For Sale City Acreage and Houses in Town
For sale description lists 40 acres of pasture partly inside city limits with stock water priced at 15 dollars per acre. Also one and a quarter acres near a southeast school house with a cottage tenant house and well at 1250 dollars for a six room house and two lots four blocks from a street. Brick cistern on premises and 2500 property near Allen Academy, east front. Multiple small city lots and options to buy part or whole with easy terms. Potential buyers asked about other city property near a railroad and school houses at 100 dollars each.
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Allen Academy
Otto Boehme
For Sale 92 Acres Land Near College Farm and Homes
92 acres of first class land near A and college with good dairy hog farm potential. Prices listed for various parcels from 25 to 35 dollars per front foot. Several acres in cultivation with creek bottom land, a two story house, two brick cisterns, and a railroad line nearby. Willing to take city property or cash, and other lands are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & . College
Wixon Creek
Mall
L&. GN
R.R
Morgan & Co Gives 130 Employees 100 Percent Bonuses
J P Morgan and Co continued a years long tradition on New Year by gifting each of its 130 staff a bonus equal to 100 percent of their annual salary. Several employees received raises from $100 to $2500 yearly, with total gifts and salary increases estimated near $600,000.
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P. Morgan & Co
New York
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan & Co
Train Service Established from Lawton to Waurika Route
The Rock Island announces a new train service over the Lawton to Waurika extension, connecting with the main line and providing a direct route to Dallas. The forty mile extension passes Faxon and Temple Texas.
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Guthrie
Okla
Rock Island
Lawton
Waurika
Dallas
Faxon
Temple
Tex
Charter Granted for St. Louis El Reno and Western Railroad
A charter was granted to the St. Louis El Reno and Western Railroad company with capital stock of 100000 to construct a 200 mile railroad. The line will start on Oklahoma's eastern border in Lincoln County and pass Chandler Guthrie El Reno Anadarko Hobart Mangum before ending in southwestern Greer County.
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Guthrie
Okla
Brother of Crown Princess Expelled
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, brother of Saxony’s crown princess, confirmed in Montreux that Emperor Francis Joseph ordered his expulsion from the army, deprivation of pension, exclusion from Austria, and to seek another country.
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Montreux
Switzerland
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand
Saxony
Francis Joseph
Austria
Great Fire Damage at Wooster Street Building
Fire caused about 200000 dollars in damage to a seven story complex at 167 to 171 Wooster street housing small factories and printing shops. Many occupants including numerous girls escaped with narrow margins, while several firemen were knocked down by a basement explosion.
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New York
Wooster Street
Congo frontier party slain and eaten by carnival tribe
Brussels reports that Lieutenant De Magnie and his Port Boni expedition were attacked near Uganda on June 14. The entire party was murdered and eaten, according to Congo administration news.
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Brussels
Congo
de Magnie
Port Boni
Uganda
Negro suspect in Deeson murder siege killed in cabin
A black suspect sought by officers for murder barricaded in a Deeson Mississippi cabin and engaged in a repitched battle. he was killed as officers closed in. The incident followed earlier threats and gunfire in a tense confrontation.
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Rosedale
Hines
Canis
Deeson
Miss
I. Ee Bines
Indian boy confesses to accidental killing of comrade
Jan 1 in Anadatko Oklahoma Grimes Aiken a schoolboy and football player told a coroner s jury he killed Paul Lorenz a fellow student after drinking with two companions The body was found in a ditch and Aiken said the death involved dragging the body with a rope tied to a saddle horn He was held to the grand jury and faces murder charges.
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Anadatko
Okla
Grimes Aiken
Coro‘mer’s
Paul Lorenz
Aiken
Lorenzan
William Ross
Wichita Jy
Arko
Wille Ike
Oil Landing Disaster Prompts Injury at Cloyds Landing
Beyond Control Glasgow Ky Jan 1 An onset at Cloyds landing early Wednesday morning injured one man perhaps fatally. The oil is no control as those who sank they have no means of checking. Delhi India Jan 1 In coronation durbar orders release of military offenders and prisoners in civil jails.
