Real Estate Listings by J. W. Batts Agent
J W Batts offers Brazos County land titles abstracts and various properties in town. Listings include a half block near Allen Academy for 550 dollars, a six room house with lots, a brick cistern, two acres near Allen Academy for 1600 dollars, and land at 20 dollars per acre Brazos Bottom with option to buy in small tracts. Flexible terms available. Adjusted to readers seeking local properties and prices.
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Allen Academy
Hoolhouse
Price
Brazos Bottom
Brain Food Nonsense and August Flower Cure Ad
An old style ad condemns fad diets and promotes Green's August Flower as a general health tonic. It touts benefits for digestion, liver action, blood purification, and vitality. The copy claims a cure for chills or malaria in four days with Quinoria and notes refunds through druggists. Bryan’s Mr. James listed.
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James
Bryan Vexar
G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
Bryan
Meeting of Texas county officials at Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas February 6 convention of county judges and county commissioners opens at the courthouse for a two day session. President McCoy of Johnson county presides as Mayor Powell urges laws on infectious disease immunity and a clear local option law to avoid public confusion. About 10% of judges and commissioners attend.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
McCoy
Johnson County
Powell
Hay Whitney wedding seals Washington society
The marriage of Helen Hay daughter of Secretary of State John Hay to Payne Whitney of New York took place at the Church of the Covenant in Washington amid a social gathering attended by the president, cabinet, and diplomatic corps. The Hay home has received hundreds of gifts of varied value. James Wood elected to parliament for east Down, a gain for the opposition.
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Church of the Covenant
Washington
Helen Hay
John Hay
Payne Whitney
New York
Navy
W. C. Whitney
W .C. Whitney
New England
Hay Home
James Wood
Dublin
Down
The Cloaked Follower Seeks David on the Rocks
Two men John and David return from a town trip in heat. A tall man in a black cloak shadows them toward Old Andrew's house and the Rocks. At moonrise David confronts the cloaked figure, who reveals he is Death as David falls to his death.
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John
David
Old Andrew's
Old Andrew’s
Andrew
John Martin
Dave
Mary
Duncan Farm
Orange
Tex
New Orleans
Dennis Kitchings
Greedy Lawyer Shortchanges Client for Fees
A renowned Philadelphia attorney known for high-profile trust positions, after collecting $1,500 for a case, initially pays the client a $100 check. The client objects, the lawyer rechecks the check and insists it is correct, then issues a second check for $150. The total fee reaches $1,850.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Harrisburg
Man of Laws
Annex Cuba proposal bills court Hawaii precedent
Representative Newlands of Nevada has introduced a joint resolution inviting Cuba to become part of the United States first as a territory then as a state called Cuba and granting a 25 percent duty reduction on Cuban sugar. The measure ties the cut to pre January 1 1903.
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Newlands
Washington
Nevada
Ways and Means Committee
Hawaii
Republic of Cuba
United States
Union
Cuba
Burned man Henry Tice dies after bedside fire
Dallas on February 6 reports Henry Tice aged 65 died from severe burns after his bed clothing caught fire while he smoked a pipe in bed. His arms and legs were burned to the bone.
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Dallas
Henry Tice
Two Anniversaries Celebrated in Mexico City
In Mexico City on February 6 a general holiday marked the anniversary of the 1857 federal constitution signed on February 5. The day also commemorated Felipe de Jesus death in Japan in 1597, a Mexican missionary martyred there.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Japan
Felipe de Jesus
Pastor A B McCurdy Interred After Pneumonia Death
Longview Texas February 6 A B McCurdy pastor of the local Baptist church died in St Louis Missouri of pneumonia while enroute to Dover Delaware with his mother in law who died here of pneumonia and he was brought back for burial after illness occurred enroute
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Longview
Tex
A. B. McCurdy
Baptist Church
St. Louis
Dover
Del
Bond issue eyed by St. Louis Southwestern directors
Improvement plans show the St. Louis Southwestern directors nearly fixed on a bond issue. The first sale will retire the current 10 million second mortgage and fund equipment and new acquisitions. Blossom Texas reports Martha Gardner burned to death at her father’s home while the family was away. she was in poor health and found dead on the floor.
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Cotton Belt
New York
The
Mail and Express
St. Louis Southwestern
Blossom, Tex
Martha Gardner
Here
Woodward and Quanah Railroad Company Chartered
The Woodward and Quanah Railroad Company, capital stock $1,000,000, is chartered to operate a 128 mile line from Woodward Oklahoma Territory to Quanah Texas. The Rock Island is reported to back the venture.
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Woodward Co
Tailor Hangs Himself in Palestine Scene
Palestine, Texas, Feb 6. John Remmel a German tailor was found dead in his room after hanging himself from a nail with a rope around his neck. He was about 40 and left a note in German.
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Palestine
Tex
John Remmel
Bohemian Farmer Surrenders After Fatal Shooting Near Flatonia
Frank Hrvoda, a Bohemian farmer living two miles southeast of Flatonia, Texas, turned himself in and confessed to killing Joe Hodanek at his Valenta place. The incident occurred at Hrvoda’s home on February 6.
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Flatonia
Tex
Frank Hrvoda
Valenta Place
Joe Hodanek
Hrvoda
Local Farmer Shot Himself Near Terrell Texas
Grant Hurley a prosperous young farmer of Stubbs about twenty miles west of Terrell Texas shot himself in the head with a 41 caliber Colts pistol and died instantly information received in the city stated the incident occurred on February 6 at his home near Stubbs.
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Terrell, Tex
Grant Hurley
Stubbs
Convicted of Murder in Jackson English Case
In Jackson Mississippi on February 6 Charles Bivy, the Black man who killed Officer Redmond on Saturday night last week, was found guilty of murder after a grand jury returned a true bill Monday.
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Jackson
Miss
Charles 8
Pivy
Redmond
Negro lynched in Tennessee jail mob incident
In Nashville on February 6, Euless Whittaker, an African American man accused of killing John Doster weeks earlier, was taken from jail at Lynchburg by a mob and killed. The event underscores violent mob action connected to the case.
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Nashville
Tenn
Euless Whittaker
John Doster
Lynchburg
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
City Market
John W. Hicks
House Committee On Appropriations
Treasury, War and Post Office
Spain
Oklahoma
Wan
Red McCurdy
Houston
Texas Central
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
S. F. B. Morse
Pass, Tras
Mgr
T. J. Anderson
M. L. Robbins
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
John Wiitman
Sogi
Paul Jones
J. E. Ponder
Farmer
Gse Eupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Qld
Liza
F. A.lee
F. A. Lee
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