Abilene Daily Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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Here is your
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"We have some very desirable lots on nicely graded streets for
jfcftle cheap and .will sell them for just $5.00 per lot down and 15.00
pr month until they are paid for with privilege of paying part or
an' at-any time. -
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We are the onlv onoa aallirio lota on navmerits of this kind and
it i undoubtedly a fine opportunity for the rentiers to get a home of
then? owa or for a young man or woman to invest a small portion
of their monthly earnings. .-"'
Come on before the new railroad boom oomes on and .while you
can get them on suoh payments. .- ";
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ABILENE TEXAS.
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ED. S. HUQHES. PreaMeat.
I'Ji M. CUNNINGHAM Vice Presldeat.
HENRY JAMES CwMer.
W. R. KEEBLE Asst. Csskfer.
THE
FARMERS and MERCHANTS HUTIOML BM
To the Owners and Managers: of
Abilene" Steam HThistlos ;
Gentlemen By virtue of au
ranee have edubated us differ-
ently but- it is time we. were
abandoning this standard of fo-
thority in nut vested by myself Hmx?;?lX
I mmA 4 4o aoilIxdeefnoyV ForaCT
mMr for V -i andsiinals 4et-usaveikS
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Oft in the stilly night
When slumber's ohain has
bouridjne
Your sohreeohing .streaming
whistles
Bring untold horrors 'round me.
(Inopmposing this soul-ttir-ring
stanza I had recourse to the
poetical works of a promising
young Irish poet by the name of
ilOrk.OWfigarirobre) Ant;
it is up to these '-horrors that I
:AmgeSj;l3rgSadully" lead
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CAPITAL and SURPLUSf-S85.0D0
W. J; THOMPSON Cashier '
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JcM. Waqstafp President - W. G. Swknson Cashier
V" -S rO.'BHBLToNrAss't'CaShier.
ffie CITIZENS NATldSfAL BANK
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l'Mtc vour business ana wm at au times exiena
ierbll accommodations consisted with conservative
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its custo-banking.
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v J.M Wagataff S. N.MorrisdniW.G Swenson
i-.rv4- J.H.OUver D. G. Hill G. W. Parks.
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snorting and cavorting up on the
blind side of a. soundly slumber-
ing horror; especially one of the
character of those with which I
now veture combat. It is liable
to be the last thing one ever
does in1 the interest of humanity
and dnewill then have accom-
plished so little for the oause of
humanity that in' the distribution
Ljpfimonipimeiitatto defurieTm'ar
yra uuo wiu nugget au unuuu a
Jpthbitfary notice in thepateiit
medicine columns of the official
organ.
Of oburse you are. proud of
your steam whistles and. are
therefore sensitive to oritioisms
of them and it is but natural
right and proper-that you should
be for in volume of sound and
intrinsic usefulness your steam-4
whistles are unsurpassed. Now
let us lead gently irapassionate-
ly" up to the next- important
point: f
Your steam whistles are-blpbm-
iisgexpansivejitusanoes. -"
Taaybe you will Bay thar is
npneofmyvf business. It isn't
any of jny business whereupon
I arise and unanimously con-
grafuiateimyself . J wouldn'fceven
be-a shareholder in a steam;
whistle. ' '"
figure up the yexpense' nies-
sary to' generate sufficient steam:
to almost continuously toot two
dozen whistles for an- average
lime of six mpnths per year
some of these steam whistles be-
iuglengaged the year round and
theothers being pretty busy most
of-the time-r-and see if they are
I noi expensive.
Jp get' siokand try to take .
needed slumber within a two or
three mile radius of these scream-
in.tnis8ionaries of tnisery tffiid'
see-if they are riot nuisances. '
Onrom an ornamental. finahoial'
and-all around utilitarian stand-.
'point a steam whistle is just
abemtas essential to any kind of.
pp-r generating or utilizing in
thing equally effeotive and less
boisterous. If it must be a great
Volume of sound let it be a mu-
sieal rythmio sound and v not a
aecve1 bombardment by untuned
calliopes. I make these remarks
andvsuggestlons ober diotum.
d6ra?tknow exaotlyhat ober die
tumjmeans but I would make
thjiu in plain English if Ivhadd
JMKwn now to SDell the word r
r-ms .i ' ' Ti
wanted to -use . V
1'olaim that theirteam wKistl?
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Hon and ought to be an abomi-
nation in the sight of the legis-
lature. I claim that the steam whistle
is unconstitutional for thdreason
.that it is'so awfully against the
ponstitulion. "V"ery few cwiBti
tutioris Pan withstand a consider-
ale siege of steam whistles.
I olai'm that it is olass leisla-
MONEY
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Out loan inspector will be in
Abilene Wednesday or Tntirs-
day November 2nd or 3rd.
Parties desiring loans on land to
be acted on romptlysbotild ap-
fly-to lis. immediately; ;v
warstitt & Co.
"Real Estate and Insurance.
Afcilene Texas.
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stitiition as a teg horn'' ia'toa
mf io lantern show. Custom and
long usage racner patient enau-
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Has it foe IW'
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frH lim of
CANDIES.
Chfwolstee and Boa . Bona X
per pouad.
Have you'seen our Boc Cand4e7
CoMn and get a pound box
ofeur aseorted ohoeolates
and Bi B4m for Me.
0e Acaiwdy rfl'ii4oMir. '
Akrayaa CanAy ettatomer. ''
CMwiRg Gum.'all kinds 2 for 5e
Don't foff we have
ilioirid mob law violence
indulged by the common olass;
by whioh I mean myself and oth-
er prominent .citizens.
