The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1918 Page: 3 of 4
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The Flavor Lasts
We will win this war—
Nothing else really matters until we do!
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LOCALS AND PERSONALS
OUTFIT
$26.75
For This
What will you sac-
Victrola Four A and five double-faced records (ten
Start in right now to enjoy the world’s
selections 1.
With a Victrola you can hear at will the
best music.
kind of music you like best—You can have dance music
See window.
have a Victrola.
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Everybody Ir cordially
Huston Drug Store
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whenever you want to dance, you can have the most
famous bands entertain you with their stirring music,
■da Thursday night, at
War and the Millennium,”
Mr George B. McKissick of Ashby
was a business visitor to the city to-
“The Liberty Loan starts Septem-
Get ready!"
Miss Clara May Yeager has return
[ od from a visit to San Antonio. San
Marcos and Austin.
This store will be dosed
I. Ditch. 10-12d
Mr. W. .1. Autrey of Martindale.
Caldwell County, is here with his
teams assisting in the rice harvest.
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Mr Berry Watkins Jr. was in the
city yesterday. He reports a splen-[
did crop and says it is doing better.
than he expected.
Mr. H W. Bowie of Cedar Lane
spent yesterday in Bay City. Mr.
I Bowie lias ginned about as much cot-
ton already this year as he had all
the season hist year and says he will
double what he has now. The Caney
Valley cotton is turning out much bet
ter than expected.
The next loan will be a sacrifice
The boys in France are sacri-
'; firing their all.
a
rifice?
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I T. F. West, Walter Halm, .1 I'
West. A. A. Gary, A. M. Mathern
and B. Gillett, all from Harlingen,
are here and the crowd has a suffi-
cient capacity, mules, tractor plows,
etc., etc., all necessary tools and I
equipment, for a thousand acres.
: which they are looking for in this
i section. They are cotton and corn
farmers and are leaving the Lower
Valley country for a better field Some
man with a large acreage, say of a
t boitsand acres, can get hold of some
n ughty good farmers by getting in
to ooh with these men.
you can hear any music that you wish to hear if you
West, Walter Halm, .1
Gary, A. M.
all
Mr. W. A Kelly was a visitor to
the city yesterday and reported that
he Is gathering a bale to the acre.
My attention has been called sev-*
oral times to certain conditions con-
nected with the uncleanliness of side-
walks adjacent to business houses.
For the most part, our business men
are endeavoring to keep up a good'
appearance in front of their buildings
But. there are some offenders who
have not given attention to cleanli-j
ness and order so that their prem-
ises are not only a reflection upon the.
progressiveness of the city, but an ac-
tual menace to the public health.
Decaying fruit, vegetables and oth- ,
er garbage, litter of boxes and other
refuse has been allowed to accum-
ulate: and this ought not to bn per-
mitted Tn at least two prominent!
localities, adjacent to the square, the
gutters are filthy and foul smellftTg I
The collection of garbage and litter'
by the city Is not as systematically;
cared for as It might be. and the ob-
struction of the sidewalks ought not I
The fourth liberty loan begins on
September 28. Figure up and sub-
scribe until it hurts.
This week’s gin receipts, with the
present good weather continued, will
give Bay City more cotton than wan
received at the gins hero all last sea
son.
Uncle Dan Mayberry, a going and
good colored farmer of near Van
Vleck, was a business visitor to the
city yesterday. He has a good crop
and told us that he has already paid
his landlord $800 00 in rent and hasn’t
got good started on his crop. All of
our farmers this year are prosperous
and the colored farmers are in the
swim along with the others
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CONDITION OF BUSINESS
SIDEWALKS A MENACE
TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
We have received about 500 yards
, of high grade table linen, 72 inches
wide, which we are closing out at $1
, per yard
• Monday.
E Evangelist Albert T. Fitts of the.
Gal' reston district, will preach at. Mat-j
agor da Thursday night, at 8:30 ! (|ay
■•The War and the Millennium.” or|
“Is t he End of the World Near at ,
Hand Everybody Is cordially in- her 28.
vited.
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LANDS for SALE
loo acres
acre
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320 acres
$1,000.00 cash, bal-
acre
D. A. Switzer
33 acres
167 acres
190 acres Imp , under Lane
1 so acres
190 acres
113 acres
160 acres
<320 acres
If none of these julacf's
have it.
city* Canal, $52.50 per acre.
Mile of Bay City, well improved, $65.00 per acre, $.500.00
cash, balance 1 years. 6 per cent.
town. $2210.00, terms.
and lots from windmill, $37.50 per
JUST A WORD TO | prayer
< OUR CHRISTI IN SISTERS, ter of Luke, beginning
■ ■— ■ verse. I"'
Our cottage prayer meeting will}
meet at Mrs. II T. Cartwright’s at I,
o’clock Wednesday afternoon and all !
of you who are interested in the wel !
fare of our brave soldiers who
now bearing the hardships of God’s
great war. and the impending dangers,
now threatening our own
country, come, and unite with us in
We wil Iread the 21st chap-
; at the 5th
Phom* your neighbors. Come
and meet with us.
