War Talk and Legal Battles Stir Frontier Regions
The article reviews justice delays as five years pass with many killings but few executions, notes Davis’s death penalty case headed to the U S Supreme Court, and mentions political shifts including Browning’s Speaker bid. It reports Indian pacification near Pine Ridge, a major fire on Main Street, and a controversial Behring Sea dispute with Britain. It also covers legislative pay increases, Gov. Hogg’s inaugural ball, Reed rule adoption, and a New Orleans boxing bout where Fitzsimmons defeats Dempsey amid gambler losses.
Great Fight In Congress Stalemates Election Bill After Long Session
A Senate session stretched into Saturday as Senator Hoar revived the election bill and Democrats submitted amendments. Faulkner and Daniels spoke long while Reagan delivered a notable address. The chamber adjourned informally until Monday at 11 o'clock with several senators remaining on floor. Additionally the text references a Texas timber belt saw mill owner seeking rail rate relief and ongoing litigation, along with a failed restraining step and an advertisement for patent solicitors Marin & Cosy.
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Congress
U.S. Senate
Hoar
Faulkner
West Virginia
Daniels
Senate
Reagan
Kateman
Texas Timber Belt
Theoen
Justice Court
Texas Legislature and press reform notes from Fort Worth
The piece notes Texas lawmakers introducing many bills including rail regulation and court timing. It cites Gov Hubbard’s customs duty anecdote and critiques on tariff law. It highlights public notices on advertising schemes, press ethics, and emigration talks by Col Hurley. It ends with onion medical uses.
The Natural a Medium for Local Advertising
The article argues that rural readers prefer home papers over metropolitan dailies. Local weeklies are read closely by families, with small items of news valued. Big-city papers skimmed and discarded. local papers circulated within the community.
Rural caucus secrecy and national politics conflict
Reports from Torrka Kansas describe a Farmers' Alliance caucus operating under strict password and grip rules with proceedings kept secret the topic being a senatorial candidate. Debates also touch on Indian affairs and presidential influence with local reactions from Texas papers.
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Torrka
Kan
Farmers’ Alliance
Warrants Seek Arrests For Anson Postmaster Case
Deputy Marshal Girand reports warrants issued by the U S marshal for W H Hollis D L Orr C H Steel and J P B Siler all of Anson county charged with conspiring to use force under color of state law to stop T M O Connell from serving as postmaster at Anson arresting him and holding him in the county jail.
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Texas
Solons
Col. Brown
Grayson
Cochran
Dallas
Stephens
State Senate
John B. Girand
United States Marshal’s Office
Graham
W. H. Hollis
D. L. Orr
C. H. Steel
J. PB. Siler
Anson
Jones Iy
T. M. O'Connell
Dallas News
Pain Free Childbirth Revelation Promises Easy Labor
A sensational claim urges readers that pain is unnecessary in childbirth. It asserts universal relief from labor pain and related ailments, touts physician approval and 20 000 testimonials, and asks for two 2-cent stamps to send full particulars from Franx Tuomas & Co in Baltimore Maryland.
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Franx Tuomas, & Co
Baltimore, Md
Nebraska Supreme Court allows Thayer to file quo warranto petition
The Nebraska Supreme Court heard ex governor Thayer’s quo warranto petition but recognized James E. Boyd as the legal governor. State departments back Boyd and advise Thayer to submit peacefully. Thayer refuses to vacate, and the board of public lands and buildings plans forced removal from the governor's room if needed.
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Lincon
Neb
Sureme
Hayer
Boyd
James E. Boyd
Nebraska
Thayer
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Planting Fruit Trees Entitled To A Farmer’s Plenty
Clean straw with grain mixed in keeps fowls healthy and busy while warding off vermin and delaying holiday work. The real point is fruit tree planting. There is no good reason a farmer shouldn’t have all the fruit he earns and desires.
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Dallas Times-Herald
San Antonio Express
Times-Herald
Galveston Tribune
Benjamin Harrison
White House
Morgan
Rhode Island
Milner and Browning in tight Texas Speakership race
Austin letter reports a heated legislative contest in Texas with J. N. Browning and R. T. Milner leading for Speaker. Kennedy and Dixon expected to win top House and Senate posts. Governors message ready, rail and dam projects boom in Austin as railroad bill prospects loom.
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Jim” Browning
Milner
Browning
Commission
Ature of
Texas
J. N. Browning
Sycamore
Panhandle
R. T. Milner
Rusk County
San Antonio
Senate
M. A. Kennedy
Mexia Democrat
Sam H. Dixon
Southern Mercury
Ross
Austin
Colorado
Railroad Commission
Austin Statesman
Electric Bitters Proven Remedy and Guarantee
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a pure medicine curing liver and kidney diseases. It claims to remove pimples salt rheum and other impurities from blood and to drive malaria from the system. The ad offers a money back guarantee and lists price at Graham's Drug Store.
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Graham's
Retrog rade Movement Foretells Western Kansas Cattle Range Return
Western Kansas is expected to revert to cattle grazing as mortgage lenders foreclose on farms. Investors from New York, Kansas City and Boston plan to form a syndicate to take over over a million acres, leasing or directly running cattle on the former farm lands. The shift ends farming in the region and restores the cowboy era while reflecting the financial pressures on smallholders.
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Kansas City
Kansas
United States
Cherokee Strip
New York
Boston
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Japan
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Marlow
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Lady's Book
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Tue Gaanam
Humboldt Marble Works
Millikan
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China and Furniture
W. S. MecJimsey
WT. Finch
Graham, Texas
SS. Eke J
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R. G. Graham & CO
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J. Porter & Son
Eden
West Side Public Square
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Graham, Tex
Munn & CO
Broadway
Henrietta City Mills
Yantis & Neely
D. R. Akin & CO
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