The Texas City Star (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 303, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1915 Page: 3 of 4
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TEXAS CITY STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1915.
DOINGS OF THE VAN LOONS
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ARMY NOTES
“QUICKEST TIME”
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CHICAGO
Eastern moneyed men learn a- fantry today.
bout it. They may know of it
Phone 55
Texas City
Walter J. Taylor, Hospital
Eirst Class Service
All Welcome
IMPORTED GOODS OUR SPECIALTY
many cities much larger
MUSEUM SALOON
relieve the Twenty-ninth Infan-
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anyone; but to obey the law—
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
truth”—
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the treatment of my race when
“Stop right there, George! If
DRINK
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ful study I found out that the
Diet Demons.
NOTICE
Texas City Barber Shop
6th St.
Malin Bldg.
decent looking town where they The unripe apple, too, I guess,
Davis’ Bar
Phone 87.
Texas City, Tex.
All kinds of the
Peligan—there, goes Hippo on
For First Class
the way to the Jungleville mask- forts to make Texas City healthy'
The flowing cup is treacherous.
ed ball. But why all those spots
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR
Phone 618.
No. 2010 Market St
The Star’s Circulation
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CONTINUES TO INCREASE STEADILY
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I hope. You WILL
ENov THE PLAy!
than
first
Pvt. Ransom F. Taylor of Co.
M Twenty-seventh Infantry was
detailed on special duty with ma-
chine gun company of 27th in-
It makes you feel you were all in.
Then quickly knocks you out.
—Spokane Spokesman-Review.
middle of March. The Twenty-
ninth will then go to Panama.
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want some sugar, some sugar!”
came from the gramophone.
“Great Scott!” screeched Polly
as she loked down the trumpet.
“What a beak for sweet stuff.”—
London Ideas.
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Editor The Star,
Dear Sir:
whirled the machine.
The parrot looked scared.
HOT AND COLD BATHS
TRUSSELL BROS.
ST. LOUIS
Through Standard Elec-
tric Lighted Sleepers To
ST. LOUIS-CHICAGO
Superb Dining Car
Service
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Feared the Truth.
“George,” said the wife to her
generally unappreciative hus-
band, “how do you like my new
hat?”
“Well, my dear,” said George,
with greatcandor, “to tell the
WINES and LIQUORS Call On
CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE
R .C. SISSON, Prop., Galveston, Texas
Is just as cussed mean.
He’s old in sin and wickedness.
Although he seems so green.
—Boston Advertiser.
To Star, Predicts Bright
Future For Texas City
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The Beer That’s Liquid
Food •
S. L. WERDEN, Ticket Agt.,
Texas City
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and attractive.
Respectfully,
MRS. C. T. BROWN,
Chairman Sanitary Committee
of the Civic Club.
/ I'VE MADE. UP MY
Mind to STAY A'
Beware of the fierce Welsh rab-
bit, meh!
Avoid him with a frown,
For he does all his fighting when
You think you have him down.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
J. H. MILLER, D. P. A.,
Galveston
Pure and Wholesome
Save money by buying Coupon
Books and Strips
Sold for
CASH ONLY
Artesian Ice and Cold
Storage Company
and make an honest living.
Respectfully,
Rev. E. C. Branch.
u '5 too muchI
SUNSET ROUTE
Shortest and Quickest Route to All Points
WEST, NORTH AND EAST
GRADE”
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MIND TO Go HOME. TO A
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PRSENT AS A REMEM-)
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L. VAIANI, Prop.
Cor. 21st and Postoffice St. Phone 405
i/OH THANK*
( YOU, QWALO!
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best of drinkables
JAMES B. DAVIS
Proprietor
ONE BLOCK FROM DEPOT
All Cars Pass
HOTEL TEXAS
jcame here I thought very little
of Texas City, but after a’care-
Galveston
Brewing Company
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The milk of human kindness
can’t be made to go farther by
adding water to it.
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Many factories should go up
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Colored Minister In Letter
aPrrot—Oh, that is his ball
costume. He’s going as a gi-
raffe.”—St. Louis G-Democrat.
A leave of absence for one
month and twenty-five days to
take effect upon completion of
temporary duty at Fort Sheri-
dan, Ill., and to terminate not
later than May 1, has been grant-
ed Lieutenant Matthew J. Gun-
ner, Twenty-seventh Infantry.
