Real estate listings by J. W. Batts agent
South half block near Allen Academy priced at 550 with cottage tenant house and well. One and a quarter acres near schoolhouse southeast town with price 1000. Six room house and one lot on west side priced 600. Six room house two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern listed at 1260. Two acres near Allen Academy with eight room residence barn servants’ house dug well tub cistern lots and garden priced 1600. Terms reasonable. 300 acre Brazos Bottom farm priced 20 per acre, can be sold in small tracts.
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Allen Academy
Ain Street
Brazos Bottom
Women and jewels in health and cough remedy
An advertising feature extols jewels and health as women’s priorities. It promotes Dr Bosch ee’s German Syrup to counter coughs colds and bronchial troubles in early consumption, claiming it heals lungs and bronchial tubes and warns it is not a universal cure. Sold by Wilson Jenkins Drug Co Bryan along with Green’s Special Almanac.
Managers object to anti standing room order in theaters
New York on February 1 Fire Commissioner Strugis enforced the anti standing room statute causing consternation among theater managers. Hundreds were turned away at leading houses while Metropolitan Opera had 150 general admission tickets sold when order forced seating or removal of standers. Opera's Maurice Grau warned continued enforcement could cost the season up to 100000 and halt performances. Managers plan a meeting to seek rescission of the order.
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New York
Strugis
Metropolitan Opera House
Maurice Grau
Tragic double murder suicide in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on January 31, painter James Carroll killed his wife with three gunshots then shot himself. Police found the 10 month old baby girl crawling over her mother's body as the couple lay dead. both spouses were pronounced dead at the morgue.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
James Carroll
Carroll
Oklahoma Indian population by tribe in Oklahoma
Oklahoma reports 12 980 Indians across seventeen tribes with Osages numbering 1798 and Comanches 1500. Other groups include Otoes 2372 Shawnees 507 Pawnees 650 Wichitas 925 Cheyennes 2037 and Pottawatomies 1700 among many. The Osages rank second in tribal numbers.
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Oklahoma
Winita
I. T
Bomb Explodes During Italian Feast in New York
A dynamite bomb exploded amid a crowd of Italians celebrating a feast on Elizabeth Street New York injuring two people and causing a panic. Two Italians who caused the explosion were arrested claiming the usual religious rites had been omitted from the celebration.
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New York
Elizabeth Street
Rock Crushes 10-year-old in Iredell Texas Cave Incident
In Iredell Texas on February 1 a 10-year-old boy, son of Jesse Hill, died after a rock fell from a cave roof. He and companions were warming themselves by a fire when the rock collapsed, killing him instantly.
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Iredell
Tex
Jesse Hill
Young Hill
Congress This Week: Tariffs and Judicial Salaries Debates
Washington this week centers on the Philippine tariff bill and a federal judiciary salary bill led by Senator Hoar. Debate will feature speeches by Tel ler Turner Carmack and Culberson as the House weighs oleomargarine repeal and war tax reductions amid Cuban reciprocity negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
Hoar
Lodge
Messrs
Teller
Turner
Carmack
Culberson
Stewart
Congress
Hale
Committee On Appropriations
Prince Henry
Friends of
Waterbury Fire Ravages Business District in Inferno
A ten hour blaze in Waterbury Connecticut destroyed over 4 acres of the core business area and left hundreds homeless. The Reid and Hughes Dry Goods store sparked the fire, and a second blaze at the Scoville hotel worsened the crisis. Despite reinforcements, conditions were extreme as gale winds and cold hampered efforts. The militia occupied the streets and public buildings became shelters as martial law began.
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Waterbury
Conn
Reid and Hughes Dry Goods Company
Bank Street
Scoville House
BE. C. Lewis
Waterbury Bank
New England Engineering Company
Masonic Temple
Bank
McLean
Hondo Mine Horror Claims Dozens Dead
Eagle Pass Texas reports 76 bodies removed from the Hondo mine by Sunday night, with three dead mules and 142 total still inside the shaft. Rescue teams operate continuously as investigators seek the explosion cause. New York also notes William C Whitney, longtime financier and ex secretary of the navy, will retire from business life after 25 years of public activity.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Hondo
New York
Wiliam C. Whitney
Southern Educational Association set to meet in Chattanooga
The executive committee of the Southern Educational Association in Chattanooga, Tennessee, decided to hold the next annual meeting in the city. The dates fixed are July 1 to 4.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Southern Educational Association
Chattanooga
Fight at a Dance Leaves Boyscare in Wallis Texas
At a rural Wallis Texas dance two youths aged 17 and 18 fought Saturday night. One struck the other in the bowels, and the wounded boy was not expected to live. The incident occurred about two miles from town.
