Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1898 Page: 5 of 8
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For District Clerk. .. V
. H. J. Craft
For Tax Assessor:
R. M. Bamford .
For Tax Collector ■ y '
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For County Treasurer:
D. H. Swlndall
For County Surveyor:
T. J. Rigg. * I
For Commissioner. Precinct No. —
W H. Byrd
For Justice ot the Peace,PrecinctNo.—
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Look for Big Sign in Street.
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Free to boys; jC! —*- i— "" ™—' ■*”■ ■ "’d Si
10-cent bag of 4
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picture, the crowning feature of
which was the lovely bride, whose
sweet face was aglow with pleas-
ing animation, standing beside
home in Canton,is reported better^
Hon. J. G. Russell will speak in
Wills Point next Saturday night.
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afternoon far Cooper, Texas,
where he goes to reside in the
future.
Sam Jones says “a man is
either married or a dog.” „We
cani ' . 2-___1__ ....
who are both. . -----—-----
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A chair should be in vented Jhat bridal couple were driven to the
oould be adjusted in 500 ways for T. A P. depot and at 8:35 o’clock#■»*>
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light. ’
’ Mias Cordie was reared tn Wife
Point and is loved ajid admired
by all of our people. Highly
accomplished and possessing all
the social graces, and a sweet,
-lovable dispoyitlon polished with
Christian virtues, she made true
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AH They Ask
Is an inspection of their
goodsra- comparison .of
Their prices with those of
others. This will be suf-
ficient to convince you
that their store is the
place to always trade.
Reitiettiber it is
Thompson &’McKinney's,
’\X7“ills Z^oizxt, Texas. _____•—
r The festive mosquito that has
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rays help push a good thing, summer has been called upon by
‘ ---“E winds to fold hi8>^L^gh M^^'r-Stephd
an^ cross the JoCTan: ^ -^ r
Th6 day for working up votes ^r’
-by theeounty candidates dimin- K.‘,Ruc^er of
ishes with each setting of the sun,
but his fervent way of election-
eering is just the same.
Mr. J. West called arubhad his
figures to read 1899 pn the
Chronicle books* yesterday. Mr.
----- _j one of Stone Point com-
munity’s best farmers. '
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xfi Th© frost of winter has sent its •«
summer has chilling blasts abroad, and the 5;
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1.8. DEWS SloeSlore-I
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si BK tiu-HMr HAres.
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j, gains. Why not try it yourself? |
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at the capital Saturday last.
Come to "Wills Point -and bury
your spare dollars in her dirt.
The days are considerably
shorter, but—we .like ’em that
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Onward and upward is the wa^,
the movements of Wills Point
point.' j.r '_ '' '. ‘,
When harsh words and blows
fail to reconcile your enemy, try
“taffy/’ ... ,
Archie Swank left Monday 1 11
J; afternoon for (Jglvestoo.where he the holy vows of idisso'iuble
No. 5- •:« pi m;GgoeS fo enter sohool. > ‘ • i>. ___ 1...
Book
Newspapers, Nagazines,
Periodicals.
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V J •Obsequent insertion. All locals kept
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Obituaries, resolutions of respect,
and in fact all matter not neWs, one-
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Kates for display advertisements
• made known on application.
Democratic Ticket.
• For Against Amendment to Sec-
■ tion 24 of Article 3 of the Constitution
ot Texas. relating to compensation of
the members of the Legislature.
' • For Governor
. Joseph D. Sayers
Fop Lieutenant Governor:
-.tC -' - -J-. N. Browning"
For Attorney General: '• J
Thos. 8. Smith .
/For Comptroller of PubMc Accounts:
e- IL w. Finley <
For Treasurer: .
John W. Robbins
For Commissioner of the General
Land Office: —— ----
" Ueorge W. Finger
For Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion: - t ’ '
J. 8. Kendall
For Railroad Commissioner:
Allison Mayfield
For Associate Justice of the Supreme
r TTbca. J.Srown
5PW Cotfft 5f Triihihal
,, A<,PM.*M. Brooks
J“ " For Chief Justice’of the’Court of Civil
Appeals, Fifth Supreme Judicial
N.' W. Finley
. For Associate Justice o^the. Court of
W_ t?jtll Appeals, Fifth Supreme Judi-
. John Bookhout
For Stete Senator, 7th District:
For Congress, 3rd District:
~7 T"r” KrC. DcGraffenried
For District Attorney, 7th District:
R. W. Simpson,
For Representative, 100th District:
Jno. M. Dean
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Wife Point is not given to
boasting, but she is leading the
▼an in the procession pf good lit-
tle towns in Texas. at the atatfW fo rtrt^nJ'gtxid
Wife Point never ceases to wishee>and 3ay good-bye.
grow. New houses are being
erected constantly in the several
sections of the city.
