For Sale Property Listings in Town Districts and Farm
A varied parcel of real estate offers near Allen Academy with one and a quarter acres and a small cottage plus a tenant house and well. Homes include six room houses with lots, brick cisterns, and proximity to streets. The M B Cole home place, 2.5 lots with a six room house priced at 1610.00. A 300 acre Brazos Bottom farm is priced at 20.00 per acre with sale in small tracts. Frontage on railroad allows partial or full sale of Otto Boehme property.
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Allen Academy
M. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom Farm
Otto Boehme
Brain Food Nonsense Says Diet Affects All Body Parts
A crowd of experts debunks the idea that one food uniquely nourishes brain or muscles. A balanced diet supports the entire body, but poor digestion ruins nutriments. The ad promotes Green's August Flower to aid digestion, liver function, and blood purification, sold by Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co.
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G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
To Cure Chills or Malaria in 4 Days With Quinoria
Public notice for Quinoria claiming cure of chills fever malaria in four days. Drugstores authorize refunds if not cured. Price five dimes per package. James, leading druggist, Bryan.
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James
Bryan
M. H. James
Town of Shamaka Wiped Out by Quake in Trans-Caucasia
St. Petersburg reports two hundred bodies recovered from Shamaka after a major earthquake. Searches continue amid fissures and debris with many women among the dead. Hundreds more victims likely buried as quakes persist and survivors camp among ruins.
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St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Trans-Caucasia
Mussul
English Army Estimates for 1902 03 Total 69 Million
London reports the army estimates for 1902 03 total 69 310 000 pounds to fund 420 000 men 219 700 for ordinary service and 990 800 for war service A war head of 40 000 000 pounds is reduced by 23 230 000 from 1901 02. War Secretary Broderick notes funds cover nine months of South Africa field force at current strength.
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London
Broderick
South Africa
New Scheme to Find Miss Ely and Nephew
Chicago February 15. James C. Rogers launches an endless chain to locate Miss Florence Ely and her nephew Frank Ely Rogers who vanished from Evanston last July Two thousand circulars with their photos and descriptions are mailed nationwide and recipients are asked to forward to three friends who pass it along further creating a pyramid chain of notices.
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Chicago
James C. Rogers
Florence Ely
Frank Ely Rogers
Evanston
United States
Brother and intruder clash in Carterville home
Ed Brown returned home to find a door secured, entered his brother Oscar’s room, and struck him with a poker. Oscar Brown, mistaking the act for a burglary, shot Ed in the cheek. Doctors fear blood poisoning though Ed may recover.
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Carterville
Ed Brown
Fin
Oscar
Oscar Brown
Cotton Display at World’s Fair 1903 Planned
A grand south cotton display will show the fibre from boll to finished fabric at the 1903 World’s Fair in St Louis. Mill owners from Charleston Atlanta Spartanburg and Charlotte have agreed to furnish the demonstration.
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St. Louis
South
Charleston
Atlanta
Spartanburg
Charlotte
Ella Starr Dies in New York After Long Illness
Ella Starr a noted newspaper contributor and editor for Frank Leslie's Young Folks for three years dies at Fishkill after months of illness. She contributed to Judge and Life and spent time abroad as a newspaper correspondent.
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New York
Ella Starr
Fishtall
Frank Leslie
Harness horses fetch strong prices at Union Stock Yards
Chicago February 15 three hundred harness horses sold in a combination sale at the Union stock yards averaging about 300 dollars each. The top price reached 1300 dollars for Governor Rex.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Rex
Child's death after boy sets fire to sister's clothes
In Hammond Indiana on February 15 Willie Nowak eighty three year old son of John Nowak deliberately set fire to his little sister's clothing. The child died from burns and the sister was ignorant of the crime.
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Hammond
Ind
Willie Nowak
John Nowak
Astor Registers His Colors for Horse Racing
London February 15 William Waldorf Astor has registered his racing colors under Jockey Club rules. The colors are light blue with a pink sash and cap.
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Astor
London
William Waldorf Astor
Jockey Club
Chief Surgeon Pope Dead in Manila
Chief surgeon of the division of the Philippines Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Pope died in Manila on Friday from Bright's disease after a two week illness.
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Pope
Manila
Benjamin F. Pope
Division of the Philippines
Bright
Theodore Roosevelt’s Health Improves in Groton
Theodore Roosevelt continues improving in Groton Massachusetts with reports he may be moved to Washington in a few days.
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Theodore
Groton
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Government to study alien immigration policy inquiry
London February 15. The government will back a royal commission to probe the issue of alien immigration. The move aims to examine policies and implications for national policy and public welfare.
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London
Secret Boer envoy Mueller files for passage with assumed name
The former Orange Free State consul in Holland travels to the United States under an alias to reach Roosevelt. He carries Kruger’s letter not asking for intervention but expressing regret at not personally congratulating Roosevelt on his accession. Mueller aims to reorganize Boer propaganda and push U S government action prohibiting export of war contraband.
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United States
Mueller
Europe
New Cause for Wrecks Aboard Locomotives in Transport
A Chicago report notes giant locomotives under construction have damaged rails on roadbeds during hauling to assignment. Railroads blame unfinished engines for broken rails and recent wrecks, while authorities discuss Postmaster General Payne policy on fourth class postmaster removals.
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Rock Island Railroad
Fire destroys treasures in Paterson safe blast
Former Attorney Griggs loses eight unregistered bonds worth 1000 each and a valuable library when a New York office building fire reaches Paterson. The safe door is pried open and contents burn, with speculation gas caused flames. Gartner Stewart loses 10 000 in similar losses. Katz Brothers also report bonds valued at 150 000 burned in the adjoining building.
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Attor Griggs
New York
John W
Paterson
N. J
Gartner Stewart
Severe Snow Storm Paralyzes Cities Across South and East
A major winter storm moved from Vicksburg to Jacksonville bringing rain sleet and thunderstorms with record snowfalls in the region Charlotte 15 inches Nashville 10 Knoxville 9 Chattanooga 8 and Atlanta 3. Freezing weather extends to Wilmington and threatens colder conditions with streetcar service disrupted in Atlanta.
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Tenia
North Carolina
Georg
Atlanta
Vicksburg
Jacksonville
Fla
Montgomery
Charleston
Charlotte
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Wilmington
N. C
Cotton Belt
Transpacific steamship service links San Francisco Manila
Direct communication between San Francisco and Manila is established by the Occidental and Oriental Pacific Mail and Toyo Kisen Kaisha lines. A monthly schedule calls one of nine steamers to Manila, with Berry of Pacific Mail set for the initial voyage on March 5.
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San Francisco
Manila
Occidental and Oriental
Pacific Mail
Toyo Kisen Kaisha Lines
Berry
Pacific Mail Company
Abandon Six Day Walk Leaders Quit Race
New York February 15 Hegelman and Cavanaugh leaders in the six day walking match abandoned the race at 40 o clock. Hegelman suffered near delirium from swollen feet and Cavanaugh stopped alone.
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New York
Hegelman
Cavanaugh
Insurance Firms Weigh Texas Exit Affected by Antitrust Law
In New York on February 15 a group of leading fire insurance companies or their representatives seriously consider withdrawing from Texas. Foreign firms reportedly have already left rather than take an oath required by the law or face consequences for noncompliance.
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New York
Texas
Weevil Destruction Spurs Texas Cotton Eradication Fund
Representative Burleson of Texas told the house agriculture committee that 240000 bales of Texas cotton valued at 10000000 were destroyed last year by the Mexican weevil. The committee added a 20000 appropriation to the agricultural bill for immediate pest eradication.
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Washington
Burleson
Texas
House Committee On Agriculture
Young Man Dies In Oklahoma Dance Collapse
Denison Texas February 14 A Checotah Oklahoma youth Will Julian was killed at a dance near Checotah when a pistol in his pocket discharged during a scuffle. The bullet entered his mouth and passed through his brain in the accidental shooting.
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Denison, Tex
Will Julian
Checotah
I. T
Julian
Local option election ordered for March 15 in Decatur
Decatur Texas February 15 The commissioners court orders a local option election set for March 15. Prohibition has been in force in every precinct for two years and elections have alternated in favor and against local option.
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Decatur
Tex
Commissioners’ Court
Young Roosevelt Improves at Groton School
Groton Mass Feb 15 Theodore Roosevelt Jr shows rapid improvement after illness after days of set back for the first time since sickness he eats solid food including meat and his lungs are clearing with restitution likely within days
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Young Roosevelt
Groton
Mass
Groton School
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Man Burned to Death in Rockwall House Fire
Frank Copeland, living with his three children three miles north of Rockwall, Texas, found his house on fire early Friday. He rescued his children and reentered to save belongings and was burned to death. His body was charred beyond recognition.
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Rockwall
Tex
Frank Copeland
Gift to Tuskegee Institute Helps Four Girls Dormitory
A private donor has given $25,000 to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for a four girls dormitory. The giver's name is not disclosed. Booker T. Washington leads the school in Tuskegee.
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Tuskegee Institute
New York
Tuskegee
Ala
Booker Washington
New Judicial District Bill Clears House Committee
Washington February 15. The bill creating a new United States judicial district in Texas and adding a district judge has been favorably acted upon by the house judiciary committee.
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Washington
United States Judicial District
Texas
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Sha maka Town Destroyed by Earthquake in Trans-Caucasia
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the large town of Shamak a in Trans-Caucasia has been destroyed by an earthquake with no further details available.
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London
St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Trans-Caucasia
Wealthy Woman in Flatbush Dies in Suicide Amid Crisis
New York February 15. Mrs Harriet Zabrieskie Lefferts of Flatbush Long Island one of the wealthiest families has killed herself by shooting while temporarily insane.
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New York
Harriet Zabrieskie Lefferts
Flatbush, L. I
Mourners Carry 700-Pound Casket to Grave
Dennis Leahy was laid to rest in a casket weighing 700 pounds after 12 men carried it to the gravesite in New York. The funeral drew attention for the extraordinary weight and the effort of pallbearers.
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New York
Dennis Leahy
Prohibition Election Ordered in Comanche County
Comanche County commissioners court orders a prohibition election for March 1. Local voters will decide on alcohol restrictions in the county.
Corpus Christi Attorney Edwin A. McCain Dies at 46
Attorney Edwin A. McCain of Corpus Christi Texas died at his home aged 46. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Pbell
Edwin A. McCain Christi
Corpus Tex
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