Brazos County Abstract Land for Sale By J W Batts
J W Batts offers the only set of Brazos County abstract books and land sites for sale. Several parcels are listed including 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 cultivated and rest pasture priced at 1500. a quarter-acre near a schoolhouse with small cottage and well. a four-block Main Street brick house with cistern priced 1250. properties near Allen Academy including a half block at 500 and quarter block at 250 with east front. a 1000 dollar 13 acre south town lot with a new four-room house. a four-room house with tub cistern stable and garden four blocks from the courthouse renting 9 per month priced 650.
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Court House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Cotton Still Up on New York Market Opening
The New York market opened with wild excitement and higher prices on May contracts. May rose to 11.38, July to 19.95, and August to 10.63 amid active buying by shorts and a 20,000 bale sale strengthening the market. later realizing trimmed gains but overall strong and nervous.
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New York
Shorts
Liverpool
Mexican Church Architecture Surprises Architects
The Washington Star reports that Mexican churches feature arches and domes built with stones set in earth lifts. An ex Denver assayer and a priest uncovered records explaining how successive earth layers were filled to shape the domes, later dug out to reveal solid stonework.
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Mexico
Denver
Ile
Washington Star
Deserted wife confronts Harold C Mills bigamy claim
Chicago May 14 Tribune reports Mrs Laura Stickler confronted Harold C Reed claiming luring her to Newport hotel where she jumped from a stair to escape. She says he is Harold C Mills, married October 26, and suspects bigamy. Mills, president of Guaranteed Some Security, vanished New Year’s Day. wife’s appearance follows detectives’ fruitless search.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Harold C. Reed
Laura Stickler
Newport Hotel
T&ir
Harold C. Mills
Harold GC. Mills
Guaranteed Some Security
Buffalo
St. Louis
Woodmen Elect Officers In Milwaukee Chapter
Woodmen of the World in Milwaukee elected sovereign officers including Sovereign adviser E. A. Falkenbrug of Denver banker Congressman Morris Sheppard of Texarkana clerk John T. Yates of Omaha watchman B. W. Jewell of Omaha escort H. Simrall of Mississippi sentry D. E. Bradshaw of Little Rock and physicians Drs Ira W. Porter and A. D. Floyd of Omaha Commander Jos C. Root of Omaha will serve another four years. Heart Was Ruptured in Cleveland autopsy on 13 year old Iona Mason shows death from ruptured heart after suspected suicide by carbolic acid.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Woodmen of the World
E. A. Falkenbrug
Denver
Morris Sheppard
Texarkana
Omaha
B. W. Jewell
H. '. Simrall
Mississippi
D. E. Bradshaw
Little Rock
Ira W. Porter
A. D. Floyd
Jos. C. Root
Cleveland, O
Iona Mason
Attempted Robbery Turns Fatal in West Liberty
In Muscatine Iowa on May 14 an attempted hold up at Thomas McCarty’s restaurant in West Liberty led to the death of Arthur Meade who tried to aid the proprietor. The incident marks a deadly outcome from a robbery attempt.
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Muscatine
Thomas McCarty
West Liberty
Arthur Meade
Fort Smith firm awards contract for Mc Curtain housing
The coal department of Fort Smith and Western has awarded a contract to build 940 company houses at Mc Curtain Arkansas and will also construct twenty coke ovens immediately.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Coal Department of the
Fort Smith and Western
McCurtain
Rail strikers replaced in Mobile quartered in Pullmans
May 14 report states men brought to Mobile to fill in for striking Mobile and Ohio railroad workers are quartered in Pullman cars. The arrangement places replacement labor in onboard accommodations as tensions persist.
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Pullmans
Mobile
Ala
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Head Was Cut Off In Train Incident At Hartshorne
May 14 Hartshorne Oklahoma Territory Montter Amerson was killed trying to board a moving train. Report says his head was severed in the grisly accident. A Chicago News item quotes the prisoner in the next cell and a final remark from an elderly woman observer.
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Hartshorne
I. T
Montter Amerson
Chicago News
As Others See Him In Father’s Footsteps
A brief wry quotation from the Chicago Record-Herald about public perception of a son rising to his father's legacy. The dialogue hints at doubt yet curiosity about the younger man's ability to match his predecessor.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Indian Legend of the Way Spring Came Into Existence
A mythic tale describes a primordial white world cast in snow until the spring with red lips and yellow hair brings color. He sends blossoms, twists of color across seas and fish, and paints birds and animals while some high mountains and arctic creatures resist, staying white.
