Real Estate Listings by J. W. Batts Estate Agent
About 105 acres one mile from courthouse with 25 acres cultivated and balance pasture fences. price 1500.00. 400 acres of post oak land in northeast part of county at 2.50 per acre. One and one quarter acre radio house in southeast part town. small cottage tenant house on premises. price six room house and two lots four blocks from Street. One quarter block near Allen Academy East front price 250.00. Front on Railroad Street near Otto Boehme property. will sell part or whole. Late near school house at 10 h. All city property also listed.
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Court House
Boutne
Allen Acemy
East Front
Otto Boehme
For Sale on Y Lamar Bethea 92 acres near A M College
92 acres of first class land near A M College with dairy and bog farm potential. Includes a two story house, barn, good well water, several city lots for sale, creek bottom land, and 6 room house. Also 169 acres on Wixson Creek with cultivation and creek land. Trade options include city property.
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A. & M. College
Par
Wixon Creek
Kodol Digests Food Aids Indigestion Says Expert
An eminent authority claims indigestion is worsened by overeating and excess alcohol. A digestant like Kodol helps digestion with the stomach’s aid, relieving fullness and bloating after meals and promising relief though not universally curing indigestion. Separately marketed by E. O. Dewyer & Co of Chicago at $1 per bottle.
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DeWrer & Co
Chicago
Aise
Peabody Becomes Colorado Governor With Grand Inauguration
James Peabody, Republican, inaugurated as Colorado governor succeeding Democrat James B. Oram. Denver hosted the largest National Guard parade in memory as about 2000 people heard his address urging debt refunds, river water irrigation litigation funding, and labor department reforms.
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Denver
James Peabody
James B. Oram
Colorado
National Guard
Capitol
Peabody
Kansas
SLAIN BY A WOMAN OVER ALLEGED SLANDER IN MACON
Mrs Effie L Carson wife of a railroad machinist and former wife of Ernest Thompson a printer shot and killed Robert A Rigsby a business college student in the law office of Mar maduke C Bayne Macon Georgia She fired five shots two in the head one in the heart then surrendered to the sheriff. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. A bond of 1000 secured her release. Rigsby from Bowling Green Kentucky was about twenty five and had run a college in Tampa Florida planning another in June
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Macon
Effie L. Carson
Ernest Thompson
Robert A. Rigsby
Marmaduke C. Bayne
Tampa
Fla
Imperial Decree Grants Alexandria Company Navigate Dardanelles
The British Embassy in Constantinople secured an imperial trade grant for the Khedivial National Company of Alexandria Egypt. The privilege allows its ships to pass the Dardanelles without stopping, matching other companies. The grant followed the steamer El Kheira’s transit without incident after notification to the porte.
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Constantinople
Khedivial National Company
Alexandria
Egypt
Dardanelles
Khedivial
el Kahira
Porte
Cold wave extends to Atlantic states and south
Memphis reports freezing temperatures as the cold wave moves from Missouri and the upper Mississippi valleys toward the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Nashville Chattanooga Little Rock record sixteen degrees. Atlanta Memphis eighteen. Tampa thirty two. Jacksonville twenty eight. Louisville three above zero. New York follows with a twenty eight degree drop after a heavy rain.
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Memphis
Missouri
Mississippi
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Nashville
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
Jacksonville
Louisville
Confiscated Coal Shocks Tuscola Citizens
About 200 Tuscola residents seized ten coal cars in the Illinois Central yards and distributed the coal to people not in need of fuel.
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Tuscola
Citizns
Illinois Central Road
Coal price shock as dealers set $12 per ton
Twelve dollars per ton is reported for coal in New York on January 13, with dealers noting the higher retail price. The brief item highlights a notable rise affecting consumers and trade in the postwar era.
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New York
Pennsylvanian Rail To Use Nickel Steel On Mountain Curves
New York Jan 13 After two years of tests the Pennsylvania road will lay nickel in steel rails on the heavy curves through the Alleghany mountains. An order for 5090 tons costs 370000 dollars. Nickel steel rails cost nearly three times standard rails.
