Brazos River Navigation Plan Gaining Local Support
A Brazos River Navigation Convention at Navasota backs making the Brazos navigable from Velasco to Waco with light draft boats and a river fleet. A stock company may form to exploit timber and fuel freight, boosting commerce and regional development along the Brazos Valley.
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Navasota
Brazos
Velasco
Waco
Columbia
Boliver Falls
Galveston
Richmond
San Felipe
Brazos Valley
Brazos River
Galveston News
Excursions and Rail Rates From Dallas Listings
Dallas excursion sales for Free Mason events on Oct 22 29 and Nov 1 2. Dallas fair and races excursion Oct 12 28 with return by Oct 29. Train through Bryan Oct 20 1 38 pm and Oct 21 12 46 am round trip $3 60. Fresh shipments National Biscuit Company cakes crackers. E S Fountain 269.
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Dallas
Free Mason
Dallas Fair and Races
Bryan
National Biscuit Company
E. S. Fountain
Mi-o-na stomach tablets touted as health remedy
A newspaper ad promotes Mi o na stomach tablets claiming to cure indigestion and related symptoms. It asserts digestion will strengthen, nerves improve, and overall health restore with a money back guarantee from E J Jenkins for a 50 cent box.
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E. J. Jenkins
The First Teacups and Early European Coffee Use
A compact read on early European tea and coffee cups, tracing dates of first imports in Venice Paris London and Leipsic, the rise of porcelain exports, and the China origin of porcelain as art objects while warning about forgeries. It also notes how traditional teacups served coffee and chocolate and mentions fat in meat diets.
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Europe
Constantinople
Venice
Paris
London
Leipsic
Germany
China
Remarkable Irish Canal Oversight During Famine
During the 1847 famine in Connaught Ireland the government built a Galway to Ballina navigation via Lough Corrib and Lough Mask to ease supply routes. A Cong canal reached Lough Mask as part of the plan creating jobs, but the canal proved unable to hold water due to the district dock being unusually porous.
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Connaught
Ireland
Galway
Ballina
Lough Corrib
Lough Mask
Cong
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Siberian
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Willis
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
T.R. Batte
Attorney At Law
Graded School
Bohanon Hack Line
Burt Norwood
W. C. Bohanon
McAllister Coal
Bryan Ice Storage
Mexico
St. Louis
Specia
VIA
Iron Mountain Route
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National Lines OF
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Mexico City
Terminal
San Antonio
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GN. R. R
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