Texas City Daily Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 204, Ed. 1 Monday, September 28, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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tee on food prices, is the origina-
A LITTLE SMILE;
A LITTLE LAUGH.
The breath of war
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nificent success of government.
Stop!
This minority—men—has gov-
came forward and volunteered
their services.
As first it is planned to have
only one or two “stores” where
the lessons may be given until
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902 SIXTH ST. and NINTH AVE.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
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Senator Money of Mississippi
asked an old colored man what;
breed of chickens he considered
best, and he replied:
“All kinds has merits. De w’ite
onese is de easiest to find, but de
black ones is de easiest to hide
after you gits ’em.”
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J. B. SMITH
Men’s Furnishings, Millinery.
Mens’Suits to Order a Specialty
NEXT TO ELKS CLUB
Galveston, Texas.
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The United Press is Getting the War News
FIRST
J. C. BLACK
Practical Mason,
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
Estimates Furnished Free
Cor. 3rd St. and 1st Ave. South
JAMES B. DAVIS
Proprietor
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This course will be a practical --- "
SEPTEMBER 28TH IN HIS-
TORY.
Island. This course will be the
1813—Naval battle on Lake On-
tario.
1824—Springfield, (Mass.) Re-
publican was first issued.
1879—Italy delivered an ultima-
tum to Turkey which was
rejected the next day.
1912—Martial law was proclaim-
ed at Ausgusta, Ga., due to
a street railway strike.
tor of the scheme. When
committee was appointed
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When one of the popular
teachers in the west side schools
had to deal with a boy who play-
ed “hookey,” she failed to im-
press him with the evil of his
ways.
When in Galveston
Drop in at
DUDLEY’S RESTAURANT
Half Block From Interurban’
Only place in town you can get some-
thing to drink with your meal.
business—acting as teachers.
At once several such persons
The stupendous folly and
crime, called war, ordered by schools is planned—in fact al- i
the nursing of the sick and
blackens wounded, the burying of the
The fac-ldead!
after the outbreak of the Euro-
pean war to investigate con-
ditions in order to prevent a
sudden rise in the price of
foodstuffs, he began to study the
question from all angles. He de-
Some Years Ago
the bathroom was a luxury of the rich. To-
day, even the simplest homes enjoy and
profit by the modernized bathroom. The
. beauty, the practical utility and the fine
quality of OUR Fixtures have formed the
bathroom standard of this community. We
install modern fixtures in new and rebuilt
homes. Give us an opportunity to submit
our figures. The right quality with the
right fixtures will be the result.
men, the minority, who govern! i ready has been adopted and is
Behold how man has govern-' now in course of preparation—
- so ed! Let woman confine herself that should win the support of i
foolishly that common sense and to her sphere—the breeding of every parent
morality qvestion his right to warriors, the washing of dishes, ’ ' i
Only a Dime a Week
Pay the Boy
We Take Entire Charge of Pianos By the
Year at a Very Small Amount and Tune,
Voice, Polish and Keep Rust and Moths
Away.
M. M. CHARLSTON
X PIANO TUNING
And Repairing of All Musical Instruments
PHONE 2156
Beginning September 1914.
By the week, payable to carrier in ad-
vance ............................10c
By the month, payable to carrier in ad-
vance ..................... 30c
These rates will hold good only on city
delivery by carrier and will be in force until
further notice.
THE STUPENDOUS FOLLY.
course in the New York public ing retired butchers and grocers
■persons who understand the
if one could see into the fu-
ture and take a glimpse of the
Texas City of 20 years hence it
would indeed be a surprising
sight. A large and prosperous
city, modern in every respect,
with scores upon scores of giant
steamships arriving and depart-
ing at the numerous docks; vari-
ous and spacious factories manu-
facturing products to be shipped
direct to foreign countries
without freight charges; beau-
tiful parks and driveways with
swaying palms and gorgeous
trees and flowers; handsome
public buildings, and a happy,
contented and prosperous peo-
ple residing in the great city.
Such will be the Texas City of
20 years hence.
the beginning, all over
world.
Men have governed
plowing, the seeding and
tories burn. The railroads trans-
port only bloody business. The
ships sink in mined waterways,
or rot at empty wharves. The
schools and churches are blown
to ruins by bombs dropped in
the night time, or are converted
TEXAS CITY OF THE FU-
TURE,
Get in the Band Wagon
— . “Don’t you know what be-
Then if it proves prac- comes of little boys who stay
one—as practical as the teach- ticable,. a “store” will be main-away from school to play ball?”
ing of carpenter work in manual i" in connection with every . she asked.
training school or the art of school if possible. , “Yessum,’ replied the lad
cookery in the domestic science i , According to the preliminary promptly. “Some of ’em gets to
institutions. Every day after plans the scholars will be graded be good players and pitch in the
- 5-- in this the same as in the studies, big leagues.”
into hospitals for the mutilated.
