Real estate offerings for sale and rent across Texas towns
Law real estate and insurance firm lists three brick Main street buildings, three family residences near courthouse square, building lots, Cavill's addition, and several farms and ranches. Properties may be bought on time with one third cash. services include buying, selling, renting, and exchanging properties across Texas. Loans negotiated and extensive local listings available.
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Courthouse Square
Cavill
Jos B. Reed
Wv. B. Hudson
Jno
Keistler
Brazos
Burleson
Texas
Mexico
Insurance pitch for property and life protection
A general insurance appeal promotes covering stores, stocks, machinery, warehouses, cotton, gins, and corporate property with trusted companies. It claims life insurance is more vital than fire protection, noting a high fatality rate among ironclad fire risks.
Uncle Jake Chamberlain Dies in McKinney Cabin
McKinney Texas July 11 Uncle Jake Chamberlain an old-time southern negro died Monday at his humble cabin southeast of McKinney. He was the oldest living resident of Collin county born July 10, 1798 aged 107. His memory eyesight and faculties remained sharp and he had lived in the eighteenth nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Tex
Jake Chamberlain
Collin County
Jake
Fire at Carsey Shoe Plant Causes Heavy Loss
A fire at the Carsey Shoe Manufacturing company building in Greenville Texas July 11 caused a near total loss with damages estimated between 9000 and 10000 dollars. Several other firms suffered damage.
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Carsey Shoe Manufacturing Company
Rabid Dog Attacks Austin Resident and Child
Austin reports Henry Gissel a baker and a neighborhood child bitten by a rabid dog. Gissel is treated at the State Pasteur Institute at the insane asylum and the child receives care. Eight patients are under treatment at the institute. San Antonio notes Paul Levy, 66, a retired merchant from Gonzales, crushed by a street car. He was a long-time emigrant from Pos en, Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Henry Gissel
San Antonio
Paul Levyson
Gonzales
Texas
Posen
Germany
Bristow urges Panama Railroad line continuation for commerce
Washington July 11 report by special commissioner Joseph L Bristow on Panama Railroad and Steamship Company recommends continuing the line for commercial purposes and improving facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph L. Bristow
Panama Railroad and Steamship Company
Calhoun Chosen for Venezuela Mission by Roosevelt
William J. Calhoun of Chicago named special commissioner to assess the asphalt company claim and related issues in Venezuela. He previously accompanied President McKinley to Cuba before the Spanish American War and served on the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1898 to 1900.
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Chicago
William J. Calhoun
Roosevelt
Venezuela
Asphalt Company
Calhoun
Cuba
McKinley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Funston Arrested After Saloons Bombing Incident
Former Congressman Funston, father of General Inston, was arrested in Tola Kansas for remarks on saloon explosions. He resisted a police arrest, was strapped to a buggy, then jailed and later released. A deputy patrols rule while the mayor warns of further action.
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Tola
Kan
Funston
Inston
C. L. Havlin
Pickpockets Rob Passengers On Busy City Car
In New York on July 11 a Twenty third street car gang locked the rear door and robbed passengers on the back platform. The thieves feigned intoxication and jostled riders while stealing watches pocketbooks and scarf pins from several on board.
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New York
West Texas fair set for October dates in Abilene
Abilene Texas directors chose October 17 to 21 for the West Texas fair with a prominent racing feature highlighted in this year’s programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
West Texas Fair
Murders Suspect Sam Morrow Arrested Near Muskogee
Sam Morrow, a 33 year old negro, was arrested by a deputy U S marshal in Muskogee on a charge of criminally assaulting and shooting Mary Alice Coleman, a 15 year old colored girl. She died from wounds suffered Sunday nine miles west of Muskogee. The girl identified Morrow before dying. Morrow remains jailed in Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Sam Morrow
United States
Mary Alice Coleman
Morrow
Not an Indian Delegates List at Statehood Convention
Muskogee July 11 The Indians are wrought up over the discovery that the list of delegates from Indian Territory to the statehood convention at Oklahoma City fails to disclose the name of a single Indian. The delegation is said to be made up almost exclusively of politicians and Indian leaders threaten contesting delegations from most districts.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma City
Large Timber Deal Near Six Hundred Fifty Thousand
In Lake Charles Louisiana on July 11 S S Prentiss of Bangor Maine sold 23 078 acres of timber land to Bowman Hicks Lumber company of Kansas City for 646 197. The tract lies along both sides of the Watkins railway between Oberlin and Oakdale and is expected to prompt a new sawmill along the line. The Prentiss land has long drawn mill buyers and this sale caps a two year chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
S. S. Prentiss
Bangor
Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company
Kansas City
Watkins
Oberlin
Oakdale
Bowman-Hicks Company
Prentiss
Fire Devastates Borrussia Coal Mine In Dortmund
A fire at the Borrussia coal mine in Dortmund, Prussia, started when a lamp handled by boys exploded. The blaze rapidly damaged the shaft timbers. Two hundred fifty miners escaped via an air shaft, while thirty nine were cut off and presumed dead.
