The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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If business is dull, stimulate it with
an ad in The Tribune.
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NAMED OKLAHOMA OIL
FIELD FOR BAT CITY.
SEED RICE.
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MEXICAN KILLED
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FATHER O’LEARY HERE.
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ANNOUNCES FOR MARSHAL.
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CALENDARS.
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on sod land and practically
Can be seen at Wads-
worth warehouse an dat union ware-
house, Bay City. Price until January
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WILL S. HOLMAN
Attoroey-at-Law
Will practice in Appellate, Su-
preme and Federal Courts
Office in the Courthouse
. Bay City, Texas
The following letter is self-explana-
tory:
the city
a man more able to perform
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A swell New Year’s ball was given,
by the young men of the city at Ham-
ilton Hall Thursday night and enjoyed
by many of the dancers of the city.
Quite a number of out-of-town peo-
ple were present and the best part
of the night was spent in the enjoy-
ment.
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WORK PROGRESSING
ON BAPTIST CHURCH.
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Tribune: Inclosed please
apply on subscription.
i Bob Benge, for several years con-
nected with the First National Bank,
has accepted the management of the
Wadsworth Bank and will take up his
duties there this week. Bob, is a
young man of splendid experience as
a banker, is very popular with -the
public and will make good at Wads-
worth, whose people are to be con-
gratulated upon acquiring his services
and citizenship. He has many friends
here who will regret to see him leave
us, but who will be pleased to learn
of his promotion.
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I Personals
From Saturday’s Daily.
Miss Lena Floyd of Wharton is the
guest of friends.
Mr. George Floyd of Wharton is the
guest of friends in this city.
Miss Lula Brewer has returned to
San Marcos to resume her studies.
Mr. Warner swart Matagorda
was the guest of friends for the dance.
Miss Lillie Miller leave® tomonow
for Hearne to resume her school work.
Mrs. Ambrose Hurley of Houston is
spending the holidays with relatives.
Miss Maggie Conger has
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■n’cre Misses May Perry of Perry’s
Landing, Thelma Moore, Nell Mayfield
of Tanglewylde, Mare Teresa Moore;
Messrs. John Hill, Austin Castleton,
Earl Broughton and Clarence Woolsey.
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ANNOUNCED FOR MAYOR.
The Markham Irrigation Company is
making some extensive improvements
by extending its canal some distance
into the Ward Cattle Company’s prop-
erty south of the LeTulle & Collins
farm near El Maton, on the St. L. B.
& M., in the western part of this
county.
The Ward Cattle Company has about
7,500 acres of very choice land and
are putting 2,500 of it to rice this
year.
served
years, will also be
rumors of
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Capt. J. W. White, J. D. Moore
and A. S. Collins returned yesterday
from the bay where they spent a few
days hunting. They brought back
their success.
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Complimentary to Miss May Perry
of Perry’s Landing, Mrs. E. L. Perry
entertained with a picture show party
at the Pastime. After the movies, re-
freshments were served at Stinnett’s.
Those forming this delightful party
we Misses May ~ -
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I“’lenrit?iJneAou need"QuTtiine*7or "any pur^
pose. Ask for 2 ounce original oackaerp TLa
name FEBRII^N^ is blown in bottle.25i'cents.
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year 1915, and there won’t be
ton planted on it either.
mers will follow Mr. Chastun’s
there wil be a $25,000 crop this
for Ashwood.
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Save money by getting best Louis-
iana sugar cane syrup direct from the
plantation. Bargain prices. Booklet
J. E. McGuire, Palacios, Texas.
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Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
S!andard Grove’s Tasteless
chiH Tome is equally valuable as a
General Tome because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
Max G. Klein, a prominent merchant
of this city, was the first to announce
for mayor of Bay City, the election
to be held in April, following the
White Man’s Union primary to be held
in March.
Mayor Sutherland, who has
'the city for several
a candidate. There are
others coming into the fray,
promises to be an interesting
paign.
the minute
phone or telegraph
Fresh Cat Fln-wers,
Boaqaets, Funeral
.Designs
Westheimer Bldg., Houston
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Landing, Carrie city with Dr.
ley.
Several of our merchants went on
a cash basis on January 1st. How
long they will continue at it remains
to be seen, although it is a good
thing if carried through.
