Prime Texas ranch and farm for sale near Bryan
One mile east of Bryan on a public road an 85 acre property features a six room family residence a brick cistern and 60 acres cultivated with 21 acres in pasture plus two tenant houses ideal for a dairy and poultry business. Also 1700 acres in Brazos bottom Burleson county and 300 acres in prairie with a ranch house lots and small pastures described as the finest small ranch in Texas with cheap terms.
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Bryan
Brazos Bottom
Burleson County
Texas
Abstr act Books of Brages County Land Titles for Sale
J. W. Batts offers the only set of Abstract Books of Brages County Land Titles for sale from his office in the Taliaferro building opposite the Court House. Also available is a five room house with two lots on the east side two blocks from Main Street in a good neighborhood. Improvements in good repair. Price for a few days only 1100 dollars, terms reasonable.
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Brages County
Main Street
Alabama Democrats Nominate Coomer for Governor
Alabama Democrats nominate Coomer for governor after a primary selecting two U S Senate alternates due to the age of current senators. Both U S senators receive endorsements as party members cast votes in Montgomery on August 28.
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Coomer
Montgomery
Democrats of
Alabama
United States
Legis
Alabama party nominations reported in late returns
The article notes Governor candidates R B Coomver and R B Cunningham with Coomver leading by an estimated 5000 to 8000 votes, while Lieutenant Governor candidates H B Gray and D J Meador lead without a final winner. U S Senator Morgan and Pettus faced no opposition, and alternates Johnston Bankhead and Knox lead for U S Senate. O W Underwood is renominated in the Ninth district and W B Craig is nominated for the Fourth district seat.
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R. B. Coomver
Birmingham
R. B. Cunningham
H. B. Gray
D. J. Meador
Myrtlewood
United States
John T. Morgan
Edmund W. Pettus
Joseph Johnston
John Bankhead
John Knox
O. W. Underwood
Ninth
W. B. Craig
Selma
Sydney J. Bowie
Gov Folk grants reprieve in Myers case to allow appeal
Gov Folk grants a reprieve until Oct 26 for Agnes Myers awaiting execution for her husband’s murder in Liberty. Accomplice Frank Holtman, jailed in Kansas City, also spared. Both had been sentenced to hang on Sept 3 while attorneys pursue a U S Supreme Court appeal. Governor left for New York to attend Bryan reception. Louisville vows to press for next Democratic national convention in New York with a committee meeting Aug 30.
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Jefferson City
Folk
Agnes Myers
Liberty
Frank Holtman
Myers
Kansas City
Folg
United States Supreme Court
New York
Bryan
Louisville
Kentucky
W. J. Bryan
Europe
Ten-Year Record Broken Frost Reaches Reading
Topeka reports a light frost from Reading Kansas on Monday breaking the ten year low for early frost readings. The meteorological note marks Reading as the first Kansas locale to register frost that early this season.
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Topeka
Reading
Kan
Independent Democrats Call Albany Conference to Stem Hearst Influence
The Evening Post reports Independent Democrats plan a Albany meeting on Sept. 5 with county representation. District Attorney Jerome and speakers like May or J N Adam Edward M Shepard and D Cady Herrick are invited. The group aims to oppose Hearst and a “corrupt deal” to sell the Democratic name.
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Albany
New York
E Yening
Jerome
J. N. Adam
Buffalo
Edward M. Shepard
Brooklyn
D. Cady Herrick
Hearst
Comer Leads Big as Alabama Democrats Vote in Governor Race
Further returns show B. B. Comer with a large Democratic nomination lead for Alabama governor, likely 15 000 to 20 000. Lieutenant governor race remains unsettled among Gray Meador and Emmett O Nea l. several other state offices and congressional seats noted with nominees and unopposed incumbents.
Farley for Frisco Leaves NYC with Eight Hundred Strikebreakers
James Farley hires 800 strikebreakers to break the San Francisco street railway strike. Two Jersey City trains carry four Farley detectives per car and ample food and an 8000 bottle beer supply. The convoy moved overnight from New York by ferry to Jersey City with rapid dispatch to the West.
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New York City
New York
James Farley
San Francisco
Jersey City
Farley
Spanish Ships Sold for 103 Dollars Each
Three Spanish ships, captured by Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay in May 1898, were sold by the navy department for 103 dollars. Advertised at Asiatic ports, the ads cost 28 dollars. The vessels Albay, Manileno, and Mindanao were stripped of movable gear and are now only old hulks.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Navy Department
Asiatic
Albay
Manileno
Mindanao
Train Derailment Kills Three in Swift Montana
A Great Northern train derailed near Swift Montana and a coach overturned. Passengers Frank E. Prewitt and Charles Shuulz and Brakeman Brown died. Several passengers were bruised. Rumors of trouble in a trust company sparked New York banking excitement on Tuesday.