Senator J. G. Kearby will ad-
dress the good < people of Center
next Saturday night. Be sure to
hear him, it will do you good.
■ Dr. A G. Sisson’s face indi- -hAv® our friends call on us. Our
cates that he has attended an
Irish wedding, but he says it’s
Nuptial Vows.
Mid the gobd wishes of assem-
bled friends, Tuesday evening at
h - • - • ’ - j. petty-of Mar,
Shall, Tex., and Miss Cordie
Douglass of, Will Point were
joined in the holy bonds of wed-
lock at the Metfedist church in •
this city. The nuptial vows were
administered in a most impressive
manner by Rev. Albert Little,
Yi uie coupje Standing under a
beautiful arcliwfiy and canopy of
roses and twining evergreens
blended with artistic skill and
decorative art. It was the climax
of beauty when the happy twain
stood beneath the canopy taking-
__ . ' > union.
' It was a picture that would adorn
Misses Alice Parker and Maud th® finpst art gallery—a beautiful
Williams of Canton vi&ited in
Wife Point Monday. ~ ; ■
The deadly ’ microbe has been
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18 Plc ng UP- . anue beamed with suprerne He-"
—- - Miss Ellen Gould visited rola-
• tivos and friends in Palestine last
Saturday and Sunday.
. Politics will take a back seat
after this week, then we’ll have
- more room for local matter.
“T “"■^fWTlA.etiand Miss Kate Allison __________________ V»OT
of Terehute, Ind., are the guests friends on every hand. Mr. Petty
of their sister, Mrs. Z. Miller. ' ‘
In order to give complete elec-
tion returns, the Chronicle will
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WILLS POINT’S Old Reliable
Merchants, are doing business on a
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We take subscriptions for any Book, Magazine or «..k_
lished on the face of-the globe. If you read come andsee
vs, if we have’nt what you wish in stock, we will it
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WE HAVE NOH
Sold all our Drpgs and Drug Sundries-eitfer. You are A >1
^Icome in our store at a times. zl
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has won a prize whose worth is
beyond all computation, but from
his spotless repidatton be-.ueFfe
h«-jueta Iktlelarbnext week. one- He is a polished Christian.
^firaff7n?^able moral
very sick,for several daye-et hte JJ’W^ted with a high
• . : degree of business energy and
capacity that .haa-achieved suc-
cess. W-7—■” x .
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Everybody-invited to hear him. congratulations to the wedding
Erwin Douglass left yesterday couple and wishes forthem a long
and happy life. May the archway
and canopy of roses and ever-
greens beneath which the nuptial
vows were taken prove typical of
life-way wreathed with flowers of
put qur finger oawmemfiji hWaas3 “d unceasing prbs-
Soon after the marriage the
bridal couple were driven to the
“ east-bound
traip forStoLouis, Mo., where
they will spend a few days before
going to Marshall, their future
home. Very many friends were
wishes and Say good-bye.
The demand for cattle this year
has been very great and the
prices have been good.' It costs
but little to raise cattle; why
can’t everybody have a few head
of cattle to sell?
We are at all times pleased to
latch-string hangs on the outside
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pqispn.oak that’ll troubling MW* ■etmrrtoftabte f~we’ll be pleased to
do the entertaining act.
Capt. C. Petty, Misses Clora
and FIara_Pett.y---Mr. and Mrs. ”
ihenson
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Mr. and Mrs; R. D. Bpone, Miss,
Mineola attended t 7
Douglass-' wedding* at this place
Tuesday. H
Married. -
At the residence of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Spears, Mr. W. H. Curtis and
Miss Ella Spears^ Rev. B. R.
Goodwin officiating. This happy
union. which took place on
Wednesday, October 26, 1898, we
trust will be the starting point
from which wiUspmg,
Joy, that knows no sorrow;
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Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1898, newspaper, November 3, 1898; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284738/m1/5/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.