Tyler seeks new roller mill deal signals industrial push
STATE NEWS. Tyler negotiating for a new roller mill. Llano extension awaited at Marble Falls. Denison public schools enroll about fourteen hundred. Cotton bale burned in Navasota. J J Carter residence burned near Franklin. Immigrants from Tennessee settling in Hunt county. Weatherford mill producing hundred barrels daily. Victoria and Nueces railway fund about five thousand more needed. Llano pecan crop large and high quality. Amos Norris trial bail set. El Paso fireman badly injured. Alvord fair praised for variety of apples.
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Charles Hamilton
Hillsboro
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Scientific miscellany and curios from distant science pages
A French rail system tests electric traction with a locomotive car powering other cars by a dynamo to increase adhesion and speed. Reports catalog aluminum production, plant rhythms experiments, Jupiter’s spot dynamics, and diverse laboratory observations alongside local incidents and curiosities from science to society.
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Pigeon Farms Touted as Profit Source Near Brenham
Agricultural writers praise poultry and pigeon farming as a profitable rural venture. The Baxxes suggest Brenham area could support a pigeon farm to supply live birds for shooting matches, with cheap start-up and ongoing costs, boosting local demand at fairs and state shoots.
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South
Brenham
Artillery Battalion Formed in Texas Militia
An adjutant-general order from Austin creates a separate Artillery Battalion from the three Texas artillery companies. Battery A Galveston Artillery Co., Battery B Dallas Artillery Co., and Brenham Field Artillery Co. are designated as components. An election for a major is due by the 20th with Brenham as meeting place if a convention is held.
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Brenham
Texas
W. H. Manny
Adjt
German boar hound Saxon aids Boone lions in circus act
Boone and Carlotta the world famed lion tamer feature lions with Saxon the German boar hound in Adam Forepaugh's show. Saxon guards, prompts, and aids the lions during the performance, earning Col. Boone's praise as fearless and invaluable. The act arrives Wednesday October 21.
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Germany
Adam Forepaugh
Endurance of the Horse Across Great Distances
A gentleman trains a horse to traverse long miles over consecutive days averaging more than two miles daily. The noted feat covers sixty eight miles on the final day with a 15 hands well bred horse returning home unharmed. The route spans London to York Edinburgh Glasgow Carlisle Nottingham and back to London per veterinary report.
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W. F. Denning
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Natal
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York
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Glasgow
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Nottingham
Elopement Talk and Curious Odds Ends
A fragment presents a tense scene about a father and marriage, then shifts to a cat entering a room. It notes Canna indica beads and their uses, hints at Burmese and Hindu practices, adds a science note on petroleum origin, and mentions an American named Edwards who faced repeated death sentences in New York.
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Edwards
New York
Just Out of Great Men and King Ja Ja
A fragmentary column reflects on the illusion that great men leave no successors and recalls the Canary Islands open royal exile King Ja Ja with dysentery and conspiracy fears. It notes past giants and the need to reassess iconic figures. The piece closes with a Benjamin Franklin quotation about enduring work.
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Berlin Court Rules Lover May Cut Off Hair On Malice
A Prussian supreme court ruling finds a former lover could assault and be punished only with a month in prison for cutting off a girl's blond tresses. The case concerned a woman who accused the man of conspiring to ruin her appearance to force marriage.
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Berlin
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Arry
Arriet
Band from Trenton sailors hailed in Asbury Park crowd
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt recalls the Italy composed band that played the Star Spangled Banner as the United States ship Trenton ran ashore in a Samoa cyclone. The moment drew furious applause from spectators and the nearby British frigate. The band members are described as modest and valiant.
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United States
Trenton
Samoa
Philadelphia Ledger
Thrift and garden beans spark private supply twist
A suburban resident recalls buying beans from a nearby seller after discovering the beans came from her own garden. She notes her lima bean crop failed to yield while she paid for beans for a fortnight, highlighting a thrift mindset and a mistaken supply chain.
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New York Times
Sleepwalker Henry Lynn Walks Eighteen Miles in Trance Near Algona
Livermore farmer Henry Lynn awoke to find himself strolling along the highway eighteen miles from his home in a scimnamboulistic trance. Neighbors met the man during the trek and he continued wandering until nearly noon, when he regained consciousness near Algona.
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Fort Dodge
Henry Lynn
Livermore
Algona
Brief Aphorisms and Letters on Conduct
A collection of quirky maxims and anecdotes on manners and conduct. Includes observations on truth, persuasion, courtesy, and social behavior with humorous asides about compliments, silences, and the temptations of money offered to leave town.
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Georgia
Hanlon Volters Aerialists join Adam Forepaugh season
The Hanlon-Volters, famed aerialists, have agreed to appear under canvas for the Adam Forepaugh shows after a princely salary. They boast a world touring history and are hailed as autocrats of serial art, famed for daring feats, elegance, and artistic execution as perhaps the greatest living gymnasts and serialists.
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Hanlon-Volters
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