For Sale City Property and Farm Listings
For sale notices list: South half of block near Allen Academy with price 550 and 1.25 acres near schoolhouse. a small new cottage, tenant house and well at 1000. six room house and one lot on west side, price 1250. six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street. brick cistern on premises. Also M. B. Cole home place two and a half lots with six room house at 160. 300 acre Brazos Bottom farm at 20 per acre, sell in small tracts. 24 7 feet front on Railroad steel from Otto Keehme property. sell part or all.
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Allen Academy
M. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom
Otto Keehme
Health Booster Promises Cure for Coughs and Colds
An advertisement argues women prioritize jewels over health and urges use of Dr Boschee German Syrup to arrest early consumption and heal lungs. It claims the syrup is not a cure all but a certain cure for coughs and bronchial troubles and notes availability at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co Bryan and Green’s Almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co’s
Bryan
Green
To Cure Chills or Malaria in 4 Days Quinoria
Patent remedy promising to cure chills fever or malaria in four days. Money back refund if not effective. Price 50 cents per package. Advertised by M. H. James, leading druggist in Bryan.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Guaranteed Cure
To Cure Dyspepsia and Indigestion Sour Stomach or Heartburn take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets All druggists are authorized to refund money if they fail to cure Price 50 cents M H James the leading druggist Bryan Texas.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Prisoners Kill One Man and Flee After Jail Battle
In Sumterville Alabama on February 17 Henry Wilson and Julius Goodwin, two negro prisoners, fought deputy Charles Lane and locals. Lane was wounded, Mrs Lane was attacked, George Stafford and Willie Porter were hurt, and Lee Graham was killed as the pair escaped through the jail's rear amid gunfire. both suspects were believed seriously wounded.
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Sumterville
Ala
Lee Graham
Henry Wilson
Julius Goodwin
Charles Lane
Old Austrian Soldier Leopold Schlesinger Dies in Atlanta
Leopold Schlesinger once served in the personal bodyguard of Emperor Franz Joseph and was a veteran of the Italy Austria war. He received three medals from the emperor and another from General Cragefelz for saving his life. Born in Lodon Bohemia in 1819, he died at his daughter Mrs Ralph Victors home in Atlanta on February 17.
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Atlanta
Leopold Schlesinger
Francis Joseph
Austria
Italy
Ralph Victor
Cragefelz
Mr. Schlesinger
Lodan
Bohemia
Boy 10 Heads Counterfeiting Ring in Birmingham
Ernest Matthews aged 10 is arrested in Birmingham on counterfeiting charges. He and ten companions allegedly learned from an old man and ran a miniature mint near the North Birmingham furnace, making lead and pewter silver quarters. Some coins reportedly passed at local stores while Secret Service agents investigate and anticipate more arrests.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ernest Matthews
Three Thousand Cayuse Horses Shipped to South Africa
Salt Lake report says 3000 western cayuse horses from inter mountain states are to be sent to South Africa for the British army. Agents purchased the animals after weeks of searching the country for suitable mounts.
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Salt Lake
South Africa
British Troops Suffer Casualties at Kilp River Retreat
Special dispatches from Pretoria report mounted infantry trapped at Kilp river were fresh from home and unused to Boer tactics. Most casualties occurred during the retreat. Major Dowell, commander of the force, was among the dead.
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London
Pretoria
Kilp River
Dowell
Congressman Shepherd in Critical Condition in Washington
Washington reports Rep John L Shepherd of Texarkana Texas is critically ill from heart failure and kidney trouble. He was unconscious most of Sunday and his wife Mrs Sheppard was telegraphed to Washington for updates. In Texas a fight over field work led to a fatal shooting near Elgin as Johnson Miller was shot by another black man. both men are Bastrop residents.
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Congressman Sheppard
Washington
John L. Shepherd
Texarkana
Tex
Sheppard
Elgin
Austin
Johnson Miller
Land Place
Bastrop
New Judicial District Bill Advances in House Committee
Washington Feb 17 The bill creating a new United States judicial district in Texas with an additional 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
Survival Ends in Tragedy: East Helena Official Kills Wife
Harold M. Cole assistant superintendent at the East Helena smelter died after shooting his wife Olive Mayne Cole who was mortally wounded. The incident occurred Monday February 17. Police report a double tragedy as the husband fired the shots and then died.