For instaftpe. a would-be tough
man gets on the streets at 8:30 hour and whistles sixty-three
At last that sleep comes
a .whisper nor afootfall
nWst$pnetfate;liat room. But
ten minutes later a. freight train
tu:r.U. 5t-A& fUk Vi5rV. anhr.r.1.
'.fvuianntiyuj. wi B" uvHf'
building to the fire station takes
advantage of the "dovyn' grade
goes through town at a minimum
speed of forty-seven miiles an
p;m. and fires a" pistol having
Hrst oarefully taken aim at the
solar system If it is perfeotly
quiet and the people ure listen-
ing the report of the gun may be
heard a lew blocks away
minuteslater
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Five.
fho nflinara liatra
thOt'JBhdofcit in jail where he:
ougSl-be Dkfgedwith prea-gT&isturfandeaiflilre
puMuu uu;uinHy 01 me; SiaWi
wages;
'without-
times as it passes the water tank
to let us know that it has gone.
The oil mill ftie water workB the
oompress the gins .and the laun-
dries and the town olpok soreeoh
and scream and squall and thun-
der for several minutes Pwing io
the fact that the hands are going
to change shifts or because it is
'qtiitting'ale' or dinner time- 6r
one o!ol9dkor ?nino afolook- or
He barely has time to realise 'somethiric else This assault on
that he has blowed in two months'! silence benetrateB the sick- room.
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OUOUUO UOMIbiaroo HID DV"-' iwuuu
tetohtiawie8jrth a mpanr
.or fighting atimSginary demons'-
screams ana pieaas.jor'neip;wnue
'the prgiesof whistles and townl
.elook hake the very foundation
of the house The results may
be fatal or at leasts permanently
injurious. It is indeed hard top
medical skill and the best of
J nursing to combat competition of
this kind. Under suoh oiroum-
stanoos I think the patient his
frionds relatives heirs exeou-
tors and. administers -should any
of. them survive the shook would
be justified in taking a shot gun
and blowing the lungs out of a
few steam whistles. -
I do not want to be personal
iior inoUe any one to aots of vio
lence therefore I .supplicate tHf
-mmswssm
and bdgfns. to bemoan his fojly
and' repent himself of.iiis rfiin
wnentne great uurrew dwlurb-v
anoe takes plaoe. The fire- bell.
rings'The Colony bell rings the
.town olookjbangjj away and. . thp
power nouse engine squalls and
howls dnd'pandamonium reigns
and the poor Jiihsophistioated
guy fr.ojmfthe rural regions 16oks
abputliim and-asksthe 'fellow in
thenext pell whore they will find
room to put that bunh of noise
makers. 'Then hP ' repeives in-
formation whioh oonvinoes him
that he is the victim of olass leg-
islation whereupon he becomes
morose discouraged . desperate;
Jjoins the populist party nd 'pro-
ceeds to disturb the peace in An
other Jtot ll;manner
ithihnugband jnpther or
babe.it hlwibien a question of
life or death for'days. It is per- 1'stpam whistles in thoir business
feet qMiistthe patient nesdsmust
have. The. doctor has enjoined
that shouldr the Offerer -gov to
sleejp the sjumber shall noli be
akisrjtNa eVt to admihisier
medioihe- for to -nurse that $eY-
eon back to health to life noth
ing is so eesential g 8i8ep quiefc
restr-weet qujet undisturbed
owners and "managers of steam
Sfhistleatb qom'eJ -to our resoue
Jf they are bound to have the'
notice with post mortem state-
ment attached. .
Believe mo yoiirs sincerely
though a littte mixed
Nod B. Higgers.
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We learn that The Reporter V"
did. not get all the preniiums
awarded to J. F. Rhea at tda
"West Texas Fair at Abilene tout
has been unable to got the
root list as yet. When we
getitwp will gladly publish it
forlkfr. Rhea' went jbo a great
deal of expense to make an- c&-
hibit'and made one of whioh the
entire section was proud.. He
showed a very liberal spirit arid
fully deserves the honors his fine
oattle won.
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Stomach
Troubles
cured by
KODOL
iHiiiH nn&..iiav
pmmctM
Under all curaUeooiditions
Mr. D. Kubl ef
Mrdby Kodol
01 iiomion
Irouttawhlch
hu efisotM
hUhHrt.
Mrl.W.'W.Ujr-
Ur ai HllllMd.
Pa. vu cured
si enronio
Dypft Mr
tha uii m
-they would oonfer a personal fa-'
yor; upon.mp anql.. oprrespphd-
ingly greist benefit upon the oom-4
munity if theyv. would .oonfin
their disturbances to their vpwn
premises.
My next artiolo on this subject
wilj not be so long only the
length of an ordinary obituary
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For sale'by Bass Bros. Drug Co.
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IAJENE WOOD Sc CO. The Gto& Floor Land . Dealer.
YQTJ WN A HOME?
Ifot yPto are Wng much of th jojnof Hvfng by not beihg under your own roof
v "Be it yc o humbU ihete tm nojplaec Wee hoai.M .
NQ. U AnJaefive.reoai hu fine neighborhood two lots oist?eaand oity Wter in
hotUe good ouWd iaipfoveflMAte et front for I1O0O.CK) easy terms
NQ t . A nK Meek In epWndid nefg hWrhood with twq heute now renting for 00
per flWHiHi on half pf'the lete a aplendkl plaoe for two other good houses A good inveet-
MMtloff 18900.00. : . t
NO. 3. Ten thomawd aeree of land all in four mile of a good railroad .town lor. oae
dollar per are m ek pywent and only lntereet to pay for three years Terms a easy
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Shook, L. B. Abilene Daily Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1904, newspaper, November 3, 1904; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334274/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.