Clay Jones Assigns
He Filed the Necessary Papers Yesterday Morning.
A local Austin businessman filed for insolvency, and the newspaper printed his full creditor list — an ordinary commercial failure that offers a snapshot of small-town credit relationships in 1897.
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The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Page 6
1 min readClay Jones made an assignment yesterday morning for the benefit of creditors, naming G. V. Wright, trustee.
Following are the creditors, to be paid in the order named: Wm. Brueggerhoff, legal expenses; Monroe Miller, rent, $75.00; George F. Boswell, open account, $450.00; Faker & Buck, open account, $71.11; Bell & Randolph, open account, $72.75; James H. Raymond & Co., note; Tengarden & Shumate, open account, $65.00; Ben C. Jones & Co., open account, $17.40; John Orr, open account, $6.75; John Brennan, open account, $13.00; Houghton & Robinson, open account, $112.92; Statesman Publishing Company, open account, $23.00; Austin Gas Light and Coal Co., open account, $27.80; Heidenheimer, Strasburger & Co., open account, $64.15; Robert Gair, open account; Berwick Bay Oyster Co., open account, $40.00; Cassels & Millhollon, open account, $55.00; Phil Meyer & Son, open account, $48.00; [...] & Son, open account, $50.00; [...] & Co., open account, $40.15; [...] Fernandez & Co., open account.
Total, $1,373.77.
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