Fragmentary 19th century county notice with court schedules
Fragmentary OCR shows court calendars and church notices for a county. Lists districts Justices of the Peace and Commissioners, court hold days, and precinct schedules. Also includes church service times for Presbyterian, Methodist and Cumberland Presbyterian congregations with named pastors. Names such as James Melton Sheriff and J. A. Lafferty appear among officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vu. S
Crreviit
A.B. McCormic
A. B*norton
Marc F. Wid
Gletk
Lebruary
Tricteag
Rani Te
J. M. Moore
Distra
B. F. Shock
Gaexty
Glasgow
Counudge
James Melton
Chas
O. Joline
County Cork
H. Kemble
J. F. Brim
I. Marshall
J. Massie
Mapes
Y. Py Jones
W. H. Keon
PRAC
J. A. Lafferty
W. P. Jones
Wee Keen
Si Ee
D. D. Franklin
County Criminal Court
County Civil Court
Advertising ethics and Texas prospects raise editorials
A preindustrial lament on advertising on fences and barns, warning against careless promoters and praising judicious ink usage. The Galveston News rebuts sensational papers, and Texas growth in immigration and state leadership is praised. The Dallas and Cleburne road faces slough delays amid local investor lethargy.
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Dallas
Cleburne
Alvarado
Johnson County
Sheep Husbandry in Texas and Disease Issues
An early agricultural letter argues scab is rare in local sheep, blaming annual scaly rot instead. It explains scab caused by acarus, notes July August onset, and prescribes dipping and winter shelter, feed, and water to save flocks. It also critiques cowmen’s hostility to sheep and asserts sheep do not ruin pastures when managed.
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Messrs
Eorrors
Father South
Texas
Body Facts From An Old Text On Anatomy And Social Echoes
The article lists body measurements and processes such as skin pores hair glands bones heart and lungs in a dated tone. It also reports a Second Adventist disappointment about July 7 and discusses social attitudes toward labor gender and postwar policy with a humorous farming quip about a son returning home.
Storm Ravages Juniata County Churches Houses
Harrisburg dispatch reports a severe storm sweeping through Juniata and Mifflin counties this afternoon. It unroofed two churches a public school building a carriage factory and many dwellings causing about 65000 in damage. A woman named Cresswell died when the Presbyterian Church roof collapsed onto her house.
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Harrisburg
Ith
Juniata
Miflin County
Cresswell
Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn Milk Poisoning Tied to Filthy Water Adulteration
Milkmen claim the three cent a quart sale for milk forced use of poor water, revealing that the Brooklyn outbreak actually stemmed from adulterated water rather than milk itself. The revealing dispute centers on supply quality and price pressures.
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Brooklyn
New York
Language of the Hangings Sparks Outcry in Telegrams
A discussion decries sensational telegram headings like Gone to Heaven and Jerked to Jesus as improper after executions. Proponents warn these depictions offend religious sensibilities and add trauma to the living, insisting God judges the condemned.
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Jesus
God
Eve and the snake story from the Examiner
A Waco anecdote notes girls frightened by a snake shaking their skirts. The Examiner jokes Eve lacked similar clothing, suggesting if she wore long trains and sky rocket bonnets the snake would have left quickly.
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Eve
Cotton Worms Ravage Local Plantations Reported Invasion
Several planters report cotton worms in strong numbers across farms. Farmers use poison liberally while lamps deter moths but not worms, requiring stronger, constitutional measures.
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Columbus
Invitation Etiquette Warns Against Unwanted Visits
Editorial urges readers to respect privacy and avoid intruding on others businesses or personal spaces. It suggests that invitations to visit a place of business should come via explicit advertisement and warns against unsolicited calls or visits.
Boys Build 20 Foot Yacht Despite Disabilities
Two boys aged 16 and 17, George Lutz who is crippled and Philip Miller who is nearly blind, launched the Lady Stewart, a 20 foot yacht, at Henderson's wharf. They built it from borrowed materials with help from a police sergeant who funded paint and arranged care for Miller's eyes.
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Henderson’s Wharf
George Lutz
Philip Miller
Lutz
Miller
Lady Stewart
Baltimore Bulletin
The McDonald Troubles in Fond du Lac This Year
Fond du Lac report says Gen John McDonald once famed whisky crook faces circuit court assault trial in Milwaukee court. He allegedly struck W C Williams who acted for Mrs McDonald in divorce and alimony cases. Sylph, a Green Lake resort worker, was fired. Mrs McDonald suffers stomach cancer.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Chicago Tribune
John McDonald
W.C. Williams
Milwaukee
Williams
Green Lake
Tramp Seated at Farm Table Doused With Boiling Water
A tramp asserted his right to a spot at a farmhouse table and was met with a boiling water attack from the farmer's wife. Separately a Belgian newspaper ran an odd ad seeking a wealthy, beautiful woman for marriage with a proposed living arrangement involving the mother-in-law.
Robbery by Highwaymen Strikes Dallas Traveler
Traveling salesman W D Belt of Schnider and Davis Dallas was halted by three robbers two white one Mexican on the road from Fastland to Albany. They stole over two hundred dollars and would have killed Belt if not restrained. Belt reported to Capt Arrington who dispatched a scout to pursue the thieves and horses.
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St. Louis Times-Journal
Globes Democrat
Texas
Missouri
Galveston News
W.D. Belt
Schnider & Davis
Dallas
Fastland
Albany
Throckmorton County Fights for County Attorney Nominee
Throckmorton county struggles to secure a suitable county attorney as Letchworth fled the country after doubts about his ability. The commission confirms Melven from Graham but bondsmen withdraw, forcing a new bond that the court finds unsatisfactory. Marshal Norton notes civil duties and doubts Congress will fund marshals again.
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Throckmorton County
Letchworth
Commissioners Court
Melven
Graham
Decatur
Fort Griffin
Marshal Norton
Federal District
Texas
Congress
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Graham Leader
Nature
Cumberland Presbyterian
Methodist Church
Mr. Ware
Merernopist
F. Williams
Axton
G. W. Parker
Young, Clay, Jack, Pato Pinto
Stephens
Shackleford
Shrockmorton
C. W. Johnson
Gratlam
Young and
Vial
H. T.sale
Attorney At Law
Graham, Texas
R. Hollingsworth
Real
Mi Irat i
A. B. Gant
Grahan, Texas
West Side Public Square
Drs. Price & Atkinson
Graham and
Ites Creen
Aigue
Das
Young County
Oliver WO Elmees
Christopher
Scales, & Graham
Xas
John Meisterhans
Graham City
A. B. McLoul
Clear Fork
Toung County
Brazos
Horton House
Jacksboro
H. H. McConnell
First
Cass
Wichita Hotel
Laresa, Cherokee County
Tennessee
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