For Sale Abstract Books and Town Real Estate Listings
J W Satts offers the only set of abstract books of azos Conn land titles for sale. Various properties: about 105 acres near court house with 25 acres cultivated and balance pasture, fenced with six wires, $1500. A 1.25 acre lot near schoolhouse with cottage, tenant house and well, $750. Four block house near Main Street with brick cistern, $1260. Half block near Allen academy, $500. About 13 acres on town south side with new 4 room house, well, cistern and outbuildings, $1000. 4 room house with pantry and two galleries, tub cistern, bored well, garden. 4 blocks from Courthouse. rents $9/month, $650. Joe B Reed home place quarter block and 9 room two-story frame dwelling, $4250. One half block adjoining the DC DeMaret place, $500.
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Court House
Allen Academy
Courthouse
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Insurrection in Macedonia Kills 150. Turkish Reports
Street fighting in Sorovitch on August 9 leaves 150 insurgents dead. Reports indicate rising rebellion across Macedonia with peasants fleeing to mountains and insurrectionary committees spreading in Monastir Vilayet. Krushevo held by rebels as Turkish forces mass. Local fears of broader Bulgarian unrest rise.
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Macedonia
Constantinople
Sorovitch
Hilmi Pasha
Hussein Hilmi Pasha
Vali
Selvernini
Perlepe
Mush
Armenia
Bulgaria
Salonica
Mandelstam
Uskub
M. Rostrakovski
Monastir
Sofia
Vilayet Tikcub
Jamaica hurricane devastating eastern Jamaica reaches millions in damage
The Jamaica hurricane struck the western end and veered south causing widespread destruction. Bananas in the eastern half were ruined, Kingston and suburbs suffered property damage, the electric light works roof was blown off, trains and streetcars halted, and no fatalities had been reported at the time.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Amicable Brazil Bolivia Accord Reached on Acre Territory
Rio de Janeiro reports an amicable settlement between Brazil and Bolivia. Bolivia will acknowledge Brazil's sovereignty over much of Acre, while Brazil pays tribute for Madeira river military costs and a railway project. A harbor will be built on the Madeira.
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New York
Brazil
Bolivia
Rio Janeiro
The
Herald
Acre
Madeira
Mamorto
Maderia
Pope Takes An Outing In Vatican Garden
Rome reports the pope left his apartments for the first time since a fainting spell. He took a two hour drive and walk in the Vatican garden then returned to the palace feeling much better. Physicians urge rest and no work though the pope fears an overwhelming accumulation of duties later.
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Pope
Rome
Vatican
Goat Eats Revenue Stamps Spark Stomach Analysis
Memphis report says a saloon keeper faced a heavy fine after five barrels of whisky were stamped but missing revenue stamps. The proprietor blamed his goat which allegedly ate the stamps. A government inspector ordered the goat killed to analyze the stomach for the missing stamps.
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Memphis
United States
Prison Warden Accused of Indecent Proposals and Whipping
Testimony from Miss Mamie De Ciis before the prison commission details alleged abuse by Captain Allgood at Milledgeville. She describes indecent proposals, threats, and a severe whipping administered on her body while confined, with corroboration from other prisoners.
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Miledgeville
Prison Commission
Allgood
Mamie de Ciis
Gompers challenges Parry to unionism debate in Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, left a challenge with a committee inviting D. M. Parry to a stump debate on unionism during the Labor Day celebration at the fair grounds in Indianapolis. Parry, president of the National Manufacturers Association, awaits the challenge with interest and downplays appealing Gompers to a baby show.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Garment Workers
D. M. Parry
Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Mr. Gompers
Attacks on Chineses Spark Riots in Yucatan
In Merida on August 12 mobs attacked Celestials after rumors a new arrival had bubonic plague. Police halted the violence with fifty arrests. The Texas portions note local option disputes in Robertson County and a report on James B. Head’s death at age 72 in Goldthwaite.
