Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 18
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 27, 1907
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MEETING WITH ENCOURAGEMENT
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Promoters of Fair Believe They Will
be Successful.
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       The parties who are trying to work up a Falls county fair association, are meeting with much encouragement from the citizens of Marlin.  The undertaking was attempted by just a few (paper torn) at the start, but there are ot(h)ers who have joined in and are helping to make it a success.
       Many have already expressed a willingness to become stockholders, and it is believed that no difficulty will be had to secure the required capital.  A fair every summer or fall is contemplated and big racing event in which horses from all over the state will probably be entered.
       Many of the Falls county horsemen are attending the races at Taylor, this being the week in which the circuit horses will be there.  Rosebud is a member of the association and is on the circuit, on account of which membership she will have races by the best horses in the state.
       It is hoped by the Marlin horsemen to have the circuit horses, which are about sixty in number and which include some of the best, here right soon.  If a sufficent purse can be raised, the thoroughbreds can be attracted to Marlin.

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