The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1929 Page: 2 of 8
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TIMELY ADVICE
‘‘Stop and let the train go by—
It hardly takes a^pninute.
Your car starts out again intact,
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Sewing Needles
The Invention of the sewing needle
was ascribed by .the nricients to the
goddess of war. Bellona. The skill In
embroidery of the Babylonians, Phyry-
gians and Egyptians attested to their
familiarity with needles The steel
-oedle was Invented by the Chinese.
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Grandmother Ice Had Lovely Dreeses
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— The old capitol of Texas burned in 1881 and the
present capital at Austjn was completed in 1888. ^The
present structure was built at a cost of 3,000,000 acres
of land.
Service of Love
& graves
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C^betery kept
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Y SECRETARY
W. A. KING, Sexton
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TO AID AVIATION
Chambers of Commerce, American Legion Posts,
service dubs, and other civic organizations are request-1
ed to .work with the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the
purpose of marking at least one roof in every town of
from 1,000 to 50,000 population in the United States.
The name of the town together with an arrow pointing
north and the letter “N" together with a letter indica-
ing whether or not their is an airport in the town* are
desired. All organizations or individuals complying
with this request will receive a certificate of apper-
ciation from Colonel Charles Linbergh, who is co-op-
rating with the Fund.
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This paper would be pleased to honor a man who we
tiecm as worthy of the honor as Mr. Blanton.
the State championship in football, irrespective of I ------------------
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performing on the De Leon . tj,e motor bus movement in the rapidity with which it
has’covered the country.
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„lr_. REASSURANCE •
It was their first airplane ride and the young wo-
man of the party felt quite nervous.
“You will bring us back safely, won’t you?” she
said to the pilot with a rather faint smile, as they were
about to start. y-
“Of course I will’ Miss” he assured her, touching
his leather helmet “I’ve never left anybody up there
yet.” -
ts in their pos-
liss’l lot of fun
ABOUT DE LEON
Boyce House, editor of the Eastland Daily Tele-
gram, had a few nice things to say about De Leon re-
cently upon the occasion of the visit of the Eastland
Lions Chib to De Leon. If De Leon is famous f« and
wide for nothing more, we
statewide noteriety for pe
FOR SALE IN DE LEON BY
J. W. Howqfd Grocery
W. H. Smith Grocery
Terrill Grocery Co.
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The go-to-church habit never hurt anybody, and it
has been known'to have been an actual help to many.
friend—“You are elways pleased
when you can bring down the leopards,
ehr Big Game Hunter—“Oh, yes; I
Can always sell their skins tor Spot
cash.'
em FREEZING-18 FUN and the
Icicle Giris and Madam Snow nnd
old King Snow were having a chat
after a pleasant busy day.
Pretty soon they Irpre joined by
other friends and reial^vea The Blis-
zard Boys came along and so did
many of the others. “Let ns hear,"
said Sir Freezlng-Is-Fun. “the old, old
story of dear Great, Great, Great
Great, Great Great. Great. Great.
Great Grandmother Ice and the Pond.”
“Who will tell the story T’ asked the
Icicle Girls and just as that moment
Lady Ice came along.
“Oh, won’t you tell the story? Won’t
you tell the story?”
“What story?” Lady Ice asked and
she smiled her cold, cold smile, but
they all enjoyed It for Cold smiles and
cold ways were what kept them warm
and strong.
“We want to hear the story of dear
Great, Great, Great, Gteaj, Great.
and Gown* <rf All Sorts.
Great, Great. Great, Great-Grandmoth
er Ice and the Pond.”
“Oh, yes," said I.ad.v lee, “I will in-
deed be glad to* tell that story.
“^ears and years and years ago, oh.
so many years ago that no one can
possibly add them all up so as to tell
just how many years ago it was—at
icnst none of us cbflTd ad<T np so many
years, dear Great. Great. Great. Great.
Great, Great, Great, Great, Great
Grandmother Ice was a very^.j.qung
Ice Lady. ■
"How her iced Jewels would gleam
and sparkle and dance when Mr. Sun
would look at them.
“Mr. Sun would come out Just for
the sole purpose of looking, at her Jew-
els anti he would look at them this
way and then that way t<f see ail the
colors that were in them.
-1FAnrt Grandmother Ice had lovely
dresses and gtr'ns «>f till sorts.
fish, from most snrient times,"w& the
symbol of the reproductive power of
water. Water on the fields made the
corn grow—gave life to vegetation, A
creature that Hved In water, like the
fish, was an obvious symbol of tbe re-
prodactive i*ower of the element In
which It lived—which had. apparently,
given It birth. Isis, as the goddess of
reproduction, the “Mother of the
World” was intimately associated in
Egypt; n statues and painting with
the fish and frequently wears one up-
on her head instead of the usual disk
and boms. The lucky-bone has a
very ancient and respectable descent.
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SPOT CASH
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IT*5 D ANGEROUS ^GROUND
you stand on—with a
cough, a cold or
grippe, and your blood
impoverished. You
must’ do something!
Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical 'DTscbVefy
enriches the blood—
builds health aud
strength. u
Mrs. Beatrice Morison of k
4318 Terry St., Dallas, Texas,
remarked: — “Dr Pierce'a
Golden Medical Discovery ia
a splendid family medicin*
and one that I generally kjfl>
in the house. I always
it to my children for eg
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PATHOS AND HUMOR
* There was a mixture of pathos and humor in the
incident recorded in the daily press recently. A fireman
in Macon, Ga„ Hashed into a negroes burning home,
snatched a tiny form from the crib and rushed out with
it In hi.« arms just as the’ foor sollapae.
*<bpby” was a hegro doll.
POtL TAX TIME
Ali who do not h*v« poU tax net
rctaion by February first are going1 to
voting this year. You never can tell what elections may
come up and anyway, a good citizen always likes to be
prepare! and pays his poll tax every year. Thia is just
a friendly warning. Pay your poll tax before next
Thursday night—or you ean’t vote this year.
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Ask the man who carves the Thanksgiving or. the
Christmas bird whether he knows the difference be-
tween a San Saba Narragansett and a Brady Bronze—
and he must Confess that he does not. As between the
flavor of • turkey raised in the Hill counties and one
fnm Gonzales, De Witt or Wilson, his taste is wholly
uneducated. Here is opportunity for enlightenment.
Whe retail buyers are trained to know such difference
and to. call turkeys by variety and the districts where
produced, the demand for them will be less dependent
on sellers’ arbitrary desigations—San Antonio Express
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What will Herbert Hoover say on the prohibition
question. Here ia the prediction. Watch and see if it
comes true: “Every officer of the federal government
from the President to the lowest round in the public
service^ over which-the PresMeht has control, will be
required and expected to observe th prohibitor laws in
immense ! its Rter and spirit.” —-----'«
ELEPHANT ON INSTALLMENT
A recent paragraph on the editorial page of the
Dallas News ran about like this “The reason more peo-
ple do not own elephants is that no . one has offered to
sell them at a dollar down and a dollar a week.” The
News was wrong, if We may believe news story com-
ing from Clarainda, Iowa, where a certain man filed a
chattel mortgage with th^ county recorder, covering “a
female elephant named Rubber, about five feet high
and weighing 1000 pounds, used for exhibition purposes
only.” Sooner or |ater we may all own elephants, if we
can buy one like the Iowa man, on our old favorite
purchase plan.
|FY,D >ou w*r carry » "lucky bone”
In your |>ocket? Many people
have and many [M-ople do. On tbe
eastern const of tbe United States
ahd Canada the lucky-bone Is the
small, serrated bone found tn the head
of the cod: In the middle western
states It ts tbe small bone found In
the head of the gar. The lucky-bone
, not only bring* good fortune but In
some sections is supposed to have also
a thempeutic value as a preventative
of cramps—a most valuable pocket
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fish of silver, or some other material.
If a girl happen* to look at tho new
moon over her right Shoulder, let her
breadcast:
“New moon new—pray let m« *ee
Who my husband k to ba;
The color of hlx hair.
The clothe* he Jz. to-wear.
And ths day that he will .marry mV
And she i* then likely to see her
future hucbar<: before the wane of the
full men*
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The De Leon Free Press
Entered st the l’o»toffioe at De Leon, Texas, as second-
ctaaa mail matter under Act of Congress May 6, 1879
|L L. 8COTT. Publisher ll'ABed Every Friday
Any erroneous reflection upon the character of any in-
dividual will gladly be corrected if brought to the at-
tention of the management of the Free Press
People who don’t believe in germs have a hard
time explaining the flu. Maybe it’s spread by scandle-
mongers. Or fadio. -,
■ , “What’s th trouble?” asked the driver of the car
that pullet! up alongside of the stalled machine.
“Oh” growled the man working over the engine,
“that dad-blasted bus has been associated with my
wife’s visiting relatives and now, even it hasn’t got
sense enough to go when it ought to.’
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Sweet Thing “Please tell me your story, ancient
mariner.”
Ancient Mariner “Well, once we were stranded and
had to eat our belts and shoes to live.” -
Sweet Thing “No? It”, j
Ancient Mariner “And then the boat turned turtle
and we lived on that for six days.”
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Teacher “Now Jimmy, what are you doing, leam-
The saved »ng anything ?r .
Jimmy “No ma’am, I was just listening to you.’
Billie Smith of th^ San Saba News is running ToitfK
Blanton for governor two years from now. And th<r
<THE WHY of
-SUPERSTITIONS
By H IRVINQ KINQ
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is yf’rescription for
Colds./'Jiippe, Flu, Dengue
[ms Fever and Malaria
the moat speedy remedy known !
an positively lay claims to
iuts and football players.
