Vast Texas livestock and crop moves across towns
A wide tally of farm activity spans San Angelo buyers purchasing 1000 muttons at 2.90, E McGlorson selling 2100 stock sheep at 2, Hillsboro oats shipping to Galveston, and a Lamy Junction goat ranch starting with 45,000 goats. Reports include hay sales near Maxey, carload hog shipments to California, first wheat shipments from Gatesville and Midlothian, and crop damage from wind and hail in several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. McGlorson
San Angelo
B. C. Rhome
Pettus
Lamy Junction
N. M
Robert Foerderer
Philadelphia
Lucius Beebe
Boston
Walton Bros
Corsicana
Cotton Belt
Chicago
Texanette club organized in Hillsboro and local notices
A wide range of Texas local items: Hillsboro forms a Texanette club. Blooming Grove to get a gin and a college. Kerens normal school attendance. Hunt county notary Kate Ward. officials resignations and appointments. hydrophobia death near Corpus Christi. church erecting in Texarkana and Pilot Point dedication. Marshall opera house used as courthouse. new courthouse planned. Gov Sayers reappoints George H Corey as Texas commissioner of deeds. shootings in Camden and Texarkana. post office salary rise in Sherman. new post offices established. volunteer fire company in Sherman. burglaries in Mineola. body recovery near Liberty. mining venture near Llano county. currency reserve arrangements for Sherman banks. accidental shooting near Nacogdoches. Rio Grande railway changes. Dallas post office receipts up 14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hillyer
Fannin County
Jas. E. Pearson
Mountain Springs
Cooke County
Samuel B. Hodge
Shaw
Ferdinand Rigney
Fifth Ward
Sherman
New
Willow Street
Lee Totten
Aaron Turley
W. B. Blasingame
Mineola
Calvin Finley
Trinity River
Liberty
Great Tammany Leader and Summer Catarrh Cure Letter
A letter from Congressman Amos J. Cummings extols Peruna as a remedy for summer catarrh and its related ailments. He notes relief from catarrh since using Peruna and requests another bottle, while urging others to contact Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for a free book on summer catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos J. Cummings
Cuba
M. C
Peru
Baltimore and Ohio reorganizes maintenance division structure
The maintenance of way department on the Baltimore and Ohio lines east of the Ohio River will switch to four division engineers from six. B T Fendall covers the lines from Philadelphia to Brunswick with headquarters in Baltimore. B Owen handles the main line from Brunswick to Grafton with headquarters in Cumberland. J F Cassell oversees Parkersburg to Wheeling including terminals and Belington branch from Grafton. C T Manning runs Belington to Cumberland via Pittsburg with headquarters in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio River
Willard
B. T. Fendall
Philadelphia
Brunswick
Baltimore
B. Owen
Grafton
W. Va
Brunswick Yard
Cumberland
J. Ff. Cassell
Parkersburg
Wheellng
Belington
C. T. Manning
Beling
Pittsburg
Foot Powder Case Blocks Dr Clark Foot Powder Infringement
Seprame Court issues a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting of sales against Paul B Hudeon and a Brooklyn retailer over Dr Clark's Foot Powder for alleged imitation of Foot Ease. Allen S Olmsted of Le Roy NY owns the Foot Ease mark and may mail samples to seekers. Similar suits will target other infringers profiting from the advertising campaign and confusing packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tustin Langitlo
Spreme Court
Butalo
Paul B. Hudeon
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
London Hosts Daily Visitors Within Metropolitan Bounds
In a city of 5,500,000 population London accommodates about 120,000 visitors daily. Some stay a week, others a month, but on average 120,000 travellers remain within the metropolitan boundaries year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Boston
Bank of
Fergus County
Lewiston
London
Warden assigns number 399. prisoner humbly seeks society
In a tongue in cheek exchange the warden assigns the new prisoner the number 399. The ex cashier quips he has finally reached the coveted four hundred level in society. An old testimonial praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption curing lung illness.
