Household tips from The Graham Leader on cleaning and fabrics
Practical guidance from The Graham Leader includes using hot ashes to remove grease, turkey wing as a lint free cleaner, lemon juice for frosting, strawberry juice for pink color, and orange rind for yellow. It also covers embroidery with Braidene, lard to remove wagon grease, chloride of lime for mildew, a mosquito repellent mix, window washing with newspapers, ammonia for clearer glass, camphor inhalation for colds, and borax water to refresh a sateen dress without soap.
Poultry Advice On Feeding Chicks For Profit
Poultry points advise fertile chicks flourish on hay seed and green foods. Fifty hens can manure five to six acres of corn with proper feeding. Avoid free range. require fresh feed, water, and careful supervision to prevent loss. For Forge and Farm complete tips emphasize balanced diet and water discipline to improve egg output and reduce hawk predation.
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Forge
Fartm
The Decline in the Price of Silver
The piece tracks rapid silver price drops from a high in 1876 to ongoing declines into the present period. It notes a London quotation around 47d per ounce and highlights historical lows, with causes tied to coin suspension and monetary shifts in Europe and the United States.
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London
Holland
Tragic Odessa and Galveston items span murders to rail cases
A Galveston report details Eva Lynn known as Eva Scott who purchased morphine and died after drinking it with friends Belle Hogan and Rose Schafer. Texas scenes include a Mexican murder near Laredo blamed on Rumaldo Gomez, a Galveston shooting wounding Ed Cherry, a Houston highway robbery case against Geo Bennett, plus cotton sales in Bonham and timber land concerns around East Texas.
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Galveston
Eva Lynn
Eva Scott
Tin Canalley
Market
Postoffice
Albert Hesse
Fonatine
Laredo
Eugene Ygelias
Texas
Rumaldo Gomez
Drazen Perez
Mexico
Gomez
Shooting at McKinney Ends in Fatal Wounding
A late night dance in McKinney led to a confrontation between King and Deputy Sheriff Bellew. After King interfered with an arrest, he assaulted the officer and was shot in the groin. Doctors say the wound is hopeless. no charges against Bellew.
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McKinney
King
Sherif Bellew
Pegro
Bellew
Two Murders Suppressed in Fayette County
In Fayette county near Haydentown two murders occurred during an intoxicated attack on Ira Tate’s house. Ira Tate shot and killed Rel Tasker after Tasker and his brother attacked Tate’s residence. Tate surrendered to the sheriff. In a separate assault near the town, Michael Borilla was shot and killed by a man identified as Robert Scott after four intruders forced entry. Scott’s status is unknown.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
I'vo
Tasker
Ira Tate
Haydentown
Tate
Michael Borilla
Borilla
Robert Scott
Horse Thieves Gang Reported in Anderson County
A suspected organized band of horse thieves operates through Anderson County with a rendezvous west of Palestine along the Trinity. Thomas E. Suggs of Nechesville lost a yellow horse with saddle and gear. the horse is about sixteen hands, seven years old, branded bar and half circle on the right shoulder. A $25 reward is offered for the horse’s return or information leading to recovery.
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Anderson County
Rendevour
Palestine
Thomas E. Suggs
Nechesville
Allcorn Case Dismissed in Dallas District Court
The State versus Mr. Allcorn was dismissed in Dallas District Court after key witnesses Mrs. Frazier and her husband left the state. The case had hinged on sensational alleged assault claimed a year or two ago, drawing church community interest.
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Allcorn
Dallas
Beeville Rankin Road Proposal to County Requires Funds
Frank Sidmore of Beeville carries a written proposition from the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad president. The plan demands county right of way through the county and towns, necessary depot grounds, and 100000 in installments of 500 monthly until Beeville is reached, then 35000 upon reaching Beeville and the rest when the line reaches within twenty miles of the gulf.
