For Sale Two Town Lots and House in City
Office in Taliaferro Building opposite Court House. One and a half lots with a six room brick house two blocks from Main Street. Corner lot with brick cistern and gravel. Price 1 050 dollars. Also quarter block with five room house in good neighborhood on east side. Price 1 000 dollars. Terms one quarter cash and balance in one two and three years at 8 percent interest. J. W. Batts.
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Taliaferro
Court House
Luly
Albheen Cp Pravce Cimnty
J. W. Batts
Taft Sees Southern Letters Hinting at Votes for Him
Taft enlarges his mail from southern states noting letters from Democrats in Maryland Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina and Georgia pledging support. He believes Georgia’s anti Smith sentiment could push votes toward his ticket while Democrats hope to help carry Georgia with Bryan seen as repugnant to their views.
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Hot Springs
W. H. Taft
Taft
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Geogia Democrats
Bryan
Smith
Maryland
Bryan denies Brownsville discussion and Negro appointments
Lincoln Neb July 17 Bryan telegraphs to the Baltimore Sun denying the charge that he told a Negro delegation he found President Roosevelt's Brownsville action unjust and would recognize Negro appointments. He states, report not true, he refused to discuss Brownsville and has not discussed Negro appointments.
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Lincoln
Neb
Baltimore Sun
Bishop Walters
Western Republican leaders to meet in Colorado Springs
State chairmen and committeemen from states west of the Missouri river will meet Republican National Committee chairman Hitchcock in Colorado Springs on Monday and Tuesday. The gathering aims to unite western leaders and plan the campaign for Taft and Sherman in the west.
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Chicago
Missouri River
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Colorado Springs
Colo
Taft
Sherman
Oyster Bay Dems Cheer Bryan From Oyster Bay Letter
In Oyster Bay a Democratic leader’s telegram to W J Bryan promising a good majority elicits a grateful reply from the candidate. In Lincoln a Friday appeal seeks campaign funds from farmers for Bryan and Kern to restore Democracy to power.
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Oyster Bay
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
President Roosevelt
Lincoln, Neb
Messrs
Bryan and
Kern
American Athletes Protest Olympic Treatment
London reports that American track athletes condemn officials for secret draws and unfair heat placement. They cite the tug of war where the United Kingdom team used prepared shoes, contrary to rules, prompting a protest and withdrawal by American contestants.
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London
United Kingdom
Powder explosion at Northwestern Improvement plant kills nine
A carload of powder exploded at the Gleelum Washington plant killing nine people and injuring about twenty. Fragments of bodies were scattered over half a mile. Mrs Peters Moffit and her infant child were in a tent nearby and perished. No vestige of the tent or bodies remained.
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Gleelum
Wash
Northwestern Improvement Company
Peters Moffit
Fire destroys Elk Tanning main building in Everett
A July 17 fire in Everett Pennsylvania leveled the Elk Tanning company main building. Officials say the blaze, believed incendiary, caused about 350000 dollars in losses.
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Everett
Elk Tanning Company
Youth Earl Ward Dies After Locomotive Crush
Earl Ward, a Houston youth, succumbed to injuries from being crushed by a locomotive in Hempstead and died in a Houston sanitarium three days after the accident.
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Houston
Earl Ward
Hempstead
Carp Caught In Concho River Near San Angelo
In San Angelo Texas on July 17 M V McDaniel hauled a twenty pound carp from the main Concho river east of the city confirming a notable catch to local anglers.
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San Angelo, Tex
Concho River
Here
M. V. McDaniel
Mistaken Identity Claim Taints Prison Killing Theory
In Canyon City details of a signed statement by Guiseppi Alia to Antonio Sasso suggest the executed priest was misidentified. Alia said he killed an Italian priest he served in Portugal, claiming the man dishonored his wife, and he inspected the church to confirm. Friends and priesthood say Father Leos records show no Portugal visit.
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Canyon City
Colo
Guiseppi Alia
Antonio Sasso
Leo Henricks
Alia
Portugal
Father Leo
Fire damages Bonham mansion of T. B. Williams
A fire in Bonham Texas destroyed the elegant residence of T. B. Williams causing about 5000 dollars in loss with part of the contents saved and insurance only partial.
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Bonham, Tex
T. B. Williams
Various 1900s items unfold from states and towns
Thousands of tomato crates ship from Humboldt Tennessee. Conway Arkansas plans a $35 000 school. New Mexico National Guard troops camp at Leon Springs Texas. Thomas Matthews drowns in Salt Lake City reservoir. John Fitzgerald aged 22 dies in St Paul workhouse. Marion Connell jailed Birmingham Alabama for alleged wife murder. Oil well near Muskogee Oklahoma completed in forty eight hours. Terrell Adcock shot and killed near Goldthwaite Texas. Led Green 18 taken into custody. Heat drives T Huffman to dive through Memphis restaurant window, slight injury. Maine Democrats nominate Obadiah Gardner and Everett Mower for governor and state auditor. Lyon County Kentucky night riders whip H B Bennett, over 150 thorns removed. Bennett sleeps in woods since.
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Humboldt
Tenn
Conway
Ark
New Mexico National Guard
Leon Springs
Tex
Thomas Matthews
Salt Lake City
John Fitzgerald
St. Paul, Minn
Marion Connell
Birmingham
Ala
Muskogee
Oklo
Goldthwaite
Terrell Adcock
Led Green
T. Huffman
Maine
Child Observes Family Feud Echoing Across Town
A suburban observer recalls a spat between the Hicks and Stubbs households. The parents quarrel loudly about marriage ties, issuing jabs that irritate neighbors. The scene shifts when a boy fishing overhears the pattern, noting that the moment the Stubbs fish, the Hickses holler.
Running at Large of Dogs Ordinance in Bryan Texas 1908
Bryan Texas council enacts an ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large during June July and August unless muzzled. Violations are misdemeanors with fines from one to one hundred dollars. Impounding fees apply and unclaimed dogs may be killed after 48 hours. Mayor J T Maloney and Secretary Frank Clarke sign July 10 1908.
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Bryan
J. T. Maloney
Frank Clarke
Texas
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