Real estate and insurance for sale and rent in Texas towns
An advertisement offers three brick buildings on Main Street and three family residences near the courthouse, with prices from 850 to 1500 dollars. Also listed are lots, farms, upland and Brazos bottom lands, hog and cattle ranches in Texas and Mexico, and agency services for sale, exchange, and rentals. The firm also provides insurance for property and life with multiple carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courthouse Square
Cavitt
Joe B. Reed
Wv. B. Hudson
Jno
Keistler Place
Brazos
Burleson
Texas
Mexico
Swam Rapids by Graham and Glover in Niagara River
Carlisle D. Graham of this city and W. J. Glover Jr. of Baltimore swam the lower Niagara River rapids from Flat Rock to Lewiston in twenty five minutes. Glover led at first then fell behind after Devil's Hole but neither swimmer was injured. Both wore life belts and inflated neck rings. Graham, about fifty five, had swum the lower rapids twice before.
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Graham
Glover
Niagara Falls
Carlisle D. Graham
W. J. Glover Jr
Baltimore
Niagara River
Lewiston
Flat Rock
Captain Webb
Devil's Hole
Leadston
Rioting resumes in San Juan Hill district New York
On July 18 in the San Juan Hill area whites and blacks clashed after jeers at four police officers. Shots fired left two dozen arrests including Arthur Moody and George Foster. Police reserves struggled to quell the riot as several participants were wounded but none fatally.
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San Juan Hill
New York
Roche
West Sixty-second Street
Arthur Moody
George Foster
First Street
Aloon
Cooney
Texas Commission Hears Case On Jobbing Center Rates
Austin July 18 The railroad commission met to review cases including whether Texas jobbing centers should receive the same special rates as other states. Dallas Trades League alleges discrimination with numerous Texas merchant petitions. The commission took the matter under advisement. A separate item notes summer normal examiners reviewed teacher certificates and a mandamus petition seeks power to restore tower lights by the city water and light board amid a looming legal clash between city branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Commission
Texas
Trades League of Dallas
Board of Summer Normal
Senate Chamber
Hart
Mandamus
Fifty-Third District
Board of Water and Light Commissioners
Apostolic Successionists Parade in Houston Streets
In Houston on July 18 the Apostolic Successionists, a new religious sect, appeared in public wearing full dress uniforms. The speaker wore a black suit with a sword belt, held during the address. Men wore rank-based costumes, women veiled, some onlookers noting Jerusalem-inspired attire and a gray horse with a rider in a stovepipe hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Apostolic Successionists
Jerusalem
Houston Courthouse Bond Proposal Defeated 2 to 1
In Houston on July 18 a proposition to issue 500000 dollars in bonds to build a new courthouse was rejected by a two to one margin. The city favored the proposal but turnout was under one thousand votes.
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Houston
Desperate Affray at Hope Plantation Ends in Two Deaths
A violent dispute at the Hope plantation penal farm near Jeanerette Louisiana ends with two men dead. Dyer shoots Vivian Cropper the peacemaker, then Phillips fatally wounds Dyer in a gun battle. Phillips is jailed, Cropper hails from Jeanerette.
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Jeaneretta
Hope Plantation
Dyer
Phillips
Vivian Cropper
Cropper
Jeanerette
Orphans Tragic Fate Ethel Barnes Found Dead
Dallas July 18 The crushed body of thirteen year old Ethel Barnes was found at Buckner orphan home near the dormitory. She had many severe bruises and fractures with blood from mouth and nostrils suggesting a fatal fall from a third story window. The child came from Dexter Cooke county and had been in the home three years.
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Ethel Barnes
Dallas
Buckner Orphan Home
Dexter
Cooke County
Rucker Badly Cut in Robertson County Affray
Franklin Tex July 18 R H Rucker county clerk of Robertson county was badly cut at his home the knife entering his abdomen in two places both wounds were dangerous but there was some hope for recovery Tom Holton the father in law of Mr Rucker surrendered to the sheriff and was released on bond Succumbed to Injury Palestine Tex July 18 Rich Moseley a young man brakeman on a local freight train was hurt internally and left leg mashed at Overton he died at the International and Great Northern hospital about twenty minutes after arrival Appointed Assistant San Antonio July 18 a telegram from Jackson Smith formerly general passenger agent of the National Railroad of Mexico says he has been appointed assistant to Chief Engineer Stevens of the Panama canal
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Robertson County
Franklin
Tex
R. H. Rucker
Tom Holton
Palestine
Rich Moseley
Overton
International and
Great Northern
San Antonio
Jackson Smith
National Railroad of Mexico
Stevens
Panama Canal
Pleads Not Guilty in Gendron Murder Case
Bert le Claiche, the French girl indicted for murder of Emile Gendron, pleaded not guilty and was remanded for trial. She will remain in prison until the fall session, claiming Gendron forced her into an immoral life for six years. Sympathetic women helped secure counsel for the forthcoming trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bert le Claiche
Emile Gendron
Gendron
Brakeman Loses a Limb in Santa Fe Wreck at Buckholts
George L. Smith a brakeman in a freight wreck near Buckholts Texas on the Santa Fe lost a limb. Nine freight cars piled in a deep cut causing great property damage.
