Williams Bill Passes Texas Senate After Long Stormy Session
The Texas Senate approved the Williams Intangible Assets bill 23 to 8 after a 25 hour session beginning Monday at 10 am. Major fights included rule suspensions and amendments as supporters crossed party lines to exempt Pullman from the measure.
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Language of Church Members and Cussing Origins
A Young Maty News reader asks about phrases like Dat Blast t and By Jingo. The reply sites primitive origins, noting they arose from avoidant cursing among men who needed strong language without blasphemy, and suggests they fill a social niche despite nonstandard English.
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Young Maty
Letter about paint measures and a salesman dispute in Graham Texas
A letter from F W Devox & Co. recalling a past incident in Grove City Pennsylvania where a rival salesman claimed Devoe paint was short measured. The writer asserts Devoe wins a swap of cans and warns that some “lead-and-zine” paints now claim four quarts per gallon.
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J H Kohlmeyer
Grove City
Devoe
Kohlmeyer
F. W. Devox & Co
The Roosevelt Tour by Old Rounder
A partisanSouthern essay criticizes Theodore Roosevelt’s public pageantry during his tour. The author mocks the grand reception, praisesRepublican restraint, and compares political adulation to monarchies while recalling Confederate memory and personal anecdotes.
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OLD Rounder
Busby Cases Delayed. Long View of Texas Graft Mentioned
Crockett Texas April 4 Special The U S Busby cases moved from Cherokee county to the term and were continued generally for the term The note recalls Busbys past as Texas penitentiaries financial agent and his grafts and bail arrangements It also jeers at Gov Folk and Missouri graft contrasts while Houston discusses a receiver and Santo Domingo seeks sympathy.
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Farmers’ Union
Terrell
Pecos County
Texas
Austin
Bell
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Houston
Santo Domingo
Irish magistrate weds Jim and Bet in unconventional ceremony
In Kentucky a justice performs a marriage between Jim and Bet, a colored couple, with odd rhymes and a jocular farewell. The ceremony includes promises to love and cherish until death, followed by a rustic send off as the couple is declared man and wife.
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Kentucky
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Bet
Tennessee Governor Vetoes Salary Bill for Self
Governor Fraser of Tennessee vetoes a salary raise bill claiming it unconstitutional. He calls the measure unconstitutional, a reason some may deem peculiar for a state leader.
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Fraser
Tennessee
Brooks Seeks Young Fine Horses in Graham Texas
D C Brooks of Graham Texas advertises for a good young well broke pair of horses suitable for general farm use and driving. He seeks reliable stock and invites offers from buyers with suitable geldings or mares.
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D. C. Brooks
Graham, Texas
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