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[Land Owners to be Compensated] (open access)

[Land Owners to be Compensated]

Court decision to compensate a list of land owners for a public road being constructed through parts of their properties.
Date: May 10, 1905
Creator: Jones County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will] (open access)

[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will]

Unsigned document in which Mary E. Sayles is gifting land from the Austin and Williams league #340 to her children and their spouses. She names Henry Sayles and her son-in-law George C. Harris as executors of the estate once she passes, and the document includes a response from all parties stipulating that Mary E. Sayles may continue to benefit from the properties as long as she lives. A portion of Mary E. Sayles' final will bequeathing property to her daughters is also included.
Date: March 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, George C.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, Hattie S.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third and Pine]

Copy slide of a photograph of Downtown Abilene at North 3rd and Pine Streets in 1905 as people board the streetcar.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of Children at Play in Farm Field (Vossevangin, Norway)

A glass slide showing a photograph of children at play in a farm field in Vossevangin, Norway. On the frame of the slide is printed "Neg. No. 643, copyrighted 1905, Underwood & Underwood, New York City."
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of Schoolboys and their teacher beside the Irrawaddy River (Burma)

A glass slide showing a photograph of Burmese schoolboys and their teacher beside the Irrawaddy River (also called the Ayeyarwady River) with temples in the background. On the frame of the slide is printed "Neg. No. 7663, copyrighted 1905 by Underwood & Underwood, New York City."
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of "Boys and Girls Favorite Playground"

A glass slide showing a photograph with the caption (on the reverse of the slide) "Boys and girls favorite playground." On the frame of the slide is printed "Neg. No. 1028, copyrighted 1905, Underwood & Underwood, New York City."
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Predestination and Human Responsibility (open access)

Predestination and Human Responsibility

A typewritten manuscript with a handwritten conclusion for a sermon. The idea is discussed that God predetermined all of us to be saved, but our freewill can separate us from God. Preached in May, and then Cisco, Texas (1/04/1920).
Date: 1905
Creator: Baten, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Deacons (open access)

The Deacons

A handwritten description of the church deacons: selection and carrying out the office. The text used is 1 Timothy 3:13. This was given in San Saba, Texas
Date: December 3, 1905
Creator: Baten, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Unjust Steward (open access)

The Unjust Steward

A typewritten manuscript of a sermon using Luke 16:2 addressing the parable of the unjust servant and what it means. Preached in Brady, and then Brownwood, Texas (10/10/1905) at a prayer meeting.
Date: September 30, 1905
Creator: Baten, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Cooperation 2 (open access)

Christian Cooperation 2

A typewritten manuscript for a sermon based on I Corinthians 3:9. This examines the ways we can work together, and the fact that without cooperation there is death. All the parts must work together, or the whole cannot survive. Cooperation multiplies power, gives denominational union, and blesses. First preached to San Saba Assoc. Then Mullen (10/25/1905); Lometa (1/7/1906); Abilene (1/27/1906); Cisco (2/18/1906); Kempner (2/11/1906); Ozona (3/1/1906); and May, Texas (3/3/1906).
Date: August 24, 1905
Creator: Baten, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History