For Sale Valuation of City Property and Farmland
For sale notice listing 40 acres of pasture partly within city limits with stock water at $15 per acre. About 1.25 acres near a school, a southeast town location with a four room house cottage tenant house and well. Prices quoted for a four room house two lots near M Street brick cistern price $1250. One quarter block near Allen Academy east front at $250 with easy terms. 60 feet front on Railroad street Otto Boehme property may be sold in part or whole. Lots near school house at $100 and other city property offered.
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Schos
Snwll
Price
M. . Street
Allen Academy
For Sale Acreage and Homes Near City
Advertising brief sells multiple parcels including 69 acres on Wixon Creek Pearson place and 49 acres cultivation land, creek bottom acreage, northwestern city lots at 25 dollars, corner lots 3500 dollars, a two story dwelling with seven rooms and well, two underground brick cisterns, one mile west of city near I N and G N R R lines, asking 1500 or trade for city property. Other lands listed.
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Aoeen & . College
Courthouse Sqare
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Fire destroys Arbuckle cooperage. Brooklyn firemen die
A five story Arbuckle Bros cooperage fire on Plymouth and Bridge streets in Brooklyn kills three firemen and injures four, with Battalion Chief Thomas Coppinger among the injured as walls collapse. The blaze begins in barrels and lumber refuse, drawing all Brooklyn engines to the scene and causing more than $400,000 in damage.
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New York
Brooklyn
Michael O'Toole
Water Tower
Thomas Jeffries
Thomas Coppinger
Thomas McCarthy
William McCooley
Arbuckle Bros
Plymouth
Bridge Streets
Purvey
Buckley
Water Tower No. 6
Coppinger
McCooley
Fire Rips Maxon Block Opposite Union Station
A Schenectady fire destroyed the Maxon block opposite the union station likely from an overheated chimney. Loss totals about 100000 with 75000 insured. The main structure housed a hotel and guests in adjacent rooms were safely evacuated by firemen, some in night clothes.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Maxon
Union Station
Wreck on Chicago and Alton rail line injures passengers
A heavy freight engine derailed onto the main track in Atlanta Illinois, causing the southbound Chicago train to telescope, overturn, and plunge into an embankment. The express car and baggage car were wrecked and ten passengers suffered serious injuries among about 200 aboard.
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Bloomington
Ill
Chicago and Alton
Atlanta
Chicago
Duluth Man Freezes to Death After Christmas Shopping
George Ply dell, 65, died of exposure near his harbor front shack in Duluth after carrying Christmas gifts. Temperatures fell to twenty below zero for a day as he collapsed within five feet of his home where he ran a confectionery and cigar shop. In Michigan two were killed and two injured in a Grand Trunk collision at Benton, Battle Creek. Engineer Ker win and Fireman Theo Schlubaus died. Engineers Brown and Burkhart fatally hurt.
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Duluth
Minn
George Plydell
Plydell
Harbor Front
Battle Creek, Mich
Grand Trunk
Benton
James Kerwin
Theo. Schlubaus
Brown
Burkhart
Four Men Slashed in South Beaumont Razor Fight
Razors were used in a late night clash in South Beaumont Texas about 8 oclock Wednesday. Four Negro men were involved and two were freely slashed with a razor. Police reported no further details on injuries or arrests.
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Beaumont
Tex
South Beaumont
Youths In Leon River Stabbing Near Belton
Belton Texas December 26 Joe Cook twenty one was stabbed to death with a pocketknife nine miles up the Leon river Reuben Drake seventeen surrendered to Sheriff Sparks He had assaulted the bartender Youngstown Ohio December 26 Patrick Mulvhill was shot and killed by Edward Kaden a bartender whom he assaulted
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Belton
Tex
Leon River
Joe Cook
Reuben Drake
Sparks
Youngtown, O
Patrick Mulvhill
Edward Kaden
Death of Lord Willoughby De Broke at Sea
Lord Willoughby De Broke died on the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Australia near Aden on December 19 and was buried at sea. The report comes from London with confirmation of the voyage and burial details aboard the ship.
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London
Lord Willoughby de Broke
Australia
Aden
William Dormidy Shot Dead in Madison Street
Madison Indiana December 26 William Dormidy was shot and killed on the street by a man who gave his name. The crime report notes a street confrontation and seeks the shooter's identity and motive.
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Madison, Ind
William Dormidy
Hague Tribunal to Decide Venezuela Dispute
Washington reports notes agreeing to submit the Venezuela question to the Hague Tribunal. Secretary Hay prepares a note approving the course, with no question of the Monroe doctrine affecting arbitration.
