The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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Locals and Personals.
Sam Houston was in Al-
bany last week trading, from
Throckmorton county.
D. E. Ivy and J. W. Ivy
were in from their ranch Fri-
day.
Lester Gregg was in from
the big 3 ranch Saturday.
About two inches of snow
fell in Albany Friday night.
Mrs. C. T. Burns is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Reynolds, at Ft. Worth.
Positive FACTS are facts.
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Joe Overton went to his
father's ranch Friday.
■" "Vvrib.nfv:aineb,,-ilhihe^ ready
for the Spring Millinery uau
iness with a complete line
and more pretty things than
ever before this season.
Yes, I bought early, but
don't know why, guess it
was an accident, but I can
save you money on your
spring dress. Raines.
Look out, it is about time
for another STRANGER.
W. G. Muston from Moran
was in Albany last-week.
B. W. Waters and Will
Townsend from Moran were
in Albany last week.
We are showing a beauti-
ful line of Spring dress ging-
hams at the old price.
Raines.
Now it is an evident fact that
everybody in Shackelford and adjoin*
ing counties buys and WEARS more
or less Dry Goods.
It is also a FACT that everybody
knows that there is more than one
dry goods store in Albany.
It is also a fact that the best ad*
vertisement a man can have is a well
pleased customer, and I have got
customers who have traded with me
ever since I have been in business.
It is a fact that in the year of 1900
I commenced business in Albany with
about a $300 stock, and' today my
stock will amount to between $13,000
and $15,000 worth of the best mer=
chandise the market affords.
It is also a fact that I have never
claimed to be the whole cheese.
It is, I believe, also a fact that
after a man reaches the top of the
ladder in the mercantile business in
Albany there is still more room for
improvement.
But I believe it is a fact that you
TaftAQtWflg for all of these facts.
When you wffit to buy anything in
my line all I askof you is to come to
see me, and if then'i can't sell you
we will still be friends.
Locals and Personals.
I have got one of the best
elastic seam drawers that is
made for the money. Raines.
Five years ago the floor
space in my store was 480
square feet and only about
one-third full, and today I
am using 2650 feet, and we
are using every inch of it, too.
Miss Rennie and Joe El-
liott were visiting in Albany
Sunday.
Facts are facts, and it is
a fact that the O. C. Hanson
gloves are the best.
R. H. McCarty went to
Waco this week.
The war in the far east has
paralyzed the price of all
produce.
John Brazzell was in Al-
bany Tuesday.
John Comer of Moran was
in Albany Monday.
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While Albany has got so7£ of the
best customers of any tow in the
State, yet the number is lim1^ fche claim' they having
I have made it a study anC;^a\c;ttg™gttup"oof,
know what to buy and how'death, most promptly,
buy to please the people. Mrs, mollie a. manning.
. t g # Do you need a new pair of
And 1 am snowif' -20 <*»<
y buying from us.
of the nicest lin Peitus& seduce.
Spring Dress Goo Alb*"y48?A-F-
® - A. M. will hold stated com-
have ever had tha lunication Saturday, Feb. 27,
- t . 4 . 004. Brethren requested to
bought4 about 5 n p^nt.
ago and can sell V S. H. Carson, a photographer
^ •'if Dallas, will be at George's
fhpfln £1^ trlPV W£*tfallery for a sllort time- Get
UlCdp IIIC^ W ^*our photographs taken now.
last year regard 1
the high price cot
Yours very
My line of Spring Clothing
is immense, I have YOUR
size, an'd. the price is right.
Raines.
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tt Davis was in
trading.
by trading
Raines.
da
/ has returned
led trip to rel-
'ill show that I
trade. Raines.
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Blackstock Bros, say that if
ybody wants to prospect for
>al> just see them. They have
e machinery that goes down
ter it.
I offer for sale fifteen sec-
J. E. RAIE ona patented land in a solid
fod.y on Flat Rock creek. This
jind eart hs (livifled into a nam-
jer of smaller^lftces and have
flenty of 1 asting\ water, good
belter, and plenty of plow
nd on each place. \ Well ad-
ted to stock farming. Eaey
rms and low interest-
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1904, newspaper, February 26, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414128/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.