REPORT OF THE CONDITION ammn mses The Citizens National and OF CAMERON
Report of the condition of Citizens National Bank of Cameron Texas at close of business February 5 1901. Lists resources including loans discounts securities real estate and state bank balances with liabilities and capital totals. Signed by cashier W L Baird and notarized in Milam County Texas.
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Cameron
Texas
U 5
Internal Revenue
Lawres Moxey Resrnvers
U. S
Milam
J. W. L. Baird
W. L. Bain
Harness Craft and Comfort For The Working Horse
The narrator notes the horse prefers a comfortable harness over a harsh one and will perform better when properly accoutered. The harness is praised for its appearance and its high quality leather, durable construction, and reliable manufacturing methods.
Gas Lighting and Steam Heating Services Offered
The firm states it provides gas lighting and steam heating work and will undertake large or small contracts. It promises to ensure all possible measures to supply light and heat and offers estimates.
Slits Beer Promoted for Purity and Health
A vintage ad extols Slits beer as pure, palatable, wholesome and nourishing. It claims the beverage clears the brain and supports the body, urging readers to obtain it at the Commercial Saloon.
Grain and Feed Supplier Promises Quick Delivery
If you are undecided where to get grain and feed for horses cows pigs poultry come here. We can furnish all sorts of grain feed and related goods to your best advantage. We bespeak a trial order.
Lone Star Livery Stable Offers Fast, Well-Cared Horses
On the road choose speed and action from Lone Star Livery Stable. Horses are well cared for and fed, providing satisfaction to the sportsman while driving. Prices are moderate and service-focused.
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Lone Star Livery
Notice to creditors for the estate of Spaeter and Spaeter
All persons having claims against the estate of 8 Spaeter and F Spaeter, deceased, are notified to present the same within the time prescribed by law to the undersigned administrator. W D Papen was appointed administrator on February 9 1901 and signs this notice from Cameron Texas dated February 20 1901.
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Spaeter
F. Spaeter
W. D. Papen
Cameron
Texas
Public Convenience and Railroads Governed by Service
The article argues railroads depend on public convenience and must provide uninterrupted service at cost to the companies. It cites a Iowa governor ordering a snowbound branch line opened within 48 hours after protests and potential government action to ensure fuel and supplies. It notes London's lord mayor’s extensive entertainments as a separate fact.
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The
Railway Engineering Review
Peoce
Iowa
Astonishing Combination of Tattooed Man and Dog Trainer
A vaudeville actor recalls meeting a tattooed man who trains trick dogs. The man stays home to keep the stock while his wife and brother-in-law tour with dogs. The trainer once tattooed, now seeks to erase the marks as he prospers in show business.
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New Orleans
Mineral Products Drive Large Share of US Exports in 1900
The 1900 US export total of 1.565 billion included 436.2 million in mineral products. Iron and steel led with about 130 million in minerals, copper nearly 75 million, coal and coke above 22 million, while gold and silver exports were 52.8 and 59.3 million respectively.
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United States
Overstocked: a struggling author fights rejection forms
In a conversation with the New York Sun, a struggling writer discusses how publishers repeatedly mark manuscripts with the word Overstocked. He argues the rejection notice oddly confirms interest and vows to send still better work to overcome the obstacle.
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New York Sun
Willie’s slang clash with a Brockton schoolteacher
Little Willie in Brockton misuses slang and is corrected by a teacher who asks what chump means. Willie answers that a chump is a schoolteacher, saying his father called the teacher a chump after a scolding for tattling on Johnnie Green.
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Willie
Brockton
Johnnie Green
Brockton Enterprise
Ended His Days In Comfort In Little Italy Fraud Tale
The Italian community in New York recounts a Century piece about a dying street vendor who forged and hid withdrawal entries to leave heirs a supposed $800 from a $75 bank balance. Friends mob a bank to claim the “dividend” as celebrations erupt while a $15 balance remains.
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Italy
New York
Pedro
Giovanni
Bootblack
Arturo
Edgardo
Dottore Bartello
Mulberry Street
Flag for Pan American Exposition choosen from designs
The Buffalo Pan American exposition flag was selected from 300 designs created by Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe. It features a white star in the upper corner on a blue field for North America, four stars on a red field in the opposite corner representing South America, and a diagonal white bar with a golden eagle on a green scroll in its talons.
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Buffalo
Adelaide J. Thorpe
North America
South America
Tib
Woman Uses Butcher Knife for All Purposes
A Washington, Iowa, Democrat item notes a woman who uses a butcher knife for tasks typically done with a pocketknife, illustrating practical tool choices and perhaps rural thrift. The brief contrasts gendered expectations with everyday utility.
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Washington
Gentle Lioness Escapes Menagerie In Chartres
A lioness slips from a Chartres menagerie and glimpses freedom. She befriends an old lady who pats her as a dog, causing alarm as panic spreads among residents. She is eventually found shaken in a carpenter’s yard and returned to captivity.
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Chartres
Columbus Dispatch
Bravities and Jests From Various Papers
A collage of light humor and anecdotes from multiple papers. Bits include Squildig’s birthday gift music box remark, time about marriage jests, a milkless custard ad reply, a late wrapping tale with a love story in the paper, Hiram’s banking ambition joke, and a clerk correcting a misdescribed lost pocketbook contents.
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Squildig
McSwilligen
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Jack
Billy Bachelor
Ohio State Journal
Hiram
Somerville Journal
Gage
Seco
Presence of Mind in a Family Fire Test
In a Milwaukee household during a blaze, a mother kept her calm and saved a small tin box believed to hold family secrets. She retrieved the box first, shielding it as fire raged, while others reacted with alarm. The box, a sweeper tin, survived with the mother’s steady presence.
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The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Greger
Spurious 17th Century Volume Attributed to Author Debunked
A derelict Leipzig find reveals a duodecimo edition of Gargantua and gruel misattributed to a famed author. The piece, printed long after the creator's death, is declared a spurious work by experts cited by the Waukee Sentinel.
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Leipzig
Waukee Sentinel
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Citizens National and
Resources
Liabierries
T. A. Rovtnaos
Notary Public
Milam County
T. G. Samrsox
J.T. Sweep, Jr
J.T. Sweep
S. G. Boyles
J Tl
J.D. Hefley Co
Paaa Harper
Kentucky Whiskey
Ito Eet
Evar
Puta
R. F. Coleman, Cameron
London
Tattooed Man
United Kingdom
Fneland
Dora
Mrs. Siddons
Flora Macdonald
Dunoon
Randy Improments
Switzerland
St. Gothard
Alps
William Tell
Milwaukee
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