For Sale Abstract Books of Byazos County Land Titles
In office the only set of abstract books of Byazos County land titles offered for sale. Describes multiple parcels: ~105 acres near the courthouse with 25 acres cultivated and balance pasture, six-wire fence, $1500. 1.25 acres near schoolhouse with cottage tenant house well, $750. four-block from Main Street six-room brick home with cistern, $1260. 0.5 block near Allen Academy, $500. 13 acres on town south side with a 4-room house, well, cistern and outbuildings, $1000. 4-room house with pantry, hall, two galleries, cistern, bor ed well, stable and garden four blocks from courthouse, $650 with rent $9/month. Joe B Reed home place quarter block with 9-room two-story frame dwelling, $4250. 0.5 block adjoining DC DeMaret place, $500.
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Court House
School House
Snall
Main Street
Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Assault on seven year old girl shocks Sherman Texas
Lillian May Mooreland, under seven, daughter of J C Mooreland, was assaulted and seriously injured in Sherman. She described a negro attacker. officers and locals recall a man seen in the area. In McKinney, Dr Fr N McAulay died at Terrell after three weeks' treatment.
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McKinney
Tex
FR. N. McAulay
Terrell
Collin County National Bank
Railroad Commission to Hear Merchant Rate Excursions
Austin on July 14 reported that Railroad Commissioner Colquitt said the commission will intervene in merchants rate excursion business if proper application is filed.
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Austin
Colquitt
Commission
Merchants Rate
Oil Strike Near San Antonio Reported At 250 Feet
Oil discovery reported a few miles south of San Antonio at 250 feet water-bore depth. Separately Sour Lake sees a full fledged gusher for the Heywood Oil company described as a regulation type.
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San Antonio
Sour Lake
Tex
Heywood Oil Company
Train Strikes Mexican Worker Near Jefferson
A Texas and Pacific train hit a Mexican man four miles from Jefferson, Texas. He was brought to the town and died from the injuries.
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Jefferson, Tex
Texas and Pacific
Negro Kills Man in Whitney After Dispute
In Whitney Texas July 14 Ed Hickman was killed by Lem Hicks in a difficulty. Both men were Black.
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Whitney
Tex
Ed Hickman
Lem Hicks
Dublin Debates Address to King Edward Ended in Defeat
On July 14 the Dublin municipal corporation debated presenting an address to King Edward. Lord Mayor Harrington denounced the motion in a violent speech contrasting Nationalists with those who “sold the Irish parliament.” Maud Gonne joined demonstrators. police cleared the hall after a four hour session, and the motion failed forty to thirty seven.
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Dublin
Municipal Corporation
Kink
Edward
Harrington
Maud Gonne
Soledad Seized by Government Troops Opposite Ciudad Bolivar
Soledad on the Orinoco river, a strategic point opposite Ciudad Bolivar, has fallen to government forces. The Associated Press correspondent, traveling with the troops from Maturin, observed the shelling of strong trenches along the river front Monday.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Battle Near Barbourville Involves Eight Clay County Negroes
A desperate clash occurred near Barbourville Kentucky on July 14 as eight Clay county negroes attempted store robberies and fought deputy sheriffs. Twenty shots were fired with one negro seriously wounded. the robbers escaped.
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Barbourville
Here
Clay County
Demise of J. J. Frey Former Santa Fe Manager dies
J J Frey of Sedalia Missouri dies after a long kidney illness at age fifty five. Frey began railroad service at seventeen as a messenger boy on the QO and MS line. He later served as general manager of the Santa Fe railway.
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Sedalia
J. J. Frey
Santa Fe Railroad
Cattlemen Dynamite Sod House Near Gillett Wy
Masked cattlemen dynamited a sod house of a local flockmaster near Gillett Wyoming. The farmer was tied to a post during the attack and warned to leave the country as the assailants departed.
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New Castle
Wyo
Gillett
Amar Charged In Crowbar Assault Over Chauffeur Dispute
The article reports David Lamar broker and horseman faces charges after his coachman McMahon was assaulted while in custody and Lamar is under 2300 bonds on multiple counts including alleged hiring of men to assault and possible intent to kill. Mrs McMahon accuses Lamar of driving her from his residence with a crowbar. In Louisville, John Tinsley alias Lee Brown, who killed Officer Massey, causes trouble at the reformatory as guards are alerted and he pretends to be dying seeking sedatives.
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Amar
New York
David Lamar
McMahon
Lamar
Louisville
John Tinsley
Lee Brown
Louis Massey
Evansville
Jeeffersonville Reformatory
Sharp
Brown
Tinsley
Roosevelt appoints Oliver as assistant secretary of war
President Rosevelt decides to appoint Brigadier General Robert Shaw Oliver of Albany New York as assistant secretary of war to succeed Colonel William Cary Sanger who has resigned.
