Abilene Daily Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 332, Ed. 1 Monday, May 2, 1904 Page: 1 of 6
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ABIRENETrTEXsV vMONJDA:Y; MAY 2 1904
NO. 332
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AMBEN& DME Y REPORTER
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t-WE HAVE
Our offioo-lfljioWin the front officps oyer Miller's
'Grooory Store jliat aoross the street from the postoffioo
V 'Grooory Store jliat aoross the
fU . and we still findthatvrefJiaven't.Vroom enoughl there-
in fore "in order to reduoo our Btook" commencing Mon-
W 'dav morninoriat fto'clbota Maroh 28thiW0jare going to
throw on theunatketi a J'SLAUGHTEREDJiPRICES" 1 j$?
j! our entire'fltoek" of lands hduseB and -lota both for
1? sale and rent $50000.00 to. lend on land and $20000.00 - W
for land notes also our immense line -of insurance; all fgf
notary work drawing deeds
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early if you want first ohoioo and to avoid the rush. It 7c
will be better for you to either phone or write ua the ft
? day ypu wilbe.atour office owe-oan arringeto t wait? j-.
on you and youtwillmot goawfty disappointed. W
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B0wrt.Rt BROS.
4t MH. Corapere-0 C. Compere
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Elf. S. HU0HES Presldeat.
J M; CUNNINGHAM Vice Presidents
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1 FARMERS and MERCHANTS HAT1QML BUNK
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Capital
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Sttrpltfs and Profttse:
ABILENE
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The American
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CAPITAL PAID
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We Solicit
J. M. Wagstapf President.
J. O. Shrlton
T$e CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF ABILENE.
Capital
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Solicits your business and will atalljtimes. oxtend to its custom
mors all accommodations-' consistent swith conservative banking.
DIRECTORS. -
A J. M. Wagstaff . S. N. Morrison!. G. Swenson
J. H. Oliver .D. G. Hill GWt Parks &. -
P. H. Hammock M. C Cope -W... A. Bowie.- vs
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SPRING -and; summer
PLEASURES1
AND
PORE BICYCLES
ARE
almost inseparably allied
Have yo seeaour line of whwls?
Ed. S. Hughes & Co.
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MOVE-PI
street from the postoffioo T$?
contraots etc so come
Roal Estate Insurance T
Loan and Rental Boya $?
Notaries Publio Abilene f
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HENRY' JAMES.-.CasMer. -W.
R. KEEBLE Asst; Cashier.
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$60roe.-oo
40000;00t
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TEXAS.
National Bank
IN $75000.00
Accounts.
W. G. SwKNSON Cashier
Ass't. Cashier.
$75000
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Results ef Hard Winter.
Doctors say that sorove win-
rsaro"uBually followed- by
unusual epidomio of any conta
gious disease that happens io.be
fashionablbrthoiexplanaiion-'fiov
ing that people aro left in a de-
bilitated oondition botftxby o'xpo
sure "and being too much housed.
So thoy ore proparingto get
busy in most of iho plaoes which
have not the advantages -of El
vPaso's olimato. New York and
New England 'report? many cases
of cerebro -spinal meningitis -just-now
and smallpox is lifting' up
its ugly head in Pennsylvania
and the consumptives are faring
badly. There has been a regu'-
lar outbreak of tuberoulosis in
hBellbvue" hoBpitah- New Yprk
among the hGUBephyeiciahB.with
five otaix oontraoting - the dis-
easei El 'PasoTHerald'. -
7. Lyceum Theatre.
The Shaw theatre was filled
and people had to be turned
away last night at the opening-
performance ofihe Marie I?oun-(
tain -company. The large audU
encejipreBent seemed i to be well
pleased with .the performance
and especially with the special-
ties. There is every evidence
that ihe company is superior to
the average repertoire company
and judging from its reception
last night there will be ho emp-
ty seats in the Shaw theatre thiB
VeclcT Hutohinson (Kas.) News.
"For Baby's Sake" will be
produced tonight. From the gen
eral appearanoe of the band and
the olassioal music they rendered
today1 onthe streets1 we predicts
large attendance all-week. s
A Pleasant Excursion.
On Wednesday May 13th a
jnumbecof the teaohers and stu-
dents o-Simmons College will go
to Brownwood in a special car
returning the next day. The oc-
casion for the trip is a joint de-
bate between two sooieties of
Simmons and .Howard Payne
colleges on Wednesday night
Jihe 13th. The same oar will return
the next day.t-
The tiokets will "be sold at a
one-fare rate for the round trip.
Every friend of. Simmons Col-
4ege who desires to go is cordial-
fly fnvitedto join the party. -
Fiendish Work of Boys.
