Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 410, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 18, 1893 Page: 4 of 10
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ANNOUNCEMENTS,
CITY ELECTION.
(Tuesday, April 4. 1893.)
We art authorized to aa-
■ounce that L. W. Meant is
a candidate for re-electien to
to the office of eitv mavor.
$
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in gold ; $100 in gold ;
Eles it Silver Tea Seis
gaas; Pianos, kc. £
thing fair and square.
Indigesktion, an 1 11 uorders, take
BROWN SU >N BITTER*.
All deelers keep it, $1 per bottle. Genuine has
mAtk and croesed red lineson wrapper
family here.
Dr. and M rs. Garrison, of
Casev, III., are visiting Mrs.
Effie Outler ef this place.
"‘Mrs. Jarlev’s Waxworks”
was presented at the opera
house last night by aome tal-
ent.
or farming, you need a frst-
MEAD POST.
Post Commander Rev. Jas.
Hickey rrquests us to an-
nounce that Mead Post will
moot hereafter in the grand
jury room at the court house,
on each 1st Monday at one
and if year auswers are cor-
rect you can receive one of
the following prizes: $1000
in stock in gold ; $500 in gold ; $250
1 I O1NHIKOLD PEFAITMEN’T.
II a lady of Natin ml repntation
(j. A. R., W. R. C., AND s. OF V.
V > hore full and compiete tham publi
other puper.
They spent the day in the , agents wanted
the leading men of the nation.
Unusual Large Terms
Given to Agents.
Don’t wait to write, but
send at once—TO-DAY—and
Big Money is vours.
INTEREST INTENSE!
age) for utfit gets territory.
E. R. Curtis & Co., Pub- lev kiadly •ends the MESSEN-
THE
MESSENGER.
Published every Saturday at
Decatur, Texas.________
~~ Entered at tue postoffice at Decatur as
second class mail matter.
— WM. FORSTER.
Editor & Proprietor.__
ONE Dollar a Yuat.
FEB. 18. 1893.
there be a full
at tue next meet
local paper, and besides that.
— G. D. Stokes of the Gar-
vin country was among our
most welcome visitors on last
Tuesday.
— Wise county is becoming
noted for its hundreds of ele-
gant and pleasant farm and
village hemes,
—N. Easley, W. H. Fitz-
gerald and anether gentle-
man, whose name we did not
Bather Be Without Bread. XI
Bruop’s RKSIOESCE, Marquette, Mich., i
Mot. 7, 1830. f
The Bey. J. Kossbiel, of above pimos write*
I have suffered a great deal, and whenever I feel
now a nervous attack coming on I take adose
of Pastor Koenig ‛s Nerve Fonie end feel re-
lieved I think * greet deel of it, and would
rather be without Ieroad than without the Tonic.
Well Satisfied.
WALTEaS, Tzx., Oct. 11, 1890.
About 1% years ago my son had the first at-
tack of epileptic dizstness and sudden illness.
Five dierent doctor* did him no good; on the
contrary, his cnee grew worse, and the attacks
b Oft mea more frequent and severe until he even
hail 4 to i. attacks daily. After taking 3 boteles
of Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonio the attack*
entirely censed. HENEY F. MUELLER
-g-g-a Val-bie HooK on Nori
KLL IX—?"—- sent free to ay adqr
PFY voor p"terta can, a'«o oh!
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ispia drixaas sye"
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Steel Plate Frontispiece.
48 Magnificeat Half-tenes. aess call
West Foik, Feb. 12.
Ed. Messenger:
What a balmy day.
Tursday is valentine day—
fowla will choose their mates
for the season, and man can
chuose his for lifetime, if she
will let ’im.
Mr. Ed Rankin, of Deca-
tur, is visiting his sister at
Au era.
We have a listening ear for
wedding bells at Aurora, and
if there isu't about 4 appli-
cants we’re ahead of the
times.
b. T. Bitting has returned
from a trip to Edna.
Some of the boys at Auro-
ra visited Ft. Worth on last
Wednesday.
F. Browu and wife are vis-
iting Union Grove.
W. H. McGeodwin gave
another dance last night.
