Minter McReynolds Wins Texas Mail Contract for Auto Service
Minter McReynolds secured the government contract to carry mail to Dickens when the current term ends. He plans to replace hacks with an automobile, the first such vehicle used in Texas for mail and passenger service. He departed Tuesday for Ryan, Iowa Territory, to finalize arrangements before taking charge.
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Minter McReynolds
Dickens
Texas
McReynolds
Ryan
I. T
Baylor County
Seymour
Irish potatoes promise big profits for some this year
The Nacogdoches Sentinel notes a short crop will bring gains to certain men while warning of a possible potato famine before 1907's harvest.
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Nacogdoches
Lively tussle with Constipation ends in appendicitis
A lively description links a battle with constipation to appendicitis and urges Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate stomach liver and bowels without pain. The ad notes 25 cents at druggists and adds a Wall Street broker comment on Morgan and Christ’s precepts.
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Dr. King
Wall Street
Morgan
Christ
City Election Proclamation for Jefferson Texas
City Council orders an election on April 3 as required by law to elect aldermen in wards 1 through 4. Five election managers are appointed for wards 1 to 4 with designated voting places and terms of one or two years. Witnessed and signed February 27, 1906 by Mayor B F Sherrell.
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Jefferson
Texas
Alerman
G.M. Jones
County Court Chonge
Ed Meyer
Jackson
J. C. Preston
School House
B. Woods
Dreeben
Sherrell
Two Appointments Honor Miss Reeves and Miss Curtis
The Trans Miss department of U C V appoints Miss Lela Reeves chief maid of honor and Miss Ella Curtis chief maid of honor for the Texas division. Appointments are by commanders from Greenville Texas and Texarkana Arkansas. Reeves is granddaughter of the late Hon. R. H. Guinn and a Cherokee pioneer. both well known and loved. Wishing them happy times on their New Orleans trip.
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Lela Reeves
Dep’t
Ella Curtis
Texas
Greenville
Texarkana
Ark
Miss Reeves
R. H. Guinn
New Orleans
Rusk Press.Journal
Poll tax loan sparks row with murder threat remark
A Dallas Times Herald note cites a brutal comment contrasting murder and loaning neighbor funds for poll tax. A Tarrant County man fined 500 dollars and given sixty days hard labor for lending money to pay a poll tax, a rare punishment for murder.
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Dallas Times-Herald
Texas
Tarrant
Houston Post
Honest Saloon Keeper Claims Frankness in Tempting Card
Coluan of Tombstone Arkansas defends Tem ple Bar Saloon with a bold advertising card. He asserts honesty while promising ruin to community morals. The missive urges support for his lawful traffic and warns of prisons hospitals gallows as proof of his impact.
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Tombstone
Ark
United States
Temple Bar
Kingdom of Heaven
Stop Netting of Fish in Jeems Bayou Campaign
Secretary Scovell leads a Progressive League effort to halt indiscriminate fishing in Caddo parish especially Jeems bayou, amid a closed season in Louisiana. Reports say on March 1 tons of game fish shipped to Shreveport imply violations. investigators to review suspects. Also notes corporations must pay franchise taxes by May 1, or face 25 percent penalties.
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Scovell
Progressive League
Caddo Parish
Jeems Bayou
Louisian
Shreveport
Jefferson
Marshall
Tex
Jeema Bayou
Texas
Shreveport Times
Electric Bitters touted as cure in 19th century notice
A Quitman Democrat item cites Deputy County Clerk D O Price relaying a phone message from Mrs KR Price about James Ishman, previously near Yantis then Greenville, reporting five healthy newborns eight days old to parents who are both deaf and dumb. The snippet also mentions Electric Bitters claimed to cure kidney inflammation and other ailments.
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D. O. Price
KR. Price
Yantis
Jamee Ishman
Greenville
Price
Yavtia
Quitman Democrat
Crop Pest Commission Publishes Guide to Rice Pests
The Crop Pest Commission releases a book detailing pests affecting the nation with focus on rice pests increasing acreage and boosting yield. Jennings Times-Record notes the publication and its relevance to farmers and agriculture.
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Crop Pest Commission
Jennings Times
Chamberlain's Salve touted as cure for skin diseases
Advert says Chamberlain's Salve relieves itching and can permanently cure eczema tetter salt rheum ring worm herpes and barber's itch after applying. It claims many cures where other treatments failed, price 25 cents per box, sold by all druggists. Also a social quip about manners and payment.
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Chamberlain
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