Post Office Entry Leads to Moxin Mail Transport
A note states per month and per week charges for mailing through the mails, with transportation via the post office at Moxin listed as a second class matter.
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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1899
Page
2
A note states per month and per week charges for mailing through the mails, with transportation via the post office at Moxin listed as a second class matter.
A Dallas fair on Confederate Day drew mixed views as observers criticized slow organizing and political posturing. The writer notes old soldiers delayed, politicians dominating, and calls into question oath issues raised by observer D B Gulber. The Sun predicts Roberts of Utah may face election challenges in Congress. Mexia Steam Laundry is noted as busy, with Prescott cited as a man of time.
A Dallas letter criticizes pension claims by former Confederates who did not serve loyally, arguing only true soldiers deserve pensions while noting widespread attempts to obtain them. It also advertises the Dallas Fair schedule with reduced rail rates for trips from September 28 to October 22.
Bonner and Wortham representing Barnhardt Bros and Spindler printers supply house circulated in Mexia offering eight sorghum hay and finest straw baled in any quantity at six dollars per ton to the fraternity.
A black pig three months old is described in a finder notice. Finder should notify F Hernandez.
Directory lists Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Episcopal churches with pastors and service notes. Describes Sacramento and Sacramentos region climate, scenery including White Mountain, White Sands, and surrounding forests with praise of altitude and air quality.
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