Real Estate Listings by J. W. Batts Agent Brazos County
J W Batts real estate agent offers various properties near Brazos County with offices and the only abstract books. Listings include 105 acres near courthouse, 25 cultivated acres with pasture, fences, and price 1500 dollars. near schoolhouse 1.25 acres with Swallow cottage and tenant house at 760 dollars. four block from Main Street six room brick house at 1250. half block near Allen academy at 500. 13 acres south town with 4 room house at 1000. one room house with cistern at 650. 44 blocks from courthouse rents 9 dollars monthly. Reed home place 9 room two story at 4250. De DeMaret nearby ground.
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Court House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Lax
Joe B Reed
de DeMaret Place
Immigration delay for delegates aboard ship to Boston
William Callaré and John Falconer of Do tland, delegates to the congress i harriers of Commerce of the Empire, were detained for hours by an immigration inspector at Newport Vermont for failing to show medical certificates. The incident drew comment. A second item notes an unknown ship ashore on Ocean Beach near Clift House. Another report says Clifton Branham was hanged at Wise for his wife’s murder.
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Hours
William Callaré
John Falconer
San Francisco
Merchants Exchange
Ocean Beach
Clift House
Bristol
Tenn
Clifton Branham
Wise
Street fair at Kaufman Texas proved a success
News in brief reports a Kaufman street fair being a success and Kaufman organizing a commercial club. Other items include Texas pardons, Arkansas tax assessments, a hunger death near Austin, a child’s death in Chicago, a fatal dynamite blast in McDonald Pennsylvania, and various political and medical notes.
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Kaufman
Tex
Galveston
Lanham
Hot Springs
Ark
Austin
W. J. Lee
Chicago
McDonald
Six Indian Tribes At Lincoln Park Highlight Chicago Centennial
Chicago marks its centennial with six days of events led by a civic mass at the Auditorium. Indian show at Lincoln Park features six tribes living as ancestors did, with Charles Pokagon among a prominent group, and nine tablets installed in the public library building. Mayor Harrison gives the welcome as streets glow with decorations.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Charles Pokagon
Chief Pokagon
Harrison
Still Slaughter Turks Perpetrate Atrocities at Monastir
News from Monastir Macedonia reports Turkish troops slaughtering returning refugees near Selatan in Resna district. Fifteen worked in a field were bound and massacred fourteen with one survivor. Refugee women found the bodies and notified officials. Also reporting Bulgarians exiled by Turkish authorities flee Monastir. Separately, American officials note Beirut remains unsettled and warships may not withdraw soon while the case of the American vice consul remains unresolved.
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Monastir
Macedonia
Selatan
Resna
Tey
Carrid
President Buchanan Chairs Structural Iron Workers Convention
Kansas City September 26 President Buchanan of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers union again presided at the convention after issuing a call for a Saturday meeting. He refused to discuss the situation while behind closed doors and termed Friday’s Parkes led session unconstitutional. Died From Injuries Louisville September 26 Charles Marshall died from injuries weeks after an assault alleged to have been by H C Hite a counterfeiter and supposed secret service employee. His home is Rego Indiana.
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Buchanan
Structural Workers
Kansas City
International Bridge’ and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Parkes
Brophy
Scranton
Louisville
Charles Marshall
H. Co
Hite
Marshall
Secret Service
Rego
Ind
Governor Peabody Calls Bell to Release Strikers
A telephone talk between Governor Peabody and Adjutant General Sherman Bell led to Brigadier General John C. Clese receiving an order to obey Judge Zeeds and free the prisoners among the strikers.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Peabody
Gerfiera Sherman Bell
John Cl.se
Terrible Death of Chicago Board of Trade Member
William J. Taylor, a Chicago board of trade member and Kenilworth resident, died after being struck by a train near Wilmette. The 36 year old jumped from a moving car and was found on the track. the accident’s exact cause was unclear to witnesses. Mrs. Taylor co owned Wright & Taylor, a grain and seed firm.