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Borrussia
Powers murder case continued for federal action
Georgetown Kentucky July 11 The Caleb Powers case charged with complicity in the William Gobel murder was continued pending action by the Federal Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Caleb Powers jailed in Newport Kentucky
Cincinnati July 11 Caleb Powers has been placed in Newport Ky jail.
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Cincinnati
Caleb Powers
Newport
Judge Selden Spencer Receives Bank Receiver Duties
In St Louis July 114 former Judge Selden P Spencer, appointed receiver by the St Louis county circuit court, sent telegraphic orders to about fifty bank depositors in other cities instructing them to stop issuing money order checks and report immediately the cash on hand credited to the People's United States bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
People’s United States Bank
Selden P. Spencer
St. Louis County
People’s Bank
Venezuela approves London debt settlement contract
Caracas reports the congress accepted the June 7 agreement with Disconto-Gesellschaft representing British bond holders. The deal issues 3 percent bonds totaling 132,049,925 bolivars in gold, redeemable over forty seven years.
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Caracas
Venezuelan Congress
London
Venezuela
Disconto-Gessellschaft
Scott Special Speedy Sets Record Run KC to Chicago
The Scott special on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line raced from Los Angeles to Chicago, reaching Argentine Kansas at 3:37 AM and departing at 3:40 AM. It covered 221 miles to Fort Madison in 4 hours 9 minutes, beating previous records and promising a 45 hour Los Angeles to Chicago schedule. Walter Scott special arrived in Chicago at 11:54 AM, 44 hours 56 minutes total, three hours four minutes faster than contract.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Chicago
Argentine
Kan
West Bottoms
North
Kansas City
Fort Madison
Santa Fe
United States to Send Delegates to Zionist Congress
New York reports thirty U S delegates will attend the Zionist congress opening at Basse Switzerland on July 27.
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New York
United States
Basse
Switzerland
Maryland’s W M Russell Named Minister to Venezuela
Washington reports W M Russell of Maryland has been appointed as minister to Venezuela signaling a notable diplomatic posting. The announcement situates Russell within the U S foreign service and expands diplomatic ties in the Caribbean region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. M. Russell
Maryland
Venezuela
Fires and incidents touch Texas and nearby areas
Reports list multiple disasters and events across Texas and neighboring states. Fires in Hugo and Geneva cause substantial damage. deaths occur in Denton Dallas Longview Gainesville and Connellsville. theft, injury, and legal actions noted alongside shipments of peaches and cattle.
Couple’s wedding ends in circus parade through city
Pittsburg July 11 F C Zimmerman of Hackensack New Jersey and Miss Louise Timmons of this city wed at Roman Avenue Christian church by Rev McAnnl y Then they were placed in a circus menagerie wagon and driven through main streets of the fashionable district with a brass band. Wedding guests rode in carriages and a few hundred citizens walked.
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Pittsburg
F. C. Zimmerman
Hackensack
N. J
Louise Timmons
Roman Avenue
Providence Teen Disappeared Man Located in Houston
Providence Illinois police report receipt of a telegram from Houston stating Perky B. Gibson, a prominent local man who vanished June 14, has been located there. The message, signed by auditor Robert E. Doyle, gave no details. Gibson is the son-in-law of Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins of Philadelphia’s Church of the Holy Trinity.
