Hearne Area Briefs Highlight Tax, Rural Boxes, and Broom Boom
The Hearne and Brazos Valley railroad paid tax on 731.05 passenger earnings for the quarter ending June 30. Postmasters prepare sample rural delivery boxes. Mumford planter J R Collier reports 110 acres of broom corn yielding about 5000 dozen brooms, with potential shift from cotton if profitable.
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Hearne and Brazos Valley Railroad Company
Hearne
The
Galveston News
J. R. Collier
Mumford
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Advertised in Bryan Texas
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets advertise relief from dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn with a money back guarantee if not cured. The notice lists price at 50 cents per package and cites M H James as the leading local druggist in Bryan Texas.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Premiums Scheduled by Central Texas Fair Committee
Central Texas Fair Association committees meet at the courthouse with Prof. J. H. Connell presiding. The premiums report lists amounts for textile culinary art poultry cattle horses hogs sheep goats farm products floral totaling 1215.25 dollars and is to be submitted in writing by Tuesday noon for final board consideration.
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Central Texas Fair Association
J. H. Connell
Howell
Board of Directors
Cotton Picking Resumes Amid Boll Weevil Damage in Reliance
After a short vacation farmers in Reliance Texas have resumed picking cotton. Boll weevils and drought have caused heavy damage, but a fair supply remains. A new cottage for J W Mathis is under construction and W H Morgan’s home addition nears completion. Local youths plan a barbecue at Cottonwood on Thursday.
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Reliance
Texas
J. W. Mathis
W. H. Morgan
Cottonwood
Disclosures Taint Police Ties in Pool Room Scandal
Edgar A. Whitney and E. Bergdorff were arrested in New York on conspiracy charges alleging attempts to buy an officer of the Society for the Prevention of Crime and involvement of police officials and sergeants in halting gambling houses before raids. Whitney, linked to a secret service bureau, reportedly used telephone networks between police headquarters and pool rooms to purge venues, with duped lists and papers recovered as evidence.
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New York
The
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Edgar A. Whitney
E. Bergdorff
Secret Service
Jerome
Agent Dillon
Society
Whitney
Dillon
Frank Moss
Dillion
Moss
Santa Fe warns Kansas stockmen to hold stock
A circular from the Santa Fe traffic department asks Kansas stockmen not to ship stock to market now citing a likely bumper late corn crop and ample wheat for food. It warns winter keeping costs may rise but profits are expected in the end as rail stock business has been large recently.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe Traffic Department
Kansas
Santa Fe
Kansas Roads
Heat Wave Scorches Italy as Thermometer Soars
Telegrams from Rome say no heat wave like this has been seen before across Italy. Thermometers reach 48 centigrades in the shade and vineyards in large districts shrivel and ruin. In Syracuse province the air is barely breathable and sea water is warm enough to stop bathing. People sleep in the open air to endure the heat.
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London
Rome
Italy
Syracuse
Dallas County Farmers Escape Mortgage Spike
Dallas records show fewer farm mortgages filed than usual, suggesting farmers in Dallas county are prospering despite earlier crop losses and a tough growing season.
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Dallas
Dallas County
Navy Reprimands Rear Admiral Evans Over Book Criticisms
The Navy Department reprimanded Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans following ex-Secretary Chandler's complaint regarding criticisms of Chandler in Evans's book A Sailor's Log. The action was announced in Washington on August 10.
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Washington
Navy Department
Robly D. Evans
Chandler
Evan
Brief death and crime notes from several states
George Brown of Paxton Illinois dies at 64. Santa Fe brakeman J P Wells killed near Quincy Illinois by a low bridge. Civil War veteran John Wincutt dies of heart disease in Nevada Missouri. Laurel Delaware resident E W Riggin burned to death in factory fire. Willard Dill 15 smothered in corn bin at Arthur Illinois elevator. Yale professor Jay G Eldridge resigns to join University of Idaho. John Kelley of Brookport Illinois hauled before grand jury for illegal liquor at a picnic. Rantoul Illinois business district burns, loss over 95000 dollars. Russian finance minister M DeWitte may visit the U S. Anamosa Iowa attorney Thomas Ericenbrack dies of apoplexy in Dubuque aged 68. Vicksburg Mississippi to build a city hall at 42000 dollars. Widespread reaction to the John Pennington stake death near Birmingham Alabama subsides. Robbers of George Harbeld at Larned Kansas arrested. William J Bryan appointed Kiowa county commissioner.
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George ©. Brown
Paxton
Ills
J. P. Wells
Santa Fe
Quincy
John Wincutt
Nevada
Laurel
Del
E. W. Riggin
Willard Dill
Terre Haute
Ind
Arthur
Jay G. Eldridge
Yale
University of Idaho
John Kelley
Brookport
Federal Grand Jury
Carbondale
Rantoul
M. DeWitte
United States
Thomas R. Ericenbrack
Anamosa
Dubuque
Vicksburg
Miss
John Pennington
Birmingham
Ala
George Harbeld
Larned, Kas
William J. Bryan
Kiowa County
Governor Sayers Tells a Story in Texas Visit
Governor Sayers recounts a visitor who claimed hypnotism could influence Texas law. He described the man teaching hypnotism to his wife and another man in North Texas and proposed a bill to ban hypnotism. The tale ends with the visitor heading toward the capitol’s second floor.
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Austin
Tex
Sayers
Texas
Congress
Capitol
Galveston News
Citation by Publication in Brazos County Court Case
The suit No. 3464 in Brazos County District Court seeks to declare a purported deed chain null and void. Plaintiffs name Hiriam F Cosby J C Webb Court D Webb and wives Hattie M Webb Elias E Post and wife Mary R Post Peter W Anderson and Geo W Grabble J M Halton A V Halton and Sarah F Corrigen as non residents to appear for a September 2 1901 hearing in Bryan Texas to answer the petition filed August 8 1901 regarding land titles and alleged clouded title stemming from Alfred Whittaker deeds to Alfred Gee and others.
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County of Brazos
Hiriam F Cosby
J. C. Webb
Court D. Webb
Hattie M. Webb
Elias E. Post
Mary R. Post
Peter W. Anderson
Geo. W. Grabble
J. M. Halton
A. V. Halton
Sarah F. Corrigen
State of Texas
J.C. Webb
Sarah Corrigen
A. Whittaker
Sterrett D. Smith League
Brazos County
Texas
Alfred Whittaker
Alfred Gee
State of
Sterritt D. Smith
Smith
John W. Gee
Hiriam H. Cosby
Cosby
John C. Webb
J. ©. Webb
Court D
Elias M. Post
E. E. Post
J.M
Sarah F. Corriger
Corriger
E. EB. Post
Gee
Court notice incomplete docket entry from Brazos County
A fragmentary legal notice dated August 8 in Brazos County Texas references the District Court with a request to show execution of the test and to return a writ. Clerk J W Batts signs the document. The text is truncated and lacks full action details or parties.
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Bry
County of
Brazos
Texas
Brazos Coun
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