Tre Weexty Banner 23.4 1890 Bulletin Items
A miscellany of items from November 6 1890 notes political moves in Europe and America. Tar king of Holland is mentioned as crazy while Jay Gorto travels southward. Census figures place the US population at 62 408 545. Miners in Scottdale Pa threaten to quit on election day amid broader labor currents. A fire aboard the Leona caused losses near 600 and a ship collision near Fire Island sinks the Eugenie crew head to New York. Reports cover a Missouri district race withdrawal and labor gatherings in Sedalia. Mentions of public figures Secretary Tracy and a Canadian freight, and clashes involving Fenian movements and the San Francisco railroad offices. A controversial Cincinnati rule bars married teachers. polygamy accusations persist regarding Mormon practices. The text closes with a local homily about the hog returning to its waller.
Migration pressures from Kansas to the South and West
A Kansas Globe excerpt depicts widespread distress and crop failure driving people to relocate to Louisiana and Oregon. The piece argues Southward resettlement offers cheaper travel, better soil, climate, and markets, with more congenial communities, while noting differences in outcomes.
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Ition
Kansas
Globe
Atchison
Kan
Louisiana
Oregon
Atchison Globe
Est
Letter From the Capital City Describes Austin’s Confederate Home
A letter from Austin dated November 4 1880s praises the Confederate Home on a hill with four new brick buildings and fifty six inmates. It notes graves in the valley including Capt Lewis Cass Irwin, mentions the university with 270 students and 80 annual matriculations, and describes flourishing public schools and nearby asylums. The piece celebrates Texas workers supporting maimed soldiers and pride in Austin’s institutions.
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Austin
Texas
Eorror Baxxer
Lewis Cass Irwin
Bankhead MaGruder
Galveston News
Dallas Commercial
University
Iining
Dam Phrases and Literary Notes Highlight Local Texan Life
A vivid column blends dam talk with literary praise from Texas writers. It notes Mrs. Bella French Swissher’s new poetry collection and Martha E. Whitten’s Texas Garlands projects, while praising Dr. A A McBryde for sharp Texas journalism. The piece also mentions Colorado dam news and a pleasant home in the city’s fifth Ward, captioned by Lorn C. Erxor.
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Jesus
Bella French
New York
Edith Dean
Texas
Martha E. Whitten
A. A. McBryde
Brenham
McBryde
the Statesman
Austin
Jno
Peterson
Casey
Election sweep boosts Democrats with gains across states
The paper notes nationwide Democratic gains, with New York Republicans defeated and Western states showing strong movement. It predicts House Democrats will gain a solid majority, credits tariff effects for shifts, and contrasts past cotton shortages with future agricultural impacts. It also mentions reformers, a prison release case, and quirky health board suggestions about chewing gum for sailors.
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New York
West
House
Extra Congress Session Looms In War Between Oil Giants
State and national items note tension between Manhattan Oil and Standard Oil. An auction stallion Ruasia sold for 11200 in Chicago. Oklahoma crop failures prompt aid warnings. various local incidents and deaths are reported across Texas and nearby states.
Local Farm Journal ad and Texas news roundup
A promotion offers free delivery of the American Farmer for subscribers paying arrears and a year in advance. The notice then lists multiple local items: Hearne restaurant fire with no insurance. Chris Enman jailed for robbery. J. M. Chittim selling 1500 steers to ship to Houston and beyond. George Washington on trial for raping his daughter, sentenced to 99 years. Choctaw nation timber export bill failed. highwaymen robbed farmers near Texarkana, later tied to lawyers. violent Cordova injuries from a Mexicana melee near Nacogdoches. Eagle Pass machine shop wage dispute ends with strike and restoration of pay.
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Fort, Wayne
Ind
American Farmer
Hearne
H. K. Downs
Schaeffer
Chris Enman
Dallas
Decline of the American Merino and Brenham Real Estate Sales
The piece recalls the 1865 to 1875 rise and fall of the American Merino driven by wool prices and wrinkle-prone rams, warning of long-term damage to western wool, then switches to a Brenham Texas real estate catalog by John B. Vinson offering numerous farms, lots, and properties with prices and locations in Milam and Washington counties.
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Rankin
Tar King
Holland
Jay Gorto
Barcore
Dublin
Tipperary
Ditness
O'Brien
Switzerland
Jack McAouirre
Billy Meyer
Europa
Leona
United States
Scottdale
W. T. Foster
Janes H. Epost
Mallory Line
New York City
Neavey
Omarsat Pakage
Kanor
Caldwell
Carrarmy Mesxer
Eugenie
Fire Island
Tar Farmers’ Alliance
Missouri
Hevnx
Stanley
America
Missouri Paffic
Sedalia
Same McMenees
Akron
X.Y
Tracy
Washington
Tar Achooner
Cornelius Hargraves
Vizcaya
Gaius Pele i
Cincinnati Board of Education
Democratic Party
Europe
Fis Waller
Minnesota
Supreme Court
New York Herald
Vanderburg
England
India
Trovas S. Weaven
Missouri Penitentiary
St. Louis
San Francisco
Fred Wittrock
Hias Jim Cummings
Wittrock
Haight
Weaver
Chicago
Massachusetts State Board of Health
High Seas
Massachusetts
The
Manhattan Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Ruasia
Avery
Norgher
Fonso
North
Alabama
Gesjean Menntrr
Oklahoma
State News
J. H. Ragsi Lale
Palestine
Galveston
Fort Worth
Chris Engman
George Hodge
Corsicana
Frank Humphries
Harry Hyman
Gainesville
J. F. Dujet
Alvin
W.S. Toby
Key West
New Orleans
Bremen
Ben McCoy
McCoy
West Virginia
Many Anam
Fayettville, Ark
Imercy
Swall-Pox
Mamma
Bowie County
Old Boston
Texarkana
County Commissioners Court
Geonse Joss
Pleasantpile
N. J
Johns
J. M. Chittim
Victoria
Houston
Southern Oil Company
George Washington
Wharton
Paris
Nacogdoches
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France Luna
Eagle Pass
Ana
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Vinson
Stone’s
MEW Bank
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County of
Washing
Lexington
Milam County
Rockdale
North Street
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Ter
Hottie
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First Ward
Russi
Sandy Street
Putlic
Central Railway
Union Depot
Evans
Old Washington
Com
Mr. Chandler
Si MoFar
Key Street
Mann
Mackie Yard
Beautif
Church Street
Amsters
Clinton Street
Central Depot
City
Julian McFarland
Miles Zouth
Peers
Penn Road
Burton Road
Vulcan
Peabody House
Gay Hill Road
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