Numerous Texas notes from Galveston to Fort Worth
A broad sampler of late Texas news notes: Beeville church nearing completion and new belt streetcar work in Waco. Simon Veith liquor dealer failure in San Antonio. student counts rising in Hockry. deaths of Wilson Wynn in Agen and Mrs. Watkins in Fort Worth. bills on Del Rio post and new courthouse in Milam. Texas lumbermen meeting in Houston on April 8. Mexican Morales killed at Temple resisting arrest. various crimes, railroad talks, dedications and local notices across the state.
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Beeville
Galveston
Morales
Temple
Tros. M. Bowers, Jr
Denton
Local Gazette notes near miss on Mississippi levees and stray items
News snippets cover levee flood scare near the lower Mississippi, a quip on Senator Blair’s phonograph tale, Burnett and Mulkey touching up a dance, a Memphis offer tied to a Kansas senator, hazing at a Culpeper seminary, Pan American congress, editorial practices, a land suit in El Paso, rail safes robbery near Putnam, Salvation Oil ads, a conjugal riddle, and veterans’ reunion rail rates in Texas.
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Alfred Bachor
New Mexico
el Paso
Texas Pacific
Southern Pacific Railway
Rafael Rulas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Pacific Express Company
Putnam
Baird
J. W. Cheek
Road and Express Company
Lamp tested in France for battlefield searchlights
A lamp about locomotive headlight size with a strong re lect or and light from two magnesium wire combustion was tested in France for locating killed and wounded on the battlefield. A separate note promotes C. & N. Toilet Cream by J. D. Rogers.
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France
Hed-Ake Headache Medicine Ad by Judge McLaury
A dated advertisement quotes Judge J H McLaury ex Attorney General of Texas and Grand Master of Masons praising Hed-Ake as the best headache remedy seen. It claims to cure any headache and lists a price of 50 cents at all druggists.
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J. H. McLaury
L of
Texas
Grand Master of
Masons
Sive
Lightning flash photographs gathered by English Meteorological Society
The English Meteorological Society is compiling a collection of photographs showing lightning flashes. Each image records the time of the flash and the interval until thunder.
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al Meteorological Society of England
Preston’s Hed-Ake Headache Cure Praised by Local Doctor
Dr J H Simon of Simon & Gee Brenham endorses Preston’s Hed-Ake as the best headache remedy he has used. Sold by all druggists. At the Spanish exhibition electricians report no electrical exhibit.
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J.H. Simon
Simon & Gee
Brenham
Preston
Balard's Horehound Syrup Promises Cure for Whooping Cough
An advertisement touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for whooping cough and other ailments. It claims to be opium free, strengthens lungs, and builds tissue while cooling coughs and aiding recovery. Also mentions Shiloh's Catarrh injector and various agents.
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Ballard
J. D. Roexxs
Emogee Express Dynamo Sealed in Guard Van Reported
A dynamo for the Emogee Express is mounted in the guard’s van with land drawn from the wheels of that car. Dreier’s Lung Buttons are advertised as a cure for coughs hoarseness heavy breathing weak lungs sore throat and croup. Sale listed by J. D. Rogers. The Empress of Germany takes protectorate over Berlin soup kitchens.
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Dreier
J. D. Rogers
Empress of Germany
Berlin
How they cure Rheumatism in Pennsylvania
Mr. J. F. Meighan of Pittsburgh bought Chamberlain's Pain Balm after a rheumatism attack left him unable to raise his arm. One night of baths with the medicine eased pain and swelling, and by the next morning he was nearly well, praising the remedy highly.
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W. J. Caver
Dallas
Houston Post
Harris
Graham
Harvey
Spencer Seo
Docum
S. G. Dillard
Midlothian
Will Cratchfield
Dillard
J. F. Meighan
Pillsburgh
R. E. Lube
Mothers praise safe teething aid and claimed remedies
An old advertisement page touts a teething remedy for infants promising safe, soothing relief and diarrhea cure. It also features patent medicines for cough, mica ore separation claim, a mineral cure, and notes the Empress of Germany inheriting pearls from Augusta.
