For Sale Rural Texas Ranch and Farm Land
One mile east of Bryan on public road, 85 acres with a six room residence and brick cistern. Sixty acres under cultivation and 1 1/2 acres in pasture. Two tenant houses. Dairy and poultry business potential. Cheap terms. Also 1700 acres in Brazos bottom in Burleson county plus 300 acres in prairie with ranch house, lots, and small pastures. The finest small ranch in Texas. Cheap and on good terms.
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Bryan
Brazos Bottom
Burleson County
Texas
Abstr Act Books of Brazos County Land Titles For Sale
J. W. Batts offers the only set of abstract books in Brazos County with land titles. Five room house and two lots on the east side of town, two blocks from Main Street, in a good neighborhood. Improvements in good repair. Price for a few days only 1100, terms reasonable.
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Yave
Brazos County
Main Street
Littlefield Responds on Seamen Service as Contract
Congress man Charles E. Littlefield defended ship subsidy proposals at a North Jay rally. He said the naval service provision would offer higher pay in exchange for voluntary agreement, stressing it was a matter of contract not compulsion for all seamen.
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Naval Service
Lewiston, Mo
Charles E. Littlefield
North Jay
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Littlefeld
Gompers
Littlefield
Bell Seeks Roosevelt’s View on Brownsville Trouble
Brigadier General T Franklin Bell chief of staff met President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to relay that Texas officials had ordered away negro troops from Brownsville Texas. Bell said the discussion aimed to align war department actions with the president’s ideas and desires on the matter.
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Oyster Bay
T. Franklin Bell
Army
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Bell
Ainsworth
War Department
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Hello Girls Strike Paralyzes Chicago Exchange
About 200 girls employed at the Chicago Telephone Company central exchange in Chicago walked off the job. They protested an order forcing entry through a rear door via a 100 foot passageway, noting annoyance from hangers on from nearby saloons in the alley.
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Chicago
Central Exchange
Chicago Telephone Company
Valparaiso Disaster Aid Sent From Mid Ocean
The Guffey Petroleum steamer Catania, 1,292 miles from New York en route to Port Arthur, sent news of the Valparaiso disaster by wireless and crew donated $18 to Chilean sufferers from mid ocean.
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Galveston
de Forest
Guffey Petroleum Company
Catania
New York
Port Arthur
Valparaiso
Passenger Train Hits Freight on Rock Island Line
Duncan Oklahoma August 23. A passenger train ran into the rear of a freight on the Rock Island road early Thursday morning. Several cars were smashed and tracks torn up several rods. Trains were diverted over the Enid and Lawton branch of the Rock Island.
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Duncan
I. T
Rock Island Road
Enid
Lawton
Rock Island
Fire at Lucas paint plant injures thirteen firefighters
Chicago reports thirteen firemen overcome by smoke or injured by explosions while battling a blaze at the John Lucas paint plant at 53 and 55 North Des Plaines Street. The fire, possibly sparked by spontaneous combustion, caused about $65,000 in damage.
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Chicago
John Lucas
North Desplaines’ Street
Prominent Horse Show Promoter Aaron Ashbrook Dies
Aaron Elmer Ashbrook editor of the Bit and Spur Chicago publication and leading United States horse show promoter died suddenly at his Kansas City home from heart disease aged forty five.
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Kansas City
Aaron Elmer Ashbrook
United States
Bit and Spur
Chicago
Five Students to Fort Leavenworth for Three-Year Study
The government will send five students to Fort Leavenworth for three years of study starting this coming term.
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City of Mexico
Fort
Leavenworth
Valparaiso Shocks and Fires Continue
A cable dispatch to Hatch & Co. reports that Valparaiso experienced continued slight shocks and large fires, with ongoing damage spreading as authorities struggle to control the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hatch & Co
Valparaiso
Thompson Hosts Banquet for Thirty Countrymen
City of Mexico August 23 American Ambassador Thompson gave a banquet Wednesday to thirty of his countrymen at the embassy residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Thompson
New Iberia Reports No New Yellow Fever Cases
New Iberia Louisiana reports no new yellow fever cases as sanitary work is rapidly pushed forward to control the outbreak and protect residents.
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New Iberia
Montgomery and Wew Ori Fifteen Innings With No Result
A stormy ice interrupted Wednesday's game at New Jeans causing darkness to end play after the fifteenth inning tied 2 to 2. Montgomery scored three runs in the sixteenth before the game was halted and the umpire declared the game null. Manager Mullany attempted to confront the umpire but was restrained by Montgomery players. Shreveport defeated Birmingham 4 to 2. Nashville beat Little Rock 6 to 1. Atlanta topped Memphis 3 to 0.
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Montgomery
Wew Ori
New Jeans
Thy Inn
Schuster
Mullany
Shreveport
Birmingham
Nashville
Little Rock
Atlanta
Memphis
Lehigh Student Dies After Batting Injury At Baseball Game
Caspar Musselman a nineteen year old Lehigh University student and Catasauqua catcher died after being struck in the heart by a fast inshoot during a game against Phillipsburg. Two thousand spectators watched as he collapsed near first base and did not recover.
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Allentown
Caspar Musselman
Nieteen
Lehigh University
Musselman
Catasauqua
Phillipsburg Nine
Petition Denied in Temple Baseball Accounting Suit
In Waco Judge Surratt denied an injunction and receivership in J H Sullivan et al v J W Gardner et al, with the suit to proceed at October term. The case arose from Temple Baseball association seeking accounting of state league funds. Dallas beat Fort Worth 1 0 on Wednesday. a Dallas triple play highlighted the game. Cleburne edged Waco 2 1.
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Waco
J. H. Sullivan
J. W. Gardner
Surratt
Temple Baseball Association
State League
Dallas
Fort Worth
Dallas Nine
Cleburne
Galveston and Beaumont Triumphs in Regional Plays
The report lists scores between teams across Texas and Louisiana with results including Galveston 3 San Antonio 1 and Beaumont 5 Lake Charles 0, along with other matchups such as Austin 5 Houston 3 and Lake Charles 6 Beaumont 0.
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Galveston
San Antonio
Beaumont
Lake Charles
Austin
Houston
Police Chief Receives Denial of Stensland Embezzlement Report
El Paso reports Chief Antonio Ponce de Leon of Ciudad Juarez received a message from Aguas Calientes, Mexico denying any truth to a report that Paul O. Stensland, a Chicago banker, was arrested for embezzlement. The notifier included a description matching a man.
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el Paso
Antonio Ponce de Leon
Cpidad Juarez
Aguas Calientes
Mex
Paul O. Stensland
Chicago
Domitillo Aldana
Hoke Smith Wins Democratic Nomination for Georgia Governor
Atlanta voters indicate Hoke Smith leads with a statewide majority across 142 counties, securing the gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot. W. R. Joyner named Atlanta mayor by 255 votes. five candidates ran for governor including Howell, Estelle, Smith, Russell, and James H. Smith, with Howell-Smith contest central to campaign.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
W. R. Joyner
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
J. P. Estelle
Savannah News
Interior
Cleveland
R. B. Russell
Jackson County
James H. Smith
Oglethorpe County
Howell
Smith
Mr. Howell
Bacon
Lewis
J. W. Overstreet
Rufus E. Lester
Walter Sheppard
Chatham
Heat wave deaths and prostrations across Midwest cities
Chicago reported ten heat related deaths and twenty nine prostrations as temperatures reached 91 to 92 degrees. Milwaukee recorded four deaths and five prostrations at about 90 degrees, with St Louis and East St Louis noting fatalities and prostrations as heat persisted. Cleveland also faced multiple deaths during a week of high temperatures.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Cleveland
Baby Found Abandoned Near Ada Prairie
An infant boy about ten days old was found near Abe Crow’s residence six miles south of Ada I T. A stranger led Crow and Woods to a bushy clump claiming a varmint was there. They investigated instead of shooting. The baby was found wrapped in a white wool blanket and taken in by Mr. Crow.
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Ada
I. T
Abe Crow
Here
Crow
Dates fixed for Guthrie constitutional election
The call for the constitutional convention and the district announcements are ready. Election date set for Nov. 6 and the convention to convene Nov. 20, two weeks after delegates are elected. It will be held in Guthrie and likely last sixty days.
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Guthrie
Dog Causes Tragedy at Texas Ranch
Ezequiel Cisneros, seventeen, was accidentally killed near Brownsville Texas when his dog leaped and tripped the gun he had leaned against. The weapon fired from the dog’s movement, killing Cisneros instantly as he returned from a hunting trip.
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Brownsville
Tex
Ezequiel Cisneros
Here
Rutherford official chosen for Tennessee railroad post
Nashville August 23 The Democratic state committee nominated Frank Avant of Rutherford County for member of the Tennessee railroad commission to succeed the late J M McKenzie. Resolutions endorsing William J Bryan for the 1908 presidential nomination were adopted and inviting him to Tennessee to speak during the coming congressional campaign.
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Nashville
Democratic State Committee
Frank Avant
Rutherford County
Tennessee Railroad Commission
J. M. McKenzie
William J. Bryan
Tennessee
Red Bones Fire Kills Two in De Ridder Tent Attack
In De Ridder Louisiana on August 23 a mob fired on a tent housing eight Black laborers and three white workers. Two men were killed and six others wounded, with three more lightly hurt. Authorities report the assailants labeled as Red Bones.
Manchuria Pounds Honolulu Harbor Area
The Manchuria was pounding heavily on Wednesday, as heavy bombardment or shelling reported in Honolulu on August 23. The attack showed intense naval action with ships involved and concerns rising over collateral damage.
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Honolulu
Manchuria
Shot of Negro man at door ends in death in Overton
In Overton Texas on August 23 Monroe Martin a Black man who lived about five miles north was shot after strangers came to his door asking for a match. He was shot as he stepped to supply the request. The assailants remain at large.
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Overton
Tex
Monroe Martin
Martin
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Bryan, Texas
T. R. Batte
Attorney At Law
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Emmel & Malony
H. D. Evans
Monroe Edge
City and Country Property
Nadindla
Aeading Drug
Speyaccy Navioval Toilet CO
Parr Tega
Charles FE. Littlefield
Ashbrook
Jake Stahl
Washington Americans
Lehigh Uni
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
Washington
National League
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
South Texas League
Stensland
Baby
F.vent
Louisiana
Knipley, Okla
Edward Kinzie
Negro
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Ford's
Ford
S Saloon
San Francisco
Heath & Milligan Paints
Heath & Milligan
Garth, Howell & Webb
S. H. Franklin
HaAsSweEuh’s Book Store
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
John Wittman
W. C. Fountain
Crown
Burt Norwid
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