Texas orchard plan expands near Caldwell
Gassaway and Harkey plant 3600 peach trees in a new thirty acre orchard one mile from Caldwell, mainly Elberta variety. They expect to plant over 16000 trees next spring. Presley K. Ewing of Houston will join the supreme bench after appointment by Gov. Lanham. Houston district aspirants owe the governor a favor for future decisions.
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Gassaway
Harkey
Caldwell
Elbertas
Presley K. Ewing
Houston
Lanham
Temple Council Halts Roosevelt Trains With Emergency Ordinance
The Temple city council passed an emergency ordinance forcing presidential trains to stop in Temple. The tough invitation approach appealed to the decisive leader and his supporters.
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Temple
Roosevelt
Mr Sam Gallatin Dead In Galveston
Mr Sam Gallatin of Cottonwood community died in Galveston Thursday night after stomach cancer and surgery. Remains were brought home to Brazos County for interment at Bickham graveyard yesterday afternoon at 5 o clock. He was about 65, never married, and an old Brazos County citizen. Relatives and friends mourn his loss.
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Sam Gallatin
Cottonwood
Galveston
Bickham
Gallatin
Brazos County
Weather Man Predicts Cold Easter For Bonnets
The district court term ends after six weeks starting the first Monday in March. DeVoe the weather man forecasts a cold snap for Easter Sunday April 23, which could affect plans for new bonnets.
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DeVoe
Curious London Ad Seeks Servants for Great House
A 1774 notice in a London paper seeks a man aged 20 to 30 to serve as footman and underbutler in a large family. Also a middle aged woman to attend a fashionable young lady, must be Church of England, have had smallpox naturally, sober and well behaved, skilled in dress and etiquette. inquire of the printer of this paper.
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London
Church of England
Debauched Captains Drag Nations To War
Excerpt from Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy condemns war in vivid terms. It cites manipulation by a few ambitious leaders who lure strong men to slaughter, describing soldiers as beasts driven to death for a devilish goal. The passage laments mass bloodshed and moral decay.
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Flos Dominum
Pluto
Burton
Gory Dew Description of Palmella cruenta
The text explains gory dew as a dark red slimy layer on damp walls and shady spots. It identifies it as a low form of vegetable life related to the plant behind red snow and gives its botanical name Palmella cruenta. It notes it can form large patches and grow into a gelatinous mass.
Boy recalls prank on teacher over pin hazard
A small boy narrates how another pupil bent a pin on a chair meant for a teacher. He describes pulling the chair away to save the teacher from the pin and notes the teacher did not retaliate with a beating. He laments ingratitude.
Well Shaken That's Very Strange About My Chickens
A humorous exchange about chickens laying scrambled eggs after being chased by a dog. The farmer notes the odd effect of a canine chase on his fowl and their unusual laying pattern.
Ambition Gratified In Newspapers
A brief exchange quotes lines about ambition to appear in papers. The dialogue notes satisfaction with work on a file of newspapers and the aim of getting into the press. No other events or details are provided.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
How a Chinaman Smokes
A columnist describes a Chinese smoker's method using a water-filled box with a removable tube and pipe stem. He lights with a brown paper stem, then draws slowly, pausing to refill and relight as he repeats the awkward routine.
Remarkable Escapes and a Jamaican Epitaph
A famed drowning escape near Lundy Island is noted beside an apocryphal Jamaica epitaph. The inscription honors Lewis Gaidy, born in Montpellier, who survived the 1672 earthquake by miraculous rescue, later living in Jamaica before dying in 1737 at age 80.
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Lundy Island
Devonshire
England
Jamaica
Lewis Gaidy
Montpellier
France
What Counts As Gentlemen In Court Rulings
A county court case excludes a schoolmaster from the gentlemen list while legal distinctions remain anomalous. The mot “gentlemen” include a silk buyer and a solicitor’s clerk out of regular work, illustrating shifting standards in social titles.
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Esquire
Salvation Army's Whitby birth and bold proclamation
The Salvation Army began in Whitby Yorkshire when General Booth later Rev William Booth issued a hallelujah filled declaration of war to rally crowds. Two thousand copies were posted sparking a large, dramatic revival as a red hot meeting drew penitent crowds.
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Salvation Army
Whitby
Yorkshire
Booth
William Booth
England
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Texas
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Bryan
Hunter
Chatham
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Zennatti Block
Emmet & Maloney
Progressive Druggists
London Law Times
The
City National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Schloss Bro
Fire Clothes Makers
Baltimore
New York
Takor
Schloss
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