For Sale Abstract Books and Town Properties
List of land tracts and houses in Byazos County with prices and features. Includes 195 acres near court house, 25 acres cultivated, pasture, fenced with wires priced 1500. 1.25 acres near school house with small cottage priced 750. Six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street priced 1250. Quarter block near Allen Academy priced 250. Half block near Allen Academy priced 500. 13 acres south town with 4 room house priced 1000. 4 room house with outbuildings near courthouse rents 9 dollars monthly priced 650.
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Court House
Ora
School House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Pote
Paris Madrid automobile race opens with 55 entrants
The Paris to Pogues leg begins from Place de la Concorde with 55 entrants in the tourist class. Rain in Spain raises road risk though start was clear. Americans attend. Ted Sloan leads early pace while W K Vanderbilt Jr prepares for the speed test in a Fournier car.
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Paris
Paris-Madrid
Automobile Club of France
Place de la Concorde
Madrid
Pogues
Spain
Ted” Sloan
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Fournier
Hard on Suitors Blades Turn to Wedding in Duel
In Morristown New Jersey Rosa Latzsky eighteen orchestrated a duel between Henry Waldeese and another suitor over love. Both men fought with clubs and were found unconscious. Waldeese was badly bruised and hospitalized. Rosa and a companion married later by a justice of the peace.
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Morristown
N. J
Wharton
Rosa Latzsky
Henry Waldeese
Rosa
Massacre Details in Kisheneff Rampage Reported
Descriptions from St Petersburg dated May 13 recounts the Kisheneff massacre of Jews with 44 buried and 34 seriously wounded in the Jewish hospital. Horror details include spikes driven through a woman's head and documented bodily mutilation. About 800 to 100 people arrested. Odessa official dispatched. local authorities accused of apathy during two days of rapine and murder.
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St. Petersburg
Odessa
Woman Dies After Carbolic Acid Attempt at Hotel Navarre
A woman about forty believed to be Mrs. Claude Guernsey of Philadelphia died after taking carbolic acid in a personal crisis at the Hotel Navarre in New York on May 13. A Pittsburg labeled bottle lay on the floor. John B. Walker of Philadelphia, staying at the hotel with her, was detained by police as a suspicious person. bruises were found on her arms.
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New York
Claude Guernsey
Philadelphia
Wreck Case Verdict Cleared defendants in May 13 suit
In Freehold New Jersey on May 13 the jury found in favor of former State Senator Terhune and others in a $25,000 damages suit by Chas Herbert who accused a vigilance committee of hanging him to force a confession of incendiarism. No one admitted guilt.
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Westfield
Freehold
N. J
Chas
Herbert
Terhune
Rich by Inheritance Caesar Bettarne Wealth from Brother Death
News reaches Victoria that Caesar Bettarne who worked in Nanaimo and then at Washington mines inherits three million francs from his brother a wealthy bishop of Constantinople. Wealth from a church connection signals a dramatic fortune transfer.
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Victoria
B. C
Caesar Bettarne
Nanaimo
Washington Mines
Constantinople
Expelled Priests Arrive on Spanish Steamer
On the Spanish steamer Manuel Calvo arriving from Spanish ports a number of priests expelled from France disembarked. They are bound for Mexico to act as instructors in schools.
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New York
Manuel Calvo
France
Mexico
Pomeroy Re-elected Vice President of New York Stock Exchange Board
At a special meeting of the newly elected board of governors of the New York stock exchange H. K. Pomeroy was re elected vice president of the board.
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Pomeroy
New York
The
New York Stock Exchange
H. K. Pomeroy
The Modern Salesman Dress In Business
A compact view on evolving sales culture urging neat dress for young men in business. It contrasts the flamboyant old style with a modern craft focused on knowledge, honor, and professional appearance in banks, mercantile firms, and other financial sectors.
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C. M. Connolly
Oysters Smuggled by Soldier in Civil War Regiment
A Massachusetts regiment captain in Washington during the Civil War sent Sgt Bailey to Alexandria for oysters. Bailey vanished for nine days then returned with a convoy of four horse wagons full of oysters claiming he sailed to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk to fetch them. He sold oysters in Georgetown, covering costs and making about $100 profit. The 200 bushels were shared among regiment members.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Bailey
Alexandria
Washington Times
Fortress Monroe
Norfolk
Georgetown
Paper Making and the Egyptians
The article explains that papyrus, from which the name paper derives, came from reeds in Egypt. Early Egyptians peeled the fibrous inner layer, dried it, and glued it into long rolls to record hieroglyphics. Over ages the process improved to produce paper from many substances.
