The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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Leon-
JUST RECEIVED
also
NEW STOCK
for
Flower Seed and
p in.
Garden Seed
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Beautify Your Yard and Grow a Garden
April
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The
the
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Gulf Mercantile Co
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T. C. THORNHILL, Manager
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game Friday.
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par-
Mau-
a nd
their
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Hill, ht
develop
building,
completion
20 to 5 victory,
has been matched
■. The
from
force
liquor
has
cent
time to
parking
is. s. c. sterlln
siting their son
visiting .Mr and
be
It Ih
John
ver with
preading
ll-eoatcd
of th-
polluted
e death
Hay City Auto Sale' Co.
ed to donate 3 c
all gasoline sold
with green roofs
esent a
games
recently
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'ou n
Gravier left
Citv. where
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son, I
Miss.:
er C.
Win.
Omaha.
to
ELGIN
77ic Professional Timekeeper
Miss Pearl
from her
Palacios.
Miss Hattie Patterson, who is at-
tending the Summer Normal in Pala-
cios. was the guest of her sister. Mrs
W H Kelly, over Sunday.
Miss Mamie Kelly, of Houston. Is
visiting friends and relative
this week
Mr. Le
New Yor
the main
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The vogue of the cheap watch has had its day. Today, watches
are Selected and carried for their timekeeping accuracy rather
than as jewelry.
In the field of the professional timepiece, for people who value
accurate timekeeping before any other consideration, we feel
that you will find our display of Elgin Watches of more than
ordinary interest.
Come in and let us show )ou the new models.
, who
n Des-
Mrs J.
Some Watch Ideas
arc getting out-of-date
will be
omen.
the Hay City players are superstitious
■r not, they will find a worse combl-
in Gulf nation when they go up *hg:dnst the
Gulf t mi Some changes have been
up and In practice
tror ’iT than when
nown
■ tnendous
! Dick
Veterans,
Confederacy
condition
tried that the council in-
to a joint
and means
ison ha
a in this summer,
a v. It to Gulf
Ucipate
ter's <!■
On motion, all bills there were ap-
proved by the finance
vere ordered paid.
There being no further
I'.t Council adjourned.
C. Langham. City Secretary,
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Tribune Want Ads bring business.
Auslmm has returned
Eleanor Frances Is
Mrs. Wise
un-
Mrs. Honora Dowling Norris, wid-
ow of the late Thomas Norris of New'
died in Galveston at the
■ f her daughter, Mis. John J.
at 2:15 Wednesday morning.
Norris was tile eldest sister of
Railroad to build
No. 10-1 tend,
of the
< summed
and prevf
Inland waters
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children like it. The blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
1 and
Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor-
ating Effect. 60c.
O. G. Gage Jr. is confined to his
I courts on the day of the barbecue It
the
the
\ visit there almost
To Cure a Cold in One Day
fske LAXATIVE BROMO QVIN1NE (Tablet i
Mop* the Cough soil Headache and works oil
Coir* E.W. GROVE'S Hgtuiture on e*«-'i h>-
of th- G U
stnekpens .
cork cm the
MRS. MORRIS, SISTER OF u
DICE DOWLING, DIES
the w.ll known corktail
other days, and a shaker,
made in beautiful designs, ’
and engraved, and art in great
ma nd.
tire county this week
announcing the
is lining up
county for a.
is lining up
| as
I W.
I Mrs.
i Mrs, Million, of Kentucky.
Fdwin <,ut'ngs a”(' bathing
Mrs. f
S0MI sot El Tils
IS SILVER Fl tshs
Jewelers Report sale- Haw Increased 11
MHi Per (ent in lour Year-.
e interesting race:
e fastest her
a test
posting cards
barbecue. Mr Farr
fastest horos In th<
ami
Several other *h*y
on a special
Mrs. John J. Kane and
Hr nnesey of Galveston;
Richard Norris of Jackson,
■ ight grandchildren ami two
great grandchildren, ami other rela-
tives.
