Real estate listings offer extensive land and properties
A Brenham Texas real estate office advertises dozens of tracts for sale or trade across Washington and adjacent counties. Properties include 73 acres near Mill Creek, 268 acres east of Brenham, 750 acres in Harris county, a 225 acre farm northeast of Burton, multiple city lots, a brick store front, and a large 2300 acre sheep ranch in Coryell county with fences and water. Many tracts are described with cultivation, timber, fences, water, dwellings, and improvements, with calls for quick sale or trade.
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Washington
Bosque County
Washington County
Sp Ma
Day St
Harris
Nice Farm
Bresham
Burton
Sandy Street
Compress Street
Hill County
Hubbard City
Wm. Penn
East Main Street
Gatesville
Cameron
Raalee Sea Place
Leon Junction
Coryell County
Texas & St. Louis Ba Y
Brenham
Greenvine Road
Cape Cove
Burtos
Fifteen Baptisms Mark Wharton Sunday Outing
A wide roundup of Texas items reports fifteen persons baptized at Wharton, an escape of Ed Foster a noted criminal from Rusk penitentiary, a lightning fire on a Cuero railroad bridge, and other local developments across the state.
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Wharton
Ed Foster
Rusk Penitentiary
Cuero
Women's Missionary Society of the
Northwest Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
St Belt
Shilohs Consumption Cure Promoted Despite Censuses
An advertisement touts Shilohs Consumption Cure as the most successful cough medicine yet with a guarantee. It claims cures for cough bronchitis and consumption, price 50 cents to $1, and promotes Shilohs Porous Plaster. The text also notes a census remark about Irish Catholics and ends with a proverb about an empty head.
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Shiloh
R. E. Luba
Hrencham
Thos. Watson. Burton
Shilohs Vitalizer Promotion in Burton Ad
An old advertisement criticizes people for suffering indigestion constipation dizziness and poor appetite. It claims Shilohs Vitalizer cures these issues for 75 cents and lists R E Luhn and Thos Watzon as sellers in Burton.
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Shiloh
R.E. Luhn
Thos. Watzon
Burton
Persecution of Jews by Russians and Cleopatra Mentioned
The text notes ongoing Jewish persecution by Russians and references Cleopatra as a famed Egyptian queen. It then shifts to advice urging American women to maintain health, recommending Creole Female Tonic for prostration, languor, or debility, while commenting on the coquette.
New Liver Stomach and Bowels Regulating Pill Story
Dr Miles Pills advertised as a cure all for biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation claimed to be unequaled for men women and children. Another item notes an Indian Territory man opening a poultry farm at Aransas Pass and a boy dish washer assault incident in Fort Worth. A woman in Luling died after being struck by a train. a potato health warning includes a copper lime spray recipe and Paris green beetle spray.
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Miles
Weiner
Iristenma
Brenham Cemetery Association Annual Stockholders Meeting
The Brenham Cemetery Association will meet at C. Winkwitz's office on July 10, 1894 to hear officers reports and elect Trustees for the ensuing year. C. H. Carlisle, Secretary.
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Texas Mexican Northern Railway Company
Laredo
Tex
Brenham Cemetery Association
C. Winkwitz
C. H. Carlisle
Creole Female Tonic and other remedies promoted in era
A scrambled 19th century clipping touts Creole Female Tonic for female debility and health, praises outdoor life, and promotes various tonics and cures. It reports injuries and crimes, including a brake wheel accident and a life sentence for Sam Cookson, plus notes on gambling and a boycott of certain establishments.
Creole ne Promotes Health Amid Weather Woes
An ad style fragment touts Creole ne for feminine disorders and promotes Dr Bull's Gough Syrup as a worker's health aid. It urges readers to avoid neglecting colds to prevent consumption and claims relief for horses to keep owners happy.
Couple Married by Telephone in Quincy Ills
A couple is reported to have wed by telephone in Quincy Illinois, with health ads noting Meguire's Cundaranga for liver and bowel health and other patent remedies. A Hessian watchmen salary is humorously noted at one cent daily, and No Chill Cure is offered with a guarantee. A stamp moistening device is described as a new invention.
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Quincy, Ills
Jos. D. Rogers
Chicago Claims Largest Lime Kiln in Operation
The report notes Chicago operates the biggest lime kiln with six thousand barrels of stone and lime crushed daily. A separate consumer ad promotes C. C. C. Certain Germ Cure promising relief for finger warts and toe misery.
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Chicago
Heart disease and new remedies in early 20th century notice
An article notes heart disease as a leading unrecognized killer with symptoms such as shortness of breath chest or back pain and swelling. It advertises Dr Miles Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine at Jos Tstmns drug store and mentions a planned hotel project by Northern capitalists near Mt Pleasant and a large English yacht built for Prince Henry.
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Miles
Jos
Tstam
Restorative Cure Advertisements and Local Incidents
The piece markets a nerve tonic and Restorative Ner Fine with testimonials from Jos Tristram’s drug store and Dr Jos D Roses. It reports accidental injury to Mr. Miller near Hutchins. It notes iron ore in sight at Iron Mountain Michigan and a morphine incident involving D W Beckman of Fistomo.
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Jos. Tristram
Dmg
Iron Mountain
Mich
Shiloh's Cure Promises Relief From Coughs
An 19th century ad claims Shilohs Cure treats coughs pains and consumption fears. It asserts rapid relief for croup whooping cough and chest back pain, urging mothers not to be without it and naming sellers K E Lubn and Thos Wetton.
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Shiloh
K.E. Lubn
Thos
Wetton
Barun
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Jasper Loos
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Hogo
W. J. Bowen
J.T. Rabbit
New Orleans
Bowen
Ireland
Cleopatra
Coquette
Aransas Pass
Fr. Worth
Luling
San Marcos
F. Eigenrauin
H. Fissen
Schulze & Amsler
Giesecke
Christian Wielkens
J L. Ammons
Northeast Corner
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Brenham, Texas
Anti Et
J. M. Wash
Office Unde
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U. S. Gov't Report
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Duke of Fife
England
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Sam Cookson
Whitemen
Clarksville
Lunes
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Order
Weatherford
Henry Winter
Savannah
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P. Psp
O. P
J. D. Tran
Frisco
Paris
Western Traffic Association
Mallory Line
Dr. Bull
Caniel
Gough
Consumptor
Cyan
Avis
Meguire
Suiferer Sears
Montana
Mt. Pleasant
Anak
Prince Henry
Germany
Jos D. Roses
Mr. Miller
Hutchins
Robertson Jones
Jonesboro
Ark
D. W. Beckman
Fistomo
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