Rail schedule details and local arrivals listed
Northbound trains No 1 No 3 No 5 and southbound Nos 2 4 6 with times shown. Nos 8 and 4 described as fast trains stopping at principal stations. Also names a business trip return, Ursuline nuns arrival, and several locals visiting from nearby areas. Includes a local drug store promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Cavitt
Galveston
J. D. Nicks
Stone City
Will Riley
Macy
Allen Smith
J. G. Payne
Mumford
G. W. Maxwell
North Grimes
cDougald
Lemp's Falstaff bottle beer and local notices collage
Local notes report visits and travels of residents including Dr Pough and Mrs Webb in Caldwell and Anderson. Mentions sugar house, buggy work, candy, a Grand Theatre attraction East Lynne, and sales by Levy Bros and Howell Bros with items like rugs cakes and Christmas specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lynne
Franklin Bros
Fall back to leisure at the resort and Falstaff beer
A vintage ad notes cooling off and enjoying life at a favorite resort with Falstaff bottle beer as a suggested beacon. It also advertises rug prices at Levy’s and a new line of combs and brushes at McDougald’s drug store with writing tablets and a ground plot on Main Street offered by G.8. Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDougald’s
Dtf
McDougald
Main Street
Parker
Wedding present ideas from Cut Glass to Cameo Vases
New goods on display at 274 Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co offer cut glass French and Japanese china fine lamps jardiniers stationery and cameo vases. Prices are advertised as the lowest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Rain Aids Stock Water As Concord School Opens
Cross Texas October 14 1901 report notes scarce stock water after a recent rain. Rev Black accepts a call at Concord for the coming year and the Concord school opens today. Miss Ida McClung visits. Wagons depart for a saw mill to return lumber for enlarging the local schoolhouse. E Chapman bears a painful hand wound from a gray wolf bite displayed by show men. Father Biggs attends church again after illness. Bill Rice injured returning from the saw mill. Dr Ware of Madison county visits. Ned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Rice
Dr. Ware
Madison County
Ned
Central Texas Fair special edition plans and events
The Eagle prepares a 5000 copy special edition with street views and interior pictures for the Central Texas Fair. A business-closure request follows the parade to hear Governor Sayers and Bryan day events. The art judges are Mrs. Julia Wipprecht, Mrs. W. H. Oliver, and Mrs. George R. Tabor. Additionally a $2.50 prize for best old masters copy is announced.
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The
Eagle
Ursuline Convent
Governor Sayers
Bryans
Julia Wipprecht
W. H. Oliver
George R. Tabor
J. Dunn’s
Bryan
Main St
Zenetti
Almonds Across Regions and Uses in History
The world almond crop outside California and the west comes from Italy Spain Morocco and more. Jordan almonds hail from Malaga Spain not the Jordan river. The common almond is hard to digest with little nourishment but useful as dessert flavoring. Almond tree leaves contain prussic acid making them poisonous while the fruit is safe to eat.
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California
West
Italy
Sicily
Majorca
Spain
France
Portugal
Morocco
Algiers
Jordan
Malaga
Jordan River
Politician Bets on Dog's Attention Then Reveals Taxidied Spaniel
A well known politician set out for a day’s sport with a friend and bet he could attract a sleeping spaniel in the hall. After a shrill whistle and blank cartridge failed, the guinea went to the winner. The man revealed the dog Mahatma had been stuffed weeks earlier and joked it was the tenth guinea he’d earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahatma
London
Italian Bees Outperform Native In Hardiness And Profit
Italian bees are described as more hardy than native stocks and more profitable. They are cited as more energetic, able to gather honey during partial droughts, and extracting nectar natives ignore. They are stronger on the wing, fly more directly, and are less irritable.
Weary Willie Sets Off for Sahary Desert Journey
In a Detroit press snippet, Hobo Pardine and Languid Trotter rally with a lively patter about packing and following into the great Sahary desert where no water falls the year round. Weary Willie leads a boastful trek into arid lands as guards and guides are imagined in playful ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobo Pardine
Willie
Sahary
Detroit
Dree Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swifts
Chase & Sanborn
Dansby & Dansby
H.é&T. C
Lemp
Dr. Pough
Sam Higgs
Jas. H. Webb
Caldwell
Mrs. J. O. Kernole
Anderson
Howell Bros
R. H. Seale
Benehley
E. W. Hutchinson
Houston
Leonard McDonald
W. W. Harris
San Antonio
Mrs. J. W. Howell
Jim Lawless
D. T. Williams
San Antonio Fair
Levy Bros
Webb Brothers
Ira O. Wyse
Silver Crown
Littman Cigar Factory
Austin
Franklin’s
One-Eyed Jack
Little Jim
John M. Caldwell
Little Havana
Wardrop
Men's Outfitters
Cross
Fair Management
J. B. Robertson
U.C. V
Leggett
Underwood
John M. Lawrence & CO
James’ Heat Powders
M. H. James
Ryan
Texas
M. Bonneville, JR
B. S. Read
Fp.s
Ares
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