For Sale Abstract Books and Town Properties Brazos County
Opposite court house in office the only set of Brazos County land title abstracts. Listings include N B Cole block Hall addition at 750 dollars, eastern quarter block at 225 dollars, 50 acres and four room residence inside city limits at 1500 dollars, 962 acres Caldwell pasture with tract options, three lots with shade trees at 300 dollars, 7 ro om house with two lots east side at 750 dollars, 450 acres Kurten timber land at 3 to 4 dollars per acre, Mistrat place south town eight acre high land with two story eight room house bath with hot and cold water two cisterns water works outbuildings at 3500 dollars.
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Court House
Brazos County
N. B. Cole
Hall’s
Caldwell Pasture
Kurten
Mistrat
Heigh
Wounded in Mukden Face Frigid Weather and Gangrene Risk
Wounded streams reach Mukden amid frigid weather. Lt Gen Mistchenko among the injured and 35,000 reported as wounded. Frost exposure threatens gangrene. care is noted while Japanese observers try to spread disaffection. Japanese advance on the Russian left pushes back cavalry before Russian reinforcements drive them from the village.
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Mukden
Mistchenko
Russia
St. Petersburg
FEW RUSSIAN DEAD Lost in Recent Battles
A Schiatun telegram dated Jan 29 reports Russian losses from Jan 25 to 28 at 10,000 with a small death percentage while Japanese losses are heavy and over 300 Russians were taken prisoner. A Tokio report states the British steamer Winfield was captured off Hokkaido loaded with contraband for Vladivostok.
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St. Petersburg
Schiatun
Tokio
Hokkaido Island
Japan
Winfield
Vladivostok
Monster Flywheel Burst Kills Engineer at Shreveport Plant
A twenty five ton flywheel burst at the Shreveport Gas Electric Light and Power plant fatally injuring assistant engineer James Scott who was crushed under collapsing walls. Firemen rescued workers from the debris as the engine room was demolished and valued at ten to fifteen thousand dollars in damage.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
James Scott
Scott
Famine Prices Rock Warsaw as Bakers Strike Escalates
Reports from St. Petersburg and Moscow indicate a partial return to order while Warsaw sees worsening conditions. Killed and wounded total around 160 after clashes between mobs and troops amid baker strikes. Arms found on rebels confirm smuggling by agitators as authorities warn of further unrest.
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Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Riga
Saratoff
Tibau
Two Swedes Testify On North Sea Incident
At the international commission hearing in Paris on Monday two Swedish witnesses Captain Johnson and Mate Stromberge of the Aldebaran testified that hours before the firing on British trawlers by a Russian squadron their ship was wrecked in the North sea by a strange warship which fired many shots but caused no serious damage. The Kamchatka was named as the unknown vessel. a wireless message then alerted Vice Admiral Rojestvensky who ordered his squadron to look for torpedo boats, claimed by British agent O Beirne to have triggered the North sea incident.
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Paris
International Commission
North Sea
Admiral Fournier
Huh O’bierne
Kamchatka
O'Beirne
Rojesteensky
Rojestvensky
O’beirne
Bold Kharkoff Assembly Demands Representative Government
The Kharkoff provincial assembly votes almost unanimously to address the emperor and his heir demanding a representative government. Signers include nobility marshals and zemstvo members elected under the Interior Ministry, aligned with the autocracy, per the Daily Telegraph dispatch.
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London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Kharkoff
Nic
Zemstvo
Ministry of the Interior
M. von Plehve
Judge Hobson Dead in Greensboro at 68
Judge James M. Hobson former Hale county probate judge and Greensboro postmaster died Tuesday morning in Greensboro after pneumonia at age sixty eight. He served eighteen years as Hale county probate judge and was appointed Greensboro postmaster by President McKinley after his son won the Merrimac seat. His wife died last year.
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Birmingham
Greensboro
James M. Hobson
Richmond P. Robson
Hobson
Hale County
Merrimac
McKinley
Living Torch Scare Hits Theater Crowd
Cincinnati Jan. 81 Mayme Rayburn, a concert singer, rushed from her dressing room igniting as a living torch. Men covered her with coats and water, saving a potential panic while she was rushed to hospital with burns over head to foot.
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Cincinnati
Mayme Rayburn
Bomb Found With Lighted Fuse Before Russian Embassy House
Police in Paris found a device with a lighted fuse in front of Prince Troubetsky's house, an attaché to the Russian embassy. The fuse was extinguished and authorities launched an investigation into the incident.
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Paris
Prince Troubetsky
Rioting in Warsaw Halts City Life With 160 Killed or Wounded
Report from Warsaw dated January 31 estimates 160 killed or wounded as rioting continues. Streets are quiet and doors closed with restaurants, cafes, and shops shut down across the city.
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Warsaw
Jan
Japan presents note on Chinese neutrality accusations
Washington dispatch reports the Japanese government sent a note to this government concerning the communication to the powers about Chinese neutrality. It aims to repudiate Russia’s charges questioning Japan’s good faith and loyalty to its engagements.
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Washington
China
Russia
Japan
Authorities seize Warsaw utilities in growing crisis
Private notices from Warsaw report the authorities took charge of the waterworks electric light and gas plants prompting expectations of serious trouble Monday in St. Petersburg dated January 21.
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St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Writ Granted in Harriman v Northern Securities Case
The U S Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in Harriman et al v Northern Securities Co bringing the case to the high court for review. The argument is scheduled for February 20 after other cases on the docket. The Senate also agreed to vote on the joint statehood bill before adjournment on February 7.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
H. E. Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court
Senate
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