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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1899
Page
3
A large crowd gathered at Pallas to view the fair with the early train running in two crowded sections. Notables include Merrero Herring arriving from Groesbeck, Laura Rogers escorting music pupils, and County Treasurer Callum visiting the city. Public notices cover Episcopal services, a court conviction of a negro craps shooter, laundry price offers, and Casnahan’s move to the new freight depot.
An ad boasts Hovey’s oysters available at popular prices and mentions tomorrow’s regular communion service at Cumberland Presbyterian church. It urges communicants to attend and notes Sue Lane the shoe man.
Local notes report J J Beoxnam and Hon A M Kennedy traveling to Dallas with others while W O Peery visits Waco. About three hundred tickets sold for Dallas and remarks that times improve as the season advances. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid offers apron orders via J A Arvin gallery. deliveries prompt. Lost bracelets and a black pig are sought. several residents travel or shop locally including J B Walker and Jas Nunsbaum.
Oct 23 and 24 arrivals to Australia morning of 24th with limits to 28th fare six dollars and ten cents. Certificate plan to New York City. Columbus Ohio reduced one way rates St Louis Chicago New York Washington Cincinnati Birmingham.
In a humorous exchange a Stranger complains of patter while the barber admits limited experience and the boss’s instruction to shave strangers. The piece concludes with W. Rissen, a leading jeweler, who treats all customers—local or outsider—alike and fairly.
Two good houses offered as a better than average deal. The Real Estate Business urges readers to contact Tam for immediate assistance and assures flexible handling of buyer interests without pigeonholing them.
Cloudcroft in Otero County New Mexico sits at 9000 feet atop the Sacramento Mountains near Alamogordo and Sacremento routes. The area offers White Mountain views, Tularosa Valley sands, and spruce forests with superb climate, attracting travelers. send for schedules and rates from T P Ry Co in Dallas for full details.
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