Batts Real Estate Ad Offers Various City and County Plots
J I Batts real estate agent lists about 400 acres of postoak land in the county at $2.50 per acre, a house lot near Dearschou's, a shaker cottage and well, a six room house with two lots near M Street priced at $195, a quarter block near Allen Academy at $251, front on railroad, and other city property including lots near a schoolhouse at $10 each. Terms easy and partial sales possible.
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Dearschou
Allen Ac
Otto Boshme
School House
Aliso
Land Auction Listings Highlight City and Farm Plots Near A M College
Real estate notes offer 2 acres near A M College for dairy or hog farm at 1000 dollars. North western city lots 25 dollars inside and 3500 dollars corner. 69 acres on Wixon creek Pearson place with 49 cultivable acres. 29 acres with 6 room house and two brick cisterns one mile west. I N R BR line crosses property, price 1590 or trade for city property. Other lands also listed.
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A. & M. College
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Provisions Of Same Corps Created As Army General Staff
The House passed a bill to create a general staff for the army by 153 to 62. The staff duties include defense planning, mobilization, efficiency reviews, and aid to the secretary of war. It will consist of one chief of staff and two general officers, four colonels, six lieutenant colonels, twelve majors, and twenty captains. Officers will be detailed by the president for four year terms and may be reassigned. The chief of staff will oversee major departments and report to the president. Minor bills also passed, including a pension increase for totally deaf soldiers and enhanced penalties for counterfeiters.
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Washington
House
Secretary of War
General Staff Corps
Army
General Staff
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Board of Commissioners
Soldiers’ Home
Indian Territory
Cabinet Deliberates on Venezuela Cuba and Philippines Issues
The cabinet met for an hour and a half with all members present. It focused on the Venezuela dispute and the Cuban reciprocity treaty in the Senate. President and cabinet members expect ratification though some beet sugar advocates oppose linking it to the Philippines tariff bill. General Luke Wright, vice governor of the Philippines, visited the White House and was in conference with the president during the session.
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Washington
Venezuela
Senate
Philippines
Luke Wright
Pesident
Navy bids opened for 9 million dollar warships
Washington January 7 bids for building nine million dollars of warships were opened at the navy department with representatives from nearly every major shipbuilding firm and sub contractors present. The event featured a proposal for turbine motors to power the Tennessee and Washington and a claim that 25 000 horsepower is needed to reach the ships’ calculated speeds. The awards will be decided by the board of bureau chiefs.
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Washington
Navy Department
Tennessee
United States Navy
Melville
Board of Bureau Chiefs
Terrible Blizzard Strikes Summit South Dakota
The blizzard in Summit South Dakota on January 7 ranks as the worst since January 1888 with heavy snow and strong winds impacting the area and daily life.
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S. D
Senate in session on trusts and coal duty clash
In Washington on January 7 senators debated trusts and the coal duty. Hoar urged strong national regulation of trusts with personal liability for stockholders if needed. West pressed to remove the coal duty, warning of a coal shortage and a human crisis, condemning the Dingley tariff as sacred and saying politics should not blind action.
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Specks
Washington
Senate
Senator Hoar
West
Hoar
Congress
Committee of Finance
Indianola post office case discussed by cabinet
The cabinet discussed the Indianola post office closure and decided the stand of the administration should be adhered to. Postmaster General Payne offered no new developments. The topic centered on accountability of the people versus government for the office’s closing.
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Washington
Indianola,reer
Payne
Legislature Set to Open Twenty Eighth Biennial Session
The Texas Legislature will convene next Tuesday in Dallas for the twenty eighth biennial session. Secretary of State Ted will open the house with Lt Governor Browning leading the senate. The governor and lieutenant governor elect will take oaths on the 20th as renovated legislative halls await the new term. Sayers plans to move to San Antonio after the current administration ends, making it their future home. In Dallas, printers who refused an advance pay raise return to work earning $19 weekly, after a one day walkout.
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Austin
Texas
Ted
House
Browning
Senate
Sayers
San Antonio
Dallas
Dallas Typographical Union
Miss Julia Voigt Identified As Local Dying Girl
In San Antonio on January 7 a young girl found dying in the suburbs has been identified as Miss Julia D. Voigt. Her parents live in the city and she was a high school pupil.
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Voigt
San Antonio
Julia D. Voigt
Butcher Killen Fort Worth Killing at Stockyards
Jan 7 in Fort Worth Joe Waggoner was killed in front of the hotel at the stockyards. He was cut in the throat and lived but a short time.
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Butcher Killen
Fort Worth
Joe Waggoner
Ideal Woman Varied as Men and Women Debate Love
Susan W. Ball surveys Terre Haute Gazette readers in Vigo County as townspeople discuss what makes the ideal woman. Opinions range from Amanda Douglas’s virtuous arc of love to playful, bold, athletic, and conversation‑savvy traits, with a mix of self reliance and dependence on a partner.
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Tennyson
Vigo County
Amanda Douglas
Terre Haute
Susan W. Ball
Terre Haute Gazette
Farmer Corn Reproached Over Imitation Knives
The Washington Star notes a city relative reproves a farmer for dining with imitation knives. The farmer apologizes, explaining he believed the knives were regular until realizing they were only pillow shams.
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Corn Tessel
Washington Star
She Did. Returned Traveler and Old Friend Talk
A humorous back-and-forth recalls a young Tease tormenting Miss Auburn about her hair. The trainer recalls she later married him. The exchange ends with a quip about greatness and rightness.
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Miss Auburn
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Tex
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Dallas, Texas
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C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
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Texas’ Createst Railroad
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