Fragmented 19th century miscellany spans rulers vows and labor
A disjointed survey of temper, health, and society runs through the page. It notes a rumored royal linkage via Goke of Edinburgh, a new map of China ordered by the emperor, and a NY court confession about long drinking. It rails at Alaska demands, mocks editing Conkling, praises common sense, warns on consumption, fashion’s folly, and lauds Lincoln’s gravitas amid sorrow. It also touches Wallacre, literature, pearls, flowers, and a Labor Federation critique of child labor in factories.
Texas and Local Happenings Stir Cleburne and Counties
A roundup of Texas events notes crop prospects across Bell, Hardeman, Victoria, Coleman and other counties, plus new businesses. A $50,000 Marble Falls bank, jail and court house contracts at Sonora, and a Waco street paving push headline growth. Several crimes and accidents are reported, including burglaries, a homicide in Burnett area, and extracting a man’s life from a gunfight. The region’s rail, oil, and town-building activity continues with new depots, sidewalks, and waterworks projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell County
Colorado Cty
Hardeman County
Greenrile
Marble Fells
el Jackson
Sherman
Taylor County
Victoria County
Greenville
Royse
Guthrie
King County
Ennis
King
Range
Haskell
T. E. Speed
Marshall
Cuero Canning Factory
Waco
North Side Street Railway Company of
Fort Worth
Smith & Payne
N. Dodd
Lone Oak
Hate Spencer
Old
Uvalde
PM Walling
Comanche
Dallas
Peager
Red River
Southwestern Railway
Archer City
Court House
DeWitt Waldo
Wookie
Collinsville
Loreva
Heaven
Terrell
Ice, Light and Water Company
Hooten
Sid Crowder
Edwartsville
Alu
Ministerial Association of
Chattanooga
Tenn
Scott Bradford
Princeton
Jackson
Miss
Eastern Carolina Viscatorial Association
State Board of Education
John A. Hops
Dayton
Good Hope
George White
New Limerick
General and Foreign News Roundup of Crimes and Events
A sweeping weekly summary notes incidents from across the nation and abroad including a New York anti Pinkerton measure, Augusta Georgia city demographics, a San Antonio or Clarksville industrial mention, and multiple violent crimes. It covers drownings in Indiana and Georgia, a deadly merry making in South Carolina, factory and railway developments, court actions, jail plans, and public notices on elections and temperance. Geographic breadth spans Ohio to California with Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Maine, and Missouri among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Assembly
Augusta
Chicago North Side Srewing Company
Clarksville
C. G. Butterfield
Lima
Cattlettsburg
John Doyle
Capitol
Montgomery
Ala
Illnois House
Maine
Peter Hecker
Albany
N. Y
Vanliet
Tenth Cavalry
Hooker
Arizona
California
Simons
New York
Sixth National Bank
Henry C. Lamar
Louise King Connelly
Wisconsin
Charles F. Cook
Chicago
Staunton
Powell County
Selma
Bangor
War Department
Sherman
Buchanan
Tennessee
Washington Artillery
Palmer
Illinois
Texas Lawmakers Bills and Resolutions Introduced
Avery Texas March 12 report from Austin describes Senate actions appointing a committee to receive a portrait for Williamson, unanimous telegram of congratulations to Palmer, border defense concerns, and a deferral on apportionment until a called session. House moves postpone redistricting until pending bills are disposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Texas
Senate
Garwood
R. A. Williamson
Wm. A. Williamson
Seal and Clark
John M. Palmer
Atlee
Page
House
Lindsay
Smith
Avertix
Hogg
Wilson
Mott
Galveston
Sena Finch
Alex Pope
Harrison County
Jessie Jenkins
Bosque County
Felix A. Smith
Travis County
John Brown
Navarro County
E. M. Richardson
Leon County
L. P. Wilson
Harrison
Lee Riddle
Hood
A. W. Terrell
Travis
G. T. Jester
Navarro
W. A. Vestal
Leon
Wisdom, Wallets, and Weather in Faded Fragments
Selection of witty maxims and quotes from various papers, followed by a financial capsule detailing U S money supply and metal distribution, then a note of crop fears for Floresville fruit yields as a 420 degree impression looms.
Drowning man clings to hat and pride, captain says
An old lake captain recalls a drowning tale: a rescued man pins hopes on his hat drifting away, shouting for it while the rescuer saves him. He notes the rescued often acts rashly, desires whisky, and forgets to show gratitude, focusing on self and their hat’s fate.
