West town properties with varied listings and prices
Six recom house and one lot on west side. Six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern. Price 1260. One quarter block near Allen Academy east front price 250 terms easy. Fronts on Railroad from Otto Boehme property. Ed Pochila place two lots and large two story residence price 2800. Also other city property available.
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Price
Main Street
Allen Academy
East Front
Ed Pochila
Schwab to retire from active business life
Charles M. Schwab president of United States Steel Corporation has decided to retire indefinitely due to seriously impaired health. He will leave America for a quiet foreign clinic. visitors are told he cannot be seen. Rumors name James Garey or H. C. Frick as potential successors.
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Loretto
C. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
America
Lfe
Golden
Schwab
New York
Charles M. Schaab
James Garey
H. C. Frick
The Grave Empty After Exhumation Near Guthrie
In Guthrie Oklahoma on August 18 a grave near Orlando was opened in front of 600 people and found empty. G. B. Morris of Madison Kansas, long presumed murdered, had a companion named Cox who claimed Morris died in a runway accident. Morris reappeared in the area with Cox and a burial was staged with a coffin bought for the ceremony.
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Morris
Guthrie
O. T
Orlando
Madison
Kas
Cox
Outlaws Strung Up by Mob in Oklahoma
A mob of several hundred men seized Levi Reed and Bud Wingo from the Casey Cravens gang raid and hanged them from trees to extract information on leaders and crimes. Reed nearly died from strangulation but was revived. The mob then returned the pair to jail and vanished.
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Cordell
O. T
Levi Reed
Bud Wingo
Casey-Cravens
Reed
Oklahoma
British Veterans Seek Philippine Service in Delusion
Aug 18 report from London says South African veterans who fought the Boers seek enlistment in the Philippine Army. They claim a Cape Town and Durban rumor of U S recruitment, but embassy staff dismiss the tale as false. Many applicants have been turned away, leaving them disappointed.
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Philippines
London
United States
Cape Town
Durban
Fought Two Bears Near Rifle Colorado Heroic Escape
W T Tribble survived a desperate hand to hand bear encounter and a second grizzly fight. He credited a Roosevelt visit two years ago for teaching him how to finish a bear with a knife. Tribble was wounded, crawled to his horse, rode to camp and lost consciousness.
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Lowde
Colo
W. T. Tribble
Roosevelt
Tribble
Robbery Investigation Extends To Fordsville
Owensboro officials from Adams Express arrive from St. Louis to probe a Fordsville robbery tied to a claimed shipment of 28,000 dollars. No trace of the money has surfaced. A Postal Telegraph lineman reports wires cut under a Deanfield table, hindering communications.
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Owensboro
Adams Express Company
St. Louis
Fordsville
Boamer
Deanfield
Postal Telegraph Company
Escaped Convicts Recaught After 20 Mile Chase
In Rusk Texas two convicts overpowered a guard and fled the penitentiary walls. Blood hounds tracked them for miles until both were captured and returned to the prison. The guard killed one horse from the heat and the convicts killed two pursuing dogs.
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Rusk
Tex
Wreck on the Frisco at Beggs Ends in Derailment
A Frisco freight wreck at the south end of Frisco yards in Beggs Oklahoma on Sunday derailed sixteen cars and the engine. Head brakeman W R Cornell of Sapulpa suffered a broken foot and minor injuries, escaping death by a apparent miracle. In Cheshire Massachusetts George M Hopkins aged 60 a writer for Scientific American died Sunday in his New York City based life.
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I. T
W. R. Cornell
Sapula
Cheshire
Mass
George M. Hopkins
New York City
Hopkins
The
Scientific American
Man Hit by Switch Engine Dies in Houston Infirmary
I M Steen about 50 is run over by a switch engine on the Texas and New Orleans road Sunday. He sustains injuries and later dies at the Houston Infirmary.
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Houston
I. M. Steen
Texas and
New Orleans
Houston Infirmary
Steen
Two Boys Drowned in Galveston Bayou Bathing Tragedy
Walter Cone aged 9 and Carl Rowland aged 7 drowned while swimming in a bayou near Galveston Texas on August 18. The accident occurred during leisure bathing near the city. Local authorities investigated the incident as a fatal drowning.
