For Sale Abstracts of Have in Office Varied Homes
Have in office the Byazos County land titles sale listings listing several parcels near court house and schoolhouse. Properties include farmland pasture fenced with wires, a six-room brick residence with cistern, four-block distance from main street, rents of nine dollars monthly, and multiple lot blocks with cottages outhouses and gardens with prices from five hundred to fifteen hundred dollars.
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Byazos
Allen Academy
School House &S
Parry Is Cheered at National Manufacturers Meeting
New Orleans April 15 delegates of the National Association of Manufacturers opened their annual convention with strong support for President Parry's labor policy. His address drew a standing ovation as resolutions urged non union workmen, support for members under union boycott, and tariff reform.
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New Orleans
National Association of Manufacturers
D M. Parry
Parry
Tulane Hall
J. W. Porch
Louisiana
Porch
Capdeville
W. H. Heard
Marshall Cushing
United Sta
Russia
Bureau of Labor
Workingman's Association
The
Workingman’s Liberty Union
Wall Street
Resolutions Committee
Costly presents mark Vanderbilt-Nielson wedding
The marriage of Reginald C. Vanderbilt and Miss Cathleen G. Neilson was celebrated with a brief ceremony and a bridal attire described in detail. A reception followed with a display of gifts, including a serpentine pearl necklace from the bridegroom, then the couple departed for a European tour after a short island excursion.
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Newport
R. L
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Cathleen G. Neilson
Mendelssohn
Vanderbilt
Europe
Desire an Investigation
Washington April 15 The Central Yellow Pine association representing lumber firms in Mississippi Alabama and Georgia filed with the interstate commission a formal request to investigate alleged illegal advantages granted to yellow pine lumber makers with mills along the Rising River in Arkansas and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River.
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Washington
Central Yellow Pine Association
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Interstate Commision
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Labor unions exempt from anti trust law not deemed needed
Governor Lanham told a labor delegation in Austin on April 15 that he believes the anti trust act does not apply to labor organizations and sees no need for a special session relief measure. Representatives Walton Petee E P Curtis and J W Lawson urged action but the governor declined to submit the proposal.
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Erner Lanham
Austin
Lanham
Walton Petee
State Federation of Labor
E. P. Curtis
J. W. Lawson
Textbook bill introduced to Senate outlines board
Austin April 15 under the textbook bill the senate selects a books board consisting of the governor and four teachers named by him none tied to normal schools. Readopted texts must merit equality with competing books and top choices adopted for use by Sept 1 1908 with cities over 10000 exempt. Two more vetoes overturn pharmacy and quarantine bills.
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Senate
Austin
Lanham
Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps meet in Dallas
The eighteenth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Texas opened in Dallas with General Fred D. Grant addressing the assembly and paying tribute to soldiers' wives and daughters. An ex-Confederate welcomed attendees, and Department Commander Haskell spoke. concurrent reports note the Texas Cotton Manufacturers' association convention in Waco and a close Dallas municipal election likely won by Democrat C. R. Moorehead by a small margin.
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S Relief Corps
Sons of Hermann Hold Annual Convention at New Braunfels
The grand lodge of Sons of Hermann met in New Braunfels Texas on April 15 for its annual convention and disposed of significant business. Delegates enjoyed a moonlight picnic.
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Sons of
Southern Association of Newspaper Publishers Formed in Atlanta
The Southern Association of Newspaper Publishers organized in Atlanta on April 16 with leaders from major southern papers. Officers include President HLanta Journal, Vice President Bruce Haldeman of the Louisville Courier Journal, Secretary Treasurer F B Glass of the Montgomery Advertiser. Executive committee members named: Robert King, Rufus N Rhodes, D A Tompkins, J C Hemphill, Edgar M Foster, F T Stockton, A P Holderby Jr. The group aims to benefit members and promote papers’ interests and will not oppose other newspapers or associations.
