For Sale: County Land and City Lots Across Precincts
Sale offers 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 cultivated and the rest pasture, fenced with six wires at 150 dollars. NE county 400 acres post oak land at 2.50 per acre. Near schoolhouse in southeast town a cottage tenant house and well with a six room brick house at 1950. A quarter block near Allen Academy priced 250 and east front. Half block near Allen Academy at 500. Blocks near schoolhouse at 100 each. About 13 acres on south town river with four room house cistern and outbuildings priced 1000.
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Court House
Bouture
Schoo House
Snell
Price
M~ Street
Allen Academy
Vast Farmland Offers Near A M College And City Lots
A sales note lists 92 acres near the A M college suitable for dairy or hog farming at 1000 dollars. Additional parcels include 31 acreage courthouse shares with a seven room house, barn, and outbuildings. a fine water well priced at 2200 dollars. and several city lots with inside 25 dollars and corner lots at 3500 dollars. Also offered is 69 acres on Wixon creek known as Pearson place with 49 cultivated acres and creek bottom land, plus 29 acres with a six room house and two underground brick cisterns one mile west of town beside the I G N R R line, priced at 1600 dollars or trade for city property.
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A. & M. College
City
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Menon
Laredo Celebrates George Washington Birthday With Border Fiesta
Yaqui George Washington event in Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Mexico grows into a major international celebration on February 22 and 23. The two day program features Spanish ball fights cattle roping torchlight parades naval fireworks military drills pageants and a flower carnival with band contests. Excursion rates to Laredo and Monterrey Mexico are offered with ten day stopovers for observers of Mexican life and customs. For details contact D J Price G P T A J G N R R Palestine Texas.
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Laredo
Texas
New Laredo
Mexico
George Washington
Monterey
D. J. Price
G.P
T. A
Palestine
Jury Unable To Reach Verdict In Alexander Case
Indianapolis February 16 The jury after forty eight hours failed to agree on the trial of Dr J C Alexander and was discharged at 10 o clock Sunday morning The final ballots stood eight to four for acquittal Attorneys for the state yet to decide next steps The deliberations saw heated exchanges among jurors and attorneys surrounding visits by jurors wives on February 7 and alleged prejudicial remarks by lawyer James E White involving juror foreman talks of a possible guilty knowledge in the Rose Neidlinger case
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Indianapolis
J. C. Alexander
James E. White
Robert F. Ligenfelter
Mendenhall
Mesdames White, Brown
Daves
Theisting
Lingenfelter
White
Dr. Alexander
Rose Neidlinger
Blockade Raised and Venezuelan Tensions Grow
Venezuelan authorities learn the blockade was raised as the British warship Tribune leaves La Guayra. Government troops move to crush rebels after news reaches Caracas. In Washington, Bowan begins protocols talks with eight claimant nations, including the United States, to settle citizen claims.
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Caracas
la Guayra
United States Legation
Tribune
Trinidad
Coro
Higuerete
Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
United States
Penfield
State Department
Floodwaters Rise as Rivers Spill From Heavy Rains
In Dallas on February 16 the Trinity and Brazos rivers rose sharply with many tributaries carrying a large volume of water, signaling widespread rising waters and potential flooding concerns.
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Dallas
Trinity, Brazos
Demise of Field Marshal Simmons Reported in London
Field Marshal Sir John Simmons is dead. News in Brief notes Kentucky rivers swollen, Hillsboro Texas remains dry, and a sundry civil appropriation bill passes the National House. A man named Bob Davis drank a quart of whisky near Athens Texas and expired. The fifth anniversary of the Maine destruction observed in Havana.
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Field Marshal
London
Sir John Simmons
Hillsboro
Tex
National House of Representatives
Bob Davis
Athens
Fatal Sleigh Train Collision Near Salt Lake City
A large sleigh carrying ten youths was struck by a Rio Grande Western passenger train in Salt Lake City. The sleigh was hurled 100 feet. Miss Pearl Qualles, 17, sitting on the driver's seat, died instantly. Holmes the driver is critically injured. others in the rear escaped unharmed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Pearl Qualles
Miss Qualles
Holmes
Miss Young Arrives Amid Murder Case Ties
Miss Young sister of William Hooper Young arrived in New York aboard the Philadelphia. She is engaged to Harold Eldredge nephew of Senator elect Reed Smoot. A spring wedding is anticipated three weeks before John W Young's marriage. The family had vacated 102 West Fifty eighth Street, the former Pulitzer murder scene, with furniture moved out.
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New York
Miss Young
William Hooper Young
Philadelphia
Harold Eldredge
Reed Smoot
Utah
John W. Young
West Fifty Eighth Street
Pulitzer
Young
Matter Settled in Charleston Affair Ends Speculation
Charleston W Va Feb 16 After a dramatic meeting of John H Winder Dan Hanna and W C Caldwell of Wheeling the house judiciary committee chairman it was reported that all had been settled out of court and no legislative investigation of local officials would occur The episode also touched on the mistaken involvement of W A Clark Jr son of Senator Clark who was not present at any time.
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Charleston
W. Va
John H. Winder
Dan Hanna
W. C. Caldwell
Wheeling
House Judiciary Committee
Winder
Hanna
Caldwell
W. A. Clark, Jr
Clark
Sheep Perish From Intense Cold in Red Desert
In Rawlins Wyoming on February 16 heavy sheep losses were reported as a severe cold snap continued for days. About 500000 sheep graze the Red Desert area and deaths were occurring hourly due to subzero temperatures with mountains receiving 20 to 60 feet of snow and mining operations halted.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Red Desert
Medicine Row
Yale Students Chase Homeward Whist Players
Nine Yale seniors and juniors came to New York to play whist against Columbia. They attempted an 11 o clock return to New Haven and were chased up Broadway by a frightened hotel proprietor. A policeman fired in the air to stop the chase, forcing them to sprint for the last hope of catching their train.
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New York
Yale
Columbia
New Haven
Broadway
Extraordinary flooding drains Venice canals
Vienna cablegram reports Venice experienced two days of extreme water flow that drained all city canals including the Grand canal. Palaces foundations were exposed as gondolas and steamers became stuck in mud until the tide returned.
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New York
Vienna
Grand Canal
Mazatlan Emigration Regulated After Plague Reappearance
City officials in Mazatlan tighten emigration rules from the port after discovering people dodge border stations and a plague resurgence near the sun town, aiming to prevent spread and manage the outbreak.
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City of Mexico
Mazatlan
New York in Snow Slush as Searchlight Display Thrills Crowd
In New York on Sunday night a pyrotechnic display caused excitement as a searchlight malfunctioned striking crowds. People stumbled on slick pavements and slipped in slush while nearby observers watched the spectacle unfold amid winter conditions.
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New York
Ikea
York
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