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Galveston
Tex
Walter Cone
Carl Rowland
Decomposed body found of Mrs. Tuman near Mustazine Iowa
The decomposed body of Mrs. Jesse Tuman was found Sunday night near her home. Her husband lay unconscious with mortal wounds in the house after a desperate struggle. The couple were known to have had considerable money. The missing man who had been staying with them for two weeks has vanished. he is said to be from Texas and police are seeking him.
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Mustazine
Jesse Tuman
Tumans
Texas
Murdered and Cremated Near Jefferson City
In Knoxville Aug 18 Watkin Newman a 24 year old farmer was murdered robbed and nearly cremated in his Jefferson County home. His brother Isham Newman returning from Talbott station found the house afire and Watkin dead on a bed. Authorities suspect foul play.
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Knoxville
Violence erupts in Jackson county with six deaths in a week
In Dilinois Murphrysboro Aug 18 six persons have died violently in Jackson county during the past week. The latest crash occurred Sunday when William Smith and his son Jacob were shot near Raddleville. The father died. the son is expected to recover. The crime was carried out by Negroes following a craps game at a Negro picnic. The tragedy happened two miles from where Levee Commissioner Riley was murdered in his bed last Thursday.
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Murphrysboro
Lis
Jackson County
William Smith
Jacob
Raddleville
Riley
Electrical Storms Hit Iowa and Surrounding Regions
A series of severe electrical and wind storms swept southeastern Iowa on August 18 causing extensive damage. In five weeks lightning struck barns across Keokuk and nearby areas in Illinois and Iowa, with over a hundred reported in Illinois and similar impact in southeastern Iowa. Northeastern Missouri reports comparable damage.
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Iowa
Keokuk
Illinois
Missouri
Meteor Kills Mexican Herder in Edwards County
News from San Antonio says Roman Cruz, a Mexican sheep herder, was killed in Edwards county when a meteor fragment struck a boulder he sat on. The impact shattered the rock and a fragment hit him in the temple causing instant death. Fragments were found near the body.
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San Antonio
Roman Cruz
Edwards County
Kroll Dies in Hospital After Gunshot Leg Wound
Chicago Aug 18 Frank Kroll a suspect in the murder of Policeman Divine and Pennell died Sunday at St Marys hospital. His death was caused by lockjaw from a bullet wound in the leg and he continued to deny knowledge of the policemen slayings.
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Chicago
Frank Kroll
Divine and Pennell
St. Mary's Hospital
Kroll
Boer Generals Meet King Edward Aboard Royal Yacht
London August 18 Boer generals Botha DeWet and Delarey reached London and sailed to Cowes Isle of Wight to meet King Edward aboard the Victoria and Albert. They received a grand reception from the king and military officials. Angleton Texas August 18 nine black men arrested over the murder of E C Smith faced examining trials. three freed, six remanded to jail for grand jury action.
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London
Botha
DeWet
Delarey
South Africa
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Edward
Victoria and Albert
Angleton, Tex
E. C. Smith
J. H. Snow
Burglars Blow Open Safe in Navasota Store
A burglary at Kenard & Brown in Anderson, Navasota, Texas, blew open a store safe Saturday night. The thieves secured fifty dollars in cash and two Winchester rifles.
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Safe Brewers
Anderson
Navasota
Tex
Kenard & Brown
Winchester
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State University
Bryan, Texas
J. H. Allen
R. C. Allen
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Otto Boehme
NTA
Agenc
Munn & Co
American
Largest City Journal
All Newsdealers
Roadway
Washington, D. C
A. L. Zinanti
Zannatti Block
W. F. Taliaferro, M.D
Hall's
Bryan
James & Hart
Iveo
Franklin Brothers
Egos Wuecwwe
Gos
City Shaving Parlor
Ass the
Pete
Sersera
Oriental Prickly-Heat Powder Co
McDougald Drug Store
Memphis
J.C. Lewis
Travesina Pasor
Austin, Tex
H. C
Townsend
G. N
Marlin
Great Health Resort
I. & G. N. Ticket
D. J. Price
Gen. Pass
Ticket Agt
Palestine
Hisband
Dilinois
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Tyler Haswell
Noer
Ea Smith
Hanway
E. Grieser
Propriet
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