Shiloh’s Vitalizer Offered For Dyspepsia Cure
Advertisement for Shilohs Vitalizer promising release from dyspepsia and liver complaints. It claims a printed guarantee on every bottle and offers a refund if it fails. Sold by J D Rooms, Thos Watson Co, Burton.
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Shiloh
J.D. Roorns
Duro Thos. Watson & Co
Burton
J. D. Rocens
Thos. Watson & Co
Lawes Bequeathes £100000 Land and Lab to Agricultural Science
Sir John Bennett Lawes leaves to agricultural science one hundred thousand pounds, fifty acres of land, and the laboratory and museum at Rothamsted. The bequest establishes funding and facilities for ongoing research.
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John Bennett Lawes
Rothampstead
Clarke's Flax Extract Cough Cure Praised by User
A Union City Indiana letter extols Clarke's Extract of Flax Cough Cure as a complete remedy for cold and whooping cough. The author notes his children improved versus neighbors and mentions Clarke's Flax Soap for the Skin and the Cure price. Also included is a note on a novelist pen name Gyn and a Countess de Marel description.
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J. W. Ruby
Union City
Ind
Clarke
J. Tristram
Brenham
Tristram
Cough remedies and medical ads flood the page
An array of patent medicines and tonics are advertised including Shilohs Porous Plaster and Eli Pills with testimonials. Also noted are products like Clarke's Flax Extract and Soap, Dreier's Lung Buttons, and mentions of a London concert violinist and the ex Empress Charlotte of Mexico recovery.
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Healing Across Ailments
The ad touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuraglia sprains cuts frost bite sore throat and stiff joints. It claims long term sufferers have used it to walk again and notes a 60 cent price. The snippet also mentions the Duchess of Monster and a rumored $40 million inheritance split to two children.
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Ballard
Conta
Hood's Sarsparilia Promises Catarrh Cure
An early 20th century ad claims ringing ears and loss of smell from catarrh can be cured by Hood's Sarsparilia a blood purifier. It presents catarrh as common and disagreeable and touts the medicine as peculiarly successful. It also oddly mentions submarine cables and vessel tonnage.
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Hood
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Warren Cooper
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Wick Blanton
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Sherman
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Commissioners Court of
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Wm. Plummer
Austin
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Kansas City
Sam Jones
Laredo
Cattlemen’s Association
Etta
Margaret Head
Denver
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Gol. R. G. Head
Gov. Ross
Palo Pinto County
Egbert Hopkins
Jim Johnson
P. Priddie
West Virginia
Viola Verjean
J. Wiggins
Waco
W. T. 8. Keller
Alexander ‘Ope
Marshall
Smith County
San Marcos
Tanenty
Ed J. S. Hoe
H. H. McLane
Nannie Lynn
Gainesville
Benville
F. Ungehner
Wm. Bryant
Jefferson
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W. H.calloway
San Angelo
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Killeen
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Lawndale
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H. C. Howser
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O. J. Gook
Ed Bowles
Posse
Paris
Alex. Boarman
Federal Court
Dennis Sweeney
Colorado City
F. H. Holloway
Barnet
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Mason
Mr. Russell
Miss Dozier
Pittsburg
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Sheriff Dupree
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George Crofield
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Georgetown Gazette
Will T. Hawkins
Mississippi
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Blair
Evangelist Burnett
Abe Mulkey
Memphis
Jayhawker Ingalls
Tha City
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Culpeper
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Lampasas
Salvation Oil
Preston’ “Hed-Ake
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Balard
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United Confederate Veterans
Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
Thos. Watson & Co. Cote
Sweden
Chase's
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Pennsylvania
Witsrow S
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Draggiots
Marshall Roberts
Spencer House
BR. L. Smith
Dundas, Mo
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R. E. Lahn
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