Texas Topics and Rail Constructions Amid Stormy Weather
A storm in Palm er City Texas produced unusual fish with four legs and toes. The New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad connects to San Francisco though flood delays Atchafalaya bridges with trains ferried across. Hoxie of Chicago owns ponds raising carp salmon and bass. University bids: Col Ashbel Smith and Major Hardwood open bids. A H Cook submits 56000 for the university building, with higher offers up to 67838. Capitol subcontract bids total under 3 500 000, signaling a wary outlook.
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Palmer City
Tex
New
Chicago
San Gabril
California
Ashbel Smith
University Board of Regents
A. H. Cook
Capitol
Commis
Capitol domain appraisal and construction cost figures emerge
Commissioners including the governor fixed the capitol domain valuation at 1 600 000 and the architect’s outside construction cost at 1 700 000. The syndicate reportedly trusts the architect’s figures and plans to proceed with the work without further contracts.
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Sioners
Capitol
Your Own Home Guide to Housekeeping Utensils and Decor
A spirited guide urges new households to buy wisely, favoring attractive, affordable pieces. It recommends complete sets, a well stocked table, plated cutlery, white dinnerware with color accents, red napkins, and simple curtains. Emphasizes practicality, repurposing, and comfort with thrift.
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Cretonne
Tribune and Farmer
Notable Volcanic Feats Across Eras and Regions
From Cotopaxi to Etna and Vesuvius, eruptions yielded massive lava flows, ash plumes and tephra. Historic records note 3,000 foot plumes, 600 mile noise reach, rivers dammed by mud torrents, vast lava masses, and ash travels to distant lands like Constantinople and Egypt, with remarkable block ejections and long cooling times.
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Cotopaxi
Tangurangua
Torre del Greco
Etna
Monte Tosini
Nicholosa
Vesuvius
Constantinople
Syria
Egypt
Pompeii
Sambawa
Java
Popular Science Monthly
A Love Story of Buck Grant and Miss Flood
The account traces Buck Grant’s courtship of Miss Flood in California and New York social circles. Flood guides Grant’s finances through stock deals, boosting his fortune while guarding her daughter’s reputation, and the engagement ends amid public scrutiny and Grant’s flirtations with other women.
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Miss Flood
Buck Grant
Sunday Star
San Francisco
Monterey
Long Branch
California
Menlo Park
Audubon Park
Sanford
New York
Yosemite
Gen. Grant
Stanford
Charles Crocker
Mr. Flood
Grant
Flood
Mirror Lake
Buck
Frisco
Nevada
Stocs
Ghant
Young Grant
Chicago
Food
Miss Food
Palace Hotel
Menlo
Prince de Bourbon
Jesse James considered college but chose other paths
The Norristown Herald notes that Jesse James once contemplated going through college but avoided it, implying a lack of perceived financial merit. The outlaw instead pursued various other endeavors, due to doubts about money in education.
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Ihev
Juy
Manny
Buty
Relashuns
Az Onsar
Paige Wilela
Tris
Jesse James
Norristown Herald
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Bob Augustine
Roarer
la Whittaker
Roucher
Desperado
Mr. Yankee
Boston
Calaveras
American Pride Anthem Extols America's Dominion and Destiny
A fiery Fourth of July oration lauds American expansion from oceans to mountains. The speaker glorifies rivers, lakes, and landscapes, boasts of California to New Mexico ore wealth, praises Yankee vigor, and foresees one free North American nation under a common flag by 1900. The rhetoric blends mythic scenery with confident national progress.
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St. Anthonys
Switzerland
Italy
California
Colorado
Dakota
New Mexseo
Rocky Mountain
Germany
Britain
France
New World
Duteh Island
Continental Congress
Christendom
North America
Behring’s Strait
Panama
A. D
United Stations
Free
Brave
Columbia
Rocky Mountains
Earth
Mississippi
Niagara
Alleghanies
Cordilleras
Adirondacks
Sierras
Nebraskian
Electric tricycles could rival rails with new battery motor
The text notes English roads favor tricycles for travel and lectures among Cambridge professors. A new inventor claims Faure's electric battery can power a “Sociable” tricycle without fatigue at low cost, potentially reducing horse and rail use despite unclear regional details.
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England
Cambridge
Gorton College
Faure
Dubuque Bride Chooses Humble Groom Over Duques
A Dubuque resident married a poorer suitor after rejecting a noble suitor. The bride walked the aisle in a formal ceremony and, when asked about fidelity, answered with a playful remark implying practicality over wealth.
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Gamaeal
Dubuque
Duque
Luque
Staisle
Smaisle
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Texas
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Young
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Attorney At Law
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Ahaham
Young, Palo Pinto
Stephroe
Law & Real Estate Ag T
Throckmorton
R Hollingsworth
Graham, Texas
James
West Side Square
Rh. N. Price
Kyus’ Drug Store
Knold & Arnold
Ryus
Vet Side Square
Om Meisterhans
Boot & Shoe Maker
Sikes
Weatherford
Mammy Sikes
Texas Topics
Josh Billings
Pat Conan
Missouris
Amazons
Saskatchewans
de la Platas
St. Louis
Comos
Cienevas
Killarneys
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
Aol
San
Bob
San Antonio
Calaveras Canyon
John Winthrop
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