A&M College Students Tour San Antonio for Educational Fair Study
Professors A A Haskell and W G Drummond lead their industrial chemistry and mechanical engineering seniors to San Antonio to study fair exhibits in iron foundries water works gas works breweries flouring mills and related industries. Students will note processes and report findings back at the college.
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A. A. Haskell
Department of Chemistry
W. G. Drummond
San Antonio
F. R. Marshall
Department of Animal Husbandry
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Fair Association
Marshall
Chicago
Texas
Ohio
Brazos County Land Listings Include Homes and Farms
J W Batts offers abstract books and a variety of Brazos County properties for sale. Listings cover 52 acres in city limits with a residence and well for 1600 dollars, several farms north of Bryan priced from 5.00 to 10.00 per acre, river and timber tracts, and multiple city lots with houses and outbuildings sold on easy terms.
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Bryan
Brazos River
School House
N. B. Cole
Hall
Caldwell
Allen Academy
Account of King Not toc Col J S Rice Texas figure
Col J S Rice, native Texan born in Houston, rose from local schools to become a leading businessman and military man. He served with the Houston Light Guard, later captaining the unit, and held roles as penitentiary financial agent, lumber ventures, and joint receiver of Kirby Lumber Company. He heads Union Trust and owns extensive Texas real estate.
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Col. J. S. Rice
Houston
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas
Houston Light Guard
Penitentiary
Hyatt, Tex
Kirby Lumber Company
Crawford Street
Third Ward
Panhandle
Union Trust Company
Capital Stock
Fred A. Rice
Battalion
Painless Football Ahead as Changes Likely
The Battalion notes a push for reforms to reduce roughness and pain in football. Advocates cite hidden slugging and unfair tactics, with Harvard coach Mr. Reid aligning with Roosevelt and Eliot. The piece predicts radical rule changes and a shifted era for the sport.
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Rome
England
Edward II
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Reid
Harvard
Roosevelt
Eliot
A Necessary Precaution Joke From New Brighton Tower
An American visiting New Brighton is teased about the local tall tower. A local man boasts of a taller American tower that must lower its top at night to let the moon pass. The exchange ends with a polite farewell.
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New Brighton
America
Cobalt dyed cloth signals weather changes
Cloth dyed with cobalt chloride shifts color with weather. In clear weather it is blue, near storms it turns violet, and rain turns pink due to moisture. The effect, usable in floral hygrometers via cobalt salts, contrasts with barometers which indicate pressure changes rather than moisture.
Clean spectacles and eye health cautions from oculists
Oculists warn that even well fitted glasses harm vision when not kept clean. People from students to lawyers neglect cleaning, risking injury. advise frequent cleaning with alcohol and wiping with tissue or chamois rather than a handkerchief.
First Use of Magazine in Gentleman's Magazine Intro 1781
The London Times notes the word magazine, once meaning storehouse in Arabic, emerges in the Gentleman's Magazine Introduction of 1781. It cites that several gentlemen began to treasure notable pieces on the mentioned subjects as in a magazine.
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Gentleman’s Magazine
London Times
No liked photos spark youth versus age debate
Miss Passay complains Kamier’s photos make her look forty while Miss Pepprey says she should have objected to touchups. The exchange captures a lighthearted dispute over aging in photography reported by the Philadelphia Press.
A Hard Cut: Bride Deflects Ring Comment in Task
In a Cleveland Leader note the couple quips a joke about the wedding ring with Mrs. Jawback claiming she wore it while doing housework and Mr. Jawback asking why she isn’t wearing it. The item ends with a sharp, old proverb about respect and admiration.
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Jawback
Shall We All Die of Thirst As World Water Fades
In Chambers Journal J T Whitby warns of global and local water shortages as rivers and springs dwindle. He links population growth and drainage to drought, but stresses forests and replanting trees as essential to restore moisture and delay a waterless era.
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Chambers’ Journal
J. T. Whitby
Raw White Potato Eyes Treatment Ends Irritation
A Detroit News Tribune reader testifies that raw white potato applied as a cool slurry on closed eyes provides relief from inflamed eyes. The potato is pared scraped with a spoon, mixed with a little water, placed on a cloth over the eyes, and the patient moves the eyes to expose the eyeball. Reclining position advised.
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Stanley R. Walbridge
Detroit News-Tribune
Softening the Blow
A Virginia woman ill at home dismisses a servant who shares a tale about a relative who died easily. The servant, Cora, protests and uses a different memory of the cousin’s death before exiting.
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Cora
Miss May
The Rise of Pins From Thorns to Machines
Pins evolved from thorn fasteners with hooks buckles and laces. By the late fifteenth century pins appeared in Britain using hand fashioned iron wire. England began pin manufacture by filing wire to a point and twisting a head, producing 400 to 500 pins a day. The United States credited with inventing the first machine in 1824 by Lemuel Wellman Wright.
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Great Britain
England
United States
Lemuel Wellman Wright
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A. & M. College Boys
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Tave
Brazos County
Nottoc
Baltimore
New York
Schloss
Wagner
Brandon
Texas Farmers
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Denver Road
A. A. Glisson, G. P. A
Fort Worth, Texas
John Witman
John Wittman
Old States
Southern
Pacific
North Central
T. J. Anderson
Houston, Texas
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