Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 42
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 16, 1907
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Today's News in Brief.
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Emporia, Kas., Oct. 15.--The State Great Council of the Improved Order of Red
Men met here this morning with the largest number of delegates in attendance
since the establishment of the order in Kansas. The visitors will be here
three days and elaborate preparations have been made for their entertainment.
Griffin, Ga., Oct. 15.--The annual
convention of the Georgia Diary and Live Stock association began today at the
Experiment Station and will continue over tomorrow. An interesting and
instructive programme of papers and discussions has been arranged for the
meeting. George C. Dillon, of Macon, is the presiding officer.
Louisville, Ky.., Oct. 15.--The Kentucky
State Medical Association began its fifty-second annual meeting in this city
today, with headquarters at the Galt House. The programme of the meeting
covers three days and provides for papers and addresses by a number of medical
men of wide prominence.
New York, Oct. 15.--A wedding of note today
was that of Miss Anne Davenport Russell, daughter of Henry Russell of Detroit,
and James Thayer McMillan, son of the late Senator James McMillan of Michigan.
The ceremony was performed at Sherry's in the presence of a large and
fashionable assemblage.
Buffalo, N. Y.., Oct. 15.--The Joint
Protective Boards of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers met in
conference here today for the purpose of establishing a standard rate of pay and
uniform operating and working rules of the various railroads in the territory
embracing all the lines east of Chicago.
Moline, Ill., Oct. 15.-- Three days of
unusual interest and activity in Pythian circles were inaugurated here today.
It is the annual meeting of the Illinois grand lodge. The formal opening
took place in the new Moline theater today. The election of officers will
be held tomorrow afternoon.
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