Locomotive Lift Demonstrates H pa Murmur at Baldwin Works
A ninety ton locomotive at Baldwin locomotive works is raised by a powerful crane with an electric touch. The engine now rises smoothly on raised tracks above the main shop floor, moving into any desired position under the engineer's control, a relief from prior hydraulic jack methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia Record
Hostile and Friendly Indians Test In Action
A line notes how to distinguish friendly from hostile Indians by behavior. It says the true test is not in words but in how they act when encountered, whether they pass without incident and later steal horses, or betray by selling and stealing, labeling them hostile.
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Othrs
West Shore
Milwaukee Journal
Emerson
N. O. Pleayune
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Graham
Temp
Rivista
Goke
Edinburgh
China
Conkling
Patosorny
Koch
Lincoln
Wallacre
Hillside
Wale
Rocky George
Open Plain
Puterpext Gomrens
The
Federation of Labor
Cleburne
Camero National Bank
Bailinger
Meridian
McCulloch
George A. Wright
Palestine
Coleman County
Baird
Denison
Concho County
Wexahachie Improvement and Water Company
Sonora
Sutton County
People’s Building and Loan Association
Weatherford
Pew
Montague County
Montague
Lelan
Lone Star
Sunset Ol Company
Brownwood
Touleicher County
Shelby County
Loganeport
Teneha
Flat Fork
Wolfe City Stove Foundry Company
Board of Trade of
Dublin Lee Company
Commissioners’ Court of
Anson County
Johnson County
John Kirk
Miss Sawyers
Hilleboro
Witie T. G. Snow
Keomize
J. A. Webb
Kowleit Rlatum
Gareland
W. B. Meater
Tue
Pelt
Meater
Webb
Waco Boating and Fishing Club
Ernest Linert
la Grange
Bard Burls
Union
Liano
Eliza Gallow
Hearne
Odom-Luckett Land Company of
San Angelo
Runnells County
Frank Bothwell
Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
J. E. Whitman
Killer
COM Patic
William Hudson
Portland
Ind
Colorado City
Oak Grove
Louston
Tom Green
Mary Agnes Magevmy
Sacred Heart Convent
Columbus
Groesbeeck
Goebel & Lank Manufacturing Company
Houston
Ell County
Belton
Denver
Joe Harper
Sulphur Springs
Boston, Lowle County
Wiliam Reewr
Eugine Provincio
Yeleta
Provincio
Vassar College
John Guy Vassar
Joseph KR. Reynolds
Diamond Joe
Cordele
South Georgia Baptist College
George Busby
Memphis, Tenn
W. I. Miner
New Haven
Wis
Milwaukee
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Isadore H. Frauenthal
Ernest Sallinger
Demorest
Habersham County
Henry Baysden
J. L. Lions
Grandy
Buchanan County
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Floyd County
Oklahoma Territory
D. J. Cochran
Starkville
Misa
Jairus H. Slayton
Tecumseh, Mich
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Senate of North Carolina
Carthage
Ed Turner
Thomas McClane
McClane
Ted Hendricks
David J. Bryan
Indianapolis
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Vic Johnson
Caldwell
Nashville, Tenn
Charles J. Fletcher
General Wood
Kansas City
Kittle ‘Ontz
John Phillips
Phillips
Texas Lawmakers
Frank Coto
San Diego
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William ‘Trimmer
Trimmer
Coto
Nicola Piero
Pasqualina Lubertilli
Piero
Batesville
Ark
W. F. Ford
Rownsville
R. G. Rives
Mason, Miss
Antonio Cichini
Mafia
Franklin, Tenn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Bill Brown
Buffalo
Wyoming
Dolph Lusk
Rawlins
Utah
Annie Gibbs
Martin
Americus
W. H. Plunkett
Atlanta
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Montgomery Avenue
Main Street
Jeansville
Herman Greenbaum
Jamaica
Prince Napoleon
France
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Antoniio Azevedo
Lisbon
Chamber of Deputies
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Justice Scott
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French Jockey Club
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Senor Antonio Batres
Senor Batres
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Macdonald
Madrid
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Ontario
United States Sonsur
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Weeks
Point Edward
Bernheim
Figaro
Chambers
Supreme Court
Weneas
Austin
Thompson
Nts
Wooten
Medical College
Avertin
Tex
Cochran
J. Perry
Hamilton
Executive Corfice
Averix
State of Texas
Ansious
Hoa
Judiciary Committee
Railroad Commission
Travis Statesman
Brown
State
Confederate Home Board of Managers
Zach Johnson
Jefferson County
Book Trust
Representative Rogers
Morey Tracy
Rogers
WIT and Wisdom
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Treasury
Washington
Hartford Times
Floresville
Great Lakes
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