Real estate auction notes and country property listings
Advertises numerous city and country properties for sale or trade across Brazos and surrounding counties. Includes 962 acres on Wixon creek with cultivation, 220 acres on Madisonville road, 45 acres north of Bryan with a neat 5 room house, and several city lots with houses, barns, cisterns, waterworks, and improvements. Ends with Monroe Edge, land agent contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
A. B. Ballard
C. W.&b V. Depot
Pree Baptist Church
College Road
Jeff Franklin
G. N
Cit
Bon Ton
Wixon Creek
Madisonville Road
Madison
Grimes County
Morgan's
Wixon
Kurten
Wellborn
Calvert
Bryan
H.& T.c.ando
W & BV RR
Bermuda
Kurten Weil
Dryan- Yours
Monroe Edge
Fresh meats and market goods at Franklin Bros markets
Franklin Bros advertise fresh meats and first class market products in Dallas at the market opposite the courthouse and on the west side of North Main Street. The notice lists associated names M L Robbins G P and T A Houston and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Bros
North Main Street
Matter and Force and the Faint Cosmos Balance
A discussion on the conservation of energy and universal balance. Imagines how altering a single bullet impact or a grain of sand would disrupt celestial motion, proving the universe’s exact, delicate equilibrium and the impossibility of changing it. Includes a lighter note on wart cures and a clubman’s anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Old school friend Bimson builds quiet business success
A man in his native city recalls Bimson, once a bright boy, now progressing in business rather than seeking elected office. He notes Bimson has shown especial ability by moving ahead quietly and building up a successful enterprise, without pursuing political positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimson
Washington Star
Quote Exchange and Quotations Mentioned
A fragmented Missive notes a dialogue about love and loyalty set against quoted lines from Detroit Free Press and Olive Schreiner. It includes references to Kindness and a French source Mme Necker with brief musings on affection and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Delighted Elder Quotes Fashionable Speech At Home
A London Telegraph snippet recalls a gentleman mimicking the era's taste for dramatic phrases. He parodies phrases like deliciously sad and divinely rancid, claiming to craft divine ranc h with labor while enjoying an exquisitely tough beef at table. His daughter protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
London Telegraph
World Famous Man Faced Crab of Japan Described
An excerpt portrays a tiny one inch body creature with a humanlike face and head mounted legs in Japan’s Inland seas. It notes two feelers and a beardlike feature, while contrasting its oddity with Weasel behavior and a dramatic encounter with a terrier pursuing a mother weasel carrying her young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Cody
The Adornment of an Arab Girl and a Cologne Cathedral Tale
In a colonial travel note the author describes Arab girls with turmeric dyed skin and antimony eye lines as grotesque, while a separate remark laments the loss of credit for the Cologne Cathedral's architect despite centuries of construction and varied influences shaping its beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
The Vegetable Ivory Nuts in Palm Drapes
In Chambers Journal the nut of commerce is described as the albuminous seed of a dwarf palm used by European turners to fashion reels of spindles small boxes and various small fancy articles. The material can be colored with sulphuric acid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Pledges Against Swearing In Switzerland and Italy
In Switzerland and Italy good people carry cards pledging against profanity. The cards are shown when someone uses profanity and the offender pays a small self imposed fine to charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monrorer Krdghe
Hannir
Bryan Property
Potts Baking Powder Co
W. A. Watkins
Memphis
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Atlanta
Savannah
Florida
the Southeastern Limited
Alex. Hilton
Bryan Snyder
Saint Louis
J. D. Franklin
Main Street
Brogdon
V.B.H
J. G. Minkert
Hudson & Minkert
Attorneys-At-Law
Pat Inofice
Texas
J. R. Astin
Astin & Bethea
Astin
Bryan, Texas
Smith & Adams
Galveston
la Porte
Seabrook
Port Lavaca
Houston
N. Y
F. B. Morse
P. T. M. Houston
M. L. Robbins
G. P
T. A. Housine
G. Newsum
D. P. A. Dallas
Pearson
Europe
Claubman
Olive Schreiner
Crab
Cologne Cathedral
Denver
Fort Worth
Colorado Springs
Pullman Company
Pullmans
Colorado
W. F. Sterley, A.G.P. A
A. A. Glisson
Chas. L., Hull, T. Pla
J. & G. N. Internation and Great Northern Railroad Company
ST. Louis
St. Louie
Sintoaialak
New Orleans
Hearne
Dallas, FY. Worth
Kansas
North Texas
Milano
Santa Fe
Askeget, S. W. & B. V. Railroad
Bryan, Or
Nabi
Nabors
Buffalo
Texas Central R.A
Sunset Central Special
Dension
Denison
Austin
Elgin
Chicago
Worth
Waco
Mer
Ad Further Informatic
Gen, Pass, & Tkt. Agt
Houston, Texas
Ager A.G
Newsum Div
Dallas, Texas
T. C
T. J. Anderson
Waco, Texas
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
OTTO_BOEHME’s
Standpipe
Lowig
Otto Boehme
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