Real Estate and Insurance Sale Notice Offering Statewide Property
An extensive classified notice advertises sale and rental of brick buildings on Main Street, farms in Brazos and Burleson counties, upland and creek bottom lands, Brazos bottom lands, and cattle ranches in Western Texas and Mexico. It includes optional terms with one third cash, property exchange, and loans. Also promotes fire and life insurance services with emphasis on life insurance importance.
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Omer
Cavitt
Reed
Jno
Ketstier
Payig
Brazos
Burleson
Texas
Mexico
Alger Stricken by Acute Indigestion on train near Detroit
Detroit April 24 United States Senator Alger suffered an attack of acute indigestion Sunday night aboard the Mid Central train near Detroit. He was brought home by ambulance and is now confined to bed though no longer in danger.
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Michigan
Detroit
United States
Alger
Mid Central
Chaffee Arrives in Oklahoma City for Southwest Tour
Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee and party arrived in Oklahoma City on Sunday for a southwest inspection tour. Hosted by Major General Sumner, they rode through the city in a carriage and attended a banquet at Threadgill.
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Oklahoma City
Adna Chaffee
Southwest
Sumner
Threadgill
Editor offers life subscription for Oklahoma mother
Guthrie April 24. John Gobbie editor of the State Register agrees to give a life subscription to the Oklahoma born girl who has been married becomes a mother and has a baby of her own. He notes Oklahoma was sixteen years old Saturday.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
John Gobbie
The
State Register
Easter Offerings Top City Churches With Large Gifts
Easter gifts to New York churches total well over 250000 with seven or eight wealthier congregations contributing most of the total. Grace Episcopal Church received a 25000 donation for deaconess training. St Andrew’s Harlem angelic collection reached 33000 and Old Trinity raised about 60000 for institutions. Brooklyn churches reported heavy offerings enabling debt relief.
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New York
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s
Harlem
Episcopal
Grace Church
Old Trinity
Brooklyn
Tragedies Reported In Guthrie and Alva Fatalities
Guthrie reports Kenneth Cooley eleven crushed under a Santa Fe freight train at Woodward on Sunday. Near Alva, the eighteen month old son of Charles Fergus drowned in a water tank.
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Guthrie
Kenneth Cooley
Santa Fe
Woodward
Alva
Charles Fergus
Miss Ida Said Marries O P Shearer in Carmen
Carmen Oklahoma April 24 Miss Ida Said president of the Bachelor Girls club wed O P Shearer of Hamburg Arkansas Sunday. She was the first club member to marry since the group organized.
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Carmen, Okla
Ida Said
Bachelor Girls’ Club
O. P. Shearer
Hamburg
Ark
Ward & Co drivers discharged after sympathy strike
Montgomery Ward & Co. fired teamsters who joined a sympathy strike with garment workers locked out by the firm. None of the drivers returned to work after being notified by letter that their positions would be filled if they did not report Monday.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co. Teamsters
May wheat swings after double back somersault trades
Chicago on April 24 reports a volatile May wheat session. Prices opened around 96 to 98 cents, then plunged to 93 1/2 cents amid a bear attack viewed as controlled by the Gates group. Armour & Co. buyer P A Valent ine helped pull May to 97 3/4 before fresh selling pushed it lower to 93 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
May Wheat
John W. Gates
P. A. Valentine
Armour & Co
Gates
Strategic Silence in Naval Standoff at Sea
In St Petersburg on April 24 Vice Admiral Rojestvensky maintains strategic silence after the admiralty’s neutral ity note. He has put to sea without public plans or destination, amid speculation his squadron may already be moving northward. Naval officers call it a game of hide and seek as Japan seeks the fleet’s exact position.
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St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Admiralty
Japan
Russian fleet leaves Kamranh bay heading to sea
The complete Russian fleet departed Kamranh bay at midnight on April 22. Heavy cannonading was heard at night, suggesting engagement with a Japanese squadron. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky visited Admiral Jonquierres before departure. no sailors landed. Locals welcomed the price rise in provisions sparked by the visit.
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Saigon
Kamranh Bay
Rojestvensky
Jonquierres
Nebagotoff
Feverish Fluctuations Sink Stocks Amid Unsettled Market
New York April 24 violent and feverish price swings marked a unsettled speculative mood. Weakness closed Thursday before the holiday and Northern Pacific reports, lime lighted by a curb plunge in Northern Securities, added to confusion. An auto crash in New York City killed one man and injured two others.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Northern Pacific
London Stock Market
Louisville
Nashville
Atlantic Coast Line
Tennessee Coal and Lead
Northern Securities
New York City
Main Japanese fleet to assemble south of Formosa
Telegram from Manila to London reports Togo s main fleet to assemble south of Formosa on Wednesday. Kamimura s squadron expected at Manila. Japanese ships will not enter harbor. High official activity noted as American admiral Japanese consul and commander meet. Saigon Daily Mail correspondent says Russian squadron short of stores and may join Japanese or detour toward Vladivostok.
