J. W. Batts Property for Sale in County and Town
Advertisement lists multiple parcels for sale including 105 acres near courthouse with 25 cultivated acres, 400 acres of Post Oak land at 2.50 an acre, 1.25 acres near schoolhouse, a six room house with land four blocks from Ms. Street, brick cistern, quarter block near Allen Academy, lots near schoolhouse at 100 each, about 13 acres on south town side with new 4 room house and outbuildings. Price totals vary by parcel. Also asks if Otto Boehme property can be partially sold.
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Court House
Allen Academy
Otto Boehme
Land Auction Advertises Several Farm and City Plots Near A M College
The notice lists 92 acres near A M College suitable for dairy and hog farming at 1000 dollars. It promotes 31 lots on courthouse square with a seven room house and outbuildings at 2200 dollars, plus Pochila two story house, western city lots at 25 to 35 dollars, 69 acres on Wixon Creek with 49 cultivated acres and five acres creek bottom, and 24 cultivated acres one mile west, with I and G N R R passing through. Trade options include 1500 dollars in city property. many other lands are available.
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A. & M. College
Courthouse Sqare
Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Magnificent Annual Washington Birthday Celebration Near Laredo
The citizens of Laredo Texas and New Laredo Mexico present a grand border event on February 22 and 23 featuring Spanish bull fights cattle roping torchlit parades Indian Mexican motifs a sham battle military drills historical pageants trades display and flower carnival with excursion tickets to Monterey Mexico and stopovers in Laredo for viewing. D J Price A J G N BR Palestine Texas handles tickets and details.
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Laredo
Texas
New Laredo
Mexico
George Washington
Monterey
D. J. Price
Palestine
Lanham names multiple appointees to Texas boards
Governor Lanham sent the remainder of his Texas appointments to the Senate. Reappointments include General Henry E. Shelley to the board of pard on advisers and several regents and penitentiary officials. New members include J. N. Browning Ben B. Cain and H. M. Chapman. Some boards kept incumbents. others saw broader changes across educational and eleemosynary bodies. Bills moving through the House and Senate covered tax, district court creation, and municipal expansions.
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Vernor Lanham
Senate
Austin
Tex
Lanham
Board of Pardon Advisors
Henry E. Shelley
Board of Pardon Advisers
Board of Regents
The
University
J. N. Browning
Ben B. Cain
Tyler
H. M. Chapman
Fort Worth
Confederate Home
BE. P. Reynolds
Hays County
A. W. McIver
Burle
Galveston
Browne
Karnes
Nacogdoches
Wettermark Bankc
Burleson
Brazos
Washington
Burnet
Colorado
Zapata
Elks Organize State Grand Lodge Formation in Dallas
Dallas January 28 The Elks organized a State grand lodge with William H Patterson of Dallas elected president C F Drake Austin first vice D A Duff Greenville second vice H M Knight Austin third vice F F Crittenden Fort Worth secretary W W Seeley Waco treasurer Louis Lindsey Gainesville tiler H D McCoy Cleburne inner guard Rev W K Lloyd Paris chaplain and trustees C N Rhode Galveston H W Williams Greenville George G Timmons Houston plus Bros Harrison Sherman Lewis Waco Gardner Waxahachie about 800 attend reception. Waco to hold next meeting.
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William H. Patterson
Dallas
the Elks
Ww. H Patterson
C. F. Drake
Austin
A. Duff
Greenville
H. M. Knight
F. F. Crittenden
Fort Worth
W.W. W. Seeley
Waco
Louis Lindsey
Gainesville
H. D. McCoy
Cleburne
W. K. Lloyd
Paris
Bros. Harrison
Sherman
Lewis
Gardner
Waxahachie
C. N. Rhode
Galveston
H. W. Williams
George G. Timmons
Houston
Burglary suspect killed by homeowner in El Paso incident
Photographer Fred J. Feldman shot and killed a burglar entering his home in El Paso Texas. The intruder identified as T C Casey a former Seattle traveling salesman carried a dirk keys and chloroform. Feldman exonerated and jailed officials remand. A separate Fort Worth trial ends with Joe Wolf and Joe Lawrence held for murder of James M Wilson.
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el Paso
Tex
Fred J. Feldman
T. C. Casey
Seattle
Feldman
Fort Worth
Joe Wolf
Joe Lawrence
Justice Terrell
James M. Wilson
Ten Business Houses Burn In Hereford Fire
Ten business houses burned in Hereford Texas Tuesday morning starting in the bathroom of G W Dale. The heaviest losses fell on D T Blankenship F H Brittain C G Orr and George M Hay with none except Hay insured on buildings.
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Hereford
Tex
G. W. Dale
Mr. Hill of
HeKinney
D. T. Blankenship
F. H. Brittain
C. G. Orr
George M. Hay
Hay
Plainfield Trains Crash Toll Shocks N J City
A train disaster in Plainfield New Jersey leaves many dead and injured as a local express car is crushed by the engine. Thirteen bodies arrive for identification with many residents from the area among the victims. Firemen battled the wreckage as authorities assess the catastrophe and its impact on commuters from New York.
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Plainfield
N. J
Jam
New York
Wrecking Crews Recover Twenty-One Graces at Graceland Wreck
Graceland New Jersey January 28 two wrecking crews worked through the night recovering twenty one bodies from the collision of the Philadelphia and Reading express with a local express on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Identifications include Rowland R Chandler Plainfield New Jersey and several others.
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New York
Philadelphia and
Reading
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Graceland
N. J
Rowland R. Chandler
Plainfield
Thomas A. Cumming
Edward Flynn
Harveys. Paterson
Dunnellon
George Tread
Scotch Plains
Pp. Thayer
P. W. Tomlinson
Edgar W. Williams
Boiler Explosion Kills Five at Alabama Plant
A boiler blast at Southern Car and Foundry plant No. 18 in Anniston Alabama on January 28 killed five workers and injured several others. Victims include Thomas Birch J A Forte Ike Hardy John Mitchell Charles Strong and one unknown coal heaver. Birch was blown sixty feet from the engine while adjusting piping and Foote was hurled to a nearby shed top. Hardy died from boiler debris seventy feet away. Debris and parts weighing over a ton were scattered up to 1000 feet from the blast site.
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Anniston
Ala
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Thomas Birch
Ike Hardy
J. A. Forte
John Mitchell
Charles Strong
Tom Birch
J. Angus Foote
I. F. Hardy
Only One Death Tuesday in Mazatlan Plague Outbreak
Mazatlan Mex January 28 The public was encouraged by a single death from the plague on Tuesday and no deaths at the lazaretto Three grave cases remain in the lazaretto One hundred under observation were released after baths Charity committees distributed over 112000 pesos from funds sent from across the republic Relief efforts are described as careful and energetic.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Republic
Large Cotton Claim Filed in Rome Against U S
Henry G. Stoffregen of Rome files a $140 000 claim against the United States for cotton belonging to the late H C Peters destroyed at Columbus Georgia Peters a wealthy German neutral during the war was executor and Peters nephew Stoffregen seeks redress in the matter. James B Howard of Clay county allegedly fired the shot that killed William Goebel Youtsey’s confession ties him to the Goebel conspiracy in Louisville.
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Rome
United States
Henry G. Stoffregen
H. C. Peters
Columbus
Peters
Stoffregen
Howard
Louisville, Ky
Frankfort
Th Courier Journal
James B. Howard
Clay County
William Goebel
Henry E. Youtsey
Goebel
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