Real Estate and Insurance Offerings by T. R. Batte & Co
T. R. Batte & Co lists saleable properties on Main Street including three brick buildings and a range of lots and houses for sale or rent with financing options. Also advertised are upland and bottom lands in Brazos and Burleson counties, cattle and hog ranches, and wide insurance services for stores, stocks, machinery, warehouses, gins, and life coverage with competitive rates.
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Cavitt
Joe B. Reed
V. B. Hudson
Jno
Keister
Brazos
Burleson
Texas
Mexico
Ten Coal Miners Die as Rope Breaks at Wilkesbarre Shaft
Ten miners die when a newly tested rope breaks during lowering at Conginham mine in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. The cage plunges 750 feet, killing eight Poles and two English speaking workers. Rescue teams aid survivors as funeral details follow.
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Wilkesbarre
Conginham
Foote
Murder Mystery In New York Woman Found Dead In Spring Street Flat
Mrs Marie Ducci a forty five year old woman was found dead in a two room Spring street apartment. Her money valuables and clothing were disturbed and a cloth wad stuffed down her throat suggesting suffocation. The eight year old daughter Rosie discovered the body. Police seek two Italians Andrea Desposito and an unnamed companion. Neighbors recall she boasted of a large sum kept in her bosom. The corset front was torn and two safety pins marked the location of the money.
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New York
Marie Ducci
Spring Street
Rosie
Andrea Desposito
Two More Suits Filed Against Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek Colorado reports new district court actions involving the Western Federation of Miners. Plaintiffs G. F. Scott and Frank Allen seek 138000 in damages from Nelson Franklin and others, alleging conspiracy to destroy the labor organization. Aiken asserts health damages of 50000 plus 31000 actual damages. Three mining firms, Granite Gold Mining Vindicator Consolidated and Golden Cycle, sue WF miners for 188500 claiming losses from a strike.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
District Court
Nelson Franklin
Representative Sharp
H. P. Dahl
W. M. Bainbridge
H. L. Shepherd
FF. A. Phipps
F. M. Woods
J. B. Cunningham
G. F. Scott
Frank Allen
Aiken
Interstate Mercantile Company
Scott's
Granite Gold Mining Company
Vindicator Consolidated Company
Golden Cycle Mining Company
Allied troops report engagements near Kaiyuan and Shangtu
An official dispatch from Tokio dated April 26 describes a Russian unit of five infantry battalions, sixteen Sotnias cavalry and artillery attacking Kaiyuan on April 24. The Kaiyuan force repelled and chased the Russians to Mienhuachteh, with 38 casualties and about 200 enemy dead. Additional Russian forces attacked Shangtu and Siaatzu but retreated after Kaiyuan’s success at Kalyuan.
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Tokio
Kaiyuan
Mienhuachteh
Shangtu
Siaatzu
Kalyuan
Canal Project Revisited Between Black and Baltic Seas
In St. Petersburg on April 26 the finance minister raised the issue of digging a canal linking the Black Sea to the Baltic. The Novosti urged France to drop revenge for Alsace Lorraine and seek reconciliation with Germany. A priest named Nicholas is stirring workers, with meetings in industrial districts banned for safety. In Tokio the privy council ordered martial law to be proclaimed across Formosa.
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St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea
Novosti
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Gapon
Nicholas
Tokio
Privy Council
Island of Formosa
Oklahoma Press association backs immediate statehood plan
In Shawnee Oklahoma City hosts the annual meeting where leaders including Roy Stafford and Omer K Benedict are elected to top posts. The group supports immediate single statehood independent of Arizona and New Mexico. A heated debate centers on an alleged Kingston uprising and guidance to verify such reports. The Indian Territory Press association is invited to meet next year in Shawnee.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Press Association
Arizona
New Mexico
Shawnee
Roy Stafford
B. §. Bronson
Thomas
G. A. Smith
Chandler
R. H. Wessel
Frederick
Omer K. Benedict
Hobart
Frank H. Greer
Guthrie
Dennis Flynn
The
Oklahoma Historical Society
Press Association
McKinley
E. A. Hitchcock
David P. Henderson
Oklahoma
Metropolitan
Kingston
Indian Territory Press Association
Rain and Hail Flood Oklahoma Bridges Damaged
A severe rain and hail storm swept southwestern Oklahoma on Tuesday causing floods in lowlands and crop damage. The Fort Worth and Denver Railway bridge over the Canadian river washed out along with other bridges. Washouts delayed traffic as eastern trains rerouted. Salt Fork bridge on the St Louis and San Francisco and Wolf River bridge on the Rock Island failed. Streams overflowed and valleys inundated.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Murder in Indian Territory near Burneyville
In Marietta Oklahoma Territory on April 26 a man named E E Roger was shot and killed by Ed Verger a negro twelve miles west near Burneyville. The bullet entered the inner cover of the left eye passed through the neck and severed the right carotid artery.