Miss Catherine Holland,
spending the holidays with her
ents, Judge and Mrs. W. M. Holland,
I returned to her school in Dallas yes-
terday.
Miss Mary Rugeley, after spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hy. Rugeley, left yesterday
on her return to the Whitis school in
Austin.
Miss Dorothy Brooks returned
her school in San Antonio Saturday,
I after having spent the holidays with
Mrs. T. C.
J. A. (Jim) McNeal announces in
today’s Tribune for the office of city
Jim has
this position for the past
■ two years and has done all that was
in his power for the betterment of
the town and the prosecution of his
own duties,
Under the circumstances the city
marshal has a heavy load to carry,
in fact entirely too heavy for the sal-
ary but our Irishman marshal, true to
the tradition of his race, has never
complained about the heavy load
placed upon his shoulders. He has
| made a good officer and The Tribune
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Henry, nee Miss |
Birdie Carter, from Ardmore, Okla., |
are in the city to spend the holidays
with Mrs. Henry’s mother.
Mr. Henry has recently organized
a $15,000.00 oil company and is pre-
paring to sink a well on new terri-
tory near the Ardmore proven fields.
The naming of the company was left
to Mrs. Henry, so to prove her loyalty
promptly bestowed the title of
“The Ba.y city Oil and Gaq Co.” upon
the new organization.
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MISS MAY PERRY OF PERRY’S
LANDING COMPLIMENTED.
Since the good weather set in there
is a marked improvement in all build-
ing activities. The new Baptist
Church will now receive prompt and
energetic services and will be pushed
as fast as workmen can get to it.
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BLUE BOSE SEED BICE.
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McDonald has returned
from Alice where he visited relatives
for several days.
Capt. J. W. White, who has been
ill for the past two weeks, is up and
about the streets again.
Mrs. C. M. Shipman of Wadsworth
is in the city, the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Blagermann.
Father O’Leary held his first serv-
ices at the Catholic Church yesterday
to good congregations.
Judge Samuel J. Stiles arrived in
the city today and organized the Jan-
uary term of District Court.
Dr. S. R. Sholars and wife, after
spending the holidays with relatives
in Orange, have returned home.
Miss Eleanor Jones, after a week
with homefolks, has returned to Den-
ton, where she is attending school.
Miss Grace Keese, one of the teach-
ers, has returned from Lockhart,
where she snent the holidays with rel-
atives.
Bon H. Smith returned Sunday aft-
ernoon from a visit to his father in
Mississippi. He reports a most en-
visit.
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-rjc—n pqV snent the last of
the week at Glen Flora, the guea-
Miss Mollie Belle Matthews.—Whar-
ton Spectator.
Mrs. L. Z. Moreland and children
have returned home, after spending
the holidays at Wharton, visiting Mrs.
W. L. Phillips.
Miss Lula Brewer, after spending
the holidays with relatives here, has
to the University
was-
owing to Ma
7 season, has
1 cause nervousness nor ringing in the head.
teacher in the ltthenexttime vou t-------- ry
spent Christmas
A. H. Wadsworth, an extensive far-
mer and merchant of this county, has
taken over the Wadsworth State Bank
and will operate it as a private and
unincorporated institution from now
on.
The bank was organized several
months ago and Mr. Wadsworth was
Tu Farmers and Home-Owners
of Maia^x. County
You owe it to yourself and the comnu.
trees, shrubs and flowers, thereby making your propio plaux, more
ble, as well as pretty and homelike. And you also owe if1?1,6 vaillQ-
and the community to buy all your nursery stock from yoK9^rself
nursery for many reasons. ome
We have a complete stock of all the trees, fruits and flowers that
grow in the Coast Country, and they are fine. Not only is the stock
fine and thrifty, but the price is below that of any other nursery for
the same quality of goods. Let us prove this to you.
Get our book, “Trees, Fruits and Flowers for the Texas Home-
builder.” It is free for t _ ‘ .. _____L_______________ _____ _
has taken us twenty years to gather.
When in Bay City call at the nursery and let us show you the
stock we are growing. You will be welcome whether you buy or not.
RAY CITY NURSERY CO.
