Newspaper Claims and Political Strife Across Texas
The Graham Leader reports on accusations that the Galveston News aided Tom Ochiltree’s congressional bid and critiques editorials urging voters to rally for the Democratic nominee. It notes Fort Worth Gazette’s large print run and discusses conventions, party commingling, and alleged land office fraud involving Commissioner Walsh, the land office surveyors, and the DeMorse Hall Patton report, urging scrutiny of records and political maneuvers in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Statesman
Galveston News
Tom Ochiltree
Congress
Ochiltree
Land Office
News and Post
Land Frauds Board
Patton
Col
Charles DeMorse
E. F. Hall
Walsh
Col. DeMorse
F E. F. Hall
General Land Office
George N. Heffrin
Young Land District
City of
Commissioners’ Court
Austin
Young County
Texas
the Land Office
Surveyor’s Office
Graham
Judge Hall
Commissioner of the Land Office
Claiborne
Fort Worth
Erties
Constable
Randall
Northwest
Fort Warde
Terreth Praised as Democratic Choice for Presidential Electors
The Houston convention must nominate two presidential electors for the state at large. Delegates should act in the democratic party’s interest, disregarding locality. A. W. Terreth of Austin is acclaimed for his able, eloquent political history knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan M. Crarporne
John
Jaiborne
Constable
Chicago
Continental
John M. Claiborne
Texas
Tom Ochiltree
Coast
North
Houston
Democratic Party
A. W. Terreth
Austin
Lumber! Lumber! CAMERON & CO. LUMBER DEALERS
Cameron and company announce a full stock of lumber cement and paint and solicit Graham trade. The item notes men named DeMorse Hall and Patton listing 17 persons at Austin who filed when corrections were made. It questions how record changes at Young Land District allowed school land claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Leaver
Mesars
DeMorse
Hall
Patton
Austin
Young Land District
Show Your Pluck and Galveston’s Rail Hope
A Galveston plea urges citizens to press the university to release funds for a city medical college, while Texas politics tug at the headlines with Brackenridge rumors and debates over public works. Cisco Graham and Wichita Falls push toward a railroad extension with flood of plans and local meetings to back a route through Breckinridge Crystal Falls Graham toward a Santa Fe junction at Caldwall Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cisco
Graham
Wichita Falls
Breckinridge
Crystal Falls
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R
Caldwall
Kansas
Indian Territory
C. H. Glake
H. W. Walker
H. P. Hilliard
Hugh Corrigan
W. M. McConnell
W. M. Freeman
J. R. Fening
Albany
T. B. Wheeler
C. H. Blake
Fort Worth
Santa Fe
Ayer's Cathartic Pills Endorsement Warns Against Calomel
The article urges avoiding calomel for bilious complaints and promotes Ayer's Cathartic Pills as a trusted vegetable remedy for liver torpor and digestive issues. It also critiques party campaigning tactics, contrasting Kin and Garfield with Hancock and Blaine in a political contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Liv
Hyatt
Hyattr Medicine Co
New St
Newark
Propre
Burkett & Ryus
Graham
Texas
Court orders Board of Equalization meeting for 1884 tax roll
The County Clerk is authorized to give notice that the Court will meet as a Board of Equalization to equalize and correct the Tax Roll of the county for 1884 on Saturday June 28 1854. A true copy from the minutes Cons. O JoLine U S C C T
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
O. JoLine
C. T
Bloodshed in Indian Territory Snares Cowboys and Militia
News from Gainesville Texas reports cowboys and Indian militia prisoners amid rising bitterness after pasture fence cutting. Rival factions threaten further violence as a six shooter adds killings in Dallas. Witnesses point to multiple suspects in Humphries murder, while legal quibbles loom over punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Indian Territory
Inchaine
Dallas
Humphries
Stockyards
Jim Hunnicutt
Three Forks
Dutch Farmer Describes Unruly Neighbors Pigs
A Dutch farmer complains of his troublesome pig and hen neighbors whose animals return home missing in a tale of farm life and stubborn disputes.
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Graham Leader
Tan
Dallas Herald
Science of
Sarsaparilla
Thaas
Reagan
Sam Tilden
United States
Tilden
Galveston
Washington City
Hayes
White House
Grant
Austin Capital
Ilinois
Washington
Maj. Brackenridge
Treasury Department
Red River Valley
Louisiana
Cisco and
Logan
Lionis
Kin
Garfied
Gen
Hancock
Blaine
Hyatt’s
Estray
W. I. Tidwell
D. H. Harkey
J. P
Chas * Jolin
C.F. Y
J. C. Ater & CO
Lowell
Mass
A. Lafferty
Graham and Jacksboro
U. S. Mail and Hack Line
M. Tuorrr
Jacksboro
A. m
King County
Wilsow Creek
John W. Patterson
Elliot & Roe
Asers
Weatherford
Southern
Collier
Pearce and
Whiting & Son
China Hall
W.S. McJimsey
J. ©. Short
Graham Hotel
Kas
J. Porter
North Side Public Square
Graal Adm
Pthesias
Vancouver
W.T
Miles
District of Columbia
Liénis, Abercombie
Brambeck
Dr. Robinson
M. Homan
Exlore
Copper River
Alaska
Middletown
West Texas
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