Katy offers new round trip route for Christmas travelers
The M. K. & T. R’y Katy announces a new route via Indian Territory to Memphis for Christmas homegoing. Through cars and trains will operate with one fare round trip, sales December 20 21 22, return within 30 days. Also one and one third fare for Texas points, with tickets on December 23 24 25 26 30 31 and January 1 return by January 3 1900.
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Katy
McAlester
Choctaw & Memphis Railway
Little Rock
Memphis
M. K
T. R.y
Indian Territory
South McAlester
Old Home
Texas
Katy Flyer Half Rate Tickets Promotion
Tickets on sale December 19 and 20 for the M. E. and T. R. routes in Kansas and Missouri including Kansas City and St. Louis. Return any time within 30 days. Through sleepers and free reclining chair car aboard the Katy Flyer. Apply to Katy Ticket Agent or write W ie. Crutch.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Katy
Grimes County's Holiday Edition Preview
A holiday edition notes its historical sketch of Grimes County and other historical items of interest. Publisher H. H. Hodge from Anderson, Texas promotes the prettiest paper ever published in Grimes county.
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Grimes County
H. H. Hodge
Anderson
Texas
Opal Hearts Symbolize Eternal Love and Lucky Charm
The opal, once seen as ill omened, is now viewed as a token of mutual love and happiness. It is cut into heart shapes, worn in rings, pendants for lorgnette chains, and centers of brooches. Australian opals provide larger stones for single gold frames.
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Pouwar
Duty Free Coffins End Duty on Imported Remains
Philadelphia officials report the general board of customs appraisers ruled coffins carrying bodies arriving at any U S port should be admitted free of duty after protests over three years of duties collected on European shipments. The decision ends the duty on coffins used for repatriating remains.
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Philadelphia
General Board of Customs
Deans Tale of a Field Stile and a Lad
A Norwich dean tells a god story about himself. He meets a farm lad at a field stile during lunch. The boy blocks passage and the dean lectures him on manners. The lad replies, You teach, but I feed myself.
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Norwich
Time-Honored Lie Sparks Mouse Nest Urgency
A mother mouse urges her young to rush scraps of meat and cheese to the nest while the cat is away, insisting they work quickly and skip play. The line frames a cautionary, brisk household scene with animals behaving like a strict drill.
Not Fond of the Camera in Victorian Portraits
John Ruskin avoided photographs for thirty years while John Hare posed only once by express royal wish Queen Victoria.
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John Ruskin
John Hare
Queen Victoria
Special Stockholders Meeting of Houston and Texas Central Railway
Notice outlines a special stockholders meeting at the Houston office on January 19 1900 at noon to authorize a first mortgage on the Waco and Northwestern Division for up to twenty five thousand dollars per mile with a 30 year term at six percent interest to fund payment, completion, and operation of the railroad. E W Cave secretary.
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Houston
Texas
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company
Waco & Northwestern Division
The
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Bremond
Robertson County
Marlin
Waco
Ross
McLennan County
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