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Glasgow
Cloyd's Landing
Errick
Delhi
India
Co.tion
Texan Killed by New Year Reveler in Los Angeles
John F. Jones of Greenville Texas was shot and killed at a hotel by a New Year reveler. He leaned over a second story balcony to look at the street when a bullet struck him and he fell into the crowd below. Jones had come to Los Angeles from Texas recently and worked in Santa Fe Railway offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Jones
Greenville
Los Angeles
Cal
Tex
Jones
Texas
Santa Fe Railway
Methodists Raise Over Twenty Million Nationwide
Dr E M Mills announces at Trinity Church Springfield that Methodists across the country have raised more than 20 million dollars in four years. Funds include 9 million for church debts, 8.15 million for colleges and schools, 2.75 million for charities, 600 thousand for the permanent conference fund, and about 380 thousand to build churches in destitute communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Springfield
Mass
Trinity Church
E. M. Mills
Twentieth Century Bank Offering Commission
Board of Bishops
Mills
Permanant
Independent Coal Shipments Arrive for Southern Market
Independent coal shippers from Pittsburg plan to move 200000 tons of bituminous coal to New Orleans by July for distribution in the southern market. The first 30000 tons arrived this morning towed by the tow boat Oakland, marking the start of a series of shipments being stocked in local yards as fast as tow tows permit.
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New Orleans
Independent_ coal shippers
Pittsburg
Oakland
Texas Teachers Name Next Meeting Place and Officers
The Texas Teachers association selected Martin for next year’s meeting in Austin and backed the Federation of Women’s Clubs stance against child labor. J. H. Hopkins of Galveston was elected president with B. W. Tarrant, T. G. Harris, and J. F. Lukein as vice presidents, W. E. Barden re-elected secretary, J. E. Blair re-elected treasurer. A separate note from Waco reports the grand lodge of Texas Masons adjourned and a committee was appointed to arrange the sale of grand lodge property in Houston for 105000 dollars.
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Martin Ox
Bleet Cmeers
Austin
Texas Teachers’ Association
Martin
Federation of Women's Clubs
J. H. Hopkins
Galveston
B. W. Tarrant
Brenham
T. G. Harris
J. F. Lukein
San Antonio
W. EB. Darden
Waco
J. E. Blair
Denison
Waco, Tex
Grand Lodge of Texas Masons
W. M. Fry
George W. Tyler
E. Rotan
Z. F. Frymeyer
Grand Lodge
Houston
Mrs Ring Burned to Death in Houston Fire
The charred remains of 75 year old Mrs Julia Ring were found in the debris of her cottage at Wilson and San Felipe after a Wednesday morning fire. Her husband Major Ring a prominent Republican was away as the blaze consumed the home and she is believed to have fallen asleep after filling the stove.
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Houston
Julia Ring
Wilson and
San Felipe
Major Ring
Waco's Oldest Printer Tobe Ziegan Dies
Waco Texas January 1 Tobe Ziegan the oldest printer of continuous service in Waco died Tuesday and was buried Wednesday with Episcopal rites. Rev Dr Francis R Starr officiated. All local newspaper men attended the funeral with the Typographical union furnishing pallbearers.
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Waco
Tex
Tobe Ziegan
Francis R. Starr
Typographical Union
Fire destroys Northern Central grain elevator No 3
In Baltimore on January 1 Northern Central railroad grain elevator No 3 burned down. Three grain steamers tied alongside the structure the Alexandria German Poland British and Pyda suffered slight damage before being towed to safety. The elevator held 1 000 900 bushels and was about half full. losses estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Northern Central Railroad
Alexandria
Poland
Pyda
Tank Car Breaks Waco Oil Spill Across Creek
A Cot ton Belt freight wreck at the South Bosque broke a large tank car of Beaumont crude oil, oil covering water for miles and prompting settlers downstream to fear an upstream strike. Bold hold up at Paris robs grocer of 30.60 dollars.
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Waco
South Bosque
Beaumont
Dinner at the Porters Paris Hosts Notable Guests
In Paris Ambassador and Mrs Porter hosted a New Year dinner with guests including John G. A. Leishman United States minister to Turkey and Mrs Leishman Mr Harrison former United States consul at Cairo and Mrs Harrison and Mrs Robert S. McCormick wife of the newly appointed ambassador to Russia. Dr Geo R Weeks dies in Los Angeles at seventy six a Civil War veteran and former Arkansas official. In New York carriage drivers strike forces New Year receptions to be walked with police reserves deployed to prevent violence.
