Convicts, Strikes and Bribery Claims Highlight State News
The State reported 4014 convicts on hand June 30 and a major building trades strike at Fort Worth. John Roan, a Black man, was sentenced to death for rape in Marlin district court. A Manila merchant accused Aguinaldo of bribery to surrender to Funston and MacArthur. Comptroller Dawes said national banks are prosperous. An oil firm with 30 million dollars and a lumber company with 10 million were chartered with Houston as headquarters. Jessie Morrison went to Lansing penitentiary to begin a five year term for killing Mrs Olio Castle.
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Houston
Jessie Morrison
Lansing
Has
Olio Castle
Reputation and market moves in British horse trade
The piece notes that a man’s reputation shadows him, critiques self-serving taxation, contrasts faith cure belief, and reports Great Britain purchasing American horses and mules. British agents are roaming the country buying suitable animals.
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Great Britain
Breeding Values Spur Wide Gaps in Animal and Child Worth
Farm and Ranch notes that people show more care in animal breeding than in childrearing. Animals fetch high prices such as horses worth thousands and cows around five hundred dollars, while daughters can be difficult to place and boys drop to mere cents in perceived value.
Man's death, miracle rebuke of coroner verdict in Wheeling
A Wheeling man was declared dead by two doctors after a street pick up, but ten minutes after being moved to the undertaker he sat up and sang the doxiology, was fined five dollars for drunkenness, and later again to court. The doctors and coroner's jury were not tried. Colton remarks on hypocrites and devils.
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Wheeling
W. Va
England labor laws strict on meal times trigger fine
A Lancashire firm in Lees was fined 855 for cutting the dinner hour short by half a minute each day, highlighting the rigid enforcement of labor meal rules in England.
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England
Lees
Lancashire
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway Extends Toward Town
Mineral Wells Texas July 12 The Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway Company has its grade completed from the Jack County line twelve miles north of town to within one mile of Mineral Wells. Work is pushed rapidly to extend the line northward. It remains undecided which railway will reach Jackpine first as Gulf and Brazos Valley and Weatherford Mineral Wells and Northwestern strive to beat the other.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway Company
Jack County
Here
Gulf End Brezcsaey
Weathford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
Graham
Jacke Pyre
Asl
Gee
TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY WITH LASATIVE Bromo Quinine
Advertisement promises a fast cure for a cold using a combination of laxative and quinine. It mentions a refund if not effective and lists Grove's Bromo Quinine as a 25 cent remedy in a 400 box package.
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W. Grove
Ohio Democrats Deemphasize Silver in State Agenda
Ex Judge Hiram D. Peck and delegates praise a platform shifting focus from free silver to state and local issues. They note Bryan’s defeats and say the convention avoided any Bryan controversy, deeming the platform harmonious with no silver dispute.
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Bryan
Hiram D. Peck
Death of Governor Hubbard Dallas settler and statesman
Rex Gov Richard Hubbard dies at his Tyler home. A Georgia native who moved to Texas in 1852 he served as US Attorney for the western district and in the Texas Legislature. He led the Twenty Second Texas Infantry in the Civil War and held multiple party and diplomatic posts including Governor in 1876 and Minister to Japan. He is remembered as a capable devoted public servant and amiable man.
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Dallas News
Richard 8. Hubbard
Tyler
Georgia
Texas
Cincinnati
Buchanan
United States
Charleston
Twenty Second Regiment of
Texas Infantry
Greeley
Coke
Senate
Hubberd
Chicago
Cleveland
Deafness and Catarrh Cure Claim by Hall's Co
Advertisement asserts deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can only be cured constitutionally. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure removes inflammation and offers a $100 reward for catarrh induced deafness not cured. Mentions Druggists sell this, price 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Wooten Chosen At Sixth District Convention In Dallas County
After a week of heated sessions the Sixth District Convention nominated Hon. Dudley G. Wooten of Dallas County. More than four thousand ballots were cast before the final selection, making the July gathering notably warm and decisive.
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Dudley G. Wooten
Dallas County
Prohibition enforcement urged in Parker County plea
Local plea urges citizens to uphold the prohibition law and ensure its enforcement citing past trials and community moral welfare. The message argues lawbreakers pale beside law abiding citizens and appeals for sobriety and morality to gain a stronger local standard.
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Parker C
Pga
Parker County
Parker
Pet Frog Dynamite Tragedy Kills Child in Albany
A Missouri dispatch reports three children and a pet frog caused a deadly accident with dynamite in a Kansas City area home. The youngest child died from a chest wound. two others and Mrs. McCurry were seriously injured as a large tool chest and house sections were wrecked.
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Kansas City
Albany
Times Aays
George McCurry
Farmers suffer cuts burns bruises heal with Ballard's Snow Liniment
Those who live on Farms are especially liable to many accidental cuts burns and bruises which heal rapidly when Ballard's Snow Liniment is applied. Price 25 and 450 cents. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
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Ballard
Graham Drug Co
Sulphur as Preventive for Mosquito Bites
A reader reports trying internal sulphur to avert mosquito bites after reading a medical journal claim. He ingested tartar-lithine and sulphur tablets four daily and exposed his arm to live mosquitoes. none bit him. The note suggests potential use during malaria season. Also advertised Moore's Pillets claim cures for malaria and related conditions without quinine or arsenic.
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Medical Journal
Premature Burials and Mortuary Proposals Discussed
An American Inventor article reprints an undertaker letter noting thousands killed by embalming and proposing city mortuary buildings to retain bodies until decomposition. It also endorses Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a moderate priced remedy sold by Graham Drug Co.
