentions an 18th century English fair feat and the battle wound of General B F Kelley at Philippi along with a preserved vest.
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Constantine Belcheff
Sofia
M. Stambuloff
M. Belcheff
Stambuloff
M. M. Trumbull
Cook
St. German
B. F. Kelley
Battle of
Philippi
Washington
Princess Victoria's Daughter Observes Hair-Cutting Fish Doctor
Princess Christian uses Dr Julian Maitland a nerve specialist. Cor. Babyhood notes Marie aged twenty six months reacts with delight as a girl prepares fish for dinner and jokes about Mary combing fishes hair with a knife and it coming off.
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Christian
Queen Victoria
Julian Maitland
Marie
Fragmented Humorous Excerpts Echo Old Gossip
The clipped lines mix romantic ache with wry medical history. A woman confesses prior heartbreak to Fred and hears a gentle, shared jilt tale. A humor note recalls centaurs and early physicians, contrasting Chiron’s mythic cure with modern doctors.
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Northwest Texas Baptist College
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Protone, Il
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Rebecca Boutwell
East Tennessee Railroad
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