Understanding a political platform and campaign notices
The piece explains a party platform as a mix of broad non essentials and sharp aims like civil service reform and anti corruption. It compares platforms to campaign torches. after elections they are stored away. It also mentions Emerson and a poets plan, and a quip about Rev Samuel Wilson preferring Paul to women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Samuel KR. Wilson
Madison
Paul
Brother Wilson
Texas Topics and Rural Distress Across The State
A fragmented Texas roundup reports murders in Hearne and Fort Worth area involving pool disputes and land rent quarrels, a Dallas suicide by laudanum and strychnine, and grain shipments via Farmersville. It also notes mosquito grasshopper damage to crops near Oso, urging poultry and turkey farming as pest control, plus railway progress and local nostalgia prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Waxahachie
Flatonia Argus
B. W. Cocke
The
Argus
Oso
Kansas
Cost and Traffic of Railroads Compared Across Nations
The latest returns show British railroads cost about 197651 dollars per mile, versus 60051 for American lines. British nets are 8654 per mile, Americans 3030, with 4.38 and 5 percent returns on capital respectively. British traffic is higher but rates are steeper, and only a few lines in the U.S. cover their capital. Major lines cited include New York Central and Hudson River, Lake Erie and Western, and New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio with varying capitals and interest coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britan
New York Central
Hudson River
New York, Lake Erie and Western
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Erie
Long Ago You Reminisce Of Youth And Faithful Struggle
A reflective reminiscence traces a boy’s carefree youth to manhood's trials. The writer recalls courage optimism and a path toward God and the right, then shadows of loss, work troubles, and a calling to rest in a peaceful home.
Transcontinental line projected through Texas gains support
The Erlangers push a Texas route from Shreveport to the Rio Grande using Brenham Nacogdoches and San Antonio with branches through Bastrop Caldwell Guadalupe and Uvalde. The project targets timber agriculture and stock areas and is described as essential to their eastern extended system. Also notes Dr. Feris from Richmond endorsing kerosene lamps to deter cotton millers and protect crops along the Brazos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erlangers
Texas
Brenham
Shreveport
Alexandria
Panola
Nacogdoches
Angelina
Cherokee
Trinity
Houston
Walker
Grimes
Navasota
Eagle Pass
Washington
Payette
Bastrop
Caldwell
Guadalupe
San Antonio
Medina
Uvalde
Zavalla
Maverick
Rio Grande
Shrevert
Galveston News
Une
Palestine
George A. Feris
Richmond
Fort Bend County
Brazos
Tornado toll and wreckage over 1882 West
The Chicago Tribune reports a deadly tornado year with 315 killed in early 1882, hundreds injured and millions in property loss. Destruction spans Iowa Kansas Texas and Missouri with Grinnell Emmetsburg and Boone county in focus, and calls for better warning and shelter solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Texas
Indian Territory
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Dakota
McAllister
Grinnell
Independence
Emmetsburg
Boone County
Ogden
Missouri Frontier
University of Pennsylvania to Close Dissecting Room
Students at the University of Pennsylvania have nearly finished their year in the dissecting room and the department will be closed in a few days. Cremating experiments on dead bodies brought to the university will be discontinued for the present as a crematory has been erected in the new facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Washington
Smallpox Hospital
Board of Health
University Crematory
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Mississippi
South
Forty Seventh Congress
Times
Democrat
Christian Union
Night of passion and political praise in fragmented prose
A moonlit night scene shows Micnanetta Hohham and Jacobin N. G. Tuscon in a tense moment at Hon. Thos. K. Robbem's residence. A sudden swoon followed by a dramatic embrace is described amid digressive moralizing and references to Mississippi river levee debate and a later social guidance essay on women and home life.
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Heaven
Dame Nae
Thos. K. Robbem
Micnanetta Hohham
Jacobin N. G. Tuscon
Venus
Mig
Jac
Die Mig
Divine
Jacobin N. G
Mark Stuart
Excursionist Fashion Cues Reveal Traveling Manners
The Arkansas Traveler notes amusement at how an excursionist’s linen duster betrays him. From dull glaze to dirty cuffs, the worn garment signals a traveler’s pretensions, with old or new dusters marking him as a frequent rider and a “marked man.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansaw Traveler
Little Rock
New York
Kalamazo
Pentwater
Ulster
Reunion of Ellla Rives and W Taylor Francis Promoted
Mary Wacoites recall Miss Ella Rives the Marlin singer who performed in Texas tours with pianist W Taylor Francis. After a divorce in Marlin, Rives taught in El Paso. The El Paso Times reports the pair, once separated, are nearing reunion in wedlock as both are noted artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Eila Rives Taylor
Texas
A Contrast in Daily Routines From A Morning Scene
A vignette depicts a young woman who rises early, dresses simply, goes to the kitchen to help with breakfast, and cheerfully tidies the house afterward, not leaving these chores to her mother.
Jay Gould’s Time Bargain In Little Rock
In Little Rock Jay Gould is visited in his private car by a stranger who claims Gould earns $1 per second. The man pushes for ten minutes payment then negotiates a cut, offering to pay $600 down to $200 with Gould pondering the offer before remaining silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ray
Brown
Heaven
Jay Gould
Little Rock
Gould
Millonaire
Mr. Gould
Arkansas Traveler
Unfortunate Stranger Breaks Breakfast Then Fails
A man claiming Texas origins entered Flap Jack Bill in a grand dining hall, ordered breakfast, drew a gun, and was unlikely to survive. Separately, desertion searches near Guaymas found a shaggy haired wanderer fleeing to a sea cave where raw fish sustenance was noted. authorities plan to capture him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bill
W. E. Marble
Texas
Zas Vegas Optic
Guaymas
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Orr
Law & Real Estate Agt
Throckmorton, Texas
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Graham, Texas
W.W
Weice
West Side Square
N. P. Rice
Phyician
Kyus’ Drug Store
Rnold & Arnold
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Boot & Shoe Maker
Sikes
Weatherford
Mammy Sikes
Emerson
Texas Topics
Hearne
Schroeder
Dallas
Farmersville
Stockbridge
Southern Pacific Railway
Sunset
Brown School
Erlanger
Mississippi River
Nebraska
Signal Service Bureau
Camanche
Springfield Sunday News
Horr
Mr. Harr
Michigan
Arthur
Congress
Pock’s Law
LT Am
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