Typed and spelled as written: Kay Cunningham
The
Daily Democrat
Marlin, Texas Monday, June 29, 1931
Briefly Told
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B. C. Bratton, Jr., who was operated on
Thursday remains critically ill.
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J. H. Barnett and Raymond Barnett left Sunday
night for Longview on receipt of a message saying the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Barnett was critically ill.
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Mrs. L. R. Chambers and children left today
for Denison to be with her father who is critically ill. She was accompanied by
her sister Mrs. J. T. Grady of Bryan.
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A "nice quiet game" in a local hotel was
rudely interfered with by minions of the law from the sheriff's department
Sunday night. Fines and costs resulted in justice court.
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E. C. Cobb and family, who moved to Oklahoma
some years ago, have returned to Marlin to reside. "Some change in the city
since we left here" observed Mr. Cobb this morning.
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Miss Eleanor Watts has arrived from Menard
where she taught school the past term. She has been elected piano teacher in the
Bremond school and will also teach two subjects in high school the coming year.
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Mrs. Frank Maddox and Miss Ada May Maddox,
from Austin, returned today after a visit with Mrs. Walter S. Hunnicutt. They
are the widow and daughter of the late Frank Maddox, who was prominent in Texas
official and political circles during his life time.
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W. W. Stirman, Mrs. Stirman and son, Carmack,
of Waco, attended services at the Church of Christ Sunday and were guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Ben West in the afternoon. Mr. Stirman made an address to the
morning congregation on the 20th chapter of Acts of the Apostles.
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On his return from East Texas oil fields
Saturday night, Ben Phillips car collided with a horse on the highway north of
Bryan. On account of a car with glaring lights passing, he did not see the
animal until it was too late to stop. The horse reared up and the car hit him on
the hind legs. Ben estimates his car damage at $60 or $70. He drove it into
Hearne and caught a bus home.
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Miss Ruth Brown has returned form a visit
with relatives in Groesbeck.
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Billie Kemper Wadzeck returned today after a
visit with friends in La Grande.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Smith and Miss Virginia
Earle left Sunday for Ward, Colorado. He will return in about two weeks, but the
wife a daughter will remain two months.
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Postmaster D. R. Emerson was guest speaker at
the Greater Marlin Luncheon Club. He
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been postmaster in Marlin, Texas since 1896.