Land sale notices from Byazos County listings
For sale listing: 105 acres one mile from court house with 25 acres cultivated and balance pasture, 6 wire fencing, $1500. Also 1.25 acres near schoolhouse with small cottage and outbuildings. Six repro house and two lots near main street, price $1260. Half block near Allen academy, price $500. About 13 acres on south town with 4-room house, wells, cisterns, price $1000. 4-room house with tub cistern, bor ed well, 4 blocks from Courthouse, rent $9 monthly, price $6500. Joe B Reed home place quarter block, 9-room two-story frame, $4250. One half block adjoining DC DeMaret place, price $500.
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Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Convicts Flee Toward Colima After Folsom Breakout
On July 28 reports say sheriffs from several counties organize troops and posses to hunt escapees from Folsom prison. The convicts move with guards, while residents arm for a potential clash near Pilot Hill Eldorado county. Fatalities include Fred Howard and John Allison, as pursuers tighten the net.
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San Francisco
Flast
Folsom
Colima
Pilot Hill
Placeville
Bostwick
Eldorado County
Fred Howard
Leavis
Placerville
John Allison
Whisky and Beer Seized and Spilled on Ardmore Street
United States officers seized a large quantity of whisky and beer before removal from the train and spilled it in the Ardmore street. Marshal Colbert issued an order prohibiting liquor introduction into the Indian Territory. Substitutes may not be sold as blinds for intoxicants and bootleggers are increasing under the prohibition law.
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Ardmore
I. T
Jnly
United States
Colbert
Indian Territory
State Board Negotiating for Purchase of Bexar County Bonds
The state board of education is negotiating to buy an issue of 500000 Bexar county improvement bonds. If purchased it could exhaust the funds available for such investments.
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Austin
State Board of Austin
State Board of Education
Bexar County
Rail franchise granted to use Austin Dam area
City officials were advised that the International and Great Northern railway has accepted the ordinance granting a franchise to use the Austin Dam and Suburban railway in portions of the city. Extensions and warehouse construction will begin immediately with additional improvements planned.
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Austin
Leroy Trice
International and Great Northern Railway
Austin Dam
Police target nonpayers in occupation tax drive
Austin officials led by the city tax assessor and collector launch an active campaign against lawyers dentists and others who have not paid occupation tax. Many arrests may follow if the tax remains unpaid.
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Austin
Texas business reinvestments prompt charter reinstatement
Austin July 28. Many corporations whose charters and permits to do business in Texas have been forfeited for non payment of franchise tax are paying up and being reinstated.
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Austin
Texas
Sham battle date set for August 24 at encampment
Fort Worth report notes General Waul has died on his Greenville area farm. Waul was a veteran of the Mexican War and the Confederacy.
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Austin
Fort Worth
Waul
Greenville
Texas delegates named for Transmississippi Congress in Seattle
Governor announces Texas delegates to the Transmississippi Commercial Congress meeting August 18 in Seattle. Appointees include W. C. McKamy Dallas J. W. Link Orange R. B. Norvell Beaumont J. A. Mooney Woodville S. P. Jones Marshall A. L. Clark Tyler and others from Houston Waco Galveston Brownsville Fort Worth Palestine Navasota and Dallas.
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Austin
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Seattle
Wash
W. C. McKamy
Dallas
J. W. Link
Orange
R. B. Norvell
Beaumont
J. A. Mooney
Woodville
S. P. Jones
Marshall
A. L. Clark
Tyler
W. M. Imboden
Rusk
Geo. D. Neal
Navasota
Brownsville
A. P. Duncan
Waco
D. B. Henderson
Galveston
Dudley G. Wooten
Geo. S. Eckford
Louis J. Wortham
Bread riot erupts in Newark over Saturday holiday demand
In Newark New Jersey a bread riot broke out as Hebrew bakers strike for a weekly Saturday holiday. Hungry crowds seized wagonloads of unleavened bread and fought police and vendors. Two days later London reported John G Long US consul general at Cairo died in Dubai from an accidental fall. he was 57 and a Florida native.
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New York
Newark
N. J
London
John G. Long
United States
Cairo
Egypt
Dubai
Scotland
Mr. Tong
San Augustine
Fla
Five Buildings Destroyed In Lindsay Fire
A devastating maze destroyed five frame business houses in Lindsay on Monday morning. The blaze began at the rear of the Lindsey bakery and Lindsay meat market and swept through the block within about forty minutes. Origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Lindsay, I. T
Lindsey Bakery
Lindsay
Fire wipes Fairland off the map in Frisco area blaze
Vinitia July 28. The town of Fairland on the Frisco system twenty miles from here was almost wiped from the map by a disastrous fire. Among the ruins only two brick houses remained standing.
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Vinitia
I. T
Fairland
Frisco System
Crawford to Claim Detroit Uncles Estate Shocked by Heirless Will
Guthrie Oklahoma July 28 C M Crawford of Shawnee has been notified of the death in Detroit Michigan of his uncle Mathew Crawford leaving a four million dollar estate with no will and no heirs Crawford will go to Detroit this week to settle the affairs.