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Wallis
Tex
Woman seeks admission to asylum to stop herself from murder
Louisa Diehl, 25, daughter of a prominent citizen, requested admission to the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane to prevent herself from killing. She claimed delusions include a mysterious hypnotist and danger to her sister's child. She traveled on foot to the asylum without informing her family and will stay several weeks for evaluation. The hospital expects recovery.
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New Jersey State Hospital
Louisa Diehl
Miss Diehl
House Ways and Means Backs War Tax Bill Change
Washington February 3 the ways and means committee voted unanimously to favorably report the war tax reduction bill. Rep Babcock offered a bill to largely cut steel duties and free list some items as tea repeal amendment. Amendment defeated 6 to 7 with Babcock Vawney and all Democrats for. Cuban reciprocity also surfaced Steele proposed 25 percent sugar concession but motion was withdrawn after brief exchange.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Babcock
Messrs
Vawney
Steele
Indiana
British Veteran Dead After Gas Fumes at New York Flat
James Reid a British veteran famed for heroism at Sevastopol and Balaklava dies in New York from asphyxiation after turning a gas heater stopcock wrong. In his 77th year he ran a small cigar and stationery shop, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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New York
James Reid
Seebastopool
Balaklava
Crimea
Reid
Kaiser’s New Yacht Meteor Nears Launch at Shotts Island
New York February 3 German ruler’s yacht Meteor nearing launch at Shotter’s Island. Hull painted and rivets in place with deck house nearly done. Interior fitting and rigging remain. 100 tons lead ballast stowed. Completion expected within two weeks after launching. electric-lit night work speeds progress.
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New York
Gay
Emperor William
Shotter’s Island
Narrow Escape on 65 Foot Colorado Trestle
Denver Feb 3 The Colorado Midland passenger train westbound for Salt Lake and San Francisco narrowly escaped disaster two miles west of Buena Vista when it hit a standing freight train on a 65 foot high trestle. The caboose and one freight car plunged into the creek. rear brakeman Owen McCarthy was killed. Engineer Peck and the fireman stayed aboard, saved by the engine balanced on the trestle. McCarthy had lingered in the caboose warming himself before starting to flag the passenger train.
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Denver
Colorado Midland
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Buena Vista
Owen McCarthy
Peck
Old Revolutionary matriarch mourns only kin at 100
Kokomo Indiana February 3 Through the death of her daughter Mrs Susan Mc Daniels Mrs Mary Bryan Cobb oldest living daughter of the Revolution is alone in the world at age 100 outliving all family and near relatives She is a step great grandmother of Colonel William J Bryan and a granddaughter of Rev John Gano brigade chaplain of the Revolution Her father Stephen Gano an officer of the Continental army She still enjoys good health and receives a pension as a daughter of the Revolution and Mexican war widow Her daughter 82 died of old age.
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Kokomo
Ind
Susan McDaniels
Mary Bryan Cobb
Cobb
William J. Bryan
Louis H. Bryan
John Gano
Stephen Gano
Schley Visits Nashville University and Public Reception
Admiral Schley visited the University of Nashville where Chancellor James D. Porter welcomed him. The party viewed Polk family relics at Mrs. George W. Fall’s residence, then attended a large public reception at the Tabernacle. In the evening the University Club hosted Major and Mrs. E B Stahlman before the visitors left for Knoxville.
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University of Nashville
Nashville
Admiral Schley
James D. Porter
George W. Fall
James K. Polk
Polk
Admiral
Schley
the Tabernacle
University Club
E. B. Stahlman
Knoxville
Woman of New York Identified in Stockton Suicide
The middle aged, richly dressed woman who died by her own hand in Stockton on Friday night has been identified by friends in San Francisco as Mrs. Hammond Moore of New York City. Widow of Col. Hammond Moore, she settled in New York after the Civil War and was on a world tour begun three years ago, ending recently. The motive for the suicide remains unknown.
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San Francisco
Stockton
Hammond Moore
New York City
New York
Guatemala
Three Feet of Snow Paralyzes Roads in New York State
Heavy snowfall across interior New York and Pennsylvania in 24 hours halts rail traffic and blocks country roads. Malone reports three feet of snow in eight hours, disrupting travel and daily life.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Malone
N. Y
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City Market
Messrs. Smith & Adams
John W. Hicks
Managers
Philippine Tariff
Kaiser’s New Yacht
Houston
Texas Central
Texas
Dallas, Austin
Waco, Ft, Worth
Southern Pacific
S. F. B. Morse
Traf. Mgr
T. J. Anderson
M. L. Robbins
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
Gap
John Wiitman
Foss
Paul Jones
T World
J. E. Ponder
Louisville, Ky
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Grog
Ld Liza
Dray Line
F. A.lee
F. A. Lee
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