Real Estate Offers in East County and Town Properties
J W Batts real estate lists about 400 acres of post oak land in the east part of the county at $2.50 an acre. Also 1 1/4 acres with a schoolhouse site in the southeast part of town, a six room house with two lots four blocks from Main Street, brick cistern, priced $1260, and a quarter block near Allen Academy east front priced $250. Easy terms on rail front Otto Boehme property with potential partial sale. Also other city property and more.
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Srx
Yase
Price
SM. . Street
Allen Acady
Otto Boehme
Land For Sale Near A. & M. College And City Lots
Sale offers 92 acres of first class land near A M college suitable for dairy and hog farming at 1000 dollars. 14 dollar lots on courthouse square with a well kept house and barn. Pochila two story house cheap. North western city lots interior 25 dollars, corner 3500. 9 acres on Wixon creek Pearson place and 49 acres cultivation creek bottom land. One mile west of city I and GN railroad passes through property. 1500 dollars or trade for city property. Other lands too numerous to mention.
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A. & M. College
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Mitchell and Gray Clash Over Union in Coal Strike Hearing
Philadelphia March 9 Mitchell challenged Chairman Gray of the coal strike commission as Gray urged the miners union to separate from violence. The day focused on non-union witnesses claiming persecution during the strike and Mitchell testified the three convicted men were former union members not current dues payers. The union has spent nearly 400000 in relief for nonmembers among the 30000 to 40000 strikers.
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Mitchell
Chateman Gray
Philadelphia
Jane
Gray
Coal Strike Commission
Parker
Naticoke
Plague Alert From Mazatlan Spurs Arizona Safeguards
A Tucson dispatch reports a Bubon ic plague outbreak in Mexico prompting steps to prevent spread to Arizona. Mexico’s health board confirms plague at Ensenada Mazatlan and asks the US to inform other American republics. Only Mazatlan ports are affected. ships leaving Mazatlan must avoid ports lacking disinfecting staff.
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Con
Washington
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Board of Trade
Tucson
Ariz
Mexico
Arizona
Superior Board of Health of Mexico
Ensenda
Mazatlan
Mex
Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service
Bureau of American Republics
Grubbs
Republic Health and Marine Hospital Service
Los Angeles
Alexander
City of Mexico
Acapulco
Blaze Reveals Grim Scene in Boyd Home
A fire in Me ridian Mississippi revealed Mrs. Boyd found upright in a chair with clothes burned away while her husband slept in another room. Mrs Boyd had been in ill health and the incident followed the entry by passers by.
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Memphis
Tenn
Meridian
Miss
W. D. Boyd
Bryan speaks to Oklahoma Bar in Guthrie
Colonel W. J. Bryan visited Guthrie Oklahoma on a Thursday and addressed the Oklahoma Bar Association. The supreme court adjourned to hear the Nebraskan.
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Bryan
Guthrie
Okla
W. J. Bryan
City
Oklahoma Bar Associattion
Supreme Court
Nebraskan
Shocks Felt in Tapachula area amid volcanic noises
Reports from Tapachula indicate several earthquake shocks were felt with short duration and little property damage. At nearby La Union subterranean noises have been heard since the Santa Maria eruption in Guatemala, causing panic and reluctance to return home.
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Laredo
Tex
Chipancaningo
Mexico
Tapachula
la Union
Santa Maria
Guatemala
Three Die in Ada Train Wreck on Pennsylvania Line
Three men were killed and fourteen injured in a rear end collision between two passenger trains on the Pennsylvania railroad in Ada Ohio. The deceased are Joseph Stein and M. M. Pool of Fort Wayne Indiana and Alonzo Harley of Van Wert Ohio.
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Ada
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph Stein
Fort Wayne
Ind
M. M. Pool
Alonzo Harley
Van
Venezuela Accepted Demands. Bowen to Lead Settlement Talks
Reports from Caracas indicate Britain Germany and Italy have won concessions from Venezuela ending barriers to a settlement with the European allies. Minister Bowen will arrive in the United States by warship with full power to settle claims and draft terms for arbitration at The Hague. Washington will host the talks with allied commissioners and Venezuelan delegates expected within days.
