Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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MiCHELIN
12 to 15% Extra Weight
TI7HEN you buy your next t unmake this simple
VV test. Let us weigh a MicSeiin Universal
Tire in comparison with any other non-skid of the
same size.
You will find the Michelin 12 io
15% heavier than the average, the
exact percentage depending on the
size of the tires used in the test.
This extra weight represents extra rubber and fabric,
which means extra service.
A. G. CRAWFORD, Mercedes, Texas
VEGETABLE MAKKET AT St. LOUIS
Weakness is Shown in market on
Some Items With Homegrown Stuff
Showing an Increase in Supply
St. Louis. — With the exception of
light receipts of green peppers, car-
rots and beets, all kinds of green
vegetables are in liberal supply. The
demand is only fair and many commo-
dities show weakness. Home-grown
cauliflower, rhubarb, green onions,
radishes, lettuce, spinach, kale and
mustard greens are in liberal supply.
Receipts of string beans are in ex-
cess of the call and the feeling is
weak with prices lower. There is a
considerable amount of coarse and
inferior stock which is selling at a
heavy discount. Florida beans are
quoted at 50c@$1.50 per hamper,
Louisiana $1.50@2, Alabama $1.75@2
and Texas $1@1.75 per full hamper.
Home-grown mustard greens are
freely offered.
A fair inquiry is shown for the nor-
mal supplies of parsley. New Orleans
burley is selling at $2@2.50 per barrel.
There is a goodly supply of home-
grown rhubarb which is moving at 10c
@20c per dozen bunches.
A steady tone rules in the radish
market. Receipt of shipped in rad-
ishes are light with home-grown of-
fearings fair. The demand is active.
Alabama stock is bringing 20c per
dozen bunches ff>r white, Arkansas
tips 15c, white 25c, home-grown white
30@35c and tips 20c.
The supply of nearby spinach is
liberal and the market is easy at 15 @
20c per bushel.
A fairly good call is shown for
good ripe tomatoes, but unripe and
poor stock is easy and difficult to
move. Fancy Florida tomatoes are
bringing $2.50 @3.25 per six-basket
crate and choice $2.25@2.75. Green
stock is almost unstable.
The light receipts of turnips meet
with fair sale and the market main-
tains a steady tone.
Only a light demand is shown for
the limited holdings of artichokes.
California large boxes are moving at
$2.50@2.75 and half boxes $1@1.25.
Quietness rules over the asparagus
market. Home-grown stock is sup-
plying the bulk of the trade at 90c@
$1.25 per dozen bunches.
Not much change is noted in the
beet situation. Offerings are rather
light, with demand also light. Louis-
iana arrivals are selling at 15@35c
per dozen bunches and Texas $1@1.50
per hamper.
Carrots are steady, under light of-
ferings and a fairly active inquiry.
New Orleans shipments are bringing
15@ 35c per dozen bunches and Texas
hampers $1@1.50.
The price of cucumbers is lower
than last week on account of increas-
ed receipts and a quiet demand.
Florida stock is moving at $1.25 @
1.85 per hamper, New Orleans, in bar-
rels, 30 @50c per dozen and Illinois $1
per box.
Home-grown cauliflower is in liber-
al supply at $1@2 per bushel box.
Celery is steady, but the inquiry is
limited for the equally small hold-
ings.
With offerings of green peas rather
light and the call limited, the market
is able to maintain a steady but quiet
tone. Mississippi peas are quoted at
$1.25 @1.50 per hamper and Tennessee
$1.50@1.75.
There is an abundance of home-
grown green onions at 30@35c per
dozen bunches. Green peppers are
scarce and are wanted. Florida pep-
pers are selling at $2 @4.50 per crate.
Home-grown kale is in plentiful
supply and Is lower at 30@35c per
bushel.
A fairly active inquiry is shown for
the plentiful offerings of lettuce.
Mississippi head lettuce is quoted at
$1@1.25 per hamper and California
$1.25@1.50 per crate. Home-grown is
freely offered.
Sweet potatoes rule strong and
higher. Offerings are scarce with
the call brisk.
Garlic is weak influenced by an ex-
cessive supply and slow demand.
Louisiana single strings are bringing
5@10c for small, 15c for medium and
25@30c for large.
DEFENSIVE WARFARE
We have mobilized an army
On our narrow lot.
The neighbors call our drill ground
A kitchen garden plot.
We’ve an infantry of onions,
Young, brave, and growing strong,
With some regiments of turnips
Coming gallantly along.
Horse radish makes our cavalry,
Scotch kale our Highland guard;
Our drummers are the beets, of course
Our scouts, the bold Swiss chard.
War is declared already;
It’fe advance, and not retreat,
On all who raise the tariff -
On good green things to eat.
The “charge”- once theirs is ours now,
We’ll charge like San Juan Hill!
And nothing can defeat us,
Except the water bill.
New Potato Advance
Chicago. — One of the features of
the potato market this week was the
advance which the market made on
offerings of new stock. Florida bar-
reled stock started the week at $9
and advanced 25c a barrel each of the
first three days of the week.
The offerings of stock from, Florida
were not quite as heavy this week as
they have been heretofore and the ex-
ceptionally heavy demand which the
new stock has experienced was re-
sponsible for the great improvement
in tone and the advance in price. Bar-
rels of No. 1 stock brought $9.50@10;
No. 2 mostly $8.50 and No. 3 $6.50.
The first cars of Texas Triumphs to
reach the market arrived Friday and
dealers anticipated that a liberal
amount of Texas stock would be of-
fered by the middle of this week.
To get next to humanity be human.
The most human thing in the world is
just to be human.
A glue factory stands near a certain
railway. Its charms are not for the
nose, and therefore a lady often car-
ried with her a bottle of lavender
salts. One morning an old farmer
took the seat beside her. As the train
neared the factory the lady opened her
bottle of salts.
Soon the whole car was filled with
the horrible odor. The farmer put up
with it as long as he could, then
shouted:
“Madam, would you mind puttin’ the
cork in that ’ere bottle?”
Dr. F. E. OSBORN, Prop.
C. D. MOODY, Mgr.
, THE REXALL STORE
Mercedes Drug Co.
MERCEDES, TEXAS
Please don’t worry, Mr. Farmer or City Customer,,
our phone number has not been changed, nor our store
moved. We carry the biggest stock of
DRUGS AND SUNDRIES IN THE VALLEY
and can please you
We want your business—Our Fountain is the Best—
Our Service Just as Good
Mercedes Drug Co. *>
C. D. MOODY, Manager
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NEW MANAGEMENT
CLEAN AIRY ROOMS RATES $2 PER DAY
K. M. LEAR, Proprietor
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Some men have a lot to say about
getting busy, but they never really
get busy.
THE BLUE GOOSE BAR
DONNA, TEXAS
Full Line Wines, Whiskeys and Cordials
BEER CIGARS
S. A. BARNARD, Mgr.
Your Patronage Solicited
ANNUAL MEETING
Unit Marketing
SYSTEM
MONDAY, JULY 9th, 1917
AT HARLINGEN, TEXAS
Every member should attend this meeting
Bring your neighbor with you
Don’t forget the Date, Monday, July 9
You will hear Good News
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917, newspaper, May 17, 1917; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063068/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.