Anson, Texas
June 10, 1925

A newspaper is a mirror of the town represented from week to week. The Texas Western, first copy published in Anson January 16, 1883. At that time the town boasted only two hundred people and had but few business. The old paper indicated that there were no banks, nor regular hardware stores, etc., in Anson at that early date. A drug store owned by F. T. Knox, the Tipton Inn, the Anson House, Stage Line from Anson to Abilene, A. J. Nichols feed and wagon yard, R. H. Foard & Co., dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, etc., T. B. Holderness, grocery story; L. M. Hinds & Bros., Dry Goods store; J. H. Naler, Dry Goods store; Carr & Pendley, livery and feed business, are represented in the early day issue.

Buie Bros. & Duvall - Land agents

L. M. & B. F. Buie, Martin Duvall - Attorney-at-Law, County Survey

C. D. Davis - Attorney-at-Law and Real Estate Agent

Rowan Green - Attorney-at-Law and Land Agent

Edward Bakery

Bryant-Link Co.

Wilson & Foster Grocery

Anson Hardware Co.

Henslee Garage

Dr. John A. Malcolm - Physician and Surgeon - Graduate from Toronto University, Cannada (sic) - Office at Knox & Co. Drug Store

Dr. E. M. Wood - Office over Anson State Bank - General Practice and Surgery - Special attention given to Diseases and Surgery of the Ear, Eye, and Throat. Office equipped with modern X-Ray appliances.

Anderson Dray Line - "14 Years in Anson"

Anson House - L. M. Smith, proprietor - Is in immediate proximity to the business part of town. At this house you will find first class fare, clean beds, and reasonable rates. Special attention paid to Commercial Travelers.

Stage Line From Anson Monday and Friday of each week. Returns Tuesday and Saturday. John Pendley, Prop.

Key Cash Store - Special sale on all Viols, Tissues, Drawn Cloth, and Summer Printed Goods.

A. F. Rutherford - Grocery

A. J. Nichols - Feed and wagon yard.

Tipton Hotel - South of Public Square, Opposite Hinds & Bro. Keep a well supplied table and polite attendants. Please call on us.

The Texas & Pacific Railway - The Direct line between Texas, New Mexico and California, and all points in the North-East and South-East. Pulman - Palace - Sleeping Cars. B. W. McCullough, Assistant Passenger Agent, Marshall, Texas - F. Chandler, General Passenger Agent - H. M. Hoxie, Vice President, St. Louis, Mo.

C. D. Davis offers reward of $20. for a pair of Iron Gray Mules that had strayed or stolen.

Judge Lewis, of Dallas, is writing the life of Gen. Sam Houston.

A few days ago El Paso had only eighteen cases of small pox. All isolated in a small pox hospital.

The aggregate earnings of all the railroads in Texas, for the past year, reached in round numbers $19,000,000.

The two papers published at McKinney, have consolidated, and hereafter will be called The Black Waxy.

J. W. Bains, of the McKinney Advocate, has been tendered, and will accept the appointment of Secretary of State.

There are twenty- one states that have laws regulating railroads and South Carolina will make the twenty-second.

The small pox has broken out in Denison again. Five or six new cases reported. They are confined to the negro dens of the city.

Abilene claims to have 480 dwellings and 75 business houses. An estimate of five people to each house, gives it a population of 2400.

General Grant says that there are thousands of persons drawing pensions for disabilities sustained in the war, who are physically as sound as they ever were.

An officer in Calvert, while trying to arrest an unruly negro, accidentally let his pistol go off. The ball took effect in the head of a bystander, inflicting a painful if not dangerous wound.

J. H. McClary, the Attorney General, has recently decided that a County Judge, as a member of the commissioners court, has a right to vote on any and all subjects coming before that body.

A negress in Grayson county, gave birth to four children a few days ago. What troubles us is how she will manage to nurse them when they all start their usual whine about two hours before day.

On December 1, 1882, the state had 2278 convicts on hand. Within the penitentiary 502; on railroads and railway construction trains 694; on farms, 1065; miscellaneous 17, supposed to be hired as domestic.

At the recent election, Austin was elected as the place for the colored branch of the University.

Congress is trying to reduce the tax on tobacco from 16 to 8 cents per pound. The manufacturers and dealers are quite uneasy about their stocks they have on hand, thinking that they may be subjected to a loss of eight cents on the pound by legislation. However the senate has adopted a resolution giving an rebate on unbroken packages on hand, in case the bill passes.

Anson Male and Female Academy
Terms :
Primary, per month - $1.50
Intermediate, per month - $2.00
Bookkeeping, higher Mathematics, and the sciences per month - $2.50
Payable at the end of each month.

A. K. McCarty, an officer in Denison, was killed Christmas day while trying to arrest a man acting in a disorderly manner. The murderer escaped.

Dallas county has purchased the iron toll bridge across the Trinity river near the city.

Abilene is to have another paper soon, W. T. Gibbs of the Coleman Telegram, proprietor.