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London
Manila
Togo
Formosa
Kamimura
Saigon
Daily Mail
Vladivostok
Roosevelt hunting party rests in camp after weeklong trek
President Roosevelt and his hunting party remained in camp in Colorado Springs on Sunday as they rested after a week in the saddle. Bear tracks were sighted around the present camp and the party expects to bag at least one more bear before their next move.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Roosevelt
Miranda Bricker Found Strangled at Fairchild Home
The body of Miranda Bricker fifty five was found in the rear of the Fairchild residence where she was employed. Indications pointed to a brutal struggle with criminal assault and strangulation as the cause of death.
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Mount Vernon, O
Miranda Bricker
Fairchild Home
Jury acquits Kirby Vandervoort on bribe conspiracy charge
In Austin on April 4 the jury found John Kirby and A B Vandervoort not guilty after a crowded trial. Kirby praised the verdict as just while supporters cheered and shook hands outside the courtroom. Judge Brooks delivered a 6700 word charge.
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Austin
John
Kirby
Vandervoort
Messrs
Vapiserenti
Fien
Brooks
Northern Settlers Name San Antonio For Next Meet
Galveston April 24 The Northern Settlers convention chose San Antonio as the site for the next gathering. Speakers included Governors Davis of Arkansas Mickey of Nebraska and Cummins of Iowa with Frank P. Holland of Dallas named president and G C Roussel of Houston as secretary. Texas and Louisiana were recommended as desirable locations.
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Settlers’ Convention
San Antonio
Davis
Arkansas
Mickey
Nebraska
Cummins
Iowa
Frank P. Holland
Dallas
G. C. Roussel
Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Local marble yard worker commits suicide in Victoria
Albert Beck, a marble yard worker in Victoria, Tex, shot himself in the head with a rifle. He lingered six hours before dying. the ball entered the right temple and exited near the left eye.
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Victoria
Tex
Albert Beck
Knife Attack At Paris Church Festival Leaves Several Injured
In Paris Texas four or five people were hurt in a disturbance among Black attendees at a church festival south of the Texas and Pacific railroad track. Victims sustained injuries from pocketknives or razors. Police and local officials investigated the melee.
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Paris
Tex
Texas and Pacific
Tragedy Strikes Boy. Child Killed by Katy Train Near Elgin
In Elgin Texas on April 24, twelve year old Charles Snowden was struck and killed by a Katy train two miles south of the town. He lived near the scene of the accident.
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Elgin
Tex
Here
Charles Snowden
Katy
Colonel Charles Smart Dead in St Augustine
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Charles Smart died in St Augustine Florida at age sixty four. He was the ranking assistant surgeon general of the United States army and had been an invalid. He was born in Scotland.
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Washington
St. Augustine
Fla
Charles Smart
United States Army
Scotland
Negro’s Narrow Escape in Atlanta Lake Incident
A negro boy who pushed a white lad into a lake was chased by about 1000 boys and men in Atlanta on April 24 and nearly lynched before authorities intervened.
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Atlanta
Chinatown raid nets 300 arrests on Mott Street
New York reports a sweep in Chinatown with nine Mott Street locations entered and about 300 people arrested in a single operation conducted on April 24.
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New York
Chinatown
Mott Street
Minor Matters Report: Disasters and Crimes Across Regions
Hail damaged El Paso area. Four men asphyxiated at Brad Dock Pa. Three men died in a Cheyenne rockslide. Brownsville shipped two carloads Bermuda onions. Chickasaw nation cattlemen pay pasturage licenses. An alleged Dallas gambling house raided with thirty arrests. Four men killed by a powder keg explosion Flat Gap Ky. Jonesville La town marshal shot and killed merchant A N Cook. Boston financier Lawson earned nearly 1 million dollars in stock deal. All Oklahoma City gambling houses ordered closed. gamblers urged to leave.
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Dallas
Flat Gap
Thomas A. Lawson
Boston
Oklahoma City
Satinola promises clear skin and refunds if it fails
Advertises Satinola as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles pimples liver spots and tan within ten to twenty days with a 50 cent price. Claims thousands of testimonials including Miss Alace Lirette from Thibo deaux Louisiana who says two boxes cleared her freckles and pimples and improved her complexion.
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Santinola
Alace Lirette
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Bryan, Texas
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Zack Talley
Phone 370
Zennatt
W. H. Lawrence
W., C. Fountain
Crown
Burt Norwid
R. H. Harrison
Bryan
W. A. Watkins
Gilly
W.B. Grice
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Chaffee
Adna R. Chaffee
New York Stock Exchange
P. Holland
Galveston
Colonel Smart
Negro
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Sizas
B. Johnson
Parker Rye Montireal
RYBF
Orienial Ryf
Rohde
Gloss
Ineeda Laundry and Dye Works
Brockman, Bryan
Frank Todaro
Buchanan Saddle Shop
City Free
el Paso
Braddock
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Swayze
Jonesville, la
A. N. Cook
A. L. Zinanti
Main St
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Munday & Moehlman
Grice Old Stand
Bryan Street
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
N. B. Cole
Hall
Caldwell
Kurten
Mistrat
Eigth
Allen Academy
National Toilet Company
Paris, Tennessee
M. H. James
Dewitt & CO
Plymouth Rocks
Thos. W. Higgs
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