For Sale Property Listings in County Town
For sale about 105 acres one mile from court house with 25 acres cultivated and rest pasture fenced with six wires price 1500. Also about 400 acres post oak land in northeast county at 2.50 an acre. One and a quarter acres Dear scho house in southeast town small cottage tenant and well on premises. Six room house two lots four blocks from M Street brick cistern price 1250. One quarter block near Allen Academy east front price 250. 76 feet front on Railroad steer out Otto Boehme's property. Will sell part of all. Lots near school house at 100 each. Also other city property. About 13 acres south side town with new four room house and well cistern and out houses price 1000.
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Court House
Snall
Allen Acaemy
Otto Boehme
Land and property sale notice near A M College
For sale Lamar Bethea 92 acres near A M College suitable for dairy and hog farm at 1000 dollars. 31g lots on courthouse square with seven room house, barn and outbuildings, water well. Pochila two story house cheap, northwestern city lots $25 inside $35 corner. 69 acres on Wixon creek Pearson place 49 cultivated acres, creek bottom land, good small farm. One mile west, I G N R R passes, price 1500 dollars or trade for city property.
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A. & M. College
Courthouse Sqare
Pochila
City
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Laredo and New Laredo Host International George Washington Celebration
Citizens of Laredo Texas and New Laredo Mexico present a two day border festival February 22 and 23 featuring bull fights cattle roping parades naval fireworks sham battles pageants and flower displays with excursion rates to Laredo and Monterey Mexico and stop overs for viewing the event contact D J Pricer for details and tickets.
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Laredo
Texas
New Laredo
Mexico
George Washington
Monterey
Just Like Mother Button Repair Prompted by Bride’s Day
An early morning letter from the bride’s family describes a best man receiving a message about a missing button. The note from Mother instructs sewing the button on, echoing maternal vigilance. Four bridesmaids help later, sealing the fix with a cheerful telegram to mother: Button sewn on.
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New York Mail and Express
Mother
Logbook Coding for Weather and Wind in Merchant Vessels
The article explains a nautical logbook system where letters denote sky conditions and weather. Examples show b for blue sky and p for overcast, with c d a etc for clouds rain fog and lightning. Wind force is given by numerals from 1 to 12, and a dot means extraordinary.
Quicksands and a Gold-Laden Trap in New Zealand
A rough account from Pearson's describes two prospectors crossing a stream mouth in North Island New Zealand. One escaped the quicksand edge while the other sank and died as rescuers failed. The sand yielded about £300 per ton in gold when bodies were recovered.
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New Zealand
North Island
Pearson
Audience count at yesterday's piano recital
A dialogue notes a sparse audience with two men, three women, and a boy in the rain. The boy works nearby and the men sought shelter, while the women came specifically to hear the pianist, for which passes were personally issued.
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Boston Transcript
Trial opened for murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer
Liam Hooper Young appeared in court in a pitiable condition with ashen face and unkempt hair. Two physicians were to examine him following a request by defense and the district attorney. Jury selection began with three jurors accepted as proceedings continued before Judge Merrick in New York.
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New York
Bayedlliam Hooper Young
Anna Pulitzer
Merrick
Young
Justice Herrick
Oklahoma City Firefighters Rewarded After Dual Blaze
Fireman Miller was overcome by smoke in the Lion store blaze caused by a defective electric wire. A second fire at Wagner's restaurant stemmed from a gasoline stove explosion. Citizens raised a purse giving each fireman ten dollars and the city provided new clothing. A parade honored visiting firefighters with a brass band leading hundreds through the streets.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Miller
Lion
Wagner's
Senatorial votes and bills move through Texas Legislature
In Austin on Feb 5 Senator Paulus wins final passage on a bill requiring sheriffs to show when and where processes were executed and miles traveled. Grinnan pushes district creation for Coryell, Hamilton and Comanche counties. Faulk seeks repeal of a $5 annual occupation tax on dentists with lawyer tax relief. A cousin marriage ban is defeated. House approves 2500 for a constitutional amendment, a stateroom steno bill passes, and a deficiency warrants payment bill gains passage with a Texas Volunteer Guard riot fund allocation.
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Austin
Paulus
Senate
House
Stafford
Grinnan
Coryell
Hamilton
Comanche
Faulk
Guinn
Penitentiaries
Messrs
Marsh
Anthony
Fowler
Reece
Hoskins
Rusk Penitentiary
Boyd
Texas Volunteer Guard
Anti-Trust Bill Introduced in House by Connally and Meachum
In Austin on February 5 Hon Tom Connally of Falls County and Hon McDonald Meachum of Grimes County introduced the first anti trust bill in the house. The measure targets trusts and monopolies with general provisions.
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Austin
Tom Connally
Falls County
McDonald Meachum
Grimes County
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Brazos County
Lon
Kodol
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Rito
Eachange
H. B. Dorsey
D. E. Suber’s
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William Hooper Young
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Pacific Coast Express
Washington
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Mgr
M L_ ROBBINS
Gen
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Houston
T J Anderson
Cupion
Eupion
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Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
RIN
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W.T. Ford
L. J. Cox
J. W. Hamilton
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