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Buckholts
Tex
Santa Fe
Here
George L. Smith
NO EARLY DISSOLUTION and RAILROAD WRECK REPORTS
Premier Balfour urged Liberal Unionists to attend Parliament to avoid government defeat and keep session on track toward August closure. Joseph Chamberlain said dissolution soon was not needed. In Rochester, a fast line collided with a freight train injuring crew and passengers, engineer James Clark fatally.
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London
Balfour
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Rochester
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
East Rochester
James Clark
Flassey
Two arrests made in Racial assault case at farm
Eagle Lake Texas July 18 two negroes are under arrest for the beating of Mr and Mrs Kuhle on Hannon Bros and Waughs farm. Walter Bates was arrested at Rosenberg and Bob Davis in Wharton county.
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Eagle Lake Tex
Kuhle
Ha’ N Bros. & Waugh
Walter Bates
Rosenberg
Bob Davis
Wharton County
Silk valued at twenty five thousand dollars stolen
Thieves in Chicago stole silk worth 25000 dollars. Police investigations underway. Suspects unnamed. no injuries reported. The theft occurred in July. Local authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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Chicago
Handy Hens Unearth $1000 Worth of Financial Notes
Baraboo Wisconsin July 18 a group of hens uncover a bill book beneath the Caldwell Bell Co elevator containing notes drafts and certificates totaling about 1000 dollars authorities and workers assess the find and plan safekeeping until proper records can be traced
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Handy
Baraboo
Wis
Caldwell Beill Co
Wishes Like Fate. Jersey City Axe Murderer Seeks Own Death
Nicholas Mardies, who killed his wife with an axe, asked the trial judge to allow him to die by the same implement. The case unfolds with his appeal for capital punishment by suicide within the courtroom proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Nicholas Mardies
Secretary Shaw Praises New Y M C A For American Boys
Secretary Shaw dedicates Lake Geneva YMCA building and urges opening doors for boys. He warns boys are often shoved aside and emphasizes guiding them toward upright, virtuous paths through right teaching and uplifting environments. He urges boys to excel in whatever they do.
Extreme Heat Persists Across Nation With Prostrations
Heat wave grips the United States from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. Philadelphia and New York reach around 94 96 degrees as Chicago Detroit and Boston see highs near 90s. Four deaths and fourteen prostrations reported in Chicago with additional fatalities in St Louis and Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
England
Florida
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Detroit
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Boston
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Heroic Negro Rescues Woman and Child From Well
George Ned a colored man saved Mrs Tibideaux and her child from a sixteen foot well near Mermentau Louisiana. The mother jumped in and Ned located them with the child grasped by one arm while she clung to the other until help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherwood
George Ned
Tibideaux
Mermentau
Ned
Attempted assault near Sumter prompts arrest
Sumter South Carolina July 18 an attempted criminal assault on a white woman occurred at New Sumter three miles north of the town. One Negro was arrested and sent to Columbia for safekeeping though not positively identified. In Des Moines Iowa July 18 the residence of S E Howard near Shambaugh burned and Mr Howard cremated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Des Moines
S. E. Howard
Shambauch
Mr. Howard
Pine Bluff Dropped From Cotton States League Change in Six Clubs
At a Cotton States Baseball League meeting in Pine Bluff the club was dropped from membership and the league reduced to six teams. Other results listed include Hattiesburg surrendering its franchise, and scores from American, National, Texas, North Texas and South Texas leagues with multiple games noted.
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Cotton States Baseball League
Vicksburg
Miss
Pine Bluff
Hattiesburg
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James’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick
M. D. Bryan
W. C. Fountain
Crown
Burt Norwid
Plaser & Bond
Hortman Old Stand Bryan
Irvine’s Restaurant
F. Wiley & Co
G. Irvine & Son
Bryan, Texas
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
School House
N. B. Cole
Hall
Caldwell
Allen Academy
T. R. Batte Att’y At Law
J. L. Pountan Mar. Real Estate Dept
T. R. Batte & CO
DeWitt
eWitt
E.C. DeWitt
M. H. James
NEW Sect
Rucker
Shaw
the Tribune
Lake Geneva
Leslie M. Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Southern League
Atlanta
Memphis
Little Rock
Montgomery
Birmingham
Shreveport
Temple
Fort Worth
Waco
North Texas League
Paris
Greenville
Beaumont
Galveston
Sam Leading Brands
B. Johnson Parker
Montreal
Oriental
E. Rohde
Membe
G.N. Excursion
Great Sea Wall City
New Galveston
L.&g.n
G. N
Price
G.M. D. J. Price
G.P
T.A
Harrison
Ain
Bryan
South
North Texas
Denver
Ft. Worth
F. W
D.c
Denver Road
Denison
M. L. Robbins
G. P A
Houston, Texas
John Wittman
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