A Boy Heads West After Lost Ticket Adventure
A nine year old Italian orphan from Sunny Italy travels from New Orleans toward Los Angeles after a lost ticket and language barrier strand him in Houston. Mr Frank Bonno provided care and arranged a ticket to Los Angeles for the uncle in the city.
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Italy
Los Angeles
Cal
New Orleans
Main Street
Houston
Little Frank
Wny
Frank Bonno
Bonno
Southern Pacific
Los Dees
Francisco Divig
Galveston Bond Outlook Darkens Over December Interest
It is believed the city may fail to meet December bond interest payments due to inability to pay. Bondholders are invited to send a representative to Galveston to assess conditions. A committee en route to New York was postponed by the death of George Sealy.
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Galveston
Tex
New York
George Sealy
Equitable Oil strikes gusher near Kaiser Mound
A telephone message from Alvin confirms the Equitable Oil and Mining company at West Columbia struck a gusher on Kaiser Mound, echoed by a report to O S Cumming. The find excites locals with lands nearby and business leaders planning visits to Columbia. A separate note from Austin says E M Scarborough, a major stockholder, received word that the gusher was struck about three miles from Columbia in Brazoria county.
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Alvin, Tex
Equitable Oil and Mining Company
West Columbia
Kaiser Mound
O. S. Cumming
Damon Mound
Columbia
Austin, Tex
E. M. Scarbrough
Equitable Oil Company
Brazoria County
Backing Fitzsimmons by Adolph Spreckles Rumored
San Francisco January 9 Adolph Spreckles may back Fitzsimmons for 25000 against Jeffries. Fitzsimmons believes he could defeat Jeffries if given a chance and is weighing the offer. He expects to decide within a few days.
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Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Adolph Spreckles
Jeffries
Proposed Railroad Extension From Houston to Orange
Houston January 10 Leroy Rice second vice president and general manager of the International and Great Northern and General Freight Agent Booth and Engineer Harris returned from a twelve days inspection trip over proposed extensions. The party traveled overland to Beaumont and Spring and then by rail to Orange. Booth discussed the matter stating the survey and prospects of the extension.
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Houston
Tex
Leroy Rice
International and Great Northern
Booth
Harris
Here
Beaumont
Spring
Orange
Boothvey
Railway extension plan hints at shorter Spring route
The article notes no final decision yet on the proposed extension but indicates the Spring route could cut about thirty miles off the distance to North Texas, presenting a significant saving in railway construction. No official statement has been released.
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North
Texas
Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill passes House
The Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill cleared the House with near unanimous support. Opponents sought amendments to grant the president power to buy and finish the Panama route for 40 million dollars, but the measure passed as reported from committee.
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Washington
House
Nicaragua
Star Jockey Cochran Suspended by Jockey Club
New Orleans January 10 Cochran is suspended for a week due to very poor riding. Though a first class jockey his recent work has been miserable and judges are tired of him. Some say the rest will help, others blame his ego. Reports claim his Whitney contract worth 10000 dollars for next season is cancelled, but the cancelling party is unclear.
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Schley
Washington
Jan
Congress
Miles
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
White House
Jockey Club
New Orleans
Cochran
Whitney
Bitter Anglo German tensions rise after Berlin rebuke
London reports a sharp rebuke to Mr. Chamberlain by Chancellor von Buelow at the Reichstag in Berlin. The exchange intensifies irritation over the conduct of the German army in 1870 71 and heightens Anglo German discord ahead of Chamberlain’s Edinburgh speech.
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London
Mr. Chamberlain
von Buelow
Berlin
Remarkable Case Endorses Vogeler Curative Compound
Mrs. Nettleton credits Vogeler's Curative Compound with curing long standing dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles after doctors failed. She reports rapid relief from first dose and full recovery after subsequent attacks, praising the London physician's discovery and noting free samples offered by the St Jacobs Oil Co. Baltimore.
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Vogeler
St. Jacobd’s Oil
London
St. Jacob's Oil Co
Clay Street
Baltimore
Nettleton
Brighton Road
Audience Rises to Raise the Roof on Stage
A witty reflection on theater where actors perform but the crowd must lift the energy. The line contrasts the actors’ duty with the audience’s power to amplify the show.
Boston Barber Regulations Tighten Hygiene Rules
May 5, 1900 dispatch from Boston outlines new Boston Board of Health rules for barber shops. Mugs brushes and razors must be sterilized after each use, a clean towel for every person, and blood stopping material only in powder form on a towel. Powder puffs banned. Herpicide advertised as antiseptic and dandruff killer. The piece ends with a quip about missed opportunities.
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Boston
N. Y. Sun
Boston Board of Health
Newbro
Defiance Starch Promises Lasting, Nonshaking Results
A promotional claim extols Defiance starch as giving longer lasting results than competitors and offers more value for money. A quip notes that a penny for your thoughts may reflect a lack of sense.
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Wolters Bros
J. H. Heubner
Ay, A
F. P. Luck
Shiner
August Schrain
Theo
Hillmer
Joe Macha
Vinc Motl
D. G. Helmers
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Moulton Lumber Dealer
Moulton
Woo
Yard
W. J. Woytek
O. C. HenkKhaus
Shiner Gazette
Hous Fi
Proute
California
Hepburn
Board of Health
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