Jones Co. TX - Newspapers - The Stamford News: September 30, 1909 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 28 December 2019 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford News Friday, September 30, 1904 Vol. 5, No. 31 The Red Store Mistrot Bros. & Co. Will open business in Stamford about Oct. 1. We are now building a modern rock building on the north side of the square. Will occupy the Sledge Building as temporary headquarters. Our store will be known as “The Red Store”. J.A. Wood of Marcy, left Wednesday for East Texas. Mrs. E.E. Glenn’s for the latest styles in Millinery and fall hat. Bro. Biggs will entertain the Junior League tonight at the parsonage. Dave Wallace, Walter McDaniel and Robert Burns returned from the Fair Sunday. We buy for cash and sell for cash. Raines & Co. The Scurry Land Office will occupy rooms above the post office on the corner after the first of October. The contractors for the Mistrot building received notice from C.L. Mistrot this week to add 15 feet to the length of this building. This will make the building 50 by 75 feet. You can get the Carlsbad Mineral Well Water at the express office, at reasonable prices. O. Gustafson called at the News office Tuesday. He had recently had a painful accident. Elder R.T. Hanks left Wednesday for the Association at Sweetwater, but stated that he would fill his pulpit next Sunday. Lewis Power left today for Abilene. You will find the new hat at Mrs. E.E. Glenn’s. Herbert McDaniel returned Monday from the Fair. See our new rugs. Sammons & Shipp A.C. Johnson returned from St. Louis and the Fair Tuesday. Cameron Nance came in from Bair this week. He will have a place with Mistrot. R.V. Colbert returned from St. Louis last Saturday. The City Bakery is prepared to take your orders. Dr. Horace Bishop, missionary secretary of the Northwest Texas Conference, will preach in the Methodist church next Sunday morning and at night. Judge A.S. Forrester, of Aspermont, brought his wife and daughter, Miss Mabel over today and placed his wife on the train for the fair and his daughter for a music school at Kansas City. Mrs. C.A. McLain wishes to tender her thanks to Mrs. Dr. C.C. Shell and the members of the Junior League for their assistance in providing books and clothing for her children, enabling her to send them to the public schools. This week, Mr. R.M. Dickenson, proprietor of the City meat marker and Bakery invited us to go through his new bakery. The building is of stone, 25 by 40 feet, said to be the best wall in town. The oven is constructed of brick and is built on the latest pattern. The bakery is in charge of John Steffens an experience baker. He turned out the first bread Tuesday afternoon, and it was the very best. Mr. Dickenson is now prepared to give Stamford the benefit of a first class bakery. Mr. Dickenson has opened an oyster parlor adjoining his restaurant. It is nicely fitted up and wives, daughters, or sweethearts will find an elegant reception. The Scurry Land & Livestock Agency W. Scurry, Manager Murray, The Grocery Merchant Stamford, Texas Billy Arlington “The Grand Vizier of Momus” “Minstrel Reminiscences” Stamford Opera House - Oct. 17 “Laugh and the world laughs with you” Anson Allsorts Sept. 29, 1904 The Stone Wall Baptist Association convened this week with the Prairie View Church eight miles southwest of Anson and had the most satisfactory session the association has had in years. Besides the members of the Association there were present Rev. J.M. Reynolds of Cisco, state evangelist. Pastor R.L. Scarborough, Prof. Ball of the Simmons College, Abilene, Rev. R.E. Sugarts of Houston, and Rev. Dock Pegues, vice president of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Association. Messers. R.M. Baird and J.B. Murray of the Home Circle are doing the town this seek and report splendid success. Mr. W.C. Lee of the Stamford Pioneer Mill & Elevator Co, was here this week. W.H. Ham of Stamford was here today collecting for the Brazelton & Johnson Lumber Co. The Anson school is still progressing the enrollment of pupils has reached about 160. George Alexander and T.E. Owens were in the Hub today looking like they had something to hid from us. Since we looked at the marriage license record for September. Luddie Compton and Miss Grace Rowland, L.C. Dixon and Miss Amanda Treadwell, Calvin Taylor and Miss Linnie Boyd, W.E. Palmer and Miss L.C. Moore, Kennedy and Miss Theo Antony, J.A. McLaran and Miss Cora Green, A.T. Dixon and Miss Carrie McClaran, and T.E. Owens and Miss Berta Lee Williams. W.H. Ammons of McCaulley was in town today. Marcy News Rev. P.A. Mansell and family and Mr. Carr and family returned during the first of the week from the association at Prairie View. Miss Jessie Maxwell has returned from Avoca where she has been visiting friends and relatives. [Jessie was the daughter of Oscar Bank and Amanda Frances Hines Maxwell] Chancy Mansell is visiting his sister at Weatherford. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons entertained Saturday night. Mr. Hicks has returned from Mississippi where he has been prospecting, but says he finds no place like home. Eugene Smith made a flying trip to Seymour last week. Sheriff Bell spent Saturday in Marcy. The meeting conducted by Rev. Head has been well attended and his effort for the uplifting of humanity has not been unattended with success. Mr. Terrell of Haskell spoke in Marcy Saturday. On Sunday evening John Cogburn and Miss Sadie Brown drove to the residence of Rev. P.A. Mansell and were married. New Liberty Schoolhouse Sept. 27, 1904 Miss Maggie Bourn has returned from an extended visit to Hill county. Morris Woodson has gone to Greer county, Oklahoma. Miss Fannie Tunnell has gone to Rising Star to attend school. Nelson Tunnell has bought a farm in Eastland county and will move there this fall. W.F. Atkinson has an old friend visiting him from Leon county. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cannon a fine boy on the 20th of this month. There will be a debate at the school house between W.P. Brown and John Adkinson, and W.T. Adkinson and Will Kelton.