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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
2
In a transportation matter for the mail, Mexia post office is designated to handle second class service. The change affects routing and processing of periodicals and light literature through local facilities and adjacent routes. Officials note streamlined delivery and compliance with postal regulations.
The article notes Sunday services, a large Sunday school average of 171, and a revival with 45 conversions at Brownwood. It cites Bishop Warren A Candler preaching October 15, the Fourth Quarterly meeting October 15-16, and trustee and stewards meetings. It mentions local railroad hopes, political talk, and state fair activity in Dallas and surroundings.
A damaged scribble blends a childhood prayer with a lamenting natural scene and a wartime dispatch. The Thirty third United States Volunteers from Texas, commanded by Col Luther Hare, sail from San Francisco for Manila September 26, with Gen Shafter praising the regiment as best organized among volunteers.
Confederate Day notice by Brant H. Kirk calls Sons and Daughters of Confederate Veterans west of the Mississippi to a reunion at the Dallas State Fairgrounds on October 4, 1899. Camps must appoint a captain and sponsor a daughter or granddaughter of a veteran with four maids of honor, and unorganized towns urged to form camps with officers and four maids. The benevolent aim seeks to honor fathers and prevent labeling descendants as traitors.
Bright sorghum hay and finest straw baled in any quantity offered at six dollars per ton by Benner and Wortham.
The Texas and Pacific railway offers markedly lowered summer tourist rates from June through September 30 1899 to Alabama Colorado Connecticut 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. See local ticket agent or write EP Turner GP TA Dallas Texas.
Newly organized Dierr County, New Mexico, highlights Cloudcroft high on Sacramento Mountain. Snowy Waite Mountain to the north and vast spruce pine forests to the south and east frame a panorama of superb altitude and invigorating air. The region is praised as exceptionally healthy with a climate unmatched in the United States, marketing Fort Stanton as a potential marine sanitarium site with rail rates and schedules available from T and P Railroad agents in Dallas.
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