Real Estate Listings in Brazos County Selections
J W Batts Real Estate advertises 105 acres near courthouse with 25 cultivated and pasture land priced at 1500, plus 1.25 acres near school with a small cottage. Other properties include a six-room house with grounds four blocks from Main Street at 1250, a quarter block near Allen Academy at 250, a half block near Allen Academy at 500, and rentals with a 4-room house at 650. Rents listed at 9 per month.
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Brazos County
TOR Sale
Court House
School House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Governor seeks land rights and water contracts in Texas
Governor asks legislature for two new measures. One provides methods to secure right of way across lands and condemn for public use. The other authorizes Austin to contract with the state to supply water to state institutions and to aid in rebuilding a dam. House adopts regret for Judge Hurt's death and approves a Houston horse show invitation while handling the appropriation bill and items for the epileptic colony blind asylum deaf and dumb asylum and rail road commission. Senate reviews a land bill.
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Austin
Texas
House
J. M. Hurt
Houston
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Railroad Commission
Senate
Knox Opposes Suspension Of Decree In Northern Securities Case
In St Paul on April 20 lawyers for Northern Securities and the railroads asked to suspend decrees to allow May dividends totaling about 4.0 million to be paid to Securities. the request would leave 14.0 million to be paid before a Supreme Court decision. Atty Gen Knox directed continued opposition and not to suspend the decree.
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St. Paul, Minn
United States Circuit Court
W. S. Sanborne
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
Northern Securities
Sanborne
U.S
Haupt
Knox
Supreme Court of the United States
Post Office Building Fire Injures Workers During Refuel
An acetylene gas poisoning incident occurred as a generator was refilled. John Kneedler, a plumber in charge, and Sam Thomas, a janitor, were badly burned and injured. The building housed the post office and a gauge store.
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John @ Kneedler
Sam Thomas
Gaug
Guards Will Remain In The Hague Rail Security
The withdrawal of military guards from railroads began in northern and southern provinces. Guards will be kept for now in central provinces and at Amsterdam to ensure security.
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Hague
Amsterdam
Multiple Texas and Indian Territory Briefs Surface in News In Brief
Miss Willie Shankin of Luling dies after taking a disliked headache remedy. A tailess calf with one missing leg is reported near Stamford. Two guards injure a sentinel at Fort McIntosh and flee into Mexico. Mrs. Lucinda Ford, 65, commits suicide in Waller. Indian police seize three sawmills and 1,000,000 feet of lumber in the Choctaw Nation. Cherokee Summer Normal begins at Tahlequah June 15 for four weeks. Clint Welch shot in the mouth at Fort Gibson. other man escapes. Lawton to gain free mail delivery June 1. Antlers grand jury adjourned with 32 indictments. About 1,000 attend Ada district court. Lawton hosts 59 civil service exam takers for carriers and clerks. Virgil Cato, 13, fatally shot near Nocona. DeLeon to get a canning factory.
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Willie Shankin
Luling
Tex
J. A. Kidd
Stamford
Fort McIntosh
Mexico
Lucinda Ford
Waller
Tallequah
Fort Gibson
J. T
Clint Welch
Lawton
Okla
Antlers
Ada
I. T
Lawota
Nocona
Virgil Cato
DeLeon
North Star Arrives and Heads to Cannes
The American steam yacht North Star owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived at Marseilles on April 20 and will depart for Cannes. Separately, Utah sheepmen fear 50 percent losses due to a severe winter and a malignant disease among flocks, with Utah alone potentially losing about 1,090,000 head as they move to summer grazing grounds.
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North Star
Marseilles
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cannes
Salt Lake
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Howard on Stand in Goebel Assassination Case
James B Howard testified again in Frankfort Kentucky on April 20 claiming he was at the Board of Trade Hotel when the crowd carried Goebel. He could not describe how Goebel was moved and became tangled on that point. The defense plans to call Mrs Henry Youtsey to counter her husband’s confession on the stand. Police in New York identified a body found in a barrel last Tuesday as the murdered man, noting Buffalo provided the decisive identification.