Mr. Houbu’s story follows*:
“De Leon is the peanut metropolis. There Is a vbht
building which in the distance looks like a huge hotel
but which, on closer view is fitind to be an
peanut mill. But, though the building iasnot a hostelry,
De Leon has a big hotel at the other end of the busi-
ness section—a solid and handsome building with spac-
ious lobby and a dining room noted for its fine meals. Free Press is rather inclined to help in the movement.
De Leon is the home of the Bearcats who always are 'll
fighting team. A few years back De Leon laid claim
to Liir- »—--------r — ?•-——- ■ - | -vy
’ th<rMSri"bf The whool. That was along about the time - qj an modern developments, few can compare with
that Ralp Pittman was penorming uu Uie D® L™..
gridiron. Afterwards he starred for Baylor University.
Horik Irvin got his football start in De Leon. So did
Johnny Walker. De Leon formerly was the home of
Merton Harris, who has made a reputation as a prose-
icutor in a South Texaa district and who wrote a novel
of oil field adventure.”
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- THEY WANT CHICKENS
De Leon produce dealers have a “red hot” price on
' hens this week, in fad, they are offering good prices
for all sorts of poultry and growers will doubtless pro-
: fit by culling out their floks and selling off the non-
producers.^ Hens are bringing 20c a pound for ‘heavies’
ahd 18c for Leghorns. Good turkeys are bringing 23c
while ‘Old Democrats’ fetch 10c per pound. Both Carter
and Central Texas are offering these prices.
Central Texas Produce Co. used to ship out cars of
live chickens, In fact, they do at certain seasons of the
year now. But the bulk of the chickens being receiv-
ed now are being killed and dressed right here in De
_Leon and shipped out in ictd refrigerator cars. In fact,
Central Tbxas Produce Co.ris about as modern poultry
eoncero as one would find in Texas or the southwest.
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if you/esire a trial pkg. of tablets.
Wrife for free medical advice.
If /<• wish to see th<
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in De “ Leon
nicely, sej
TRY THE SOUTHSIDE
' DAIRY IN 1^29
FRESH MILK DE
piece. In southern Europe
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Is worn as a charm against the evil
»Fe and other malevolent Influences—
-A :aa a lucky amulet. But a bone from
a fish’s heat! Is just as efficacious and
much less ostentatious. '
The Ip'nd he!tig the center of the
fieh’k mystic Ifte. tbe little bone tn It
is well catentated to represent th®
fish, being Its least perishable part j
and calculated to retain, therefore.
K most perfectly the qualities Inherent
.> In that body of which It once formed
• ■ portion. That same magic of asso-
• * elation by which primltlv* man eon-
aiderod the bair. nails and teeth
works wHb regard to tbe little bono
frsm tbe tatfet-tte flak -
"Some were vefy magnificent with
long trains and great' hangings of
sparkling ornaments, .x
“And some were simpler and the
light upon them would show pale
colors.
“But oue day when Grandmother
Ice (I am leaving out all the ‘greats’
for It takes so long to use them all
each time and we know by now how
many there were) was dressed in. her
best ice dress she went to call upon
a pond.
“The pond was a lovely pond and it
had beautiful, clear water In It as a
nice pond should have.
“Grandmother Ice was
with the pond. ’
“ ‘Winter is cqming on,r said Grand-
mother Ice. ‘In fact It will soon be
Were, add 1 am wondering if you
would not like the and other members
of my family to cover up the ponds
and the lakes and the streams and
keep them warm all winter.
“‘You will be much warmer if we
do this.'
/"And tbe pond was delighted and
begged Grandmother Jce t<^ do this.
So Grandmother Ice sent word tp the
; other members of her family to caver
up the ponds and lhe Ipke and tbe
streams and so keep them warm all
winter.
"Then Grandmother lee fastened
her lovely gown oyer the,.pond and
attached it to the sides of the' ponds
in the fame way that ladies will fast-
en their dresses with hooks and eyes
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“And then Grandmother Ice whis-
pered to the pond and said:
“‘Dear, dear pond, |>ow I love yon.
I want to put my arms around you
and tel* you that I think you are so
lovely. 1 want to whisper secrets to
you of the great Ice family.
“T want to tell you how beautiful
they are. how fine they like to be. I
W*hnt»to tel F you how people can take
tis out after awhile, and save us for
(the hot months of the summer.
** ‘I want to tel) you many, many
secrets.’
“That is the story of Grandmother
Ice and we know how she whispered
the lovely secrets of the Ice family to
the pond and how the other members
of the-Ice-family did the same with
the other ponds and streams and
•lakhs.
‘‘And we all love to tell these se-
crets when we’re visiting in the win-
ter time these days. We tell how
Mother Nature helps us. and i»w
Mother Nature’s different children
J help us, too.”
And. all of them said:
“Ah, yes. we love to tell these se-
crets and we love to hear again ahd
again tljy story of dear Great, Great.
Great. Great, Great. Great. Great,
| Great. Great-Grandmother (ce.■, . —
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Scott, R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1929, newspaper, January 25, 1929; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1248199/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.