There has been heard a great
many complaints lately of boys
disfiguring and mutulating oalves
and other Btook on the streets
Wound town. Some of t;he own-
ers of tne disfigured animals wish
to give warning to the guilty
ones 'that if they aro apprehond-
ed tfyey'will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law. Parents
should post themselves on the
movements of their boys while on
the streets after night as usual-
ly they aro "out for no good
Ballihger Leader.
Return Passes Restored j
The .Reporter reoeived the following-
-telegram Saturday at
7:40 p. m. too late for use that
day:
Dallas Tex. April 301004.
Abilene Reporter
Effeotivo May 2nd the Chioa-
goj Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail-
way will resume issuing return
liyeqtook transportation under
the same rules whioh prevailed
prioy to January first.
M. F. Smith
Haskell Showers.
There was a nice shower here
and in portions of the oounty
Thursday ufgh and a muoh
heavier one amounting to a half
non rainfall Friday raorning.ao-
oompanied by some hail. It will
liven up the grass and help along
farming operations to- som ex-
tent-r-Ha8keUFr Fresa'
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Everybody ought to wad Com-
MMgBro'a ad on "Slaughtorl
WHew"
John Millsapps for yoars in '
ohargo of the meohanicaldepart-
mont of the Roby Banner has
bought tho Sweetwater Reporter !
from E H. Kiefor and . Geo. S.
Anderson proprietors of Tho
Sweetwater Reporter and takes
oharge at once.- He" is a first-
olass newspaper man a good
writer a splendid man has a
good outfit and a paper in fine
standing and we predict great
suooess in his venture.
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The citizens of Abilene aretgo-
ing to be put to thetest in a rfew
days on the park question. Un-
Jess a site is secured now the
probability Jfs that one can not
be had when wanted. In order
to pay for tho neooosaryland and
put necessary 'improvements
thereon every raantmuet do his
part no one shirking'.- A few
men can. not ought not and will
notboaftall the expenses. Ev-
euymahj8houdbeart!a part and
if this-ie done-the parkjhva cen-
tral Jooationoan be secured now.
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E; H. Kiefer'g family have ar-
rived from Sweetwater and are
comfortably domioiled at 517 Ce-
dar Street. " Mr. and Mrs. Kiefer
feft Abilene in 1897 to start" the
puQuoation pt tne Sweetwater
Reporter whioh was sold a few
days ago as noted in another
paragraph.
There will.be a meeting of the
Taylor County MedioaL Associa-
tion on Tuesday May 3rd at one
o'olook p. m at Firemans "Hall
Abilene All members will please
attend.
The cemetery association will
meet. with Mrs.' Ged. C'.Harris at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. All
members are asked to be present.
8h Ruled.
She was ordering him about in
hor usual imperative fltyle for they
'were married of course. And lie
usually the meekest und most sub-
missive of men like tho proverbial
worm was now beginning to retort.
"Do you think you rulo the uni-
verse?" he asked- sarcastically when
he had the chance to edge in a
word.
- "No but I rule the first letter of
it was the prompt reply.t
And once again rhe realized thai"
Ins wife was one too many for him.
HI Statu.
"In my native land' explains the
pundit "humanity is divjded into
castes. Thus oucfamily will do
nothing but menial labor because
their caste prescribes und proscribes
their occupation. Another iamily
will do no menial work for the same
reason"
"Then" timidly asks tho earne3t
young lady who hoped to gather suf-
ficient material for a-club paper on
sociology "I suppo&e tlie peoplewho
put mortar on the walls belong to
the plaster qast do they '(" Judge.
Orderly Procedure.
Hev. GoodmanBut surely you're
going to invite tho Stuckup girls to
your reception .
Miss Cutts I certainly am not
Rev. Goodman That's not Chris-
tian behavior. You will ma'ko them
your bitter enemies. The Bible tells
us
Miss Cults The Bible telU us
among other things that wq mu9t
"love' our enemies" but I've got to
moke enemies beforo I can love
them haven't J.?Phila(lelphia
Press.
A Curious Example.
A youth at Oxford being examin-
ed. m Paley wa asked if he could
mention any instance of the divino
goodness which ho had found qitt
for himself. "Yes the conforma-
tion of the nose of the bulldog. Its
nose is no rctracjted that it cuu hang
on to thp bull and yet breuthe freo-
ly But for this it would soon huve
to let go" Tho hull's point of view
wjfs not regurded at all. ''Twenty-
flye Years of St. Andrew's"
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WILL STITH t CO.
