Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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J WILLS POINT, TEXAS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10.1890.
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church at 3 o'clock an d the fare
conclusion of the.iiight service’ good work for Wills Point, passed
those joining I'
choreli were received.
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'Z’ixere are still $23*c>o© c?r $30,000
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was thefarewtal service of The
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Mulkey. Every seat in the build-
ing was occupied and chairs plac-
ed along the aisles and in nooks,
and corners, white-many-crowded J Cew’dTys’
in and stood up. A large number ■•-
r<topd outside and a few returned
home bn account of not being able
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tegrity. He was reared Tn Wills
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spussed by the and at prebhnt holds the position
and boy a
the'curfew o'l'di nance, and now
1 let’s see the parents give it. their
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live unless receiving the.moral
support of those -it istn tended -to
govern. ' Marshal Phte’Tells us lie
sweethearts At the same tim'e
Mrs. Mulkey talked to the. ladies
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tier but learn ihal.thg 'direct re-
J Which are bGLiiid Xo be disposeil ' of by ,
January isC. The time is short, and
these goods must be gotten rid of, -
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The Meeting Closed.
The Mf th.cid.isl chutcli presented
a scene Sunday night that it never
did before and it is likely to be a
Tong't rine before anything^hap-
pens like it a gaTn/Tiliel''occasion-"
mumbet of 'compliments
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flSoint Chronicle.
NUMBER 51.
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this ordinance fake
I—J-EL. Human, .
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.» Ji. E. Goodnight, Secretary. „ «- • .
-l. Wilk Vote!, Tex., Dec.>. 1< . aJLUh&
- fjards are out announcing the
marriage on the 16th iiist. of W. F.
; Gibson to Mite Mamie Stevenson
of Forney. The young lady ifc [... r .......
^spoken of fA'the highest terms byr X^e cannot gdl the exact nuitf-'support for no law can prove eflec
those who know her and Mr.
. Gibsoajs a_yoU2Ut jnin of. high suited'the njoa'.mg-WM about &0
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pi«d the mayor’s chair Tuesday
evening in the absence of Mayor
of the oonncil.were all pres. nt.
The water supply committee
HF was given further fnne.
Il »*'’AccouirtB were allowed as fol-
■h-—tedkr-fmrnrr-r-r: p-ttrftn- r.-er-
■ aripe, |1 50 ; B. Frank'Yancy, re-
, .pairs at public sclmoL buildimr,
w 50 cents; J. A. I’ate, salhry.
mwrtwrrm. To r c 1 h • c; i n g
ttxj* |10;.. mayor’s office two
months, |5 .
L' A communication ‘ was read
from E. A. Wingo, calling atten-
tion to the necessity of-liaving Trnnvigdon ehall be fined in any
fey' « 7*. . i - i z. . an m Kr»l on it 10 ( t p n dnl —
L more correct <btse lines from which
, to comnience*und on which to
I base correct eurVeys of lots in
| town and asking that he befurri-
ixhed two hands and $15 to estub
TTsTiThe same.' Ou mot ji com
mittee, composed of H. F." G&od-
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| Dry Goods Below Cost. ■
W IT.I.8 Point, Tex.. Nov; 18,-1896.
—To my friends and customers.;
Itecr-Sii'c:— I take- this, method'of ■
inlortuingyou that I h i ve dcci'k’d.. 2_„
to go..out"bf The dry goods Lnsi-_
ness anti deal only in gri,>ceries
■ a»i>—entire- stock- of -dry -grrndw,- !" ■
notions, furnishing goods, Ila,97*'. '
caps,’ bodts ,and 'shoes at • and
arid j below cost^ lor spot .cash. .1 also ■
-----■ a largo limy of gents’, b'VV s’
in Corsicana to rest the remainder 1 and youflisf clothing which I wjtl
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At their meeting Fridky bight.
1 Ibe Knights-wf Pythfiis elected the
following officers for the next
term, beginning Jan. 1, 1897:
0. E. Gilmore, chancellor com-
mander ; E. S. Collier, vice chan-
^.cellor; W. -C. Qlanks, prelate;
J. FI. Human, keeper of Tecords
ami seal; If. 0; Perry, master at
arms p W. W. Rice? master of ex-
j-wny™ts<rwtete>wer to be upnn bwtSF littMWI', W, BFSTBgr afijlt)twtlu»l‘' P7~(JTTChrtdf; tfriwfy td
..Hi .Ire.i. d.oinn. . ■ finance; O’. B, Smith, Jmastel- ot
work; R. W. Garrett, inner guard;
I’ is J.,ii .. otitic Jno
, trustee and tV H.