Miss Frances Edmonds and Mr. W. P. Palm of Iowa Park were happily united in marriage Wednesday afternoon 10 June 1925 at 6:30, at the home the bride’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Edmonds, with Rev. Frazier of the Rochester Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Palm was Superintendent of the Rochester School this term. Miss Francis was also a teacher in that school. Mr. and Mrs. Palm left Wednesday evening for Iowa Park for visit to the parents of Mr. Palm and from there they will go to Waco where Mr. Palm will attend school this summer. This happy couple has a host of friends who wish them much happiness and prosperity - "Rule Review"

The bride is well known in Anson, being the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Edmonds, for many years residents of Anson, and a sister of Roy Edmonds, manager of the Spencer Lumber Yard.

Natalie Moore, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Demps Moore, cut a deep gash in her head Tuesday afternoon when she fell from a window at the home of her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Reeves, her head striking a rock. A physician was called immediately. Her condition is not considered serious.

Tom Stiles, proprietor of the Sanitary Barber Shop, returned last of the week from Dallas and Mineola, carrying his folks to the latter place for a summer vacation. Tom has been suffering from a serious eye trouble and goes to Dallas occasionally to consult a specialist.

Mrs. Louis Rowell and daughter, Margaret Lou, left last Friday for a visit with folks of Mrs. Rowell at Lamesa. Louis carried them to Snyder where they took the Santa Fe for the remainder of the trip.

Mrs. John Ford returned to her home at Cisco on Sunday after spending a few days tin the home of J. R. Hardy.

A. L. Purifoy of the Cozy Theatre returned home Tuesday night from Waco, where he went to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Azbelle, who, with her husband, returned with Mr. Purifoy for a few days visit.

Jack Ellison and family of Normangee are here this week, the guests of W. I. Peters. They left here Wednesday morning for a trip to the Plains.

H. T. Appleton and family of Clyde have returned to their home at Clyde after visiting the sisters and brothers of Mr. Appleton, Mesdames John Stephens and Walter Rosie of Anson and Mae and Amon Castleberry of Hamilin. Mr. Appleton formerly lived in Anson county.

J. R. Hardy and family visited relatives in Cisco Sunday. They attended a meeting being held by Rev. L. L. Parrack, formerly pastor of the Baptist church at Merkel and now at Gorman.

Dave Wolfe, manager of the Boston store, who a few days ago, left here for his old home at Eastland, was in town this week seeing after his Boston Store stock of goods now stored in the Ferrell building. He is re-arranging the stock preparatory to adding to same and re-opening the store later.

E. S. Via, local manager of the Williams & Miller Gin, returned this week from a visit with his daughter at Leonard. He left Mrs. Via for a more extended visit. Mr. and Mrs. Via formerly lived at Bailey near Leonard.

A. L. Fitzgerald, formerly engaged in the restaurant business in Anson, has begun the erection of a twenty-foot square tile building on a 20x40 foot lot off the east end of the Right Filling Station, the lot being purchased by him in the spring of 1924 from C. T. Harper. The building faces the south. It will be used for a restaurant.

Frank Stone, whose furniture burned last Saturday when the Pipes house in which he was living caught fire on Tuesday of this week, started construction of a four room home east of the house of Pipe on the street leading east from the water tower on the highway.

We are sorry to report that P. M. Rutherford is still unable to attend to business in the Rutherford Grocery.

F. F. Allan, who has been out of his place of business for some time on account of sickness, altho feeling much better on Wednesday has not been able to resume his business duties yet.

Mrs. Jimmie Lee Gordon and baby returned home Tuesday night from Oklahoma City, where they visited the home of her sister, Mrs. Scott Francis Sebastian.

Harve Warren, Ford Dealer of Knox City, was in town Tuesday. He is a brother-in-law of M. D. Goodyear.

PLAINVIEW NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. P. Maples and two daughters, Madrel and Billie, were visiting relatives in Merkel Sunday.

Mrs. Chas Hanks who was operated on last Saturday a week ago is improving slowly.

There was a large crowd attended the party at the home of Mr. W. J. Rone Saturday night.

BOYD CHAPEL NEWS
Everyone enjoyed the party the home of J. L. Crow, Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Cowley, Eunice, Martin, and Voleta Bingham visited in Abilene Sunday.

Several from here went to the Ice Cream supper at the home of Mr. Piron in the Flat-Top community last Friday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Raney of Neida community and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Moore of the Carlton community visited the home of L. F. Young Saturday night.

WEST TEXAS NEWS
The business men of Slaton met recently and organized a Retail Merchants Association.

The Santa Fe railroad company has just approved plans for a $50,000 hot water washing plant at Slaton and will soon complete their $45,000 water system.

The Stranahan, Harris & Oatis Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, have opened offices at Snyder and will be on the ground to purchase West Texas bonds.

The County seat of Reagan County will be moved to Big Lake according to a recent election held in this county.

A $25,000 new exhibit building will be ready for the county and individual agricultural exhibitors this year when the West Texas Fair opens September 21st to 26th in Abilene.

The laying of steel on the Santa Fe railroad from Doud to the New Mexico line was begun recently.

Transcribed by Dorman Holub