Feb. 13th—cold and rainy
to-day.
Let “Green Horn” cum er
gin, he’s jus’ er gude un.
Phenix.
Indoroed bv U. S. Sena-
tors and Cabinet Officers.
Profuselv Illustrated.
The first to send 25c (post- get, paid us an
visit on Tuesdav.
’Way out here in Wise
county, wharthe West fork's
waters flow, wnar tae muie
colts are er grazia, and tue
5000 Elegant Silver Tea Sei-
vices, Pianos, Organs, Go. 1
Watches, &c., &c., making
a total of over 10,000 prizes.
How to Secure a Prize.
—Take a few sheets of paper
and make all the words you
can out of letters contained
in the words “Columbian
Exposition,” and send tnmi
to us, enclosing one dollar for
six months subscriptioa tothe
Agriculturist or the Ladies’
adise countrv, made a busi-
Polland Cnineys Grow,
town is old Decatur,
THE EMERSON PIANO.
These instruments have en-
a high reputation for
more than 40 years. Are
Brilliant and Musical in Tone
and afford a most beautiful
accompaniment to vocal mu-
sic—the tone having that rare
sympathetic quality which
Decatur, Feb. 12.— Miss
Lucy Ewing, who visited here
returned to Vernen Fridav.
Mrs. A. A. Soward is vis-
iting at Vernon.
M iss Joe Helm, of Rhome,
visited here.
Mrs. Thomas McClure, of
Henrietta, was here last week
Miss Bula Mann of Green-
A HIEWTI w ai* hKrAitTnieH; care
•h ully edited by practical men.
GENHHAE NEW*, carefully complied.
THE National Tbibunk in strictly noi;urtizan,
and thoroughiy American. It bell over Di Ite gzreatest
good to the greatest number of our pra ll. ti the
nighest developnient of our institutiona in National
snty and exntd loyalty.
Rice $iaYear
Payablein Aance
It rial inn to give more and better mattet ibn sum
f two eerin a k than any other puzh tion.
very line that Appes s in it IS written foi t. ai ! Im
opeared in nootherpaper II utsew nosrmciente
» boiler-piase mantter. Adrees
(pi THE NATIONAL TR BUf L. 3
postal raid for list of former
prize winners. Over $10,000
distributed during the pant
two years. Address: The
Ladies’ Home Magazine.
Peterborough, Canada
city looking over the various
railroad yards and the differ-
ent routes upon which it is
possible for the line to gain
an entrance into the city.
They had nothing of interest
for publication. In regard to
the report that the contract
—Graduate at home.
time!” Time for what?
A Popular Competition.
The Publishers of the La-
dies’ Home Magazine pre-
sents its great Winter Com-
petition to the public of Amer-
ica. This Competition closes
on April 30th, 1893.
Questions.—1. Which is
the longest book in the New
Testament? 2. Which is the
shortest? 3. The longest
verse? 4. The shortest?
How to Compete. — Write
the questions down, and fol-
low with the answers. Mail
this to ns. together with $1 to
pay for six months subscrip-
tion to the Ladies’ Home
Magazine—one of the best
Heme Magazines of the day.
claes oaper like the Texas
Live Stock and Farm Journal.
This paper is recognized as
the leading stockmen’s and
farmers’ jonrnal of the south-
west and should be in every
household. You can have it,
single, for $1.50 a year, or
Written by Mr. Blaine’s
most intimate Literary Asso-
ciate and Confidential Friend..
EeOnly Official Edition.
“NOW is the accepted
rights into Fort Worth had
been closed nothing conld be
learned, this being a matter
for the action of higher offi
rials and they would not be
likely to have anv de finite in-
formation on the subject
til the regular notification of
the closing of the contract
and the ordering of an exten-
sion of the train service shall
have been received from the
executive department. The
infurmatian regarding the
contract as given in Tbe Ga
zette is said to accurate.
best home monthlies in the
world.
Rules—1. Foreign words
notallowed. 2. Letters can-
not be used oftener than they
appear in the words, “Colum-
bian Exposition.” 3. Names
of places and persons barred.
