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Mexia Evening Ledger

Location

Mexia, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1899

Page

2

Says She Saw Heaven in a Wheeling Spirit Visit

A Toronto widow Mrs Alexander Taylor near Wheeling West Virginia reports a near death experience from consumption. She described a journey through space to a grove where angels guarded an entrance to heaven and conversed briefly with her deceased husband and sister. She claimed imminent admission to paradise and asked for a niece to be summoned for a message from her mother.

Washington Star Philadelphia Press Wheeling Alexander Taylor Toronto Mra Taylor Heaven

New Tobacco Law Bans Sales to Minors Under Sixteen

A new ordinance prohibits selling or gifting cigarettes or tobacco to anyone under sixteen without written parental consent. Violators face a fine of ten to one hundred dollars. The note urges older youths who share tobacco with younger peers to heed the rule. The town’s public schools opened today and enrollment details will follow. A local anecdote mentions a boy sent to Roy Waller for fitting up after birth.

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