Land sale ads in Brazos County listing multiple properties
J W Batts offers the only set of Abstract Books of Brazos County Land Titles for sale. Properties include about 105 acres near the courthouse area with 25 cultivated acres and pasture, fenced. 1.25 acres near the schoolhouse with a cottage and tenant house. a six room brick house with two lots four blocks from Main Street. a half block near Allenemy priced at 500. 13 acres with a new four room house and wells priced 1000. a four room house with pantry and cistern priced 650. Joe B Reed home with 9 room two story dwelling priced 4250. one half block near DC DeMaret priced 800.
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Brazos County
Court House
Main Street
Allenemy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret
Pope Pius X Settles In After Election Welcome
Rome Aug 5 Pope Pius X rose at 5 30 AM and prepared for the state reception of cardinals. He slept in Cardinal Oreglia’s apartment and expressed simple wishes about his quarters and garden privacy. The Te Deum was sung in the Sistine chapel as cardinals kissed his hand and foot and he refused the sedia gestatoria while promising continued reforms and appointments within the papal household.
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Rome
Pius X
Cardinal Oreglia
Vatican
Mgr. Bressan
Pope Pius
Sistine Chapel
Sacred College
Raphael Loggia
Ducal Hall
Scapinelli
Misciatelli
Sanse de Sampere
Serlupi
Mer. Lilli
Mgr
Galli
Mgr. Tarizzi
Mgr. Sardi
Mer. Volpini
Vatican Conclave Chooses Cardinal Sarto pope
Vienna reports surprise at Cardinal Sarto’s election as pope with officials expressing satisfaction. Pius X is seen as a moderate conciliator likely to avoid provocative actions affecting Vatican foreign relations. Berlin notes Rome dispatch crediting Cardinal Gibbons with thwarting Rampolla’s bid.
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Vienna
Cardinal Sarto
Leo
Pius X
Vatican
Berlin
Lokal Anzeger
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Prat
Rampolla
Schwab Resigns as U S Steel Chief
The United States Steel Corporation accepted Charles M. Schwab's resignation as president on Tuesday. William E. Cory was unanimously elected his successor, succeeding Schwab who had long been anticipated to depart. Cory, formerly a top lieutenant of Andrew Carnegie, now leads Carnegie Steel, a subsidiary of U S Steel.
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United States Steel Corporation
New York
Charles M. Schwab
William E. Cory
Mr. Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Crowned Sunday in Rome as foreign cardinals return
The new pope confirmed Cardinal Oreglia as camerlingo and likely named Agliardi secretary of state. To satisfy foreign cardinals seeking to return home, coronation was set for next Sunday. He met Prince Masino and Princess Beatrice, noting shared origins and friendship with Beatrice's father.
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Rome
Cardinal Oreglia
Camerlingo
Agliardi
Prince Masino
Couple murdered near Thunderstruck Hollow amid distillery raid
In Winchester Tennessee a man Simon Booker and his wife were killed in a cabin on a mountain near Thunderstruck Hollow in Franklin County. The home was set ablaze and the crime is linked to a June raid on a nearby wildcat distillery. Booker and wife were accused by distillers of betraying them to revenue officers.
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Chattanooga
Winchester
Tenn
Simon Booker
Thunderstruck Hollow
Franklin County
Booker
Wildcatters
Tragedy In New York Nurse Student Theories Stage Dream
Mabel Main twenty four year old nursing student in New York died by her own hand amid alleged parental opposition to a stage career. She was said to be the daughter of a banker in Falmouth Jamada and had shown notable dramatic talent.
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New York
Mabel Main
Falmouth
Jamada
Knights of Honor Finances Reported at Dallas Convention
Grand Reporter R W Finley presented two year receipts totaling 25292 56 and disbursements of 20911 92 leaving net resources 4891 74 as of June 20 1903. Grand Treasurer John B Wolf showed cash on hand 3012 41 and two year receipts 26292 56 with disbursements 20911 92 leaving general fund balance 4188 64 on June 30 1903 and extension fund 194 for a total of 4380 64.
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Knights of Honor
Dallas
R. W. Finley
Treasury
John B. Wolf
Cameron
General Lodge Extension Fund
Texas schools adopt twenty three new textbooks
The state textbook board authorized twenty three new books for use in Texas schools effective this year. Innovations include a primer arithmetic a beginner's US history physical geography and a composition text. Five new books cost 3.22 dollars with changes in contractors and a 13 cent per book cut on thirteen works.
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Texas
Austin
State Textbook Board
United States
American Book Company
W. P. McLean
Death of Curry in a Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio August 5 J B Curry Sunset roundhouse employee died from injuries after an air tank nozzle inflation at the Santa Rosa hospital He was 30 with a wife and two children H M Nichols a fellow worker faces murder charges for allegedly delivering the fatal practical joke with the air nozzle from the tank
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San Antonio
J. B. Curry
Sunset Roundhouse
Santa Rosa Hospital
H. M. Nichols
Curry
Negro attempts assault on blind Denison woman near Ray camp
An unknown black man tried to attack Mrs Blackmon, wife of a woodchopper, at a Ray West Denison camp Tuesday night. She screamed, the assailant fled, and deputies with Sherman sheriff and local officers closed in on a dense thicket, with a capture believed imminent.
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Denison
Tex
Blackmon
Ray
West Denison
Russell
Sherman
A Foreign Product of Excessive Gambling Perspectives
The writer contrasts American restraint with European extravagance, noting Americans rarely ruin themselves gambling at high stakes. He recalls a modest French Legitimist youth who avoids gambling, admitting even a small poker game, “a louis limit,” would seem colossal to city clubmen in the United States.
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Baccarat
France
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Scribner's
FLOWER AND TREE NOTES ON GARDENING PRACTICES
The article discusses mildew remedies for roses using powdered sulphur, growing plants in small pots with weak guano solution, and mentions Oregon white sunflowers in Blue Mountains valleys. It notes cress as fastest growing, salvia for late autumn beauty, and ideal houseplant temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees.
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Oregon
Blue Mountains
Beaconsfield Uses Wit To Mock Time In Parliament
Describing Disraeli as Gracefully Turned and resourceful, the piece recalls him as Earl of Beaconsfield who joked that after a Lords session he felt dead and buried and in the land of the blessed. An old peer forgave the barb and grew to love him.
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Disraeli
London Daily Chronicle
Earl of Beauconsfield
Beaconsfield
House of Lords
House of Commons
Eye color inheritance in families with brown and blue parents
A study shows women have a higher proportion of brown eyes than men. When mother is brown and father blue, daughters are brown eyed eighty eight to twelve while sons are blue eyed seventy two to twenty eight. If parents share eye color, children of either sex are same color ninety two to eight.
Dialogue Flashback From Boston Transcript
A brief exchange between Herbert and Horatio reflects on unmet desires and acceptance of life's limits. The dialogue notes that gratification may be scarce and suggests delaying satisfaction.
The Servant's Question Mrs Newly Wed Scene
Bridget instructs to place lemons on ice to keep them from souring. She mutters about asking double pay for serving the bikes during an exchange.
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Bridget
Anny
Not the Same Exchange Over Compliment
Tess recalls a remark about a gown while Jess challenges the praise. He said the gown looked handsome on you, she notes, and Tess repeats the compliment in dialogue.
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Tess
Jess
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