Platform and Resolutions Adopted by Texas Democrats
A Texas Democratic state convention platform reaffirms the two thirds rule for national nominating, calls for frontier defense funding, and outlines succession of state offices. It endorses voting basis by county, proposes 9 hour workdays for state offices, tax changes including farm product tax exemption, and calls for currency reform, debt reduction, and a strong federal republic with states’ rights and unity. It condemns Republican financial policy, supports silver, and urges frontier protection and railway tariff regulation.
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Democratic Party of Texas
General Land Office
Democratic Party
State of Texas
Land Office
Comptroller’s
United States
Friends of
Constitutional Government
National Democratic Party
Florida
Louisiana
Electoral Commission
Congress
Republican Party
Texas
South
Union
Deaf Mutes Picnic in New York Without Brass Band
A New York group of deaf mute attendees held a picnic recently with no brass band. The event was greatly enjoyed by those invited.
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New York
Train Wreck Kills Mrs Bagby Near Clarksville
A railroad disaster on the Trans Continental three miles east of Clarksville seriously wounds several passengers and results in the death of Mrs. Bagby of Honey Grove. Authorities probe the cause of the wreck and assess damage to the line and cars.
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Bagby
Honey Grove
Clarksville
Death and burial before true demise debated in 19th century notes
Dr. Bibron cites signs of death and dangers of premature burial while explaining real death begins with unconsciousness and ends with body decomposition. The piece recalls an antidote claimed by 1857 sources, detailing a rattlesnake antidote recipe and physician endorsements.
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Bibron
France
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Hammond
U.S. Army
Sherman
Jo. H. Johnson
M. D
A Centuries-old Cry Over Crop Prosperity and Bank Power
The speaker laments that despite a bountiful crop year and abundant food, millions will face hunger and nakedness because they cannot sell labor to earn money. The cause is blamed on 175 bankers and bondholders pressed into Congress to craft laws benefiting moneyed interests.
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United States of America
Congress
Mrs Myra Clark Gaines Wins Another Suit in Keenerville
Mrs Myra Clark Gaines, a widow from Keenerville Louisiana, secures title to the whore wovva there as the court assigns an officer to estimate past revenues. A Warnell Station Georgia man burns butter, rocks the baby, and uses water power to drive flies from his table, a note appearing later than the phonograph.
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Myra Clark Gaines
Wovwa
Keenerville
Gains
Ay Ae
Warnell Station
A Jest Gone Wrong in a Printing Office
A Negro man visited the Caddo Free Press office on the 7th and, after ink on his foot, was playfully told he had poisoned himself. Jerry Strait acted as a joker doctor, administering pills and applying solvents to his leg, causing alarm and delirium before he recovered. The note also mentions Grant in campaign talk and a Republican critique from Cinicianati Commercial.
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Caddo Free Press
Jerry Strait
Jerry
Nomination of Judge O M Roberts as Democratic Governor Candidate
A political endorsement notes that Judge O M Roberts, current Chief Justice, is the Democratic choice for governor by acclamation. The piece claims unity over party rivalries, urges support for Roberts, and calls for reconciliation among HubbardThrockmorton factions to back the nominee.
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O. M. Roberts
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Hubbard
Throckmorton
The Uses of the Lemon in Health Recovery
A short piece promotes lemon juice as a cure and remedy. It claims lemon applications on corns ease pain, suggests daily lemon juice without sugar before breakfast for a week to ease spring ailments, and asserts lemon juice can cure consumption with a regimen of multiple lemons daily. It also details a summer drink and a preserved lemon preparation with sugar.
Mexican raids into Texas provoked by Santa Rosa letter
A San Antonio dispatch dated the 22d reports a Santa Rosa resident’s letter proving Mexican authorities countenance raids into Texas. Raiders traveled public roads and boasted of successes. Plunder was divided in Santa Rosa. Lipans were killed by Kickapoos before redividing spoils. General Ord holds corroborating evidence.
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Galveston News
San Antonio
Santa Rosa
Mexico
Texas
Ord
Ghostly Japanese junk found with multiple corpses aboard
The schooner Paralell reports sighting a Japanese junk about 100 miles north of San Francisco on the 7th insi. All aboard were dead, with several corpses shackled together. No food found, and some bodies wore costly attire, presenting a ghastly scene.
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San Francisco
Paralell
Insi
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New York Sun
Grant
Sun
Shu and Navy
Cinianati Commercial
John E. Kenna
House of Representatives
England
M. Roberts
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