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Hatchett left Saturday for
resume work on the Mag-
net school building, which has been
temporarily abandoned on account of
the bad weather.
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GOOD FARM FOR RENT.
We have for rent two well improved
farms with about 150 acres of land
to each; only 2 1-2 miles south and
southeast of town. Apply to G. and
L. Richers, Bay City, Texas. 18-9w-p
W. Persons spent several
week as the guest of his
n,nd Mrs. R. A. Persons,
After ten days for the Christmas
festivities, the Bay City High School
re-opened this morning with all tea°h
ers present and u>o uaimi attendance.
lion, john W. Gaines has returned
from a business trip of several days
in St. Louis. He said it was very
cold there and that he saw plenty of
snow and ice. '
Miss Amelia Lane of Houston, SiS-
ter of Hon. Jonathan Lane, spent Sat-
urday and Sunday in the city, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Plager-
mann.
Miss Laurilie Moore, after spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G .A. Moore, left yesterday
on her return to the Southwestern
University in Georgetown.
Dr. Kit Williams and wife have re-
at Williams
One of the neatest and most attrac-
tive calendars in our calandar art gal-
lery was handed us yesterday by The
First State Bank. Its title is “Har-
vest Time,” a splendid reproduction
from the original by F. S. English,
bearing on its face “Greeting from
The First State Bank, capital and sur-
plus $80,000.”
! after having spent the
her parents, Dr. and
Brooks.
O. E.
Magnet to
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MohumeHtal bronze co.
BRIDGEPORT. CONN
Following a custom established sev-
eral years' ago the Confederate vet-
erans of the E. S. Rugeley Camp were
given the usual New Year’s Eve ban-
quet by the Sons at Stinnett’s Cafe
Thursday night.
All of these affairs have been en-
joyable and pleasant, but perhaps
there has never been one more more
pleasant or more thoroughly enjoyed
than this last one, and the “old boys”
enjoyed it more than any of the!
guests.
Judge Holman was^ appointed toast-
master after the entertainment started
and although unprepared, presided in
his usual pleasing and efficient man-
ner. In an off-hand, though delight-
ful way, he spoke briefly of the history
of the South, recited some of the most
interesting reminiscences, extolled the
chivalry and bravery of the Confed-
erate soldiers and paid a high tribute
to those living and present.
He then opened the actual cere-
monies of
■ Moore.
I Judge A. Currie of Caney is in the
city for a few days mingling with
friends and acquaintances. The judge
is fully recovered from his recent ill-
ness and is now as hale and hearty
as of old.
j Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harty have re-
turned home from Chicago, where
Mrs. Harty
■ has been in Illinois for several months
Commissioner Henry Sanders of Pa-
lacios was a business visitor to the
city Saturday.
Commissioner J. W. Bowers of
Blessing spent Saturday in the city
on business.
D. Moore is spending
in Matagorda with rela-
1st, $5.00 per barrel.
Wadsworth, Texas.
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Another one of the old familiar
faces at the Santa Fe station will be
missing. Two years ago two of the
most popular, as well as the most
faithful employes it has ever had at
this station, quit the service of the
company. They were Mr. T. H. Cas-
tleton, former agent, and John Cas-
tleton, formerly cashier; and today
Mr. J. A. Ehlert, who has been in-
specting at this station for the past
several years, leaves the service of
the company after a career of twenty-
seven years of railroad service. Mr.
R. E. Bell, master mechanic of the
Santa Fe, under whom Mr. Ehlert
was employed, wanted Mr. Ehlert to
accept a position at Galveston, but
Mr. Ehlert declined the 2 ,
he being the proprietor of the Ehlert
Sanitary Bakery of which his son,
Mr. Wm. E. Ehlert is manager. Mr.
Ehlert thinks it is his duty to stay
here and relieve his wife of some of
her duties; this will also relieve Mr.
Wm. Ehlert of some of his duties and
thereby assure the public a more com-
plete delivery service. In fact, Mr.
Ehlert will give better service to the
Public in every way, if such is pos-
sible.
ness. « j -t'erry of Perry’s
Mrs. Lizzie Randell of Brownsville j Boney’ Louise Mayfield and Katherine
is here visiting her niece, Mrs. J. D.
Moore.
