Osage River Freezes Over and Cold Snap Hits West
Osage River at Osceola, Missouri, freezes over for the first time since 1895 as bitter cold grips the region. In Spokane, Washington, temperatures hover near zero with a clipping northeast wind. In Tekoa Washington, seven year old Earl E Runner dies on the way to school after freezing to death.
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Oscela
Osage
Spokane
Kootenai
British Columbia
Colville
Tekoa
Wash
Earl E. Runner
Chinese Burned In Vancouver Chinatown Fire
Fire swept a Chinese quarter near Nanimo at the Chemanius lumber mills destroying flimsy shanties. At least two Chinese burned to death and several missing or badly burned as residents fled flames. White settlers aided in rescues amid smoke and chaos.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chinatown
Nanimo
Five years for false swearing in Waxahachie
Waxahachie Texas February 2 Bob Chiambers received a five year sentence on a charge of false swearing in a local court.
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Waxahachie, Tex
Bob Chiambers
Madisonville Missionary Tour Reaches Madison County
A reporter notes from Madisonville and surrounding towns in Madison County on a missionary tour for The Meteor and Eagle. He highlights strong farming, cash credit shift, ample corn and meat, good livestock, growing railroad prospects, and a solid public school system with active teachers and a 150 pupil enrollment at a standout town school led by Prof. J. J. Jopling. The piece also mentions local businesses, postmaster Seay’s absence, and community services across Connor and nearby locales.
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Madisonville
Free State
Madison County
Meteor
Eagle
Connor
Midway
Elwood
Dean’s Store
Hennessy
Mt. Tabor
Banner
Texas
J. J. Jopling
N. A. Reily
Lizzie Wakefield
Allie Landers
Wm. Horbuck
Burtis Bros
Mixon and Turner
W. T. McAfee
J. W. Sowell
Wakefield Bros
Andrew Jackson
Will Harris
Geo. Neely
W. F.wakefela
Methodists
Christian
Midway to Elwood and neighboring communities visit
The narrative covers Elwood with a church and schools, noting Miss Jen nie Glover teaching 24 pupils, Deans Store’s J T Dean & Son general store, a 75-student school led by Prof D R Hibbetts, and a push for a post office. It moves through Cobb's Creek with schooling for 43 children, Plunkett & Dean's gin with 345 bales of cotton, then Hennessy near Madisonville with Capt R M Lesesne’s store and gin, and Miss Bulah McAdams teaching 30 pupils. The author mentions abundant cotton, mixed farming, and a plan to travel further west, with telephone line connections expanding to Bryan and Huntsville. PEARSON. Exchange Hotel Arrivals.
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Deans
J.T. Dean & Son
D. R. Hibbetts
Cobb's Creek
Mamie Ford
Plunkett & Déan
Hennesssy
Madison
Leon Counties
Madisonville
R. M. Lesesne
Lesesne & Son
Bulah McAdams
Hennessy
Mt. Tabor
Lemmie Wycough
Midway
Huntsville
Bryan
Pearson
Round Trip Tickets to New Orleans and Local Notices
H and T C offer round trip tickets to New Orleans from Bryan at 13 85 with sale Feb 7 to 13 and limit Feb 28 1899 R G Tabor NY Life agent can discuss life insurance Hess v NY Press ends in 750 damages in libel suit Niles tribal chief Pokagon selected Mishawaka birth of smallest northern Indiana infant Feb 2 Examiners Tod Sloan profit report Mishawaka infant weighs one pound and is expected to live
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New Orleans
Bryan
R. G. Tabor
The
New York Life
New York
Charles A. Hess
Twenty-fifth Assembly District
New York Press
Niles, Mich
Hartford
Charles Pokagon
Simon Pokagon
Charles
Simon
Chicago
San Francisco
the Examiner
Tod Sloan
Wall Street
Tod
L. B. Bell
Mishawaka, Ind
Noble Austin
Indiana
The Mexico and St Louis Limited Train Schedule
The I G N R R introduces The Mexico and St Louis Limited effective December 3 at 12:01 am. The train runs Laredo to St Louis via San Antonio Austin Palestine, arriving in St Louis the following day, reducing travel time to about six hours. Through coaches and Pullman sleepers are provided to St Louis with no change. For details contact local ticket agents or G P A D J Price Palestine Texas.
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Mexico
Palestine
St.Louis
St. Louis
D. J. Price G. P. A
Texas
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the Daily Eagle
Connelly, Palmer & Carnes
Malcolm Carnes
Clarence Pearson
Brazos
W. R. Wyse
Dallas
Ira O. Wyse
Charlie Kramelis
Mr. Wyse
John B. Mike
Grand Opera House
John Philip Sousa
el Capitan
Mike
Charles Albert Berry
D.D
National Council of Evangelical Free Churches
Bilston
Staffordshire
Eny
Kagan
Panama
L. Brown
Bonham
Tex
Jim Jenkins
Nebraska
Osage River
Washington
Buckingham
Louisville
Buckingham Theater
Night Owl Company
Frederick Hess, Jr
San Francisco Typographical Union
Emmet’s
M. D. Seay
I. B. Welsh
Ford
Jennie Glover
Exchange Hotel
J Shapiro
T E Gooding
Waco
R Snodgrass
Galveston
Max Schnitzer
Blackshear
Gordon Boone
Navasota
Hess
New Pottawatomie
Burt Norwood
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Store
A. McKenzie
W. J. Christian
Zenne
Wan
Onth
A. W. He
Paul M. Baylor
Bryan, Texas
James Drugstore
W.H. Lawrence
Hall’s Twin Sisters
Freckela
Hall's Drug Store
Pure Drugs
J. Wittmann
H.&t.c
R. R
North
South
Houston
Dens
Ennis
Ft. Worth
ST. L
Ennis and
Hof Brenham
Austin
Corsichachie
Dennison
C. W. Burn
Trafic
W. S.wison
Tas W Bt
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