Notorious Desperado John Wesley Hardin Sentence Story
Historic court record recounts the 1877 trial of John Wesley Hardin for the May 1874 killing near Brown County. Eyewitness testimonies describe Hardin and accomplices engaging in a saloon confrontation with Deputy Webb, resulting in Webb’s death and Hardin’s subsequent conviction after a long legal process.
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Desperado
J. R. Fleming
S. C. Buck
N. R. Lindsey
Hardin
Nugent
Stephenville
W.S. J. Adams
G. R. Hart
Mr. Renick
Pr. Lipscomb
Webb
Brown County
John Wesley Hardin
John Carnes
Thurmond
Elliott
Charlie
Taylor
Dickson
David Carnes
Jim Taylor
Wilson & Carnes
Jim
Jack Wright
Wilson
Carnes
Frank Wilson
John Wesley
Mr. Carnes
Jas. Carnes Jr
Peter Avery
Brownwood
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Advertisement
Wanted Now. Right now hay fever and asthma distress demand Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It helped thousands in prior years and contains no opiates. The Wm. Reese Co.
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Foley
Wm. Reese
Bromide Quinine Patent Remedy Ad Claims Fast Cold Cure
Local ad copy touts a product titled Bromide Quinine with a promise to cure a cold in one day. It urges readers to request the full name LAXA TIVE BRKO QUININE and to look for signature 1 F W Grove. The copy claims to stop cough and headache and 2 percent
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F.W. Grove
No Baking Powder More Wholesome Than Alum Powders
Washington DC report from the department of agriculture refree board of consulting scientific experts concludes alum baking powders are not more harmful than other powders. The unanimous panel led by Ira Remsen cites experiments on human subjects and warns against trusting overpriced blends while endorsing a pure baking powder available for 25 cents per pound.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Russell H. Crittenden
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
John H. Long
Northwestern University
Alonzo E. Taylor
Nyal’s Figsen Laxative Candy Lozenge Ad
A Paris Smith advertisement promotes Nyal’s Figsen laxative candy lozenges described as a gentle option that will not gripe. Boxes priced at 10c 25c and 50c.
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Nyal
Paris Smith
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Ical Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania
Theobald Smith
Harvard
A. D. Backstrom
Comanche, Texas
Your Land
Comanche County Abstract Co
J.R. Eanes
C. A. Hitt
J. F. Redwine
Jno
D.waring
Farmers and Merchants
Nat’s Bank
Comanche National Bank
Comanche
Texas
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
U.S
State of Texas
County of
I. J. B. Chilton
J. B. Chilton
J. D. Waring
E. W. Harris
P. Hoff
H. N. Goodson
First National Bank
Federal Reserve
W. M. Durham
W .M. Durham
F. FE. Adams
H. A. Carmichael
N. E. Palmer
J. D. Bonner
Farmers & Merchants Nat’l. Bank
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I. W. J. Cunningham
W. J. Cunningham
J. F. Tate
R. H. Moore
J. W. McCollum
D. Waring
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