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New York
Pennsylvania Road
Alleghaney Mountains
Tingley Wins Libel Suit Against Times for 7000
In San Diego on January 13 a jury verdict favored Mrs. Tingley in the $50,000 libel suit against the Los Angeles Times, awarding her $7000. Separately, the Carnegie Institute guaranteed $4000 to Lick Observatory to support astronomical research at Guaranteed Money, University of California.
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San Diego
Cal
University of California
Carnegie Institute
Lick Observatory
Trainmen pay demands discussed at Frisco offices
A conference was held at the Frisco railroad general offices in St. Louis on January 13 to discuss trainmen wage increases and related pay demands.
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St. Louis
Frisco Road
Mayor Mayberry calls Get Coal convention in Washington
Detroit announces Mayor Mayberry issues call for the Get Coal convention to reconvene in Washington on January 27. The dispatch notes the city and regional leaders rally around coal industry interests and energy policy ahead of the meeting.
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Detroit
Mich
Mayberry
Washington
Louisiana Mississippi water line case seeks FebruaryMarch hearing
Attorney General McClurg filed a demurrer in the U S supreme court in Louisiana vs Mississippi over the water line dispute. He asked for a late February or early March hearing, noting that Louisiana’s counsel assented to the suggestion.
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Washington
McClurg
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ecuadoran minister presented to the President in White House
Senor Alfredo Bacquerigo, named successor to Don Luis Felipe Carbo as Ecuador’s minister to the United States, was formally presented to the President in the Red Room at the White House on January 13.
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Washington
Alfredo Bacquerigo
Don Luis Felipe Carbo
Ecuador
United States
White House
German Minister Baron von Heyking Departure Noted
El Imparcial comments on Baron von Heyking's speedy departure as a loss to high society in Mexico City. The German minister is described as persona fain and a favorite at the capital's social scene.
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City of
Mexico
Baron von Heyking
el Imparcial
House adjourns after Tongue tribute and coal inquiry
Washington January 13 The house adjourned to honor the late Representative Tongue of Oregon and appointed a committee to attend his funeral. It authorized the merchant marine and fisheries committee to investigate the coal shortage, with power to summon witnesses and papers and report findings soon.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Oregon
Senate Debates Coal Duty Bill and Western Resolution
In Washington on January 13 the senate tensed over a postponement bid by Aldrich to delay the West resolution on removing the coal duty. West warned against delaying a vague future and Nelson spoke against the omnibus bill as pension measures moved forward on the calendar. Mitchell announced Representative Tongue of Oregon had died, with a senate committee named to escort his remains to Oregon as adjournment occurred at 6 15.
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Washington
Senate
Messrs
Aldrich
Vest
Carmack
West
Committee On Finance
Nelson
Mitchell
Oregon
Messrs. Mitchell, Perkins
Cal
Dolliver
Dubois
Judiciary panel balks at constitutional amendment proposal
The house committee on judiciary voted 8 to 7 not to report favorably on a joint resolution to amend the constitution. The change would alter the inauguration date and the start and end dates of Congress, a measure previously passed by the Senate in the last session.
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Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Iron Mountain Mining Company Chartered in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma January 13 territorial charter granted to the Iron Mountain Mining Company for twenty years with capital of one million dollars and authority to operate in the mining sector within the territory. The action marks a significant expansion in state resource development and industrial investment. Analysts note the charter secures land and mining rights critical to regional mineral extraction.
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Guthrie, Ok
Oklahoma
Iron Mountain Mining Company
Organizes Labor Delegates at Austin for Session
Twenty four delegates from Texas lodges of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen meet in Austin and reelect J A La of San Antonio as executive board chairman. E Overhiser of Dallas is secretary and B B Brown of Longview is vice chairman. The group will press child labor and eight hour bills during the legislative session.
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Austin
Texas
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainment
J. A. la
San Antonio
E Overhiser
Dallas
B. B. Brown
Longview
Lawson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railroad Conductors
Texas Federation of Labor
Conductor George Knowles Laid Off for Small Pox
Texarkana reports conductor Geo Knowles of the Cotton Belt between here and Pine Bluff is laid off due to a small pox case at his Rose Hill home, a suburb on the Texas side.
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Texarkana
Tex
Geo. Knowles
Cotton Belt
Here
Pine Bluff
Rose Hill
Texas
Judge grants injunction against Rabbit syndicate in land dispute
Beaumont Texas January 13 Judge Pope issues injunction at Jennie Halliburton and others petition claiming land in the Humphreys league. Writ returnable January 17.
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Beaumont, Tex
Pope
Rabbit Syndicate
Jennie Halliburton
Humphreys League
Midwinter Carnival Opens in Paso on Perfect Day
Paso, Texas opened the midwinter carnival with ideal weather and large crowds. Monday featured a miners drilling contest for $1000 as the main event drawing attendee excitement.
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Paso
Tex
Houston Man Killed in Attempted Break-In
Houston reports a colored man named John Armistead was shot and killed while attempting to enter a black woman's house. The woman was arrested following the incident.
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Houston
John Armistead
Arkansas Legislature Organizes. Senate to Vote Jan 20
The 34th Arkansas General Assembly organized Monday afternoon and set Tuesday January 20 for balloting on the U S senatorship. Former Governor Clarke leads Jones in instructed votes. In the Senate Jos L Short was elected president and in the House John I Moore speaker. Governor Davis to deliver message on Wednesday and be sworn in for a second term.
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Little Rock
Ark
Thirty-fourth General Assembly of Arkansas
United States
James P. Clarke
James K. Jones
Jos. L. Short
Fulton County
John I. Moore
Philips County
Jefferson Davis
Feito the mono maniac linked to family in Buenos Aires
Letters found on Feito reveal a wife and two children in Buenos Ayres Argentina. Spanish authorities seek Feito antecedents and pursue anarchist Pierconti who sailed from Argentina to Barcelona and vanished.
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Madrid
Feito
Duke of Sotomayor
Alfonso
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Pierconti
Argentine
Barcelona
Delegation Pleads Taft Stay as Governor
A group of former insurgents met Governor Taft on January 13 and urged him to remain governor of the Philippines rather than accept a Supreme Court associate judgeship. They said Filipinos petitioned Roosevelt for Taft to stay and sent a cable to Washington supporting his retention. Expressions of support for Taft’s governorship spread across the archipelago amid fears of policy change if recalled.
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Manila
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Washington
Philippines
Plague Outbreak in Manzatlan Rises as Deaths Mount
The Bubonic plague in Manzatlan Mexico shows slow response to new sanitary measures and treatment. Six deaths occurred Sunday and eight fatal cases were reported Monday as lazaretto patient numbers grow. Sanitary stations with physicians are set along main roads. The plague has also broken out at Ahome with many deaths.
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Manzatlan
Mex
Ahome
Texas statues proposed for U S Capitol hall
Senator Perkins read a communication from Texas Governor Sayers offering to gift to the United States statues of General Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin to be displayed in the Capitol’s statuary hall representing Texas.
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Washington
Perkins
Senate
Sayers
Texas
United States
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Statuary Hall
Capitol
General Von Gegesak Dies at 82 in Stockholm
Stockholm reports Major General Von Gegesak dead at eighty two. He served in the United States army during the Civil War and had a notable military career.
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Stockholm
von Gegesak
United States Army
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Monroe Edge
Garrizo Springs Mineral Water Company
Dr. N. M. McDougald
F St
Washington. D
Gulf of Mexico Coasts
Messrs. Aldrich
Vest and Carmack
Dis
Arkansas Legislature
General Assembly
Belog Mags
Rei
Eeate Ae
Ave
Osanil
S. Hi. Allphin
Egupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery
D Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thor. W. Higgs
Geo. W. Higgs
D. C Zuber
John Wittman
Pac
Bryan
Wame
W. T. Ford
L. J. Cot and
J. W. Hamilton
Bryan, Texas
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