I first came here. After a care-
The Twenty-second Infantry
now at Douglas, Arizona, will
did not allow negroes to live.
They looked dead and dull, with-
out any activity about them.
There are some good white
people who will not live where
they can not get their colored
help. The colored man is handy
This city has deep water, and
plenty of “good room to build a
big city,” some day, when the
Rooms 35c up.
Galveston,
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The Machine Gun Company of
the Twenty-sixth Infantry un-
der command of Lieutenant K.
P. Williams, had rapid firing
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Corporal Daniel A. Slorm of
Company M, Twenty-seventh
Infantry, will be discharged by
reason of expiration of term of
service January 26, 1915. He
will leave for Columbus, Ohio.
• There are many people in Texas City who get no other paper than THE STAR, the Home
Paper, for THE STAR “prints all the local news and all the world news of importance.’‘
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' “r Ae, m l Ap ing to me. During the last year
as to how humble our part may
be. There are a great many
good colored people here and as
the city demands it there will be
OH,‘NEVER HADSJCH
‘A KRAND TIME in My
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THAN in CRENFIELO t
IN FACT I HAD SUc
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WOLVIN LINE
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STEAMSHIP SERVICE
WEEKLY SERVICE
Freight and Pasenger
Tampico and Vera Cruz
For particulars apply to—
WOLVIN LINE
48 hours to Washington D. C. 49 hours and 30 minutes to Baltimore
51 hours to Philadelphia. 54 hours to New York.
49 hrs. and 45 min. to Los Angeles. 65 hours to San Francisco.
Observation Sleepers, Standard Pullman Sleepers, Tourist Sleepers, Dining
Car Service; Equipment All-Steel Cars, Electric Lights and Fans.
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The Sanitary Committee of
the Civic Club asks that you do
your part toward protecting the
public health, by cooperating
with them, in observing strict
sanitary laws. Disease is spread
through the lack of cleanliness.
We trust that you will make the
work of this Committee easier
by uniting with us in our ef-
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will some day be the best seaport are not here to do any harm to, try at Fort Jay, N. Y., about the
in Texas. 1 J ” "nnthmm
I was misinformed regarding
It makes you whoop and shout painted on his hide ?”
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you’re going to talk that way
i about it I don’t want to know.” . , .
1 1 . 1 r 1 . better class of white people
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrapt. 1 /, , 1L,
_ wanted honest colored people
soon. We all can not go to Af-
rica. We must stay some where practice this morning,
on the earth, we can not stay in
greatest factor in the upbuilding/pace! We are willing to do Corps, and Louis Fallick, Troop
of its own city and The Star is our part in making Texas CityD, Sixth Cavalry, will be dis-
a better paper than is found in greater and grander, regardless, charged by purchase by their
respective commanders.
Texas City. When I
/AND HERB- I SI__
[ A BOX OF- BON-BONSL—_
/that WILL COME HANDY)
C9N YOUR TRIP.
( BESIDES THIS, AETERNOOM)
J' HAVE arranged FORA)
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“ People WANT the Paper, and it is being delivered.
G THE STAR goes into practically every home in Texas City and every tent in the army
ful study of Texas City, I see it plenty more to come here. We
I chanced to do a great deal of
traveling. I saw a great many
towns that did not allow mem-
bers of my race to stop in them.
Strange to say I did not see a
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camp.
“ THE STAR is a first-class advertising medium for it is READ by the People, not merely
glanced over, as is the case with some newspapers.
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G THE STAR is read because it is interesting.
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A little while ago Jones man-
aged to get a good record of his
parrot’s cries on a cylinder. By
way of experiment he set it go-
ing while Polly was in the room.
“Pretty Poll! Scratch a Poll!
Give me a bit of sugar, uncle! t I have been in your town about from hear say, if they knew the
' four months, and I must say that half had not been told.
- Texas City has a greater future
than some of its citizens think.
I write this to your paper, be-
cause the newspaper is the
You are Welcome
THE HOUSTON CAFE
The most up-to-date? cafe in the
city.
Bet. Fannin and Main 1014-16 Preston
___________PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS ASSIGNED
_______ TRAIN LEAVES TEXAS CITY 1:50 P. M. DAILY
D. J. PRICE, G. P. & T. A. S. L. WERDEN, Ticket Agt.
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The Texas City Star (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 303, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1915, newspaper, January 27, 1915; Texas City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1576728/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Moore Memorial Public Library.