Wii^go representative to grand.
yeral miiiitim and wo am
The City Council^hasjlone a"
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moral character.and business in-^unnveYstons.- and fecTamatibt>s,|IM
about. 40 joining the different expoclj io enforce the ordinance
As we’ve gaid before, Abe Mul-
key has many critics, for* it is a
ber of fneudk wifi bteigeiT Amerioan 'prty/iege .to
.AJ criticise, but the attentive Ifttener
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•*<41 1 rom forty- tn 'titty per co fit; ’
below cosh Come-and see me ■
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is no joke and that J mean just «
what I say. I will Sell you gr<>- .•
ceries'at a very small profit and J
am willing anti' able to meet a|l
legitimate competion ip this litre.
■ffhanking ' yOu for the very.
lilferal patronage given me in the *
ptlfct, I trrtst by fair-an i square
dealing to m*nt a continuance of
lU£j?ailH\—ALcxy Rtwpuyi hilly,.-—........
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Special Notice.
We have never done any credit . ■
'tnTHtpv’VTTrir longer'ihnn do days ’
hut a number of our customers
-. -TiaVe ruii their aeccun.tH over sevZ-
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peled (o have the-money. We
have been as accommodating as •
possible mid trust that those with
whom We have been lenient will ! .
come and settle at once.
t~-SAlleb A Jamieson. • f
Land For SaWX • "
One hundred acrepj 44 fn^culti- - j
vatitMi, goon dwelling, good out
bouses, good renter houses,‘2 cis
terns, good fences, and on j ■
rt, Slone Point, Tex. M-*
to tho letter and if he can’t do rt
he proposes to etpploy enough
help to, succeed. So, parents, il
you want to save a fine see that
your boys stay off liie’slreefs at en]
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,4 ' t A QTJRTEW ORDINANOE. | tli.e coutieilmen for the people
Boys and it diAutetdakufoug
ths Strseu at JSight “ to pass the ordinance, which is
Mayor Pro Tem ^nman «cqU- publ.shed elsewhere, ^liu is a
ited the mayor's ebair Tuesday «re“‘ ,nove fo\ W‘f Io,“V “’jl
the parents or the city should
jnin in seeing it made a success.
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impressed with the fact that he
has the betterimUi# ef mt»rrkin<l
and the iij)Jbui|ding of home and
humanity at heart.---------------
.._J2he_—Chiiii:__did extra well
throughout „ and received^^aiiy.
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froffi the preacher knit -rnrqrregfr 1 wwibwrtwTO-, hsuWW
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Mr. and Mrs. Mulkey'left Mon-
day afternoon for Dallas where
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tuuj wii^|ppuu * c* nr VArtjr S aFltt I
wllgo.froinUfor.e4d their homo [have
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________________Jteerf’meuUn" held weR- nigh
at any time in the night between all day Sunday. Af 9 o’clock all
" the sabbath schools met at t|re
Methodist church for a special
service'and au interesting j£o-
grata of, short talks on Sunday
School work, closed by Mr. Mul-
PlMid-A 'hat this article. ^y,, WB« carried out. '
ahull s«r.t 'nrxnlu In not’a nr Vi rv n»-r» ■ r
From 10:30 till 1:30 “Abe” talk
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Beit ordained by the City Conn1
ciFbt lhe city of Wills Point, That
ifrehafTbft>urilawful for bovs un-
©r elieve in the etty^at WrH*'Pri*»t *-«
the hours of 9 o’clock p. m. and 5
o’clock a. in., and any person vio-
lating this article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
surrfnol exceeding $10.(tendol-
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shall .notdapply to boys who are
under the immediate care of a
parent or guardten or boys, who ed to men only in .a way calculat-
are necesaariry compelled from
said streets during said hours.
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night, W. B. Lylir.ind and B. W. effect from its passage.
wjlh Mr.sW^Mffo.
u JujSuraace.ftl the public, sctiool
building was brought up
——ateotHH-lhat should be- carried
diseusshi. The matter was left
(^,'with Ah'» finance cffmmjttee.
J Marsh al’s repost, on work at
- Lpublteaelfoeldbiiildrng was rectav
led but not hiving examined
r-j'negjo Aclidol bouse he was given
'’" till next jneptingAp report.
List but by hnr.means least
cMjtfUp th<J trUTftw Ordinance Point, where his parents
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people siftce hsving attention of station agent at Grand .Saline.
^Ue4-hr4t,bys4te» “Old Reliable” A large nirmt-
some weeks since. There seemed wish the yourtg couple ha appy
te fcp no. dissenting voices amqng j apd-prosperous.mawi^ »“<•
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Gilmore, Clarence E. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1896, newspaper, December 10, 1896; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302521/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.