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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1899
Page
3
Cotton receipts reports show totals by yard with today’s highest price at 6.65 and seed sold at 13.50. Local items note Mrs. D. Oliver visiting Groesbeck, opera house tickets at Story’s store, and several residents traveling to Dallas or Fort Worth for events.
Capt. Kit Wood sold 75 acres west of town to Mrs. Haynie L Howx taking her cottage on Commerce Street as part payment. Wood bought the old Street residence on South Sherman Street to occupy soon. Varsity students from Austin visited Dallas last night and rushed from the depot seeking refreshments, but a fence delayed them. Annie Holbert returned to Corsicana after a visit to Mrs. H E Jackson. Vendors lien notes for sale by Cox The Printer. Jasper Gibbs returned from Dallas after visiting relatives and the fair. Joe D Murphy went to Ennis yesterday afternoon. See Lane the shoeman.
B J Miller, Mexia, returns from the State Photographers Convention with second prize and a medal for fine work. Dallas Photographers give a banquet with Ex Governor Hoge as speaker. Notices of local arrivals, sales, and travel opportunities appear alongside ads for groceries and other goods.
Real estate notice invites buyers to act quickly, advertising two solid houses as a notably superior bargain. The brief promotes immediate contact to view and secure the properties.
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