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List
of School Books of 1896
Bear Creek Medina Co Texas
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Oct
the 7
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Arithmetic
for Bee
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70
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Spellers
for Minnie & Alex
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40
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History
for Minnie & Alex
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120
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Arithmetic
for Minnie
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45
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Arithmetic
Alen
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20
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Spelling
Book “
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20
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Grammar
Alex
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45
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History
for Bee
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60
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Geography
for Minnie
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60
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480
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Page 69
Bear
Creek Notes
Farmers
are still mowing the grass and weeds. Busy
thing is growing time.
Mr.
J. H. Clemons is still on the sick list. Came
back from his trip no better.
Mr.
E. G. Tilley of Devine came over to Mr. L. W. Moore's on a visit last Sunday
G.
E. Coraspontent and family in company with Fra H. D. Bishop, went over
to old Uncle Henry Griffin and there met with a host of old friends and
injoyed a fine sermon from the Revernt W. M. Dubose, Jr.
Last but not least injoyed a fine diner which you will always find at
Uncle Henrys
The
soldier boy June Bailey is spending his leasure hours in chopping cotton
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81
Samuel Tilley
Jan the 2 1898
I
went with Maud to Sanmarcos. She was going to Reedsville to continue
teaching school Wedsday. She commences her school being the 5th day of Jan
1898,
S. J. Tilley
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93
Dec the 18. 1898
Dear Sister. I will try to
pen you a few lines in answer to your most cordial invitation to my neices
weding if such you would be inclined to call it.
I have had a great many invitations to diferent places and that was the
coolest one that I ever received. Mary
you do not know Sam yet. You know
that in our sircumstances that he would of bin the last person on earth that
would of imposed him self and family on you all, but at the same time there is
nothing calculated to make him treat my relatives with more indifference than to
put him off in the maner as to tell his family they could come if wanted too.
He never said any thing but that he was sorry on Maud's account that she
had worked so hard and saved his money, thinking she might receive an invitation
and was disapointed. She seemed to
think so much of you all.
What
she ever did to any of you is more that he can tell.
She is now gone to Larado with her lady friends and relitives of Devine.
I have just received a letter from Sallie and Dick asking us to be sure
and come out to spend Xmas week with them.
It might be that we can go. Can't
tell yet. I guess we would look all right out there.
Mary I can't help but feel hurt in the way you sent your invite.
You should of sent me an invitation strate out (that is if you felt
disposed to invite me at all) and let me or Sam used our judgment on whether
come or not.
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94
You
know that if the scarlet fever or any other contageous type disease that we
would not of taken our family. So a
mans honesty never keeps him from being a gentleman nor neather dose his wealth
make him one. We will never know nor care how sick or poore we are one
hundred years from now. I will
close this, sincerely hoping that you will all injoy your selves and don't think
of this as a slight to me at all for I never take more at heart than I can kick
of at my heels. Yours as ever.
Fannie Tilley
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115
Devine, Texas Jan 1898
Dear daughter
I will try to write you a few lines which I hope will find you injoying
the best of health. I have bin
trying very hard to get good started to plowing but seems like a hard case.
Never the less I have got nearly all the ground broke that I want to
plant in corn. The ground is
getting so dry and hard we can hardily plow it.
I do not know when I will get through breaking, may have to plant with
out breaking. Well I guess your
postal money is bout give out by this time.
I will try to send you some in order that you might need it before you
could get it other wise. Did Abb ever visit to you.
We got a letter from him some time a go and answered it and told him
where you wer in case he got in a notion to write to you.
I told him I guess the reason he wrote to us that he had writen to all
the kin and then the dogs and happened to think of us.
If they get mad they would not be in any worse fix than I was when I
received there letter.
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Bear Creek
Notes
Our
school ended on the 7th with evry body well pleased and satisfied with the work
done in the school by both prinicipal & assistant.
In fact the quitest school we have had for a number of years.
Mr.
Wilson that has bin staying with Mr. W. T. Bailey for his health, started on
Sunday for his home in Missippi.
On
Saturday the 8. G. E. Coraspontent in company with Fra H. D. Bishop and R. M.
Ketchum started for Justice Court Prc. No. 5 Aticosa Co.
On nearing the designated point the people came flocking from evry
direction. I guess the Judge was
honored by Represenitives from three Cos. Medina, Frio, & Aticosa.
Evry body expecting to see or hear something, but alas failed.
All came out at the same hole he wint in at and I think closed it in
after him.
We
surly apreciate the good faith and confidence the Devine merchants has in
holding the farmers up in this trying ordeal.
Let us all sink or swim together
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