Funeral services will be held at St.
Partick's Church in Galveston at 9
a in Thursday morning, after which
the tody will be. brought to Houston
Annunciation Church
Burial will be in Gien-
< Impel of the Incarnation
The Community House
The Reverend Frank
Services. Sunday. July 15
Sunday School.
Morning Service.
8:00 p in.—-Evening Service.
In the absence of Mr Rhea in the
given in their honor by Mrs. Bom.it morning .the Reverend Mr
Mr and Mrs A. B
toria, Texas, were called at tile home
of Hie Reverend and Mrs Rhea Fri-
ening of last week
The .Misses Stevens, of Houston, are
visiting Mrs. E. E Farr.
Mr. J. ]. Carson lias his father with
him again this summer. Mr. Carson
at. least once
nost welcome.
desk in the I .•<>«
an automobile
with hl* family.
•meed tourist
of his trips,
dde-trips to
is the Grand
Dam.
■onferring of the
on Mr. J D. Putt
Idge.
of
home by illness.
Perhaps few people realize
amount of gervlce rendered by
Gulf Hospital.
any morning will find the entire staff
busy with patient*, many of whom
ccire for office t-nt It -■ u
reaching the
about 12:15.
wood Cemetery,
Members of the Dick Dowling
Camp. Confederate Veterans, the
Daughters of the Confederacy and
friends are especially invited to at-
Houston Chronicle.
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Of 115,000 employed boys in ......
' York State 30 per cent had left school
j at 14 or earlier.
in the, p
, The sales of flasks, he told n
more than 500 pc
July four
Before that, flasks were
item in jewelry stores.
• i regular meeting of the City
cil of Bay City. Texas, July 5,
re wen present: Mayor Pat
a. Aidermen Purls Smith. S. Orleans
and W. H. Poole, City Tax^hom«
and Collector Eddie Ander- Kam
Dick Dowling, and is survived by two
daughters, .Mrs. John J.
tile regular ami the Mrs .1. J. Hennesey of
■ad and adopted. i
carried that the street and
committee be given further
draw up an ordinance on
of cars on the streets of the
made to hold from an ounce
gallon. One little silver tiling
ma le especially to hold only a
spoonful, for a man subject o I
attacks to whom the teaspoonfui
necessity and all he was permitted ,
Chi- f
mg team
paint
Saturday for made in the 1i
le will enter the team look
picture after
are completed
on ha* a force <4 men
the streets, mowing grass and filling >
in the small holes with shell
The new tennis courts are attract-
ing more players every week The
courts nre giving us a splendid op-
portunity to develop tennis ns the
leading sport An invitation has been ;
extended the Hay City players to en-
i gage in n tournament on the Gulf
The largest seed-oyster
the world, in the James River Vir-
ginia. is threatened with destruction
because of the effects of pollution of
ter Last December and on
|tl of 1923, wild duck1 were
up helplys ■ oti thi Ni
The <
Mr C. V McGuire spent two
three day of last w-< I. in Gain t
Mrs c. a. McGuire entertained t
Rowing Club Wednesday
An unusually large number
enjoyed a pleasant afternoon
Mr Rowles, of Omaha. Nelir
rived Monday night to |oin
Rowles and Jack
Mr and Mrs F. B Foster.
Mrs Harry Hindman has
from a visit of two weeks in Houston.
has returned Mr Swartz and his family in
relatives in sorrow.
After the ball game Friday, one I
team will have a good alibi, for there I
a double combination of ill
Friday the thirteenth Whether!
You know «h;
I thought it was
I was wrong.
‘That," he said,
that w<> put on a
<urry about with
Mrs. Pletzcr of Bryan, Texas, is townsite All
visiting her parents Mr and Mrs. H. painted white
E Groves to say. Gulf will
Virginia Rhea was in the Gulf Hon- attractive
pltal Wednesday to have her tonsil* provement:
removed.