Birth and Circumstances Rule Our Sense of Self
A reflection on how birth and surrounding conditions shape identity, leaving little room for self conceit as we acknowledge external factors in forming who we are. The piece connects personal development to family and social context.
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Teething Cures Wind Colic
Advertisement asserts Winslow’s Soothing Syrup softens teething discomfort and relieves inflammation and wind colic for 2 cents per bottle. A note adds a proverb about superstition in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Re. Winslow
Hall's Catarrh Cure Trademarked Remedy Ad
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally with the price listed at 75c. An ad promotes eternal life as quality of life rather than quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Price
Gulf Air Line connects Galveston to Kansas City via reshuffled routes
The new through sleeping car service links Galveston Houston and La Porte to Kansas City via Gulf Air Line and K C P G A R with vestibuled cars to St Louis Cincinnati Atlanta New York and other eastern points. Houston Shreveport connections offer quick time and superior service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Houston
Kansas City
Galveston, la Porte
Starch advice and moral reflections from a 19th century note
A tip urges housekeepers to starch fabrics with Faultess Starch saying it harms fabrics less. It notes the product is sold by grocers for 10 cents a package and adds a moral line that laws are made by others and rewards and penalties are fixed.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised as iron quinine cure
The advertisement promotes GROVE's TASTELESS CHILL Tonic as a tasteless iron and quinine remedy for chills and fever with a no cure no pay offer. It lists the price as 50 cents and ends with a note about life consisting of steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Mrs C Carpenter Praises Pinkham Remedy
A Brooklyn woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her female weakness head dizziness stomach upset and nervousness after a year of illness She says her daughter is now improving and she has recommended the remedy to friends and hopes the author lives long to help others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. C. Carpenter
Grand Stt
Brooklyn, N. Y
Mrs Pinkham’s Letters Prove Her Widespread Aid
More than eighty thousand letters were received by Mrs Pinkham in 1897. The volume is cited as strong proof of her ability to help suffering women seeking guidance and remedies.
Eczema Cured by Swift's Specific After Widespread Trials
A mother recounts her daughter's battle with eczema lasting years. After doctors and springs failed, Swift's Specific reportedly cured the disease after a few bottles, restoring hair and clear skin. No topical soaps or salves could reach the root, only internal treatment claimed to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Swift
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Georgia
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A. Richardson
Hillsboro
Kalamazoo
Mich
Paris
Maxey
Ravenna
Picton
Gatesville
J. B. Roby
Midlothian
Boone Simmons
Lorena
Bruceville
California
Col. G. B. Pickett
Decatur
McGee
I. T
J. F.ann
Beeville
Santa Fe
Midland
Pacific
Mathis
Aransas Road
St. Louis
T. A. Coleman
San Antonio
Jinks Blocker
Moro
Dimmitt County
Col
E. H. Cunningham
Blooming Grove
Kerens
Kate Ward
Hunt County
J. O. Harper
North Texas Insane
Medina
Corpus Christi
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Texarkana
Pilot Point
Marshall
Gov. Sayers
George H. Corey
New York City
State of
Nietha Baldwin
Camden
John Brooks
W. H. Hale
Charles Gallagher
Richards
D. C. Ellison
Temple
Llano County
Dr. Osborne
Mr. Ellison
National Livestock Bank of Chicago
First National Bank of
Alvarado
Laclede National of
American National of
Grayson County National
Tex
Poland
Acciden
Tally
August Dewitt
Nacogdoches
Rio Grande Railway
W. L
Postoffice
Washington
Dallas
J. Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Gulf Air Line
Houston East & West Texas Railway
Wm. Doherty, A. G. P. A
T. S. Oy
Lucas Ave
Louis
Winchester
Garatsens
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven, Conn
Western
Canada
Department Interior
Ottawa
E. Barrett
Universal Refrigeratin
Flushing Avenue
Brouokl
Hartford
Chainless
Columbia Chain
Hartfords
Columbia
Pope Manufacturing CO
Hartford, Conn
DR. Moffett
Dreggiet
J. Moffet
van Vleet-Mansfield Drug CO
Memphis, Tean
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