For Sale Local Real Estate Listings The Brazos Bottom Farm
For sale items include south half block near Allen Academy one and one quarter acres by the schoolhouse with small new cottage and tenant house priced 550 and 13 room properties on west side four blocks from Blain Street. Other parcels listed at 1000 1600 and 20 per acre for a 300 acre Brazos Bottom farm and part of Otto Boehme property plus another city property sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Academy
Blain Street
M. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom
Otto Boehme
City of Bryan Sets Election Date for Mayor and Council
Ordinance announces city officers election for Mayor and two council members to be held at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April. Election will follow city charter ordinances and state election laws. Signed by Mayor J.S. Mooring and City Secretary M. Spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bryan
J.S. Mooring
M. Spell
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer in Pryaco Texas
An advertisement for Rex Dyspepsia Tablets promises a refund if cure fails and lists 50 cent per package. It cites M. H. Jamer, leading druggist in Pryaco Texas, as the retailer authorized by the manufacturers.
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M. H. Jamer
Pryaco
Texas
Dawes Commission approves Creek enrollment list totals
The Dawes commission announces 4767 Creek Indians and 2523 Creek freedmen approved by the secretary of the interior, with about 8000 names still pending. Approved citizens will receive deeds for homesteads of forty acres non taxable and inalienable for 21 years, under Creek treaty terms from 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
I. T
Dawes Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Against Consolidation Houston Stockholders Object to Absorption
Houston and Texas Central stockholders sue over the absorption by Southern Pacific interests. Cornelius McCardell seeks decrees to hold 4,430,239 acres for the railroad and stockholders, acquired Sept 8, 1888 at a Galveston sale overseen by Chas. Dillingham. E Downs also filed for 277,000 acres and an ap coin tive from each party in the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Southern Pacific Interests
Justice Traux
Supreme Court
Cornelius McCardell
Houston and Texas Central
Frederick P. Olcott
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company
Galveston
Tex
Chas. Dillingham
E. Downs
Sale Of Property Irregular In The Ledger
A notice indicates the property sale proceeds irregularly with transactions and dates unclear, highlighting concerns over legality and process oversight in the transfer.
Washington Denies Censorship on Isthmian Cables
The state and navy departments were informed of Colombia's intent to censor cables between diplomatic and consular officers on the Isthmus and their home governments. The notice is viewed as ineffectual, given repeated past warnings. The United States would not permit interference with cable and telegraph use essential to protecting Isthmian transit, backed by naval presence.
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Washington
State
Navy
Government of
Colombia
United States
Messages Subject to Censor in Colombia
The Western Union company reports a Panama to Colombia message dated March 21 stating that all consular and diplomatic messages must be censored by the Colombian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Company
Panama
Colombia
Counterfeit Weatherford Bank Note Surfaces in Circulation
A new counterfeit ten dollar note from Merchants and Farmers National Bank of Weatherford Texas dates 1882 with charter No 3975 and treasury numbers is reported. The fake uses a photographic print with a green tinted panel on the back and a yellow brown seal tint. It is printed on two sheets with silk threads interwoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Bureau
Merchants and Farmers’ National Bank of
Weatherford
Tex
Treasury
Bank
W. S. Rosecrans
Registrar of the Treasury
James W. Hyatt
United States
Charter Chamber
Cheatham Accidentally Shot In Cuba Guest Memoir Details
A Havana based letter from Dr Jerf Warren describes the accidental shooting of M V Cheatham while a guest at his home. Cheatham reportedly placed a revolver under his pillow and the weapon discharged as he arose, injuring him. Details expand on earlier cable reports.
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Sherman
Tex
Jerf Warren
Havana
Cuba
M. V. Cheatham
Cablegram gives cautious update on his condition
A Friday morning cablegram offers a more reassuring note on his condition, providing limited but clearer details than before.
Eighteenth Texas Bankers Meet Elects McAshan President
The Texas Bankers Association completed its eighteenth annual convention in Galveston. J. E. McAshan of Houston was elected president and Sherman Denison was chosen as the next meeting site. The final day was devoted to social activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas Bankers’ Association
J. E. McAshan
Houston
Sherman Denison
Ruhlin Beats Maher in Six-Round Philadelphia Bout
Gus Ruhlin defeated Peter Maher in a six round boxing match at the Industrial Athletic club in Philadelphia. Maher was knocked down in the latter part of the second round after landing a strong left to Ruhlin's jaw.
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Philadelphia
Gus Ruhlin
Peter Maher
Industrial Athletic Club
Maher
Plague Mortality Surges in Lahore and London
A Lahore dispatch reports plague deaths at about 2000 daily, the worst on record. The outbreak is blamed on non interference with caste customs, reflecting severe public health crises crossing regions.
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London
A_ dispatch
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lahore
Record Postage Stamp Sale Shatters City Total
The Chicago post office reports a record sale of one million stamps on March 22. A purchaser paid by check totaling $25,000 for the stamps.
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Chicago
Chicago Post Office
Germany Presses Shan Tung Railway Project
Berlin reports that Germany is sending large labor forces to Shan Tung valley to complete the Shan Tung railway linking Tsing Tau to Weih Sien. Special freighters carry railway material with a June 1 completion target. Syndicates seek Weih Sien mines as rail lines protect routes to Eng Su and Chi Li beyond German influence.
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Shan Tang
Berlin
Germany
Chan
Shan Tung Valley
Lloyd
Shan Tung
Tsing Tau
Weih-Sien
Weih Sien
Eng Su
Chi Li
Impartial history criticized in Texas letters to editor
A Texas reader denounces a ten volume history titled Six Thousand Years of History published in St. Louis for misrepresentation. He cites faulty Shiloh battle passages and Poe sketches, argues against regional slander, and urges truthful history without favoring any section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
St. Louis
Gov. Sayers
J. 8. Kendall
Shiloh
Grant
Sherman
McClernand
Buell
Wallace
W. T. Sherman
Nelson
McCook
Crittenden
Edgar Allen Poe
Poe
University of Virginia
South
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Hanway’s
E. Grieser
WL Douglas
UNION
Iw.l Douglas
Burt Norwood
Cheatham
Rouhliin
John Witman
OSE
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Mark
Daly
Bryan, Texas
Franklin
Nabors Bros
Nabors Brothers
i¢'Bryan
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