Gambling chaos and cautions echo in old papers
A Paris incident where a gambler who lost big targeted attendants and a game keeper is cited as a warning against gambling. The Greenville Banner urges staying out of gambling to prevent social harm. The rest lists remedies and recipes including Dr Thomas Fleet Oil and a potato hash fry guide with a constipation water cure and notes on an old Maury County land claim in Beauaront oil field.
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Paris
Denison Grezoftaer
Greenville Banner
Wpe Hill
Maury County
Tenn
Beauaront
Diversified crops and warnings from 1900s notices
An odd mixed text notes potato crops in northern states, tractor planting next spring, then cotton on fallow ground as a diversification plan. It adds a South Texas caution on agriculture and a Wood's Norway Pine Syrup ad. A court of appeals opinion urges polite speech, and a liquor suit remark follows.
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Ehurt
Third Court of Appeals
Tiner
Prohibition Theme Dominates Kansas Governor Speech
The Kansas governor, addressing 6000 at Epworth Chautauqua in Lincoln Nebraska, asserted that Kansas has ended its partnership with liquor and urged absolute prohibition. He declared saloons outlaw and defended enforcement, noting improved losses for saloons and increased jailings of liquor workers across seventy five counties.
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Kansas
Epworth
Nebraska
Electric Bitters Prove Cure for Chronic Ailments
Geo W Hoffman of Harper Washington testifies that after seven years of stomach and liver trouble he was cured by Electric Bitters. He urges others to use the medicine, sold with a guaranteed refund at 50 cents a bottle. A Red River county man sues the T and P railway for 1000 over smoky car fumes causing a headache. Honey Grove Signal.
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Harper, Wash
Ian
Gonararrtee
Red River County
T & PL Railway Company
Avery
Clarksville
Honey Grove
Winslow's Soothing Syrup Parade and Damages Ruling
For over sixty years Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been marketed for teething relief claiming immediate pain relief and universal use. The second item notes the Supreme Court ruling that railroad shops and roundhouses are not tracks for location damage claims.
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Tre
Winslow
Supreme Court
Cotton mill sale at Belton to postmaster William Harvey
The Belton cotton mill was sold under a deed of trust. William Harvey, the postmaster, bought it and a company will be formed to operate the mill.
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Belton
William Harvey
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Ad and Charity Quotation
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for colds croup and whooping cough. A related note praises genuine charity that gives without boasting and reflects on gratitude and the power of truth.
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Chamberlain
Texas Patents List Granted to Texas Inventors This Week
A report from C A Snow & Co patent attorneys in Washington lists patents granted to Texas inventors. Entries include lubricating axle by Overton, railway car by James G Brownfield of Fort Worth, bank ledger by Pax line and EB Bourke of Dallas, combined statement blank and envelope by Hace Harwell of Quanah, seed planter by Neely B Hodge of Dallas, ball bearing jack by Horace G Johnson of Corsicana, acetylene gas generator by Elbert Roberta of Corsicana, rail joint by William E Wright of May, and vehicle attachment receptacle by Samuel A Menezer of Collinsville. Copies available for ten cents via A Snow & Co. Washington, D C.
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Texas
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington, D. C
Bordwell
James G Brownfield
Fort Worth
Marcus Paxline
EB Bourke
Dallas
General Bank
Hace Harwell
Quanah
Neely B Hodge
Horace G Johnson
Corsicana
Samuel A Menezer
Collinsville
Elbert’ Roberta
Rail Joint
William E Wright
May
A. Snow & Co
Memorized type cages highlight newspaper printing challenges
A printer’s page shows 54 lower case and 98 upper case receptacles, totaling 152 boxes to learn by heart. It notes that thousands of metal pieces per column make few errors remarkable and that editors find memorized copy is poor capital stock for future issues.
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Kickers
Focal
King of Cough Medicines Praised by Mail Carrier
A Can on Center Connecticut mail carrier Mr EK G Cane lauds Chamberlains Cough Remedy as king of all cough medicines and best for coughs colds with reliable results and no side effects. Also notes Houston report trolley line to Galveston funded by Texas capital and mentions eczema relief with Deans Ointment. Two colored women sue for damages over Corsicana oil land products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. G. Cane
Canon Center
Conn
U.S
Chamberlain
Dee. Pista
Houston
Galveston
Texas Capital
Corsicana
Pharmacy safety and trusted prescription service highlight
The text promotes a professional pharmacy image urging careful drug purchases. It appeals to customers seeking security and invites them to bring their prescriptions for service.
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Daa Ea
Dr. Thomas’ Fleetrie
J. J. Crow Drag Co
Noo Pete
W. J. Sedberry
Tsef
J. F. Crow Drag Co
B. J. Benefield
Micky
Woolson Spigr
Toledo
Ohio
Texas Patents
Dr. King
Dean
The
J. F. Crow Drug Co
Joe Adams
Anica
Behl
Wiedi
Weieoecuta
Rocky Mountain
Tex
Hain
Latrome, Wis
San Francisco
Cal
LAW Partnership
Armistead & Prendergast Attorneys
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