Spencer Clemens, of Lane City, at-
tended the New Year’s Eve ball Thurs-
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy of Bless-
ing have moved to Bay City and will
reside here.
Mr. J. W. Brown is in the city
from Houston visiting homefolks for they spent the holidays.
the holidays.
Miss Louise __________
wylde is in the city, the guest of Miss been 0161,6 for a few weeks.
Catherine Moore. i Miss May Perry of Perry’s Landing
S. R. Ramsey of Bay City was down and M1SS Maude Mayfield of Tangle-
last Friday on a short visit with rela-' wylde have spent the holidays in the
tives.—Palacios Beacon. city> the guests of Miss Marie Teresa
Miss Lilias Matthews of Wharton Moore« and were the recipients of
and Miss Ruth Neal are the guests of many splendid entertainments.
Mrs. A. H. Wadsworth.
A splendid cement sidewalk is being
laid on Fifth Street in the vicinity of
the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. E. DeCoux of Houston is in the
city spending the holidays with her
mother, Mrs. J. S. Brady.
Mrs. F. Smith and son, Merril, have
returned to Galveston, after spending
the holidays with relatives.
Uler Cates came down from Bay City
last Thursday to spend Christmas with
his folks.—Palacios Beacon..
Misses Laura and Doris Phillips en-
tertained at their home Wednesday
evening with a dancing party.
Miss Irene Burkhart and brother,
Mr. Stewart Burkhart, were the guests
of friends for the New Year’s ball.
Mr. R. F. Anderson and sister, who
has been visitng him during the hol-
idays, will leave for Seadrift Monday.
Mrs. Jim Sutherland of Houston is
in the city for the holidays with her
PaLentS: M_r_' and Mrs- J- v- Nuckols.
was oper-
Sanitarium
be doing
J. R. (Raymond) Cookenboo, than
whom there was never a more effi-
announces today for the
office of city tax assessor
tor Mr. Cookenboo has held this of-
fice only one term and if there has
ever been one word of complaint
against him The Tribune has never
heard of it, and there has been none
nor can there by any, for if any man
ever held an office and performed his
duties that man is Raymond Cook-
enboo.
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the duties of this office r Z “
bune sincerely hopes that the
well enough satisfied with him to
elude any possibilities of a useless
opposition to him.
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FARMERS HOLD MEET-
ING AT ASHWOOD.
AT PALACIOS.
Sheriff Carr and County Attorney
Will Davant were called to Palacios
Saturday to investigate the death of
a Mexican which occurred there. He
was shot through the liver and kid-
ney, with a 38 calibre pistol. A num-
ber of Mexicans present testified that
the killing was accidental, so no ar-
rests were made, the officers return-
ing home Saturday.
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TAKES OVER WADSWORTH BANK.
Mr. J. v. Nuckols, who
ated on at the Bay City
Thursday, is reported to
splendidly.
Work on the oil well, which
^nporarily abandoned <
and th© holiday
been resumed.
Miss Grace Keese,
schools of Bay City,
The farmers here held .their first
annual meeting January 1, 1915. There
were over twenty farmers present
Col. James Chastun spoke in behalf
of the farmers and displayed a draw-
ing of a 25-acre farm divided into ten
different kinds of crops that will
bring the owner $2500 profit in the
any cot-
If the far-
plan
year
Father O’Leary, for several years
disciplinarian of the La Porte Catho-
lic school, arrived in Bay City yester-
day to take charge of the mission va-
cated by the death of Father Mon-
treal.
Father O’Leary will hold his first
services tomorrow, in the Catholic
Church of this city.
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RECEIVES HANDSOME PRESENT.
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Mr. Hy. Rugeley received a hand-
some Christmas present this morn-
ing from John T. Price, of Palacios.
The gift is a beautiful boat, made of
all mulberry, prettily painted and ar-
tistically made, it is about twenty
feet in length and will be equipped?
with a gas motor.
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NEW YEAR’S BALL.
From Monday’s Daily.
Sticking to your resolutions?
Dr. A. S. Morton is a business vis-
itor to Houston.
Miss Helen Kilbride has returned
home from Wharton.
Paul Hannan is a business visitor
to Houston this week.
Mr. L. Brown was a business visitor
to Markham yesterday and today.
