Real Estate Listings by J. W. Batts Agent
J W Batts lists 400 acres postoak land in east county at 2 50 per acre. About 1 1 4 acres school house in southeast town. Small cottage tenant and well on premises. Six room house and two lots four blocks from M Street brick cistern price 1250. One quarter block near Allen Academy fast front price 250 Terms easy. Feet front on railroad street out Otto Boehmes property. Will sell part or all. Lots near school house 100 each. Also other city property.
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M. . Street
Allen Academy
Otto Boehme
Will Gell
Land Sale Highlighting 92 Acre Farm Near A and College
Sale offers 92 acres of first class land near A and college suitable for dairy or hog farming at 1000 dollars. Includes 14 lots with a seven room house, barn, outbuildings, and water well. Additional acreage along Wixon creek and cultivation land marketed for cheap, with corner lots at 25 to 35 dollars and city-lot trades possible.
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A. & College
Wixon Creek
Ison Place
Dyspepsia and digestion relief advertised by field
An advertisement features Eugene Field's remark on dyspepsia and promotes Kodol digestion aid. It claims a weak stomach needs rest and digestion by the product, touting strength and vitality benefits. Distributed by B C DeWitt Chicago and sold by Dr N M McDougal.
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Eugene Field
B.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
N. M. McDougald
Woman Leaves Indianola Negro Postmaster in Colonial Tide
Minnie Cox the colored postmaster of Indianola Mississippi resigned after government order closed the post office. She departed Monday night for Birmingham with her mulatto assistant amid lingering public sentiment against a black postmaster. Cox denied indignities or threats and said she would not return as postmaster. Her husband said he advised resignation due to race tensions.
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Louisville
Courier Journal
Indianola
Miss
Minnie Cox
Birmingham
Ala
Bryan on Mexico Visit and Education Policy
Honorable W. J. Bryan spent a few hours in Austin on Monday meeting Governor Sayers and addressing the state university students. He praised Mexican state and federal efforts to educate and industrialize the population and noted improvements from compulsory education, while declining to discuss Mexico’s financial situation for publication.
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Austin
W. J. Bryan
Sayers
State University
Mexico
Bryan
Cattle Admittance Extended. Copper Mines Planned in Michoacan
Kansas livestock sanitary commission extends until January 20 the time for refusing cattle from below the state south boundary and the federal quarantine line to allow shippers to obtain supply. no further extension. In Laredo Mexican copper mine development advances under European concession to Rothschilds in Michoacan. Also notes 250 residents to form a Central Railway colony near Escondon. arrest of W. B. Evans in Washington for assault with intent to murder. O. B. Colquitt to take office as railroad commissioner on January 20 in Austin.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Laredo
Tex
Moresima
Mex
Rothschilds
Europe
Inguaruan
Michoacan
Washington
Caldwell
Lee Henslee
W. B. Evans
Washington, D. C
Five Hundred Indians Feasts at Sac and Fox Mission
Five hundred Indians including 107 pupils gathered for a feast at the Sac and Fox mission school near Stroud Oklahoma. No whites attended.
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Guthrie
Okla
Sac and Fox
Stroud
Child Dies from Burns in Mexia
Mexia Texas January 6 The young son of B D Reynolds died Sunday from burns suffered Saturday in an accident at the family home.
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Burns
Mexia
Tex
B. D. Reynolds
Elegant President Dabbs home burned in Muskogee
The elegant residence of President Dabbs of the First National Bank in Muskogee Indian Territory, valued as one of the finest in the territory, burned along with its contents. Ground has been broken in Oklahoma City for a six story brewery project costing 250000, backed by Ferre Anheuser Busch and Pabst.
