Medina Valley irrigation lands go on sale in Natalia core
Medina Valley Irrigation Co announces sale of town and business lots in Natalia as the Medina project nears completion. Dams and canals are 65 to 90 percent finished with 14,000 acres slated for first units and water delivery by October 1, 1912. Offices opened in New York Chicago and San Antonio to handle sales.
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Medina
Natalia
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
New York City
Chicago
Ill
San Antonio
Texas
Prom
Texas Land Sale Offers Low Upfront Cash and Long Terms
The Conditions of Sale outline lands at $250 per acre with no payment until Oct 1 1912 or water delivery. Earnest money options and 20 percent initial cash, then 20 percent yearly with 6 percent interest. Early cash discount of 5 percent for full price and rail depots nearby. Demonstration farms and houses for settlers planned with conservative valuation. Water charges start at $2 per acre for the first year, rising to $4 thereafter, with four irrigations included. Offices in New York Chicago and San Antonio, extensive promotional campaign described, Walter Ayres as Sales Manager.
Frontier days tragedies near Weatherford and Parker county
A historical account recalls frontier attacks in 1860s 1870s Texas near Weatherford and Parker county. It details killings by Indians of Clemons Whistler Rippy Light Cranfill Landrum Millsap Donnie Millsap Cathey and Hale, with survivor tales and brave acts of self defense.
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Millsap
Loving
Miss Donnie
Parker County
Thomas Landrum
Cathey
Hale
Jackson Hale
Jesse Hale
Martin Cathey
Weatherford
Islam and the Koran as Nigeria's social system
A London Times letter argues that Islam rests as both religion and social fabric for Nigerians, equating the Koran with constitution and bill of rights. It warns against policies eroding the existing constitutional and judicial framework of Nigerian subjects.
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Nigeria
E. D. Movel
London Times
Bridal pair steal blanket in New York honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Patrick Rogers confessed to stealing a blanket from the steamboat Commonwealth at Pier 19 North River during their honeymoon. They were held on $100 bail by Police Magistrate Corrigan in the Tombs court, admitting the act as a souvenir and citing travel expenses.
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Patrick Rogers
New York
Pier 19
North River
Lancengers
Susie
Oliver Street
Philadelphia
Rogers
Newport
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Oees
Medina Valley
California
Pearson
North
Walter
Ayres
San Antonio, Texas
Frontier
A. J. Sowell
A. J. Lowell
Wm. E. Throckmorton
Fannin County
Fort English
Collin
Throeckmorton Place
Wesley Clemons
Mr. Whistler
Timper Creek
Throckmorton
S. Clemon
Jacob Lapp
Missouri
Mr. Rippy
Tennessee
Rippy
James Light
Tinn
Fuller Millsap
Roe Creek
Young Landrum
Mr. Millsap
Joseph B. Loving
Donnie Millsap
Vienna
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