NOTARIES v
PUBLIC
met iMtSMt FC StrttfkOvwCllliM
NiHtail tait'-"
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When yoa wish to sell yoarlUnd ;
notes or; borrow on your land1
come to tis. We are now in
a position to aid oar friends
and can make it to their inter-
est to do business with 08.
Will Stith 8c Co.
Real Estate and Insurance
Abilene Texas.
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rrrvri " LACQUBRBl ariea over nlgnt and wear like rawhide. It will
2- not fade turn white or crack.
LACQUBRET Is all right In everyway for. every thins. A child
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Cahythlne on the
Abilene
For Style
Comfort
Shoe
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Store
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..Durability..
We have the-
goods and in-
vite inspection.
J. PStphe P'op'r
The Ledger adyocateB a base
ball park for Ballinger. Good.
Abilene is going to have a. nice
park for recreation -of all kinds
a sure enough park.
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Simmons College and Caps
crossed bats at the college ball
grounds Saturday afternoon and
the gamo resulted in a score of
30 to 13 in fayor of Caps.
Don't start fishing without
oallingatour store and getting
some of our reliable tackle. Ed.
S Hughes & Co.
Nioo pot plants for salo. Ap-
ply to Mrs A. L. Turner 042
South Seventh and Cherry Sts.
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The merchants of Ballinger
have signed an agreement to
close their houses at 7 :00 p. m.
CATARRH
Catarrh begins with a stubborn cold hi the head inflammation orjwra-
neesof the membrane or lining of the nose discharge of naticus HiatUr
headaches neuralgia and difficult breathing and even in this early stag
ia almost intolerable But when the filthy secretions begin to drop back
into the throat and stomach and the blood becomes polluted and tb
system contaminated . . . .... ......
hv tin oatnrrlmt nola X ha a continual hedaoh wr ohtaka fca4 mow
Dy tne caiarmai pots- purple my noic u always atoppti up. larMMtE
Ofl then the sufferer pd lokenlna; and dlajtuatlnir odor an3 I oouabeA
WliAr..il. otf o Jnoeaaantly Ihaardof mH 8 and oommtnotd t ua;
begins to realize Wlint R t Ma after taklnv eeveral bottlea h curaan
disgusting and Sicken' have noyar atnoe liad th UaMviVi!wk"
ing disease Catarrh is. dft"tnw..t Cor 7th an.Rf tSJtSSSTk
It affects the kidneys
and stomach as well as other parts of the body It is a constitutional
disease and as inhaliug mixtures salves ointments etc are sever Mora
than palliative or helpful even In the beginning of Catarrh what caa
you expect from such treatmeut when it becomes chronic and the whole
system affected ? Only such a remedy as S S S (art reach this ebati-
parts and a permanent cure is the result
8 S S Is guaranteed purely vegetable and a reliable rtmtdy' fee
Catarrh in all stages Write If fa ne4 of Medical advice; tkla wiUceet
yen aomiaf
NOTnrNn a-.iiCLi-
ceycyjr
JUIU 'HOUSEHOLD LACQUER
orlElnal lustre and tone to old worn (cratchtd
furniture woodwork and lloon.
ban flJIJr
LACQUBRBT If sold In convenient packages ready for me la
Llsht Oak. Dark Oak Mahogany Cherry Walnut; Roiewaeo.
Rich Red. Moss areen and "Clear". It Is TRANSLUCENT non-
faillnir. brilliant Hrt.l .Attrmhl CnnlA In haIi.1. n mal. ..
market.
Ask for Color Card and instructive booklet '"
fTHE DAINTY DECORATOR."
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FOR SALE BY.
Mrs. L. H. Bradfield druggist
" - ty. covnMr I '
Astute Mr. Carnegie is canny
oven in his benefaotions and he
is gradually building up tho most
gilt-edged list of bond holders
for his steel trust whioh any con-
cern can boast of. Nearly all his
donations are made in Steel cor-
poration bonds whioh are to be
perpetually held and the divi-
yends applied to the purposes" for
whioh tho gift was made. All hia
fortune is in his seouritios.He has
given away a hundred million
and has twice aB muoh left. El
Paso Herald.
Notice To Land Agents :
My
farm is off the market
B. C. Chamness.
Abilono April 30 1004
Ralph's prices aro lowest qual
ity considered.
A COMMON
COMPLAINT.
Hate deep-seated disease and purge tne blood 01 uie
catarrhal poison S S. S. purifies aaHbuilda up the
diseased blood and the inflamed membranes are
healed and the excessive secretion of mucio ceasea
when new. rich blood is coining: to the dlssaaM
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Shook, L. B. Abilene Daily Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 332, Ed. 1 Monday, May 2, 1904, newspaper, May 2, 1904; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334293/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.