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Frankfort
James B
Howard
Board of Trade
Goebel
Rody Fentified
New York
McClusky
Buffalo
Waterbury
No Aid for St. Louis Exposition The Hague
April 20 The government of the Netherlands has decided not to make an appropriation in aid of the Netherlands exhibit at the St Louis exposition.
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Hague
Netherlands
Cattle Drive Heads to Osage Nation from Texas
George A Abbott of San Angelo Texas reports about 2,000 cattle near Tulsa are bound for Osage pastures and predicts no fewer than 900000 head will move toward the nation from Texas.
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Guthrie
Okla
George A Abbott
San Angelo
Texas
Tulsa
S. T
Traces Found of Thousand Dollar Bills In Missouri Legislature
In St Louis on April 20 the grand jury collected traces of four or more $1000 bills. It is alleged three bills funded the alum bill legislation in the senate and one supported the textbook legislation in the house.
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St. Louis
Grand Jury
Senate
House
Texas Press Announces Waxahachie Annual Meeting Schedule
The Texas Press association reveals its twenty fourth annual session at Waxahachie May 21 and 22 with opening exercises, speeches by Col W G Sterett and others, discussions on press hindrances, and an excursion to Fort Worth and East Texas before returning to Houston.
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Waxahachie
Houston
Gary
The
Texas Press Association
W. G. Sterett
State Press
Galveston-Dallas News
S. BE. Buchanan
Farm Ann Ranch
Poom
Mary Winn Smoot
George ©. Rankin
Texas Christian Advocate
Maud J. Allen
Bartlett News
D. L. Beach
Gonzales Inquirer
Fort Worth
Thurber
East Texas
Orange
Beaumont
Belo Memorial Window Unveiled at St Matthew's Cathedral
A window honoring late Colonel A. H. Belo editor of the Dallas Galveston News was unveiled in St. Matthew's Cathedral. Bishop Alexander C. Garrett led the service and praised Belo. The Tiffany design in three lancets features St. John Moses and St. Paul, created by Frederick Wilson of New York.
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St. Matthew's Cathedral
Dallas
A. H. Belo
Dallas-Galveston News
Alexander C. Garrett
St. John Moses
St. Paul
Tiffany
Frederick Wilson
New York
Belo
Garrett
Uniform textbook bill advances in Texas House on third reading
The Texas House passed the uniform textbook bill on third reading after amendments. An option would require cities with 10 000 or more people to submit the measure to voters within twelve months with immediate effect if adopted by a majority. The bill then passed 96 to 0. The session also considered the general appropriation bill.
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House
Senate
Austin
Shannon
Love
Eminent Texas Jurist Judge J. Hurt Passes Away
Judge J. Ja Hurt, longtime member and former presiding justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, died at his home seven miles south of Dallas after a lengthy tenure on the bench. He was 73.
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Texas
Dallas
J. Ja
Court of Criminal Appeals
Hnis City
Punty Twnty
Hart
South
Wide Open Town in El Paso Prints Open City Day
El Paso residents witness a wide open town with offices open and saloons operating after the afternoon. A fusion ticket for Sunday continuance drew support from a majority, while a Methodist sermon framed the stance taken. Dedications at Baylor College mark three days of ceremonies honoring new facilities and a pipe organ gift from G W Carro.
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el Pasol
Tex
Au City
Bost
Waco
Atv
Baylor
G. W. Carro
G. W
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W. C. Fountain
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Darwin & Drummond
Echl Shinling
Belmont
Bit
Star Mineral
Gale
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Franklin Brothers
DR Om
Texas Railroad
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Galveston
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Calvert
Bryan
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Mgr
Palestine
Texas Press
Pat RO Neavere
James & Hart
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IO Gogss Soggsees
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Crown Cork System
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