Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 10, 1904

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The Mexboro’ Wesleyan bazaar has proved very successful, the total receipts being £73 odd.

Thirty-one persons were interred at Mexboro’ cemetery in August, 1901, and 38 in August, 1904.

The new band stand on the Mexboro’ Pleasure-ground is too small for 24 bandsmen, and will have to be enlarged.

105 special and ordinary trains have been booked to run into Doncaster from Tuesday to Friday in this week.

At the Japanese fete at the Swinton Vicarage grounds last Thursday £11 was taken at the gates.

Reports of local events are at all times willingly inserted in these columns.

Thirty shillings will take you to America, and you can book at the “Times” Office, Mexboro’.

The “Mexboro’ Times” Printing and Publishing Company’s offices are being rebuilt and re-modelled on modern lines.

Twelve pretty coloured post-cards of Mexboro’, Swinton, and district post free 1/6. “Times,” Mexboro’.

Typhoid fever is very prevalent in this district.

The new Wesleyan Church at Mexboro’ is to be opened on Tuesday, October 27th.

Post this paper to your friends when you have read it.

Back numbers of this paper containing the history of the Mexboro’ Co-operative exposures may be had.

Several members of the Mexboro’ Council, who signed a cheque for expenses to Liverpool Congress, have been surcharged to the extent of about £4.

The Mexboro’ Urban Council’s electric light balance-sheet has at last been prepared, and will be submitted at the next Council meeting on Wednesday.