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Southern Association of Newspaper Publishers
Atlanta
Hlanta Journal
Bruce Haldeman
Louisville Courier Journal
F. B. Glass
Montgomery Advertiser
Robert King
New Orleans States
Rufus N. Rhodes
The
Birmingham News
D. A. Tompkins
Charlotte Observer
J. C. Hemphill
Charleston News
Edgar M. Foster
Nashville Banner
F. T. Stockton
Jacksonville Times Union and Citizen
A. P. Holderby, Jr
Richmond Dispatch
H. Cabaniss
Terrific Windstorm Kills Three in Conecuh County
A windstorm with rain and hail swept western Conecuh County, killing H. H. Salter, his mother, and a child who were in a wagon crushed by uprooted trees. The storm caused crop damage and hailstones as large as hen eggs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Evergreen
Conecuh County
H. H. Salter
Work of Tornado. Ten Dead in Evergreen Area
Tornado near Evergreen, Alabama, caused extensive destruction. Ten people are reported killed and numerous buildings and property destroyed, with losses expected to run into thousands. Reports from Birmingham via Evergreen confirm the appalling toll and widespread ruin.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Evergreen
Peter
Prompt and Effective Work Stops the Waterloo Levee Hole
Waterford levee breach near Waterloo stops after rapid response by Levee Board President Leake State Engineer Lewis and planters. A crawfish hole widened to eighteen to twenty inches endangering banks and crops. Bracing continues with five hundred feet of cribbing at Hymelia amid labor shortages and rising water.
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Waterloo Levee
New Orleans
Leake
Levee Board
Lewis
Pontacha
Waterloo
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Illinois Central
Hymelia
Legislative Expenses Reported for Oklahoma Legislature
Territorial auditor states total legislature expenses reached 18188 dollars, up 7000 from 1901. Claim cites lavish clerical hires, notably in the house, as the main cause of the rise.
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Guthrie
Okla
Territorial Auditor
Twelve Indictments in Nacogdoches Forgery Case
The grand jury indicted B. S. Wettermark for alleged forgery in twelve separate cases in Nacogdoches Texas. Also noted: Kaliph rode an elephant with a retinue in Dallas parade and August Busch and others seek a Supreme Court continuation on a Grayson County local option case. Arias surrendered to Honduran forces in San Salvador.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
B. S. Wettermark
Dallas
Supreme Court
Washington
August Busch
Three Cars Turned Over Near Weston Incident
A Frisco passenger train derailed near Weston Oklahoma, April 15. Three cars overturned and track was torn up for several hundred feet. Charles Brown of DeKalb, City, was seriously cut and bruised.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Weston
Charles Brown de
Mother and Child Hurt in Gasoline Explosion
Chickasha Oklahoma April 15 Mrs Thomas Lindsay and her young daughter were badly burned when a gasoline explosion occurred in their home. They are in critical condition and likely to die.
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Chickasha
S. Y
Thomas Lindsay
Minor Matters from Waxahachie and Nearby News
Fragmented notes report Waxahachie Texas receiving four bales of cotton on the 11th and eight entries on the Antiers court docket. A shooting near State B Vaught is noted with St. Louis parties buying land in Cherokee Texas and engaging in iron smelting. A prompt action of Cour Drake of United States pship Moc a plot that would have ey Chinese lives was averted.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Muller Court
Antiers
B. Vaught
St. Louis
Chero Texas
Cour Drake
United States
Pship
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Jeff D. Franklin
Buchanan 'S
J. W. Batts
MA K. J N
Zach
Wille
Geo W. Smith
East City National Bank
W. C. Fountain
Darwin & Drummond
Ecity
Dorsex & Belmont
Union Labor
Grand Army
Waco
Texas Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Fairbanks
J. C. Saunders
Bonham
el Paso
C. R. Moorehead
Moorehead
Tyler
A. Wettermark
Henderson
Co. G. White
Huntley Building
East Main Street
James & Hart _ brussiss
Gorogshe
OGD
Bryan Steam Laundry
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Bryan
John Wittman
Jewel Laundry
Yrigeat
Garrett, Proprieto
Bebop
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