Texas Press Rivalries and Notable Local News
The Dallas Herald urges farmers to tap North Texas fruit crops while Wise County reports large peach quantities and rising prices. Harrold records $53,246 path for 460 lots sold. Tyler hosts farewell for Minister Hubbard bound for Japan. A cowards’ murder near Greenville shocks residents. taxes rise sharply for nonresident landowners. postmasters suspended in Texas. San Antonio El Paso railroad undermined by washouts. cattle damages awarded in Fort Worth case. A man fatally stabs in Austin brick yard dispute and a shark attacks a fisherman near Matamoras.
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Fort Worth
New Orleans
Galveston News
Dallas
Old Windsor Hotel
Commerce Street
Home Office
Galveston
Jennie Watson
San Antonio
Potter's Field
St. Louis
Texas
Japan
Hubbard
Tyler
Harrold
Greenville
Riley Elliott
J. H. Barling
Elliott
Virginia
Benjamin J. Stewart
Paine
Brown County
John C. Porter
Atlas
Lamar County
Adam Brown
Belknap
Young County
John D. Ford
Omega
Upshur County
el Paso
San Antonio Express
Bayne & Cecil
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Chanute
Kan
Abilene
Tex
Tilson
Austin
Dallas Herald
Matamoras
Red Star Cough Cure Deemed Vegetable and Dangerous
The Care of Children warns mothers that medicines containing morphia and opium given for colds and coughs imperil children’s health. Otto Grothe, official chemist for the Brooklyn Board of Health and Kiel graduate, certifies a new Red Star Cough Cure as harmless yet effective and purely vegetable.
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Boston
Mass
Brooklyn Board of Health
Otto Grothe
University of Kiel
Germany
New South Industrial Progress Prompts Exposition optimism
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes southern industrial gains and optimism as journals claim the South outperforms other regions in recovery. Reports include Coosa Coal and Coke Co mine in Alabama Sloss Furnace quarry in Trussville and new mills and factories across Georgia Florida Kentucky North and South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and Louisiana. It also mentions the New Orleans Exposition education effort and a Galveston rowing victory, plus a Fort Worth Commercial Club charter and a planned palatial exchange building.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
South
United States
General Provincial
New South
Baltimore
Coosa Coal and Coke Co
St. Clair County
Ala
Sloss Furnace Co
Birmingham
Trussville
Mobile
Talladega
Arkansas
Independence County
New York
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Claiborne Parish
New Orleans
Mississippi
Greenville
Mississippi City
North Carolina
Haw River
Asheville
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Dallas
Bowie
Dallas and Northwestern
Virginia
Richmond
New Orleans Exposition
Bank of San Marcos Gets Capital Authorization
The First National bank of San Marcos is authorized to start with an 850000 capital. Five prisoners escaped from Comanche County jail, eight more nearly freed before sheriff discovery, climbing through a roof hole with a blanket rope. three prisoners recaptured within half an hour by Sheriff J W Cunningham. Texas had no congressional representation in Washington until Congressman Mills arrived May 26.
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Ihe First National Bank of
Comanche
J. W. Cunningham
Congressman Mills
Washington
Texas
National Capital
U S Citizenship Outraged in Mexican Prison
Ira Jenkins an American citizen and former locomotive engineer reports a series of outrages in Mexico. He says he was jailed at San Juan del Rio for criminal negligence after a June railroad collision that killed a Mexican. He alleges neglect by the American consul and violent abuse by Mexican guards. Jenkins, a Knoxville native and former Confederate navy member, plans to seek relief in Washington.
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Ira Jenkins
Jenkins
Vera Cruz
Mexico
San Juan del Rio
Mason
Plaza
Jenkens
Washington
Bayard
Knoxville
Tenn
Senate Indian Committee in Indian Territory Faces Citizenship Debate
The Senate committee on Indian affairs arrived in Muskogee to discuss citizenship and the proposed sale or lease of western Oklahoma lands. Indians report whites claiming blood, intruders expelled, Interior Department intervening. Leaders split over sale with Bushy Head and Perryman cited as favoring it.
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Indian Territory
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Muskogee
Creek Nation
Oklahoma and
Cherokee Strip
Interior Department
Bushy Head
J. M. Perryman
McCurtain
Sherman urges bi metallic money system for world barter
In San Francisco Senator John Sherman urged a bi metallic monetary system. He spoke at a reception with the Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade and Manufacturer's association. He said silver and gold should be freely coined and exchangeable for money certificates. He proposed silver be purchased coined and paid out at market rates to create a worldwide equal standard. Sherman departs Wednesday for Oregon and Washington Territory then returns east by the Northern Pacific.
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San Francisco
John Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Manufacturer's Association
New York
London
Mr. Sherman
Oregon
Washington Territory
Pacific
Infant Texas Telegraph Operator Sets Early Record
Eula Brown of Courtney claimed as the youngest telegraph operator in America, a seven year old girl skilled in railroad telegraphy under her father’s guidance. Gilmer citizens approve Marshall and Northwestern railway plans with payments totaling 2,000 for survey, 8,000 for construction to Gilmer by 4 July 1887, while Simpsonville townsfolk cannot meet costs. Winnsborough secures the line for 6,000 cash upon location.
