Political upheaval and legal fights streak Texas paper
The Graham Leader reports Benater Vance of North Carolina facing a Farmers Alliance split over his senate bid tied to opposition to reform. A state fight brews over the federal restoration bill while Dallas Police Gazette seeks mob case photographs. Bowie county engages in a county seat battle with records at risk, promising a prolonged court dispute.
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Farmers’ Allie
Senate
Dallas News
Police Gazette
Marhal Knight
Hemmingway and Wilson in Political Turmoil and Lottery Debate
Reports cite Col. W L Hemmingway sentenced to five years for misappropriation during treasurer tenure while ex creasurer of Mississippi and exonerated by court. U S District Atty Joseph H Wilson allegedly removed amid official neglect charges. The piece notes pressure to prosecute lottery advertising and express campaigns, with cross party reactions to McKinley and Force bills. Sam Jones lecture tour in Dallas draws crowds as Texas topic stirs politics. Weather chatter and stray editorial commentary conclude the fragment.
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Missippi
Honduras
Supreme Court
Joseph H. Wilson
United States
Eastern District of
Texas
Paris
Treasury
Wilson
Sam Jones
Dallas
Eli
Bairdones
Texas plains talk warns of militia as Quana h stirring unrest
A Weatherford Chronicle editorial attacks middlemen profits in cotton and wool and urges Texas to industrialize. It calls out Quanah Parker and Greer county tensions, advocates sending Weatherford guards and Parker county militia, and critiques the Texas court of appeals and politics of 1892.
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Texas
Texas Car
Empire State of the Union
Greer County
Oklahoma
Weatherford Frontier Guards
Quanah Parker
Parker County
Weatherford
la Grippe
Quanah
Schoss
Quanah Pehont
Indians on War Path Over Government Theft and Starvation
The piece claims Dakota tribes raid for cattle and supplies as government efforts to disarm them fail. It accuses officials of starving the wards to provoke violence and argues that fed and contented Indians are less dangerous, criticizing racial stereotypes and policy.
County Land Trust Funds Tied to County General Accounts
State guidance states county costs of locating selling and disposing of school lands must be paid from the county general fund. No portion of the permanent or available school fund or sale proceeds can be used for such expenses. The 1839 land grant and constitutional provisions establish the lands as a trust for public schools with investment limits and county responsibility for investments. The article notes widespread county misallocation of school land proceeds and outlines ongoing fiscal implications.
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United States
Texas
Supreme Court
Tomlinson
Hopkins County
Republic
State of
Palo Pinto County
Ganok Son
Kieward H. Hareisoy
Hoos
General County
Texas Greer county case drawn by Hancock and Clark
Hon John Hancock and Judge George Clark chosen as counsel for Texas in the Greer county dispute. They will appear before the U S Supreme Court to settle the Texas Territory boundary. Local notes mention a fatal drinking event in Victoria county and other small items about Fort Worth Mail cat search, Buffalo Bill, and a Waxahachie jewelry store robbery with losses estimated at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars and no clue.
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Houston Tribune
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John Hancock
George Clark
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Supreme Court of the United States
Territory
J. C. Woolier
Waxahachie
Bob Burdette
America
Monsieur Saucergrays
Justice’s Court
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Withers
Heck
Boots & Shoes
Sheep Side Beliefs and Public Notices in Canyon City Echo
The Canyon City Echo promotes biblical faith and laments a mocked skeptic while noting August Belmonts death. mentions a senate incident with a spectator in an executive session. It also reports on press association adoptions taxing notices, and ends with proverbs on fortune and future resolutions.
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Canyon City
Electric Bitters praised as pure remedy for liver kidneys
Advert says Electric Bitters cures diseases of the liver and kidneys removes pimples boils and rheum cleanses impure blood drives malaria and cures malarial fever relieves headache constipation and indigestion with guaranteed satisfaction or refund sold at Graham's Drug Store priced 60 cents and 1.00 per bottle
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Gil
Graham's
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