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Frank Sidmore
Beeville
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Gulf
Robbery Near Denison Sees $700 Stolen
Charles Bear, six miles west of Denison, was held up by two men a few days ago. One man covered him with a sixshooter while the other took $700 from his pocket book and returned 4 in silver. Bear headed to Denison for supplies. no arrests reported.
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Galveston
Fifteenth and
Winne Street
Ed Cherry
Tom
Tremont
Fifteenth Street
Cherry
Geo. Bennett
Justice Bailey
Houston
Alabama
Beaumont
Texas and
New Orleans
Bennett
Bailey
Criminal District Court
Bonham
Farmers’ Alliance
Court House
Messrs
W. A. Minnellee
J. B. Abernathy
Charles Bear
Denison
Mr. Bear
Burglary Strikes Lewine Bros and Sturgis Co in Waco
Burglars broke glass with a stone to steal men’s wear from Lewine Bros show windows in Waco. A suit of clothes hat shoes and other articles were taken. Sturgis & Co. suffered a similar burglary earlier in the week with windows also broken during gaslit hours.
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Lewine Bros
Waco
Sturgis & Co
Great Souls Race in Albany Pairs Hanlan and Lee Prevail
The rowing clash at Albany New York saw Hanlan and Lee edge Courtney and Conley by three lengths in 18 minutes 15 seconds. Hanlan and Lee led from the start with a steady 35 stroke rate and widened the gap through the race despite Courtney and Conley’s late efforts.
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Hanlan
Lee
Courtney
Conley
Albany
N. Y
Hankon
Hanlan and
Shell
Death by own action in San Antonio case
In an inquest at San Antonio, Mrs. Julia P. Sebring died from an overdose of colchicum taken by her own hand after dengue fever. The jury found death by poison at her own request. She was a married woman from Adrian Michigan who had petitioned for divorce and once ran a drugstore in New Mexico.
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San Antonio
Julia P. Sebring
Adrian
Michigan
New Mexico
Ninth Annual Meeting of Railway Superintendents Held in New York
The ninth annual meeting of the Association of American Railroad Superintendents convened in New York. W H Stephenson presided. Twenty seven new members were elected. It was decided that railroad employees attending conventions travel passes only through their road superintendents. The next meeting will be in Cincinnati on the second Thursday in April 1886. Discussion covered telegraph signals for moving trains as used on the New Haven line.
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Association of American Railroad Superintendents
New York
W. H. Stephenson
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
Cincinnati
New Haven Road
Two Men Die In Wheat Train Ride Incident Near Atkin
Two men were killed when their stolen ride boodied a wheat train along the Northern Pacific five miles east of Atkin Minnesota. Their bodies were found trapped in the wheels and letters on them identify John R. Cochrane of Volant Pennsylvania and Louis Dust of Champaign Illinois as possible names.
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Atkin Minn
John R. Cochrane
Volant
Pennsylvania
Louis Dust
Champaign
Illinois
Wall collapse injures several men on Main street Louisville
While workmen excavated under an old brick wall on Main street Louisville a wall gave way and fell injuring Thomas Busch with a broken hip and fatal head crush, George Busch with serious internal injuries, Gus Weissers with a severely cut head, William Cattans with a broken leg, and an unknown man with a broken back.
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Main Street
Louisville
Thomas Busch
George Busch
Gus Weissers
William Cattans
Fire devastates Aehrenbeck Oil Mills at Hempstead
Aehrenbeck Oil Mills burned several nights ago in Hempstead with the blaze starting in the boiler room. Loss estimated at 76000 dollars, insured for 27000. Mowser’s dwelling house grist mill and wagon shop also burned with about 6000 dollars loss and no insurance.
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Hempstead
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Graham
State News
Wallace
East Texas
Austin
Jasper
Newton
A. F. Keehler
Greenock
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United States
Meridian
Keebler
Keehler
Texas Express Co
Mexia
C. D. Porter
Mr. Allcorn
Association of Railway Superintendents
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