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Merida
Yucatan
Another Pioneer Gone
Weatherford Tex Aug 12 William Wampler aged 74 died at his home three miles north of town Deceased had lived in this county over forty years
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Goldthwaite
Tex
James B. Head
Clinton Head
Alabama
Hamilton
Mills, Couties
Mills County
Faut
Weatherford
William Wampler
Chicago tragedy tied to two states and a writ request
In Chicago Mrs Henry Gordon formerly Miss Tyte of Murfreesboro Tennessee and Slater of Montgomery Alabama shot herself in the city dying at the Auditorium Annex just before midnight The same day W B Lytle brother of Marie Gordon arrested in Montgomery refuses to accompany requisition papers and will seek a habeas corpus writ The Rome minister of marine orders squadrons kept ready to sail east if Macedonian tensions threaten Italian subjects
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Chicago
Henry Gordon
Tyte
Murfreesboro
Montgomery
Ala
W. B. Lytle
Marie Gordon
Rome
Minister of Marine
East
Macedonia
Baseball scores from Texas and Southern leagues
Texas League games in Dallas and Corsicana with Fort Worth and Waco outcomes. Southern League games at Nashville and Little Rock. Shreveport split a doubleheader with New Orleans. Atlanta beat Birmingham. National and American League results include New York and Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington results.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Corsicana
Waco
Nashville
Montgomery
Little Rock
Memphis
Shreveport
New Orleans
Atlanta
Birmingham
National League
New York
Brooklyn
Paris Letter Describes Café Life and Social Mixing
A London Express Paris Letter recalls the Café de Paris where Parisians of all ranks mingle on cushioned benches and join in lively entertainment. A Hungarian prince and various notables contribute songs and performances, illustrating carefree sociability and cross-class camaraderie in a French setting.
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Paris
Cafe de Paris
Carlton
Savoy
France
London Express
New Stars Suggest Celestial Destruction by Volcanic Cataclysm
The writer Louis Rabourdin speculates that new stars reveal the destruction of a celestial body by volcanic forces. He argues that if a portion of Earth's crust under the ocean sank, observers would see stages like a variable star with alternating bright and dark regions as the globe cools.
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Louis Rabourdin
A Compliment to the Enemy at the Creek Border
Union and Confederate pickets near Chattanooga Creek quieted hostilities and exchanged courtesy during a lull. When Union Captain ordered the guard for General Grant, Confederate sentinels across the line saluted him as he rode away.
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Chattanooga Creek
Grant
Telling of the Baby in Dutch Birth Customs
The birth of a baby was announced by a man in a black coat and white tie delivering packets of sugared aniseed sweets with baby and angel imagery. Rough sweets signified a boy, smooth sweets a girl, given to children on bread and butter. In the eighteenth century birth announcements used a lace decorated pincushion on the door knocker.
Why He Was Arrested
A Kentuckian recalls an older scheme in which Dr. Smith of Owensboro helped him feign illness to steal two mules. The tale includes a prison visit where an old friend remarks the penitentiary is no place for a gentleman. The anecdote ends with the speaker admitting the mule theft.
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Jim
Tom
Dr. Smith
Owensboro
Doc
Copley and Popley Swap Baby Bank Dime Tale
A brief exchange in the Philadelphia Ledger features Copley and Popley arguing over a dime found in their baby's bank, humorously implying the dime was placed there by Copley yesterday and mistaken identity is at play.
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Copley
Popley
Philadelphia Ledger
Hidden Church Encounter Sparks Unexpected Affection
A couple shares a whispered recollection of a woman who accompanied them near the church. The man pretends not to notice, while the woman grows closer and more affectionate, turning the moment into tender confession.
Burglars Share Poor Night in Quiet City Block
A terse dialogue between two burglars reveals one claims nothing was taken as they discuss a lawyer resident and the other notes the luck is hard. The exchange underscores an unsuccessful break in and the burglars’ casual credit of misfortune.
Proof Positive Domestic Quip Sparks Mrs Enpeck Joke
Mrs Enpeck quips during a domestic tiff that many men are fools while her husband counters that he knows several bachelors. The playful exchange highlights a lighthearted clash of views on marriage and bachelorhood.
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Mrs. Enpeck
Professional Confidences in a Barbershop Exchange
In a brief humorous exchange a broker asks if it is easier to share certain men, and a barber responses yes noting the ease of sharing some men more than others. The dialogue appears as a witty aside in a Statesman context.
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Yonkers
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