Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 23
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 7, 1902
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WILL NOT CLOSE.
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The Arlington Will Remain Open To
Guests.
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       For several days it has been reported that the Arlington hotel would close for the season, on or about Sept. lst.  A Democrat reporter asked Manager Harrison as to the accuracy of the report, Mr. Harrison replied:

       "There is absolutely nothing in the report and I am at a loss to understand how such report should get in circulation.  I cannot conceive that it was started with any intention of injuring the hotel and prefer to believe that it was done thoughtlessly by some one not familiar with the intentions of the management.

       'You can say, that the Arlington will not only remain open but that it will be the aim of the management to keep the institution right up to the standard.  I have never lost confidence in the immense possibilities of making Marlin an all the year round resort and the public can rest assured that the Arlington will do its part.  There is no reason why people should not visit Marlin  the same in the fall and winter as in the spring and summer and it is our purpose to develop this feature."

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