Smith Co, TX News from the Wills Point Chronicle - 1895

Submitted by East Texas Genealogical Society 
P. O. Box 6967, 
Tyler, TX 75711 

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, June 6, 1895:

The first floor of the beautiful Fruit Palace at Tyler will 
be ready for decoration on or before June 15. The building 
will be completed by July 5, and the splendid display will 
be ready for the opening on July 15.

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, June 27, 1895:

Tyler is going the whole hog in the Fruit Palace question. 
The Palace will be a big thing for Tyler and Texas.

E. J Pope, of the Troupe Banner, visited relatives and 
friends in the city Sunday. He was accompanied by his mother 
who will remain several weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. 
Langham.

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, July 4, 1895:

We acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket to the Fruit 
Palace to be held at Tyler, opening the 19th inst., and 
running till Aug. 1st.

Troupe, Smith county, is now having a fine school building 
erected.

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, July 11, 1895:

Miss Clemmie Pruett of Lindale returned home Monday after 
visiting W. D. Goodnight and family for several weeks.

Miss J. G. Nunally of Lindale and Miss Noma Tull of Canton 
have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Peace this week.

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, Oct. 10, 1895:

At Tyler, recently, R. R. Hatton was bitten by a mad dog in 
the face and on the body. A madstone was applied and he is 
considered out of danger, though the bites on his face are 
very painful.

The first issue of the Lindale Weekly News found its way to 
our this week. It is a neat six column folio. We wish its 
proprietors, Johnson & Newton, success.

John R. Henderson of Troupe, an ex-Van Zandter, passed through 
the city Sunday on his return home from a visit to old friends 
in this county.

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, Oct. 24, 1895:

E. J. Pope, of Troupe was shaking hands with friends in the 
city Sunday.

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From Wills Point Chronicle, Thursday, Nov. 7, 1895:

The Tyler Daily Dispatch, a new paper by Shockley, Carleton 
& Co., has reached our table. It is a bright five-column folio, 
and is already advertising for stove-wood on subscription.

Mrs. Ellen Jarvis, of Troupe, is the guest of R. R. Jarvis 
and family.