Texan items across counties show new buildings and trials
Venus Johnson county to get a 68000 school building. Belton to see a brick and stone depot. A 75 barrel flour mill contract signed at Hillsboro. Cleburne reports medical association meeting. Joe Coppler acquitted in Schulenburg murder case. Grand Saline resident Grandma Chrestman dies at 91. Sherman awards $750 in Western Union negligence suit. La Grange jury convicts Jim Stokes of murder, 25 years. Wharton bonds sold to Dallas buyer. Bonham Woodmen decorate graves. Walnut Springs picnic draws crowd. Dallas fire veteran Charles Clapp dies. Ennis well hits 1000 feet. Vandals damage churches and a school in Aubrey. Supreme Court rules railroad liable for connected-line damages. Abilene revival drives conversions and wide attendance.
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W. H. Seay
Mount Pleasant
Winsboro
Pone Chrestman
Grand Saline
Grandma Chrestman
Sherman
Laura Parker
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pastures and Crops Update Across Texas Counties
Farmers report improved wheat and oats in Evath and Ellis counties, good crop prospects in Taylor and Crockett regions, and strong cattle movements from Louisiana toward Indian Territory. Weevils threaten Bee county cotton, while irrigation shifts boost alfalfa sugar beets and fruit in Pecos valley. Seguin hosts Guadelupe Truck Growers association meeting with bylaws adopted. Rains and harvesting advance in Moore and Midlothian areas as binders and harvesting gear move to demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Hillsboro
Eport
Ellis County
Grein
Guadalupe Truck Growers’ Association
Seguin
Yoakum
Taylor County
Floydada
Colorado City
Pecos
W. H. Sullivan
Flatonia
Truck Growers Association
Moore County
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Vincent
T. D. Woody
Edgerly
Chickasha
Railway cuts rates for many events this summer
The Houston East and West Texas railway announces reduced fares for numerous gatherings including the National Educational Meeting in Los Angeles July 11 to 14 Emancipation Celebration in Houston and Galveston June 19 and more such events across Texas and nationwide from June to September. For details contact local agents N S Meldrum or Wm Doherty or the general agents.
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AK & W
Houston, East and West Texas Railway
Los Angeles
Cal
Houston
Galveston
Texas
Texas Farmers’ Congress
College Station
Terry's
Texas Rangers
Victoria
Dallas
Marlin
Colored
A. & M. College
Interstate Merchants’ Association
St. Louis
Grand Lodge of Colored Masons
Bryan
Music Teachers’ National Association
Cincinnati
United Society Christian Endeavor
Detroit
Mich
American Institute of Homopathy
Atlantic City
N. J
N. S. Meldrum
Wm. Doherty
L Man
Farmers Seek Cheap North Tour Before July Earthquake
An advertisement offers a low cost travel package from Houston leaving June 30 to the north within 400 miles, with July and August heat and yellow fever warnings, promoting 6 day tours of 2883 miles for $6, land grants, free farm delegates and 60 day returns with various prices and incentives. The text also recounts a Queen Victoria anecdote about a Scotch dancer and a joke about Gladstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Richardson
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as only cure forFoot problems
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions sold by druggists and shoe stores 2½ cents sample offered free. It also warns silk handkerchiefs ruin eyeglasses and recommends fine tissue paper as the best wiper for cleaning glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Well Groomed Women Shirt Waist Ad Ends With A Cue
An advertisement touts a well laundered shirt waist using Faultless Starch to boost a woman's wholesome appeal. It urges readers to try the product available from grocers at 10 cents. The copy closes with a proverb about excuses for wrongdoing.
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All Grocers
Best Prescription for Chills and Fever Tonic
An iron and quinine tonic marketed as tasteless GROVEE TASTELESS CHILL claims to fight chills and fever. Offered with a no cure no pay guarantee at a price of 50 cents.
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Grovee
Quotation Fragments and Advertisements Echo Past Decay
A mosaic of clipped phrases includes a marriage proposal aside a cure claim, Laughing maxim and label warnings. References to Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a poultry scam line, Ducks contracts in Maryland, and prices hint at a bygone era.