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Guthrie, Okla
C. M. Crawford
Shawnee
Okla
Detroit
Mich
Mathew Crawford
Crawford
Merchants Rates Set for Dallas and Austin Trade Trip
The railroad commission fixes merchants rates for Dallas with travel starting Aug. 5 and valid tickets available until Sept. 25, ten day limit. The Trade League must guarantee 200 tickets and each holder must purchase $200 in goods.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Dallas
Trade League
Senator Culberson Probes Stevens Bill In El Pasko Visit
United States Senator Culberson visits El Pasko Tex to study the Stevens bill proposal on international dam development outlined in the last Congress.
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el Pasko
Tex
United States
Culberson
New Railroad Planned From Nacogdoches to Oil Fields
Plans are on foot to build a railroad from Nacogdoches to the oil fields sixteen miles distant. Local officials say the route would boost travel and freight, connecting the city to prospects in the oil region.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Double Fatalities Reported in Kentucky Creek Fight
Reports from Jackson Kentucky recount two killings and two critical injuries from fights at Long Creek and Hunting Creek. At Long Creek Geo Smith was shot by John Hall who then was fatally shot by Smith. Both died shortly after. At Hunting Creek John Stidman and Alex Craft fought over a quarrel in a blind tiger. Craft killed Stidman and wounded Craft.
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Jackson
Long Creek
Hunting Creek
Geo. Smith
John Hall
Smith
Hall
John Stidman
Alex Craft
Stidman
Craft
Five Delegates Sentenced in Suburban Franchise Bribes
In St Louis Judge Ryan sentences five former house of delegates members for bribery and perjury tied to municipal deals. Sheridan, Albright, and Fannigan get five years. Becker four years. Hartman six years. All post $10,000 appeal bonds.
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St. Louis
Ryan
House of Delegates
John A. Sheridan
Edward Albright
Jerry J. Fannigan
Louis Becker
Eril Hartman
Parry Warns on Labor Power at Furniture Association
New York July 28 President Parry of the National Association of Manufacturers told the Furniture Association of America that a new national body representing all employers is needed. He warned organized labor seeks sovereignty to bar work and shut industries, citing strikes as proof of dangerous power.
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New York
Furniture Association of America
Parry
National Asociation of Manufacturers
Cardinal Gibbons Assigned Five in Conclave Quarters
The AP observed Cardinal Gibbons’ conclave cell in the Pauline chapel area of Rome. His apartment, number five, features a yellowish gray decorated bedroom with a small iron bed a marble dressing table and a Madonna portrait. The set includes a conclavist room a servant camp bed and an unventilated fourth room. The space is lit by electricity and exposed to southern warmth.
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Associated Press
Cardinal Gibbons
Conclavist
Miller returns to work at Government Printing Office
W A Miller, assistant foreman in the bookbinding department, resumes duties after a union backed campaign. Charges against him are described as under investigation by some, while others deny an inquiry. Public Printer Palmer and union leader Barrett dispute the status and potential actions.
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Washington
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Miller
Dougherty
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Tatum
Brotherhood
Palmer
Barrett
Milter
Eddie Jones Hid From Mob After Alleged Burglary in New Orleans
Eddie Jones, nineteen, known as Shout, surrendered at police headquarters after a day of pursuit across New Orleans upper precincts and Jefferson parish. He faced charges of entering the sleeping apartment of Mrs. Schroeder, wife of a dairyman, while her husband was away, avoiding a lynching.
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New Orleans
Eddie Jones
Shout
City
Jefferson Parish
Sister Slays Brother in Mississippi Feud
A Hattiesburg Miss special reports Mrs Prince Odum of Richton killed her brother John Rich in Richton near Mobile. Five shots were fired four hit. The killing stems from an old family feud.
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Mobile
Ala
Hattiesburg
Miss
Prince Odum
John Rich
Richton
Here
Eleven Persons Injured in Virginia Railroad Wreck
A rail road wreck about fifteen miles south of Charlottesville, Virginia, injured eleven people with four in serious condition. A freight train stopped for a breakdown, then a passenger train halted behind it. a following freight crashed into the rear of the passenger. The accident was due to the negligence of the passenger's rear brakeman.
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Charlottesville
Here
Baseball Scores From Southern League Games
In Memphis Atlanta defeated Memphis 5 to 0. Shreveport beat Montgomery 3 to 0. Little Rock edged Birmingham 3 to 2.
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Southern League
Memphis
Atlanta
Shreveport
Montgomery
Little Rock
Birmingham
Farmers mob searches for accused assailant Clark
A mob of farmers near Medill, Farmington Iowa, surrounded a Black man named Clark accused of attacking Gertrude Mess, a white girl, with a razor. Reports say the mob vows lynching as the girl remains in danger and authorities fear further violence.
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Farmington
Clark
Gertrude
Medill
Unclear City Match Scores From Sparse OCR
The fragment lists multiple game scores with teams and locations, noting Chicago vs St Louis 4 3, Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh 10 3, New York vs Boston 11 9, Brooklyn vs Philadelphia 5 9. The source lacks full team names and dates, but preserves match results and venues.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Scores From City Matchups Reveal Early Standings
In Philadelphia three to nothing, Washington defeated by Philadelphia. Chicago routed Detroit eight to three in Chicago. St Louis beat Cleveland nine to five. Boston edged New York five to two in Boston.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Cleveland
Boston
New York
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