Proposals for rail and mills as era grows
A collage of news items notes a black man organizing a Mormon church in Georgia, hotels at Hot Springs expanding, a silk factory and paper mill planned in the south, Danville to get a cotton factory, and a sawmill boiler explosion near Pensacola killing one and injuring thirty. Also reported are locusts tree size, railroad costs, labor strikes, crimes, court actions, and railroad progress toward Charleston harbor with a 27 foot channel goal.
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Ark
Western North Carolina Railway
Kentucky
Richmond and Southern
Virginia
Leguth
Political standings in Brazos tightens around alcalde and rivals
The Brazos Pilot assesses the race as the alcalde’s term prospects narrowing while Col. Lang gains daily ground. Sayers shows a broad boost, strong military and civil records, and personal popularity. Throckmorton remains influential. Lang’s approach relies on public turnout at primaries and conventions.
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Brazos
Col. Lang
Sayers
Throckmorton
Back From Kansas Returns Home Colored Travelers
Between eighty and ninety colored people returned south from Kansas last night on the Texas Central down train. They had been to Topeka and Parsons but could not find labor. An elder cited lack of funds as hindrance to obtaining corn, meat, and corn meal, preferring familiar Texas fare and deciding to return to Washington and Brazos counties.
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Senator Thurman
Blaine
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Parsons
Darkey
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Brazos Counties
Dallas
The Old Man of the Sea and a Cats Wedding Jest
A moral note warns debt as a heavy burden to youth and urges stripping to the work. A young man taunts a lady about loving cats, prompting her quip that his own beastly nature is lovable, leading to marriage.
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AnlTrishman
Pat
John
New York Times Writer Links Drink Spending to Hard Times
A Times columnist argues hard times are tied to high alcohol spend. He claims the nation spends more on intoxicating drinks than on bread, clothes, books, or churches, and asserts closing saloons would yield better days within thirty days.
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The
New York Times
Gov Brown says Texas and Pacific rail line to be completed
Governor Brown states the Texas and Pacific railroad will finish the entire line within thirty months, outlining a rapid construction timetable across the route.
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Gov. Brown
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Farmer Near Waco Reports 50 Acres Cotton In Fine Stand
A farmer near Waco has 50 acres of cotton up and doing finely, a notably advanced start for the region. The early vigor signals good prospects for the crop in this area.
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Waco
Corn Famine Stalls Texas Trade At Waco
A corn famine spreads through Texas with Waco seeing over 200 wagons waiting for corn and none available. Shipping points across the state report similar crowding and severe shortages impacting distribution and markets.
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Texas
Waco
Last words of Connecticut killer warn youth on Sabbath
Lucian Hall, executed in Connecticut at age twenty eight for a brutal unprovoked murder, blames lack of religious instruction and Sabbath-breaking. His final exhortation urges youths to value religious privileges and heed good counsel, saying the way of transgression is hard.
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Lucian Hall
Connecticut
Frightful railroad accident tale from Thomaston
A Thomaston man crossing a side track entangled a foot in a frog and faced an oncoming train. He freed himself by removing his boot and using it as a club to yank free then walked home.
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Thomaston
A Distinguished Road Maker and the Ex President
A tale of John Tyler after his presidency, returning to Virginia to become road overseer. Under his supervision taxes and duties enforced road work, yielding one of the finest roads in the Old Dominion, proving that noble character elevates the occupation.
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United States
John Tyler
Virginia
Tyler
Old Dominion
Texas Pacific extension project advances through city
Material for the Texas & Pacific extension to El Paso continues to pass through this city. Freight trains six blocks long travel west daily loaded with ties iron and lumber. The first ten miles beyond the Fort have been laid and work will progress with extraordinary activity. In six months the track will extend well beyond the present settled counties of Texas.
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Huntington
Jay Gould
Tom Scott
Southern Pacific Road
Gould
Col. Pierce
el Paso
Pick and Shovel Brigade
New York
Texas & Pacific
Texas
Dallas Herald
Roberta Favored by Jefferson Crowd in 60-Voter Vote
In Jefferson a vote among about sixty men produced a narrow result with only three opposing Roberta. The tally included two African American voters among those in favor.
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M. L. Crawford
Jefferson
Roberta
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