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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1899
Page
3
Cotton receipts for Mexia to date are listed by the reports of the various yards Alliances Cogdell Smithe Hughes Terrel Jordan Watson data source shows 1886 entries and figures for each yard indicating total arrivals and tonnage for the season.
The Minute Men plan tonight meeting to elect a captain as Captain Vickers expects orders to join his regiment soon. The business is to select a successor and arrange transfers before his departure. Carriage service can be arranged via Ring up No 6 Stephene stable at 25 cents to city limits.
The Texas and Pacific Railway introduces a revised schedule to Hot Springs Arkansas removing the Malvern layover. Two fast daily trains with Pullman sleepers and reclining chair cars now serve travelers to America's premier mineral springs. Community notes include local visits and market items.
Mexia Business College advertises tuition at the Public School Building with monthly payments in advance for a course including bookkeeping and penmanship. Principal V S Nelson note. Other items mention Phillpot Karner ill with typhoid fever, Jewish New Year holiday, Lee M Vance trip to Wortham, and various short local notes about trains, city council, and residents.
Advertisement notes a five room house with five acres on town east edge priced at 800, a smaller well located place for 600 with rent potential, and mentions insurance agents offering quality coverage. Several vacant lots are described as desirable, with assurances of real estate services and tailored client focus.
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