Announcement notices for state senate and county offices
The Leader runs notices announcing candidates for State Senate and several Young County offices. Names include Temple Houston Mobeetie for State Senate 19th district, Mays for County and District Clerk, A T Gay for United Clerk, F Aurburg and J G Hilly for Tax Assessor, James Melton for Sheriff, W T Bunger for Sheriff re election, P Benson for County Surveyor, and J W Wadley for County Treasurer. Election date noted as November 1st 1884 or November election.
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State Senate
Temple Houston
Mobeetie
Mays
A. T. Gay
Young County
Cuas
F. Auburg
J. G. Hilly
James Melton
W. T. Bunger
P. Benson
J. W. Wadley
Graham Local Notes and Community Updates
Local items from Graham include new goods at Crozier Gorrisson post office, restaurant openings at Killian Short and Shumaker Son, and repairs to G. B. Jewell’s sidewalk. Mentions of weather, crops, and nearby travels plus upcoming Court and political events. Reports of a fatal chicken attack, a buggy accident, and railroad meeting progress in Henrietta and Cisco.
Simkins Nominated for Texas Attorney General Race
Corsicana Observer endorses Col. EK J. Simkins in the Democratic state convention for attorney general saying he is brilliant moral and exemplary with no taint of crime and would curb crime more than any other candidate. Also notes two New York railroad magnates donate 100000 each to the Republican campaign fund and reports new hot springs development at Hot Springs Arkansas.
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A. J. Carter
Prof. Carter
Tub
Houston
Chicago
Brutus
Antony
Caesar
EK. J. Simkins
Corsicana
New York
Republican Campaign Fund
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills Touted for Children
The ad argues castor oil is nauseating for children and promotes Ayer’s Cathartic Pills as a palatable, effective cathartic. It claims the pills combine essential cathartic principles with easily taken sugar coating, suitable for pediatric use.
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Ayer
Young County Estray Report with Branded Stock
Taken up by D W Russel and es trayed before W J Hughes J P pee No 2. A list details a black stallion 6 years old about 15 hands branded BOX on left hip a bay stallion 4 years old about id hands high branded X on left thigh a gray mare 13 hands high 6 years old a gray two year old filly a red roan three year old filly a dun mare 14 hands high 4 years old and a dun yearling horse colt plus one head of unbranded stock valued at 150.00.
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Young County Estray
D. W. Russel
W. J. Hughes
J.P Pee
Letter from Mrs Landrum on Jefferson Davis aid plea
Mrs Landrum in New Orleans writes to a relative about visiting Mr and Mrs Jeffers Davis in Peauvoir Mississippi. The letter recalls the 1860s yellow fever era and portrays Davis as noble but the couple as lonely and poor. The editorial urges Southern people to provide support for their last days and praises Davis as a great statesman.
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Dr. Landrum
New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
South
Hawkinsville
Gay News
Council votes to close city gambling dens
The City Council passed a resolution to shut down all gambling establishments in Flouston. The Colorado Citizen and Bonhan News quotes hope that closing gambling houses and whisky shops would usher in a millennium of lasting joy.
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Flouston
Colorado
Bonhan
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Scrofula Sufferers
The ad claims most people carry latent poisons that flare as scrofulous sores or eruptions, rheumatism, or organic diseases. It asserts Ayer’s Sarsaparilla will eradicate this evil from the system, and thanks readers who purchase it.
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Ayer
Pen War Sparks Youthful Newspaper Debate
The Dallas Herald and Fort Worth Gazette discuss a playful clash of pen war literature. The piece notes the harmless competition and jokes about the Herald being stained briefly with free grass juice, which quickly fades.
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Dallas Herald
Fort Worth Gazette
Herald
Kentucky Court Affirms Award To Wife Of Card Player
The court of appeals of Kentucky upholds a lower court ruling awarding a wife three times her husband’s gambling losses after he lost money at cards.
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Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Unclear fragment hints at political and financial turmoil
Brief unreadable OCR fragment mentions presidents stock brokers and danger from sunstroke with failed announcements. No clear events, dates, or identifiable entities provided.
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Blaine
Brackinredge Plans Fine Large School House
Brackinredge announces construction of a substantial school building in the near future. The project aims to enhance local education facilities and provide expanded classrooms and resources for students and staff.
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Brackinredge
Allan Pinkerton Dies in Chicago After Long Career
Allan Pinkerton, famed detective, died in Chicago on Tuesday morning after a long career shaping private security. The obituary notes his influence on law enforcement and the founding of the Pinkerton agency.
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Allan Pinkerton
Chicago
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