Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 53
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, November 23, 1907
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Briefly Told.
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       John Humphrey is attending the races at Beaumont.  He was accompanied by Mrs. Henry Humphrey, who went to Orange to visit Lowery Humphrey and wife.

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       W. B. Yeary of Farmersville is enjoying the invigorating baths in Marlin.  He was at one time publisher of the Farmersville Sentinel but reformed and went into the banking business.  He is well pleased with his stay in Marlin.

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       F. J. Matthews, traveling freight agent of the I. & G. N. railway, is here from Palestine on business for his road.

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       Mrs. W. T. Lenoir and daughter, Miss Leatrice, are visiting in San Antonio.

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       President Roosevelt has signified his intention to try his luck at turkey shooting in Vermont on Thanksgiving day instead of going to Pilot Knob, Va., as previously announced.

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       Ex-Senator Thomas McCormick has been indicted by the grand jury at Findlay, Ohio, for alleged bribery, in connection with the Standard Oil Company case last June.

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       Joe Levy claims to have the smartest dog in Marlin.  It is a fox terrier and Joe says that it recognizes Mrs. Levy's picture, which he keeps in his office, as Mrs. Levy refused to own it on account of its not being a good one.  Mrs. Levy is not at now and Joe says the terrier takes the absence of his mistress very hard and very morning comes in the office and spends quite a long while in gazing upon the photograph and "crying" in his own way.  Joe offers the evidence of Geo. Todd, Alex Nemer and S. J. Creaver, all visitors here, in substantiation of the story.

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       The fire department was called to Southeast Marlin friday night to extinguish a small blaze.  A cabin was discovered on fire and a hurry call turned in.  The boys had the fire under control in a short time, despite the refusal of one of the teams to pull their wagon to the scene of the fire.

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