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Oyster Bay
Rosevelt
Robert Shaw Oliver
Albany
N. Y
William Cary Sanger
Priest carries flag message in Venezuela siege
A priest landing from a boat bearing U S and truce flags sought an audience with General Gomez to deliver an important message from foreign consuls and church leaders. He declined to explain his mission, saying the United States flag is respected everywhere. The warship Bolivar and General Gomez arrived at Soledad and came under fire near Ciudad Bolivar.
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Soledad
United States
Caldad Bolivar
Orinoco
la Salina
Castro
General Gomez
Gomez
Associated Press
Bolivar
Ciudad Bolivar
Confessed Crime in Kishineff Massacre Case
The murderer of the boy whose death sparked racial massacres in Kishineff has been identified. Doubassary, a gardener, confessed that he and the boy's uncle committed the crime. Prince Uruzoff, the new Kishineff governor, met with leading Jews of the city.
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Kishineff
Russia
Doubassary
Prince Uruzoff
Kearsarge to Leave For Test at Frenchmen's Bay
Captain Hemphill of the United States flagship Kearsarge received orders to clean the propellers fill bunkers with coal and proceed at high speed with natural draft to Frenchmen's Bay Maine This marks the first peace time trial of an American battleship under such conditions.
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Kearsarge
Portsmouth
Eng
Hemphill
United States
Frenchmen's Bay
Maine
Small Woman Dies After Hot Weather Sickness
Miss Mary J. Piercey of Bayonne New Jersey died at age forty due to illness linked to extreme heat. She stood thirty-one inches tall and weighed fifty pounds, reputedly among the world’s smallest women.
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New York
Mary J. Piercey
Bayonne
N. J
Expensive oats spark suit in Kaufman county
Two farmers from the county sued for nine dollars worth of oats in justice court. One paid lawyers fees and costs totaling twenty eight dollars while the other lost twelve fifty. The case will be appealed. The oats spoiled by rain while pending.
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Kaufman
Tex
Illinois Central conducts raise boosts payroll over $200000
After more than three months of negotiations the conductors and brakemen on the Illinois Central railroad won a wage increase. The boost will add over $200,000 to the railroad's annual payroll and affect compensation for workers.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Baptist college planned at Tahlequah Oklahoma
Brief items note a Baptist college to be erected at Tahlequah I T and report drownings, cattle disease, yellow fever deaths in Tampico Texas, and several criminal and violent incidents across Texas and nearby areas. The piece also mentions a federal judge calling lynching participants murderers.
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Tahlequah
Sherman and Monett
Frisco
Hot Springs
Mobile
Ala
Milwaukee
Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Tent Blows Down Injuring Dozens at Denver Convention
A wind gust collapsed the large Christian Endeavor tent in Denver with 8000 people inside. About twenty people suffered minor injuries, many fainted, as volunteers formed a rescue corps and hospital tents treated the wounded. A. H. Ramsey urged hold up of poles to prevent further harm. Mrs. Jesel Thornburg was among the seriously hurt.
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Denver
Christian Endeavor
Jesel Thornburg
A. H. Ramsey
Chicago
Mr. Ramsey
Christian Endeavor Convention Ends After Denver Rallys
The twenty first biennial Christian Endeavor convention closes after five days of meetings in Denver. The event notes strong attendance and banners for state unions led by Nevada, with others from Ohio Louisiana Oklahoma Territory Indian Territory West Virginia and New Mexico. Rev E E Chivers of New York discusses Our Brother in Black and condemns mob violence while urging equal punishments for crimes by all races.
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Denver
Christian Endeavor
Central Presbyterian Church
Nevada
Baseball scores from Southern and National Leagues
Southern League games listed with Birmingham and Montgomery results. New Orleans shutout Montgomery 12 to 0, Birmingham 0 7 Mac Mippis, Little Rock 4 at Atlanta, Nashville 2 Shreveport 1. National League games Chicago Brooklyn 6 4 in thirteen innings. Cincinnati 5 New York 4. Pittsburg 8 Boston. St Louis 6 Philadelphia 4.
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Mac Mipmiss
Montgomery
New Orleans
Atlanta
Little Rock
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
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Jeli D
Franklin
Markel
J. W. Satts
Byazos County
Maken Clossinaster
Geo. W. Smith
East City National Bank
Shavin
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwood
Darwin & Drummond
Liacle
Dr. McAulay
Will
Maude Gonne
Baseball
Birmingham
BF Na Nkin
Nashville
Shreveport
St. Louis
Philadelphia
D. Garrett
Fort Worth, Waco, Houston and
Calveston
Ft. Worth
Waco Houston
Galveston
Austin, San Antonio
Mexico
Texas Points
St Louis
V. Trice
V.P
G.M
Houston
Waco
Denver Road
The
Texas Railroad
Pacific
Washington
Pacific Coast Express
F. B. Morse
Mgr
Houston, Texas
T. J. Anderson
G.P
T A
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Bryan
James & Hart
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