Real Estate Offers Around Bryan and Brazos County
A Brazos bottom farm of 290 acres with an artesian well ten miles from Bryan. A western Bryan dwelling with two acres priced at 250. Eight building lots near H G Rhodes residence. Seven lots in south town beside college road at Thomas Rowan’s place for 350. Fourteen acres in south Bryan city with two inside corporate limits. Mrs Smythe addition to Bryan from Phillips addition. Three acres in southern Bryan with four room house, double chimney, barn and cistern priced at 325. Lots 6 7 8 in front of Allen Academy. Six room dwelling on a lot and a half three blocks east of Main. A quarter block with improvements opposite and east of the courthouse. Desirable property in the ern part of Bryan with four room house, double chimney, good lot, stables and cistern priced at 325.
Senate Digs Into Aguinaldo Document Sparks Crossfire
In a rare Senate clash on February 1, Pettigrew pressed a resolution on Aguinaldo’s Philippine insurrection account, citing Dewey’s alleged recognition of the Filipino republic. Lodge opposed printing the document, while Pettigrew and allies charged Dewey with concealing the truth, prompting heated rebukes from Hawley Spooner Sewell and Gallinger. The fracas gave way to routine discussion of the appropriation bill and broader policy questions on the Philippines, Porto Rico, and arid lands leases.
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Washington
Senate
Pettigrew
Emilio Aguinaldo
Admiral Dewey
Lodge
Aguinaldo
Dewey
Mr. Pettigrew
Mr. Hawley
Connecticut
Spooner
Hawley
Sewell
Gallinger
Jones
Arkansas
Teller
Colorado
Berry
Philippines
Porto Rico
War Instigated Beatings Split Two Mixed Marriages in Illinois
In Danville two mixed families quarrel over the Boer War ending in severe injuries. Frank Specht stabbed five times with a pitchfork. William Shoemaker beaten. women torn hair, one unconscious. Ottumwa reports a religiously motivated infant death from freezing near Louis Monroe County. Tampa wreck claims engineer Kennedy and multiple fatalities. Muncie livery barn fire destroys sheds, fatality among cab driver Keil Weekly. 47 horses die.
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Danville, Ills
Frank Specht
William Shoemaker
Specht
Muncie
Ind
Boor & Manshower
Keil
Italian girl Sylvia Gemeli released from harem in Istanbul
Sylvia Gemeli, the young Italian girl whose release was demanded by Italy to prevent a diplomatic rupture, was taken to the Italian embassy and handed over to her father in Constantinople. In Chicago, two cold related deaths are reported with many frost bites. the temperature dropped to eight below zero.
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Constantinople
Sylvia Gemeli
Italy
Chicago
Holligan School House Correspondence Note
Local notes from Holligan School House dated January 29 recount weather cancellations visits from residents of Steep Hollow Wellborn Clayton's Prairie Rock Prairie and Bryan. A fox chase near Steep Hollow ended without capture and community life at Nesbitt with two stores a drug store a blacksmith shop and a gin is noted. The writer invites letters from every county community.
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Nesbitt
Nip
Local notes from Kurten and Pink Cross area
Kurten notes detail Rev. Skinner’s preaching and a musical at J B Edge residence. Local residents arrival, visits, and farming preparations plus health and travel updates. Pink Cross entries report hog killing weight leader, farm movements, weather-friendly plowing plans, and general good health with visits by Mr and Mrs Jerry Isbell.
Preparations Begin as Farmers Bend to New Crops in Wickson
In Wickson Texas on January 29 farmers near the county report most moving finished and land prep for another crop to start. Measles are spreading in the area. Mrs Dolphus Johnson and daughter Annie visited Monday and Tuesday. Joe Biggs returned from Mississippi where he spent Christmas with kin. Will Robinson of College visited his uncle Dee Robinson here last week. Prof Travis Beard and wife visited Mrs Robinson for one day last week.
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Wickson
Texas
Dolphus Johnson
Annie
Joe Biggs
Mississippi
Will Robinson
Dee Robinson
Mrs Eliza A Pearson Dies in Brazos County
Eliza Ann Pearson aged 64 years 1 month 10 days died at 1 a m Thursday Feb 1 at her son in law James Darwin home in this city She was born December 22 1835 in Lyons county Alabama married December 29 1867 to Z P Pearson and later came to Brazos county Survived by one child Mrs James Darwin and several stepchildren with brothers and sisters listed The funeral is at 9 this morning at Mr Darwins residence Rev J D West to officiate Wickson Cemetery burial.
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Eliza Ann Pearson
Jas. Darwin
Pearson
Eliza Ann Freeman
Lyons County
Ala
Coosa County
Z. P. Pearson
Brazos County
James Darwin
James A. Pearson
Fannie Bumpass
Russe
J. W. Pearson
Tehuacana
Mollie Collier
Waco
P. M. Pearson
Weatherford
In Memoriam Mrs Adelaide Boyles McDermitt
In Memoriam for Mrs Adelaide Boyles McDermitt who died January 16 in Garland Texas after months of illness. Born February 16 1871 near Bryan Texas she joined the Waco Baptist church in 1892 and married John A McDermitt of Garland December 10 1896. Her passing is marked by devotion and faith with memorial verses reflecting on loss and heavenly rest.
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Adelaide Boyles McDermitt
Garland
Tex
Bryan
Texas
Baptist Church
Waco
John A. McDarmitt
Walnut Creek Update Reports Weather Gap in Texas Jan
Walnut Creek Texas dispatch notes a weather disruption in Roberson country with full coverage beginning in January. The sparse report highlights regional conditions and upcoming outlook for local residents.
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Walnut Creek
Roberson Country
Texas
Three Acre Bryan Land With House and Stables
Property listing for three acres in southern Bryan including a four room house with double chimney, good lot, stables and shed, a good cistern, and marketed by Hupson & Nau.
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Bryan
Hupson & Nau
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