Birth and early life of poet Robert Browning
The article notes Robert Browning born 1812 in Camberwell Surrey and educated at the University of London. It highlights his move to Italy at age 20 and says Italy greatly influenced him and that he became an authority on music and painting. It mentions his first dramatic poem Pauline published in 1835 and early recognition by 1845.
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Robert Browning
Camberwell
Surrey
University of London
Italy
Browning
Dana
Hungarians Leave Mine Region Amid Labor Tensions
A group of Hungarian miners in Connelsville Pennsylvania have returned home and more plan to go after securing passage funds. The piece argues foreign labor fuels strikes and harm to both owners and families, urging transfers to restore harmony and reduce labor conflict.
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Connelsville
Coke
Mormon preachers face fierce opposition in Georgia and Alabama
Law abiding residents in Georgia and Alabama wage a campaign against Mormon emissaries. In Alabama they report converts among both uneducated and respectable citizens who adopt Latter Day Saint doctrines and plural marriage. Residents vow to drive out Mormon preachers by any means, despite their zealous efforts.
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Georgia
Alabama
Maybrick Trial Juror Says Newspapers Supplied Reports
In the Maybrick case a juryman testified that evening and morning papers were regularly supplied with full reports which they cut out and marked as passages. The article notes the English law on first degree murder having no right to appeal or request a new trial.
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Maybrick
England
Murdered officers spark tense standoff at Warren
Deputy Sheriff Rhodes of Polk and Constable Waters of Tyler were shot and killed at Warren while attempting to arrest John Bell, a cattle thief and Montgomery County refugee. Bell refused to permit removal of the bodies for nearly an hour, a shocking display in the county.
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Woopvink
Tex
Rhodes
Polk County
Waters
Tyler County
Warren
John Bell
Montgomery County
Bell
Trio of Sudden Deaths and Lone Wool Trade Report
Annie Mehee a Cape Vincent woman died after a fraudulent medium assumed charge of her case in New York. no physician was called and neighbors found her in agony before death. In Texas news Robert Robertson bought 200 young steers at 37.50 each, and Martin Ernest Bros shipped twelve carloads to Chicago. A Salvation Army arrival sparked meetings in Greenville, while Uptown Texas reports show favorable dry weather aiding cotton and wool production with hundreds of bales shipped from Eaton/Tofton.
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Annie Mehee
Cape Vincent
New York
As Tester
Miss MeKee
Annamber
Lit’e Town
CononaAno
Tex
Robertson
George Evans
Martin & Ernest Bros
Chicago
California
Texas
Robbery on Santa Fe Train Near Crowley Texas
Northbound Santa Fe train east of Crowley Texas was robbed by three highwaymen. The engine and express car were taken and driven several miles before the robbers fled southeast. Wells Fargo reportedly carried about 60 000, with silver bars left behind at the scene. Passengers were unmolested and the train reached Crowley after a long delay.
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Crowley
Tex
Santa Fe
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Galveston
Pan damaged by bull injures man near town
Joe Schiller and Frank Marek report a bull injuring a man four miles south of ReNuvam. They describe seeing the animal lunging at a pasture fence, pulling the man by the side and mouth, leaving him with a bad cut and torn clothes as the victim fled toward safety.
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ReNuvam
Tes
Joe Schiller
Frank Marek
Flo
Double murder near Farmersville shocks Texas town
In Farmersville Texas excitement rises after two bodies are found five miles north of town. Wille Jesse a 19 year old Black youth and Dera Head an 11 year old white girl lie dead with a pistol and two spent cartridges nearby. The scene is described as mysterious.
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Farmersville
Tex
Sam Haywood
Wille Jesse
Dera Head
Tragic Barn Accident In Greenville Injures Child
In Greenville Tes day the young son of Mr EF Shepherd fell from a barn loft. A bay fork pierced his abdomen and exited through his arm. He hung suspended until assistance arrived. Wounds are painful but not considered dangerous. In Brundam Tex a man’s arm was damaged in a separate incident near Morcan’s gun.
