Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 420, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1893 Page: 4 of 8
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Fine Books, Fabulously Cheap.
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Six Short Stories and
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Ward Carriage Co.
Wholesale Manufacturers.
ESTABLISHED 1836.
Miss Ethel Jones returned 1 . .
Thursday frem a visit with room in the matrimonial field
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THE
MESSENGER.
Published every Saturday at
Decatur, Texas.
Entered at the postotfice at Decatu r as
necond class mail matter.
WM. FORSTER.
Editor & Proprietor.______
H. A. HALCOMB,
Associate Editor A Publisher.
Osk DOLLaK a Yxar.
APR. ‘29. 1893.
A Wonderful Discovery.
Dr. Checini’s Electric Spa vis Cure po-
sitively removes Boar Spavin, Ringbone,
splint or Carb in 48 Sours without pais.
500 reward for failere or slightest inju-
ry. Tae greatest wonder of the 19th
ceaturv, astenisaing as it does the entire
veterinary world. Circulars aud testi-
nonials free.
Dr. Guy Checeni,
378 Canal St., New York.
party. I <• c
The Sunday School of the burned charge of the P0stot7
M. E. church spent Friday lice at Aurora. I’henix.
Seventh Haif-Yearly Literary
competition ef The Canadian
Agricullurist:
In accordance with their
the marriage of an aged cou-
pie. Well, there’s plenty of
found his lost mules
Greenville is the guest of Mr.
John Luther,8 family.
Miss Opal Kenny left on
Thursday for a summer’s visit
with relations in Tennessee.
Miss Eddie Embry spent
some days last week in Fort
Worth.
of places and p-rsons barred.
All lists containing over
100 correct words will receive
a valuable special prize.. Send
postal card for list of prize
winners in former competi-
Address, The AGRICULTUR-
IST Pub. Co., l’eter borough,
Canada.
ably reach Dallas sometime
about the middle of the week.
The line they are locating
parallels the Texas & Pacific
all the way from Fort Worth,
being about 300 yards north
of the T. & 1*. track.
They have been in quiet pros-
perity so long that it seems
they can’t give it up.
Mr. McCov, contractor on
the 1st mile north of Odesa,
has the worst case of yellow
is the prize list:
Is*. Grand Prize $2 500 in Gold
1 000 inGod
Watch This Notice-
.The number of marks across this
notice indicate the number of weeks until
your subscription expires. Please renew
at once.
willing Hearts to
So
Mrs. Norton, a contractor’s
wife west of Aurora, is sick.
Will Carroll and others are
catching big catfish.
Mr. Editor, order a big rain
and cure Bro. V anmeter of
the •‘blues,” we tear that it
(like Mr. McCoy’s jaundice)
may become chronic.
I wonder if Greasr Bend
expeases We furnish complete nicnicino
stecs censignment; settlements made PI-D-118
meutnly. $3 Sample Curse t free Seek _=
Mrs. I. V. Jolly visited
A Reliable Woman
Waited in every County to establish a
Corset Parlor for the sale of Dr Nichols
Celebrated Spiral Spriug Corsets and
Clasps. Wages $40 t $75 per month
— “Where is every bodv
going?” “Oh, I see ! they are
going to W. H. Warren’s
Grocery store where they can
buy so much for so little
money. They have learned
too that there is the place to
find the best groceries, can-
ned fruit etc. to be had in the
town and that they will re-
ceive the most polite attention
from him and all his elerks.‛‛
—Crafton has a new M. D.
—The World’s Fair will
open on next Monday-
—T. J. Kenny’s Furni-
ture, Wall Paper and Win-
bitten down to the ground.
— A heavy rain fell here on
last Sunday morning far near
an hour. The ground was
very dry in portions of the
county and the rain did not
come anv too soon. The far-
mers had begun to complain
of the dry weather and were
wearing long faces, which
were shortened semewhat by
the rain.
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A Marvelous Discovery Free.
Superfluens hair removed permanently,
instantaneeuslv, witbout pan, by Elec-
tro Chemical Fluid. la order to prove
superiority, we will for next 90 days send
sample bottle and testimonials free, on
receipt of 19 cents to par postage.
Electro-Chemical Co.,
25 East 14th St., New York.
Ed. MESSEXGFI:
Farmer- ire crying out fur past. rhe publishers of that
rain and get nothing but vers oid and reliable publication,
light showers with too much Tae Canadian Agviculturist.
G. W. W atkins ha- reda-
tisement appeared in the
Messenger. Meral—Adver-
tise in a county news paper.
—The frost in this county,
on Wedaesday night of last
week, killed all ths cotton iu
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Decatur, April 23.— Miss
Minnie Leatherwood, after jaundice that lever
speadiag a few days visiting I has preyed upon him for two
in less with her parents, returned
Mondav to her school in Ft.
friends in W eatherford.