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Helena
Mon
Harold M. Cole
East Helena
Olive Mayne Cole
Land Title Involved Lands in Leon County Suit Filed
A United States district court suit involves 10 000 acres in Leon County near Oakwoods valued at 50 000 dollars. Plaintiffs are Allen et al of Montgomery Alabama against A M Anderson of Houston Eliza Mempner of Galveston and others in a trespass to title action linked to the Simon Sanchez grant. The property holds several fine farms. In Indiana police report a race based intimidation note signed Firebugs threatens to burn homes or lands of negro laborers after March first and April first.
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Tyler
Tex
United States District Court
Leon County
Oakwoods
Mr. Allen Et al
Montgomery
Ala
A. M. Anderson
Houston
Eliza Mempner
Galveston
Harry Masterson
Simon Sanchez
Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Wheatland
Smallpox in Nacogdoches County at Micheli Residence
Dr. A M Hooper reports about a dozen smallpox cases at the Micheli residence near Lanana eight miles below Nacogdoches on the Houston East and West Texas Railway. The commissioners court refused to take charge by a 3 to 1 vote and the county physician has not acted. The disease was brought from Houston County.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
A. M. Hooper
Lanana
Houston, East and West Texas
Eusebia Micheli
Houston County
Death Toll Rises After Shamaka Earthquake and Volcano Eruption
Reports from Baku indicate about 2000 people, mostly women and children, died in the Shamaka region earthquake. Thirty-four nearby villages were ruined and a volcano near Marasy has erupt ed with lava flows. Guards and soldiers with tents were sent to Shamaka for rescue efforts.
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Baku
Trans-Caucasia
Shamaka
Marasy
Geonchaika
Revenue bill passed after unanimous consent vote
In Washington on February 17 the house approved a measure to repeal war revenue taxes after swift debate and a rules rule. The vote on passage followed two days of debate with unanimous consent. 278 members voted aye, while the Danish treaty was ratified by the senate the next day without changes.
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Washington
Committee On Rules
Sheppard
Texas
Underwood
Alabama
Rules Committee
Richardson
Tennessee
House
Kilger Calls For More Education For Poor Whites
Milwaukee Feb 17 Prof Kilger of the Atlanta Theological Seminary told Plymouth Congregational church that southern facilities for black education are twice those for whites and urged more attention to aiding poor whites as a matter of good citizenship. Kilger has come north on three months leave to arouse interest in the south's poor whites.
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Kilger
Milwaukee
Kilyer
Atlanta Theological Seminary
Plymouth Congregational Church
South
Texas and nearby towns in brief national press notices
Ben Snyder of Albany falls from a wagon breaking his neck. Moran reports five smallpox cases in one family. Count de Lucenay convicted of bigamy in El Paso and jailed four years. J A Kirgan, veteran Texas journalist, dies at Fairfield. Daughters of the Republic plan a San Antonio hall of fame. Ashdown mayor H W Allen killed walking in front of a train at Texarkana. Mary Jacobs of El Paso shoots herself and dies. Vernon to open a cotton mill by June. Three Indians die after drinking wood alcohol mixture at Pawhusk. Jokaski boy drowns skating near Krebs Isle.
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Ben Snyder
Albany
Tex
Moran
Count de Lucenay
el Paso
J. A. Kirgan
Texas
Dieq
Fairfield
Daughters of the Republic
San Antonio
H. W. Allen
Ashdown
Ark
Texarkana
Mary Jacobs
Vernon
Florida
Pawhusk
O. T
John Jokaski
Krebs, I. T
South McAlester
University of the South story proved false
In Nashville on February 17 a tale claimed that Chancellor Wiggins and other Sewanee members fled after anonymous mountain warnings was declared fake. In Detroit on February 17 Frank C. Andrews was arrested again on a warrant for misappropriating funds from the City Savings Bank now under state examiner scrutiny.
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Nashville
Wiggins
University of the South
Sewanee
Detroit
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
State Bank Examiner
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Dallas
Theaes
A. H. Belo & CO
Trave
Fia
Canan Ous Monlud
All Saws OA
Munn & Co
New York
Washington, D. C
Joseph Daly
Exchange Hotel
Daly
Pere Army
Corral
Grand Junction
Colo
Texas Central
Dallas, Austin, Waco, ET. Worth
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
T. J. Anderson
M. L.2robbins
The_ senate
S. F. B. Morse
Pass, Traf
Mgr
John Wiitman
Oooge
Paul Jones
Getic
W. T. Ford
Eupionz
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Qld
Liza
F. A. Lee
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