Cottage Prayer Meeting Sisters
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For Sale 5-room modern cottage,
are I bath, close in .shell street, cement
walk, best residence street in city
with fou^ lots, bargain price $2500.00.
beloved Magill Bros.. Bay Citv. Texas
: 7-10d-13w
Imp . good land, near
Imp., water in house
acre.
All black, well improved, shell road, two miles Baj C$ty,
$8,00o.t>0, $2,000.00 csish, balance ease
160 acres—Imp . m ar town, shell rosol, $65.00 per ;
io acres Imp. m-ar town. SxOO.oo. one-half cash.
80 acres All black, Imp., noar town. $6,000.00.
50 acres Imp., Caney farm, -m il mad, $,3000.no
600 acres—1’nimp.. Caney lanul. one-half PEACH RIDGE,'” $18 00 per
acre.
One-third open land. $25.00 per
anee easy.
184 acres—Imp. I’y miles of town, $65.00 per acre.
60 acres- Imp, near town and shell road, $65.00 per acre
15S acres—imp., Caney, all in cultivation, best place in the bottoms
$60.00 per acre.
320 acres Well improved, <not black land). $27.50 per acre
Imp., well lo(,<;it<«l, $15 00 per acre.
.Mile of Bay City, shell road, $62.50 per acre.
Black sod. joins' Danevang, under canal, $37.50 per acre
Imp., black, under well irrigsition, $52.50 per acre.
nit you. tell me what you want. I may
SYMBLEM
W. F. TETTS
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Jeweler and Optician
SOUTH SIDE OF SQUARE
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All wheat 899.
Barley 236.
potatoes
Tobacco
15.9. Rye
Sugar beets
Corn 2,672.
Buckwheat
385. Sweet
(poundal
40.9.
(tonal 6.21.
Kaffirs 74.2.
Keep potted,
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Its circle bands holds three
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America—love of country.
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I have them In solid gold
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«7J>0 and &U0
to bo allowed But the chief respon-
sibility rests on a few storekeepers
Some allowance may be made for i
the large growth of weeds which are]
to be scon everywhere around
curbstones and in vacant lots
cause of the scarcity of labor
even in this Instance it is poor busi-
ness economy to allow conditions to
exist which create an unfavorable Im- j
pressinn of public enterprise, espe-
a
daily when these conditions are
positive menace to public health.
J W Rood. M D.,
City Health Officer.
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I . S. FARWN to raise
(IRE VI’ ( ROI’ OF I <IRN.'
Washington, Beptember 9.- Fore-,
casts of production of the principal i
farm crops, based on their condition |
September 1 were announced today,
by the department of agriculture as]
follows:
(Figures in millions of bushels ex-
cept where noted.)
Spring wheat 343.
Oats 1,477.
20 1. White
potatoes 81
1,218 Flax
Hay (tons) 86.3.
Apples 196. Peaches 40.2.
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Good, < ’■ool weather continues
every mo
ed to the
tlie cotton
and
®ent of it is being employ
extent of its full value in
and rice fields.
A pi< tk-up for the economical house-
wife—a ) 72-inch.
selling
only
Thousan- is of b of cotton
in the fields
biJn dreds of hands
can. many
empl. tyment here
welcome.
op 'en
high grade linen.
«i $1.00 per yard, for the week
** - Pitch’s.
10-12(1’
Col. Jr w N. Simpson left this after-j
noon for Dallas
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Cottbn growers of Matago rda Coun-
ty will be afforded an unusu, oppor-
tunity to learfn important fa< oo,|_
cerning their cotton planting and
marketing fro m noted government «*-
pets who will speak at the court ho use
next Saturd’uy at 2:30 p. in. Thr.te
prominent experts will be present.-.
They are ‘Alex D. Hudson of Wash-
ington, D (!., and Walton Peteet of1
College Station, U. S. marketing ex-1
perts. Ch ief Inspector Daniels of the
U. S. war eliouse bureau will also be
present. These men will discuss the
government report as to the best, cot-1
ton for the Gulf Coast coUntlea and
also the need of better warehousing,
and marketing facilities for Bay City. t
Such m<aetln£s as there are invaluable
to the vjotton growing interests of the
country
this vicinit y are
and while many
are busy d (ting all th
more could find
All comers are
VAPOR STOVE
to you. We
for Matagorda County
Taylor-Hill Furniture Co.
are exclusive agents
Call and let us demonstrate them
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that Famous Detriot
FRIGLEYS
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We are now able to make de-
livery on
Lost!: Sat orday night on the street I
a baby pillo w. Return to Sisk Gro-
eery and Ha.fdware Co.’s store. Re-!
ward. 10-12d;
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Mr. Gus G< itlsr-halk ^of Matagorda
was a businc «s visitor to th£ city
yesterday. *
Buy City, Texas
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Get OUR Prices
and well get
YO UR Business
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Office upstairs, nver Alcove, Austin Building
"lumber
and everything that goes with it
Alamo Lumber
Company
John Sutherland, Mgr.
Pltone J3
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Mrs. I. A. Ma tthswn of Caney spent
B yesterday in t He city' with relatives
and Meads. * ,
Mrs. W. A. Kelly was in the city}
today on busin ess.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1918, newspaper, September 10, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1292911/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.