Texas German Families Live in Communal Farmstead
An Austin and a surrounding Texas region report two large German families living on shared farmland. Christian Pohel heads a family of eighteen with no deaths or illnesses, while Casper Schmidt's line totals fifty six in one home under one roof. Neighbors note harmony, frequent music, a family school, and workers robed in unity as they cultivate land together with frequent large gatherings and open hospitality.
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Texas
Christian Pohel
Pohel
Austin County
Schmidt
Casper Schmidt
John
Denison Soldier Reports Quick Philippine Campaign Pace
Frank at Malolos recounts a rapid advance from Caloocan trenches to Dangapan and capture of Matahon Palo, Mariquim, Begaa, Regium, and Malolos. He notes 3 killed and 23 wounded in the regiment, enemy 30,000 strong, but his company suffered no losses. He describes the jungle-like zest of the land and feasts after battle, including meals of nine ducks after a long hunger.
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Crimson
Denison
Frank
Malolos
Philippine Islands
de Honia Church
Caloocan
Dangapan
Matahon
Palo
Mariquim
Begaa
Regium
Aguinaldo
Arkansas Governor Elisha Baxter dies after 1873 conflict
Elisha Baxter, who served as governor of Arkansas during the 1873 election crisis, has died. The period saw a confrontation when on April 15 a rival claimant, Mr. Brooks, expelled Baxter and a heated dispute followed. President Grant issued a proclamation recognizing Baxter.
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Elisha Baxter
Arkansas
Mr. Brooks
Grant
Baxter
Waco Trial Sees Mollie White Killing Defendant Acquitted
In the 1892 case at Waco over Miss Mollie White's death, the defendant was found not guilty after trial.
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Waco
Jim Crow
Seneca strawberry festival ends with war dance near Vinita I T
The Seneca Indians gather for the annual strawberry festival in a hill shed east of the Grand river, perform a noon prayer with Indian tobacco offerings, share a strawberry soup meal, and resume a full-night war dance led by the chief. Soldiers, women, and children join in rounds with drums, feathers, and rattlesnake rattlers.
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Seneca Nation
Vinita
I.T
Indian Council
Cleaning Up by Dallas Sanitary Inspectors in Uniform
Dallas citizens back clean city efforts as inspectors Coe Duncan Donahue and Yearn tour homes in gray uniforms. They vow equal enforcement of sanitary ordinances with a firm hand, noting hot weather could bring fever and epidemic risk on the southern coast.
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Dallas
Coe
Duncan
Donahue
Gas Well Near Corsicana Emerges as Commerce Prospect
The Staley well on the Edens league, four miles south of Corsicana, yields abundant gas and may become a commercial asset. Steps will divert gas from waste until Mr. Staley uses it. Gas from this field could run all machinery in Corsicana and light the city if directed, with plans to commercialize all wells later.
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Staley
Edens League
Corsicana
Mr. Staley
Ships Between Port Arthur and Mexico Discontinued
Steamers operating between Port Arthur and Mexico, run in connection with the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf railroad, have been discontinued due to lack of financial success. The vessels had served the route but were not profitable.
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Port Arthur
Mexico
Kansas City, Pittsburg
Gulf Railroad
Health and Beauty Advice From Dr Hartman Ad
Mrs McKee Rankin praises Peruna as essential for women and Eliza Wike credits it with restoring health appetite. The ad urges every woman to own Dr Hartman’s Health and Beauty book and offers free catarrh books from Columbus Ohio. A sobering quip about a husband as mourner ends the item.
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Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Cure
A pitcher of old patent medicine text notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claims to ease inflammation and pain and relieve wind colic at two and a half cents per bottle.
The artistic house is never the clean est one
Readable fragments describe a home or space where cleanliness is challenged, hinting at a broader commentary on aesthetics and upkeep in artistic settings. The fragment emphasizes contrast between creative expression and order.
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Health and Beauty
R. F. Williams
Gillsburg
Miss
Swift’s
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Crea
Western
Canada
Department Interior
Ottawa
EB. Barrett
Houston
U. S
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