Brazos County land inventory and several properties for sale
J W Batts lists abstracts of Brazos County land titles. Properties include 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 acres cultivated and rest pasture, fenced with six wires for 1500 dollars. Nearby 1 1/4 acres by achock house with small cottage and well for six hundred sixty? dollars. A four room brick house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern for 1250 dollars. A quarter block near Allen Academy east front for 250 dollars and a half block near Allen Academy for 500 dollars. Lots near school house at 100 dollars each. About 13 acres north of town with 4-room house and outbuildings for 1000 dollars. A 4-room house with pantry and gardens for 650 dollars four blocks from courthouse. A quarter block with 4-room house and garden in northern town for 525 dollars. Prices are described as easy terms.
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Court House
Achock
Partstown
Allen Academy
Allenemy
For SALE Will sell cheap land and a house to colored buyers
Yard long list of real estate offerings including a two story house cheap and several tracts priced per acre. Listings include 69 acres on Wixon creek Pearson place 49 cultivation 60 creek bottom 100 acres creek bottom 6 tenant houses 400 acres cultivation 10 per acre or trade west of Brazos 150 acres Reliance settlement with water house barn and cribs 55 acres cultivated 40 acres cultivated west of town 6 miles 990 655 acres 40 cultivated 6 miles west 5 room house 990 50 acres north corner of Bob Johnson place 35 cultivated 3 room house orchard 500 sale terms likely to color buyers.
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Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Brazos River
Reliance Settlement
Bob Johnson
Elections Announcements for Bryan City Officials
The Eagle announces candidates for the April city election in Bryan. A. L. Dunnica and C. M. Spell seek City Secretary roles, with Spell running for re election. W. J. Roberts is named City Marshal candidate, T. P. Boyett seeks the marshal post, and Roger T. Boyle runs for Alderman. Riddy is also listed in Bryan races.
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A. L. Dunnica
Bryan
Eagle
W. J. Roberts
T. P. Boyett
T. C. Shelburne
City of
The
Riddy
Kodol Digests What You Eat Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a natural digestion tonic that cures indigestion and stomach troubles by cleansing and strengthening mucous membranes. It quotes S. S. Ball of Ravenswood and notes bottle pricing of $1.00 with a 50 cent trial size, file details include E. O. DeWitt & Co. Chicago and Dr N M McDougall.
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S. S. Ball
Ravenswood
W. Va
Syi
E. 0. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
N. M. McDougallw
Santa Fe-Kay See and Rock Island Consolidation Bills Passed
In Austin on February 28 the senate approved the Santa Fe Kay See consolidation bills and the Rock Island consolidation bill amid opposition on constitutional grounds. Also approved were a $30,000 Brazos river survey for protective works and lunacy trial provisions allowing trials at home with a Perkins amendment for penitentiary trials. House action included an amendment to exempt large cities from the uniform textbook bill before passing it on second reading. Other debate focused on election reform and guard poll tax enforcement with Judge A. W. Terrell and Seabury presenting arguments and amendments. Hillsboro farmers report a fuel shortage, lacking wood and coal, hindering transport through muddy lanes.
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Austin
Senate
Perkins
House
A. W. Terrell
Seabury
Prominent Man Found Dead in Ashland Avenue Home
Edwin L. Burdick chief of E L Burdock Co and Buffalo Envelope Co was murdered at his Ashland avenue residence. Initial burglary theory abandoned after police inquiry with no arrests. Burdick seen alive Thursday night, body found Friday morning on a couch in a smoking room covered by a rug with blood on walls and floor. No valuables missing and Mrs Burdick had left two months earlier amid divorce proceedings filed December 5.
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Buffalo, N
Edwin L. Burdick
E. L. Burdock & Co
Buffalo Envelope Company
Ashland Avenue
Burdick
Two Plague Deaths Reported at Mazatlan Lazaret
Two deaths from plague occurred at the Mazatlan lazaret on Friday as authorities reported the outbreak continued in the port city. The fatalities bring concern over sanitary conditions and disease control in Mazatlan during February.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Lazaretto
Metropolitan well in at Welsh Louisiana reports movement
News in brief lists multiple items including a well coming in at Welsh Louisiana, a Dallas good roads convention set for March 19 20, and various regional incidents such as accidents deaths arrests and property deals across Texas Oklahoma and nearby regions.
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Welsh
Dallas
Menlon
Hill County
Exas
C. W. Weaver
Katy
Denison
House denounces unseating of James J. Butler
Jefferson City reports the house adopted a resolution denouncing the national house of representatives for unseating James J. Butler of the Twelfth district as rank partisanship. In Colima Mexico a violent eruption produced white hot matter and later lava flows with earthquakes noted near Acapulco and other towns. John J. Mitchell, president of the Kansas City St. Louis and Chicago Railway, died at St. Louis.
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Jefferson City
House
James J. Butler
St. Louis
National
House of Representatives
John J. Mitchell
The
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago
House Votes Direct Vote for U S Senators
Austin Feb 28 The house unanimously adopted a resolution urging Congress to submit a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of United States senators independent of the Senate. Several local measures passed including a road system bill for five counties and a firemen jury service exemption. Nacogdoches College chartered and Fort Worth packing houses opening invited March 8.
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Austin
House
Congress
United States
United States Senate
Fannin
Shelby
Henderson
Harrison
Jack
Nacogdoches College
Fort Orth
Body of Prominent Man Found in New Orleans Canal
The corpse of Stephen Fitzgerald, agent for the American Cotton Company, was recovered from the old basin of a canal in New Orleans after six days missing. Last seen boarding a car Saturday night, no foul play or theft found. Fitzgerald, from Memphis, had family there and in St. Louis, and his brother aided the search.
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New Orleans
Stephen Fitzgerald
American Cotton Company
Fitzgerald
Memphis
Terrible Tragedies at Jonesboro Kill Deputy Sheriff and Family
Reports from Jonesboro indicate William Farmer, deputy sheriff of Clayton County, killed his father in law James Christian, mortally wounded his wife, and attempted to kill his son before shooting himself and dying. The incident occurred twenty five miles south of Atlanta on the Central of Georgia line.
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Atlanta
Jonesboro
Central of Georgia
William Farmer
Clayton County
James Christian
Knapp Claims Pleasure From Killing Women and Children
Alfred Knapp told reporters in Hamilton Ohio on February 28 that he derived satisfaction from killing women and children. He described strangling victims from behind and bending them as they struggled. Officers believe he may have murdered across a route from the east to Kansas City.
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Hamilton, O
Alfred Knapp
Knapp
Kansas City
First Trial for Third Wife Murder in Hamilton Ohio
Knapp will be first tried for the murder of his third wife in Hamilton Ohio. It is reported he will confess other crimes.
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Hamilton
Knapp
British Premier Balfour Talks Chine Indemnity Terms
In the House of Commons Premier Balfour said Britain has not received any US proposal to join a conference on gold and silver money links. He noted European payments are under way and suggested no British participation in a broader monetary conference. In Chicago the plague tragedy in Mazatlan is reported with Ricardo Torrero y Topeto killing his plague-afflicted son and then himself. Mrs Torrero is in an observation station and has gone insane.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
United States
Great Britain
Mexico
China
Chicago
Tribune
Mazatlan
Ricardo Torrero Y Topeto
Custom House
Kansas Protest Against Smoot Seating
Topeka reports senator Wulfe kuhter of Leavenworth introduced a resolution in the senate protesting the seating of Smoot of Utah in the United States senate.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Wulfekuhter
Leavenworth
Senate
Smoot
Utah
United States Senate
Bond Set at 100000 in Halliburton-Hill Case
Beaumont Texas February 28 Judge Pane announced the defendants superseders bond at 100000 The defendants and intervenors objected to the amount arguing it is insufficient compared with the property value held by the receiver They were given ten days to file a statement of facts
Jury verdict in Walter Lolly murder case in Texas
Adjudged not guilty in Tyler Texas as jury clears Walter Lolly in the murder of his stepbrother Russ Townsend. The killing occurred in January 1901 after two prior hung juries.
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Tyler
Tex
Walter Lolly
Russ Townsend
Red River Rising Texarkana Debates River Flood
Red River continues to rise threatening Texarkana and nearby areas as officials monitor the swollen watercourse and prepare flood precautions. Citizens brace for possible evacuations as rainfall persists and rivers crest.
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Texarkana
Tex
Sach
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