Texas Legislature Opens Burst Of Tax Bills In Session
In Austin the first week of the legislature yielded robust debate on taxation and corporate regulation. Revenue measures dominate, with Love and Williams bills taxing railroads and intangibles, and a corporate franchise plan debated amid procedural battles and political maneuvering.
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Austin
Texas
Legislative
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Bowser
Iams
Treas
Dore
Sunshine as a moral force and a restrained political hint
A fragment advocates sunshine and cheerful contagion as a greater power than wealth or beauty. It notes attraction to sunny souls and envy of those who radiate cheer. The fragment then shifts to a legislature note and a penitentiary superintendent, suggesting Republican volunteers and pending actions in Texas.
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Theissouri
The Last Man Poem by Thomas Campbell
Paragraphic verse ponders humanity’s end and a lone survivor. The speaker envisions a final majority of mortal and immortal fate, with the Sun and Earth waning yet the human spirit enduring. Looming imagery shows nations’ skeletons, ships of the dead, and a lone voice defying oblivion until divine restoration.
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LU Sun
Adam
Earth
Our Discontent Across Time and Place
The Bonham News reflection notes recurring human discontent from Eden onward, comparing urban and rural lives. It describes farmers, maids, merchants, lawyers, editors, and editors longing for different lives, suggesting discontent follows regardless of status as long as human nature endures.
Mail Bag Robbed At Bridgeport Bank and Pouch Cut
A Bridgeport bank cashier reported a man named Marvin Aston attempted to cash two drafts on Jacksboro firms. The Jacksboro mail pouch from Bowie was found cut open and missing. Aston confessed to rifling the pouch and burning letters. A second man from Phillips, Indian Territory, Cribbs, was briefly detained but released. Aston was jailed in Fort Worth for federal action with a potential $200 reward.
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Leonard
Farmers’ & Merchants Bank
Bridgeport
N. E. Atkinson
Jacksboro
Jacksboro Mill & Elevator Co
Bowie
Mr. Leonard
Marvin Aston
D. W. Weaver
Thomas
Bowie First National Bank
Harrison
Fort Worth
The
Railway Mail Service
Postoffice
Roff
United States
Whit Dryden
Aston
U. S
Dodge
Post Office Department
Boll Weevil Proposal Loosely Regulates Cotton Output
A tongue in cheek suggestion from Mississippi and Louisiana calls for inviting more boll weevils to control yearly cotton production rather than trying to stop growing cotton. The remark plays on enforcement by natural pest pressure.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Indian Territory and Okla demand Senate action over bat house dispute
A brief note contends Indian Territory and Oklahoma should rally eratic senators to Washington to show they resisted interference in their bat house matter and Senate proceedings.
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Indian Territory
Okia
Eratic
Washington
Bat House
Senate
Gen Lew Wallace Dies at Crawfordsville aged 78
Gen Lew Wallace author of Ben Hur and former Minister to Turkey died at his Crawfordsville home on the 15th at age 78. Surrounded by his wife and son Henry Wallace of Indianapolis, with two grandchildren present but not admitted. The deathbed scene was calm and his last words were a cheer to his grieving family.
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Turkey
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Henry Wallace
Indianapolis
Gen. Wallace
Budg
Mer
Grand Duke Sergius Murdered in Bomb Attack
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia, uncle to the czar and leader of the Reactionary War Party, was killed when a bomb exploded beneath a sleigh near the Nicholas Palace on the 17th. The carriage and coachman were destroyed, both dying at the scene or en route to hospital, as two unknown assailants fled and later claimed they had carried out the act.
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Czar
Russia
Nicholas Palace
Senate Quarter
Law Courts
Law Court
Burkett and Vaughan Open Produce Business
F M Burkett and J C Vaughan start a local produce business buying chickens turkeys eggs and related goods. They offer the highest market prices in cash and invite customers to visit before selling.
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F.m.burkett
J.C. Vaughan
Kentucky towns teased with cheeky name ideas
A Jackson county place dubbed Hang around by locals stirs chatter about future names in Breathitt county. Some suggest the next settlement near Breathitt be called Shot-around, reflecting playful regional humor.
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Kentucky
Jackson County
Breathitt County
Sullivan pledges if a million were mine I would help humanity
John L. Sullivan states that with one million he would do big things for humanity and adds a quixotic note about using the money to quench their thirst, implying philanthropic aims.
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John L. Sullivan
Married women as teachers a cinch for Hoch
A satirical note claims lazy Chicago husbands push to make married women eligible as school teachers. The piece imagines Johann Hoch collecting salaries from thirty-one wives, lampooning the idea and exposing the absurdity.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Georgia Senator cites indictments among senators
Senator Bacon of Georgia notes several indicted senators, claiming none are Democrats and alleging that grafters are predominantly in the Republican party.
