Prince Seeks Congress from Navarro County
The message notes R E Prince of Navarro county seeking a congressional seat under the Kansas City Democratic platform. It claims Texas gains 10 million dollars in British money from horse and mule sales for South Africa and reports Brenham noting a consumption case cured by Beaumont oil with patient Ellie Eldred.
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R. E. Prince
Navarro County
Kansas City
Democratic
Texas
South Africa
Brenham
Beaumont Oil
Ellie Eldred
Houston company strikes water at 500 feet in Grimes county
A Houston firm boring oil near Grimes county hit water at a depth of five hundred feet. Temperature noted at one hundred four degrees. Indications point to the I. & N. railroad extending possibly from Houston toward Beaumont and Orange in the near future.
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Houston Company
Grimes County
Cotton picking machine patent idea sparks debate
W R McComb of Marlin seeks a patent for a cotton picker claimed to replace fifty workers by harvesting half a bale per hour. He predicts the average Texas farmer will need to adapt, or be compelled to be “Missourized,” to make the invention workable.
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W.R. McComb
Marlin
Texas
Texas to be properly represented at 1903 St Louis Exposition
The governor's commission confirms Texas will be represented at the St Louis exposition in 1903. OC H Markham of the Houston and Texas Central railroad names Jeff Miller as manager in charge of operations. A census bulletin highlights Texas manufacturing gains from 1890 to 1900 with sizable increases in establishments capital invested wage earners materials used and finished product value.
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OC. H. Markham
The
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Jeff Miller
Texas
Potatoes and Seeds Talk At Brazos County Growers Meet
The Brazos County Truck Growers association met in Bryan with small turnout due to bad weather. They discussed buying a car of potatoes, seed orders for beans peas and cucumbers, and appointing a business manager to handle purchasing, marketing, and logistics for the group. A special meeting is set for January 18 to decide on potato purchases and manager terms.
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Bryan
Moore & Dyer of
Plant. Seed Company
St. Louis
McDuff Simpson
Simpson
J. A. D. Ropinson
J. W. P. Connelly
Advertised Letters at Bryan Post Office January 6 1902
List of names under GENTLEMEN LADIES and FOREIGN awaiting pickup at Bryan post office for the week ending January 6 1902. A one cent charge is required per piece. When calling for these letters, say advertised and give the date. Tyler Haswell P. M.
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Bryan
Tyler Haswell
P. M
Edge Community Notes and Social Visits Report
Edge mentions old friends in San Angelo and Bryan visitors with several local trip notes. Miss Mannie Francis visits near here while Rosa Elliott stays with Mattie Jackson in Marlin. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edge travel to Cottonwood. J. R. Landers moves to Orange with his family. Edger Broadus and Mrs. Holloway ill. New Year’s Eve refreshments enjoyed. Quinoria malaria remedy advertised by H James of Bryan.
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Joe. Newman
Orange
J. R. Landers
Edger Broadus
Holloway
R. Nash
Cottonwood
Penitentiary Board Reports December Convict Totals
Austin January 8 The state penitentiary board met in the governor's office. Superintendent Rice reports December 1 convict total 3868 with 200 new arrivals 5 recaptured and returned 4074 discharged 102 pardoned 62 escaped 5 died 4 delivered leaving 3896 on hand December 31 Financial Agent Hills balance 34977 97. Robt Storm sugar house builder from New Orleans offered to build the state sugar house. Attorney general opinion requires certified sheriff fee returns for auditing by the comptroller.
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Penitentiary Board
Austin
State Penitentiary Board
Rice
Penientiaries
Hill
Robt
Storm
New Orleans
Love
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller
Big Swindling Scheme Targets Farmers in Iowa
A fraud ring in Independence Iowa used signed blank sheets later completed as promissory notes to cheat farmers. About two hundred signatories were obtained by a stranger named John Smith. Promissory notes worth around 14 000 dollars appeared at Jesup bank, with potential total defraud near 35 000 dollars. Local farmers vow to pursue legal action with counsel.
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Independence
Iowa
Jesup
John Smith
Chicago
Gages Successor and Inauguration Dates
Governor Shaw of Iowa, soon to be secretary of the treasury, was in Chicago hosted by the Union League club. Cummins, his successor, will be inaugurated January 15 and leave for Washington January 21 or 22 to take office January 25. The new secretary will speak at the National Business League event on February 27 on The Commerce and Industries of the West.
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Chicago
Shaw
Iowa
the Treasury
Washington
Union League Club
Cummins
Governo
Secretary of the Treasury
National Business League
Commerce and Industries
West
Brother and Sister Reunited After 50 Years in Harrisburg
Mrs. Jane Woodford of Belknap Indiana and her daughter Mrs. Brick of St. Louis arrived in Harrisburg Arkansas to visit the Guyer hotel owner B. Y. Guyer. Guyer proved to be Jane Woodford’s long lost brother, reuniting after decades since Old Salem North Carolina. Guyer is 70, Woodford 64, and the meeting was joyous.
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Harrisburg
Ark
Jane Woodford
Belknap
Brick
St. Louis
Guyer Hotel
B. Y. Guyer
Woodford
Prussian Revenue Down as Diet Opens
Berlin Jan 8 The throne speech read by Imperial Chancellor Count Von Buelow warned of a gloomy economy. State railroad revenue in 1901 fell short of estimates and overall financial year results were disappointing. The emperor urged action against agitation in Polish districts of eastern Prussia.
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Berlin
Count von Buelow
Prussia
Double Tragedy in Gilmer Texas Involving Calvert Quinn
In Simp sonville James Calvert and Carse Quinn clashed. A shot struck bystander William Hart in the breast killing him. A second shot mortally wounded Quinn in the abdomen. Calvert faced an examining trial and was released on a 4500 dollar bond.