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Eula Brown
Courtney
America
Texas
Gilmer
Marshall and Northwestern Railway Company
Simpsonville
Winnsborough
President Cleveland shifts approach to cabinet appointments
Washington correspondent notes Cleveland has changed policy by scrutinizing party strength before appointing officials. Several decisions once settled were reversed or recalled, signaling a shift from sentiment to party viability. Manning Whitney and Lamar are cited as opposing the old policy.
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Washington
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Cleveland
Manning
Whitney
Lamar
Democratic Party
Communists in Paris Clash With Police Over Red Flag
On May 23 and 24 1871 Paris communists held demonstrations at anarchist tombs and Pere Lachaise. Police clashed with rioters using stones and bayonets leaving several wounded and reported fatalities while authorities later withdrew troops allowing marches and cheers for the commune.
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Paris
Pere la Chaise
M. Henri Rochefort
Offensive Partisanship in 1867 Washington Diagrams
The text alleges Secretary Manning plans to expose a political purge of Democrats from 1867. It claims 23 Republican state associations compiled a roll of Democrats, influencing 635 dismissals across departments as Democratic cuts reduced clerical staff. It asserts chairmen remain in government role and will be affected by Manning’s forthcoming disclosure.
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Manning
Washington
Congress
Democratic Congress
Will Bayard Withdraw from Cleveland Cabinet
A Washington telegram reports growing strain between President Cleveland and Secretary of State Bayard. Meetings are brief. Cleveland blames Bayard for administration errors and overrules his recommendations. Sources say Bayard rarely visits the White House unless unavoidable, fueling talk of a possible cabinet crisis.
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Washington
Globe-Democrat
Cleveland
Bayard
A Clear Head and Strong Heart
A short health note warns against whisky bitter compounds and promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as safe. It claims the tonic strengthens heart liver and stomach, purifies blood, and aids brain performance, urging trust from physicians and trial by all.
Wool Growers Elect Executive Committee Amid Tariff Debate
The Wool Growers' executive committee was elected with J. P. Ray of New York E. Branson of Kansas A. Sims of Texas and Col. Colman present as agriculture commissioner. The department pledged to promote wool growing and eradicate sheep diseases. Speeches from Secretary Chapman Wallace Dewey Converse and others argued for tariff protection while Vernon of Texas claimed U S wool could surpass Australian grades.
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St. Louis
J. P. Ray
New York
E. Branson
Kansas
A. Sims
Texas
Col. Colman
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Department
Committee of
Chapman
Vermont
Wallace
Missouri
Dewey
Michigan
Converse
Ohio
Vernon
United States
Australia
Turkey Rejects English Plan For Soudan Occupation
Fehmi Pasha returned to Constantinople after London talks with M. De Freycinet and Paris assurances. Turkey refused English proposals granting occupation of Suakim and Soudan while promising to suppress the slave trade and to assert suzerain rights over the region including Dongola. The plan included a railway concession between Suakim and Berber and caused surprise in London.
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Turkey
London
Porte
France
Alexandria
Fehmi Pasha
Constantinople
Paris
M. de Freycinet
Suakim
Soudan
M. DeFreycinet
Dongola
Berber
Grasshoppers Sweep Through Pueblo Area
Denver dispatch reports millions of young grasshoppers emerging from sandy soil along the Arkansas River above Pueblo. They devastate early vegetables and shrubs, similar to invasions that swept through Kansas crops years ago.
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Denver
Colorado
Arkansas River
Pueblo
Kansas
Auditing Board Finishes Frontier Claims Study
The auditing board to finalize about year long work on frontier claims against the United States plans to complete abstracts and conclude the entire business in about a month. Total claims total roughly 2 million dollars, needing reduction to the U S basis used for similar services in those years. Final adjustments will occur at Washington or San Antonio where government vouchers are kept. Some sheriffs included prisoner custody costs in their accounts to the comptroller, but these items are struck out as county responsibility.
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Money Claims of
Texas
Frontier Claims
United States
Washington
Sano Antonio
Lampasas Railway Meeting Aims for St Louis Line Extension
A Lampasas gathering discussed extending the St Louis and Texas railway from Leon Junction. A committee will prepare a freight and shipment report to urge management, and a Lampasas and Leon Narrow Gauge company charter will be drafted to build the line.
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Lampasas
St. Louis & Texas Railway
Leon Junction
St. Louis
Lampasas & Leon
Alfalfa Crop Cured Fine. Best Hay For Texas Farmers
A Blossom Prairie correspondent reports the first alfalfa crop is cut and cured in fine condition. The author says alfalfa yields two to three cuttings yearly, about two tons per acre per cutting, richer in nutrition than bluegrass. The writer, likely the first to test it, notes initial failure on sandy soil but success on black waxy land.
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Gaveston News
Texas
Weslyan Methodist College Plans Near Fort Worth
Ground has been donated for a temporary college building costing 25000, to be started immediately under the Methodist Church North. A permanent building costing 40000 will follow once the temporary structure is completed, establishing the Weslyan Methodist college in Fort Worth.
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Weslyan Methodist College
Fort Worth
The
Methodist Church North
Weeping Joe Harding Visit Ends Revival in Corsicana
Weeping Joe Harding visited Corsicana to hold a revival meeting but abandoned the task as hopeless, saying the field had been too well worked.
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Joe Harding
Corsicana
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Graham
T. E. Udell
St. Louis Cattle Company
Soutis
Cabinet
U. S
Fort Worth Commercial Club
Capital
Senate Indian Committee
Senator Sherman
C.v.ve
Secretary Manning
Colman
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