Prison inmates and staff face seven-to-one ratio in Texas system
Austin reports an average of seven prisoners per state prison employee based on 1920 figures. The audit shows 2,692 inmates and 365 staff besides trusties, with total system debt near 993,086 dollars and annual operation cost about 1.221 million. Property value totals 6.912 million, enough to yield over 400,000 annually at 6 percent. The auditor’s findings go to legislative investigators led by Chairman Williams, who plans a Tuesday meeting to outline next steps.
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Austin
Legislative Investigating Committee
Williams
Ballard's Snow Liniment Advertises Pain Relief
In an attack of acute rheumatism in which there is much pain Ballard's Snow Liniment is a necessary part of the treatment. It is a powerful pain relief. Three sizes, 30c, 60c and $1.20 per bottle. Sold by Dyer & Jones, druggists.
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Ballard
Dyer & Jones
Animals Sense Death Premonitions Across Species
A writer recalls multiple instances where animals react with fear or avoidance to death or danger. A dog resisted railway travel and was later killed on a platform. A horse refused a small jump and died after being forced. A bullfinch in a cage died after screaming when handled. A horse avoided a tree where a branch later fell. The anecdotes illustrate sporadic, baffling premonitions across a range of animals.
Surgeon Removes His Own Appendix in Kane, Pa
Dr Evan O Neil Kane, a 60 year old Kane surgeon, removed his own appendix in a remarkable operation. He reported steady progress and said he is getting along all right. He dictated letters and arranged affairs, and later returned home without shock after the procedure.
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Kane
Evan O’neil Kane
Early Morning Observations in the Houston Post
A column of sharp, satirical notes lampooning crime, reform rhetoric, and politics. It mocks Al Jennings’s alleged reform, praises punishment for highway robbers, and comments on prohibition, marriage, stage ambitions, a bank cler k’s theft, and English distrust of the US. It warns Texas lawmakers on convict testimony and Japanese immigration.
Save us or Grand Old Texas may fall
A fragment from a 19th century issue notes concerns for Texas, mentions European women seeking American husbands, eggs selling low in St Louis, a Louisiana sheriff delaying a hanging, and warns about intestinal worms in children with White's Cream Vermifuge priced at 35 cents sold by Dyer & Jones.
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Dyer & Jones
Blue Law Parade Lineup Satirizes Reformers
Don Marquis of the New York Sun sketches a blue law parade with provocative floats and figures such as Little Boy Blue, Puritan deacons, cherubim in bloomers, a Venus De Medici in a barrel, and a censor peering through a keyhole, lampooning Sunday proprieties and reformers.
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Don Marquis
New York Sun
Little Boy Blue
Venus de Medici
Surreal tableau hints at reform and whimsy in era
A fragmented scene shows spies entering homes and churches, John D. Rockefeller amid reformers and parrots crying pieces of eight, a Plymouth Rock hen laying a blue Easter egg, a cherub in an ulster, angels issuing checks to ethical experts, Aunt Mehitabel withholding a legacy unless titled limbacy, a self winking psychic complex, Aphrodite in oilskins, and the devil portrayed as a reformer.
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Wilbur
John D. Rockefeller
Plymouth Rock
Ulster
Aunt Mehitabel
Aphrodite
Devil
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itchings bleeding or protruding piles. It promises relief after the first application and a restful sleep. Price not listed.
Quotations on Liberty and Wisdom From Founding Thinkers
A compact excerpt gathers famous statements on liberty and wisdom from Disraeli Webster Franklin and Burke. It reflects on the balance between freedom and security and the peril of surrendering essential rights for temporary safety.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Burke
Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription Endure
An old time reminiscence praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and blood health and Favorite Prescription for female distress. Testimonial from Mrs. Bessie Slagle of Deanyville Arkansas endorses benefits and urges sending 10 cents for a trial package from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Motel in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Quotations on self improvement and conscience
A compilation of maxims and authors. It presents lines from Pythagoras Lincoln Whitman Shakespeare Ruskin French Proverb and Channing. The focus is on personal growth character and inner peace and how deeds shape reputation and life.
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Pythagoras
Lincoln
Whitman
Shakespeare
Ruskin
Channing
Proverb and Browne and Taylor on deceit and marriage
A compact collection of maxims on deceit vice and marriage by three authors. The first warns that a man who deceives once bears the fault, the second condemns avarice as madness, and the third extols marriage as essential to society and faith.
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Sir Thomas Browne
Jeremy Taylor
Rub My Tism Heals Bruises and Scrapes Advert
Local patent remedy advertisement touts Rub My Tism as a cure for bruises cuts burns sores tetter and related conditions. The compact claim highlights quick relief and topical application for everyday minor ailments.
Habitual Constipation Cure Promoted Syruphonic Laxative
An advertisement offers LAX-EOS WITH PEPSIN as a specially prepared Syruphonic laxative for habitual constipation. It claims prompt relief with regular 14 to 21 day use to induce regular action, stating stimulation and regulation plus pleasant taste. Sold for 60 cents per bottle.
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Dray Line
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