Various items from Lamar county docket and town notes
The Lamar county docket shows no murder indictments since the war, with forty seven indictments by the late grand jury. Tyler arrest for swindling targets W. C. Hill masquerading as Mother Hub. An obituary notes a deceased person left money and ten children. Paris reports three gambling houses with no indictments. A Georgia man reforms after a shotgun intervention. An 18 year old voting cohort looms on temperance. An exchange prescribes rock mineral salt as a worm remedy for horses. The Paris Templars Lodge grows. Michigan Avenue misprint "To Wrent" amuses.
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Lamar County
News-boy
Paris
Two of a Kind and Politician Snippets from Austin to Albany
A humor piece about Gus De Smith and Koscinskoee in the Fizzletop family with a child’s jab at Mr. De Smith and Mr. Murphy. An Albany letter mocks antifree pass debate with Elijah, Isaiah, and David references, followed by Kellogg’s alleged bribe admission and reminders of other political scandals.
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Gus de Smith
Koscinskoee
Fizzletop
Col Fizzletop
Austin
Little Johnny
Mr. de Smith
Mr. Murphy
Johnny
Gus Smith
Texas
Albany
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly
Boyd
Isaiah
David
Ezekial
Elijah
Kaaney M. Depew
New York Proposal Aims to Restrict Bonded Officers
The piece argues for state legislation to bar sureties of public officers in financial trust from any dealings with funds or property under the officer’s custody. It condemns bondsmen who use their role to promote private interests and suggests bonding reform to increase personal accountability under penal laws.
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New York
Dru. Starkey & Palen
Wa. D. Kelley
Congress
Philadelphia
TS. Anrack
Arthur's Home Magazine
W.L. Conrad
Lutheran Observer
Fence disputes arise as Blaine visits Virginia
Reports indicate Blaine travels to Virginia to oversee life fence matters while Mahone has been cutting them, signaling ongoing property boundary tensions and unresolved ownership issues.
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Blaine
Virginia
Mahone
Dallas County backs old ticket and Ireland on ticket choice
The passage notes Dallas County's instruction for the old ticket and Ireland, matched by state conventions favoring the same. It cites Tilden and Hendricks as the ticket.
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Texas
Dallas
Ireland
Tilden and Hendricks
Land Office Patent Challenge Cited by Walsh
Mr Walsh should not claim a patent to the land office nor seek immunity from criticism as another citizen aspires to the position he has held for a long time. The remark suggests ongoing disputes over office occupancy and tenure.
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Walsh
Land Office
Lumor
Boy Charley Kelly Killed By Freight Car Incident
May 24 in Tewrte Charley Kelly a ten year old boy was killed while attempting to board a Santa Fe freight train. He fell beneath the cars after missing his hold on a ladder. An inquest jury exonerated the railroad company from blame.
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Tewrte
Charley Kelly
Next Week Weaning Woes of Evansville Washerwoman
A humorous Evansville anecdote recounts a man known for spotless linen who visits his washerwoman to borrow collars and cuffs. He tries to impress her with chatter about weaning a baby, misreads the topic, and ends with a comic mishap as a washboard strikes him. Another tale notes a married man seeking self improvement by daily frank questions. The piece closes with a social-political remark about Tilden as a possible next president.
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Georgia
Evansville
Ife
Ile
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W. C. Hill
Mother Hub Company
Tyler
Chicag
Ingersoll
John Johnson
Collin County
Templars
Ohio
Peter
Paul
Peter and Paul
Michigan Avenue
Webster
Detroit
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
Louisiana
National Congress
Kellogg
Mr. Kellogg
Reat
Grand Garfield
Wil de Golyer
Davis
Credit Mobilier
Kelloge
Kelloggs
Galveston News
Tilden
Ayer
Honduras
J. C. Ayer
ATS
Davis & Crain
Daily Mail
Weatherford, Graham & Jacksboro
J. J. Gallaher
G. N. Crozier
Ag’t
Graham
Chas. MacKenzie
Weatherford
S. W. Eastin
Ag’t Jacksboro
Marks and Brands
G. W. Parker
Texas Brand
JSP
GSP
Mark
Horse
JCP
Des. Starkew
Ahaa Aio Palen
Porter
Loggins
North Side Public Square
Graeg AM
Jhees Saloon
S. Rosefrery
TEZAS
St. Louis
Ed. Huggins
J. Norris
Glidden
Wier
Avery
John Deere
Oliver and
South Bend
Brown's
Avery's
Herman’s
Brown and Avery
D. M. Osborne & CO
North Side Square
Graram Texas
SANDS
Lon Freeter
White Mountain Freezer CO
Nashua
N. H
True & Co
Augusta Maine
Alasastine Co
B. Canaon
Grand Rapids, Mich
North Fifth Street
Story & Camp
STOR
Norte
Poty
Cage
Fure
Billings, Taylor & CO
Cleveland, Ohio
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