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Marietta, I. T
Burneyville
E. E. Roger
Ed Verger
Derailment Kills Engineer in Enid Area Crash
Enid Oklahoma April 26 a Rock Island freight derailed at Jefferson twenty miles north when a switch was turned. Engineer Arnold was killed and fourteen cars wrecked. The engine struck a cow.
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Enid
Okla
Rock Island
Jefferson
Arnold
Fatally Struck in Muskogee Incident
In Muskogee on April 26 Lena Wheaton, a Black woman, was fatally struck by another Black woman. Police investigation ongoing to determine motive and circumstances.
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Muskogee
Lena Wheaton
Wind Storm Unroofing Homes Hits Mississippi Towns
Heavy wind swept central and northern Mississippi causing extensive property damage as houses lost their roofs and trees and wires were blown down in Starkville Canton and Yazoo City. Traffic on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line suspended south of Vicksburg after a bridge near Port Gibson was carried away.
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Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Starkville
Canton
Yazoo City
Miss
Vicksburg
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railway
Port Gibson
North Texas League opens with Greenville and Texarkana wins
In the first North Texas Baseball League games Greenville defeated Paris 6 to 1 at Greenville and Texarkana beat Clarksville 11 to 7 at Clarksville. Other scores include Shreveport 2 Little Rock 0 and Montgomery 4 Atlanta 2.
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Greenville
Paris
Clarksville
Texarkana
Shreveport
Little Rock
Montgomery
Atlanta
Senator Mitchell Loses Plea for Abatement in Oregon Land Frauds Case
Portland judge United States District Judge Fellinger rules against the plea in abatement filed by United States Senator John H. Mitchell regarding indictments by the Federal grand jury on land frauds in Oregon.
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Fellinger
United States
John H. Mitchell
Federal
Grand Jury
Address at Natchez on crop diversification in South
John Sharp Williams spoke before a large audience of bankers merchants farmers and women in Natchez Mississippi urging Southern Cotton association aims to diversify crops reduce cotton acreage and equalize supply He proposed farmers adopt the Italian immigrant method of growing and marketing garden truck to prosper
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Washington
John Sharp Williams
Southern Cotton Association
South
Cotton Crop Conditions Report Shows Mixed Belt Progress
Weather Bureau notes active planting across much of the cotton belt under favorable conditions yet delays due to rains in Oklahoma Indian Territory Arkansas and northern Texas. Frost on the 17th damaged crops in Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas while chopping and cultivation begin in southern Texas and Georgia.
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Weather Bureau
Cotton
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Memorial Day Observance for Confederate Veterans in Atlanta
Memorial Day was celebrated in Atlanta with banks and principal businesses closed. A parade of Confederate veterans drew thousands as the event unfolded in the afternoon.
Joseph Morris Dies at 101 in Belford New Jersey
New York reports Joseph Morris who would have turned 101 on Tuesday died at his Belford home near Red Bank New Jersey. On his 100th birthday he served as best man at his grandson's wedding, highlighting a long life marked by a notable family moment.
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New York
Joseph Morris
Belford
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Morris
Attorney General Supports Railroad Rebate for Reclamation Material
The attorney general has sustained the secretary of the interior in his rebate agreement with railroads regarding transportation of material for reclamation purposes.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Newspapers set meeting of imperial representative body in June
St. Petersburg reports that several newspapers confirm the promised representative body will convene in St. Petersburg in June per the imperial rescript. The date is now definite according to multiple reports.
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St. Petersburg
Brandt brothers file bankruptcy petition in New York
Louis and John Brandt trading as L. and J. Bradt builders and architects filed a bankruptcy petition in New York with liabilities listed at 1 118 001 and assets at 83 345. Italian Ambassador Planches was Galveston's guest Tuesday and was hosted at a reception by locals.
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New York
Louis and
John Brandt
L. and
J. Bradt
Planches
Galveston
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Att’y At Law
J.L. Fountan Mar. Real Estate Dept
T. R. Batte & CO
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W. C. Davis
First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Gape
Smith's
Zack Talley
Zennatti
W. H. Lawrence
W. C. Fountain
Crown
Burt Norwid
R. H. Harrison
Bryan
W. A. Watkins
Shaving
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Mississippi
North Texas League
Southern League
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Mitchell
Portland
Ore
United
Natchez, Miss
John A. Mitchell
Oregon
Williams
Sam Leading Brands
Silas B. Johnson
Parker
Monireal
Orienial Rye
E. Rohde
Gloss
Ineeda
L. E. Brockman, Bryan
Frank Todaro
Buchanan Saddle Shop
City Free
A. D. Scott
Defice
Doremus & Butler
Houston
J. E. Grice
Jene
A. L. Zinanti
Main St
Zanneti Block
Munday & Moehlman
Grice Old Stand
Bryan Street
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
N. B. Cole
Hall
Caldwell
Kurten
Mistrat
Allen Academy
Hitchcock
Benjamins
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Parks & Waldrop, Clothiers & Furnishers
D. Kauble
Nevada
O. Dewitt &Co
Chicago
M. H. James
Plymouth Rocks
Thos. W. Higgs
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