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Gilmer
Tex
Simpsonville
James Calvert
Carse Quinn
Wm. Hart
Quinn
Calvert
Collision Clouds Fate of Vessel Europe Off Queenstown
Shipping men in Portland report the four masted French bark Europe, which left December 11 for Queenstown with a wheat cargo, is suspected as the ship that collided with the Walla Walla. Loss of life estimated between 30 and 40. The Europe’s voyage under ordinary weather would have seen it farther along.
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Portland
Ore
Walla Walla
Europe
Queenstown
Wecome
Guthrie
O. T
Indian Territory Illuminating Co
Jersey City
Rhode Island
Indian Territory
Osage Nation
New Jersey Company
Canal Extension Plan Aims for Congress Request
Chicago January 8 drainage board members travel to Washington to seek a $200,000 appropriation for a survey and cost estimate of an eight ten twelve and fourteen foot waterway linking the drainage canal with St Louis. Sanitary trustees will present before the House rivers and harbors committee.
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Chicago
Drainage Board
Washington
Congress
St. Louis
Sanitary
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
House
Senate panel defers canal vote until House acts
Washington Jan. 8 The senate committee on inter oceanic canals decided to defer all efforts to secure action in the senate on the Isthmian canal until the House resolves the bill now under consideration.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Texas Industries See Big Gains in 1900 Census Totals
Washington reports Texas manufacturing shows 1900 census prelim totals with capital at 90.4 million, product value 119.4 million, 12,289 establishments, 48 152 wage earners, total wages 20.55 million, and miscellaneous exports 6.14 million. City figures list Dallas Galveston Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Austin and Waco with varied increases and declines.
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Washington
Texas
Dallas
Galveston
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
Train crash in Virginia with no injuries reported
Soo see een. Ow. Va. Train No. 4, a passenger train, eastbound, collided with an extra west bound freight train. None of the passengers were injured.
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Soo
Een
Texas Plumbers Officers Admit Anti Trust Guilty Plea
In Austin district court seven Master Plumbers Association of Texas officers pled guilty to anti trust violations and confessed judgment for 1400 dollars. Other members’ cases were dismissed for lack of evidence. The total penalties sought were 63 million dollars.
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Austin, Tex
Master Plumbers’ Association of Texas
Oklahoma's World Fair Building Headquaters Plan
Oklahoma commissioners to the World's fair adopt a Buffalo Wisconsin style Oklahoma building at St Louis enlarged 50 percent. It will serve as headquarters rest home and clubhouse for Oklahomans with additional space reserved for Oklahoma exhibitors.
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Guthrie
O. T
Wisconsin
Buffalo
St. Louis
Women Led Boer Laager Captures Cattle Near Mokwani
Cape Town reports a Kimberley column captured a Boer laager near Mokwani. The camp, guarded entirely by women led by the wife of Commandant DeBeers, includes about 150 women acting as cowboys and only six men involved.
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Cape Town
Mokwani
DeBeers
Population totals of the United States for 1900 census
The Census Bureau reports the national population at 84,283,069 for 1900, with 75,994,575 in the continental United States. The Philippines account for 6,961,839, Porto Rico 953,243, Hawaii 154,001, Alaska 62,592, Guam 9,000, American Samoa 6,100, and military personnel outside the U.S. proper totaling 91,519.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Continental
United States Proper
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Guam
American Samoa
Henry Besing and wife die in sequestered Warrick cabin
Evansville Indiana January 8 Henry Besing 66 and his wife 92 died minutes apart in their secluded Warrick county cabin near Elderfield. They had lived on the same farm for over a decade with no visitors and wished to die together. They will be buried in one grave. Besing left more than 10000 dollars in money plus a fine farm to distant heirs.
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Evansville
Ind
Henry Bessing
Warrick County
Elderfield
Beesing
Two Trains Collision Kills Two Men in Roanoke
A head end collision on the Kenova division of the Norfolk and Western railroad in Roanoke Virginia on Tuesday left two men dead Hugh Smith a former express messenger and baggage master of Roanoke and Fineman John Turner of Bluefield West Virginia.
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Roanoke
Kenova
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Hugh Smith
John Turner
Bluefield
W. Va
Woman candidate for State superintendent of public instruction
Jan 8 Mound City IL Mrs H M Smith longtime Pulaski county schools superintendent for 20 years has been induced to run for State superintendent of public instruction. She is well known across the state as an educator and her candidacy will likely become active.
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Mound City
H. M. Smith
Pulaski County
Texas to Represent at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Texas will be represented at the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. A governor Sayers commission met Tuesday, organized, and elected 13 directors to oversee the state’s participation.
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Dallas
Texas
St. Louis
Sayers
Woman killed by timber collapse at slaughter scaffold
Guthrie Oklahoma January 8 Mrs Aaron Gebbs aged 40 was struck on the head and killed when a butchering scaffold gave way under the weight of a beef being slaughtered near La Homa Oklahoma authorities reported the accident occurred as workers raised a heavy timber causing the fatal injury to Gebbs the body was taken to nearby residence for burial
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Guthrie
Lahoma
Aaron Gebbs
Wisconsin's War Claims Totals Revealed by Judge Comstock
Madison Jan 8 Judge Henry G Comstock special agent for the governor reports Wisconsin seeks reimbursement for unclaimed war costs totaling 425760.68 dollars from the federal government The record notes Wisconsin priorly funded the war with a 1100000 dollar loan and additional wartime appropriations.
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Madison
Henry G. Comstock
Wisconsin
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