Typed and spelled as written: Kay Cunningham

                                              THE DAILY DEMOCRATE
                   Fifth Year Marlin, Texas Thursday, June 15, 1905 Number 79

Mr. Alphonzo Steele of Mexia, is visiting his son, H. H. Steel, in Marlin. Mr. Steele, Sr.,is one of Limestone county's oldest and most honored citizens, having resided in that county more than sixty years. He is a veteran of the Mexican war and is now 87 years of age, but his general health and vitality is as good as most men twenty years younger