Land sale and housing listings in Byazos County abstracts
For sale listings include about 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 acres cultivated and rest pasture priced at 1500, near schoolhouse southeast town a small cottage and tenant house at 750, six room brick near Main Street at 1250, one half block by Allen academy at 500, 13 acres south of town with 4 room house and outbuildings at 1000, 4 room house with cistern and garden near courthouse at 650, plus Joe B Reed home place quarter block with 9 room dwelling at 4250 and DeMaret place nearby.
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Court House
Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Epworth Leaguers Hold Day of Meetings in Detroit
National and Business Meetings unfold Friday in Detroit Michigan with thirteen sessions from 6 30 a m to evening. Rev S B Towne presided at the morning watch at Central Methodist Episcopal church and Rev A F McKenzie of Toronto spoke on the problem of big boys and girls urging separate classes for fourteen to sixteen year olds and stressing athletic activity and careful leadership selection.
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Detroit
Mich
Epworth Leaguers
S. B. Towne
Greencastle
Ind
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
A. F. McKenzie
Toronto
McKenzie
Hay and Cassini Pave Path for Manchuria Talks
Washington reports that Manchurian negotiations have advanced to details after a June 26 meeting at the Russian embassy. Secretary Hay and Count Cassini laid groundwork with pledges authorized by their governments. Hansen, the Russian chargé, reduced the pledges to writing during a state department visit.
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Washington
Hay
Count Cassini
Newport
Hansen
State Department
Jewish petition on Kishinev incident reaches Russia
Washington learned July 17 that Russia refuses to receive or consider the Jewish petition on the Kishinev incident. American charge Riddle in St Petersburg asked about Russia’s attitude and cable dispatches indicate no further action will be taken to present petitioners views.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Riddle
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt urges early action on remedial financial legislation
President Roosevelt told Senator Lodge at Sagamore Hill that Congress should begin early action on financial legislation of a remedial nature along lines in his recent messages and speeches. Lodge, who is part of the Alaskan boundary commission, is to start sessions in London in September.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Sagamore Hill
Alaskan Boundary Commission
London
Memphis Levee Board Adopts Engineer Routes For 21 Miles
The St. Francis levee board of Arkansas approves all proposed levee routes per engineers' plan, ignoring planter protests. About 21 miles of levee will be built at an estimated cost of 400000 dollars, awarded to a Memphis contractor. The committee also authorizes issuance of 250000 dollars in bonds as approved by the Arkansas legislature.
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Memphis
St. Francis Levee
Bard
Arkansas
Large Embezzlement Charged in Maryland Case
Cumberland Md July 17 William H Dorner arrested on a warrant by Clarence Christie auditor of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad charging Dorner with embezzling 17341 of the company funds Dorner long time cashier says he is victim of faulty bookkeeping
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Cumberland
William H. Dorner
Clarence Christie
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dorner
Mother and Baby Poisoned in Seattle Case
Mrs Annie Mull died Monday evening and her infant daughter died thirty six hours later. An autopsy suggests carbolic acid poisoning. E C Crowell fianc to marry Mull is jailed on suspicion. He threatened suicide but proclaims innocence. Mull was divorced in January.
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Seattle
Washi
Annie Mull
E. C. Crowell
Pentecost gatherings fill churches and tents nationwide
Large crowds packed Methodists venues from Fort Street to central churches as Bishop C B Galloway urged unity amid centennial Wesleyan themes. Speakers from Atlanta Nashville and Cincinnati addressed state rallies and Epworth League leaders noted Memorial Day remarks by President McKinley.
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John Wesley
Bishop Galloway
McKinley
Atlanta
Epworth League
Detroit
J. B. W. Bowen
J. Chattanooga
Tenn
H. M. DuBose
Nashville
Governor to appoint delegates to Transmississippi congress
Report from Austin July 17 notes sheriffs and county clerks passing through on return from the Transmississippi congress meeting in Seattle August 18. Colonel Walter Gresham urged appointing ten delegates. governor agrees. Also mentions Greenville murder trial and death penalty.
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the ,Congress
Austin
Avenue Hotel
Walter Gresham
Galveston
Seattle
Wash
Ross
Hunt County
W. H. Lax
Greenville
Scare Off by Dog Reported in Corsicana Incident
Miss Clara Petty living near the Hamiltion assault scene says the same negro visited her home and acted insolently but was frightened away by a large dog.
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Corsicana
Tex
Clara Petty
State department closes Jewish petition to Russia
Secretary of state says the incident over the Jewish petition to Russia is closed. Public release shows instructions to Mr. Riddle, U.S. charge at St. Petersburg, to present the petition if received. Russia’s foreign office would not accept it, Hay informed the B N A i B R I t h committee.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Riddle
United States
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Hay
B'Nai B’rith Committee
Contested US land sale settles in Pueblo Cal
A compromise ends the largest land contest in a US land office case in Pueblo California. The government will receive thousands of dollars for several thousand acres of coal land in Las Animas county. The dispute pitted Colorado Fuel and Iron and Victor Coal against the Western Iron company.
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Cal
United States Land Office
Las Animas County
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Victor Coal Company
Wicion Iron Company
Death of Brotherhood Leader Stuns Locomotive Engineers
Winnipeg reports the sudden death of Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Cited cause is heart failure from over emotion after receiving a floral engine during a farewell speech. He collapsed mid sentence as the ceremony continued. Remains to be taken to Cleveland, Ohio, his home.
