Vast array of opinions and observations in a late century column
A wide roundup from the Graham Leader includes remarks on international arbitration, irrigation needs in semiline regions, effects of tobacco use, ostrich metaphors for capital, aerial portraits of wealth, labor in Hawaii, a New Jersey European club, bachelor definitions, anti tobacco debates, Koch’s medical progress, money’s value, rural to urban migration, paternal governance, Czar decrees, and looming European conflicts with scattered reflections on Africa and Asia.
Crime's Calendar of the Week Roils Orange and Texas
A wide roundup notes events across Texas and beyond including the end of an Orange strike, wealth from cotton in Comanche and Van Alstyne, real estate transfers in Waco, church and school openings, new railways and factories, fires, murders, and political shifts. It records farm yields, debt, endowments, and infrastructure projects shaping local communities.
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Erath County
Lampasas
Comanche County
Waco
van Alstyne
Beaumont Electric Street Railway
Bartlett
Aransas Pass
Panhandle
Sheridan and Custer Turkeys Turmoil Roost Chronicles
Story recalls historic turkey hunts in Indian Territory with General Sheridan and General Custer commands. Officers stalked roosting flocks at Sheridan's Roost on the North Fork of the Canadian and Washita campaigns, bagging near 100 turkeys and thrilling night camp feasts for the Seventh Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Major Inman
Sheridan
Fort Sill
Caster
Washita
Custer
Fort Cobb
Turkey
United States
Seventh Cavalry
Night Terror Brute Plagues Nineteenth Kansas Troops
A fragment recalls the gallant Nineteenth Kansas unit and reports numerous cases of riding a noted brutal figure described as the nightmare before morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Southern California and the danger of idleness
Excerpt from Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's Magazine argues Southern California’s temperate climate may tempt locals to delay work. He warns relentless effort remains essential for farming, irrigation, and social life, noting energy is needed even where seasons are mild. Egypt is cited as a land demanding labor despite leisure.
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California
Egypt
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
Fearless hunter of wild beasts in archipelago legends
A rhapsody portrays a fierce hunter boasting of overpowering cannibals, crocodiles, tigers, bears, snakes, hippos, jaguars, elephants, and bulls with exaggerated claims of being inescapable, bootable, and pulverizable. His wife interrupts, taking him home to tend the baby, ending the tale.
Earth and Sun Bond Holds Against Collapse
A Good Words excerpt explains that Earth travels eighteen miles per second in its orbit and would drift into space if the Sun’s gravity weakened. It warns that life would vanish as solar influence wanes, but reassures that the Sun’s attraction remains constant, preserving life.
Accident Case for Train Injuries Supplies Ready Aid
An accident case with bandages dressings tourniquet and a training book is offered ready for use on trains and stations with heavy switching to treat injuries and prevent permanent harm or death. The outside of the case carries similar instructions for immediate guidance.
Berlin chemist offers petrifying treatment to turn living person to marble
A Berlin chemist claims to have discovered a chemical preparation that will transform a living person into marble within six months, with petrification completing one month after death. Respondents can choose white, black, or mottled marble and may be worth $500 as a statue if their figure is desirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Farmer fatally injured by freight car at depot
An Iowa farmer died after a freight car rolled onto him as he said farewell to his wife and children at a train depot. The ensuing damages suit yielded nothing, as the court implied the man should have had eyes in the back of his head.
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Baltimore
Massachusetts
Fi Paso
Denton Normal College
Beauiful Heights
Sickory Street
Howard-Payne College
Tyler
Cc. L. Broome
United States
Mareshal
E. W. Shields
San Angelo
San Jacinto
Houston
Farro
Barney Merrill
Ladonia
Fort Worth
David Dayton
Arlington Heights
James Brotherton
Dayton
Uvalde
Cambridge
Evansville
Ind
John P. Stuard
John Russell
John Clark
Lima
Pine Ridge
Canadian
Annie Roberts
Portsmouth
Henry Lutz
Shlick’s Mills
Hitness
Thayer
Nebraska
Longline
Chadron
P. Williams
Jug Tavern
E L. Carter
Kankakee
Lil
Beairing
Neb
Doran Baker
Daniel McCauley
Brazil
William McLean
Ollie Hester
Danville
Montana
Helena
Senate
Wheeling
W. Va
Fuuy
Union
Edgar Thowson Steel
Braddock
Mahoning
Shenango
Chicago
Ill
Louisville
Columbus
George Malu
Irwin
Wright County
Minn
Washington
Hobgood
Merwin Jones
McGreener
Demimonde
Albany, Ga
George D. Sanger
Macon
Columbia City, Ltd
Mary
William Shaw
Cleveland
Missouri Pacific
St. Joseph
Atchison
Tom McIntosh
J. N. Archbohl
Mary Morris
Dubuque
Iowa Central
Oskaloosa
Wolcott
Toledo
Lake Shore Railroad
New York
Camden
Carroll County
Indiana
James McKune
Lizzie Snowberger
War Department
Col. Forsyth
Wounded Knee
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
West Laterson
N. J
Burlington
William F. Swelger
Tie
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Allegheny County Court
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Miles
Secretary of War
Schofield
Iowa
Nut cultivation to become major U.S. industry says Agriculture official
Chief Van Deman of the pomological division predicts a swift rise in market nut production across the United States. He notes widespread planting of pecan and chestnut trees, advances in grafting, and potential profits as high as 40 to 50 dollars per tree annually, with nuts becoming a significant agricultural crop nationwide.
