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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1899
Page
2
The piece describes street fairs as a growing attraction in northern cities and their plan to erect booths along sidewalks to draw crowds and boost business. It notes Dallas Fair dates from September 28 to October 22 with round trip fares and limited sale dates, and mentions local event attendance and collections at Cumberland Presbyterian and other gatherings.
A college commencement tale recounts a son who honors his mother, whose worn clothes and lack of funds barely meet the occasion. She travels to the fashionably dressed ceremony, tears in her eyes as he awards her the badge and kisses her cheek, cherishing her support.
A Quaker woman explains her beauty secrets giving items for lips voice eyes hands figure and heart. In Wortham area a Black man named Banke Colgio was killed by a train Saturday night with the body badly mangled and found nearby.
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