Texas News Snapshots From The State Line To The Pecos
Reports describe 1160 gallons of wine made in Fannin county, a law forcing trains to stop half an hour at the state line, a prison escape at Huntsville with one death and several captures, the Sunset road extension nearing Pecos, and the California road junction due by November. Also noted are a plaster and fertiliser factory in Nolan county, silver mine chatter at Mineral Wells with assays of seven and six ounces per ton, a $40,000 bid by E Littlefield for the mine, and Chinese labor on the Texas and Pacific railroad with harsh discipline and shipping costs for their transport.
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Pecos
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Plaster of Paris
Nolan County
Palo Pinto County
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E. Littlefield
el Paso
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China
San Francisco
Wyoming Cowboys and Their Horses
Providence Journal correspondent describes cowboys as brave yet reckless. They endure danger for visitors but betray threats if provoked, earning a foul reputation in towns. Cowboys work six months, squander earnings, and carry only a simple bag or war bag. Accounts of Davis wounding a buffalo and Missou fighting grizzly bears illustrate their fearless, improvident lifestyle and unique nicknames on a ranch.
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The Sultans Seraglios Vast and Costly Household
A Constantinople correspondent details the Suleiman era seraglios two palaces housing about 4000 inmates. Women and slaves wield real power, while the Sultan remains a puppet under a Valide Sultana and a hierarchy of kadines ikbats and aspirants. The staff includes barbers, dancers, entertainers, and 300 dancing girls, costing far beyond the treasury.
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Maie
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Hasnader
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White sheep among the black in hard crowd
A reader describes true Christians surviving amid vice and mockery, likening such folk to Lot in Sodom and noting regular prayer despite dangerous company.
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Odom
Southern States lead in temperance saloon counts
The Columbus Times lists one saloon per population in each state and finds twelve states with the fewest saloons all are in the South except Vermont. South Carolina tops the list as the state with the fewest saloons, while Maine and Kansas are excluded for prohibition. The piece mocks Northern temperance critics while praising Southern progress and includes a humorous aside about Gullihur and the Wyoming Cereal Canners venture.
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Growth in Largest U.S. Cities From Census Figures
The census shows twenty cities with 100000 plus, led by New York at 1.25 million. Philadelphia is set to surpass one million, while New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Hoboken together exceed two million. Pittsburgh and Cleveland show the sharpest gains, with Chicago and Milwaukee also posting strong growth. Memphis and Mobile decline.
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Failure of a Giant Enterprise in Wyoming
Sometime ago Mr J K Gullihur who is of a scientific twist of mind lives at Wyoming Station became impressed with the idea that Wyoming could be a great manufacturing center that it had all the necessary facilities for a canned corn emporium and laboratory for embalming string beans for nations yet unborn Wyom ing territory is not naturally the home of the string bean and sweet corn has never yet matured here but Mr Gullihur thought that the day would come when the Laramie plains would be covered with waving ora and blue eyed Chige beans cubing up cottonwood
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Wyoming
Gullihur
A.S. Peabody
trans-Missouri
Mr. Peabody
Fort Sanders
Jack Petting
J. K. Gullihur
Wyoming Territory
Laramie Plains
Weather Prophet Predicts October Conditions and Births
Tice's weather notes for October 1882 outline varied conditions from cloudy and rainy early days to clear spells mid month, with severe storms on oceans and lakes later. The forecast cites warm and cold spells on specific dates and mentions earthquake activity around several days. It also reports Mx Haas of Springfield Tenn as father of twenty one children at the Sun Bish handapv ys residence.
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Mx. Haas
Springfield, Tenn
Cowboys Duel Ends in Bloodless Plan of an Old West Kid Frank
John Kelly known as Kid Frank arrives with a tale of a dramatic cattle dispute near Trinidad and Cacharas. Kelly and George Howard faced a planned duel with six men apiece at fifty yards, firing on signal and four died before a peaceful cattle settlement ended the conflict.
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Sy Slocum
Carson
John Kelly
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Buffalo Bill
Capt
Burton
Pawnee
Nebraska
Kid Frank
Old Mexico
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Denver
Frank
Arizona
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Cacharas
George Howard
Howard
New Air Ship Model by Starr Claims Aerial Navigation Breakthrough
George W. Starr of Tenmeasen visits with a scale air ship model and details a design priced about 1200 dollars. The craft features two parallel cylinders with a wind wheel between and a car for engine and supplies. Length 132 feet, cylinder diameter 15 feet, propeller 26 feet, total weight about 1364 pounds, thrust estimated at 525 pounds, aiming to overcome air resistance at 23 mph.
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Gaix
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