Little Miss Marion Thompson vis-
ited relatives in Markham last week.
If you are planning on putting in
some rice next y^r, it would be well
to arrange for your seed early, as it
is likely to be scarce and high next
spring. Neither farmers nor mill
men are going to hold very much rice
for seed in the face of the present
high prices. J. W. Green of Wads-| ____________ „aj3
worth has about 140 acres of sod land one of the Principal stockholders and
in Blue Rose rice, which is about as
fine a crop as one could wish for, and
about half of which he has thoroughly
hand-cleaned for seed. If your land
is old or grassy you will make no
mistake in planting Blue Rose, as it
is vigorous and dense growth makes
it the best of all rices for holding
grass in check and it will produce
from 50 to 100 per cent more than
Honduras under these conditions.
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with her parted.
E. Keese.—LockhartTpoa<.nd MrS‘ B'
Miss Mollie Belle Matthews
down Thursday to attend the annual
ball and will be the guest of Mrs. J.
W. Gaines for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Cobb re-
turned home to Bay City Saturday,
after a visit with Mrs. Cobb’s sister.
Mrs. Emma Evans.—Pabuos Beacon.
F. A. Versp’’, who spent the holi-
days Austin, San Marcos, Fentress
and Prairie Lea, has returned home,
after having had a delightful time.
Misp Marg-uoxite Hamilton of Mata-
gorda is in the city with her sister,
Mrs. S. R. Sholars, having attended
the New Year’s ball at Hamilton Hall.
Mrs. W. B. Kelly and daughter,
ivxassw vuuger nas been | Mildred> who have been in the city
spending the holidays with homefolks. I for the past week visiting her sister,
Miss Hallie Kelley of Wharton wasiMrs- Carey Smitb> left today for her
the guest of friends for the New Year’s ! home in Lockhart.
ball. * Miss Nell Mayfield of Tanglewylde
Mr. J. D. Powell of Gainesmore is, entertained last week with a house- turned to their home
in the city for a few days on busi-1 pariY complimentary to Misses May I Lake, after a delightful week in the
and Mrs. H. L. Ruge-
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find $1.50 to
We have been having some cold weath-
er here, about 20 degrees below zero.
I see that Bay City has been having
some very bad weather. I do not think
you will get all of it there, there are
other places just as bad. I have
spent the last two winters in Bay City
and I wish that I were there this win-
ter. We are having the hardest times
in years. There are thousands of
men out of work, so I do not think
the South is much worse off-than we
are here in the North. The railroad
that I ran on has laid off over one
hundred engineers and about 1
hundred firemen, but here is wishing
for the future of Bay City, as she has
i some of the best soil and climate in
the United States. I have been in
■ j nearly every State in the Union and
the evening and called on 11 think Matagorda County is “O. K.”
one and another, all of whom made Yours respectfully, " ’ "
interesting talks.
The banquet board was well filled,
perhaps as many as 125 being present
and most of whom remained until the
old yeai passed into the new, enjoying
the choice viands, the beverages and
the careless abandon incident to the
occasion.
As each year closes and a new one
is ushered in the ranks of the old Con-
federates grow thinner, faces that
xv +he year ioefore absent and
their jollity, smiles axxa ^oasant talks
missing. In this connection Tlq_
bune would suggest that in the future
a memoriam be drafted for the de-
parted spirit of our illustrious dead
and read with solemnity and appro-
priate ceremonies upon each annual
occasion.
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From Far Away Pennsylvania Comes
Good Cheer to Onr People.
Markham Irrigation Company Making
Improvements.
a girl.
Miss Maggie Conger left Saturday to
resume her school duties in San An-
tonio.
Confederate Veterans Gathered
Banquet Board.
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J UST RECEIVED
SOLID CAR LOAD OF
CANE SEED
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Red top, Orange and big German Millet
Gaarantee^ to be free from Johnson Grass
and all foreign grass seeds
ROCK BOTOM PRICES
Call and Investigate
WYNNE GRAm CO.
The Leaders in Price, Quality and Service
Phone 232
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COUNTY.
ENJOYED ANNUAL REUNION.
MATAGORDA
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Savage,
at the Bay City Sanitarium, Saturday,
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