Real Estate Listings Near Allen Academy and Town
South half block near Allen Academy priced at 550 with a quarter acre near the school. Cottage and tenant house with a well on premises. Six room house one lot on west side of town. Six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street. Brick cistern on premises. Price 1260. Quarter block near Allen Academy east front 250 dollars easy terms. 76 feet front on Railroad from Otto Boehme property. Ed Pochila place two lots large two story residence 2800. Also other city property.
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Price
Main Street
Allen Academy
East Front
Otto Boehme
Ed Pochila
Black Land
Great Northern
Mart
Fort Worth
Point Leroy
Waco
McLennan County
Penelope
G.N
Fivera
G. N
L. Trice
D. J. Price
V. P
G. M
Tkt
Palestine
Texas
Oliver Wendell Holmes Named Associate Justice of US Supreme Court
President Roosevelt appoints Oliver Wendell Holmes son of the poet to succeed Justice Gray on the United States Supreme Court. Gray resigns due to ill health after years on the bench. Holmes, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, is a native of Massachusetts.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Gray
Gray
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Arthur
Holmes
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Holmes Appointment to Supreme Court Bench Noted
Boston reports Judge Holmes born March 8 1841 in Boston. Harvard graduate 1861 and 1866 Law School alumnus. Civil War breveted lieutenant colonel, later aide to Gen Wright. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court associate 1882 and chief 1899. Also noted as legal writer lecturer and Yale Harvard LL D recipient 1895. Married Fanny Dixwell in 1872.
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Boston
Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Harvard University
Twentieth
Massachusetts
H. G. Wright
P. M. Morse
Harvard Law School
Suffolk
Edward Jackson Holmes
Long
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Wolcott
Yale
Harvard
Fanny Dixwell
Epes Sargent Dixwell
Cambridge
Chicago Police Officers Killed in Early Morning Shootout
Officers Timothy Devine and Charles T. Pennell of the Chicago Police Department were killed in a revolver battle with what appeared to be a gang of thugs. The shooting occurred early and details remain unclear as authorities work to establish an accurate account.
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Chicago
Timothy Devine
Charles T. Pennell
Death of noted musician Charles B. Pratt in New York
Charles B. Pratt a once well known musician dies of apoplexy in New York after Bright's disease treatment. Born in Hartford Conn in 1842 he led and accompanied famed artists including Emma Abbott Anna Bishop Robert Heller Alice Dunning Lingard and Clara Louise Kellogg.
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New York
Charles B. Pratt
Bright
Hartford
Conn
Emma Abbott
Mme, Anna Bishop
Robert Heller
Alice Dunning Lingard
Clara Louise Kellogg
Knife Attack at Forrest Academy Leaves Bevis Severely Cut
Sulphur Springs Texas August 12 Robert Bevis was badly cut with a knife during a campmeeting service at Forrest academy eight miles east of town. Warrants have been sworn out but no arrests have been made.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Robert Bevis
Forrest Academy
Here
Industrial low mood hits German bank losses in Berlin
August 12 Berlin reports the semi annual Deutsche Gemossenschaft bank notes a continued industrial downturn. The bank shows a loss of 867 500 dollars in industrial enterprises reflecting a fragile economy.
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Berlin
Deutsche Gemossenschaft Bank
Wonders of Galapagos Islands Rich in Minerals and Wild Dogs
Captain Richard Nye recounts Galapagos wonders from a recent voyage. Albermarle hosts a 40 000 ton sulphur crater inland near a tramway need, Albermarte dogs roam in packs, a Chatham Island lake lies 2000 feet up and rises with the tide, with relics of an ancient people found.
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San Francisco
Richard Nye
Phelps
Galapagos Islands
Albermarle
Albermarte Island
Nye
Island
Chatham
Libel charge filed against Governor Gage in San Francisco
John D Sprekels proprietor of the Morning Call swore to warrant in police court charging Governor Gage with libel. The alleged libel stems from a Monday statement in which the governor claimed charges against him were meant to defeat his renomination. Judge Cabaniss signed the warrant for service on the governor.
Cherokee man near death after churchyard ax attack
Monroe Porter a Cherokee Indian lies near death from a wound inflicted by a white man at a church three miles north of Sallisaw Oklahoma. Three whites were at the church ground but not in service. A dispute over liquor led to a fight and an ax blow to Porter's face. Ed Kuykendall and John Thomas arrested.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Monroe Porter
Sallsaw
J. T
Porter
Ed Kuykendall
John Thomas
Mississippian slain in Memphis railroad crossing shooting
J B Worley of Roxie Mississippi was shot and killed at the Illinois Central and Yazoo Mississippi Valley crossing in Memphis. Simon Birde a one legged negro is jailed charged with the crime. Worley’s dying statement said the man asked to see his revolver then fired. Birde was arrested nearby.
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Memphis
J. B. Worley
Roxie
Miss
Yazoo
Simon Birde
Worley
Birde
Boll worm damages cotton in Fannin County
Farmers in Fannin County report widespread boll worm damage with some fields destroyed while others show little harm. Estimates from reports indicate about 50 percent of the cotton crop is affected.
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Bonham, Tex
Fannin County
Deep Strike at Bull Hill Caps Cripple Creek Mining Hope
Cripple Creek Colorado reports a strike on Bull Hill at 1365 feet deep. The sulphide ore carries 4000 ounces of silver and a high copper percentage. The find supports theories that deeper mining will alter the district’s output.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Bull Hill
Kansas City Southern cuts Texarkana freight rates
Texarkana ex August 12 The Kansas City Southern announces a reduction in freight rates between Kansas City and Texarkana First class rate drops from 1 10 to 1 0 per 100 Other classes reduced proportionally The Iron Mountain also lowers Texarkana Memphis first class rate from 1 to 5c per 100
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Texarkana
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City
Iron Mountain
Memphis
Racial clash in Hugo stirs high tension after depot fight
In Hugo Oklahoma Territory on Sunday night a racial fight near the depot triggered a tense stand off as about 200 armed whites gathered in the streets. No bloodshed occurred and talks begin of forming a vigilance committee.
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Paris
Tex
Hugo
I. T
Carpenter shoots four women in Louisville family row
James D. Cook, a carpenter, shot Mrs. Louisa Jones and Mrs. Mary Sherline of 1842 Eighth Street and Mrs. Francis Rasner of 1835 Eighth Street. Rasner, age 65, was critically wounded by a back shot. Cook cites family troubles as motive.
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Louisville
James D. Cook
Louisa Jones
Mary Sherline
Eighth Street
Francis Rasner
Rasner
Cook
Gasoline Stove Explosion Destroys House in Archer City
A telephone message from Geraldine reports a gasoline stove exploded in the home of Mr. McReynolds at Archer City Texas. The blast burned the house and a young woman who was near the stove at the time.
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Archer City
Tex
Geraldine
McReynolds
Killing at Muskogee incident report
Jim Raines surrendered to federal authorities in Muskogee I T stating he hired Dan Smith after returning from McLain ten miles east of the city. The report records the surrender following the killing at Muskogee.
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Muskogee, I.T
Jim Raines
McLain
Dan Smith
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Austin, Tex
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Troy
Hill County
International & Great Northern Railroad
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New City
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the Supreme
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Judge Holmes
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Houston
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Central Texas
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Germany
Waco, Tex
James Parham
Roxton, Tex
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DeSoto
Galapagos
Hiead
Muskogee
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