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Washington
Venezuela
Yasne
Hague
Hay
Oklahoma Texas and Southern Railway directors elected in Montague
Stockholders meet at Montague and elect nine directors. Officers named include W. A. Squires president and R. M. Bourland first vice president. Construction work to resume after January 1, pushing line from Montague toward Weatherford and extending toward Stephenville in Erath County.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma, Texas and Southern Railway Company
Montague
W. A. Squires
R. M. Bourland
D. M. Bates
C. H. Boedecker
RE. E. Shipley
T. L. Garrison
RE. E. Churchill
Thos. F. West
Shipley
Weatherford
Red River
Stephenville
Erath County
Morgan Family Christmas Gift Envelopes Servants
J Pierpont Morgan and wife and daughter hosted a Christmas night celebration around a large electric lighted tree in their New York home. A private watchman stood by as servants entered and received envelopes with one month's wages in cash. Mrs Morgan and their daughter also gave gifts to each worker.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Unknown Christmas Eve Gunman Robs Store Fire Toll Revealed
In Matthews Georgia on Christmas Eve a stranger forced Ed Gay to open a safe with about $12,000 inside. Gay was killed and the store set ablaze to conceal the crime. his skull was later found among the ruins.
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Matthews
Ed Gay
Gay
Five Couples Wed In Circular Matrimony Ceremony
In Armstrong Missouri on Christmas night Rev N B Naylor presided as five couples joined in marriage. The brides and grooms formed a circle around the minister and took vows with clasped hands. The group belonged to a matrimonial club and chose to wed simultaneously.
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Chicago
N. B. Naylor
Chronicle
Armstrong
Death From Fight After Blood Poisoning In New York
Anton Ayder son died in a New York hospital after a street fight when a blow to the mouth sent blood poisoning through his opponent Anderson. Amputation of Andersons hand came too late to save him. Separate item notes a new Mexican ship service linking Guaymas Topolobampo La Paz and San Jose del Cabo with Pacific U S ports.
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New York
Anton Ayderson
Anderson
San Francisco
Echo Della Fontera
Ensenada
Lower California
Secretary of Communications and Public Works
Guayamas
Topolobampo
la Paz
San Jose del Cabo
United States
Pacific Ocean
Christmas slow coal output across Wilkesbarre region
New York dispatch notes not 5000 tons of anthracite coal mined in the area over Christmas. In the Carbondale to Shamokin belt, most mines operate only half time as miners observe the holiday amid operator threats. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs Chamberlain arrived after traveling from Portsmouth aboard the Good Hope, greeted by large crowds in Natal.
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New York
Wilkesbarre
the Herald
Carbondale
Shamokin
Hadda Mullah Dies After Frontier Conflict
Hadda Mullah, who caused many breaks on the northwest frontier of India, died December 22 in Peshawaur Punjab after months of activity along the region.
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Peshawaur
Punjab
Hadda Mullah
India
Premier Balfour Is Bedridden With Influenza
London reports Premier Balfour confined to bed at Whittingham Scotland after a sharp influenza attack. He remains under medical care and observation as the government handles state duties.
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London
Premier Balfour
Whittingham
Scotland
Palmistry tale foretells Napoleons fate and Eugenie’s flee
An 1870 report details a French palmist reading Napoléon and Empress Eugenie. The palm reader allegedly saw no sign of future greatness for Napoleon and a fatal year for Eugenie, with the empress fleeing the Tuileries on September 4, 1870, amid a mob.
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Bonaparte
Napoleon
Napoleon SI
Eugehie
Desbarrolles
Luna
Mars
Eugenie
Tuileries
France
Desbarrelles
Hungarian Nobleman Fights Twelve Duels In Three Days
First Lieutenant Marezy de Zoldy of Hungary, visiting America, boasts a record of twenty nine duels in twenty five years. He fought twelve duels in three days after a fencing master’s role and a military ball led to a dispute involving his close friend. He survived all episodes, earning medals of honor from the minister of war.
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America
Marezy de Zoldy
Hungary
de Zoldy
Duels Won by De Zoldy Amid Honor Invitations
De Zoldy faced twelve members of the entertainment committee, receiving a polite challenge from all. He fought four duels daily across three days, delivering victories in every bout and proving notable courage and skill.
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de Zoldy
Nervy Neighbor Requests a Flat to Throw at Cat
In a snappy Philadelphia Record item, Mrs A recalls a neighbor who asked to borrow a flat to fling at a cat, claiming the act as a test of nerve. Mrs Z calls it nervy, noting the cat involved belonged to Mrs A.
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J. W. Batts
Bravos County
Otto Boehme
Lamar Bethea
Monroe Edge
Garrizo Springs Mineral Water Company
San Antonio
Texas
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
Otice
F St
Brooklyn River Front
Hart
THE
Hague Tribunal
Oklahoma-Texas Southern
J. Pierreponti Morgan
New Ship Service
Balfour
Lieutenant DE Zoldy
S$. Hi
Allphin
FORD
Bryan
W. T. Ford
Coe Lupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
W. Higgs
Geo. W. Higgs
D. C Zuber
H. Allphin
Jno
M. Lawrence & Co
W. E. Saunders
Dansby & Dansby
Howell Brothers
H. Mawhinney
John Wittman
The_ Tailor
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