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Dabbs
First National Bank
Miskogee
I. T
Oklahoma City
Ferre Anheuser-Busch
Pabst
Senate Debates Coal Measures After Holiday Recess
Washington January 6. The Senate reconvened with wide attendance and opened a fierce debate on coal policy. Lodge urged a ninety day suspension of coal duties citing New England distress, while Culberson proposed removing the duty entirely. West and Jones pressed resolutions on coal and railroad control of anthracite shipments, sparking a sharp exchange over statements about an illegal combination. The session lasted to 2 pm, ending with the omnibus bill move and Nelson opposing the bill to back single statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
New England
House of Representatives
Finance Committee
Culberson
Platt
Conn
West
Board of General Appraisers
Roosevelt
Jones
Ark
W. R. Hearst
Bui
Nelson
Minn
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
House Reconvenes Over General Staff Bill Vote
Washington, Jan. 6 The House resumed after a two week recess but failed to reach a quorum to pass the army general staff bill. The 108 to 57 vote under suspension fell short of two thirds, a call of the house showed about 150 members present, and the body adjourned without action. DeW C Flanagan sworn in, Hull sought unanimous consent, Richardson objected.
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Washington
House
Dew . C. Flanagan
New Jersey
Salmon
Hull
Richardson
Tennessee
Bartlett
Georgia
Hay
Slayden
Tex
Tenn
Chadwick Case Affirmed Against New Orleans Ordinance
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling in E M Chadwick versus John McKelley. Chadwick a property owner challenged a New Orleans ordinance requiring contractors to hire only city residents, arguing higher costs. The court held Chadwick lacked standing to attack the ordinance and discrimination, upholding the prior decision.
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Chadwick
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
E. M. Chadwick
Joh McKelley
Shiras
Threats Made Toward Negro Mail Carrier On Route
Postmaster General Payne received word that a white posse in Boeuf River Louisiana on Sunday night warned Charles Jackson a Negro mail carrier not to return with the mail and threatened death if he ignored the injunc tion The case was reported to postal authorities and Inspector Peters of the New Orleans division was sent to Girard to investigate Separately Oklahoma City hosts the fifth annual Oklahoma Poultry Association exhibition with about 800 birds on display
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Washington
Payne
Boeuf River
Charles Jackson
Peters
New Orleans
Girard
Bloody Tombstone Feud Era Recalled By Era Archives
The article recalls a violent period near Tombstone about eighteen years ago, pitting the Earp brothers as deputy marshals against Sheriff John Ny Bevan and later quartermaster staff. Sixteen men were killed in pitched battles and feuds that began with a trivial trigger.
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Southwest
Tombstone
United States
Earp Brothers
Johnny Beban
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Cuba
Philippines
Earp
Stillwell and Earp Tragedies Tie Tombstone Saga
In Tombstone the shooting of Frank Stillwell follows an armed confrontation as Behan and companions pursue the Earps and Doc Halliday before escaping by horse through a gate. Morgan Earp is killed by a shot through a saloon door. Stillwell, fleeing oppression in Tombstone, travels to Tucson where he is killed near the depot. Wyatt Earp arrives in Tombstone the next day after a long journey.
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Frank Stillwell
Behan
Earps
Doc Halliday
Morgan Earp
Stillwell
Tombstone
Tucson
Benson
Wyatt Earp
Awful Brutality of South Sea Cannibals
German trader Wolff in New Britain Solomon Islands reports the murder of his wife and infant daughter by cannibals. Attack occurred while he was away on trading, natives looted the house, decapitated the infant, and fled. Wolff later found the bodies and buried them with help from a fellow German.
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South Seas
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Solomon Island
Gilbert Islands
New Britain
Solomons
Slerman Wolff
Wolff
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Brazos County
Mineral Water
San Antonio
Texas
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Central
Wisconsin
Escondon
Terrell
O. B. Colquitt
Beaumont
Ed Dobson
el Paso
Batopilas
Duncan
Carrie
Culserson
Bill
Oklahoma Poultry Association
South Sea
S. Hi. Allphin
FORD
Toj
W. T. Ford
ISE _ F
Cipion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Parsons Boatling Works
C. G. Parsons
An Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Ny Ie
John Wittman
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