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Ation
Caracas
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Venezuela
Bowen
United States
Dolphin
Hague
International Court
Washington
Weathermark and Wettermark in Texas New Orleans forgery case
In New Orleans B S Wetter mark, the Natogdoches banker suspect, fled to sea aboard the Breakwater toward Honduras after police checked ships at Port Bads. In Houston A Wettermark, Henderson citizen, was jailed in Palestine for receiving a bank deposit linked to the Nacogdoches bank crisis. Nacogdoches reports forged notes totaling 175000 involving Lucas & Burk, Dotsen Bros, and A W Hunt. warrants accuse B S Wettermark of forgery and embezzlement.
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New Orleans
B. S. Wettermark
Natogdoches
Tex
Honduras
Port Bads
Houston
A. Wettermark
Henderson
Palestine
Nacogdoches
John Lucas
Lucas & Burk
Dotsen Bros
A. W. Hunt
Appleby
B. S. Wetermark
Insurance Firms Begin Texas Qualification for Year
Austin January 9 reports that Texas insurers file annual statements and pay taxes. Agents certificates cost one dollar each. Five companies pay half a percent tax on gross premiums, marine concerns one percent, and life companies two percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Sugar Mill Accepted for State Prison Farm
The board of penitentiary commissioners accepted the sugar mill built for the state by R. L. Heflin on the William Clemens farm in Brazoria county. The acceptance followed a report by T. W. House, selected as referee, who supervised the mill plans and specifications.
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Austin
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
R. L. Heflin
William Clemens
Brazoria County
T. W. House
Editor Sam McGary Case Ends in Acquittal in Texas
Beaumont January 9 defendant acquitted in McGary vs Bixter and Moore case. Bixter freed on acquittal and Moore case dismissed after telegram intended for the Journal allegedly used by the Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Sam McGary
Journal
M. L. Bixter
W. C. Moore
Enterprise
Bixter
Moore
Supreme Court grants writ in $35,000 Shelton v. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
The Texas Supreme Court issued a writ of error in the largest personal judgment in state history, $35,000 for J. W. Shelton against the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway company of Dallas, affirmed by the Third Court of Civil Appeals.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Texas
J. W. Shelton
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
Dallas
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Prominent Brazos Bottom Planter Dies in Calvert
Captain T. J. Garrett died at his Calvert home at seventy eight. He was a wealthy Brazos bottom planter and among the most extensive and successful growers in this region of Texas.
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Calvert, Tex
T. J. Garrett
Calvert
Captain Garrett
Brazos
State
Fire destroys McDonnell hotel in Orange Texas
Motel Burns Orange Texas January 9 The McDonnell hotel a two and a half story frame with forty rooms burned away The Bland building beside it was destroyed Total loss about seven thousand dollars
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Orange
Tex
McDonnell
Body Eaten by Rats In Texas Cabin
An aged woman was found dead in her cabin near Tyler Texas on January 9. Rats had eaten a hole in her side. Her grandchild lay crying beside her as authorities investigated the scene.
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Tyler
Tex
Accidental Shooting Claims Fort Worth Man
Fort Worth reports the accidental discharge of a shotgun killed Paul J Beaumont, twenty six, a well connected local figure. The incident occurred on January 9 and is under investigation.
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Fort Worth
Paul J. Beaumont
Beaumont
Bank of Louisville Robbed in Nebraska Heist
Bank of Louisville in Louisville Nebraska was broken into and robbed of 4200 dollars. Robbers drilled into the rear of the safe to bypass the burglar alarm.
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Nebraska
Louisville
Neb
Bank of Louisville
Thought a Texan Alleged Bank Robber Captured in Quincy
Lane alias Dr Butler described as a member of the Abingdon bank robber gang was arrested at a 1 am after a theatre lunch in an all night restaurant. He posed as a wealthy stock man and entertained at the post theatre meal with a party of four. Six revolvers were leveled at him as diners watched in shock.