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Paris
rMs
Porter
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Turkey
Leishman
Harrison
Cairo
Robert S. McCormick
Russia
Weeks
Los Angeles
Cal
Geo. R. Weeks
Ohio
Little Rock
Arkansas
National State Bank of
New York
Rochester
Times
Convicts in Eagle Lake settle dispute. officials arrive in Houston
William Hill and J. G. Smither of the state penitentiary with Adjutant General Scurry arrive in Houston from Eagle Lake. The dispute with the convicts there was settled without serious trouble. In Chicago the Institute of Dental Pedagogics elects Dr. J. D. Patterson as president, Dr. H. B. Tileston as vice president, and Dr. W. E. Wilmont as secretary and treasurer.
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Houston
William Hill
J. G. Smither
State Penitentiary
Scurry
Eagle Lake
Chicago
Institute of Dental Pedagogics
J. D. Patterson
Kansas City
H. B. Tileston
Louisville
W. E. Wilmont
Toronto
Mrs Clark Dying After Childbirth in Montana
Mrs. Wm. A. Clark Jr. of Mont. is near death as physicians report paralysis of the bowels and puerperal fever after the birth of her baby on December 1. Despite illness since birth, doctors fear recovery is impossible and the end may come soon.
Lake Street Elevated Motormen Wage Increase
The Lake Street Elevated Railroad company announced a voluntary wage raise starting January 1 from 25 to 27 12 cents per hour for motormen. The increase is described as voluntary by the company.
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Chicago, Il
Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company
Rebels Capture Cannons and Treasure Chest at Tangier
During the recent battle with government forces rebels seized twelve of the sultan's cannons and his treasure chest. In Washington the American Forestry Association opens its session with strong turnout.
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Tangier
Jan
Forestry Association
Washington
American Forestry Association
Mammoth Cold Storage Plant Planned in Dallas
Information reaches Dallas that Avie Busch of St Louis will start erecting a mammoth cold storage plant here. The project carries an estimated cost of 400000 dollars.
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Mammoth Cold Storage
Dallas
Avie. Busch
St. Louis
Miss Loudy Johnson Shot Near Argo
Was Mending Gun to Father, Mount Pleasant Texas, Jan 1 Miss Loudy Johnson was accidentally shot and killed near Argo nine miles from here while handling a shotgun with her father. Deceased was twenty one years old.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Loudy Johnson
Argo
Noted Seguin Family Matriarch Dies in City
Mrs. James Sowell of the Nistotic Sowell family, a veteran of west Texas, died in Seguin on Wednesday after a long association with the region.
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Seguin
Tex
James Sowell
Sowell
West Texas
Tick Bite Case Ends With Settlement In Webb Widow Suit
The widow of Joel G. Webb in Memphis files a federal suit against two insurance firms for 5000 each over a tick bite death. The companies settle by agreeing to pay 6000 in total after denying the policies. Blood poisoning followed the Arkansas plantation tick bite that caused Webb’s death within 45 hours. The suit raised a novel legal point in insurance law and drew wide interest.
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Webb
Memphis
Tenn
Joel G. Webb
Esae
Arkansas
Train wreck near Breckenridge claims engineer life
A South Park railroad combination train from Denver derailed near Pittsburg switch four miles east of Breckinridge around 4 am Wednesday. Engineer Daniel Williams was killed and fireman Frank Younger seriously injured. No passengers were hurt.
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Denver
South Park
Pittsburg Switch
Breckinridge
Daniel Williams
Frank Younger
Oklahoma warrants ruled legal for three counties
Attorney General Roberts declares $300000 of school district warrants in Caddo Kiowa and Comanches counties are legal. The warrants were issued before tax levies to fund school buildings as the counties were only sixteen months old. Most are held in the eastern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Roberts
Oklahoma
Caddo
Kiowa
Comanches Counties
Severe cold spell hits Red Cliff after clear night
In Red Cliff Colo on January 1 the mercury fell to twenty five to twenty eight degrees below zero. No wind or snow accompanied the extreme cold and marked the severest spell of the winter so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cliff
Colo
Bank gambling case at carnival finds C H Bradford guilty
Lake Charles Louisiana January 1 C H Bradford of Alexandria was found guilty of running a banking game at the carnival. Sentence deferred. The penalty in Louisiana is heavy.
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Lake Charles
C. H. Bradford
Alexandria
Louisiana
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