Jones County Texas Archives - The Stamford News - November 2, 1906 *********************************************************** 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, November 2, 1906 Vol. 7, No. 36 From Friday’s Daily Roy Wilson, a painter and paper hanger of Cisco is a new citizen in Stamford. Joe Dean has accepted a position with a firm at Rising Star and will leave in a few days. W.H. Meredith, the well-known pianist will furnish music for the skating rink tonight.The sad news of the death of the little daughter of Rev. John R. Morris at Abilene has just reached this city. Rev. Morris is the Presiding Elder of this district. Mrs. Susan M. Swenson, mother of E.P. and S.A Swenson, died at her home in New York Thursday morning suddenly of heart failure. Mrs. Swenson had never visited this country, but her sons are dear to this community. Messrs. Carl and Sherman Marshall of Ipava, Ill., bankers and cattle feeders, who have been visiting the S.M.S. Ranch during the past week, left this morning for the Swenson-Throckmorton Ranch where they will see a big round-up. From Saturday’s Daily J.H. Hiltpold of Waller county is a new arrival in the city. About 25 Mexicans arrived on the train last night. They are supposed to be some of those who are fleeing from Callahan county. They have been given notice by the citizens of that county that they must leave. The feeling against the Mexicans in that part of the county is very strong on account of the recent tragedy at Baird. Wednesday night last Judge W.J. Arrington of Aspermont and Mrs. F.M. Garrett, of Clairemont, were united in holy matrimony. The ceremony was performed at the hotel by Rev. J.T. Trice. The couple will make their home in Aspermont. - Clairemont Enterprise. Advertised Letters from Stamford Post Office - October 21, 1906 Curtis Bruce, Mrs. Clay, Bill Collier, Auther Connally, Babe Davis, A.P. Deaton, E.H. Floyd, W.E. Flowers, Mrs. Arthur Gibbs, John R. Gilmore, Emmitt Gibson, W.H. Hardage, T.P. Hall, John Hibdon, Windle Johns, Mrs. Ida Lyce, Dutch McCord, P.C. Nichols, J.W. Olden, Paul Oswald, W.S. Ruston, W.D. Riser, Wesley Stewart, Guy Townsend, S.P. Thedford, Master Ben Williams, Mrs. Alice Williams, Bill Welch, Oliver Welles. Mexicans - Sr. Francisco Fribizo, Sr. Zuzano Mirelos, Sr. Eduardo Quezado. News Editors Visits Avoca Postmaster Matthews was at his post ready for the people to get their mail. The stores were filled with what seemed to be fresh and large stocks and there was a fair run of business. Slover, Culwell & Co., Crostwaite Starkey & Black, Avoca Mercantile Co., J.H. Huffaker in the Market and Restaurant and Copeland Grocery Co., with Johnson as blacksmith. There are many residences and good churches and a schoolhouse. Avoca is soon to have a bank and our friend T.M. Caton is president of this institution. Swenson Bros. will pay 35c per bushel of milo maize delivered at the Stamford Oil Mill. Feed, Coal and Wood W.E. Matthews Wood, $2.50 per load Cooper Drug Company The Corner Drug Store Stamford, Texas Mrs. Martha Lindley, who served throughout the war in the cavalry branch of the army, has been discovered in Summit county near Akron, Ohio. She kept her identity secret during the war, and since then very few have learned that she was a soldier. Had she not served under a fictitious name she would be entitled to a pension. She was a bride of a few months when the war broke out, and she listed along with her husband. From Monday’s Daily T. France of the News staff visited friends at Moran. On the account of his mother’s illness, Joe Dean did not accept the position at Rising Star. A bouncing 10 pound girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Rushing, who live on Bomar Hights last night.