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Greenville
Tes
EF. Shepherd
Graxovian Item, Georgia Girl Story
Graxovian Texas note reports Georgia, an 18 year old daughter of Rev. Berry, tied to a local event dated September 22. The brief mentions a family figure and the town’s reaction to the occurrence.
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Graxovian
Tex
Georgia
Berry
Grandview Child Fatally Burned in Oil Explosion Fire
A girl living about two and a half miles from Grandview was burned severely when kerosene ignited while she tried to light a fire. A fire in the stove and a kerosene can explosion soaked her clothing, causing fatal injuries within four hours despite her mother’s attempts to extinguish the flames.
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Grandview
Gin and mill burned at Garth Nash & Co in Houstrex
Fire raged about 11 o'clock in the morning destroying the gin and mill of Garth Nash & Co in Houstrex Texas. The lint room is blamed for the blaze. A stiff northwest wind aided the flames. Builting and machinery valued around 4000 dollars with 5000 in insurance and cotton insured for 400 though only a few bales were on hand.
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Houstrex
Tex
Garth, Nash & Co
Bates
Capt. Gimis’s lamilionmis enter service. chase ends
In Pars. Tex. Sept. 33 the Captain’s lamilionmis are put into service for the first time. Jim Dupree, a chan gang member at the poor farm, escapes. Constable Cool pursues with hounds but overheated at the end of the chase. the pursuit is abandoned.
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Pars. Tex
Gimis
Lamilionmis
Jim Dupree
Chan
Ciool
Whien
Tri
Johnson shoots and wounds Thorp in private family dispute
News from Sept 21 reports Charley Johnson shot and fired six times at Egbert Thorp as Thorp picked cotton in a field. The motive is described as a private family matter. Johnson reportedly began to Caldwell to surrender.
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Charley Johnson
Egbert Thorp
Johnson
Thorp
Caldwell
Lomself
Sid Perry Injures Hand Handling Gun in Texas
In Texarkana on September 22 Sid Perry accidentally shot his left hand while handling a Si-caliber pistol. The wound is described as a minor flesh wound and not serious.
Cotton Outlook Brightens After Storm in Wuanron
Wuanron Texas reports cotton arrivals lagging as the storm passes, giving way to a norther and renewed hope. Farmers anticipate several weeks of sunny weather to push yields and profits higher.
Farmer's Horses Die After Noon Hitching
A farmer living near Campbell drove to town and tied his team under shade trees around noon. By about 4 o clock both horses began to suffer and one died within two hours.
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Guees
Eds
Tex
Campbell
Independence newspaper moves to Brazoria under founder Nation
The press and type of the Independent, a four year old press published in Wanton, Texas, are shipped to Brazoria today. Founder Oscar C. Nation will run the paper after leaving Houston and Galveston, a move welcomed by locals in Wharton. The cause of the animals' fate remains unknown pending heat exposure or overdriving.
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Wanton
Tex
Independent
Brazoria
Oscar C. Nation
Houston
Galveston
Nation
Wharton
Splendid Crop Report From Treen Texas
Treen Texas September 23 reports a surprisingly fine crop despite earlier failures. Local notes praise robust harvests and the county's tendency to end crop worries with eventual strong yields. Strong hog market interest emerges with Terrell residents purchasing high quality stock to rebuild herds.
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Treen
Tex
Alleged Cisco Bank Robber Traced to Arkansas Arrest
Yesterday a party of sheriffs including Laris Sheriffs Suttlemaker from Baylor county and Sehmick from Eastland county escorted John Stephens through Pans Texas. Stephens, linked to the Cisco bank robbery of last December, was arrested in Benton county Arkansas after a reward of 1250 was offered.
