Mill Work for Women and Children in Texas Mills
Haskell Headlight quotes Dallas News urging cautious support for mill-building in Texas while opposing employment of women and children in mills. It argues work as a godsend yet condemns long hours as a moral failing, urging provision or taxation to support dependents if men fail to provide. It stresses that factories should not become lifelong slavery and advocates self-sufficiency.
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Haskell
Themelp
Texas
Dallas News
U. S
Farmers Urged to Write Letters for Rock Island System
The Rock Island System advertises on the first page calling farmers to send letters. A liberal reward is offered and the notice frames it as a good advertisement for the country, urging compliance from rural readers.
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Rock Island
Hunt's Lightning Oil advertised for wounds and sprains
An old advertisement touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as the most penetrating healing liniment for urns bruises cuts and sprains. It promises guaranteed relief and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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Hunt
Senator Hanna Rules Out Presidential Run
Senator M A Hanna declares he will not seek the presidency and will retire at the end of his term. Texas attracts capital as Chicago investors tour the state praising its resources and promising future investment. Governor-elect Lanham in Austin receives appointment applications, with figures showing Burkitt, Mallett, and Carrott tallied. Amendment tally shows 77914 for and 40882 against.
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M. A. Hanna
Chicago
Texas
Lanham
Burkitt
Mallett
Carro!t
Me A Magazine Thirty Years Old Christmas Number
Tar Devine Tor celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with a December issue notable for beauty and utility. The edition runs 230 plus pages, 34 full page illustrations, and 20 in color. Printing requires 728 tons of paper, 1 presses running 14 hours daily, and 415,000 copies bound, totaling over 20.9 million sections.
Quarterly report in commissioners court November term 1902
The commissioners court of Young County Texas verifies the quarterly financial report from County Treasurer H C Fields for the quarter ending November 10, 1903. The cash in funds totals 6783.62 and other assets total 43222.97. Subscribed and sworn by county officials with clerk GEO McLAREN as witness.
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Commissioners’ Court
State OF
Texas
County of
York
McLaren
Arathally
Missioners’ Court
H. ¢. Fields
Jo. W. Akiy
Young Co
J.B. J. Forp
R Young Co
R. J. Johnson, Co
Stixsex
R. M. Scumaxins, Co
Geo. McLaren
Weeping at a Wedding in Chinese Tradition
A historic account describes a Chinese wedding marked by ceremony and tears rather than levity. The bride, in a red gown with black lashes and a scarlet veil, sits under a royal chair while bridesmaids observe silence. The bridegroom enters with attendants, raises the throne carrying the bride to his home, and guests shower rice to bless the union.
Professional Pride of Editors and Ministers
Newspaper men take pride in their craft from editors to rural reporters though not all enjoy security like John Black former chief of the London Chronicle Black backed the Melbourne government yet asked no favors. A Lord Melbourne remark prompted Black to affirm he desired no favors or higher station than editor of the Morning Chronicle.
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John Black
London Chronicle
Black
Melbourne
Lord Melbourne
England
Morning Chronicle
Trinidad Pitch Island Shrouded in Vast Black Lakes
Describes Trinidad as an island famous for pitch with shorelines and rocks coated in tar. Pitch lakes measure up to a mile and a half in circumference, glittering in the sun like vast beds of mushrooms. Surrounding ground and water-filled spaces show extensive pitch and coal deposits.
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Trinidad
South Atlantic
Ork Noco
Paris
New York
la Brea
The Geisha and Geinin Distinctions in Japan
The term geisha means actor and refers to women trained to entertain through dance, song, and conversation using instruments like the shamisen and koto. Geinin, while sharing origin, now denotes a higher sense of artists in Japan.
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Japan
America
Isha
Engagement Mystery Revealed In Dental Ring Tale
In a puzzled exchange, Butkins and Wiskin discuss rumors about Butkins wife, culminating in a playful accusation. A Boston Transcript note hints at Kitty Constance wearing a diamond ring on her engagement finger and a quip about a dentist engagement to explain the ring.
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Butkins
Wiskin
Rascal
Boston Transcript
Kitty
Constance
Maude
Gagement
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Graham
Ard Lage Tanimatter
Mitchell
Miner’s Union
W. T. Lanham
Austin
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