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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
3
A store promotes a season long sale with daily and alternate day specials designed for value seeking shoppers. It invites customers to watch ads and windows for future banner offers including a $40 Cabinet Sewing Machine priced at 27x64.
Local notes show Jv A Weatherford and R G Fisher among early week visitors. Transactions include Wellington Grocery selling to A W Big Store and E E Moore offering delivery. Several residents report illness recovery and county court activity with prominent locals attending.
From Oklahoma City A W Swearingin arrives Tuesday to attend to business interests. He expects to remain several days and discuss a potential deal with Mr. Jones of the city.
On Wednesday evening an inner wall of the City Barber Shop caught fire from a small gasoline stove used for hot water. Mr RL Scott, passing by, rushed in and helped extinguish the blaze before the building was consumed.
On Thursday evening of its week Mr R. Coe of Wellington's Dry Goods and Grocery Merchants closed his doors and made an assignment to his creditors. Coe is regarded as a good man and his misfortune is mourned by Wellington and Collingsworth County. Thomas H. Speight is preparing to post bond to oversee sales.
Mrs. Houghton received a post office order Saturday directing a change in the mail route. The Wellmail Hack bean schedule for departure and arrival at Memphis is altered, with new times to be announced by the department.
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