Mr*. N. R. j
from Bay City,
continuing her visit there.
Roger*, a sister of Mrs. Yusburn.
derwent an operation in Houston two
week* ago. She has- improved suffi-
ciently to be brought to her home in
Bay City
•tor - team of whom
• xc< pt that they hav
pulling power.
Considerable regret is m ing ex-
pres i d over the resignation of Mr S
H. Cheek as principal of the Gult
High School. Mr Cheek goes to
Dunion as superintendent of schools “ide
and will have his brother, Bryan, as
sociiited with him. Mr. cheek has a
host of friends in Gulf who were glad
to have him return to the Gulf School
afti i an absence, of two years They
find consolation, however, in the ad-
vaneemi nt which the move brings to
him. Mr Rogers, principal of the
Palacios High School, has been elect-
ed to take Mr, Cheek’s pla
Gulf School.
has
nt*
per gallon on all gasoline sold on
Saturday, July T, for the benefit of
the Episcopal pipe organ fund. The
church ladles take this means of ask
Ing the gen- ral public to patronize
, the above-mentioned gasoline, station
on this particular date Th- object
! of this trial is to try to avoid Sunday
'' business at this filling station Buy
iiTifie v°ur gas on Saturday. July 7, at the
:iu< i Ikird garagi to help a good cause.
will be
‘ Im
Mr. Han-
orklne on
Hooker
visit with
Word
Mr W.
ar-: father.
Mrs. of the
•. t -r ' e instructed
elinqiient tax roll,
9:30 a nu
McNaicy, of Austin. Texas, and Hu.:i0 ;| m
of Kentucky. Several
parties were
A TOINIC-
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restore*
Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
to publish the i Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
as required by strengthening, invigorating effect, see how
i it brings color to the cheeks and how
! it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
committee. , „, ....
I Grove s 1 asteless chill Tonic is simply
business, I
| Enrich it.' Destroys Malarial germs
11 So finely balanced are the doors
of the Bank of England that a clerk,
by pressing the button under his
desk, can close them instantly, and
they can be opened only by special
process.
supply in . bllHkl.
ts. sandwich platters, and
little stemmed silver cups lust like
glass of
They are
iiiminered
iryan, Texas. i»
Mr and Mrs. H.
they ate specially shaped, and a wom-
| an's shopping bag. Large silver
flasks holding from a quart to a gal-
lon are made to he carried in auto-
mobiles. They range in price from
| to $10 up into the hundreds
Little silver funnels are sold
j filling the fasks.
And then come the merry little de-
ceivers. A two-ounce vest pocket
\ Rhea. Pastor i|!lsk |H mad*, in the shape of a book.
of oxidized silver to simulate leather.
i The oxidized, leather-looking silver!
i also is used for flasks that look like
I cigar cases. An ebony cane has a
glass the length of its hollow insides
that will hold from four to six drinks
—according to the drinker, and a sil-
ver top that screws off and does duty
as a drinking cup.
i! thee will accent the Invita-
tion
Flans for the barbecue arc being
•i-«h*'d right abend. Mr U. M N*l-
■ ■ ' . hnlrman a* well a* pul
-r-.-in. 1* covering the en-
to use the new bat. with which they
'knocked out a 20 to 5 victory. An-
other game has been matched for
| next Monday The line-up for the
Scouts is as follows: Forest Elridge.
catcher; L. M. Eldridge, pitcher; ('.
V Bomar, first; Jeff Parker, second:
| Earnest Hughes, third: Thomas Ray-
mond, shortstop: Weldon Moran, left
field; James Fay, center field;
aid Walker, right field
I Jeff Parker, alias “Skinny,"
1 Thomas Raymond also take
[turn on the mound.