International Legislators Pay Rates Across European States
The article lists parliamentary compensation in various nations. Austria and France pay $5 daily. Greece senators $100 monthly and deputies $50. Germany about $2.50 daily. Denmark landsting $38 daily. Belgium $85 monthly. Portugal $355 yearly. Spain Cortes members unpaid but with immunities. Switzerland national council $2.50 daily and council of states $1.50. Italy shows senators and deputies unpaid, only travel expenses allowed.
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Austria
Frances
Greece
Germany
Denmark
Belgium
Chamber of Representatives
Portugal
Peers and Commons
Spain
Cortes
Switzerland
National Council
Council of States
Italy
Tortoise shell welding claims by naturalist Lydekker
English naturalist Mr. R Lydekker states tortoise shell is formed by welding the horny skin over the turtle's bony case creating a seamless junction. He describes a method to join two beveled edges in a press with boiling water. He also notes imitation tortoise shell made by horn treated with lime litharge and soda leaves lead sulphide spots for mottling.
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R. Lydekker
Queen Wilhelmina’s Lace Lesson Echoes in Regency Advice
The Dutch queen’s daughter learned pillow lace making though resistant, a move later praised by Queen Wilhelmina who says she sympathizes with workers earning a bare livelihood. The piece adds a social quip on marriage, noting that men often think their wives were fools, and vice versa, in weekly reflections.
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Emma
The
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Obstreperous Fili pinos spark witty exchange
A Washington Star quip recalls a statesman remark about Filipinos being “worth $2 a head.” The reply suggests the claim boosted their pride, producing a sharp, ironic exchange that highlights colonial-era attitudes.
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Washington Star
Virtue Journeys Meet Few Collisions on Paths
The remark notes that little disruption occurs on the paths of virtue, implying moral progress often unfolds smoothly without notable clashes or obstacles. It frames virtue as a steady, low-conflict journey.
A Mother's Gratitude Letter to Mrs Pinkham
A Texas reader, Mrs Ep Ex Ling er of Devine, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending nine years of prolapse symptoms after pregnancy and childbirth. She reports improved health, ease of labor, and the ability to work, thanking Mrs Pinkham for the remedy.
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
Mrs. Ep
Devine
Tex
Wonderful Strengthening Remedy Claim from Detroit Woman
Mrs Emiliz Schneider of Detroit Michigan reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham remedies including Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Liver Pills. She says she felt faint and near death before use and now feels wonderfully strengthened and free of those feelings.
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Lydia E. Pinkeham
Emiliz Schneider
Helen Ave
Detroit
Micn
Egyptian electric railroad toll rises after opening
In the first four weeks after Cairo's electric railroad opened, at least eighty people were killed, with a weekly average of seven or eight since then. High casualties are blamed on native eye diseases and unfamiliarity with fast moving vehicles.
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Cairo
Egypt
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Venus
Johnson County
Cleburne
Belton
Col. Crump
Alabama
Beeville
Joe Coppler
la Grange
A. T. Record
Schulenburg
W. J. Havens
Lamasco
Fannin County
Texarkana
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Walnut Springs
Sargent
Tom Wood
Paris
Jim Stokes
Wharton County
Bonham Camp
Woodmen of the World
John T. Boyd
Z. Oldham
T. E. Milstead
John Ewing
Willow Wild
Inglish
Charles A. Clapp
Dallas Fire Department
E. P. Pittman
Ennis
Aubrey
Denton County
United States Supreme Cour
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
McCann & Swiger
Isaac Sellers
First Baptist Church
Abiline
Gatesville
Price Simmons
Bee County
D. C. Cogdell of
Granbury
Fort Worth
Evath
Erath County
Ernest Hines
Crockett County
Ozona
Midlothian
Queen Victoria
Gladstone
Herodis
Hall
Price, Tic
Javelle Mfg. Co
Parsons
Maryland
London
California
Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
Calsville
New York
WN. Y
Kay
C. K. Anderson & Co
Elm Street
Br. Purdy
Dept. C
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Colorado
National Education Association
W.S. Keenan, G.P. A
Flushing Avenue
Brookl
Buckingham
R.P. Hall & Co
Neshua
N. i
Valenciennes
A Ciombie Co
Upper Mentelair
Dr. Kay
Rise
Chemin Co
Ome
U. S
Canada
la Creole
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