Brazos County land title abstracts for sale in town
J W Batts offers the only set of Brazos County land title abstract books for sale. Listings include 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 acres cultivated and the rest pasture for 1500 dollars, a southeast town lot with a small cottage and outbuildings for 750, a four block Main Street brick cistern property for 1250, a half block near Allen Academy for 500, 13 acres with a 4 room house renting for 9 dollars monthly at 650, a 4 room house with barn and garden at 1000, the Joe B Reed home place a 9 room two story for 4250, and a half block adjoining the DC DeMaret place for 500.
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Brazos County
Court House
School House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Fourteen Die Daily In Mexican Town Fever Outbreak
A Mexican town reports a fever epidemic with daily fatalities reaching fourteen. Local authorities warn residents to seek medical care and limit travel as health officials investigate the outbreak.
Yellow fever feared as Linares case reported near Monterrey
A Linares Mexico resident reports to Linaresquarantine officials that yellow fever is present in Linares with a death rate of fourteen daily. The claim prompts federal and state investigations in Laredo Texas as measures to prevent cross border spread toward Monterrey.
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Laredo
Tex
Linares
Mex
Gulf
Monterrey
WH. J. Hamilton
United States Marine Hospital
Hamiton
Fire at Dallas Damages Elm Street Stores and Goods
A August 27 fire on Elm Street caused major losses to multiple businesses. The blaze at 300 Elm Street, owned by Mrs. M. G. Meredith, gutted Mme Josephine's millinery and damaged several shops including B. T. Robinson’s racket goods, J. W. Tobolosky’s dry goods, and Walter Back's grocery. Two firefighters were injured and a fire horse died. Total losses run into thousands of dollars.
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Elm Street
Dallas
Night Wateran
Lurber
300
M. G. Meredith
B. T. Robinson
Mme. Josephine
Ely
J. W. Tobolosky
Walter Back
Partiecs
First Bale Harvest Touted In Fort Worth Area
Gypsum Factories Austin reports Hon D ve department E Decker visited on business. He says First Bale Wednesday Fort Worth notes the season’s yields. The first bale was brought in earlier than last year with Tent quality projecting half a bale per acre. In Hico S E B McDermott deputy sheriff of Erath county suffered severe injuries after a horse fell while he pursued a cow. He lost a leg fragment and sustained arm injuries.
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Austin
Fort Worth
Hico
Tex
S. E B. McDermott
Erath County
Governor grants two day respite in Cuero case
The Cuero Texas report says the governor wired Sheriff Stell to grant Styles a two day respite. The telegram indicated everything was ready to proceed with the execution, which was delayed pending the extra time.
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Cuero
Tex
Sheriff Stell
Styles
Camp Mabry marksmen fire 30 000 rounds in arms practice
At Camp Mabry Tex Col Oscar Guessaz in charge of small arms practice says about 2500 men fired at the targets using 30 000 rounds of ammunition with high scores reported.
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Camp Mabry
Tex
Oscar Guessaz
New Texas Officer Assigned to Fort Sam Houston
New officer Lieutenant Ss. M. Barlow of the Twenty six United States Infantry will be stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas. He is noted as one of the youngest officers in the service.
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Camp Mabry
Tex
Texas
Ss. M. Barlow
Twenty-sixth United States Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Ward County Killing Shocks Monahans Leaders Arrested
Adam Hocker was shot and killed in Monahans Ward County Texas Aug 27. John Mitchell and Alex Birchfield, prominent locals, are under arrest. A separate Aug 27 thunderstorm at Orange lit the Episcopal church steeple, severely damaging the building with no other harm.
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Ward County
Monahans
Tex
Adam Hocker
John Mitchell
Alex Birchfield
Orange
Episcopal Church
Husband Slapped Wife Fires Shot in Clarksdale Clash
In Clarksdale Mississippi on August 27 Guy Clark a leading businessman slapped his wife. Mrs Clark responded with a serious shooting injuring no one. Also from New York on August 27 reports of damage to the cup defender or challenger from the storm are unfounded.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Guy Clark
New York
Remarkable View of Vesuvius Eruption Captures Naples
Naples observers witnessed a noon eruption of Vesuvius with lava streams running 2700 feet from the central cone. The lava, about 15 feet wide at 11 PM, formed a dramatic display without warning and threatened none but a new electric tramway up the volcano.
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Naples
Struck Davis in Arkansas governor clash at rally
Governor Jefferson Davis and Judge Carroll D. Wood clashed during a political discussion at a Hot Springs county rally. Witnesses say Wood rushed the governor and Davis claims he was not struck, while bystanders intervened. The incident occurred on a four foot platform with 4000 to 5000 in attendance.
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Arkansas
Carroll D. Wood
Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
Jefferson Davis
Bismarck
Hot Springs
Wood
Missouri Texas passenger train crashes into freight
A Kansas City report from Sedalia says Missouri Kansas and a Texas passenger train No 3, bound for Texas after leaving St Louis, crashed into a siding freight at Rhinelands early Wednesday. The caboose burned, passenger engine and two coaches damaged, but no passengers injured. Fireman Fred Daniels was killed. engineer J H Birch and tramp Samuel White were seriously hurt.
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Kansas City
Star
Sedalia
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
St. Louis
Rhinelands
Fred Daniels
J. H. Birch
Stopovers debated by Southwestern mileage bureau
St. Louis reporters at the Southwestern mileage bureau meeting discussed stopover questions on through travel. The group affirmed that stopping over is inadvisable and action was noted regarding requests from the Interstate Merchants' Association.
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Southwestern Passenger Bureau
St. Louis
Southwestern Line
Southwestern Mileage Bureau
Louisian
Interstate Merchants’ Association
Enormous prehistoric tooth found on Holmes Willis farm
Aug 27 Willis I T reports F L Hawkins showed a giant prehistoric animal tooth found on Holmes Willis' Red River valley farm two miles east of town. The tooth measures ounces, with a serrated crown and natural enamel, embedded in bank near Robemour bone slough.
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Willis
I. T
F. L. Hawkins
Holmes Willis
Red River Valley
Robe
Charges Against U S Marshal Cited As Political Feeling
Ardmore August 27 F F Fox former editor says alleged charges against United States Marshal Colbert were sent to the department of justice. Colbert replies that the charges arise from political feeling and are not factual.
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Ardmore
I. T
United States
Marshal Colbert
Department of Justice
F. F. Fox
Robbery at small Oklahoma post office reported
United States Marshal Madsen received a telegram to arrest two men caught robbing a small post office near Marlow Oklahoma, about a few miles west, as of August 27.
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Chickasha
I. T
United States
Madsen
Marlow
Oklahoma
Powers case jury debates after long session in Georgetown
Georgetown Kentucky August 27. For eight and a half hours the jury heard speeches from commonwealth and defense lawyers in the Caleb Powers trial. The trial proceeded with extended arguments and no verdict announced at press time.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Commonwealth
Defense
Cotton trade in bad state in Boston England
The cotton trade is in a worse state than for fifteen years due to the cotton supply. Heavy demands are being made on the benefit societies because many people are idle.
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Boston
Eng
Mass Meeting of Macedonians Held in Sofia
An immense mass meeting of Macedonians gathered in Sofia on August 27. Speakers urged immediate intervention by the great powers, promising to present a memorial to Sofia’s representatives. The crowd discussed the Russian squadron’s secret Turkish waters visit as a brief moment of sunshine.
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Sofia
Macedonia
Europe
Flood Damage In Kansas Counties Reaches Half Million
A Frankfort dispatch reports Nebo and Marshall counties suffered flood damage totaling at least 500000 dollars after Tuesday's cloudburst. Grain, cattle and hog losses are extensive as bridges fail and business halts in Frankfort.
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Kansas City
Frankfort
Kan
Nemeha
Marshall
Cloduburst
Choice Limited It Seems Difficult Matter to Select New Arbitrators
London reports that to avoid delays in Venezuela tribunal proceedings the czar is urged to appoint immediate successors for Prof Matzen of Copenhagen University and Dr Lardy the Swiss minister at Paris who declined due to country interests. With most European states except Russia having claims, delegates may come from smaller or eastern nations. Official circles still expect the czar to find acceptable jurists.
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London
Venezuela
Matzen
Copenhagen University
Lardy
Paris
Europe
Russia
Not Thought Permanent
The sudden rise in silver prices and a drop in exchange has spurred merchants to remit funds to settle debts abroad. Officials expect silver to stay high for the rest of the year but not permanently.
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City of
Mexico
Turkish Reserve Soldiers Refuse Orders Over Pay Delays
Belgrade dispatch reports Servia bound troops resisting conscription as Turkish field forces have gone unpaid for months, prompting widespread refusal to join the colors.
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London
Belgrade
Servia
Turkey
Dickens Birthplace Auctioned in Portsmouth
A Times dispatch reports the auction of Charles Dickens birthplace on Commercial Road in Portsmouth. The sale, announced by Low, specifies the historic property in New York bound to attract buyers and attention from collectors.
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Dickens
New York
the Times
Low
Charles Dickens
Commercial Road
Portsmouth
Lon
Abilene men claim prize remedy for boll weevil
Bass Bros. of Abilene Texas announce a demonstrated remedy for boll weevil extermination. In a letter to the Boll Weevil Committee at Austin they claim the $50,000 reward and propose splitting half to the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan and the other half to the epileptic colony at Abilene.
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Abilene
Tex
Bass Bros
Boll Weevil Committee
Austin
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Abilena
Warrant Issued Over Bond Purchase Balance
A warrant for 40000 dollars was issued by the controller in Austin in favor of County Judge Green of Bexar County to cover the balance due on the purchase of 500000 dollars worth of Bexar County and bridge bonds.
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Austin
Green
Bexar County
No Remedy Yet in Boll Weevil Fight
Austin August 27 Jefferson Johnson a member of the boll Weevil board returned from Brenham where the board held its last experiment and said no satisfactory remedy has yet been discovered for the destruction of the boll weevil.
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Austin
Jefferson Johnson
Boll Weevil Board
Brenham
Five Husbands Record of Indiana Woman of Fifty
In Jeffersonville Indiana Mary L Muir Thompson Colvin Neal Conaway Smith of Ohio Falls has married five husbands in twenty five years a widow and twice divorced the latest marriage to George O Smith occurred two weeks ago last night She is about fifty years old and described as good looking and well preserved.
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Indiana
Jeffersonville
Ind
Mary L. Muir- Thompson-Colvin-Neal-Conaway-Smith
Ohio Falls
George OO. Smith
Night of activity in war game off Portland port
A postwar theater of maneuvers and mock combat described as a night of activity off Portland. Vessels appeared despite the tension with torpedo boats and cruisers, as movements and firing from 3:15 to 5:00 a.m. ended with both sides retiring after a rendezvous on August 27.
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Portland
Vario
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