Bright Prospects in Dallas Business Circles 1885
A Dallas letter from June 8 1885 reports widespread optimism as crops and trade improve. A key Dallas real estate contact predicts a booming market with houses in short supply, and notes Dallas stock rising due to location and transportation. Mention of Herald and News competition, and plans to visit Fort Worth and Houston to gauge prospects.
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DaLlas
Texas
North Texas
Sosa
Abe
Galveston
Herald
Associated Press
Hart
Daily World
The
News
Dallas Female College
Fort Worth
Houston
Heta
Postal service cuts total $46,596 over April and May
A statement by Second Assistant Postmaster General Knott shows overall reductions of $46,596 in transportation service expenditures for April and May. April savings on star route services were $9,045 while mail message service costs rose $4,281. In May star route costs fell $6,244, steamboat service dropped $31,847, and mail messenger service decreased $1,841.
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Knott
Famous Men Who Smoke Cigars and Tobacco in Politics
A New York Sun piece surveys public figures from Gen. Grant to Senators and Congressmen, detailing their smoking habits. It notes judges, vice presidents, cabinet members, and lawmakers often smoke or chew, while a few abstain, with patterns linked to health anecdotes and daily routines.
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Mr. Arthur
Kelley
Judge Kelley
Paris
Colfax
Wilson
Carpenter
Sire Delmonico
Mr. Ives
New Haven
Arthur
Hammond
Congress
Havana
Frelinghuysen
Mr. Davis
Chandler
Teller
Lincoln
Gen. Brewster
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Sheridan
Hendricks
Detroit
Frye
Senate
Jack Bowen
Colorado
New Hampshire
Blair
Pike
Dawes and
Hoar
Chace
Rhode Island
Mr. Edmunds
Hawley
Platt
Connecticut
Gen
Phone
Riddleberger
Gorman
Joe Brown
Jones
Florida
Evada
Beck
Senator Thurman
Kenna
John Logan
John Sherman
Ben Harrison
Conger
Camden
Randall
Carlisle
Holman
Sunset Cox
Hewitt
Gov. Dingley
Congressman Muller
New York
Reinas
Morse
Boston
Washington
Norvin Green
Western Union
Telegraph Company
New York Sun
Osman Digma The Frenchman Turned Egyptian Warrior
The narrative traces Osman Digma born 1832 in Rouen to a mixed French Egyptian lineage. After family upheavals he rises under Ali Khana in Egypt, studies warfare in Cairo with Capt. Meraie, clashes with Arabi Pasha, is exiled from Egypt, becomes a ship chandler in Suakim, is captured by Arabs, and taken as a slave by the mehdi who marries his daughter and treats him as a son.
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Osman Digma
Rouen
Osman
Alphonse Vinet
Ali Khana
Mussulman
Mme
Digma
Ali
Cairo
Meraie
Arabi Pasha
Arabi
France
Egypt
Suakim
Mehdi
Cincinnati Druggists Sugar Coat Dried Peas as Pills
Report notes druggists in Cincinnati selling dried peas coated with sugar as pills. The peas are said to be less digestible, encouraging patients to trust the old establishment as they continue their traditional business.
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Cincinnati
J’eok
Electric tattoo removal dazzles New York patients
In West Nineteenth Street a physician demonstrates painless tattoo and mole removal using a platinum tipped electrical needle. Police Surgeon Satterlee touts the method as an office procedure that can erase tattoos without a scar and aid cosmetic corrections.
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West Nineteenth Street
New York
Satterlee
Williams
New York Journal
The Cigar Factories of Madrid Frame a Grim Picture
The London Telegraph describes Madrid’s cigar factories as a bustling maze of women handcrafting cigars and boxes while authorities regulate by results. It portrays the odor of tobacco, the crowd of Madrilenian workers, and the vivid social scene surrounding the industry in the city’s dreary capital.
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Madrid
Velasquez
Murillo
Christendom
Colorado
Southern
Kensington
Gustave Dore
Bae
Vigo
Malaga
London Telegraph
That funny item at last week's paper editor says
A reader compliments an editor on a previous issue, praising its humor. The editor responds that the piece would make even a dog laugh and jokes about his husband nearly splitting his sides.
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Arkansaw Traveler
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Fron
Dallas Letter
Queen City of
Galveston News
Dallas Papers
Rosin
Amano BP
Tirkeys
Bass Bros
Terrell, Texas
J.F. Smith & CO
St. Louis
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