All lists containing over
100 correct words will receive
a valuable special prize. Send
600 Oetavo Pages.
Pt ice $2.00. Send 25c for
$1.00 Outfit.
tend a cordial invitation to all
to attend services at their
church next Sunday at 11 a.
m. and at 7 :30 p. m. Stran-
gers in town are especially
welcome.
—Miss Mattie Foote has
cailed upon a number our cit-
izens in the commendable en-
terprise of organizing a cir-
culating library in the city.
It is styled “The Nationaiist
Circulating Library” and is
located with Resenburg aud
Branlette, who are librarians.
The muembership fee is only
$1.50 for two years.
NATIONAL*, J
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
TEE NATIONAL TRIRUNK Is now enterlng upon IM
16th year of phenomnen l sucenae.
Ko other fumlly weekly In te country hax > a , xur-1
a growth, and maintained it so steadily.
It goes into every County in tbe Unite i 91 •< ", atd
has clubs of sbecribers at nearly every Poste ce.
It haaralnef this proud position 9 lely on s mortta
M a highay-lnteresting famiiy newspapr.
- For theYar wg,
it wW be mude much better aud mor- • vtiva
baa ever. While rein ning all of its prea-Li zputat
dbaturea, it will constaptiy n * •W on-
IsFE! JF J’
KKYAN PAETUKENCS, by Thoa. Nant, Samious
VV artist.
TXT AB MISTOIX, by men who actor liy served
VV and fought in the striggle.
qHONT #TOE:IRN of Romence, Trav xpert-
k enee and Adventure, by leadling writer
\XY AN EINGTON. NKWK Fj ! xount, of
VV what is taking place atthe seut of G ve romient ,
careful reporta ol all im; arum matt ; sin esixag -s
and ue Executive Dpnrtment ; gossip about gaublic
men.
Seventh Half-Yearly Literary
I Compesition of The Canadian
Agriculiurist.
In accordance with the r
usual custom for seme ye.
past, the publishers or tha
old and reliable publication.
The Canadian Agriculturisi.
now presents its 7th Gireat
Half-Yearly Literary Compe-
tition, for the winter of 1893.
tc the people of the United
States and Canada. The foi-
lewing is the prize list :
1st Grand Prize $2,500 in Gold
the Presbyterian church ex- Home Magazine — two of the
man voice. They are dura-
ble, being constructed of the
Best Materials, by the Most
Skillful Workman. They
have earaed an especial repu-
tation for Keeping in Tune,
and also for retaining in a
most i emarkable degree their
original fulness of tone—nev-
er growing thin or wiry with
age.
The Emerson Upright Pi-
anos especiallv have obtained
a remarkable success during
tbe past few years, and have
invariably received a high
award wherever exhibited,
lu all the essential qualities
of a First-Class Instrument
they are secend to no pianos
manufactured in the country.
Wise’es County deat, A har
they raise l’oil Angus Cattie
and waivin Whiskered wheat,
Whar Democracy ia Tryumpk
au‛ uitgay ter beat; W aar
the air is soft an’ balmy, and
dry an’ full uv heith ; Whar
the Possum aud tne Coon, an
the Rattle Snake abound, an’
tue mousiroum dtara ar wiuK-
in’ ore Luc W iidernees pro-
found !
Now mister editor thets fine
aint it? Now misiei editor,
the above is true, yer know
es well es I do thet Old Wise
County can’t be brat, wain it
cums ter pirty Giris, Good
farmes an’ Good farmers. I
know sum uv our farmers
grumble au’ talks er bout
nard times, but I ten ver
what is ther fact, the farmers
doin’ well, if tney onicy new
it. Whin er farmers credit
eE.
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From the F‛rt Worth Ga-
zeite of Feb. 12th :
Yesterday H. A. Parker,
chief engineer et the Chica-
go. Rock Inland & Paeifie,
tad S. B. Hovey, general su-
perintendent of the Chicago
Reek blind & Texae, came
dewn from Bowie in Mr.
Parker’s private car. No. i00
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Forster, William. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 410, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 18, 1893, newspaper, February 18, 1893; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581019/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .