For Sale Brazos County land and houses in 1900s ad
J W Batts offers abstracts of Brazos County land titles and a varied sale list. Properties include about 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 cultivated, 6 wire fence at 1500 dollars. near school a cottage and 1.25 acres at 750. a four block main street brick house with cistern at 1250. half block near Allen Academy at 500. 13 acres with 4 room house at 1000. additional 4 room house with tub and garden at 650. Joe B Reed home place with 9 room two story 4250. half block adjoining DC DeMaret at unknown price.
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Brazos County
Court House
School House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Insurgents Victors in Eastern Encounters Near Sofia
Reports from Sofia dated August 24 say insurgents gain ground against Turkish forces in eastern Epirus with several villages burned. They claim success at Stoilovo against Turkish troops and near Suroviceovo at Chanagasko, while Monastir hosts a Turkish special court to try captured rebels.
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Andermis
Emrik
Vasiliko
Constantine
Losengrad
Bakdikak
Konakaral
Evren
Diginsce
Brusheva
Drumbegle
Buch
Bakoro
Monastir
Salisbury Dies in England After Fifty-Year Parliament Span
London and Salisbury mourn the death of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil third Marquis of Salisbury who died Saturday night at 9 30. Born February 13 1830 at Hatfield House he rose from Lord Robert Cecil to Viscount Cranborne and then Marquis in 1868. He served Stamford MP from 1854 holding roles from India secretary to foreign secretary and Oxford chancellor contributing to church rites debate and Disraeli reforms before participating in the Berlin Congress.
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London
Lord Salisbury
House of Commons
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil
Marquis of Salisbury
Hatfield House
Herts
Lord Robert Cecil
Viscount Cranborne
Eaton
Oxford
Stamford
Disraeli
India
Lord Derby
University of Oxford
Earl Beaconsfield
Constantinople
England
Lord Beaconsfield
Devastating hurricane hits Cayman Islands
A Kingston schooner reports August 11 hurricane devastates Grand Cayman and nearby Cayman Brae and Little Cayman. Georgetown houses destroyed, harbor vessels lost or missing, crops wiped out, famine feared, Jamaica expected to send aid. Population of the Cayman Islands listed as 4822.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
Georgetown
Grand Cayman Island
Cayman Brae
Little Cayman
Great Britain
Grand Cayman
Train Ditching Claims Three Lives and Sixty Injured
An excursion train carrying Elks from Port Land to Olympia wrecked four miles south of Chehalis Washington. The engine and seven coaches were ditched. Three persons were killed and sixty injured.
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Tacoma
Wash
Port Leland
Olympia
Chehalis
Baseball Results From Texas and Southern Leagues
Scores across multiple minor and major leagues. Texas League games in Dallas and Fort Worth with Waco and Corsicana results. Southern League in Memphis Little Rock Montgomery and Nashville, plus New Orleans Shreveport. American League doubleheaders at St Louis and Chicago with Boston and New York, attendance tallied.
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Dallas
Waco
Fort Worth
Corsicana
Memphis
Little Rock
Montgomery
Nashville
New Orleans
Shreveport
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
New York
Late Happenings From Texas and Surroundings
A roundup of brief notices from Midlothian to Dallas including fires at Foss Oklahoma and incidents in San Saba Richmond and Laredo. Deaths include Uncle Billy Naylor and Annie Stapleton. Notable events: Oklahoma National Guard encampment at Guthrie, Texas bonds registered, and a Cebu bishop consecration.
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Midlothian
Tex
Lawton
Okla
Foss
Russia
San Saba
Millie Fleming
Richmond
James Dellany
Wood County
Oklahoma
William Weiss
Beaumont
Sour Lake
Ruth
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Texas
Galveston
Billy” Naylor
Moody, Tex
Oklahoma National Guard
Guthrie
Jennings
Port Arthur
Torrence
N. M
Big Springs
Thomas Hendrick
Rochester
N. Y
Rome
Cebu
Philippines
Mack William
Waco
Annie Roberts
McKeesport
Rufus Whiteworth
R. R. Cox
Milliken
Cox
William McGoun
Laredo
Elisha McCommas
Dallas
Edward's Tribute to Marquis Salisbury
King Edward expresses profound regret at the death of the Marquis of Salisbury. The court circular from Marienbad notes his majesty honors a statesman whose long service to Queen Victoria and the nation will live in memory.
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London
Edward
Marquis of Salisbury
Marienbad
Queen Victoria
Fortifying the U S Mexican Border Favored by General Grant
General Grant commanding the department of Texas urges strengthening the boundary with Mexico. He notes peace is stable but argues it is prudent to mirror Mexico's growing frontier posts. A separate incident reports a special train wreck at Gulf Bridge, Little Falls, killing two workers and injuring several newspaper employees.
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Grant
Washington
Department of Texas
United States
Mexico
Robbery Delays Electric Car On Adams Street
In Los Angeles on August 24 two masked highwaymen halted a west end Adams street electric car. They robbed the motorman and conductor of their watches and fourteen dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Adams Street
Insurgents Kill Fifty Garrisoned at Vasiliko and Threaten Midia
Turkish reports say insurgents after capturing Vasiliko in Adrianople region killed fifty soldiers and about one hundred villagers. They threaten Midia near the Black Sea. refugees from Kirk-Killoseh arrive in Christian area seeking safety at the lazaretto. The Kufia Burun lighthouse is abandoned due to insurgent proximity. Italy protests insults to its consul at Monastir and seeks punishment for the offenders.
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Constantinople
Vasiliko
Adrianople
Midia
Black Sea
Kirk-Killoseh
Bosphorus
Aondolikavak
Kufia-Burun
India Bay
Porte
Italy
Monastir
Giaour
Massacre Reported by Turks in Balkan Villages
dispatch from Sofia on August 24 reports Turks massacred women and children in Florina and Monastir districts and burned villages. prisoners killed, Krushevo streets littered with dead, survivors avoid burial. After revolts in Adrianople vilayet, insurgents cut telegraph lines. rumors of fighting in Adrianople.
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Sofia
Florina
Monastir
Krushevo
Vilayet
Adrianople
Ccity
Eight Companies Vie For World’s Fair Trip From Camps
At Camp Mabry on August 26 eight companies earned a chance to attend the World’s Fair, paid by the fair commission. The eight top scores advance. Participants included the San Antonio Zouaves P C Woods Guard San Marcos Manor Rifles Manor Slayden Rifles and others from Austin San Antonio Waco and Tyler. A Sunday night raid stole ammunition intended for a sham battle.
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Camp Mabry
Tex
San Antonio Zouaves
P. C. Woods Guard
San Marcos
Manor
Mornday
Wiggins Dead, Noted State Hackman Found Dead Near Farm
Waco August 24 Jake Wiggins a Negro hackman known to traveling men of the state fell dead at a farm four miles from town He was reputed to be worth about 40000 dollars from the hack business His death ends a well known career in the hack trade
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Waco
Jake Wiggins
Wiggins
Joseph Jacobs Fatally Shoots Rival in Front of Miss Hallock
In Chicago on August 24 a confrontation outside Miss Lottie Hallock's home led Joseph Jacobs to shoot and fatally wound Charles A. Basler. Jacobs, who had loaned his revolver to Hallock, demanded the weapon and used it to kill Basler before escaping.
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Chicago
Lottie Hallock
Joseph Jacobs
Charles A. Basler
Jacob
Miss Hallock
Jacobs
Six Die at New York Pleasure Resorts
Six persons drowned at New York pleasure resorts on Sunday, including a woman. Rudolph Tausch perished in the Harlem river while trying to save his dog, both swept under a barge as spectators watched. A second item notes Pedro Alvarado of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico is alive according to a Times dispatch.
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New York
Rudolph Tausch
Harlem
Pedro Alvarado
Parral
Chihuahua
Mexico
Austin
Tex
the Times
Paper firm assigns assets to creditors in Boston
Two Causes Assigned Boston. J. P. Jordan & Co., wholesale paper dealers at 200 Congress street, assigned for the benefit of creditors naming Charles H Davenport of Holyoke and Frank W. Tibetts of Boston as assignees. The trouble is attributed to impairment of credit and heavy losses.
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Boston
Congress Street
Charles H Davenport
Holyoke
Frank W. Tibetts
Dillion Breaks World Trotting Record at Readville
Lou Dillion smashed the world's trotting record at Readville Massachusetts on a one mile track completing the run in two minutes flat Monday.
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Readville
Mass
Lou Dillon
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