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Chicago
William J. Taylor
Chicago Board of Trade
Kenilworth
Wilmette
Taylor
Officer's hard luck in chase ends with club blow
In Chicago on September 26 Patrolman Dennis Fitzgerald was knocked down and beaten with his own club and later struck with his public safety item by two Black men, John Johnson and Louis Pilsen, who were arrested. Pilsen reportedly confessed and named Johnson while Johnson, after arrest, went to Twenty seventh and Staite streets and dueled with a Black rival Mooty. The dropped public safety item was identified as the officer’s. Johnson suffered a jaw injury from Mooty.
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Chicago
Dennis Fitzgerald
John Johnson
Louis Pilsen
Pilsen
Johnson
Mooty
Far-reaching Morocco Talks Stop at Understanding
Paris reports the French foreign office says negotiations with Great Britain over Morocco do not extend beyond a general understanding. Officials deny any protectorate plans or conquest aims and express surprise at press claims blaming France while noting Britain’s consent was allegedly bought by concessions in Egypt. France would only assist the sultan in policing frontier areas if needed.
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Paris
Great Britain
Morocco
France
Egypt
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Wylie Dies Aboard Steamship
Justice William Gillespie Wylie of New Orleans, aged 72, died of pneumonia on the steamship St. Louis near New York after midnight Friday. He had boarded ill from Southampton and the ship halted engines briefly before resuming course. A wireless panic report was blocked by censors. officials denied any panic aboard.
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Supreme Court
Northwest gold shipments top Seattle weekly total
Northwest receipts last week reached 1 250 000 dollars. The treasure from Nome and British Yukon arrived on the Ohio Senator and Dolphin with 820 passengers. Purser Robertson reported a gold nugget from Anvil Creek dated September 8 valued at 3285 90. Frisco to Guthrie new Choctaw line announced expanding St Louis to Guthrie service and facilities.
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Seattle
Sept. c
Vho
Northwest
Nome
British Yukon
Ohio
Senator
Dolphin
Robertson
Anvil Creek
St. Louis
Guthrie
Okla
Frisco
Chandler
St Louis
Mrs Jefferson Davis in critical condition in Buffalo
Buffalo on Saturday morning Mrs. Jefferson Davis was reported worse with critical condition. Doctors said the crisis had not been reached and relief could lead to recovery if it comes. Several relatives and friends had arrived.
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Buffalo
Jefferson Davis
First Cavalry Squadrons Reach Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston will host the First cavalry as the first squadron arrived from Manila and joined the third squadron that came over in May. The second squadron is en route from Manila and will join on arrival.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Francisco
First Cavalry
Manila
Presglio
Tex
Battleship Maine Sets Sail For Culebra Tests
Philadelphia dispatch says the battleship Maine moved down the Delaware from League Island to begin a cruise to Culebra in the West Indies. There the Culebra battleships will have their guns thoroughly tested and if satisfactory the Maine will commence a long voyage.
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Maine
Philadelphia
Delaware River
League Island Navy Yard
Culebra
West Indies
Man kills wife near Imlay and is arrested
In Imlay near Harlan county Kentucky Martin Green shot and killed his wife after a quarrel and fled but was captured. The killing provoked strong reaction from locals who fear a lynching.
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Middlesboro
Imlay
Harlan County
Martin Green
Green
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Jeli D. Franklin’s
Markel
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Chas. Knoblauch
New York
A. D. McConnico
J. L. Fountain
Bryan, Texas
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwood
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Indian Territory
Cc. P. Hummel
Minnie Bauer
John Lange
la Grange
Mattoon
Texas
Gotham
el Paso
Marie Lewis
Dewitt
DeWitt’s
E. C. Dewitt & CO
N. M. McDougald
STA Rouarce
Mineral Wells, Texas
Emmel’s Drug Store
R. H. Harrison
Agt
Bryan
Dillashaw Tap
Madisonville Road
Tom Preston
East City National Bank
Simmons & Geue
H. B. Dorsey
Suewer
Fort Deartorn
Washington
Beirut
State Department
Leischman
Constantinople
Cotton
Navy
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Hutchinson
Jand
M. H. James
Bakery
Otto Boehme
Haswell’s Book Store
Egupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
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