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Egypt
Local juror prompts capital punishment debate at Greene County Court
In Ohio a Greene county jury panel for a murder trial was questioned about capital punishment. A juror stated he opposed it and added he would hang them at home, prompting discussion on death penalty views during jury selection.
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Ohio
Greene County
Cage Birds Live Longer Than In The Wild
A short piece argues that cage birds live about six times longer than wild birds. It notes birds grow fond of their owners and surroundings and refuse to fly away when released. The text also mentions birds may attack an intruder mate entering their private space.
Maypearl Texas Town Emerges Along I & GN Rail Line
Maypearl appears as a new town in Ellis county on the Fort Worth division of the International and Great Northern railroad, twelve miles north of Italy, between Italy and Fort Worth, in a rich black land farming district. Artesian water is available at 300 feet depth from the S and G well, with a superior flowing well now in operation. An unnamed development follows.
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Ellis County
Fort Worth
International & Great Northern Railroad
Italy
Ft Worth
Texas
Auction sale of town lots in Maypearl
Sale of town lots at Maypearl on Thursday May Fourteenth by the Smith Land and Improvement Company. One-half cash, balance in one and two years at 8 percent. Maypearl bids fair to become a thriving town in the Blackland. Don’t miss the sale. Low excursion rates from points on the I and G N system. Contact ticket agents or write D J Price Palestine Texas.
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Smith Land & Improvement Company
Maypearl
Black Land
G. N
D. J. Price
Gen. Pass
Ticket Agt
Palestine
Texas
Vermont rail way official shot in burglary mistaken identity
T A Summerskill supervisor of motive power for the Vermont Railway in St Albans is shot and seriously wounded after mistaking Harry Hall for a burglar during a night disturbance. Summerskill attacked Hall with a club and Hall fired, wounding Summerskill. the burglar escaped.
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Mimwkchen Tor Bergiar
St. Albans
T. A. Summerskill
Vermont Railway
Summerskill
Harry Hall
Col
A. A. Hall
Hall
Cardinal Satola Creates Philadelphia Benefactor Marquis
Rome news reports Cardinal Satola asked the pope to confer nobility on Martin Maloney of Philadelphia for his generous church offerings and promotion of Catholicism. The pope issued a brief creating Mr Maloney a Marquis.
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Maloney
Rome
Cardinal Satola
Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
Pontiff
Trampled Boy dies in New York street incident
Edward de Rosa seven dies at home from injuries after being knocked down and trampled by boys in the street in New York.
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New York
Edward de Rosa
Tales of birds as souls in Irish superstition
The Irish Times recounts local belief that sedge warblers house the souls of unbaptized babies and sing at midnight, while linnet yellow hammer and finch mourn departed friends not yet relieved from purgatorial pains. The bittern guards the night.
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Ireland
Irish Times
A Sermon on Money in Bilville Parental Tale
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a Bilville parent who argues money does not bring happiness. He says money only covers house rent and groceries and earns respect from the bailiff and bill collectors while the parson grants the Halleluia smile on Sundays.
Shocking Drinker Cited in Humorous Newspaper Quips
A satirical exchange notes a man’s heavy drinking spilling into a saucer while a companion questions his temper, as quoted in periodicals The Kansas City Independent and The Columbia Jester.
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Kansas City Independent
Small English Flower Show Stirs with Secret Rose Gain
A cottage gardener named Sandy wins a road class roses prize at a north England show. A well dressed stranger hints Briggs could have won with better roses, but Sandy reveals Briggs gave him the pick of his garden since he could not enter. The tale ends with Sandy admitting the secret.
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England
Sandy
Briges
Briggs
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Jeff D. Franklin
J. W. Batts
Byazos County
Geo. W. Smith
Mie Ploy
East City National Bank
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwood
Darwin & Drummond
Star Mineral Wells Water
McDougald’s
R. Marrison
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Mobile
Ala
Chicago
Modern Salesman
Columbia
James & Hart
Mts
Houston & Texas
Cena
R. B
North and
South
Ing
Houston
Sunset Limited
Pacific Coast Express
San Antonio
el Paso
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New Orleans
S. F. B. Morse
Trav. Mer
M. L. Robbins
7. A. Houston
T. J. Anderson
Hhone
Fabrica
John Wittman Ria
D. Garrett
QOD
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Jand
Bryan
Ket
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