Various World Facts and Figures Scattered in Briefs
A miscellany of short items notes statistics and trivia from politics to science. Topics include baldness myths, Nile length, origins of onions, Arachnology misDefinition, a 104 year old Mrs. Miller, railroads supporting millions, mortality, royal reigns, baby names, famines, women editors, bank deposits, author payments, European war talk, cabinet turnover in Chili, yellow fever reports, military expeditions, agricultural exhibitions, railway trestle heights, long electric railway claims, tourism income, dog parasols, Ohio governor illness, Belgian princess nun, temperance on ships, Argentine railroad curve, Cardinal Manning on lotteries, Mexican rain and crop insurance, hail in France, Julia wreck, and Russian tariff suspensions.
State News Highlights From Across Texas
Arts and industry projects expand from Cameron to Marble Falls, with new wood works and a 75 barrel flour mill planned. Civil unrest and accidents mark the week as arson, fires, shootings, and a fatal electric-car incident occur in Dallas and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granby
Random Aphorisms on Life and Morality From a Fragment
A collection of mottos and reflections on wealth, loyalty, ignorance, destiny, and character. The snippets touch on deception, love, wit, truth, and self control with varied, sometimes contradicted, aphorisms. The tone mirrors a midcentury moralizing miscellany with skeptical takes on human folly and virtue.
Miscellaneous Maxims and Mottos From Old Sayings
A collection of brief aphorisms and pithy maxims ranging from practicaldomestic tips to moral reflections. Topics include thrift and labor, social conduct, religion, family, and character observations attributed to various authors and traditional sources.
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Nile
Egypt
Epiders
Mrs. Miller
St. Charles, Iil
Louis XVII
France
Chancey Depew
Mexico
Kanas
California
Bret Harte
Charles Dilke
Europe
Chili
Cuaymas
Milesia
Georgetown
D. C
Northern Pacific Railroad
North Carolina
Switzerland
New York City
Campbell
Ohio
Clementine
Temperance Society
Argentine Republic
Cardinal Manning
Moselle
Sarre
Julia
D. A. Courtier
Chicago
Miguel
State News
Cameron
Abilene
Harrold
Itaska
Waco
Horace Chilton
Mount Vernon
Jno. Minnes
Alexander
J. C. Perkhand
Galveston
Beaumont
County Alliance of Weatherford
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Cleburne
Houston & Texas Central
Marble Falls
Tom Rollin
Weatherford
Cubley
Corsicana
Highnote
White
Jas. Dunlay
Dallas
Conroes
Gotfried Metzker
Houston
Rockdale
Texas Trunk Railroad
Aransas Pass
Yoakum
Hearly
Marshal
Dan Scribner
Geo. Cook
Fort Worth
Grubbs
Providence
Emperor of China
The
Good Samaritan
Cumberland Plateau
United States
Col
T. W. Higginson
Heaven
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