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Bacon
Georgia
Bribery Convicts Lorenz and Groffs Sentenced to Moundsville
Lorenz Machen and the Groff brothers are imprisoned at the Moundsville West Virginia penitentiary after bribery convictions in the Post Office Department. Other government grafters will likely take note and adjust their methods accordingly.
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Machen
Lorenz
Groff Brothers
Post Office Department
Moundsville
West Virginia
Commissioners Court Proceedings in Young County 1905
The Young County Commissioners met February 13 1905 approving first class status for Boggy Valley and Craig roads and granting changes to Murray and Proffitt roads. A petition for a Hale Harrell farm road across Brazos to Gooseneck Bend was rejected due to insufficient public benefit. A Ne Graham Olney road petition was postponed to the next term. The courthouse bond was paid off. Treasurer reports cash deficit of 23362.49 and total liabilities of 15598.06. H L Leberman sworn in as Commissioner. Roads generally described as fair with some variances in oversight.
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Proffitt
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Olney Road
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Round Timbers
Court House
H. L. Leberman
Criticism Over Bryan Praise for Roosevelt Railway Rates Bill
Critics attack Mr. Bryan for approving and congratulating Mr. Roosevelt on railway rate regulation. Supporters hail it as democratic doctrine and note the first bill on the subject was from John H Reagan of Texas, a staunch state democracy advocate.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
John H Reagan
Texas
Farmers Union Elects State Officers in Fort Worth
The Farmers State Union met in Fort Worth last week and elected officers for the coming year. President N. C. Murray Hunt county. Vice-President E. A. Calvin Lamar county. Secretary-Treasurer Newt Gresham Hunt county. General Organizer J. D. Montgomery Palo Pinto county. Chaplain J. P. Lane Cherokee county. Executive Committee O. P. Pyle Wood county W. A. Shaw Dallas county W. A. Laudermilk Comanche county A. M. Colwick Hunt county W. D. Lewis Williamson county. Laudermilk elected chairman, Legislative Committee N. C. Murray and J. D. Montgomery plus a third member to be named. Headquarters change discussed but tabled.
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Fort Worth
N. C. Murray
Hunt County
E. A. Calvin
Lamar County
Newt Gresham
Hunt, County
J. D. Montgomery
Palo Pinto County
J. P. Lane
Cherokee County
O. P. Pyle
Wood County
W. A. Shaw
Dallas County
W. A. Laudermilk
Comanche County
A. M. Colwick
W. D. Lewis
Williamson County
Advertisement for county salesmen and assistants
MEN AND WOMEN in this county and adjoining territories, to represent and advertise an old established house of solid financial standing. Salary to men $21 weekly, to women $12 to $18 weekly with Expenses advanced each Monday by check direct from headquar ters. Horse and buggy furnished when necessary, position permanent. Address Blew Bros. & Co., Dept. 5, Monon Blog, Chicago, IU. 2-2-06.
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Blew Bros. & Co
Monon
Chicago
Notice to Cotton Holders in Graham Tex
Notice states the cotton season ends March 1. All cotton remaining in the Graham cotton yard will be charged storage at 15 cents per month starting March 1, with buyers collecting from that date. City or yard officials emphasize compliance and timely removal.
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Graham
Tex
Graham Cotton Yard
Poll Tax Receipts and Voting Eligibility Detailed
Tax Collector Wallace provides counts of poll taxes issued this year and last. A total of 1145 receipts are valid for this year’s elections, with 1157 last year. Nine more receipts issued last year, and at least this many may vote in all elections before February 1, 1906, with exemptions for age and disability.
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Wallace
Farm for Rent near Drummond in 40 acres
Geo. W. Hunt offers a good farm of about 40 acres for rent near Drummond. Expected tenants can use productive land and rural access to local markets. Immediate occupancy available.
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Drummond
Geo. W. Hunt
Has Stood the Test 265 Years Tasteless Chill Tonic
An old tonic, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, advertises a 265 year tested formula of iron and quinine in a tasteless form. The pitch promises no cure, no pay and a 25 cent price.
Lost Valley Land for Sale in Jacksboro Texas
4600 acre ranch offered by W P Stewart in Jacksboro Texas for sale in flexible amounts and on easy terms. Heritage land suitable for development or ranching with purchaser preferred arrangements.
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W. P. Stewart
Jacksboro
Texas
Neighborhood correspondents sought countywide
The notice invites volunteers in every community to provide weekly letters detailing local happenings. Respondents who agree will receive stamped envelopes and paper for reporting. An early response from each community is requested.
Loans Real Estate Insurance and Vendors Lien Notes
Liberal loans by good companies on farms ranches and other real estate. Represents several top fire and life insurance companies. Office over the First National Bank in Jacksboro Texas.
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Life
First National Bank
Jacksboro
Texas
Devoe versus other paints in a buyer’s note
A Graham Texas letter compares two house paints then asserts Devoe lasts longer per coat. The writer claims Devoe goes far beyond any average paint, while the others are only middling to shorter lasting.
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Graham
Texas
Devoe
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