T. W. Batts Real Estate Agent Offers Local Properties
Advertisement lists land titles in Brazos ock near Allen 90 with a new cottage and tenant on premises. Prices include house with one lot on west side, house with two lots four blocks from street, brick cistern, and various farms and city properties. Prices range from 29.00 per acre on Brazos Bottom to 1250 for a two house and lot package. Also offers 75 feet front on Railroad and other city properties.
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Allen
Price
Price Froom
M. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom
Oto Koehme
Beemer's Bend Courage Averts Tragic Sled Ride
Madge Turner and Katherine Crozier accompany Tom Turner and Harry Martin on a Beemer’s hill sled run. Beemer’s bend nearly sends a cutter and bob sled over a cliff until Charley Brome sacrifices safety, steering to avert disaster. Brome explains he risks nothing to honor his mother’s sacrifice for college, prompting Madge’s change of plans and a quiet evening.
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Tom
Katherine Crozier
Madge
Vermont
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Katherine
Beemer
Brome
Illinois
Ife
Harry Martin
Charley Brome
Beemer’s Hill
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Mr. Beemer
Tom Turner
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Karry
Brother
Hay Was Orator at McKinley Memorial Service
Washington February 27 in the great hall of representatives President Roosevelt Prince Henry of Prussia and cabinet members attended the memorial for McKinley. John Hay delivered the eulogy stating Lincoln Garfield and Blaine memorial parallels.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Supreme Court
Congress
John Hay
Pesident McKinley
George Bancroft
Lincoln
Blaine
Garfield
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
Hay
The Basilisk in Medieval Folklore and Legend
The basilisk, a famed monster of medieval myth, was said to hatch from a cock’s egg laid by a barnyard toad. Depicted as an eight limbed serpent or dragon, it carried a crownlike head mark and was featured among formidable beasts beside the lion and dragon.
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Pliny
Bascho
The Franklin Stove’s Inventor Connected Past to Present
The article recounts Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of the Franklin stove, noting his Boston birth and Pennsylvania ties. It describes the stove as an early portable iron fireplace with an open front that burned wood to heat a room, serving as the link between old fireplaces and modern stoves.
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Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Pennsylvania
William Penn
England
Franklin
Philadelphia
United States
Diamonds From Volcanoes
The article notes that volcanoes, though destructive, may supply diamonds through their productive energy, suggesting a link between volcanic activity and the origin of gems that have captivated humanity across ages.
Prince Henry of Prussia Dines With President at White House
Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite met at the Capitol for McKinley memorial services then traveled to Mt Vernon to honor Washington. He dined tonight at the White House with President Roosevelt as a special train carried them from New York, with Admiral Evans aboard until his health needed rest.
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National Capitol
Prince Henry of Prussia
McKinley
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Mt. Vernon
Roosevelt
White House
New York
New Jersey
Admiral Evans
Prince Henry
Pearce
Count Quadt
United States to seek reimbursement for ransom
Constantinople February 27. It is understood the United States will take steps to obtain reimbursement of the 72,500 paid as ransom for Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsilka. Turkey is held responsible since the capture occurred on Turkish soil, but Ankara disclaims responsibility and blames Bulgaria.
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Constantinople
United States
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Turkey
Bulgaria
Spanish treaty talks oppose land sale clause
Foreign Minister Duke of Almodovar said Spain would not accept a clause banning Americans from acquiring land here while Spaniards could invest in the United States. He did not promise to present a treaty draft to Parliament before signing.
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Madrid
Duke of Almodovar
Spain
United States
Lawyer Wedekind kills self to avoid prison
In Chicago on February 27 Ernest Wedekind a lawyer indicted for embezzling 4700 dollars shot himself after court. He was taken to hospital where he died without regaining consciousness.
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Preferabe
Chicago
Ernest Wedekind
Denver Seeks Big Purse for Jeffries Fight
Denver February 27 The News reports the Colorado Athletic Club plans a $10 000 purse for the Jeffries versus Johnson fight.
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Denver
Colorado Athletic Club
Jeffries
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