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van Deman
Department of Agriculture
United
California
Staten Island
Mississippi
Pacific
China
Japan
France
Spain
Italy
Portugal
Central States
Atlantic
North Carolina
Georgia
New York
Non combustible dwellings in South America described as fireproof
The New Orleans Picayune reports on alleged fireproof houses in Buenos Aires and Montevideo built without iron or arch, using hard timber floors and roofs with brick and tile overlays. Walls have frames set during construction, lacking lathing and wainscoting, leading to claims the houses cannot burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
South America
Buenos Ayers
Montevideo
Able Editor Seeks Position Amid Tariff and World Affairs Gaps
An interviewer tests a hopeful editor on tariff knowledge international law and European politics. The applicant admits no familiarity with these topics or with African polar explorations, yet is advised to craft a paper that sensible readers would enjoy.
How to Make Lime Water at Home
The article explains a simple method to prepare lime water using a bottle lime and pure water. Fill one quarter of a bottle with lime, add water, cork, and shake until the liquid clears. The piece notes it is inexpensive and can be obtained from druggists, with an option to make it at home.
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Fort Worth and
Rio Grande
Comanche
Bringa
Boston Herald
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Graham Leader
J. W. Graves
Graham
Oras
Qux
Boston
Fifth Avenue
Hawaiian Islands
Newankk
New Jersey
Paddy
Monaco
Wuegese
Europe
Asia
Gerway
Africa
Aria
Adeiethie
Texas
Orange
Motley County
New Presbyterian Church
Ennis
Rising Star
Eastland County
Jones County
Bolivar
Big Vista
Colorado City
Cumberland Presbyterian
San Marcos
Presbyterian
Kerrville
Methodists
Tulsa
Swisher County
Cleburne
Corpus Christi
W. W. Webb
Floyd County
Temple Waterworks Company
Indian Creek
Zephyr
Brownsville
Amarillo
Dublin Tennery
Terrell
Corpus Christi College
Abilene
L. F. Grasswuck
Brenham
Sanger
Denton County
North
D. P. Gray
Taylor
Harbor Island
Denison
John Fredericks
Marshall
Tom Kelly
Basin Springs
Sherman
O. &. Presbyterians
Sweetwater
Nolan County
Austin College
Ben McCullough
Gilbert
Buffalo
Coune
Claude
Canon
Hal
Southwest Texas Cooperative Association
Ramon Mermea
el Paso
Uvalde County
Eagle Lake
Commerce
Hunt County
Galveston
J. Carter
Rh. L Bell
San Antonio
Carter
Christian Church
Greenville
Weimar
Southern Pacific Road
Father Quinon
Clarksville
Windsor
Wheeler County
Commissioner’s Court
Childress
Childress County
Jefferson
Honey Grove
Sweetwater Baptist Association
Abilene Cartallata
Belcherville
Gainesville
Bertha Kelly
Midland
Domeistric
Illinois
The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Knopville Siding
Greman
Siegel's
Augusta, Tallahassee
T. Kerr
Farmers’ Alliance
Pinkertop Detective
Crawford
Revieron of Mort
Fort Wayne
al Trout
W. Porter
Pleasant Ridge
Pratt County
Catherine Station
Ala
Gulf Depot
Joplin
McGowan
Germany
Timothy Healy
Dublin
O'Brien
Paria
Dominion
Russia
Iquique
Chill
Gil
Piautilla Messai
Trieste
Florence
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Hall
England
East Africa
Royuma
London
Congress
Republic
Barlugs’ Committee
M. Morye
Chamber of Deputies
Saint Four
M. Mary- Raynaud
America
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