Outlaw Frank James Parade Before Missouri Authorities
The surrender of the notorious Frank James to Missouri authorities is portrayed with dime novel flair. Crowds at the governor’s reception, a public exhibition offer from a Pittsburg museum, and expectations of executive clemency frame a tale of fame, fortune, and a possible penitentiary stay. A brief biography notes James born in 1841 Kentucky, moving to Missouri, and a sequence of bank robberies across 1868 to 1875 in Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia.
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Missouri
James
Pittsburg
Frank James
Kentucky
Clay County
Russellvile
Gallatin Mo
Corydon
Columbia
Kangi City Fair
Frank
United States
Texas topics and projects span state growth and crime lore
Texas plots span a new Waco opera house valued at 6000 and a total property valuation near 400 million. cattle and sheep totals rise. Denison reports 6000 residents and 2.5 million valuation. Nueces county lists thousands of horses cattle and sheep. Mineral Wells mines and a possible Russell mine begin development, while Frank James surrenders to Missouri authorities and eyes a biography and staged dime novel fame.
Evolutionary Fitness and Self Extinction in Alcohol Use
The text argues Darwinian progress hinges on over multiplication and struggle, favoring the fittest. It traces human development from brute strength to reliance on science, then advocates self extinction of brutal traits through enjoyable intoxication, claiming alcoholic drinks provide a natural path to this elimination.
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Tere
W. Mattien Williams
Popular Science Monthly
Washington Monument Surpasses Eight Hundred Feet in Height
A London Field writer notes no two tigers are alike while a report states the Washington Monument now exceeds 800 feet and rises about one foot daily. Netting protects workers at the summit and has already saved one life.
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Washington Monument
London
Exem
Omen
Enlightened Industry and America’s Wealth Promise
Edward Atkinson argues that ninety percent of workers earn daily bread, urges combining hand and brain to boost productivity, reduce waste, and raise purchasing power. He champions science in farming and manufacturing, urges industrial education, and warns against costly standing armies while praising U.S. resource wealth and education as keys to growth.
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Edward Atkinson
New England Manufacturers and Mechanics’ Institute
Boston
Ife
France
Germany
United States
South America
Australia
Franklin Institute
Atkinson
Texas Crops Triumph in Government Report Says State Leads
The report compares crop conditions across 38 states and ranks Texas highest in overall averages. Texas scores 90s to 100s in corn, potatoes, peaches, grapes, and hog condition, while Illinois trails in multiple metrics. The article predicts Texas will supply global markets and contrasts its vast unplanted potential with other regions.
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South
Texas
Illinois
Middle
New England
Union
Northwest
France
Paris
Dallas
Editor Tricks Burglar With Twenty Years Seeks Money
An editor wakes to a burglar in his room who asks for money. The editor replies he will help after twenty years of looking for money, turning the moment into a humorous standoff. The burglar remains silent and continues rummaging.
Fashionable visitor and town gossip in Virginia City
Last summer a stylish young man toured a country village wearing a tapered point shoe. A village boy asked if the toes were cut off but one. Disreputable persons have been ordered out of Virginia City as four newspaper men prepare to govern the town.
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Virginia City
Chicago Herald
Destructive Rules of Naval War and Ancient Tidal Theories
A magazine discussion tracks lawful and unlawful naval warfare methods from the 18th century to medieval and ancient tactics. It cites Brest orders against hollow shells, langridge shot, red hot projectiles, and later Leo VI’s Treatise on Tactics with cranes, caltrops, quicklime jars, and Greek fire, while noting their historical decline amid gunpowder. The piece also pivots to Newtonian tidal theory, explaining lunar gravity, orbital fall, and centrifugal motion shaping tides and the Earth–Moon system.
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St. Petersburg
Brest
Marshal Conflans
Nelson
Aboukir
Gluckstadt
Gibraltar
Leo VI
Scipio
Hannibal
Dover
Earth
Newton
Little Miss Mallie Bowen Works to Fund Education
Two miles south of Waco on Geo. W. Jackson’s farm Miss Mallie Bowen, fourteen, cultivates two acres of cotton and will pick and gin two bales to earn money for schooling. The Waco Examiner praises her pluck while condemning social inequality in education.
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Waco
Geo. W. Jackson
Mallie Bowen
Mallie
Texas
Waco Examiner
Tides Explained by Sir W Thomson In Address
Sir W Thomson in a recent address discusses tides as motions of water on Earth caused by the attraction of the sun and moon, noting the difficulty in full explanation.
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W. Thomson
Earth
Severe Winter Forecast Warns West Point Farmers
The note urges Mississippi farmers at West Point to prepare for a severe winter. It stresses shelter and food for livestock, condemns neglect of animals, and appeals to humane treatment under animal protection laws.
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West Point
Anim
Explosives dangers and nitro glycerine handling
The text warns nitro glycerine leaks resemble oil and can ignite a blast when boxes are tightened or mishandled. It notes blasting powders mixed with sawdust or sand form dangerous mixtures such as ite rendrock and imica powder. Caution is urged around quarries factories and railroads to prevent handling spills and contact with oils or powders.
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Christian Union
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Beim
J P. Ork
Attorney At Law & Real Estate Age
Throakmorton, Texas
R Hollings
Graham, Texas
West Side Square
Hue Su
Glasgow & Arnold
Attorneys At Law
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Hom
Glasgow
Yous Mnmister Hans
Boot & Shoe Maker
Sikes
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Mammy Stees
Leeds
Kprice
Daniz
Washington
New Jerse
Plattsburg, N. Y
Hutgington
W. Va
Texas Topics
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Denison
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Perdell
Nueces County
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Bandera
Mineral Wells Star
City of Mineral Wells
Mesquite Street
Russell
Gentleman's Magazine
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