Property listings from J. W. Batt, real estate notes
Real estate ad listing multiple properties in town near Allen Academy and Main Street. Describes small cottages, 6 and 9 room houses, two and a half lot homes, brick cisterns, and farm tracts on Brazos Bottom at 20 dollars per acre. Includes sale options in small tracts and partial property on Railroad front. Prices range from 550 to 1950 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Academy
M. B. Cole
Brazos
Otto Koehime
Bryan City Election Ordinance Action Details
Be it ordained by the City Council that the mayor and two council members will be elected by Bryan voters at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April. The election follows the city charter ordinances and state election laws as administered by Mayor J S Mooring and City Secretary C M Spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bryan
J.S. Mooring
C. M. Spell
Gott
Floods Cause Massive Loss in Northeastern Pennsylvania
New York reports flood conditions rapidly improving though Wyoming valley and northeastern Pennsylvania suffer heavy damage. More than twenty lives lost and about $5,000,000 in property destroyed in the region. Mills damaged put 10,000 workers idle as Passaic and Paterson face rescues and delays in mail service across New York and New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New York
East
Wyoming Valley
Hudson
Albany
Wilkesbarre
Paterson
N. J
Passaic
New England
Miner Survives Telluride Snowslide Avoids Fatal Trap
Telluride Colorado March 4 J D Ced erberry previously listed among the dead in last Friday's Liberty Bell mine snowslide is alive and well after digging free from the avalanche He escaped to safety and no more lives are expected to be lost as miners avoid dangerous slopes with mines and mills deserted Only Tom Boy mine remains active leaving about five hundred miners unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telluride
Colo
J. D. Cederberry
Liberty Bell Mine
House approves Philippine tariff conference report
The House adopted the conference report on the Philippine tariff bill by 138 to 109. Voting against the measure were Littlefield McCall and Heatwole. The chamber then resumed consideration of the rural free delivery classification and contractor ship bill. San Francisco reported the transport Meade returning to quarantine after a smallpox case and a scarlet fever case among recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Littlefield
Rep
McCall
Mass
Heatwole
Minn
San Francisco
Cal
United States
Meade
Manila
Extremely Low California Travel Rates From Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific offers bargain one way second class tickets from New Orleans Beaumont Galveston Houston Austin Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and Denison to San Francisco during March and April rates from 25 to 30 dollars with through Pullman sleeper allowance. Tickets require continuous passage and are for through excursion sleeping cars personally conducted on the Sunset Route. For details contact a local SP agent or M L Romins T J Anderson G P T A A G P Advocate Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Texas
New Orleans
San Francisco
Beaumont
Galveston
Houston
Austin
Dallas
Ft. Worth
San Antonio
Denison
M. L. Romins
T. J. Anderson
G. P
T.A
A.G.P. Awtmay
Women and Jewels Promote Health Over Colds
An advertisement argues women prioritize jewels but risk health buying them. It endorses Dr. Bosee German Syrup as a reliable cure for coughs colds and bronchial diseases and notes availability at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co in Bryan along with Green's Almanac.
Ardmore Mayor Thompson resigns to take effect April first
Ardmore I T March 4 At a regular city council meeting Judge J C Thompson mayor of Ardmore tendered his resignation due to unable to devote time to the office because of business pressures Thompson will step down April 1 and leave Ardmore seeking a successor from the council or city records
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Ardmore
I. T
J. C. Thompson
Thompson
DeWet Reported Wounded Near Harrismith
Boer prisoners say General DeWet was shot in the arm during a breakout attempt against the New Zealanders' block house line near Harrismith and Van Reenen in the Orange River Colony.
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London
Harrismith
Orange River Colony
DeWet
van Reenen
Work Begin Founding Two Packinghouses in Fort Worth
Excavations for the foundations of two packinghouses have started in Fort Worth. A large number of teams and scrapers are at work west of the Stockyards hotel and behind that building.
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Fort Worth
Stockyards
Etruria Sighted After Propeller Loss Off Azure Islands
Agents reported that the Etruria, towed by the William Cliff, was seen about 400 miles west of Fayal Azure Islands after losing her propeller. The Cunard line relayed the dispatch from London to New York on March 4.
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New York
Cunard Steamship Company
London
Etruria
William Cliff
Fayal
Azure Islands
Smallpox Cases Reported Near Tigertown in Paris Texas
Six cases of smallpox have developed in a family named Case located half a mile north of Tigertown after they recently moved from the territory entering the community in Paris Texas.
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Tigertown
Paris
Tex
Czar Sends Aid for Shamaka Earthquake Victims
The czar dispatches 159000 roubles from St. Petersburg on March 4 to aid victims of the Shamaka earthquake in Trans-Caucasia.