Miss Annie Abbott
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saw. It
ful “Views Afoot, or Europe
seen with Knapsack and
Staff,” as a sample of his
haif-morocco gilt top style,
in which he publishes some
of the world’s most famous
books at prices ranging from
30 cents to 60 eents each, the
same books being issued also
in neat cloth binding at pric-
es ranging from 16 cents up.
These books are always ia
large type, printed on fine
paper, the cloth binding be-
ing of excellent quality, and
the half-morocco, gilt top
style fit to adorn any library.
A 32-page descriptive pam-
phlet may be had free, or a
128-page catalogue, a verita-
ble feast for book-lovers,
may be bad for a 2-cent
biography of Capt. and Ex-
tertainedher veung friends Sheriff Stevens. He was an
Thursday evening at a card old settler and good citizen.
usual custom for some years
wind and sand. new presents its 7th Groat
Although it i- said gray Half. Yea lv Literary Compe-
mules never die, Bart Cireeu- tition, to the people of the
wood’s white one passed in United States and Canada,
his checks Tuesday. Mr. At- This competirion will close
kins also had a mule to die. y. 30th 1893, (15 days
Price of oats is equal to i ’ ' ‘
corn. 40c.
letters to reach us from dis-
Our Little Men & Women
far Mav is dorous of the
breath the month symbolizes.
. Not only Mav Day with the
May Queen and her retinue,
but it offers 2 loving tribute
to the “soldier old and gray”
and speaks tenderly of the
"Blue and the Gray.” It
has poems just right to speak
in school. Price $1 a year.
D. Lothrop Co., Publishers.
Boston, Mass.
emeezy--zrzerezweurm
—The oil mill, Decatur’s
chief manufacturing estab-
lishment, closed for the sea-
son one day last week, and
Ripans Tabules cure livertroubles.
Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver.
Ripans Tabules : at druggists.
ne_WE send in# Wim CotxTr Mxe-
SKSGER and the New York Weeklv Prese
both ose vear foroniv $ 1. c•
Many of the choicest books
----- of ih» world are now being iu tn. Eus
working toward Dallas, j limited purses. John B. Al- months ree if vou take it “uw sample
They are now encamped at den. Publisher, 57 Rose St.,:------—
New York, who was the pio-
neer, and is still the leader in
the “Literary Revolution,”
sends us a copy of Bayaid
Taylor’s fameus aud delight-
Babyland for Mav has out-
door stories and pictures. and
dainty little rhyme# for Baby
to learn. It is a charming
magazine the year round and
every mother with little ones
should send for a sample back
number. Price 50 cts a year.
D. Lothrop Co., Publishers,
Bosten, Mass.
are so keenly impressed with
town ideas that they already
speak ot going out into the
country. Part of Aurora will
continue to “hold the foil.
6 and 7 inches was
and see them.
— Our friend, C. Dennis,
ily left on Sunday evening to
spend the summer months at
Caldwell, Tex., bearing with
them the friendship and good
wishes of the people of Deca-
tur. In the morning before
his departure he generously
gathered the employes of the
mill, numbering 26, and after
attending p. m. service at the
Christian church, of which he
and several of the employes
have become honored mem-
bers since his residence here,
in a body, he took them to
one of the hotels of the city
and treated the entire force
to an excellent dinner, with
smoking privileges just after.
Supt. Reagan and his boys
will be missed in Decatur du-
ring the hot summer months.
Nickell School House.
April 20.,—Yesterday we hao
nice large corn, to-day it is
black and lying on the
ground. Potatoes, beans, ano
grapes ar* also frest bitten.
A baptist college for color-
ed students is to be built at
Marshall, Texas.
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Whenever there is selfish-
ness there is sin.
taut points.) The following
B. B. B.
C. A. Thompson, Seymour, Ind.,
writes: "Mr sister, Jennie, when she
wa« a young girl, suffered from white
swelling, which greatiy impaired her
general health and made her blood very
impure. In the spriug she was not able
to do anything and could scarcely set
about. More than a year ago she toek
8 battle# of Botanic Bloed Bahn, and
now it perfectly cured.”
The Treasury excitement
is passed and the finances of
the country remain firm and
untrammeled.
5000 Elegant Silver Tea Ser-
vices, Piano, Organa, Gold
Watches, c.. &c.. making
a total of over 10.000 prizes.
How to SECURE A Prize.
— Take a few sheers of paper
and make all the words you
can out of letters contained
in the words "COLUMBIAN
Exposition.’’ and send them
tons, enclosing one dollar tor
six months subscription to the
Agriculturist or the Ladies
Home Magazine—two of the
best home monthlies in the
world.
Rules—1. Foreign words
notallowed. 2. Letters can-
not be used oftener than they
stamp. Address John B.
Alden. Publisher, 57 Kose
Street, New York.
West Fork. April 24.
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Forster, William & Halcomb, H. A. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 420, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1893, newspaper, April 29, 1893; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581029/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .