Town Property and Farm Listings Near Allen Academy
South half of block near Allen Academy sold with a small new cottage tenant house and well on site. Several city properties priced from $550 to $1600, including six-room houses with lots near Main Street and west town, brick cisterns, and a two-story residence. A 200 acre Brazos Bottom farm is offered at $20 per acre with options for small tracts, plus railroad frontage near Otto Boehme property. Also listed are two and a half lots of N B Cole home place and Fd Pochila place with large residence.
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Allen Academy
Main Street
N. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom Farm
Otto Boehme
Pochila Place
President demands resignation of Texas U.S. marshal
Washington May 7 It was announced that the president has demanded the resignation of Dr John Grant United States marshal for the Eastern district of Texas. The complaint alleged he used influence to have a Beaumont bank made a United States depository. Grant admitted urging the Beaumont bank but the president held officials should not use influence for such purposes.
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Washington
John Grant
United States
Texas
Diamonds and Watches A Brand New Line
J M Caldwell offers a new line featuring diamonds and watches described as beautiful and fashionable. Located at 135, Caldwell promotes the collection with emphasis on shine and elegance for shoppers seeking luxury accessories.
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J. M. Caldwell
Emperor Francis Joseph vows to strengthen ally ties
Budapest dispatch reports Emperor Francis Joseph pledging continued effort to foster close relations with allies to maintain European peace. He also noted that Vienna’s stance near the east supports order and stability in Balkan regions.
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Budapest
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Buda
Balkan
East
Defeat Admitted in Massachusetts Club Women Vote
Massachusetts club women suffered a final defeat as convention votes rejected the admission of colored women’s clubs and plans to reorganize through state federations. The proposed tax reduction from 10 to 5 cents failed amid intense but nonbitter controversy, leaving unions of northern and southern clubs intact for the time being.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Massachusetts
Quarrel Ends in Double Shooting in Longview Area
A domestic dispute between Tom Powell and his wife Livey Powell led to Livey Powell being dragged from a porch pallet and shot twice at her cousin Tom Jones’s Elderville home ten miles from Longview. The violence occurred after a year of separation.
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Longview
Tex
Tom Powell
Livey Powell
Tom Jones
Elderville
Brakeman Fatally Struck by Frisco Meteor at Mounds
A northbound Frisco stock train brakeman near Mounds I T was struck on the head by the Frisco Meteor while signaling an incoming passenger. He was sent up the track toward Sapulpa to flag the train, sat down to rest and fell asleep. His name and residence could not be learned and he is believed to have very little chance to survive.
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Denison
Tex
Mounds
I. T
Sapula
Lumber firm partner fatally shoots in Louisiana dispute
Natchez Mississippi May 71 M M Fowlkes senior member of Fowlkes Graydon company lumber and sawmill business at Jonesville La was shot and killed by his partner William Graydon They disputed over business matters and Fowlkes was preparing to sell his share Graydon was arrested He claims self defense.
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Natchez, Miss
M. M. Fowlkes
Fowlkes-Graydon Company
Jonesville
William Graydon
Fowlkes
Graydon
Senate approves bonds for Indian Territory towns
Washington May 7 after routine business the senate amendment to the bill to authorize municipalities in the Indian Territory with 2000 inhabitants or more to issue bonds was agreed to.
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Washington
House
Senate
Indian Territory
Peace in South Africa May Be Probable Say General Meyer Wife
London May 7 The wife of General Lucas Meyer commander of the Orange Free State forces who is in Britain has received a cablegram from her husband saying peace in South Africa was probable.
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London
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State Forces
South Africa
President to sign oleomargarine bill confirmed
Washington on May 7 reports the president has announced his intention to approve the oleomargarine bill, ending all doubt about his stance on the measure.
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Washington
Palmer in fair condition after trolley wreck
New Orleans on May 7 Dr Palmer badly hurt in a trolley accident Monday. He spent a restless night but physicians say his condition is fair and improving he is under close supervision and receiving careful care.
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New Orleans
Palmer
Admiral Sampson Dead in Washington After Stroke
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson retired died at his Washington home on Tuesday afternoon from a severe cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by wife, daughter, two sons Ralph and Harold, physician Dr Dixon and attendants. Born February 9, 1849 in Palmyra New York, he rose from midshipman in 1857 to front rank inventor and ordnance chief. His career included command at sea, service in the Spanish American War, and leadership of the North American squadron.
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Washington
William T. Sampson
Sampson
Cluverius
Admiral Sampson
Ralph
Harold Sampson
Dixon
Palmyra
N. Y
United States Navy
Annapolis
Potomac
Colorado
Charleston Harbor
Patapsco
Naval Academy
Congress
Alert
China
Swatara
Iowa
San Francisco
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington Navy Yard
Six Lives Lost in Foss Cloudburst in Oklahoma Territory
A Foss cloudburst on the Choctaw and Oklahoma railroad near Turkey Creek killed six people. Fifteen homes were washed away and a Choctaw passenger train raced to escape rising floodwaters, barely reaching Foss and later Weatherford amid washouts. Victims named include Mrs Butterfield and her granddaughter, Mrs Hutchinson, and Mrs Morgan and her son.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Foss
Butterfield
Hutchinson
Morgan
Turkey Creek
Washita
Elk City
Choctaw Railway
Weatherford
Street car altercation leads to abandonment of assault cases
In Washington on May 7, prosecutors pressed assault charges against Senator Money of Mississippi conductor O H Shaner and truck fireman James E Hooper from a street car fight ten days prior. After a vigorous legal contest, the cases were formally abandoned in police court Tuesday.
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Washington
Senator Money
Mississippi
O. H. Shaner
James E. Hooper
President pardons five United Mine Workers members
Washington May 7 The president granted pardons in the cases of William H Weber John Haddow Tom Braley Cass Braley and David Clarks son of the United Mine Workers who had been sentenced to jail by United States District Judge McDowell of the Western District of Virginia for contempt of court in violating court orders.
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Washington
William H. Weber
John Haddow
Tom Braley
Cass Braley
David Clarksson
United Mine Workers
United States District
McDowell
Western District
Virginia
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R. T. Boyle
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Box
Carrizo Springs
Bryan
E. B. Lomax
N. Jametta
Boot and Shoe Shop
Zurch
Sesex
Dallas Co-Operative Texas Improvement Company
Jennie Hendrickson
Tucker House
Exchang Horber Shop
H. B. Dorsey
Prop
E Exchange Hotel
E. 0
DeWitt & Co
Chicago
W. A. Watkins
City Market
John W. Hicks
Cen
Tral Texas
Monroe Edge
J. A Myers’ Store
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Poo
United States Depository
Beaumont
Emperor Francis Joseph
Flagman
Rear Admiral
Oklahoma
Money
Houston & Texas
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
Houston, Corsicana
S. F. B. Morse
T. J. Anderson
M. L. Robbins
Pass
Great Northern Railroad
Made &. Lewis
Laredo
Austin
San Antonio
ST. Louis
Memphis
Objective
Alp
D. C
Mrs. Proctor
Washington and
Burleson Streets
Pax
Baptist Church
Cnngrr
J. Atex Myras
Franklin Bros
Otto Boehm
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