E. Etie, Edgar Dun-!
They are made in al Isha
the frank, openly-declared
the dozen and one disguises
fmir-ounce flask in the -hi
submarine lias a screw top at each
. ,..l These come off into two nice
little drinking cups. Another subma-
rine flask with two drinking i ups
holds a half pint and is beautifully
etched. Flasks are made to fit the
vest pocket, the hip pocket for which .
motion, the Council went on
refusing to grant the petition
. & B. A
an their block,
corporate limits
< ity of B iv City, but should they con-
st’mi pens on said block, the Council
: lined to take no action in the mat-1
er so long as the pens are kept in 1
sanitary
Motion e
at. the drainage board
j meeting to discuss ways
> prelect the property in the western |
ution of the city from the surplus
-, ■ :hat overflows the drain ditch.
Metlon carried that the city tax col-I
, possible to compute the. value of the
' hospital to the community and it
; would he equally difficult to bring
togetlu r a more efficient staff.
One of the infant industries in Gulf
boat building. The Ark is now
nearing completion and will
' launched within a short time.
! being built in the yard of Mr.
Burin and is the product of Messrs
I C. E Hooker. G
I bar. Harry Hindman and John Burin
Dr and Mrs. C. V. Bomar have had
their guests the past week Mrs. F.
Carson of Weatherford. Texas, ’
—
and the Roosevelt
was received last
R. Rwnrtz of the death of his,
Mr. Swartz St* spent several
winter months in Gulf and
In their visit with after his return to Vancouver, B. ('■,
suffered a severe attack of influenza ,
returned from which lie never recovered.
sympathy of the community Is with
Mr Swartz and his family in their
attention
tiling it not such a
some people would
He thought from the
way people bought flasks that
scarcely could be any dearth of
I to put in them.
; Th-.....
■ increased
Junior Baseball,
ago.
Some spirited games of baseball i.gjble
have been played reeentlv between one carried a lew. Today t’
the Scout team and Mexican hoys' 1,11 important part of the st, . k They
team in which the latter have been ' ' ''l ''r! •'
silver .and silver with inlaid st
victorious. They display superiority O| -old. They are vtcheil. <ns:
over the Scouts in every department hammered and monogramme : T c
! of the game, fielding, batting and u
base-running Armed with a new bat
, Wednesday, the Scouts went out after
| a victory hut they were too mttgnan-
I imous and allowed the Mexican boys a
is a flask, the kind
chain and women
them iii-t as they Ity.
The street and bridge committee.
I’OUldn t In very -mi- is,mned to consider the petition of
, 'soHtarv drinkers"’'1 ’’ 1- ........ in 1,18
hou the women who re> .ience, recommended that the
flasks ev. r would give , inci! t:,,< no action on this peti-
rs any cause for
would 1
I, is tW(
Stuckey, i
Sawyer, of Vic- of Matagorda, will have the ten-thirty
ervlce. | There is no suggestion of dissimu-
lation in the beautiful solid silver
cocktail sets that are displayed with
do vanity case
Well, they
with it.
ly selfish
couldn't see 1
carried those
the Volsteailer
'I he iev. eler said it
ounce which, it seems
fot a lady, and he called my
to the fact tha ret
difficult matter as
have, us believe
I is
Mr T C Thornhill left Monday
morning for Chapel Hill, where he
will join Mrs Thornhill and Tas Clay
Jr. in a visit with Mrs Thornhill's
parents
Mrs J. V Copeland, who underwent
a major operation in the Gulf Hos-
pital hist week, is progressing nicely,
and her speedy recovery is look' d for
Mr Kamm, of the Galveston branch
Of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., is a
guest at the Lodge this week.
Annie Laura and Hugh
Pearce are visiting their aunt,
Bailey. In Freeport during the months
Of July and August
Mr G E Etie is ervlng on the Jury
In Bay City this week
Gulf num were culled
venire last week
Gulf expect* to entertain a goodly,
number of Matagorda County citir.eus
Oti the day . .f the hnrbeeue. Satiirdtiv.
July 21. Mak. your plan: to come
Mr. and 1
have been '
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1923, newspaper, July 13, 1923; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346440/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 Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.