Land sale listings in Byazos County abstracts and houses
J W Batts offers the only set of Byazos County land title abstracts for sale. Listings cover 105 acres near the courthouse with farm and pasture, 25 cultivated, fenced, at 1500 dollars. Other parcels include a southeast town lot with a cottage at 750, four block brick home near Main Street at 1250, and multiple houses with rents or prices up to 4250 dollars.
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Court House
Allen Academy
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Hogg Arrives in Austin, Visits Daughter in Sanitarium
Former Governor Hogg travels from Beaumont to Austin to stay with daughter Miss Irma at the sanitarium where she suffers from a knee injury caused by a past accident. He assures Citi zens' National bank depositors will be fully protected. Labor unions ban white plug hats in the Labor day parade. State health staff report on yellow fever in Monterey and plan to move to Laredo.
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Austin
Hogg
Beaumont
Irma
Austin Sanitarium
Citizens’ National Bank
Walker
State Health Department
State Health
Monterey
Laredo
Train Wreck near Yorkville Kills Six in South Carolina
Six people die and twenty five injured in a Southern Railway wreck near Yorkville. A forty foot trestle over Fisher Creek collapsed as the Rock Hill bound train crossed, sending an engine and three cars into the creek bank. Bodies recovered except engineer Breckman and fireman Fred Ryhne. Authorities cite rotten timbers as the cause.
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Rock Hill
The
Southern Railway
South Carolina
South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad
A Bunko Scheme With a Pitcher and a Kid
A Washington department store buyer recalls a New York bunko setup involving a chef boy swinging a pitcher to tempt bets. Two men bet on whether he will drop it as he nears Seventh Avenue, and the pitcher shatters, revealing the con. The same trick recurs on Harlem streets with the same kid and the same observer, exposing a crafty betting game.
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Washington
New York
Seventh Avenue
Marlborough
Eighth Avenue
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Harlem
Nan
Gran'ma
Dodge
Pittsburg Press
Fire at Beaumont Saloon Shows Incendiary Origin
Beaumont Tex Sept 4 The blaze at the Crockett and Trinity street saloon is ruled incendiary. Karl Elmquist, found dead among the ruins, shows bloodied clothing and evidence of oil. Elmquist, president of the Bar keepers union, carried a roll of money and planned to depart for St Louis Friday morning.
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Beaumont
Tex
Crockett and
Trinity Streets
Karl Elmquist
St. Louis
Barkeepers’ Union
Waxahachie Cotton Mill Shuts Temporarily
Waxahachie Texas September 4 The local mill has closed due to cotton scarcity leaving about 200 workers idle. Management hopes to resume in a few weeks noting the mill has operated continuously for three years and paid a 12 percent dividend last year as cotton prices rise.
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Waxahachie
Divorced Father Walter Kislingbury Son Dies by Opium Overdose
El Paso report says Walter S Kislingbury, son of Lt Kislingbury of Arctic fame, died of an opium overdose after being separated from his wife. He had just met his two children who begged him to return home. In Palestine, Anderson County voted 850 for anti prohibitionists.
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el Paso
Walter S. Kislingbury
Kislingbury
Murder at Moot Farm Near Newport Arkansas
Newport Arkansas September 4. E Moot a peaceable farmer nearly sixty was murdered at his home nine miles south of here on White River. The killing is said to have been by a man with a grievance against Moot. The suspect has evaded arrest to date.
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Newport
Ark
E. Moot
Here
White River
Abe Attell Edges Johnnie Reagan in Twenty Rounds
Abe Attell of San Francisco won by decision over Brooklyn’s Johnnie Reagan after twenty rounds in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Abe Attell
San Francisco
Johnnie Reagan
Brooklyn
Mrs Rich Free Arrives Near El Paso after Extradition Case
Mrs Mattie D Rich of Chicago, recently acquitted by the Chihuahua supreme court of killing her husband, has reached the border at El Paso. She was released from prison after serving four years of a fourteen year Juarez court term and was the focus of a famed extradition dispute five years ago.
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el Paso
Tex
Mattie D. Rich
Chicago
Chihuahua
Mexico
Supreme Court
Juarez Court
Rich
Wolf Triumphs in Territorial Battle on Waco Lot
In Waco on Thursday morning a lone wolf fought several dogs near the corner of Tennessee avenue and North Seventh street. After the dogs lost their leader they retreated, all wounded, leaving the wolf in control of the field. It was the third raid in the same area.
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Tennessee Avenue
North Seventh Street
Groesbeck National Bank Seeks Recovery After Losses
The comptroller reports Groesbeck National Bank in Texas shows total liabilities of 165,159 with assets valued at 144,694, a deficiency of 20,465. The receiver says any asset value change will likely be favorable to the bank.
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Washington
Groesbeck National Bank
Groesbeck
Tex
West Texas fair to host two roping contests
Abilene Texas has announced a two day roping contest at the West Texas fair. The first event is slated for Wednesday October 14 with a second contest on Friday October 16. Ample purses will attract top ropers from across the state.
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Abilene
Tex
West Texas Fair
Editor Sues Sheriff for 15000 in Mediation Dispute
Belton Texas September 4 A R Crawford editor and proprietor of the Bell County Democrat sues Sheriff Sam Sparks for 15000 damages. The case arises from a quarrel over articles published in Crawford’s weekly newspaper.
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Belton
Tex
A. R. Crawford
Bell County Democrat
Sam Sparks
Crawford
Fort Worth Welcomes Denver Road Goods For World Fair
Manager T. Graham of the collecting bureau arrives with a solid carload of Denver road products. He reports several very fine specimens among the exhibits to be shown at the World's fair in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
T. Graham
Collecting Bureau of the
Denver
Graham
Fight at Negro Church in Paris injures preacher and cuts
In a disturbance at the colored church where Sin Killer Griffin preached in Paris Texas Ford French was cut with a knife. Charley Harris a colored man was arrested on a complaint for aggravated assault.
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Paris
Tex
Sin Killer Griffin
Ford French
Charley Harris
Miller case near end at government printing office
The Evening Star reports the Miller discharge at the government printing office may come soon as officials watch the case closely. Miller had filed counter charges which Garfield finds not sustained. Roosevelt aims to have a public decision before Labor Day in Syracuse. Garfield and Cortelyou are out of Washington.
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Washington
The
Evening Star
Miller
Government Printing Office
Foreman Miller
Garfield
Corporations
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Star
Roosevelt
Syracuse
Cortelyou
Cardus
Battle near Pekin leaves Americans wounded
In Pekin on Thursday a clash between fifteen French soldiers and four Americans left the four Americans seriously wounded after the French used bayonets in the fight.
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Pekin
Bank of England Discount Rate Rises
London on September 4 reports the Bank of England discount rate increasing from 8 to 4 percent. The rise is attributed mainly to gold withdrawals for the Netherlands railroad loan repayment.
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London
Bank of England
Netherlands
Old River Pilot Captain Nathan Hopkins Dies at 80
Newport Arkansas September 4 Captain Nathan Hopkins one of the oldest and best known river men in the Mississippi valley died here at eighty He was a Kentuckian and for years ran Mississippi and Ohio river boats.
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Newport
Ark
Nathan Hopkins
Mississippi Valley
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