Real Estate Listings in Brazos County from Agent Batts
J W Batts real estate agent advertises abstracts of Brazos County land titles and multiple properties for sale. Listings include about 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 acres cultivated, a one and a quarter acre near a schoolhouse, a six-room cottage with two lots near Main Street, a half-block near Allen Academy, 13 acres with a four-room house, a four-room house with outbuildings four blocks from the courthouse renting for 9 dollars monthly, the Joe B Reed home place a nine-room two story dwelling, and adjoining the DC DeMaret place selling prices ranging from 500 to 4250 dollars.
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Allen Academy
Courthouse
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Chamberlain Theme Exults at Cobden Gospel Rejection
Oct 3 London. Joseph Chamberlain proclaims that every other nation and all self-governing colonies rejected Cobdenism and yet prospered. His manifesto, printed as a preface to a pamphlet on tariffs, highlights war pamphleteering in English politics and contrasts red covers with Balfour’s fiscal blue and gray.
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Cobden
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
C. A. Vince
Methodist conference censures Hitchcock over coach use
In Guthrie Oklahoma on October 3 a laymen body introduced a resolution censuring Interior Secretary Hitchcock for riding in a coach owned by a brewing company. Enemies of the resolution adjourned the session to kill it.
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Guthrie
Okla
Hitchcock
Interior Department
W C T V2 Program for Tuesday October 6 1920
Devotional includes singing He Leadeth Me scripture reading I John 4th chapter prayer and singing Blessed Assurance. Reading A Great Temperance Sermon. Roll call answered by Bible tests on love. Business covers minutes reports communications unfinished and new business local constitution and by laws.
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John
California canned fruits sale by Bryan Grocery Co
The Bryan Grocery Co offers California canned fruits at 2.00 per dot for the balance of the week with Clarke & Fountain involvement. Special price promotion notes publication in Phone 111.
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Clarke & Fountain
California
The
Bryan Grocery Co
Woman Arrested Over Grand Larceny of $20,000
Marie Layton Johnson wife of Albert M Johnson a Larchmont N Y dentist was arrested on a warrant for grand larceny totaling about 20000 with estimates up to 50900. She worked as bookkeeper and private secretary to J R McCutcheon at United States Playing Card Co in Cincinnati and New York and is alleged to have hidden shortages from Jan 1 to April 15 with earlier admitted defalcations of 10500. Investigations suggest further discrepancies in New York and Cincinnati accounts and possible Wall Street speculation.
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New York
Marie Layton Johnson
Albert M. Johnson
Larchmont
N. Y
United States Playing Card Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
John M. Omweke
R. I. Morgan
J. R. McCutcheon
Johnson
Marie Layton
McCutcheon
McCluskey
Wall Street
Massacre Report From Mehomia Prompts Allied Alarm
Macedonian revolutionary headquarters claim the Christian population of Mehomia in Seres province was wiped out on September 28 with ten men escaping. Turkish troops from the Pirin mountains surrounded the town as a Bulgarian uprising spurred fighting in the streets, ending in widescale massacre of Bulgarians after several hours of combat.
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Sofia
Macedonia
Mehomia
Seres
Razalog
Pirin
Backline of Macedonian Revolution Crushed by Turkish Forces
Reports from Sofia indicate the backbone of the Macedonian revolutionary movement is broken as Turkish troops gain ground. Insurgent leaders killed or wounded, others desert and flee toward the frontier. Fighting reported across Rasalog Melnik Demirhisar and Newrokop districts with heavy rebel losses.
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Sofia
Macedonia
Rasalog
Melnik
Demirhisear
Newrokop
Massachusetts Republicans renominate state ticket
The Massachusetts GOP met Friday and unanimously renominated Governor Bates and Lieutenant Governor Curtis Gould Jr. for 1904. Other nominees include Secretary of State William N. Olin, Treasurer Edward Bradford, Auditor Henry B. Turner, and Attorney General Herbert Parker. The platform supports Roosevelt's administration, endorses protection, condemns mobs, and backs Bates.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Bates
Curtis Gould, Jr
William N. Olin
Edward Bradfod
Springfield
Henry B. Turner
Malden
Herbert Parker
Lancaster
Roosevelt
Loved but Married New Yorker commits suicide in New Orleans
Jack Stewart O'Neill a New Yorker and former Orange Daily Tribune manager killed himself at the St. Charles hotel after describing in a note a forced marriage to a New York widow. He said he traveled from Orange to New York to tell the truth and reassure his wife, leaving letters to his wife and his father in Schenectady.
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New Orleans
Jack Stewart O'Neill
Orange
Tex
Daily Tribune
St. Charles
O'Neill
Oweill
New York
the Tribune
J. J. O'Neill
Schenectady
N. Y
O'Neil
Chicago marks centennial as fireworks flood lakefront crowd
Chicago celebrated its centennial with a massive fireworks display on the lake front drawing an estimated 100 000 to 125 000 spectators. Boats filled the lake and excursion steamers crowded the shoreline as the event capped the day.
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Chicago
Boston Americans Shutout Pittsburg in World Series Game Two
Boston defeated Pittsburg 3 to 0 as Dineen dominated on the mound. Pittsburg managed only three hits and five players reached first base in front of a 9415 attendance crowd.
