California? Texas State News Roundup Sparks and Losses
San Marcos jail empties. Wharton to host a pump factory. H W Parkman builds a steam cotton gin at San Diego. San Diego Sun suspends for lack of patronage. Floods? no. rainfall in Hays County totals nine and three-fourths inches over five months. Several fires burn gins and mansions. a telegraphed mix of accidents, suicides, and court actions fill the day.
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San Marcos
Wharton
H. W. Parkman
San Diego
San Diego Sun
Galveston
W. F. More
Bremond
Quanah
Cooke County
Vance
Taylor
Hays County
Federal
Brownsville
Dallas Fair
Ft. Smith Thursy
Texas
Bowie County
Texarkana
Chas. M. Bostick
Santa Fe Railroad
Sealy
Davis & Bro’s
Ravena
Fannin County
Young Decker
Luling
Richard Plumley
Gardentown
Somervill County
Cameron
Waco
Aransas Pass
Arthur Thompson
Alex Miller
Caldwell County
First National Bank of Houston
Teller
Webb
Henry Boyd
San Angelo
The
Santa Fe
Davis
Bonham
Various 19th Century Advertisements and Notices
A collage of short items mentions paying a preacher, harness sales by C W Hess, a poisonous peach myth, cheap cigars at Saxta Fz Saloon, Raleigh exposition opening, dairy and perishable goods, Spokane Indian scare notes, Butter and cheese brands, Okin pottery quotes, and a 16 year old marriage. Also health ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Rev Lydia Sexton’s long preaching career.
Liquors Arrive as Kendall County Displays Prosperity
A shipment of liquors reaches town including brandy gin blackberry brandy whiskey in barrels half barrels and in 5 and 10 motion kegs. Kendall county boasts good harvests of oats corn and cotton with only two mortgages reported in the entire county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall County
Laquors
F. Kaentz
Laquor
Early wheat sowing thriving in Castro County
Castro county reports show early wheat sowing strong and healthy after recent rains. Many farmers have already sown wheat and several more are preparing to sow, indicating a broad early start to the season.
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Castro County
Curious 19th Century Medical Claims and Oddities
A collage of sensational health ads and anecdotes touts remedies for heart and nervous diseases and women’s ailments. It mentions Dr Miles books, Bradfield’s Female Regulator, Maguire's Henne Plant, and a London omnibus drivers strike boosting wages by 90 thousand pounds.
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London Omnibus
A Husband's Mistake and Nervous Disorder Remedies
An advertisement touts Dr Miles' nervine for headaches dizziness neuralgia and sleeplessness claiming broad benefits. References Woodworth Fort Scott Snow Co and drugstores offer free book on nervous diseases. A Kansas City election notes thirteen more women than men voted.
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Miles
Woodworth & of
Fort
Aoe Snow & Co. N
J. C. Well
Hiltedale
Ee Saat
Jos
Tristram’ Drug Store
Cawkar City
Kan
Miles' Pills Advertised for Digestive Ailments
An 19th century advertisement promotes Dr. Miles' Pills as a new principle affecting the liver stomach bowels and nerves. It claims even teens and children can benefit with smallest dose and mild, sure effects. A 60 dose container is 25 cents with samples at Jos. Tristram's drug store.
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Miles
Jos
Tristram
Dubuque Family Claims New Jersey Estate Worth 1 Million
A Dubuque Iowa family asserts rights to a New Jersey estate valued at about one million dollars. The report notes the significance of the inheritance and identifies involved parties and locations.
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Dubuque, Ia
New Jersey
No fiddler ever tired of his own music
A concise, period tone line noting a fiddler who remains fond of his own music, suggesting pride and continual performance despite challenges.
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Cumey
J. F. Stmmos
Curry & Simmons
Brenham
Heber Stone's Bank
G. C
Cole
Man and Runnels Counties
Ballinger
Nels County
Concho
Colemand
Coryell Counties
Bunties of
Schleicher
And
Sutton Counties
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
New York
R.ocnew Doxemus
M.D
L.L.D
Cincinnati
N. K. Fairbank & CO
ST. Louis
Schulze & Amsler
Giesecke Bakoa Oe
Galictes Tus Paleo
Christian Wielkens
Snow
Bastin
State News
Guion
Abilene
J. T. Philips
Hoge
Connor
Civil Court of Appeals
Lee Belknap
Dallas
Kobeline
Rio Grande
China
San Francisco
Hill County
File’s Valley
Irene
J. M. Ward
Breckenridge
Bangor
City Council of
Mahoney
United States
el Paso
Goumlywyers
Blocker
James Hayden
Atascosa County
San Antonio
Ruth Smith
Hayden
John Twohig
Nerez
Kate Twohig
Ireland
Boston
W.S. Smith
Houston
Opera
Lucy Hoffman
John Gammon
U. S. Gov't Report
C. W. Hess
Raleigh
N. C
Spokane
Wash
Pend D’oreille
U. W. Hessy
Republican County Convention of
Chicago
Superior Court
Japan
Bresxzaxu On
Mit
W. Hess
Philadelphia
Lydia Sexton
Dhaplain
Kansas State Prison
H. Fisner
Vatican
Bradfield
BR. Tromas
Vainosra
Duluth
Maguire
Henne
J. & C. Marine
Chase’s
L. F. Grassmack
Pfeffer
Jets
Octave Thanet
Alies French
Iowa
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