Early History of Capt. William Peveler in Young County
A 1852 ranche settlement by Capt William Peveler and his brother James near Fort Belknap, later Civil War service, and heroic last stand by State Cox. Peveler wounded and fled to Fing Springs. burial beside Grenup Peveler. notes on church and lodge memberships. plus a long, varied postscript with poems, sayings, and a call for a Jewish conversion convention in Columbus Ohio via the New York Herald.
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Wm. Peveler
Young County
James Peveler
Ft. Belknap
Texas Rangers
Feveler
State Cox
Perry Harminson
George Hunter
Cole Duncan
Murphy Station
Salt Creek Prairie
Perry Harrinson
Capt
Peveler
Fing Springs
Grenup Peveler
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Belknap
Capt. Weveler
David Rosenberg
Columbus
Ohio
New York Herald
Jesus Christ
Judah
Shiloh
Israel
Palestine
Speech Only Wins Nevada Seat in Noted Quip
A Nevada politician won on a single line proclaiming allegiance to followers and a saloon. The piece notes humorous jests by Mark Twain, and profiles several political and public figures including Governor actions on railroad crime and a Jefferson memorial shaft debate.
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Nevada
Chincoteague Ponies Of The Atlantic Coast
A historical note describes Chincoteague ponies roaming the marshes of the Assateague Inlet near Chincoteague Island Maryland and their decline in winter. It notes their appearance, temperament and endurance, prices when sold, and legends of descent from shipwrecked cargo horses bound for Jamestown in the seventeenth century.
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Atlantic
Maryland
Assateague
Chincoteague Island
Virginia
Lie
Jamestown
Boy hides cans and bows to fool visitors
Sanitary police encounter a boy wheeling home oyster cans and bowties. He explains the family plans to feign prosperity for visiting relatives by staging a pretend feast with jars and boxes. He jokes about champagne and nuts to appear well off.
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Sanitary
Detroit Free Press
Surgeon performs brain engraftment on patient in Indiana
An Indiana surgeon has succeeded in engrafting some new brains upon a patient. There ought to be a chance for that man to make his eternal fors tune in Washington while Congress is in session.
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Indiana
Washington
Congress
Washington Post
TrainCar Encounter and Prohibition Patter In A Triple Mix
A Keokuk tourist on a Quincy bound trip shared a seat with a gospel minister who drank from the stranger’s flask. The minister, forty years sober, took a modest sip and later declared that water is bad for steak and ended by nodding off asleep on arrival. The piece also touches state police policy debating arming train crews and a Mesquite raid, urging swift punishment for highwaymen. It closes with a humorous vignette about a coachman, a family quarrel, and an immigrant asking for bacon on the square.
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Keokuk
St. Joseph
Quincy
Quinn
Keokunk
Hubbard
Steele
England
Mesquite
Goat on Fire Sparks Alarm in Chicago Neighborhood
A Fourth Street goat wandered through Cherry Street households causing chaos. Villagers tied firecrackers to the animal, triggering a burst of smoke and a chaotic chase. A boy yelled fire alarm, and firefighters were dispatched as the goat rolled in mud amid the commotion.
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Fourth Street
Cherry Street
Third
Prese
Mabry for attorney general praised by Democrat notes
The Democrat notes wholehearted support for Hon. H Mabry of Jefferson as attorney general. The piece praises his sterling worth and absence of demagoguery, noting statewide unanimity in his favor.
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H. . Mabry
Jefferson
Worth
Democrat
New Orleans Expects No Yellow Fever This Summer
The New Orleans Times believes the city will not face yellow fever cases in the coming summer season, projecting favorable health conditions and no outbreak. Public health officials have not reported new cases and preventive measures remain in place.
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The
New Orleans Times
Large Sugar and Rice Crops Reported in Louisiana
A substantial rise in sugar and rice production is noted in Louisiana this year. Farmers report boosted yields across parishes, with favorable weather and growing conditions contributing to the surge.
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Louisiane
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Row, Hollingsworth Bellingvwrerts & Gollingsworth
Graham, Texas
CG. W. JoHnson
Young and
Viail
Joseph M. Taylor
Sam’s Abercrombie
Taylor & Abercrombie
Attorneys-at-Law
Graham
Texas
Reed Building
Wadley & Burkett’s
Young
WN. E. Young Hodes & Young, Attorneys-at-Law
Land Agents
Courts of
Viani
J. H. GulasGow
Landsett
BF Williams
J. F. Bam Whlliiams & Brim
Graram
Federal
Supreme Court At
Austin
Vinttf
John M. Stemmons
Main St
Dallas, Tex
United States
Furman
H. T. Sale
Sale & Furman
ys-at-Law
Court House
Wm. Veale & Son
Palo Pinto
G. H. Cagle
Cagle
3Rd & 4Th Street
West Side Public Square
R. N. Price
Exas
City Meat Market
Williams & Brim, Atty’s At Law
K. T. Hilliard Geo. Spiller Hilliard & Spiller
Land Agency
Grabram, Texas
R. A. Weneilly
J.B. P. Cavan, McNeilly & Chapman
Breckenridge
Nolsm
Craham Etotel
R. W. Richards
Craham
Southern Hotel
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F M Gifford
G. W. Godfrey Gifford
J. Christopher
LN Brass
E. Graham, TI
Henry, Bs. Ka Banking House
Henry Warren & Co
Weatherford, Texas
Star Saloon
Billiard Hall
Frosti
St. Louis
Dee See
Wake
Public Square
Raham, I
Alamo House
Robt. W. Donnell, Propt
Worth St
Tyrer
Convention of Jews
Connecticut
Danbury News
Montgomery Blair
Grant
Lincoln
Johnson
Greeley
Tilden
Blair
Mark Twain
Samuel
Thomas Jefferson
Rusk
Farmer Downs
Maryland Ponies
Free Press
Peter
Fie
van Zant
Telegraph Department
London
Bonham News
Couse
Cleburne Chronicle
A. J. Ball
West
Brown Bowen
Thomas Paldeman
Gonzales County
J. Wesley Hardin
Richmond
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