Texas Cotton Seed Oil Mills Thrive Amid Growth
The Texas oil mill industry expands with 130 cotton seed oil mills, over 6 million dollars invested, and law protections cited. Houston handles vast cotton without manufacturing, while oil mills contribute 12 million dollars annually and spur potential cotton goods factories. A local press advocate urges investment and notes past failures turned successes, alongside other varied notices on cough syrups and electric hunting lamps.
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Texas
Railroad Commission
South
Carolinas
North Carolina
Houston
Harris County
Houston Post
Bay Prairie Irrigation Company Formed Near La Grange
A new strong rice growing company the Bay Prairie Irrigation Company is formed at La Grange with 225000 capital and 23000 acres near the Colorado river eight miles below Wharton Houston financier Jonathan Lane presides and C P Boon of Austin is a director The plan includes over twenty five miles of canals and a station pumping 70000 gallons a minute to irrigate up to 50000 acres along the Cane Belt road. Local Fayette county investors back the venture with Schulenburg residents among stockholders.
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la Grange
Colorado River
Wharton
Houston
Jonathan Lane
C. P. Boon
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co
A. C. Lenert
J. B. Holloway
R. Klatt
Bay Prairie Irrigation Company
Colorado
Houston Post
Fayette County
Schulenburg
Messrs. H. P. Schaefer
Chas Sengelman
The
Bay Prairie Company
A Thirty Seven Course Dinner in San Francisco
A participant recalls a 37 course Chinese dinner in San Francisco. The sequence spans ham and carrots to shark fins and sea slug risoles, with later courses including mutton stews, ducks tongues, and a final pilau. The piece notes the mix of strong flavors and the dinner’s exhaustive progression.
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San Francisco
China
Young Harvard Professor Named Spanish Chair at Annapolis
A 25 year old Harvard French and Spanish instructor, Charles V. Cusacis, was named to the Spanish chair at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis after graduating from the University of Barcelona in 1892. Hunt's Lightning Oil advertised for quick relief of aches and pains with a money back guarantee. On October 31, eight New Orleans steamships departed for Liverpool Barcelona Genoa and Hamburg carrying 76 867 square bales of cotton plus 4021 round bales and assorted wheat corn cottonseed products and lumber.
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Charles V. Cusacis
Harvard Uniersity
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
University of Barcelona
New Orleans
Liverpool
Barcelona
Genoa
Hamburg
Hunt's Cure Claims Relief for Itch and Ringworm
An 19th century advertisement offers Hunt's cure stating it relieves itch ringworm and itching piles. It promises relief for scratching and mentions a price of 50 cents with no further cost if it fails.
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Hunt
Gold Medal Awarded to American Museum for Natural History
The international jury at the Paris exposition awarded a gold medal to the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park New York City for its illustrated stereo slides used in New York state schools. The slides accompany lectures on the Hawaiian islands the Riviera the Pyrenees the Alps Tyrol and other European regions and are employed across New York schools.
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Af Irican Museum of Natural History
Central Park
New York City
New York State
Hawaiian Islands
Riviera
Pyrenees
Alps
Tyrol
Moore's Pilates Cure Promises Malaria Remedies
An old advertisement claims Moore's Pilates cure malaria and related fevers without quinine or arsenic. It touts tasteless formula, 50 cent price, and lists Dr C C Moore Co of St. Louis and Breymann's Drug Store as outlets.
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Moore’s Pilates
Dr. C. C. Moore Co
North Main Street
St. Louis
Breymann’s Drug Store
Burial of Major Highlights World’s Only Dog Cemetery
The burial of Major a $1.5 water spaniel who died at the New York Veterinary hospital last week draws attention to the world’s only dog cemetery at Hartsdale near New York. The thirty five acre site holds ninety three dogs and cats buried in neat rows. Major rests in a rosewood coffin and will have a marble tombstone.
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Major
New York
Hartsdale
Arcadia
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Ferrenkam
Moulton, Texas
Uriah Jones
Hezekiah Brown
John Peter Smith
Dr. Simmons
Gonzales County
Burges
Flatonia Record
Oil Mill Gazetteer
Greenville
H. J. J. Thressen
Strong Rice Fam Company
Specter
Trang
Scott
K. Miller Reid
New York’s Dog Cemetery
D. G. Helmers
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Shiner
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