Freestone County, Texas
News of 1912


The Teague Chronicle - Friday, April 5, 1912 Page: 3 

  [ News about building in Teague.] 

         LOCAL NEWS.
  G. G. Harvey of Farmersville has located in Teague and is now with the Teague 
Drug Co. Former Farmersville people now living in the Wonder Town speak in the 
highest terms of Mr. Harvey both as a pharmacist and as a gentleman, and we are 
glad to have him become one of us.
  Fancy groceries delivered with your fresh meats. Phone the City Market.
  We understand Rufus Sheffield will open a grocery store in the building now 
being erected on Main street by J. W. Rhea. Rufus is a progressive and thoroughly 
reliable young man, and his popularity and business capacity is aasurance that he 
will be successful.
  At H. C. McMichael’s April 11, 12 and 13, A. K. Hawkes Co’s, expert optician 
will test eyes and fit glasses. He will give the same splendid up-to-date service 
and reasonable prices as obtained in their establishment, and have given this 
firm a national reputation.


      Much Building Boing On
      
  W. F. Jeanes has the contract to build the brick business house on Main street 
for J. W. Rhea and a force Tworkmen are now engaged on the job. Contractor Jeanes 
says it will be ready for occupancy within thirty days.
  J. L. Tait of Washidgton City is here and is figuring on having five brick 
buildings erected on Main street, covering the lots between the Teague Liquor Co.
and the Bank Saloon. Mr. Tait will probably have the upper stories of these 
buildings made into an opera house.
  D. K. Compton will build a structure for a furniture factory. He has not decided 
on which of his several pieces of property it will be erected, but he says he has 
definitely decided to build the structure. A furniture factory, backed by local 
capital, will occupy it.
  On Main street three brick structures will be built between Procter’s and 
Tucker’s. Will Meier wilL have one erected, J. E. Monk another, and Dr. Cox another.