Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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ah Oilette Picture 17x21 of any member of your family, together.with a handsoihe frame- Remember the (fates and also that thte frame nor picture will cost you
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a pleasure to. us to show you through our stock—which we claim toL.
be the-BEST, NEWEST AND LOWEST PRICED in the ■ •
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We are here for businessTmd have had our expectations fufty77^7
gratified thus- far, and if fair dealings' and ■courteous treatment to-' "
D Set^er wah the lowest price .possible for cash will be of any benefit.-.
t0 US S l^°Ur fLlture- c are receiving our
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unable to build. So they
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We solicit yoUr business for 1899.
We promise Fresh. Goods and the
Closest Prices.
DRUGS,
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You can see .now and then a
1. . corn growing neighborhood:
which-is always flourishing, and Forty-four acres,
a good niany yam potatoes, which
hast a dozen, which generally are very tempting to a soldier. • ’
Our regiment has been split up
since I last wrote, one battalion
L compose a family.
■ Fruits are -very scarce, here.
A The Spaniards held this town and being in Matanzas, another in
cut all the trees dqwn everywhere Cianfuegas and the other at this
fcE —tipsy could, to keep the Cuban point. •- W« have the First regu-
soldlers from securing fruit from far infantry, one troop of cavalry,
thein, as such diet was their main one company of signal corps and eaBy ■payments.
” K^Fistenpe during the War. One oqe bgtiftljpn of .engineers al. tSjalticulaTS e^e v
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the servant to take his hat,
whether you want to stay t>r not,
.gzl'J^bring in
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you believe you are ten
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S”.4you have time ^nd all the news.
‘ ’ W. II. Matthews^
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Special Bargains in Lands.
~ For the next sixty days I am
aphorized to vscll’ the following
described tracts of- land situated
four miles from. Wills Point abut-
ting on public road, in good
neighborhood:
jLViir uvrod, tWO-thirds
prairie"; balance timber; price
$375, $25 cash, balance in 'seven
annual installments.
Two tracts of 40, acres each,
$240; $18 cash, balance six an-
nual payments. •
Two tracts of 31 acres each',-
$195: $15 cash and balance in,
six annual payments.
Also several large tracts, on
For further par-
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l tents, cote, (sist ot a pipe line from
h have a rain Eere nearly *in the mountains^hich is very
reening, Very' refreshing,'
i for it is Swfiil warm when the! - - => —. —
| wind doesn’t blow, t to work the Cubans
1 • This is an awful rich country. sa;lary> which-they are very glad ]
■ I believe a man with capital to get- They will g^ado the rail- r-^g e
Lb. coulddouble his money .yearly. rpad..aad do. all kinds of drainage,
■ Awful fipe grass for cattle. To-
. bacco grows abundantly, also su-
gar cane.
The Cubans that own the lands
etc. ■
Americans have’ begun to go
into Havana and from there they)
, go -to art parts of the interior
L* ' around here have lost everything looking for investmonte.
i and have no" means to equip! Vf,”''“n -"r""
themselves. -Therefore they little patch of
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Jf/ patch and] make. a» living for at
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And believing it bad policy to carry heavy shoes
’■ over summer I am offering the following shoes at
E^fA BIG REDUCTION:^
Men’s Heavy Plow Shoes.
Ladies Heavy Everyday Shoes.
Children’s Heavy School Shoes.
- My Spring Shoes are arriving every day, and in due „
"time 1 can show as . .
■ X* Letter From ■ SoMter Boj In Cuba. ; can find.an abundancexiITruit-by-point. The-infantry has very !
N. A. Matthews handed-us the going across the mountains, about little to do now, as the Spanish ]
. ’ fpilpwing letter for publication, four or five - miles—the place soldiers have nearly all gone.!
being from his nephew, W. H. where the .Cubans could always .Thcw-have a provost, guard down ]
MoiHhews, who formerly resided keep the Espunolas Rt bay by!town', which is merely to prevent'
here a few moriths}> blit who is hiding in the underbrush. The • ripjts and outbreaks of any kind. I
now doing soldier duty in Cuba mountains are full of underbrush, Ali tab Cubans’ houses around .
|L for Uncle Sara: , with all kinds of cacti and other here were burned and now they
uT--------TTNAH DEL RIO, Cuba, Feb. 28,' thorny brush winch is almost im- ] arc unable to build. So they
Pb' ^lSSO.—N.’“9E-'Matthews^-Dear penetrable. • . LJ . I take the royal palm and split the
uncle and family:. Guess you General Maceo, the great Cu- tree and make the’frame and use
ftHTiave often wondered where- Fban general, Wa£.killed about tWO^ffirieaf to cover and'for aide
had gotten to, so I will write miles from our camp and buried boards, which will last three or
I ' you a few linos’ Have begn sick. within 200 yards of aamd. jdour years. They look' very odd.
Fv~ with fever almost since we arrived This is considered the healthi-| The Spaniards that owned
——here, but am much better now’esTpart-of-Cuba,. being so closeifarms, etc., were not molested,
I , and am getting along all o. k. ito tbo mountains, and with^the and their stone houses are fitted
We have a nice Camp out about! proper drainage,'etc., it could be up aS nice as an American par-
two miles fram town, on a high made as healthy’ a country, as j lor, all decorations, hand work,
hill, and have a lovely breeze Florida. ._ , etc., being very pretty. They all
r. every day and too much at night,1 We win survey a railroad from ; givethe American soldier a hearty
for we sleep under two or three bere to some point on the coast, welcome, invite him in and call
B * blankets. We are fixed up all o. >nd*a water works system to con- -------‘
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We are fixed up all o. !,and a water works system to con-
.i^ larfy tents, cots, ;®ist of a PrPe lln,e L, .r.
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Spears, George T. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1899, newspaper, March 9, 1899; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283836/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.