Local Notes and Proclamations from Sterham Period
The Weekly Banner reports on pension claims in Washington County, the Nashville exposition visitor count, and Bryan’s free coinage stance. It notes anniversary services for Preedman Aid and Southern Education Church Extension, railway liberalization trends, and circus licensing payments totaling state and local taxes. Also mentions Catarrh remedies, Chickasaw ratification, Cuban insurgent victories, McKinley prosperity critique, murders in London, and crank/critic debates.
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Navasota
Watrousville
Preedman Aid and
Southern Education Church Extension
Wiley University
Southwestern Christian Advocate
Higher joys of mind over earthly pursuits in nature’s marvels
The Shreveport Times urges readers to value rational, pure enjoyment beyond material wealth. It extols nature’s grandeur, from moon and sun to mountains and storms, as a teacher calling for worship and devotion over worldly, enslaving pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport Times
Earth
Ignis Fatus
Local Remedy Endorsed by Editor in Texas Letter
W F Gass editor of the Vernon Herald praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best for cramp colic and diarrhoea with instant, satisfactory effects. He recommends keeping a bottle on hand and notes it is for sale by R E Labo. The piece adds a jail sentence for bigamy, criticizing law for depriving liberty.
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Lone Star State Coms
W. F. Gass
A.J. Vernon
Tex) Herald
Chamberlain
R. E. Labo
Castor
Cuthior
Centaur Company
Fletcher
Widow Recalls Late Husband Fondness for Biscuits
A widow reflects on how much her late husband loved biscuits, sharing a personal memory that highlights his simple comforts and enduring affection.
Houston Clearances Surpass Memphis In One Week
The Memphis papers boast that their bank clearings reached over 2 million dollars in one week, exceeding Richmond's. Houston, however, records clearances four times Memphis and rivals all Southern cities except New Orleans and Galveston, with Galveston close to Houston. Despite smaller populations, Houston's weekly volume outpaces Birmingham and dwarfs Dallas Fort Worth and Waco combined, signaling strong South Texas growth.
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Memphis
Richmond
Houston
New Orleans
Galveston
Nashville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
South Texas
Oldtime Home Remedy List Never-Ending List of Cures
A long catalog of self help tips suggests sun baths for rheumatism, buttermilk to fade tan and freckles, saliva swallowing for sour stomach, and a cold wet cloth for sore throat. Also recommends a neck towel at night, snuffing borax for colds, a newspaper chest covering, and walking with hands behind to keep posture straight. Other cures include hot dry flannel for neuralgia, warm borax water for dandruff with brisk brushing, and cloves on shelves plus sunflower seeds to deter pests.
Electric light improvements spread through Hearne and Terrell
State notes report Hearne gaining electric lights and Terrell contracting for a fine system. The Eastern Texas Poultry Association plans its second annual exhibit in Tyler on December 21 22 and 23. A Dallas tragedy leaves J B Boswell of Temple dead after fatally wounding Wm Barton and Lizzie Weidman and killing himself at Mrs Weidman's Gaston Avenue home. The motive remains unclear.
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Hearne
Terrell
Eastern Texas Poultry Association
Tyler
J. B. Boswell
Temple
Wm. Barton
Lizzie Weidman
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Cotton Market Outlook
The item cites Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a famed teething remedy sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. It then cites the New York Sun on cotton prices, arguing a 9,300,000 to 10,000,000 bale U S crop is needed to satisfy demand and noting possible price moves amid a large crop and future uncertainty.
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Mrs. Winslow
New York Sun
Progress in the South According to The Philadelphia Ledger
The ledger notes diversification of crops away from cotton toward cereals fruit and garden produce, with mining expanding and markets becoming more business like. It cites growth in manufactures and textile trades as the South aims to supply its own needs by integrating raw materials with labor, turning cities into industrial hubs.
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The
Philadelphia Ledger
Infant Dies of Diphtheria in Zionsville
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Nolte died Friday night of diphtheria in the Zionsville neighborhood. The item notes local illness amid a period of public activity and a county school fund now on a cash basis with $18000 on hand for vouchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Nolte
Zionsville
Washington County
Herbst
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the Weekly Banner
John G. Banks
Siditor
Sterham
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
King
Sam
Nashville Exposition
Wa. J. Bryan
Clarksville
J. Cheng
Cuba
London
Castoria
Aev
Ises
State News
Avery
Brenham
Swift
Swirt Srecivic Co
Atlanta, Ga
Eric
Severa
Price
F. Severa
Cedar Rapids
Lowe
Croraine
Buexsan, Texas
Alex Simon
Joseph Tristram
M. A. Healy
Brenham, Texas
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