Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number  (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, May 22, 1902
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THE BEN HUR STORM.

       Sam McKinney, a farmer living near Prairie Hill, was in Marlin Tuesday and reported that the wind at Ben Hur on last Sunday afternoon blew down a residence killing one of the children and seriously injuring other members of the family.
       Other houses were blown down or damaged but no other persons were hurt.

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