Freestone County, Texas
History


News of 1900



Dallas Morning News
January 1, 1900
Page: 5

Fire Record 

Block at Wortham

 Wortham, Tex., Dec. 31 - At 3:30 this evening fire broke out in Burleson's 
grocery store and burned T. Longbotham's hardware stock and building, Dr. T. W.
Bounds drugstore, N. Prager's drygoods and the entire block of buildings.  The
fire started among matchboxes suppose to have been set on fire by rats.  Loss
$15,000, insurance $5,000.

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Dallas Morning News
January 15, 1900
Page: 7

Society

MEXIA

Miss Myrtle Martin of Wortham visited here the past week.

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Dallas Morning News
May 23, 1900 & May 24, 1900
Page: 7

FOR SALE - Four hundred 1 and 2-year-old steers and several good brood mares.
T. E. LONGBOTHAM, Wortham, Tex.

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Dallas Morning News
June 30, 1900
Page: 8


Texas Cattle at Chicago

 Following are the sales of Texas Cattle in the Southern division at the Union 
Stockyards of Chicago during the first four days of the present week:

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   J. J. Longbotham. Fort Worth, 720-pound fair grass steers at $4.10; 882-
pound cows at $3.55, and 1,026-pound bulls at $3.40.
  T. E. Longbotham. 692-pound common grass steers at $3.80, and 760-pound fair
cows at $3.40. from Fort Worth.
  Snapp of Wortham.  735-pound cows at $3.20.
  L. A. Barber, Wortham. 877-pound steers at $4.25; also 762-pound cows at 
$3.40.
  T. A. Bounds, Wortham. 760-pound cows at $3.05; 805-pound grass steers at 
$4.10, and 1,040-pound bulls at $3.35.
  A. W. Snapp, Wortham. 977-pound steers at $4.75, 737-pound cows at $3.70 and
687-pound cows at $3.65.

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Dallas Morning News
September 17, 1900

[This is in reference to the hurricane that wiped out Galveston.]

 Over $115 Sent from Wortham

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

  Wortham, Tex., Sept. 16 - M. M. Smith, pastor of the M. E. Church, started a 
subscription list for storm sufferers.  In a few minutes he had $12.75.  The 
Knights of Pythias sent $22 to the Pythians in distress and the Masons sent $80,
making a total of $113.75.

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Dallas Morning News
October 29, 1900

White Man Dead; Negro in Jail

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

  Wortham, Tex., Oct. 28 - John Burleson, a white man, was shot and killed last
night at Israel.  Josh Coleman, a negro is in jail charged with the crime.  So 
far as known the men had no quarrel.

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Daily Express
October 29, 1900

Killing near Wortham

  Wortham, Tex., Oct. 28 - (Special) - John D. Burleson Jr aged 18 living 3? 
miles east was shot and killed this morning.  Officers and a large possee are
close to ????? party. 


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Dallas Morning News
November 9, 1900

County Elections

Freestone County

Special to the News

  Wortham, Tex., Nov. 8 - The election in Freestone County was very quiet.  It 
is now certain that Hon. Lee Satterwhite,  Democratic nominee for the 
Legislature has been elected by a majority of 400.  This was the only opposition
to the Democratic ticket ???.  Congressman Ball's majority  ??? is about 500.  The following
elected to the county offices without ...