The cities, with their master-
pieces of art, their libraries of
unrestorable writings, their mu-
seums of precious antiquities,
smoulder in their own ashes as
horrible monuments to martial
vengeance, or necessity. The
food producers, the artisans, the
artists, the scientists are hard
at work killing each other and
destroying all that has been
builded.
in fact the course in general wi!l ,1. , c . A. | ‘----------------•
be another wallop at the house-; U ashmgton, Sept: 28; carbohydrates or not ?”
keeper’s ancient enemy—theEighty-one years ago,today the
High Cost of Living. first, meeting WaS held to plan
George W. Perkins, chairman erection °- the x-------------—-----
- - * - monument and a/permcncnt or- a iarge piate of hash.”
ganizatiom formed. Chief Jus- _____
harvest. They have builded fac-
tories, railroads, canals, ships,
schools, churches, cities.
The fields are rich with ripen-
ning food. The factories turn
out all human comforts. The
railroads, canals, ships, schools
and churches mean education
and civilization. The cities are
full of beautiful objects of the
higher arts and other evidences
that man is a creature who
walks erect and looks upward.
What a picture of progress
since the cave-dwelling days!
How well man has seemingly
MAJESTIC THEAIRE
Opposite United Cigar Store
UNIVERSAL First-Run Films
Galveston, Tex.
theregular schoolhours,. theThe ex-grocers and ex-butchers
szmmmypyasrsnlnlmeb mMidnpssa carbohydrates, proteids, and,
stores will be real ones supplied icallysand thensthe lasses.wi above all, something nitrogene-
by the Board of Education. The be & iven SPecifC.instruetonsous • The doctor mentioned a
teachers will be retired grocers forbuying, ertatnt ink. The I long list for him to eat He
and butchers who are heartilyWithenbes tomaxethnr staggered out and wabbled into
in accord with the plan. purchases and they wi l he a Penn Avenue restaurant.
The children will be taughtgradedaccordingstohowclosely “How about beefsteak?” he
how to select the best cuts ofthey followtheirinstructions. 'asked the waiter. "Is that nitro-
meats at the best prices, how to' —g-,geneous?" The waiter didn’t
- - and MOUNMENT ANNIVERSARY, know.
Congressman James William , . - . „
Collier, Democrat of Vicksburg, buy groceries economically
cided that inasmuch as the
children do most of the buying
for the homes, being sent to the
stores by their mothers after
school, they should be taught
how to buy properly and econom-
ically. The Board of Education
lent a willing ear to his plan.
BY CARLTON TEN EYCK
(Written for the United Press.)
New York, Sept. 28.—A new Perkins told of his idea of hav-
The waiter couldn’t say.
। “Well, I’ll hit it,” declared the
W asnmgLon poor man in despair. “Bring me ;
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tics John Mar shall of the Su-. “Madame, do you think you
soonpreme Court, and neighbor of can use your influence with your:
Washington near Mt. Vernon, husband to induce him to sup-’
was the first chairman. port me in this campaign?” j
------- i "I don t’know, sir. I’ve never'608 6th St,
"BELL’" COMPANY HEARING yet succeeded in inducing him
UP. I to support me.”
Washington, Sept. 28.—A suit • -----
firms telephone charges was
scheduled for hearing today. The
involving many big business MMETHODIST CELEBRATION
HELD.
Men, the minority, govern.
They make laws for control
of themselves, women and chil-
dren and property.
They determine private rights
and popular rights. They de-
cide upon the degree of religious
and civic freedom. They say
what education, progress .nd
civilization shall be.
This supreme power, men, the
minority, have exercised since
“Bell” company proposes to. Hartford, Conn., Sept. !
“meter” its calls, charging firms Methodists of Connecticut
for the number of calls made;day celebrated the anniversary
and abolishing flat rate con-' of the founding of Methodism in
tracts. -this state at Stratford in 1789.
was born at Glenwood planta-
tion, near Vicksburg, Miss., Sept.
28, 1872. He attended the pub-
lic high schools and entered the
State University in 1890. He
graduated in law from that in-
stitution and in 1895 he was
elected a member of the lower
house of the Mississippi Legisla-
ture. He was elected to the
Sixty-first and Sixty-second Con-
gresses and re-elected to the
Sixtythird Congress.
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Texas City Daily Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 204, Ed. 1 Monday, September 28, 1914, newspaper, September 28, 1914; Texas City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1576656/m1/2/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Moore Memorial Public Library.