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Washington, D. C
Tabler
Graham Drug Co
Allen predicts continued insurrection in Philippines
Capt. D. F. Allen of Frankfort, commander of Company I, Thirty Eighth U.S. Volunteers, now home, says the insurrection will endure and the United States must withdraw from the Philippines. He believes Aguinaldo will seize the first chance to escape and remains an insurrecto. Allen was the Democratic candidate for Congress last year, backed by friends during his service abroad.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. F. Allen
Frankfort
United States Volunteers
United States
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Allen
Congress
Fiim
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic labeled as iron and quinine
The bottle branding claims the tonic is simply iron and quinine in tasteless form with no cure and no pay. A price of 56 cents is noted.
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Grove
Insanity on the rise in Washington District
Statistics show an increase in mental illness in the District of Columbia with 270 persons adjudged insane in the year ending July 1 1900 and 295 the following year. Officials cite influx of mentally weak individuals and fewer soldier patients at St Elizabeth hospital as factors. A local vendor advertises Herbine for health with price 50 cents, sold by Graham Drug Co.
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Washington
District of Columbia
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Philippines
Graham Drug Co
Smoke Emission Reported West of Gainesville
Val Peers reports a dark sulfur-smelling smoke erupting from ground in the extreme west area near the county line. Crevasses span about a quarter acre with dense smoke issuing periodically, yet residents remain not greatly alarmed. Forsale by Grabow Drug Co.
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Gainsville
Tex
Val Peers
Mr. Peers
Ohio Governor Candidate Described as Millionaire
The Democratic nominee for Ohio governor is described as a millionaire. Ohio Democrats say they cannot expect gains from the election and thus are not blamed if they seek benefits from the campaign.
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Ohio
The University of Texas Catalog Preview
One hundred instructors and officers over a thousand students. Women admitted to all departments. Tuition free with total expenses 150 to 250 dollars. Sessions begin September 30 with entrance exams September 25 and a $10 matriculation fee. Programs include civil engineering, law, pharmacy, nursing, and teacher training with multiple campuses and a large library. Contact Dr. Allen J. Smith, Galveston, or John A. Lomax, Registrar, Austin for catalog.
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Colleges of Repute
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
Texas
Galveston
School of Pharmacy
School of Nursing
Allen J. Smith
John A. Lomax
Austin
Mexico’s government vows to curb corn monopolies
The Dallas News quotes a Mexican reply to corn shortages noting the government’s plan to remove trade barriers and restore competition. It argues that while the United States prides itself as a leading nation, it could learn from Mexico’s approach to market remedies and free trade.
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Mexico
Dallas News
Evans to Leave Post as Pension Chief After Big Return
Congress set aside more than 140 million for pensions and Commissioner Evans managed the department so efficiently that 5 million could be returned to the treasury for the year ending June. His replacement seems certain as his official days are numbered.
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Congress
Evans
Treasury
A Rose With No Thorn in New York Society
The tale recalls Harry Lehr entering New York society and charming Mrs. J. J. Astor at a Four Hundred function. He humorously critiques her white gown and suggests adding a rose, claiming the color would improve her complexion. The moment elevates him among social leaders.
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Harry Lehr
New York
Joke on Mascagni in Vienna Stirs Italian Press
The Italian composer Mascagni, guest of honor at a Vienna soiree, struggled to speak German. An actor mocked him as a "musical freak" for Cavalleria Rusticana, calling him an egoist and a "genial sausage," provoking strong applause before Mascagni withdrew with evident emotion.
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Mascagni
Vienna
Italy
Cavalleria Rusticana
Liberty Bell to Be Loaned at South Carolina Exposition
The Philadelphia Record reports Pennsylvania plans a beautified South Carolina exposition building featuring a staff construction with a 100 foot tower duplicating Independence Hall. The design includes a luminous dome with electric bulbs and a powerful searchlight, terraced gardens, and a 400 by 200 foot surrounding area, at an estimated cost of twenty thousand dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Summer Salads
A refreshing salad combines tomatoes with chopped cabbage green peppers and olives seasoned with salt and filled into tomato shells. Mayonnaise tops each served on crisp lettuce. Another salad uses one pint of cooked chilled fresh peas with blanched English walnuts cut small mixed with salt and mayonnaise on lettuce or cress.
Wealth and corruption cited amid a widow’s death note
A report notes U S wealth surpassing Britain by about 23 billion dollars and a claim that wealth breeds corruption. It mentions Mrs Young widow of J Young of Eliasville who died by her own hand on Tuesday, with no further details.
Estrayed Horses and Stock Report from Young County Texas
A compiled notice records estray and taken up stock in Young County Texas with names of nearby justices and locations. Items include a WB branded bay horse, a brown horse branded HVS, a yellow horse mule branded A with details of age height and nearby witnesses, and additional bay horses and mares described with brands and ownership notes. Dates range from 1901 to 1908 with multiple precincts and distances from Graham.
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FloerTray
L. W. Smith
Olney
M. Wann
Justice of the Peace
Young County
G. W. Wilhoit
Graham
W. P. Stinson
Pearce
S. A. Daws
S.W
Texas
Starrett
A. M. Woolfork
Geo. McLaren
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Etta
Moore's Pilates
Dr. C. C. Moore Co
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Ab Graham Beak Uo
Grabow Drug Co
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M. C. Wetmore Tobacco CO
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New Haven
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