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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1899
Page
2
American manufacturers achieved their best export totals in the just-ended fiscal year, with exports exceeding imports for the second time in history. In 1898 exports surpassed imports by 35 percent, and in 1899 exports remained 30 percent higher than imports totaling $388,667,794 vs $259,579,298. The long rise began in 1888 with exports doubling from 1888 to 1897, and by 1898 the export total reached $280,697,354 while imports were $280,807,676.
Bright sorghum hay and finest straw baled in any quantity offered for six dollars per ton. Bonner & Wortham advertise and claim availability with a bold call to action. C. T. Stemnens notes a low price of twenty five cents elsewhere in the city.
To the Ladies. Those desiring anything in my line I shall be pleaged to see them Monday or any time following during the week. Respectfully, Many Johansoy, Dressmaker.
A fine milch cow with young calf is for sale. Apply to Grace McClendon and ring up No 6 Stephens' table for carriage needs. Also offering 35 Senta each for items available citywide.
A Trinidad Colorado cowboy enters a Methodist church and finally stands to testify about his faith. When asked what Jesus has done for him he replies he stands up for any man with few friends like Jesus. The scene blends frontier humor with a moral note as a trainer advertises stable calls.
The Texas and Pacific railway offers discounted summer tourist tickets for voyages to Alabama Colorado District of Columbia Georgia Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania Quebec South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin from June 1 to September 30 1899. See local ticket agent or write T P Turner GP T A Dallas Texas.
The note lists Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Protestant Episcopal churches with pastors and Sunday schedules. It also describes Cloudcroft New Mexico in the Sacramento Mountains, its elevation of 9000 feet, scenic views, climate, and the Fort Stanton Marine Sanitarium reference with a T&P Railway inquiry channel for rate and schedule details.
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