Drouth’s Varied Effects on Texas Crops
The Dallas Democrat notes two months of drought but says claims of widespread ruin are exaggerated. Corn suffered in spots yet enough remains for home use and fetches a high price. cotton yields in Texas are expected to exceed last year with prices between one half and three quarters of a cent per pound. The piece urges optimism, noting overall shortages were uneven and that farmers should be content despite losses.
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Drouth
Texas
Dallas Democrat
A Cure for Cholera Infantum Remedy Endorsed
Mrs. Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio recounts a neighbor’s infant treated with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two days later the child recovered and remains healthy nearly a year later. Sales by Graham Drug Co. Also letters critique railroad express rates as robbery and call for fairer handling of shipments and baby carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
Graham Drug Co
Railroad Commission
Bowie Blade
Remarkable prayer answer in Texas drought tale
Rev F N Atkin recalls a 15 year old Texas drought story from Burleson county where a joint prayer meeting for rain led to a powerful deluge. The Baptist minister’s fiery plea for a true flood caused wind and rain that toppled his church yet saved crops and funded a new church building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
E F. N. Atkin
Leavenworth
Kan
Macon
Burleson County
Texas
Bryan
Brazos County
Burleson
Life Saved At Panama By Chamberlain Remedy
In a Panama Colombia letter Dr Charles H Utter, a leading physician, relates How a 16 year old dysentery patient improved after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Within eight hours she felt better and a week later was fully recovered. For sale by Grabm Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Utter
Panama
Colombia
Chamberlain
Grabm Drug Co
Grain Crop Outlook From AT&SF Official
An AT&SF Railway official with strong grain knowledge estimates the national corn crop at about 1.5 billion bushels while noting the drought did not ruin the crop overall. He adds the wheat yield is larger than ever with exceptionally large Kansas and Oklahoma crops of good quality.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas
Oklahoma
Electric Bitters Credited With Womans Recovery
Bennetsville editor A. Brown recounts his wife recovering from dyspepsia and liver trouble after four bottles of Electric Bitters. The tonic is praised for digestion, appetite, and liver support. Also notes National Tube Works welders offered $6 daily with bonuses, contingent on work.
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A. Brown
Bennetsville
D. C
Handy & Matthews Drua
National Tube Works
Revival in the mining market falters amid dated Reitz-Stein letters
The mining market revival shatters after the release of the captured Reitz-Stein correspondence, later found to be dated long ago. The letters’ content contrasts with fresh Boer reports, stalling any lasting gain and leaving investors cautious about the sector.
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London
Reitz-Stein
Local papers build towns with merchant support
The editorial urges businessmen to back local newspapers through advertising to help grow the town. It argues that editors rely on ads for financial stability and that a thriving paper benefits all local enterprises and community growth.
Handy & Matthews Win Dr King’s New Discovery Agency
Local firm Handy & Matthews secures agency for Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The product gains rapid demand and offers free trials to sufferers. It guarantees cures for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, croup, and throat and lung troubles. Prices are 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Handy & Matthews
Dr. King
The Naval Squabble and its Seafaring Players
The article reviews the Maclay history attacking Admiral Schley over Santiago actions and a Brooklyn joke. A court of inquiry led by Admiral Dewey will review the controversy, with testimony starting in September and a year-end report expected. Public opinion favors Schley as hero, while both Sampson and Schley are criticized for the clash.
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Samsason-Schley
Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Brooklyn
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Schley
Sampson
Journal
Why the Heat and Drought Then
Secretary of Agriculture Wil son argues deforestation enlarges arid lands in the West and triggers droughts across the country. Scientific experts warn chopping forests faster than replanting threatens climate and rainfall, with US forests being cut or exported at about eighteen billion cubic feet annually. Congress may halt commercial destruction to protect farmers and urban summers.
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Wilson
Tabasco
Agricultural Department
West
Congress
New York World
Lee Hall’s Fish Story From the Philippines to San Francisco
Ex Texas Ranger Captain Lee Hall recounts a tale of a soldier who lost his mind to fishing. The man would cast with his rifle as a pole, ignores orders, and performs fishing motions even in guardhouse confinement before Hall encounters him again in San Francisco.
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Lee Hall
Philippines
Hall
Philippine
America
San Francisco
Home Gold Cure promised for liquor habit
Advertises a home treatment claiming to cure drunkenness without drugs or nerve weakening. It asserts the cure is easy, private, and inexpensive, with full directions and physician advice on request. The product is sold by Edwin B. Giles & Co from Philadelphia, mailed prepaid worldwide.
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Edwin B. Giles & Co
Market St
Philadelphia
Dallas Post Office Receipts Rise in July
Postmaster O'Leary tallies Dallas office receipts for July showing total of $17,556.07 versus $15,202.11 in July 1900. The gain amounts to $2,353.96 or about 15 percent from last year.
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Dalas
O'Leary
Dallas
Dallas News
Arnica Salve Praised For Child's Disfigurement Risk
Mrs Nannie Galleger of LaGrange Georgia reports Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured great sores on her head and face quickly exceeding expectations. The ad lists uses including sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles with a 25 cent price and druggist guarantee. The Schley court of inquiry is described as impartial. Dewey and admirals Kimberly and Benham are noted as veteran sea officers with high honor and no known opinion on the controversy.
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Nannie Galleger
LaGrange
Bucklen
Handy & Matthews
Schley Court of Inquiry
Lor
Dewey
Kimberly
Benham
Separation notice from Mrs. S. E. McCan against A. J. McCan
I have been forced to separate from my husband A. J. McCan due to cruel treatment and notify all parties not to deal with our community property. Signed MessS. E. McCan.
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A. J. McCan
Messs
E. McCan
Navy Clerk Faces Inquiry Over Admiral Sibley Charges
A navy department clerk is under investigation after writing a history of the navy that includes accusations of cowardice against Admiral Sibley. The admiral had requested a formal inquiry into the allegations and the internal handling of the matter.
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Navy Department
The
Navy
Sibley
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