Local Land Listings Include Several Farms and Houses
About 105 acres one mile from court house with 25 acres in cultivation and balance pasture fenced with six wires priced at 1500. North east county offers 400 acres of post oak land at 2.60 per acre. Bear schoolhouse area has 1.25 acres. Cottage and tenant house with well. six room house and two lots four blocks from street priced 1250. Quarter block near Allen Academy east front priced 250. half block near Allen academy priced 500. City lots near school 100 each. 13 acres near South Leaf Town with new four room house cistern and out-buildings priced 1000.
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Court House
Allen Academy
South Leaf Town
Lands and houses for sale near A M College and city
Lamar Bethea Sr offers 92 acres near A M College suitable for dairy or hog farm at 1000. Also 69 acres on Wixon Creek with 49 cultivated mostly creek bottom land and a 6 room house. Other city lots and a Pochila two story house offered cheap plus undeveloped lots north western area and trades for city property. RR line passes through property and more lands available for sale or trade.
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A. & M. College
Wixon
Pearson Place
City
Magnificent International Washington Birthday Celebration at Laredo
Citizens of Laredo Texas and New Laredo Mexico stage a two day border celebration February 22 and 23 featuring Spanish bull fights cattle roping torchlight parades naval fireworks and pageants. Excursion rates apply with a Monterey Mexico visit option and 10 day stopover rights. inquiries to D J Prior G P and T A Palestine Texas.
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Laredo
Texas
New Laredo
Mexico
George Washington
Great Papantae
Monterey
D. J. Prior
G.P
T. A
Palestine
Remarkable English lawsuit of highwaymen spurred by spoils
In 1725 John Everit sued Joseph Williams for five thousand pounds claiming misappropriation of partnership spoils from highway robbery. The case ended in contempt of court. costs taxed against Everit’s side and a six month prison for solicitor Wreathcock. Both men later hanged at Tyburn and Maidstone.
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Court of the Exchequer
England
John Everit
Joseph Williams
Everit
Williams
Wreathcock
Tyburn
Maidstone
Thrifty Uncle Isrul Trask and His Godly Wife Hetty
An amused New York Times clipping recalls Uncle Isrul Trask a thrifty Yankee shopkeeper famed for three marriages. A friend teases his luck in love, and Isrul replies that Hetty is a godly woman with a little property, in his soft, saintly way.
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Isrul Trask
Uncle Isrul
New York Times
Fruit Uses in Medicine Laxatives Astringents Diuretics
The Medicine Brief outlines fruit roles in health care with categories for laxatives astringents diuretics refrigerants and stomach sedatives. It lists oranges figs tamarinds prunes mulberries dates nectarines plums pomegranates cranberries blackberries sumac berries dewberries raspberries barberries quinces pears wild cherries medlars grapes peaches strawberries gooseberries red and white currants pumpkins melons lemons limes and apples.
Eight Million for State Government Next Two Years
Austin Feb 6 The senate adopted a finance committee resolution to study needs of state institutions for maintenance betterments and enlargements with estimates exceeding 8 000 000 though the appropriation bill may not exceed 6 000 000 without deficit. The resolution passed 32 to 7. Executive session confirmed A T Watts as judge of the Sixtieth district. Bills on incest court timing clerk at Confederate home and criminal district court rules were acted on with suspensions and amendments in both chambers.
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Austin
Senate
Wilson
Finance Committee
Stafford
Paulus
A. T. Watts
Senator Lipscomb
Criminal District
Galveston
Harris Counties
Faubion
House
Thirty-ninth
Freight Collision at Tecolote Causes Multiple Deaths
A rear end freight crash on the El Paso Northeastern near Tecolote New Mexico killed Engineer W F Prosser and fireman Gus Merts and injured conductor Gird and Phalen among others. The front train caboose was destroyed and seven freight cars were wrecked as a train was being assembled.
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el Paso
Tex
el Paso Northeastern Railway
Tecolote
N. M
W. F. Prosser
Gus Merts
G. Davis
Torrance
Gird
Phalen
Prosser
Southern Pacific sells half stake in Houston and Texas Central
The Southern Pacific Railway sold half its interest in the Houston and Texas Central line to the Rock Island. The deal gives the Rock Island access to Galveston, opening potential new routes and traffic for the Houston area.
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New York
the Herald
Southern Pacific
Houston and
Texas Central
Rock Island
Galveston
Woman Shoots Self in Ennis Visit
Lady shot herself three times with a pistol while staying with her sister Mrs. J. P. Mann in Ennis Texas. Henry Beaumont of Waco, visiting, was reported in feeble health and believed fatally hurt.
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Ennis,Tex
Henry Beaumont
Waco
J. P. Mann
Slain at Center Knife Attack Kills Man
Center Texas February 6 F Judge died instantly after five knife wounds in an altercation The jugular veins were severed H C Hatchell was jailed in connection with the killing.
Stockholders Meet at Frisco Headquarters
A meeting of stockholders of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad was held at its Commercial building headquarters in St. Louis. All directors were reelected except Strauss Seligman Olney and Madill, who were replaced by H. H. Porter W. K. Bixby J. S. Ford and R. T. Fulton. No other business occurred at the session.
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St. Louis
Schedule Meeting Called for Southern Association Baseball Clubs
President Wm. Kavanaugh calls the spring meeting of the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs in New Orleans on February 21 to adopt the 1903 schedule. Chairman M J Finn has a nearly identical plan to last year with opening games on April 15 and closing on September 20.
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Little Rock
Ark
Wm. Kavanaugh
Southern Association of Baseball Clubs
New Orleans
M. J. Finn
The Gardener Bird in New Guinea
The gardener bird amblyornis forms ground nests with moss and decorates them with bright berries flowers and insects. The site acts as a personal pleasure resort, with flowers replaced as they wither and new ones added.
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Amblyornis
New Guinea
Shooting at Frost Bridge ends in death in Mississippi dispute
A. H. Cray shot and killed J. C. Sanderson near Frost Bridge twenty miles from Waynesboro Mississippi after a money dispute. Cray fled the scene and is missing. both men were well known in Wayne County messages indicate.
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Mobile
Ala
Register
Waynesboro
Miss
J. C. Sanderson
A. H. Cray
Frost Bridge
Sanderson
Gray
Wayne County
Assistance in life’s struggle sparks caution from Comrox
The Washington Star quotes Mr. Com rox noting satisfaction in aiding those in need but warns that some beneficiaries may mock helpers behind their backs and call them easy marks.
Death of Congressman Moody in North Carolina
Asheville N C Feb 6 Congressman J M Moody died at his Waynesville home He was forty four years old He leaves a wife and six children
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Asheville
N. C
J. M. Moody
Waynesville
Major Moody
Declined to Call Bishop of Mississippi
Rev. Dr. Arthur N. Lloyd, secretary of the Protestant Episcopal board of domestic and foreign missions, has declined the call to be bishop of Mississippi.
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New York
Arthur N. Lloyd
Protestant Episcopal Board of Domestic and Foreign Missions
Mississippi
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C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Vecessor
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D. Kauble
Nevada
E. 0. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Rio
Hage Sang
Palo
D. E. Suber’s Market
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Lt Hickwayman
Masham
Marquis de Torey
France
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Ramillies
Audenardi
Malplaquit
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Sardinia
Modenese
Modena
Isrul
Direc
Pacific Coast
Ipacific
Coast Express
Washington
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Chicago St. Louis
Kansas City
Sfb Morse
ML Robbins
TJ Anderson
Pass
Houston, Texas
Eupion
Tas Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
John Wittman
the Gardener Bird
Congressman Moody
Otto Boehme
W. T. Ford
L. J. Cox
J. W
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