Real estate listings in Brazos County from J W Batts
For sale 105 acres near Brazos County Court House with 25 cultivated and rest pasture priced 1500. One and a quarter acres near school, cottage and tenant house at 750. Four block brick home four blocks from Main Street with cistern 1250. Half block near Alien Academy 500. 13 acres south town with 4 room house and well priced 1000. 4 room house with pantry and two galleries with cistern priced 650 four blocks from Courthouse. Reed home place quarter block with 9 room two story dwelling 4250. One half block adjoining DC DeMaret place priced unknown.
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Court House
School House
Alien Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Pope Participated in Celebration of Mass
A report notes the Pope took part in a Mass celebration confirming liturgical duties. The event highlighted the papal presence and its significance within the religious community.
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Pope
German Students Pray At St Peter's For Pope Leo
In a solemn vespers scene at St Peter's, German students in scarlet cloaks and friars offered prayers for Pope Leo. The procession moved through the cathedral as nuns, friars and students knelt at altars and at St Peter's tomb amid a sea of color. Dr. Rossini and five reporters later contracted fever.
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St. Peter’s Cathedral
Rome
Leo
Lapponi
Mer. Mazzoni
Contra
Laponni
St. Peter's
Tragedy as Fast Mail Crashes into Excursion Train
Kansas City, July 13. A Missouri Pacific fast mail from St Louis collided with a broken down excursion train near Lee's Summit. Two tramps killed and about fifty negro passengers injured. The mail locomotive and cars were ditched. most injured were in an improvised refreshment car. The dead were sent to Lee's Summit and the injured to the Pacific hospital. all expected to recover.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Bad Man’s Cave
Lee’s Summit
Sedalia
Lee's Summit
Roosevelt and Root Visit at Sagamore Hill
Secretary of War Root arrives in Oyster Bay to meet with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. The two discuss departmental matters during a brief evening visit, with Roosevelt's daughter Ethel greeting Root at the station and accompanying him to the estate.
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Oyster Bay
Root
Roosevelt
Ethel
Sagamore Hill
Faculty Chosen for Girls' Industrial School
The board of regents met in Austin to elect the faculty for the new girls' industrial school. Mary Louise Tuttle of New York City was named professor of domestic science and domestic arts. Elle Brooks of Brooklyn is associate professor of domestic science and pressmaking. Elmer Brooks Perry of Menominee, Wis., was chosen physician and lecturer Rebecca M. Evans of Alliance was also appointed.
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Austin
Board of Regents
The
Girls’ Industrial School
Mary Louise Tuttle
New York City
Elle Brooks
Brooklyn
Elmer Brooks Perry
Menominee
Wis
Rebecca M. Evans
Alliance
Theatre Burns in Dallas Incendiary Fire
Dallas July 13 Cycle Park theater was destroyed by fire at daybreak on Sunday. Flames began under the stage and are believed incendiary. Lessee Charles R. McAdams and the Pwing-Taylor Dramatic company estimate losses at 6000 dollars each with no insurance. Ground owned by Captain W H Gaston. improvements by McAdams.
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Dallas
Charles R. McAdams
Pwing-Taylor Dramatic Company
W. H. Gaston
Tragic Death of Clerk Lint Lockard in Gainesville
Lint Lockard a 27 year old single clerk at a Gainesville men's store was found dead in a hotel room. A pistol ball entered just below the right ear and exited the skull, with the revolver across his left breast, after he rented a room at 5 pm Saturday and was not seen again.
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Gainesville
Tex
Lint Lockard
Ten Mormons and a Senate Sketch at Denver Meet
Denver July 13 The Christian Endeavor convention drew crowds as Rev Dr J Campbell of London preached at Central Presbyterian Church and Rev A K Wright of Boise City Idaho stirred Trinity Church by denouncing Mormonism He predicted ten Mormons would soon sit in the United States Senate.
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Denver
Colo
Christian Endeavor
J. Campbell
London
Central Presbyterian Church
A. K. Wright
Boise City
Idah
Trinity Church
Idaho
Utah
Mormon Church
United States Senate
Slayson-In-Law Tragedy Shocks Bluffton Farm Community
John Terrell a wealthy farmer north of Bluffton Indiana killed his son-in-law Melvin Wolfe by firing both barrels of a shotgun into Wolfe’s head as he lay on a doctor’s table awaiting a leg amputation from a prior wound. Wolfe had married Terrell’s daughter four years earlier. he had deserted her, leaving a child. A suit to compel support was pending.
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Bluffton
Ind
John Terrell
Melvin Wolfe
Wolfe
Terrell
Gas fountain explosion maims and kills worker in Terrell
In Terrell Texas on July 13 John Lowery eighteen was badly burned as a gas fountain exploded at the Terrell Bottling works when overcharged. His right leg was mangled from the knee down left leg thigh broken and body bruised. Lowery died Sunday.
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Terrell, Tex
Terrell Bottling Works
John Lowery
Lowery
Mrs. A. O. Stanfield Burns In Oil Fire Near Ben Franklin
Mrs. A O Stanfield of two miles east of Ben Franklin Texas suffered severe burns to herself and two children when a flare ignited coal oil in a can exploding and starting a fire. doctors fear for their recovery.
