Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 12
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, May 16, 1907
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Locals
J.C. Fountain was speaking to particular friends only, and no strangers at all,
this morning. He acts and feels like he is a "bigger man than Roosevelt."
When he gets on the earth again, he will be photographed as the largest small
man that ever happened.
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Secretary Jones of the business league is in receipt of a telegram from Hon. C.
J. Bartlett saying the editor-members of the legislature had promised to go with
him to Galveston to join the local committee from Marlin in presenting the
claims of this place before the Texas Press Assocition for the meeting place of
1908.
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Dr. J. W. Torbett is attending the state medical association at Mineral Wells.
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E. R. Nash, president of Nash, Robinson & Co., is here from Waco assisting in
the plans for the new improvements on the Marlin yard.
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Dr. C. L. Monk has opened an office up stairs in the Donohoo building for the
general practice of medicine. See his card in the Democrat.
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J. H. Blume, a well known traveling man, was seeing Marlin merchants today.
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Mrs. Dick Clark of Dallas and Miss Heathe of Indianapolis, who were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Watson, left Tuesday night for Galveston where they join
Mr. Clark for several days stay.
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W. W. Smith and wife of Dallas are visitors to Marlin.
J. T. Calvert of Beaumont is in the city on
business.
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Henry Wren and wife will leave Saturday (for) California to spend the summer.
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A. D. Barrow of Iredell
is among the visitors. He was formerly in the lumber business at Travis
and is quite well known in this county.
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