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Cear
St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Trans-Caucasia
Calve Father Dead In Milan From Pneumonia
Mme Calve receives news of her Milan death from pneumonia affecting her father. The singer was in New York for performances when notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mme. Calve
Milan
France
Esterhazy Sighted in New York Prompt Dreyfus Flare
The Herald reports Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy seen in New York on March 4. He was photographed in a Broadway restaurant in conversation with a young man and woman. Count Pangaert and two waiters identified him, noting his thin features and shabby dress. Esterhazy fled to England after confessing to forging the bordereau and says he did so on orders from higher officers. He plans to lecture in the United States after years of obscurity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Dreyfus Bordereau
Herald
Esterhazy
Count Pangaert
Belgium
Paris
Dreyfus
Pangaert
England
Col. Sanders
United States
France
Roosevelt orders strict enforcement of interstate laws on railroads
President Roosevelt has instructed interstate commerce authorities to enforce the Sherman and related laws to the letter. Chicago executives report a shake up as railroads overhaul practices to end pools, agreements, and cut rates and prove compliance to the commission.
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Chicago, Ill
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Six Boys Spanked in New Jersey Court
In Kearny New Jersey six boys aged 10 to 12 were brought before Recorder Krebs for opening freight cars and property damage. The court offered a choice between a $5 fine or a “good, hard spanking” administered by two policemen after their parents and the chief selected the punishment. Each boy received the corporal sentence and was discharged after promising to reform. In Washington reports from South America note scant war updates with insurgent operations unseen near Caracas while Colombia strengthens defenses around the capital.
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Recorder Krebs
Krebs
Tolen
Washington
South America
Venezuela
Colombia
Death of famed operatic singer Joe Mamaro in Brooklyn
Joe Mamaro, a noted operatic tenor born in Barcelona, died at 58 from Bright's disease at his Brooklyn home. The imperial court singer was honored by Queen Isabella and named an honorary member of the Florence Philharmonic Society and the St Caecelia of Rome. He received valuable souvenirs from royalty.
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New York
Joe Mamaro
Bright
Brooklyn
Barcelona
Spain
Isabella
Philharmonic Society
Florence
St. Caecelia
Rome
Prince Henry in Chicago Receives Warm German American Welcome
Prince Henry of Prussia continued his Chicago visit with a wreath on Lincoln monument, a luncheon and reception at the Germania club, and a bold parade of goodwill. Budgeted events included an address by Governor Van Sant, Greek–German toasts, and a gift of a gold cut-glass vase for Princess Irene. The prince then departed for Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Prince Henry
Prussia
Furth
Central Band of
Minnesota
Aeditrium
Lincoln Park
Germania Club
Lincoln
Orince
Hock der Kaiser
Heinrich
Dr. Wever
Gustav Fischer
Harry Rubens
Rubens
Fischer
Fisher
Princess Irene
Milwaukee
Cattle Growers Meet at Denver Ongoing Convention
Cattlemen from west of the Missouri assemble in Denver for the American Cattle Growers Association second annual convention. F C Lusk of California, president, calls the meeting to order as several hundred delegates attend. The president’s address focuses on leasing public domain and urges Congress to regulate grazing on public lands amid claimed harm to cattlemen.
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Denver
American Cattle Growers’ Association
Missouri River
F. C. Lusk
California
Iowa Senators Present Credentials for New Six Year Terms
Senate convened to receive credentials for Allison and Dolliver of Iowa. Dolliver must take oath again. Allison’s term runs six years from March 4, 1903. Allison has served in the Senate since March 4, 1873, with term expiring March 4, 1908.
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Washington
Senate
Allison
Dolliver
Iowa
Santos-Dumont Comes to London for Coronation Exhibits
Santos-Dumont the aeronaut has arrived in London on March 4 and hopes to add to coronation festivities with ascents. He may tour St Pauls Cathedral as he did the Eiffel Tower and then proceed to New York for exhibitions.
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London
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
W. A. Watkins
Attorney-at-Law
City Hall
Bayan, Texas
R. H. Harrison
McDougald’s Dry Store
MH James
Bryar Tex
Philippines Hill
Calve
Comte Ferdinand Esterhazy
Railway Combines
Kearney
Erty
Prince
Texas Central
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
Houston, Corsicana
S. F. B. Morse
Traf. Mgr
M. L. Robbins
John Wiitman
Ood
Santos-Dumont
Isssoogos
Ase Edgupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
IGE
Pacific
Gasunsat
Gasfornia
Pass
Traffe
Robbins
Gen. Pass. & Ticket Ag
Otto Boehme
Bryan, Texas
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