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The Stamford News
Friday, January 11, 1907
Vol. 7, No. 46

We laid Mrs. Mollie Kirk in the silent tomb at Neinda, Saturday, Jan. 5, and 
Mr. J.R. Cary, Monday Jan. 7, Sister Kirk was 35 years of age and Bro. Cary was 
85 years old.
	Both were members of the Methodist church. - Sam C. Vaughn

Baker-Bryant Company
Stamford, Texas

Local and Personal
From Saturday’s Daily
	Mr. Moodie told us this morning that dirt would be broken the first of 
	next week for the college building.
	Judge A.M. Helms, Chas. M. Taylor and L.J. Almand from Conyers, Ala. are 
	old citizens of Stamford and are in for a visit.
	Recently the Fort Worth Record began to show to the people the horrible 
	criminal condition of the section of that town known as “The Acre.” 
	The exposures of the Record of the doings of that section, which is 
	known to all Texas, it is hoped will wife the blotch off the fair 
	name of Fort Worth.

B. Yates
Dealer in Drugs, School Books, Perfumes, Etc.

D. Egger & Son
Stamford and Haskell, Texas

The Haskell Herald is under new Management.

Young Baird Hung at Baird
Pays penalty for murder of Miss Blakely
Vargos pays for Crime
Doomed Man Mad Speech from Gallows to Crowd of Spectators
Baird, Texas, Jan. 4 - Alberto Vargos, convicted of the murder of 
Miss Emma Blakely was hanged here this afternoon.
	Sheriff Al Irvin sprung the trap.
	The crime for which Alberto Vargos paid the extreme penalty of the law was the 
	murder of Miss Emma Blaekly at Baird, Oct. 19, 1906. Miss Blakely was employed 
	as a waitress at the Signal hotel, at which place Vargos was employed as a 
	dishwasher. Miss Blakley had been employed at this hotel several years, and 
	was well liked and highly respected young lady, Vargos had come to Baird only a 
	few weeks before the crime, stating he came from Zacatecas, Mexico.

From Monday’s Daily
	T.M. Caton of Spring Creek was in town on business. Mr. Caton is the President of the 
	State Bank of Avoca.
	Mr. Buie and bride arrived on last evenings train. Mr. Buie and Miss Pearl Hamm were 
	married at Dewitt, Texas, Dec. 23, Miss Hamm was quite well known in Stamford.
	
From Wednesday’s Daily
	Miss Myrtle Murphy of Lott is visiting her sister Mrs. T.P. Collier of Stamford.
	Dr. W.N. Bunkley and wife left for Abilene where the Dr. attends a surgery on 
	Mrs. Wren Johnson of Avoca.
	The Aspermont Star changed management this week, and from now on will be edited 
	and published by J.W. Thompson.
	The fire Department met last night being election night: Dr. J.R. Sledge, Chief; 
	W.E. Whittington, Assistant Chief; W.D. Nunn, Secretary; W.W. Fuqua, Treasurer.