Canteloupes Feed Cattle Report Sparks Texas and Colorado
Readable notes recount a Rocky Ford claim that cantaloupes fatten cattle and improve milk quality. Texas stock journals reference lignite fuel and a study of hoof and lung issues, with various ads and notices interwoven about Dr Simmons' Cough Syrup and a Farmers Congress Proceedings from College Station Texas.
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Rocky Ford
Denver Times
Arkansas
Bock
Colorado
Texas Stock and Farm Journal
Gold Find in Sierra Madre Sparks Prospecting Boom
Report from El Paso indicates two Mexican prospectors in Encondidas washed one pound of gold in a day, reviving interest as others from Casas Grandes head out to stake claims. The discoverers reportedly claim the immediate grounds while the stream could hold gold for miles. Hunt's Lightning Oil advertised as a household remedy for aches.
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el Paso
Sierra Madre
Encondidas
Casas Grandes
Brenham Banner
Cottonseed industry shows lower crush and profits
The 1899-1900 cottonseed oil production fell about 23 percent from 1898-99. Seed costs rose by about 40 percent while oil and cake gains did not offset higher seed prices. Hulls and linters revenue is unclear, but overall industry profits remained limited amid smaller crush and higher expenses. A second item notes a discharged soldier looting shirts and a New York hotel lease amid rising rents.
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Texas
the Chronicle
Germania Public School Opens With Ninety Attendance
Germania public school in Fayetteville Texas opened with eighty nine pupils as illness delays full enrollment. Professor Eilers acts as principal with Mrs Hansen as assistant. Eilers previously taught private school for a month before the term began.
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Fayetteville
Texas
Germania
Eilers
E. Hansen
Houston Post
Mississippi congressman John Allen eyed for lecture tour
A lecture manager offered John Allen of Mississippi ten thousand dollars a year for a lecture tour, and Allen said he will not again seek Congress. In Mississippi it is conceded no local rival could beat him, but the Senate seems out of reach. A friend quips he always draws well for everything except the Senate.
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John Allen
Mississippi
Allen
Congress
United States Senate
Senate
Georgia trip of banker Witham yields seven engagements
Witham the Georgia banker and his party left New York for the South late last week. No marriages resulted yet, though matrimony was a stated object of the junket. Seven engagements have been made, and weddings are expected in Georgia in due time.
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Post
O’quinn
Texas
Fayette County
Gulf Coast
South
J.C. Melcher
Witham
Georgia
New York
Dr Simmons Cough Syrup Boasts 50 Doses for 50 Cents
An ad touts a cough remedy by Dr Simmons offering fifty doses for fifty cents. It promises money back if not beneficial or satisfactory and urges readers to ask their druggist for a sample bottle.
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Dr. Simmons
Uriah Jones
Hezekiah Brown
John Peter Smith
Andover Seminary Considers Moving to Cambridge
Trustees of the well known theological seminary at Andover Mass discuss relocating to Cambridge. Declining attendance has left only twenty three students this year, with few new entries at the start of the year. Removal is hoped to boost interest and enrollment.
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Theological Seminary
Andover
Mass
Cambridge
Judge rules damages vary by victim age in carrier negligence
A New York federal judge holds damages against a common carrier depend on victim age after a fatality. A widow with a 5 year old husband received 5000 while two 37 year old widows were awarded 7500 each. The opinion notes no fault in the carrier and reflects a stark moral view on justice.
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Addision Brown
United States District Court
New York City
Celebration of Senator Butler’s 36th loss anniversary
In New York a dinner at Delmonico marked the thirty sixth anniversary of the loss of the leg by former Senator Matthew C Butler of South Carolina. He came out of the Battle of Brady Station in 1863 with only one leg.
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New York
Matthew C Butler
South Carolina
Brady Station
Delmonico
Butler
Sun Triggers Soap Factory Alarm in Heat
In New York the sun heated a soap factory room beyond a thermal threshold, activating an automatic fire alarm that released a water shower though no fire occurred. A Guthrie resident notes the "boomer" portion of settlers has faded as Oklahoma grows toward statehood with improving citizenry and lawfulness.
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New York
Oklahoma
Guthrie
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Ferrenaam
Moulton, Texas
Ida Goedke
Hugo Zapp
H. Goedke
LaGrange Journal
Hunt
Washington and
Fayette Counties
8. Bowers
Brenham
Germany
Farmers’ Congress
A. & M. College
College Station
J. H. Connell
B. C. Pittuck
Sunset-Central Lines
Houston
Literary Bureau
Philippines
United States Navy
William White
Devonport
England
P Watts
Park Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Alexander T. Stewart
Germania Public School
Robinson Thurmal
R. Wright
Waelder
A. A. Cherry
Moulton
J. F. Dockery
D. G. Helmers
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Shiner
Southern Pacific
S. F. B. Morse
Traf
Mgr
L. J. Paine
P&t A
Houston, Texas
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