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Quincy
Wh Lane
Dr. Butler
Abingdon
Lane
Tracy the
Maria Madre Seized in German Firm Suit at Sea
The Italian bark Maria Madre has been seized by authorities in Uruguay in a suit brought by a German firm Montevedio. The captain refused to accept the seizure and demanded release after an inventory. France and Italian legation allowed the captain and crew to remain aboard during the embargo.
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Montevedio
Uruguay
France
Legation
Indians Starving Threaten Settlers in Wyoming
Arapaho Indians in Wyoming face starvation with no crops and no government rations after treaty expiration. Town beggars appear daily, raising fears of attacks on settlers and rising regional unrest.
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Arapahoes
Wyoming
Lander
Wye
Arapahoe
Davidson Named Archbishop of Canterbury in Succession
London January 9 The Rt Rev Dr Davidson bishop of Winchester since 1895 has been appointed archbishop of Canterbury succeeding the late Most Rev Dr Temple.
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Canterbury
London
Davidson
Winchester
Temple
Tyson Elected Speaker on Eighty-First Ballot
Nashville reports Colonel L. D. Tyson was elected speaker of the lower house of the state legislature on the eighty first ballot.
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Tyson
Nashville
Tenn
L. D. Tyson
Reduced Rates Announced for California Settlers
The Southern Pacific Railroad offers $25 from Missouri River points and $35 from Chicago to immigrants and settlers to California. The reduced fares apply Feb 15 to Apr 30. Former Governor Daniel H. Hastings dies in Bellefonte, Pa., noted for service during the Johnsonstown flood and Pittsburg railroad riots.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Missouri River
Chicago
California
Hasting
Bellefonte
Daniel H. Hastings
Johnstown
Pittsburg
Remembered His Death in Rome Pantheon Pilgrimage
Rome marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of King Victor Emmanuel II with a pilgrimage to his Pantheon tomb. Thousands joined the observance and hundreds placed wreaths on the monument. In Texas, at Nacogdoches, authorities report more alleged note forgeries tied to Wettermark bank suspension totaling 11,900 dollars.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel II
Pantheon
Nacogdoches
Tex
Wettermark Bank
Heyburn Nominated by Republican Caucus
Boise Iowa January 9 W B Heyburn nominated by joint Republican caucus for United States senator. Sixteen inches of snow Terra Alta West Virginia January 9 report weather event in same notice.
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Heyburn
Boise
W. B. Heyburn
Joint
Republican Caucus
United States
Terra Alta
W. Va
Death of James H. Mattheim in Texas and Studebaker to build YMCA memorial
James H. Mattheim, formerly of Fort Smith Arkansas, died suddenly near Beaumont Texas. Studebaker Manufacturing will construct a $200000 YMCA building in South Bend Indiana as a memorial to the firm's founder.
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James H. Mattheim
Fort Smith
Ark
Beaumont
Tex
Studebaker Manufacturng Company
South Bend
Ind
Young Men’s Christian Association
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Brazos County
Lamar Bethea
Monroe Edge
Carrizo Springs
Garrizo Springs Mineral Water Company
San Antonio
E. C. Dewitt & CO
N. M. McDougald
ANN &Co
Peterm
New York
Episcopal Clergy of
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
F. K. Brooke
Tuttle
Missouri
Brooke
Millspaugh
Kansas
Oklahoma City
President Finney
The
Oklahoma and Texas Railroad
Katy
Coalgate
I. T
McArthur Bros
Washington, D. C
This
Wettermark
Chaffee
Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
Manila
Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Yoakum
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Virginia May Norris
Thomas P. Ochiltree
M. P. Exiie Co
Dallas, Texas
South
the Bryan Eacle
Parsons Bottling Works
G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Spoos
Texas Railroad
Texas’ Createst Railroad
Suphrerri Orpasshkhngrr Sherringer
L. Trice
V. P
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