Farmers Union backs practical schooling for Texas public schools
The Farmers Union of Hunt county at Quinlan passed resolutions urging public schools in Texas to teach typewriting and shorthand. They argued for practical courses tailored to daily life even if it means reducing emphasis on higher branches. The movement aims to make schooling more useful and broadly adopted.
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Farmers’ Union of
Hunt County
Quinlan
Texas
Terrell
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Claims Universal Teething Relief
An old ad touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy for children. It promises soothing gums, relief from wind colic, and immediate relief for crying infants, selling for twenty five cents a bottle through druggists worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Colin
Winslow
Corner Stone in Waco Opens. Water Bottle Causes Decay
A Methodist church corner stone laid twenty five years ago in Waco was opened recently and found rotten due to cork rotting on a bottle of water from Jerusalem placed in the receptacle. The incident warns against liquids in corner stones.
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Waco
Jerusalem
Bonham Striking Cooks and Washerwomen Tremble Cotton Patch
The Bonham household faces disruption as washerwomen and cooks strike over the fleecy cotton patch issue. The strike begins with demands and leaves the mistress unable to reach terms. Aigantare Cot referenced in the text remains unclear amid the labor action.
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Bonham
Bonham News
In Memoriam Bennie Durrum Obituary Poem
A 15 year old Bennie Durrum dies September thirtieth in Smithland Texas. The notice mourns his loss and offers comfort to parents Silas and family, praising Bennie as budding into manhood. It moves to faith in heaven and reunion, signed by a friend 5 BE. B. Smithland Oct 4 1904.
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Ben Abb Durrum
Silas Durrum
Bennie
God
Garden of Paradise
BE. B. Smithland
Seasonal advice touts Chamberlain's cough remedy
A local item urges readers to stock Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now as prevention before winter ends. The note claims prompt, satisfactory results when taken early and recommends buying from W J Sedberry the local dealer. A separate dispatch reports a magnetic physician vanishing from Sean Antonio with valuables worth about $20,000 and forty victims. A livestock tip promotes sheep as highly profitable on small farms with high returns in a year. A stray farm note closes with a line about a gun scaring dogs on ranches.
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W J Sedberry
Sean Antonio
San Antonio
Beauty tips and local railway set up
The article cites skin care claims urging liver health for clear complexions and advertises Herbaline for 40 cents at WJ Sedberry. It notes Katy railroad workers moving dirt near Beaver Creek bottom, raising the track three feet, and reports KE Morris County News. It also mentions D. Jones selling pole beans east of Cleburne after refusing 8300 an acre.
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Katy Railroad
Beaver Creek
Morris County News
KE. D. Jones
Cleburne
Prominent Oddities and Rumors from a Column
A jumble of misread lines reports a plastic health remedy claim about Dr King’s New Life Pills, a Chicago marriage to Miss Lucy Lee Hill, and a note on insurance claims after execution. It also mentions social standing affecting debt collection and a pun about thirteen versus a dozen in pricing.
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S le Quinn
Cavendish
Dr. King
Lucy Lee Hill
Chicago
James B. Magill
Virginia
Lee
East Texas Elberta Peach Outshines California Returns
The Ft Worth Record notes East Texas Elberta peaches rival California fruit in flavor and quality. A Northern buyer pays more for East Texas Elbertas, while California peaches fail to match their richness. Palestine Herald reports this regional insight.
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Ft. Worth
East Texas
California
Palestine Herald
Local druggist touts Dr. Mendenhall’s Chill and Fever Cure
Lang Bros and J F Crow Drug Co report high sales of Mendenhall’s remedy in Paducah Kentucky. Physicians endorse it and repeat customers swear by it after trying other treatments. American rainbow trouts acclimated in Lake Constance spur planned Swiss trials as more sites are tested. In Cass county near Maurietta Walter Brantley, 15, shot and killed his father, saying abuse blamed the act.
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Lang Bros
Paducah
Dr. Mendenhall
J. F. Crow Drug Company
Lake of Constance
Switzerland
Maurietta
Cass County
Walter Brantley
Cotton Buyers Ready Reckoner Arrives for View
A notice invites buyers to inspect The Cotton Buyers' Ready Reckoner at the office. A separate Illinois divorce court sets a record by granting divorce twelve minutes after filing, highlighting a rapid legal process.
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Illinois
New Game Law Aims to Regulate Hunting and Trade
An article outlines the new game law with provisions against killing or possessing wild birds, selling deer and antelope parts, netting or trapping birds, and transporting game without an affidavit. Open seasons are defined for deer prairie chickens partridges quail doves and more with penalties including fines and possible imprisonment.
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Src
Rocky Mountain
Malaria Cures and Local Developments in Texas and New York
Adverts claim Herbine cures malaria and fever symptoms with a Manchester Kansas user praising its efficacy. A Texas comptroller ruling imposes a $10 annual tax on fortune tellers and similar professions. The Concho Water Power Co dam near San Angelo is completed to supply power. Topics include Chamberlains tablets for sick headache and a bull rout fish off Essex coast. John Wanamaker plans a men’s college near Ellenville New York.
Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup touted nationwide
An unsigned testimonial outlines Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup as a trusted remedy for liver kidney and blood irregularities. It cites a letter from Mrs Brown in Trex expressing dramatic improvement after two packages and urges readers to obtain the medicine from their druggist. The notice also notes Dr G C Rankin as a candidate for chaplain in the next House with reported vote pledges.
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Thedford
Trex
Fam
G. C. Rankin
The
Christian Advocate
House of Representatives
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