Abstracts and Properties for Sale in Byazos County
J. W. Batts offers the Have area only set of Abstracts of Land Titles for sale. Listings include about 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 cultivated and rest pasture, fenced, $1500. Also 1.25 acres near the schoolhouse with a small cottage and tenant house, $750. Four blocks from Main Street a six room brick house with cistern, $1250. Half block near Allen Academy, $500. About 13 acres with a 4 room house and well, $1000. A 4 room house with various outbuildings, $650. The Joe B Reed home place, quarter block and 9 room two story, $4250. One half block adjoining the DC DeMaret place, price not stated.
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Byazos County
Court House
Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Day clock built for Louisiana Purchase exposition
A Milwaukee dispatch reports a 120 foot diameter dial clock being built for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The dial will be a flower bed with a sixty foot minute hand, fifteen foot numerals, and twelve surrounding beds. It will be lit at night by two thousand candescent lights.
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Chicago
Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Riots in Yesed Persia butcher Babis in two day purge
The Times reports religious rioting in Yesed central Persia lasting over two days with Babi reformers singled out for killing. Bodies were dragged through streets, loot and beatings occurred, and the governor eventually yielded to mob pressure. The city, with 40 000 residents, features bazaars and a Parsee population.
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London
the Times
Yesed
Persia
Yezeed
Doors Closed Doylestown Bank Placed in Receiver's Hands
The Doylestown National Bank of Doylestown Pennsylvania was closed by the currency controller with J W Schofield named receiver. A posted notice at the door stated the bank is closed and under the controller's authority. Deposits are large and no formal statement has been issued. The bank had $105000 capital, over $1 million in deposits, and assets totaling about $2.05 million. Henry Lee, bank president and Republican judicial candidate, is a prominent lawyer involved in the events.
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Doylestown National Bank
Washington
Doylestown
J. W. Schofield
T. P. Kane
National Bank Examiner
National Bank of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia National Bank
First National Bank
Schofield
Doylestown Bank
Henry Lee
Circuit court witness testimonies in Breathitt murder case
In Cynthiana Kentucky on July 30 testimony described Marcum's fall after a shooting. Clerk Tauldea of Breathitt county said he saw Marcum fall and Ewen run away. Jett was not seen in the street at the time. William Combs testified he heard the shot, saw Marcum fall, and saw Jett emerge from the courthouse afterward.
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Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
S. Tauldea
Breathitt County
Marcum
Ewen
Jett
William Combs
Chief Youngson Dies In Headville
Dr. A E Youngson first assistant grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers died at Headville Warren said his home was in A E Pa. His death occurred at 9 30 Thursday morning and Dr Warren is his son in law.
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Chief Youngson
Youngstown
A. E. Youngson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Headville
Warren
A. E. Pa
Dr. Warren
Youngson
Made Them Leave Town
After a business meeting in Idaho Springs 500 men coerced fourteen mine arrestees from the city jail to the town limits and expelled them, including the miners union president and several officers. In Evansville Indiana the wife of Robert Lee the black man who killed Officer Massey has suffered a mental breakdown.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
Miners’ Union
Evansville
Ind
Robert Lee
Officer Massey
Prophecy Recalled On Conclave Watch For Next Pope
Rome July 30 The last tribute to the late Pope Leo XIII featured a third grand requiem mass in the Sistine chapel with sixty two cardinals in attendance. A prophecy about a future pope sparked bets years ago and is being recalled as the conclave begins to choose the successor to St. Peter. Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli is cited in the discussion as a possible fulfillment of the omen.
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Rome
Leo
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Cardinal Cretoni
Congregation of Sacred Relics
Iincomparable
Sistine Choir
St. Peter
Carpineto
Leo XIII
Lepini Mountains
Car
Serafino Vannuolelli
Pineto
Pontiff
America
Parocchi
Santa Rufina
Serafino Vannutelli
Fourfold Rise in Philippine Customs Under American Rule
A War Department Bureau of Insular Affairs report shows Philippine customs revenue for the first four months of 1903 at 2,931,782 dollars, up from 2,901,011 dollars in 1902 and 215,657 dollars in 1899. The comparison with Spanish era revenue from 1885–1895 to Aug 1898–Apr 1903 indicates about a fourfold increase in business.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Philippines
President Roosevelt Camps With Sons on Oyster Bay Beach
President Roosevelt and his sons and nephews camped on Huntington bay’s shore Tuesday night. The annual camping trip continues his family tradition of sleeping on the sand wrapped in blankets on Bay Shore.
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Bay Shore
Oyster Bay
Rosevelt
Huntington Bay
Folsom Convicts Engage In Shootout With Posse
In Folsom California on Greenwood creek Sheriff Kenna's posse from Placerville clashed with a group of Folsom convicts. A short exchange of gunfire occurred Wednesday night with no reported injuries.
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Folsom
Cal
Kenna
Placerville
Greenwood Creek
New York News Plant to Be Sold at Auction
The New York News plant will be sold at auction in New York City. The Daily News has been published by the New York News Publishing Company, with Frank A. Mungey as the principal stockholder.
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New York
New York News
Daily News
New York News Publishing Company
Frank A. Mungey
Great Central railway docks gutted by Grimsby fire
London July 39 The Great Central railway docks and sheds at Grinsby were gutted by fire. The sheds housed machinery and a vast quantity of barley. Total damage estimated at 500000 dollars.
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London
Great Central Railway
Grinsby
Death of Sam Jones Spychalski in Toledo
One of the famous Spychalski quadruplets, Sam Jones Spychalski, died in his mother's arms in Toledo, Ohio, on July 30 at six months and two days old. He weighed sixteen pounds and succumbed to colic.
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Toledo
Spychalski
Sam Jones Spychalski
United Workmen Grand Lodge Acts On Rejections And Salaries
The Texas grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen met in Waco. 293 applicants were rejected for disabilities and death losses total 221. Officers’ salaries were set for the coming term, including grand recorder 125 dollars monthly and 100 dollars yearly for grand master workman and grand receiver.
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United Workmen
Waco
Texas Grand Lodge
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Denison
William M. Narvin
Muscatine
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Good Templars Convenes in Dallas
The grand lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars met in Dallas with seventy five delegates present. Reports were received and degrees conferred on thirty persons.
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Dallas
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars
Second fire hits Anadarko in week long string of flames
Anadarko Oklahoma suffered a second major blaze in a week as a fire at 2 am destroyed a block of business houses near the court square. Loss runs to about 40000 dollars. A separate 130 am theft at the town post office saw burglars loot the building and set fire to cover their crime.
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Anadarko
Chickasha
I. T
Caddo County
Court Square
Mines Unionized in McAlester District
In South McAlester Oklahoma July 30 a historic shift sees nearly all McAlester area mines join a union with the scale and check-off features established. Only two mines remain nonunion for the moment but are expected to sign.
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South McAlester
I. T
McAlester District
United People's Party Executive Meets In Denver
The national executive committee of the United People's Party endorsed the reform parties conference outcomes and the Tuesday proclamation. It urged a February 22 1904 meeting in St Louis and favored nominating early in 1904 before Republicans and Democrats. J A Edgerton to lead state reform organization effort. Phoenix fire destroys Alkire Co dry goods and Burtis plumbing shops causing $100000 loss.
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Denver
National Exec
United Peoples’ Party
Reform Parties
United People’s Party
St. Louis
J. A. Edgerton
Utive
Severe storm sweeps Taylor and Texas towns
News in brief reports a severe storm in Taylor Texas on Wednesday. Killed near Mount Pleasant were JT H Harris and a man Hyhanning. A Texas actress Anna Poston fatally shot herself in Chicago. War claims recovery noted, gold found near Lawton Oklahoma. A Houston militia encampment prize goes to Hawley Guards of Galveston. A six month old Negro baby body found in Trinity river near Fort Worth. Blind man Lee Cooper dies after a twenty foot fall at Gainesville. A horse falls on Templeton Foster in Sterling City. Willie Kelf hurt after horse collision with a barbed wire fence near San Angelo.
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Taylor
Tex
H. Harris
Hyhanning
Mount Pleasant
Anna Poston
Chicago
Texas
Seven Starr Mountain
Lawton
Oklo
Houston
Hawley Guards
Galveston
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Lee Cooper
Gainesville
Templeton Foster
Sterling City
Willie Kelf
San Angelo
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Franklin’s Market
W. C. Fountain
Uae
J. W. Batts
Makin
Zach Tally
Geo. W. Smith’s
Ocity
East City National Bank
Simmons & Geue
Darwin & Drummond
H. B. Dorse
Prop
Jackaboro
Kasten & Knox
Jacksboro
John R. Hausel
Sherman
Gonzales
Buchanan
Whitesboro
San Antonio
Carl Foley
John. Frey
Hoefling
Kaufman
Ben Ellington
Peedee’s Mill
Joe Melton
D. Garrett Pe
M. H. James Onic
Waco, Houston
Calveston
Ft. Worth
Waco Houston
Austin, San Antonio
Mexico
Texas Points
St Louis
L. Trice
W.P
G.M
Holl
Denver Road
Texas Railroad
J. Priceg
United People's Party
Phoenix
Ariz
Alkire Company
D. H. Burtis
Texas Central
Kingsland, Llano, Lampasas Marlinn and
Wootan Walls
M. L. Robbins, G. P. &T
Wa. Doherty
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown
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