City Property Listings Near Allen Academy and Main Street
Listing details describe several parcels near Allen Academy and Main Street, including ore and vacant lots, a Savall cottage and tenant house with a well, a four block distance to Main Street, a brick cistern, and prices ranging from 100 to 1250 with easy terms. Property fronts, acreage, and schoolhouse proximity are noted along with bids for portions of Otto Boehme’s property and other city parcels.
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Allen Academy
Savall Cw
Otto Boehme
Will Gell
Value of Irrigation in Western Farmlands
The third annual report from the U S Department of Agriculture shows that over three years the water diverted into irrigation ditches equals 4.45 feet per cultivated acre, with greatest gains where canals pass through gravel soils. Late season irrigation yields about three times the early half, and storage water is essential to ensure supply. the report notes storage pays and boosts land value.
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Washington
Office of the Experiment Stations
United States Department of Agriculture
Elmwood Mead
Short Corn Pack Scramble Hits New York Grocers
Shortages in Maine and New York corn packs spark unease among jobbing grocers in New York. Demand outstrips supply as wholesalers bought for future delivery and retailers face rising prices with limited offerings. Maine standards previously ranged 91 cents to $1 per dozen versus current spot quotes around $1.15 to $1.20.
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New York
Maine
New York State
Piracy on Shan Tung Coast Alarms American Shippers
American shippers report rising piracy along the Shan Tung coast with potential large junk cargo losses. United States Minister Conger plans to ask Chinese authorities to deploy idle warships at Chefoo to clear pirates, warning of an imminent $230,000 oil loss if not done.
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Pekin
Shan Tung
United States
Conger
Che Fee
Earthquakes Hit Salina Cruz Tremor Shocks 75 Times
Advices from Salina Cruz the Pacific terminus of the Tehauntepec National railway report that Tuesday no less than 75 shocks of earthquake were felt causing alarm and some damage as the line is being rebuilt by Sir Wietman Par son & Son.
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City of Mexico
Salina Cruz
Pacific
Tehauntepec National Railway
Sir
Wietman Parson & Son
Canton Clerk Found With Throat Cut In Home
W B Mitchell a longtime Canton store clerk was found in his room Thursday with a pocket knife in hand and a deep throat wound severing the windpipe. Surgeons treated him and he remains in critical condition.
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Canton
Tex
W. B. Mitchell
Seaman Dies After Fall On Llangibby In Galveston
In Galveston on September 27 Thomas Christianson fell from the center hatch of the British steamship Llangibby into the hold a 35 foot drop and was killed instantly.
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Galveston
Tex
Llangibby
Thomas Christianson
Irishman Peter Caton Dies After Water Wagon Accident
Ennis Texas reports Peter Caton a quiet Irishman known for odd jobs fell from a water wagon and died from a fractured skull within half an hour He had previously worked as a railroad section worker.
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Ennis
Tex
Peter Caton
Mexican John slain in San Saba camp robbery
An elderly Mexican known as Mexican John was killed at his camp in W R Dorans pasture near San Saba Texas. He reportedly carried about 50 dollars in cash and authorities suspect robbery as the motive for the slaying.
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Goldthwaite
Tex
John
W. R. Doran
San Saba
Train Wreck Near Arleux Kills Twenty Six
Serious wreck on the Lille to Paris express at Arleux kills twenty six and injures a score as the train derails while crossing a switch at high speed.
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Paris
Lille
Arleux
Labor Leaders Meet in Pittsburg Conference
Mitchell president and Wilson secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America meet at Hotel Henry in Pittsburg to review routine business. Mitchell says the strike in the anthracite mines will continue until victory. Wilson notes the strike has lasted twenty weeks and will persist. Reports say more labor leaders may join before the conference ends.
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Pittsburg
Mitchell
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Hotel Henry
Reading coal mines near normal production after strike
General Manager Luther reports Reading coal properties in good condition and miners expected to return with three fourths of normal output possible within a week. Some collieries flooded but to be abandoned for now. In Shenandoah a mob at Centralia blocks workers bound for Mount Carmel and searches Lehigh Valley trains for non union men.
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Philadelphia
Luther
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shenandoah
Centralia
Mount Carmel
Lehigh Valley
Packer
Cigar Dealers Organize to Fight the Trust
Five hundred cigar dealers and tobacconists including manufacturers attended the first meeting of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America in Chicago on Friday night. Speakers urged legislation appeals to labor and court action while others called for strong organization as officers were elected.
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Chicago
Cigar Dealers’ Association of America
Liquidation of Securities in New York Signals Loan Strain
Liquidation accelerated this week as banks tightened loans to meet reserve deficits reported last week. By week’s end the contraction eased but money remained tight. Secretary Shaw’s offer to cover government interest through year end boosted sentiment with some recoveries led by St Paul and Louisville on stock rights and control settlement reports.
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New York
Shaw
St. Paul
Louisville
Coal Train Stopped Near Locustdale After Strike Action
At Locustdale near Potts colliery a coal train was hijacked by strikers around midnight Friday. Soldiers were dispatched under General Cobin to protect the crew. The locomotive and cars were removed without further incident and no injuries reported.
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Shennandoah
Cobin
Potts
Locustdale
Rise in U S Electrical Installations Since 1884
At a New York meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers President Scott reported that the value of electrical installations in the United States excluding telegraph and telephone plants rose from about 1 million dollars in 1884 to over 4 billion dollars to date.
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New York
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Scott
Institute
United States
Count Guissepe Dassi Dies in Philadelphia at 70
Count Guissepe Dassi a leading Italian figure in the United States dies at his Philadelphia home from brain congestion age seventy. Dassi fought under Garibaldi and in 1876 headed the Italian commission at the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Count Guissepe Dassi
United States
Count Dassi
Garibaldi
Mexican Killed at LaGrange Oil Mills
In LaGrange Texas on September 27 Mike Williams a Mexican man was shot and killed at the oil mills. John Mc Millan surrendered to officers and after an examining trial was bound over on a two thousand dollar bond.
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LaGrange
Tex
Mike Williams
John McMillan
Gompers Calls AFL Convention for New Orleans Start
President Samuel Gompers issued a call for the twentieth-second annual AFL convention to convene in New Orleans beginning November 13. The Washington announcement rests on federation plans and dates for the gathering of labor leaders.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
New Orleans
Dismembered body found in furnace at West Twenty-ninth Street
The dismembered body of a man was found in a furnace inside a building at 38 West Twenty-ninth Street, occupied by a Chinese restaurant. The head had been severed from the body.
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New York
West Twenty-ninth Street
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Nabors Bros
Bryan
Tyler Haswell
Elite Restaurant
M Oystar Parlor
C. M. Camp
Hinds
John Wittman
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
W. W. Griffin
Bryan, Texas
San Antonio
Agricultural Department
Mexico
France
Bound
FORD
W. JT. Ford
Franklin Brothers
ISO Sosi
Wwe
Edpion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Texas
McConnico
General Insurance Agency
Bryan, Tex
Mutual Life of
A. D. M’connico
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