Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 9
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 1907
TOURING CARS IN AUTO CARS
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Party of Houston Business Men
Spend the Day in Marlin.
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Two huge auto cars came swishing into Marlin Thursday afternoon at six o'clock.
They were occupied by Houston business men wo are making a tour of the principal
cities in this manner, that they may become acquainted with the real resources
of the state, and at the same time enjoying a most delightful outing.
The cars hauled up in front of the
Arlington where the party spent the night and day, barring the time they were
out seeing the town, taking a boil out in Marlin's famous fountain of health,
etc.
The party left Friday afternoon for Dallas
after expressing great satisfaction with the trip and especially their stop-over
in Texas' greatest health resort.
The following well known business men
composed the party.
Henry Stude, manufacturer.
J. H. and Pat C. Foley, of the Foley Dry
Goods company.
Brown Botts, of the Kirby Lumber Co.
Geo. Gibbons, of the Houston Steel Works.
W. H. Curth, railway contractor.
E. A. Hudson, captialist.
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