Paris Plans $100,000 Cotton Mill Stock Venture
Paris Texas moves to organize a stock company with capital of 100000 to erect a cotton mill. The Brazos Valley Coal Clay and Manufacturing Company of Calvert is incorporated with 30000 capital. The note also mentions Pat Crowe in a kidnappers' trust and a general cautionary tone about the new century.
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Paris
Texas
Pat Crowe
Millionaires’ Sons
The
Brazos Valley, Coal, Clay and Manufacturing Company of
Calvert
Nations on bond plans saloon smash raid in Wichita
Mrs Nations remains out on bond and seeks saloons to strike as Wichita saloon keepers post guards, fearing an imminent raid by the adversary.
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Mrs. Nations
Bond
Wichita
Kansas
Banking growth in Texas drives more branches and small-town finance
Among fifty six national banks formed in the South since March 14 with capital under fifty thousand dollars, twenty eight are in Texas. The figures signal rising business and manufacturing activity in the state and a need for more banking facilities as smaller towns grow.
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South
Texas
Texas Advances Highlight Cash Basis Prosperity
A Dallas-based Manufacturers' Record correspondent lauds Texas as cash rich and diversifying. He cites booming crops in cotton corn and wheat, rising hogs and cattle sales, and growing manufacturing including cotton mills and oil mills. Prosperity stems from agriculture with future industrial growth deemed inevitable.
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Great Southwest
Dallas
Texas
South
Paris
France
August Flower praised by professor as universal remedy
Prof Houton reports in ten years of travel meeting many who use Green's August Flower for dispersia liver and stomach derangement and constipation. He says it helps tourists and salesmen with headaches from irregular habits and sour stomachs. Sample bottles free at Wilson Jenkins Dry Co. Sold by dealers widely.
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Prof. Houton
Wilson-Jenkins Dry Co
Fountain denies Bryan exit and cure for profession
Dr. J. L. Fountain states the report of leaving Bryan is unfounded and that after the legislature adjourns he will resume his medical practice with his brother Dr. W C Fountain taking charge in the meantime. The item ends with a separate help wanted note offering doubled pay for a school position in Oakwood, Texas.
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Bryan
W.C. Fountain
J. L. Fountain
St Louis Exposition Bond Support for Louisiana Purchase
A large, influential delegation urged a World’s Exposition in St Louis for 1903. Government pledges total about 15 million dollars with 5 million from federal funds, 5 million via bonds, and 5 million from local subscription. Missouri secretary of state certificates show strong state and city majorities backing the plan.
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St. Louis
House Representatives
United States
Secretary of Treasury
Chicago
Francis
Missouri
Roosevelt's Hunt At Keystone Ranch
Meeker Colorado January reports from the Keystone ranch detail Roosevelt hunting casualties including 12 grown mountain lions 3 kittens and 8 lynx cats killed. The governor helped kill a lion with a knife after a dramatic confrontation with hounds and a biting lion. He will remain another two weeks. Washington dispatches note Creek trouble in Indian Territory with murders intimidation and warrants for friendly Creeks amid calls for cavalry from Fort Reno to Henrietta.
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Meeker
Col
Keystone Ranch
Roosevelt
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Schoenfelt
Muskogee
I. T
Tham
Fort Reno
Henrietta
Montreal Blaze Ravages Trade Building Worth Millions
A major fire in Montreal began at 8 p m Wednesday and raged until 1 a m. Firemen faced freezing conditions but gained control as flames destroyed property valued between 2.5 and 3 million dollars. The Teard of Trade Building, costing over 350000, housed more than 100 tenants and several large firms.
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Montreal
Lunatic Seeks Audience at Victoria Station
At Victoria station a well dressed man with a letter for the king was allowed through barriers. He asked to present the letter to the king personally and was handed to police. The envelope held only a telegraph form reading I wish to see my beloved queen.
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London
Victoria Station
The Gas Bill Comedy of a Shocking Overcharge
An eminent citizen confronts a gas company over a hefty bill. The meter shows 50,000 feet billed at 1.50 per thousand, totaling 75 dollars. The president and secretary defend the charge while laments over calendar days and home absence are offered as excuses. A chorus of clerks and a dramatic aside conclude with pleas and a comically tragic note on a $1.75 overcharge.
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Sam Wroth
Gore
Strike For Raise Cited In Busy Chicago Shop Row
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a girl at the revolver and cartridge counter questions a manager about a raise. Another girl at the bicycle goods counter explains the manager wants her to swap positions with a toy department worker who served all summer, amid the holiday trade bustle.
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Chicago Tribune
The Wicked Little Germ
A brief observation from the Indianapolis Journal notes microbes attack victims when they are worn out and exhausted. The piece emphasizes how fatigue makes people vulnerable to infection and urges awareness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Atchison Man Turns Pleasant After 30 Years Crossed
An Atchison man long considered cross has recently appeared pleasant, according to a note in the Atchison Globe. The item offers a humorous take on his personality shift over decades.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Man Killed When Horses Spook at Doxeys Station
Mason Texas January 24 Marvin Gathing riding from Menardville to Cherokee stopped to water the horses at Doxey's gun six miles from Mason. On returning them to the wagon the animals were frightened and he was thrown against the wagon breaking his neck in the fatal accident.
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Mason, Tex
Menardville
Cherokee
Marvin Gathing
Doxey
Mason
Supreme Court Overrules Rehearing in Star vs AP Case
The Missouri Supreme Court overruled a motion for rehearing in the St. Louis Star against the Associated Press. The court had previously denied a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel AP to furnish its report to The Star.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Supreme Court
St. Louis Star
Associated Press
Star
Soldiers to be buried at Presidio for Philippines smallpox dead
San Francisco reports that 163 soldiers who died of smallpox in the Philippines will be buried at the Presidio. The decision underscores ongoing commemoration of military casualties.
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Presido
San Francisco
Philippines
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