Tiger Story In Central China Ends With Tragedy
In Kuloang a tiger troubled a missionary and wife by prowling nightly. They trapped a cow in the yard and stood guard with guns. The tiger appeared. the missionary fired and killed the cow, the wife rushing to the scene was fatalty harmed as the tiger ate the cow.
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Kuloang
Central
China
Louisiana Bankers Convene in Shreveport on Trust Companies
Louisiana Bankers association met in Shreveport for its annual session with program focused on Trust Companies in Louisiana. The Texas Bankers association sent greetings from Sherman. President J Hulton delivered an address warning against prodigality and noting the push for an elastic currency. The secretary reported a large, flourishing membership.
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Texas
Shreveport
Louisiana Bankers’ Association
Louisiana
Texas Bankers’ Association
Sherman Wired
J. Hulton
Fulton
Filipino activist appeals to Roosevelt at anti imperialist luncheon
Senorita Clemnica Lopez, a Filipino crusade worker, spoke in English at a Boston anti imperialist luncheon. She urged a properly appointed commission to assess the Philippines, aiming to reveal true conditions and sentiments and to persuade President Roosevelt.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Boston
Senorita Clemnica Lopez
Roosevelt
Miles
Congress
Lorenz Methods Featured at Washington Medical Meetings
Three societies of the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons held sessions on May 14 with Lorenz methods in treating congenital hip disease and club feet drawing broad interest. The surgical association heard Charles Willet’s case from last November. the operation by Dr. Lorenz was hailed as a perfect success despite its difficulty.
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Lorens
Washington
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
Adolf Lorenz
American Surgical and Orthopedis Associations
Surgical Association
Charles Willet
Lorenz
Jackson seeks closure of Quindocui post office
Congressman William H Jackson of Maryland says he will ask Congress to discontinue the Quindocui post office in Somerset County. He objects to the appointment of Andres J Day the first Black postmaster in the state and claims the office is unnecessary and Day unsuitable.
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Baltimore
Wm. H. Jackson
Congress
Maryland
Quindocui
Somerset County
Andres J. Day
Jackson
Day
Extradition Hurdle Halts Missouri Bribery Suspect
The state department informed Governor Dockery that it cannot extradite Ellis Wainwright of St. Louis over municipal bribery charges. Wainwright is believed to have fled to France, but the French treaty does not list bribery as extraditable.
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Washington
State Department
Dockery
Missouri
Ellis Wainwright
St. Louis
France
Arkansas Monitor Remains at St Genevieve With Low River
The Arkansas monitor will stay at St Genevieve for a long time as river stages fall keeping the craft from returning to St Louis. Soundings upstream show about nine feet of water while the monitor draws eleven. Coal barges replenish her bunkers and E O Jones is honorably discharged as sailors envy his liberty.
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St. Genevieve
Monitor
Arkansas
St. Louis
E. O. Jones
Jackies
Activity Confirmed Near Mexico City Volcano Colina Erupts
Government authorities confirm activity of the Colina volcano near Mexico City. An eruption Tuesday afternoon equals the most violent overflows of former years with showers of ashes reported. No damage to nearby ranches or haciendas. loud subterranean noises noted still under study.
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Mexico
Colina
Federation of Employers Advances In Protective Labor Move
The National Federation of Employers is anticipated as a result of a movement by building trades workers to organize for protective and aggressive aims against unions. Telegrams from Chicago Philadelphia Boston and other cities report nationwide interest in the development.
Subway contractors hire all requesting workers amid strike
In New York on May 14 subway contractors began employing every man who asked for work to replace strikers who refused to return. A large force was quickly assembled and police guarded the entire subway line.
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New York
Parliament Meets Melbourne on Rail Strike Measure
The Victorian Parliament convened in Melbourne on Wednesday May 14 with the governor delivering the briefest speech on record. He announced Parliament has been summoned to pass a measure addressing the railroad strike.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Largest Battleship Afloat Launched on Clyde
London May 14 The Commonwealth the largest battleship afloat was launched at Govan on the Clyde Wednesday.
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London
The
Commonwealth
Govan on-the-Clyde
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