Weathered schemes and political notes fill Texas report
A long itemized summary covers the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroad to Cleburne, Mississippi congressman leadership, a Waco machinery company with $20000 capital, Wettermark family legacies, and county property value. It notes state silver policy, poll tax details for volunteer guards, Wettermark forged cotton bets and note schemes, the 28th legislature schedule, and New Orleans pursuit of Wettermark ending near Stauffer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wettermark
Napoleon as military genius and life study by Wolseley
The article argues Napoleon Bonaparte was the greatest military figure in world history. It cites Gen Wolseley praising Napoleon’s life during 1793–1796 as foundational, detailing his imagination, self confidence, strategic planning, and discipline, and comparing him to Frederick the Great and Robert E. Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viescunt Welsetey
Trelien
Napoleon
Jean Englishman
Buonaparte
Bonaparte
Boulogne
England
France
Germany
Ulm
Austerlits
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Wolseley Saye
Republic
Eearoh CIA
Rhine
Marlborough
Mbut Plans Quiet Retirement in Missouri Farm Home
The subject will spend his remaining days at a farm and quiet home in Sweet Springs Missouri. He owns the property and will be succeeded in his duties by WF Swone of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Springs
Missouri
St. Louis
Boll Weevil Fight Plans Formed by Texas Growers
At a Dallas meeting of the boll weevil executive committee on January 7 a review of proposed weevil kill devices and offensive mixtures was held. A subcommittee led by George N. Aldredge and W. D. Hunter will conduct field trials to test machines poisons and other methods under practical conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
George N. Aldredge
W. D. Hunter
Victoria
Cotton farmers urged to adopt early varieties and strict field practices
The executive committee presents a plan to combat boll weevil damage. It urges burning trash, deep plowing, planting early cotton with sound seed, wide rows, and early spring planting. Rows should run east to west where possible. The group will publish updates and urges county papers to copy. It calls for farmer organization and notifying the secretary once organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boll Weevil District
Congress
George N. Aldredge
February Delineator highlights fashion fiction and household topics
The February Delineator offers up to date fashions and literature with two short Western stories by Louise Hardenburg Adams and Arabella Kenealy, continued Thyra Varrick, Walden Fawcett on opera, Miladi on home vs work for young women, a modern house design, Grace Murry health in the household, dancing as exercise, plain sewing for children, and engaging children’s content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hardenburg Adams
Pamela
Arabella Kenealy
Thyra Varrick
Walden Fawcett
Clara E. Laughlin
Grace Peckham Murry
Ben Arnold Talk cowards libel sparks local defense of young ladies
Ben Arnold residents denounce a Cameron Herald article as malicious slander accusing Ben Arnold youths of impropriety. The letter defends dances as decent community events, rebuking the anonymous writer as a despicable intruder and urging better treatment of local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Arnold
Texas
Cameron Herald
Cameron
Herald
Caldwell
Burleson County
L. A. Boykin
M. H. Henson
Ed Frazier
Watt Henderson
Not So Dry as That Prohibition Tale
An English tourist recalls asking for wine in a prohibition state and being told it was not allowed. The native counters that it was not as dry as that, prompting a restrained exchange on liquor laws and cultural differences.
Industrious and Fertile Novelist Boothby Profile
The essay praises Guy Boothby as a productive English novelist with about twenty six books in under eight years. Boothby, born in South Australia, is noted to be 35 years old and widely successful. The piece ends with an advertising line for Cameron Drug Company selling school supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Boothby
Mr. Boothby
The
Cameron Drug Company
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Pet Cameron Nerald
OPCAR
Aeswebst
Meier
Ida J. Meakant
Sanwa FO
Tares
North Mailee
Sonavese
South Limited
Aransas Faso
Southboune
Cameree
Weer
Weeo
Maysfield 1 Telephone Co
Brabantia
Irvis Mayatieid
Suan
Trinity & Brazos Valley Railroad
Cleburne
Williame
Mississippi
Waco
Nacogdoches County
Volunteer Guard
State Free School Fund
New Orleans
Wetermark
Stauffer
Eshleman T Co
Mobile
Locas del Toro
Commercial National Bank of
Gee Orleans
Vic
Bank of Wettermark & Son
Nacogdoches
B. S. Wetterman
Nacogdoches Compress Company
Nacogdoches Bank
Henderson
George W. West
Senate
United States Senate
Confederate Congress
Federal Senate
Ingalls
Conkling
Blaine
Ben Hill
Beck
Morgan
George
Center College
Transylvania Law School
Lexington
A. D. Backstrom
Rhodes
Cotton Growers of
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