Flooded District Advised to Plant June Corn at Once
A Hempstead News item notes readers in a flooded district should immediately plant June corn as conditions permit and agriculture resumes.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1899
Page
2
A Hempstead News item notes readers in a flooded district should immediately plant June corn as conditions permit and agriculture resumes.
A medical or folk remedy notes that strength comes by taking a desert spoonful three times daily in sweet milk water or wine to help growth and flesh. The fragment suggests a traditional tonic or tonic dose.
A Hubbard City reader reports Texas business leaders debate a Rhode Island plan to build a small cotton mill with 2000 to 5000 spindles. The town or locals would fund the plant and hold two thirds of the machinery while the company supplies one third and a superintendent. Costs run about four dollars per spindle. a 2000 spindle mill would hire about 50 workers, a 3000 spindle mill about 75, and a 5000 spindle mill about 100 to 125 workers. The correspondent notes similar southern plants exist and urges Bryan to consider starting with a small mill and expanding as needed.
The heavy bridge washouts between Bryan and Calvert on the H. T. C. have been repaired and the first through trains since June 28 ran yesterday. Conductor Turner operated the first north bound train from Hearne yard. The flood caused large property losses but no accidents occurred. Superintendent J. M. Lee led the rapid repairs and directed crews through the crisis.
General Arthur cigars touted as best on earth are sold at the Exposition sa loon stall marked 141 tf, drawing attention from visitors.
Lloyd's Weekly reports on foreign managers using English pretexts to recruit girls for stage work in Russia. It cites a London agent noting the danger, names victims seeking help, and mentions nine Bradford women who disappeared amid similar schemes. Parliament is set to address the scandal.
The article recalls women serving as public executioners in Brussels and pre revolutionary Virginia. A Brussels substitute named Marie Rege once offered to take her ill husband’s place and had masked herself to execute, while in Virginia a condemned woman known as Lady Betty became the official executioner after her death sentence was commuted in exchange for duties.
Bill Clifton breezed through Darien as the blizzard faded and will bring his famous laugh to Atlanta next fall, promising a lively appearance.
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