Hands Needed in Mexia Trade Seeks Workers and Renters
In Mexia Texas on September 22 trade is simple and cotton pickers are in demand. Workers seek higher wages while farmers report a shortage of good renters for surplus land. Energetic renters often earn enough in a few years to buy a small farm of their own.
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Mexia
Tex
Cotton receipts and farmer deposits boost town banks
Menta Pex Sept 21 reports cotton receipts of 500 bales yesterday and 60 today bringing year to date to 4414 bales. Farmers are settling accounts and depositing more money in banks than ever before in the town's history.
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Menta, Pex
Parker to revive McKinney Gazette in October
Denison Texas September 22 It is said Ernest Parker longtime attache of the Sherman Evening Register will resurrect the McKinney Gazette about October 5 He will team with Cint Thompson editor and proprietor of the Gazette before its destruction in a fire about two years ago.
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Denison
Tex
Ernest Parker
Sherman Evening Register
McKinney Gazette
Cint Thompson
Gazette
Immigration Boosts Settlement in Croppress County
Croppress Texas Sept 21 immigrants flood the county seeking judicial-oriented settlement. The New Birmingham Draw and Land Co reports two carloads of machinery totalling 40 000 pounds arriving today with more expected daily until the furnace is active.
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Colliingsworth
Yorth
New Binmincuas
Tex
Birmingham Drew and Land Company
Train Run-Over Fatal? Arm Amputated At Infirmary
A man near the stockpens was run over by a Santa Fe train around 9 PM. He was taken to Stuart & Boyle's infirmary where his right arm was amputated around midnight.
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Houstonn
Tex
Santa Fe
Stuart & Boyle's Infirmary
Morris Wilson Dies in Lanepo From Tarantula Bite
Morris Wilson a worker at the Mexican National railway machine shops died in Lanepo Tex at noon from a tarantula bite suffered near the groin last Friday night.
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Lanepo
Tex
Morris Wilson
Mexican National Railway Machine Shops
Cottons Active as 1590 Bales Sold at Fornery Market
In Fornery Lex on Sept 21 business was brisk with more than 1590 bales of cotton sold. The crop yields exceeded expectations and cotton packers are in strong demand.
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Fornery
Lex
Stock shipments and trials in Texas towns
Wirtts Pont reports 139 cars of stock shipped since January and slow cotton receipts. In Manasas, Texas, September 25, Austin and Ned Jacobs received 7 and 2 year prison terms respectively for steering a bale of cotton in a district court verdict.
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Wirtts Pont, Tex
Manansas
Tex
Austin
Ned Jacobs
Bigamist E G Withers Bound Over in Texas
Lannno Texas September 21 E G With ers the alleged bigamist from Louisiana was bound over by Justice Foster in a 200 bond to await grand jury action.
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Lannno
Tex
E. G. Withers
Louisiana
Justice Foster
Famous English Tramps Some of the Great Men Who Walked a Great Deal
The article profiles renowned walkers in literature and intellectual life. It cites Wordsworth Dickens Wilson Fawcett Southey Warn Mill Lem and others, noting their long rambles, endurance, and the mental and physical benefits they gained from constant walking and travel.
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Wordsworth
Charles Dickens
Wilson
Christopher North
Wno
Liverpool
Kitoray
Henry Fawcett
Cambridge
Southey
John Stewart Mill
Charles Lem
Voodoo Spread in New Orleans Draws Criticism
A fragmented 19th century report argues voodoo flourishes beyond African Americans in New Orleans with many white devotees, especially women. It condemns northern imitators who seek charms and prophecies, deeming rites both primitive and fashionable.
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New Orleans
The Newest Game At An Information Party
The new party game assigns cards and paper slips to men and women to pair up by matching numbers. Partners propose questions, write answers, and read them aloud. Correct answers earn points. near misses earn partial points. The event highlights lively discussion and reveals many uncertain facts such as the height of Bunkers Hill monument.
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Bunkes Hill Monument
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