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Winnipeg
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Dr. McArthur
Cleveland
Armenian Monastery at Sargupec Looted by Kurds
News from Erzinggan Turkish Armenia reports Kurdish raiders pillaged the Armenian monastery at Sargupec injuring several monks and looting portable property. The incident caused panic in the district, with Sassun also in panic and three villages abandoned.
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Constantinople
Sargupec
Erzinggan
Armenia
Sassun
Baroness de Virtvre Marries Serbian Prince in London
Information from New York reports the marriage of the Baroness de Virtvre daughter of the late Heyward Cutting to Vladimir de Constantinovitch a Serbian prince. The ceremony occurred in London and the groom is said to be a distant relative of the late King Alexander.
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New York
Baroness de Virtvre
Heyward Cutting
Vladimir de Constantinovitch
London
Kng
Alexander
Cotton and tobacco may become staple Hawaiian products
Jared G. Smith, United States special agent in charge of the Hawaiian experiment station, reports successful growth of cotton and Sumatra tobacco in Hawaii. He believes both crops could become staple island products.
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Honolulu
Jared G. Smith
United States
Hawaiian Experiment Station
Islands
President Declines Comment on Jewish Petition to Russia
Nothing to say on July 17 from Oyster Bay. the president has no statement about a Jewish petition to Russia. The brief item notes the lack of public remarks and preserves the formal tone of the era.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Russia
Minor Matters Mixed Local News Highlights
Summary of scattered items including railway collision at Tulsa and a first Katy train on the 15th. Notes on church membership near Lawton, depot rebuilding in Oklahoma City, drownings in Leon Springs and Tarpon, a fatal train strike at Richmond, a death near McKinney, embalmers exam results, a jail death in Fort Worth, and injuries from a horse kick in Jacksonville.
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Katy
Tulsa
T. T
Geronimo
Lawton
Okla
Frisco
Oklahoma City
Rue
Leon Springs
Tex
Tarpon
William Burkhead
Richmond
Fort Worth
Elsie Isham
Arthur’ Holland
Jacksonville
Defended Her Honor in Texas Attack on Cotton Field
Mrs. Hamilton of Cossicana Texas repelled a knife attack by a black assailant while fetching water at Bisso residence on Chatfield road. The struggle lasted briefly as the attacker slashed at her throat and severed a finger before fleeing. her sister rushing to aid.
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Cossicana
Tex
Hamilton
Here
Chatfield Road
Mortgage Foreclosure Filed Against Hereford Livestock Co
The National Bank of the Republic of Boston filed in federal court a $25,000 mortgage foreclosure suit with receivership against Hereford Livestock Company of Pecos County Texas. Judge Maxey named Peyton J Edwards as receiver. The bank asserts notes secured by a cattle mortgage and seeks a receiver to prevent waste jeopardizing mortgage repayment.
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Hereford Live Stock Company
el Paso
National Bank of the Republic of Boston
Hereford Livestock Company
Pecos County
Texas
Maxey
Peyton J. Edwards
Saloons Closed in Erath County Texas
Dublin Texas July 17 Acting on advice from Attorney General Bell and County Attorney Cook the saloons of Erath county have closed The injunction issued by Judge A C McLane of Laredo was served after the fourth publication of the order of the commissioners court and prohibition was deemed in effect too late to alter events
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Dublin
Tex
Bell
Cook
Erath County
A. C. McLane
Laredo
Commissioners’ Court
Badger Beats Bulldog in Fifteen Minute Fight
In Jacksonville Texas on July 17 a crowd of 500 watched a staged animal duel between a badger and a bulldog. After fifteen minutes the bulldog withdrew, leaving the badger as victor.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Tax Collectors Meet Set for Fort Worth With Sheriffs
San Antonio July 17. The County Tax Collectors association will meet next year in Fort Worth with sheriffs. Officers elected include President C. K. White Be lcounty Vice President J. M. Hamilton Kerr County and Secretary Dee Thompson Lamar County.
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San Antonio
County Tax Collectors’ Association
Fort Worth
C. K. White
J. M. Hamilton
Kerr County
Dee Thompson
Lamar County
Sheriffs Hold Next Year Meeting Plans in Fort Worth
Fort Worth hosts next year’s sheriffs meeting after elections. Officers elected include President A. M. Avant of Atascosa, vice president Sam Sparks of Pell, and secretary treasurer John P. Kirk of Travis.
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San Antonio
Fort Worth
A. M. Avant
Atascosa
Sam Sparks
Pell
John P. Kirk
Travis
Prominent Citizen Shot by Drunken Indian in Lawton
Felix J. Crow a leading Lawton resident was shot through the head by an unknown drunken Indian he had allowed to ride with him. He may recover and the incident occurred near Lawton Oklahoma on July 17.
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Lawton
Oklo
Felix J. Crow
Pioneer Texan Judge Harcourt Dies in Weatherford
Judge John H. Harcourt a pioneer citizen of Texas died in Weatherford July 17. He located in Fayetteville county in 1850 and had resided here since 1883. The longtime jurist was noted for his early settlement and public service.
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Weatherford
Tex
John H. Harcourt
Texas
Fayetteville County
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Jewish Petition
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Pueblo
Sarah Bonham
McKinney, Tex
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Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
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T. J. Anderson
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