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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1899
Page
3
Cotton receipts for Mexia show totals for yesterday at 12 160 and 12 381 with the highest price paid 6 75 and seed sold at 14 00. Local items include Maggie Swofford returning to Paint Rock, opera tickets at Storys book store, Bulmanski and Miss Marys marriage, and several visits and arrivals from Dallas Fairfield Horn Hill and Corsi cana. Mrs H M Munger Jr, Miss Mary Weitle, and Dick Hardin are noted in city and surrounding area society notes.
Last night at the bride's home T A White and Mary Tong united in holy matrimony with Rev T J Duncan officiating. The bride, eldest daughter of the late L P Smith, widow of Dr Long, praised as a noble Christian woman. The groom, a partner in Hodges White Co, well known business man, with many friends. They both had prior marriages and hope for a lasting happy life.
An advertisement from J. J. Becknam promotes buying hides bones corn and groceries at low prices. The note urges attending Ottumwa fair and suggests buying a Story's book store ticket for a round trip, valid to return the day after the sale, with Sunday restrictions.
Cloudcroft sits at 9000 feet atop the Sacramento Mountains in newly formed Otero County New Mexico. It marks the terminus of the Alamogordo and Sacramento Railroad and offers sweeping views of White Mountain snowfields and the White Sands region. The climate is mild and pure, noted as superior to other regions, with the U S government selecting Fort Stanton as a Marine Sanitarium.
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