Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 25
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August  21, 1902
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CONTRACT CLOSED.
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For Street Fair And Merchants
Carnival.
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Under Management of Ladies Club.
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       The contract has been closed by Jarmes R. Taylor with a company owning a street fair show for a Marlin engagement.
       The dates will be from September 15 to 20 inclusive.  The event will be extensively advertised and it is expected that several thousand visitors will be drawn here during that week.  The event will be designated as the Marlin Street Fair and Merchant's Carnival.
       A percentage of the receipts, less expenses, will go to Ladies' Social Club under whose auspices the fair and carnival will be held.

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