The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-07
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For feed and fuel phone Broad
head A. Kennedy. Old phone 1s. Il
]. r. Keyworth OF Buena Vista
was in town this morning exhibiting
fine corn grown on his place.
Riilie Hughes Is back al his old
Mace behind the cigar counter at
Curtin Drug company after a
months vacation.
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out liver troubles, flushes the kid
neys, purifies the blood. Good health
fellows. Try one half bottle under
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Mrs. l.. ID. Trammell. who lives
on East Jefferson street. is serious
ly i'll with typhoid fever. Mrs.
Trammeli is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Roberts.
Workmen began this morning TO
tear out the gallery in the district
court room preparatory to putting
in the flooring to Improve the
acoustics in the court room.
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J. S. Shinpaugh, who lives two
miles east of town. reports a fine
rain on Saturday and Saunday and
says crops are looking fine as a re-
suit of the rain. He declares
the rain will add weight to the corn.
Archie McDuffie, son of w. j.
McDuffie, will leave today for Nj
agara Falls. N. Y, where he has ac-
cepted a position with construc-
ton company. Frank Erwin of
Waxahachie is holding a position
with the same company.
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Mrs. r. A. Patterson, Mrs. Liven-
good. Miss Lou Patterson of Dallas;
Miss Eta Beckham of Moundville,
Ala. visited Mrs. r. ID. McCombs in
the city Thursday and Friday. They
motored down in Miss Patterson s
new car.
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City Marshal John Davenport left
last night for Houston, where he
will attend a meeting of the Chief
of Police and City Marshals' asso-
citation this week. During his alb
sence "Uncle Tom" Dixon will be
acting as chief of police.
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Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Watson OF
Howard were here today. Mr.. Wat
son reports rain enough on Satur-
day afternoon to make all the cot
ton he can gather. He says the
rain Saturday seemed to be general
over the south end of the county.
o.
T. b. Truitt of Bristol, who was
here today, reports plenty of rain
at his place on Saturday afternoon
Mr.. Truitt says he has some fine
corn this year and will be here this
fall for the crop exhibit to make
John Keyworth and others so some
to capture first prize.
B. F. Hawkins of Midlothian was
here this morning and reports a
fine rain at that place on Saturday
afternoon. He says the rain came
at good time and will greatly
benefit growing crops. The rain on
Sunday afternoon did not reach as
far out as Mr.. Hawkins place.
The open air concert to have been
given on the lawn of The sanitarium
on Sunday afternoon by the Wake
bdAu Woc 4oihSU Oot ihoNh
to the disappointment of both the
nurses and patients at the santa
rum as well as large number OF
citizens who had planned to attend.
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Mr.. and Mrs c. II. Windham have
returned from an extended trip
through Oklahoma, where they visit
ed with relatives. Mr.. Windham
says he visited the oil field while in
Oklahoma and found it most in
teresting experience.
p. l.. Sims, who was here from
west of Red Oak Saturday after
noon, called up his home over the
telephone and learned that a good
rain fell there the same as here.
Mr.. Sims says he was needing rain
badly, but that it has come in time
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