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Ben Franklin
Tex
A. O. Stanfield
Baseball Scores From Texas and Southern Leagues
In the Texas League games, Waco defeated Fort Worth 13 to 6 and Corsicana beat Dallas 13 to 10. In the Southern League, Memphis routed Little Rock 9 to 1, and Montgomery defeated Shreveport 9 to 3.
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Waco
Fort Worth
Dallas
Corsicana
Mempis
Memphis
Little Rock
Montgomery
Shreveport
Chicago Beats Brooklyn 6 to 1 in Front of 10,500
Attendance reached 10,500 as Chicago defeated Brooklyn 6 to 1. Other scoreboard shows St Louis at Philadelphia in ten innings and Cincinnati beating New York 7 to 5.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Narrow escape for Captain Mann on Mexican National railroad
Laredo Texas July 13 Captain Eli Mann a well known Texas figure had a narrow escape from death at a construction site on the Mexican National railroad from Monterey to Matamoros when a wagon carrying dynamite and giant powder toppled onto him but did not explode the cargo.
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Laredo
Tex
Eli Mann
Texas
Mexican National Railroad
Monterey
Matamoros
Drowning of Alfred Home in West End Lake
Alfred Home, eighteen, a well known local youth, drowned after a heart failure while swimming in West End lake about five miles from downtown San Antonio. Rescue attempts were unsuccessful.
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San Antonio
West End Lake
Alfred Home
Waco Defeats Fort Worth In Texas League Clash
In Waco Texas league action on Saturday the home team won 2 0. Bateman pitched a no hit game for Waco and only two Fort Worth baserunners reached first on balls. One was erased on a double play, tying a twenty eight at bat burden for Fort Worth. Reagan of Dallas matched the feat against Waco when Paris represented the club weeks earlier.
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Waco
Tex
Bateman
Fort Worth
Reagan
Dallas
Paris
Beaumont Oilman Captain F M Brown Dies
Beaumont Texas July 13 Captain F M Brown a noted oil man is dead.
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Beaumont
Tex
F. M. Brown
Fatal duel aftermath in Hartshorne brawl
In Hartshorne on July 13 two women named Hart and Cole fought. husbands joined as pistols were drawn. Mr Hart was fatally wounded and died. W C Cole is perhaps fatally wounded. The other woman and man were jailed.
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South McAlester
I. T
Hart
Cole
Hartshorne
Mr. Hart
W. C. Cole
Excursion Steamer Clifton Collides With Fulton Ferry
In New York on July 13 the Clifton and the ferry New York collided near Manhattan Island. Panic caused two deck hands to jump overboard. one drowned. No passengers hurt, both vessels suffered minor damage.
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New York
Clifton
Manhattan Island
Fulton
Mullins Captured After Fort Leavenworth Mutiny Escape
Jackson City Kansas reports Gilbert Mullins leader of the Fort Leavenworth mutiny who escaped with three others from the county jail was recaptured on Saturday.
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Jackson City
Kan
Gilbert Mullins
Fort Leavenworth
Black Cat Causes Eleven Minute Delay On Lake Shore Fast
The Lake Shore fast mail train near Chicago was delayed eleven minutes due to an old engineer fearing to kill a black cat that boarded the track and refused to move.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
Here
Drowning Claim Hands Two Men Near Guthrie
Guthrie Oklahoma July 13 Marvin Anderson and John Walker both twenty years old drowned in the Cimarron River near Guthrie.
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Guthrie, Okla
Marvin Anderson
John Walker
Cimarron River
Guthrie
Convention of Baptist Young People’s Union ends in Atlanta
The Baptist Young People’s Union of America wrapped up its convention in Atlanta on Sunday night. The audience heard the annual convention sermon by Rev. Dr. John W. Conley of Omaha and a talk by Rev. Eugene Sallee of Texas who will soon sail to China as a missionary.
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Atlanta
Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Unison of America
John W. Conley
First Baptist Church of
Omaha
Eugene Sallee
Texas
China
Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested Near Gadsden Alabama
Dr. James Young and George Windsor were arrested near Gadsden on charges of counterfeiting. Police seized counterfeit money and tools from a room used by them. Secret service officers had been on the case for months. Thousands of dollars in counterfeit currency are reported circulated in the area.
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Gadsden
Ala
James Young
George Windsor
Here
Secret Service
Twelve Refuge Boat House Hit by Lightning Causes Fatalities
During a severe thunderstorm on Sunday lightning struck a boat house beside the Potomac river where a dozen men hid. Robert Smith was killed Charles Slaughter gravely injured and may die William Lyons hospitalized.
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Washington
Potomac River
Robert Smith
Charles Slaughter
William Lyons
Doctor Hadra Found Dead After Operation
Dr. B. E. Hadra a renowned surgeon and medical author was found dead in a chair at his office just after performing an operation. Police report no signs of struggle, and the scene suggests natural causes pending autopsy results.
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B. E. Hadra
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