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Boston Americans
Pittsburg
Boston
Dineen
National of Cincinnati Rout St Louis in Easy Victory
Cincinnati defeated St Louis 7 to 0 as the National of Cincinnati rolled to an easy win on Friday in Cincinnati. The margin reflected a clear dominance by the home side.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
St .Louis
Nationals Beat Americans 6 to 1 in Second Game
Nationals defeated the Americans 6 to 1 in the second game. both teams are Chicago clubs.
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Chicago
Nationals
Life Sentence In Cortez Case Reported
The jury in the Cortez case at Columbus Texas returned a verdict sentencing the defendant to life imprisonment.
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Cortez
Columbus, Tex
News in Brief: Local Appointments and Crimes Highlights
Ten B. F. Yoakum named chairman of Seaboard Airline. Fhmines county Texas v H Richardson Sr resigns as Texas Confederate home trustee. Jack county reports thirty one deaths in September. Seventeen weddings noted. W B Klein of Houston named chief engineer for Memphis and Shreveport railway. Abilene TX George P Arthur convicted of killing W O Bourmond and given five years.
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B. F. Yoakum
Seaboard
Fhmines County
Texas
V. H. Richardson, Sr
Texas Confederate Home
Jack County
W. B. Klein
Houston
Memphis and Shreveport Railway
Abilene
Tex
George P. Arthur
W. O. Bourmond
Fireworks Light Up Government Pier in Red White and Blue Display
A dramatic spectacle began along the government pier with red and white fires spanning blocks. Bombs and rockets followed, exploding in the air and showering thousands of red white and blue stars for about an hour and a quarter. Fort Dearborn glowed, Chicago symbolized as a Phoenix, the Statue of Liberty and a rising balloon with the American flag appeared in the display.
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Government Pier
Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Labor Mayor Stops Work Over Union Claim
Stephen Charters the labor mayor of Ansonia Connecticut and another carpenter halted steel beam work on a new Ansonia house after a walking delegate from the Iron Workers' union said the job was for iron workers only. Charters said he did not know he was breaking union rules.
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New York
Stephen Charters
Ansonia, Conn
Ansonia
Tron Workers’ Union
Charters
Texas Couple Seeks Marriage in Baton Rouge
A youthful pair, Marshall Cochran and Miss Willie Davis from Texas, appeared at Baton Rouge City Court on October 3 requesting a marriage license and had their request granted after securing the license.
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New Orleans
Marshall Cochran
Willie Davis
Texas
Baton Rouge
Mixed 1900s notices from San Marcos and Midwest regions
Summary reflects a collection of disparate events: a $4 million estate left by late Christians. plans for a geological survey of mh mountains. mentions of Mrs Bright's suicide in Missouri. foreman George Pin l murder and robbery in Omaha. Illen Arthur and Charles Pinkerton engagement in New York. a medical examination by the surgeon general of the marine hospital service. a gravel pit accident in Troy Missouri suffocating Eugene Crossland. and R F Gautt smashing a gambling house paraphernalia in Knoxville Tennessee.
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A. Bright
Ai Run
George Bpinl
Omaha
Neb
Miss Illen
President Arthur
Charles Pinkerton
New York
Surgeon General
Marine Hospital Service
Troy
Eugene Crossland
R. F. Gautt
Knoxville
Prideful widow found dead after refusing sustenance
New York woman Jane Tucker aged 52, living in a back room on Twenty fifth street, died of heart disease aggravated by salvation. For forty years she avoided neighbors help, declining meals until another resident finally brought food and found her dead. She was said to come from a good family and was educated and refined.
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New York
Jane Tucker
Twenty-fifth Street
Condition of cotton as of Sept 25 shows decline
Washington reports a monthly census from the bureau of statistics giving cotton condition at 65.1 percent on Sept 25, down from 81.2 a month earlier and below 10 year average. Rust, shedding, boll weevil and boll worm damage are widespread, with many correspondents noting a late crop and possible absence of a top crop.
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Bureaus of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Six Die In Explosion At Peoria Distillery
An immense cooker in a main building of the Corn ing Distilling plant exploded in Peoria Illinois on October 3 killing six employees and maiming many others while wrecking that part of the distillery.
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Peoria, Ill
Corning Distilling Company
Infant death from drinking fly paper poison at Kingfisher
Florence Feizer, eleven months old, died near Kingfisher Oklahoma on October 3 after drinking liquid from a dish holding fly paper. In Tuttle Oklahoma on October 3, the Frisco depot was entered and $138.87 was stolen from an express safe.
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Kingfisher, Okla
Florence Feizer
Tuttle
I. T
Frisco
Express Safe
Washington Free Delivery Service Plan Faces 20 Million
In Washington on October 3 a government plan proposes free mail delivery funded by a 20 million dollar initiative. The brief notes the scale of the program and its funding requirement.
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Washington
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Jeli D
Franklin
Markel
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Court House
A. D. McConnico
J. L. Fountain
Bryan
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwgod
H. B. Dorsey
Prop
Holland
Bryant
Dillashaw Tap
Madisonville Road
Preston
Chamberlain
W.C. T
W. B. Hudson
Mineral Wells, Texas
Emmel’s Drug
R. H. Harrison
Agt
Bates and Guild
Dewitt
DeWitt's
E. C. Dewitt & Co
N. M. McDougald
Henry Dearborn
San Marcos
Tey Company
Franklin Brothers
Boi
Fisk Igs Oos
the Monthly
East City National Bank
Simmons & Geue
Otto Boehme
Haswell’s Book Store
Bryan Steam Laundry
A. E. Worley
Svooe
Wilmer McCorquodale
McCorquodale
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