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Providence
R. IL
Houston
Tex
Perky B. Gibson
Robert E. Doyle
Gibson
Floyd W. Tomkins
Church of the Holy Trinity
Philadelphia
Secretary Wilson Keeps Cotton Reports Prepared By Statisticians
Washington July 11 Secretary Wilson will follow the department of agriculture practice of having only the statisticians and either the secretary or the assistant secretary present when the monthly cotton crop reports are prepared for publication.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Elopement Claim Ties to Mrs Dunham and Milkman
In Troy New York on July 11 a 25 year old woman Mrs Albert Dunham left a note stating she eloped with Ralph Reynolds a young milkman because she loved him.
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Troy
N. Y
Albert Dunham
Ralph Reynolds
Wright of Denver Mayor’s Father Dies at 94
Wiltbrahm Mass July 11 Robert B Wright father of Denver mayor R R Wright and grandfather of Roberta Wright who christened the battleship Denver is dead at age ninety four.
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Wiltbrahm
Mass
Robert B. Wright
R. R. Wright
Denver
Roberta Wright
Roberts Flags British Army Failings In Lords Speech
In the House of Lords on July 11 Field Marshal Roberts declared Britain's military force inadequate and poorly trained, rendering it unfit to maintain Britain as a first class power.
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London
House of Lords
Marshal Roberts
Great Britain
Wisconsin Enacts Anti Cigarette Law in Effect
Madison Wisconsin reports that a new anti cigarette law has taken effect statewide on July 11 and prohibits certain tobacco sales to minors and places restrictions on advertising. The measure aims to curb youth smoking and regulate compliance.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Habeas corpus hearing set in Sunday baseball case
Waco July 11 Judge Sam R Scott grants a writ of habeas corpus in prosecutions pend ing here over players in a Sunday baseball game charged with gate fee The hearing is set for Saturday June 15 The case cites a law against keeping open or charging admission to a place of amusement on Sunday Dallas Temple Waco Fort Worth scores listed
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Waco
Sam R. Scott
Dallas
Temple
Fort Worth
North Texas League Scores Revealed
In the North Texas League results Paris defeated Texarkana 2 to 1 and Paris won 3 to 0 while Clarksville beat Greenville 5 to 1.
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North Texas League
Paris
Texarkana
Clarksville
Greenville
Baseball Scores From National League Night Action
Memphis defeated Birmingham 4 to 1 while Shreveport beat Atlanta 2 to 1 plus Montgomery 5 New Orleans 3. In the National League, Boston routed Philadelphia 8 to 2 and Chicago won 4 to 1 against Pittsburg.
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Memphis
Birmingham
Shreveport
Atlanta
Montgomery
New Orleans
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
New York, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland Scores
In American League play results show New York 3 Detroit 0, Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 3 with decisive outcomes favoring the Yankees and Athletics over their rivals.
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New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
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W. H. Lawrence
Bryan, Texas
C. A. Searcy
M. H. James’ Drug Store
W. C. Fountain
Crown
Burt
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A. L. Mondrick, M. D
Irvine’s Restaurant
B. F. Wiley & Co
W. G. Irvine & Son
Plaser
Hortinan
Bryan
R- Romonpdis
T. R. Batte Att’y At Law
J.L. Fountan Mar. Real Estate Dept
T. R. Batte & CO
C. Dewitt & CO
M. H. James
Greenville, Tex
Mad Dog
Bristow’'S
Panama Mailroad and Steamship Company
Dortmund
Prussia
Powers
Scott Special
the Scott
Hugo
I. T
Denton, Tex
Coney Island
James
Pat’) Wilkinson
Geneva
San Augustine
George Leal
Rodessa
Rusk
J. William Brown
Longview
Gainesville
Clint Jefferson
Thomas
L. T
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Lampasas
Pilot Point
Fuller
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Connellsville
Oklahoma
Oo. T. Cameron
Enid
Okla
The
Beat Brands of
Som
Silas B. Johnson
Parker
RYE
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Orienial Rye
Rohde
Streets Inn
Milkman
South Texas League
Beaumont
Galveston
Southern League
Jene
Iron Mountain System
Union Station
National Lines of
Laredo
Mexico City
Vial
Torreon
Durango
Duarango
Monterey
G. N
L. Trice
John Wittsman
John Wittman
South
Austin Harry
Ft. Worth
W.&d.c
Denver Road
Denison
St. Louia
M. L. Robbins
G. P A
Houston, Texas
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