Typed as spelled and written
Kay Cunningham

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 22
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 28, 1904

SHORT NEWS NOTES.
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     The Oregon hop crop is reported short.

     Japanese cavalry has invested New Chwang.

     Fire destroyed the Parker at Palestine.

     Tobe Lary was killed in a runaway at Hillsboro.

     A hospital train reached Mukden with 314 wounded men.

     Butchers and grocers of New York are insuring against theft. Cooler weather prevails at St. Louis, and the fair is drawing well.

     H. P. Williams of Wise county was killed by a Rock Island train.

     A street car and tire engine collided in Brooklyn, injuring two tireman.

     Heywood Scott is charged with killing an unknown negro at Galveston.

     The wet weather in Texas is regarded as favorable to the boll weevil.

     Governor Lanham granted requisition for T. S. Downey and A. J. Sevell.

     The advance of the Japs against General Kuropatkin's armies is on in earnest.

     Only one of 37 mills at Fall River was able to continue business. The strike is very quiet.

     It is reported that the Japanese suffered severely in the artillery duel at Ta Tche Kiao.

     Mrs. Smith, wife of "Australian Billy," was killed by a gasoline stove explosion at El Paso.

     Two American ships are in the danger zone and shippers fear they will fall into the hands of the Russian volunteer fleet.

     The Afro-American real estate company of New York is seeking to overcome prejudice against negro tenants in white districts.

     The government bureau for the week tends to show a steady improvement in the cotton crop.

     Hon. Curtis Hancock, the Dallas solion, will go after pool rooms when the legislature again meets.

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