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Swift
Mont
Great Northern Railway
Frank E. Prewitt
Charles Shuulz
Brown
New York
Multiple_events Report From Global Briefs
Riga police capture twenty four bombs. Farmersville Texas homes burglarized. Mexican wrecked by switch engine in Laredo. Wiley Edwards Dies in Galveston. Tulane president favors simplified spelling. Jacksonville Tex boy Louis Gover run over by train near Lindale. Russian Revolutionists kill police and gendarmes near Tambov. H H Wernz dies at Battle Lake Minnesota resort.
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Riga
Russia
Farmersville
Tex
Laredo
Wiley Edwards
Lake Charles
Galveston
President Craighead
Tulane Univrsity
New Orleans
Louis Gover
Jacksonville
Lindale
Tamboff
H. H. Wernz
St. Louis
Battle Lake
Fergus Falls
Minn
Seventeen Slain in Cuban Rebel Attack at Cienfuegos
In Cuba on August 28 government forces struck a major blow against insurgents led by General Guzmán near Cienfuegos. Colonel Valle led rural guards against the rebels, resulting in seventeen insurgent deaths and several wounded, with one government defender killed.
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Havana
Guzman
Cienfuegos
Valle
Gueman
Bryan Declines Railroad Car Offer on New York Trip
Aug. 29 Bryan declines President Mellins' private car, saying he will pay his fare and ride as usual. New Orleans reports Governor Blanchard deciding to attend Bryan's reception, accompanied by Congressman Broussard and other Louisianians representing the Democratic party.
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Cept
New Haven
Bryan
President Mellins
New York
New Orleans
Blanchard
William J. Bryan
Broussard
Democratic Party
Florida Delegation Reaches Bryan Reception Total 100
Former Florida governor W. S. Jennings reported arrival with fifty fellow citizens. The Florida delegation will reach one hundred members for the Bryan reception event.
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Florida
New York
W. S. Jennings
Bryan
Ten Indictments Against Standard Oil Over Rebates
Federal grand jury returns ten indictments against Standard Oil before Judge Bethea in U S circuit court. The 6 428 counts allege rebate violations tied to tank car shipments of petroleum from Whiting Indiana refineries, with no railroad named in the charges.
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Ompany
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Whiting
Ind
Farm Hand Arrested After Child Assault Near Bertrand
In Missouri near Bertrand five year old daughter of farmer Edward Albright was assaulted by Charles Goforth, a farm hand. Goforth was captured in the Mississippi river swamps and is being held in Charleston. The child remains in precarious condition.
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Cairo
Til
Edward Albright
Bertrand
Charles Goforth
Goforth
Mississippi River
Charleston
Coat ownership dispute ends in fatal shooting near South McAlester
In South McAlester on August 28, Italian merchant Thomas Careda was shot at Bache, four miles away, over a pawned coat. He was struck in the abdomen and died instantly. the killer escaped.
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South McAlester
Thomas Careda
Bache
Careda
Lightning Strikes Kill Two Men and Four Mules in New Mexico
In Roswell New Mexico on August 28 two brothers Victor and Thomas Simpson were found seated upright in a wagon dead along with four mules in harness near Kenna. The Simpons lived on farms near Lida and were killed by a stroke of lightning while driving from Roswell to their farms.
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Roswell
N. M
Kenna
Victor
Thomas Simpson
Lida
Troops Arrive Fort Reno After Brownsville Incident
The Twenty-fifth Negro Infantry reached Fort Reno Texas from Brownsville and soldiers were barred from visiting El Reno without a pass. In Greenville Ohio Chief William Marker was killed while pursuing a prisoner who jumped from a streetcar and crushed his skull upon impact.
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el Reno
Okla
Twenty-fifth Negro Infantry
Fort Reno
Brownsville
Tex
Greenville
William Marker
Marker
Train Tragedy Claims Henrietta Man In Texas Yard
Charles Duboise of Henrietta was fatally injured in Denver switch yards when struck by a train of box cars. His left leg was severed near his body in the incident near Wichita Falls on August 28.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Charles Duboise
Henrietta
Denver
Fatal Burns Reported After Gasoline Stove Accident
A Fort Smith Arkansas dispatch states Mrs. May Holman died after burns from an explosion while a gasoline stove tank was being filled with a burner lit. The incident occurred in Memphis and is reported to have caused her death several hours later. A separate item notes a slight shock in Valparaiso on Monday.
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Memphis
Fort Smith
Ark
May Holman
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Bryan, Texas
T. R. Batte
J. W. Batts
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Court House
E. O. Dewitt & CO
Emmel & Malony
H. D. Evans
Nadinda
Natwoval Tonet CO
Parr Tenn
J. H. Bankhead
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Ala
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Gray, Meador
Emmett O’neal
Frisco
Monroe
City and Country Property
MNO
A. Moore
Proffer
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Elville
Valparaiso
Grain and Feed
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Ford's Saloon
Heath & Milligan Paints
Heath & Milligan
Garth, Howell & Webb
S. H. Franklin
China
Hasweun’s Book Store
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
Bryan,texas
John Wittman
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwid
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