The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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2hx J, *>an41of4 Mimh iur Hkfc:, LIFE and I'D KIN'A DO Insuraiwc, fle*ia, icxaa
The Mexia Weekly Herald.
Fourteenth Year.
MEXIA, TEXAS, TUITIfcSDAY, APRIL 3, 191:5.
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FWIIUS IN INDIANA AND OHIO
WALKING TO SAFETY ON TELEGRAPH CABLES
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On account of serious
illness in Dr. Adams' fam-
ily it was impossible for
him to fill his dates.
Watch this space for his
dates. He will be in
Mexia in the near future.
He treats eye, ear, nose,
throat and disease de-
formities, cancers, facial
blemishes, etc. He has
treated more than 20,000
Texas citizens for said
troubles. Will be in
Mexia
in the near future at
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
This space will announce
dates
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When the flood vtruck Day ton, calming tremendous loss of life and property, some of the Inhabitants (ought
safety from the waters by walking along the telegraph cables, aa shown tu 'this remarkable photograph.
WATER AND DEBRIS IN COLUMBUS STREET
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AN UP TO DATt PLANT
Few people Jiving in Alexia,
and fewer still of our siurburban
neighbors, realize and appreciate
the fact tliat the iee factory lo-
cated in tliLs city i.s an enter-
prise of magttit Ude ami import-
ance, up-to-date iiri every feature
and detail, aud a plant thatj
would be a credit to a town
twice the size of Alexia. A rep-- j
■resientative of this paper visited
the factory Thursday afternoon,
and was personally conducted
through the various departments
by the affable and aeeornmodat-1
ins manager, Mr. K. F. Fink, j
The fax'tory haw a I ready started
to operating For the season, and
at the time of our visit the whir
of machinery and the diligence
of the employes attested the fact
that right then and there our,
I pi tire and sparkling Springfield!
$1.00 Per Year.
derful progress lots been made.
1-awai capitalists* hold a large por-
tion of the shapes in tbi* factory,
wnd it is a permanent institution
and declaring wine nice, fat, jui-
cy dividends for the delectation
of the Htodkholdiers who had the
foresight and wisdom to draw the
old sock out from beneath the
mattress* and invwt its coiltenta
at the time this company wait
being organized.
How Foolish.
To suffer 'from Skin Di«r;asod
Itch, Kczema, Ringworm, etc.,
wluni one 50c* box of '"Hunt's
Cure" ih positiveiy guaranteed' to
cur- or your money promply re-
funded. Every retail druggist in
the State stands behind this guar-
antee. Ask your druggist and
see the guarantee with eaeh box.
You don't risk anything in giv-
ing it a trial.
Wreckage of all kinds was plied up tea feet high at ilie point in Columbus shown In the toregrouud of this
photograph The wails of the Ohio penitentiary are to h«««m at the right The water was beginning to subside.
WHERE MANY LIVES WERE LOST IN OMAHA
This photograph shows the scene of ruin and dtsastar In tha vicinity of L&kn and Twvnty-fourth street*
miiaha, where many men, women and children perished la tiu tornado which swept the Nebraska city.
A
water was lieiaig pongejiled into!
big three !fiindred pounds eluunksj
| of k?*j, and in its new traflwefot-
j iiiation. would soon be shipped j
out amid peddled out to aij^pcase
the iiutennit'tfirt fever of a
parched throated public. We
were not familiar with the tech-
nical details of the business, aind
perhaps could not follow antetli-
®ently the explaniition of Mr.
Kink as he pointed out the vari-
ous pieces i^f machinery and the
| part iil performed before the wa-
j ter in its pe.regrimat.iom finally
llamleid in. the cokl-storagc sub-
way in ei'v.s';i 1 eh'U'ti'ks of frozeti
solidity, but we were tin inter-
ested lusfceiiicr aw I observer. We
were surprised to note the utaii,
iniprovenients which have been
i made «in«w the shutting down of
j the pktnt la.st season aind the
t various cha.ngeis which have tak-
en plaee niMlier the new manage-
| ini'.ni . A new steam eomdcinftfer
j has been insitalk'd. and the old
Ilea I cr of ;j(iu hwsepower has
been consigned to the junk pile
! amd a. new Iuiinter of 60(1 horse-
power has been suits' i-tii1 d. Th<e
boiler's have been reliined and the
I old tubes have been thrown; away
I ami till new ones have been put
i in. The erMgiW'S ami ail other]
j ihtaiehi'iiicry in tlw IwwJer and en-
I ginie rmnns have l>"cm thoroughly
I oveivha'utol. elea(iic<I and burnish-
| ed, and in the hvnigtuige of the
|seafarer, we found everything in
j "ship-shape." Mr. Kaulhaber is
tlve ehlief •■nyiiUeef in charge id'
I this depiirtnic,nt. and hid work
j demonstrates1 that he i> a man of
experience and ability. A new
| pump house has been built on
j the south side of the building,
and a number ot' other improve-
ments have been made at an ap-
proximate cost of $*>00.00 Thie
capseity of the plant is 60 tons
datily. or about 2 1-2 tons per
hour, amd the plant its keip* run-
ning day and night to supply the
demand. Only a small portion
of the output is consumed by the
local trade and the major por-
tion ol it is shipped to other
points. This factory supplies ,iee
j to all towns on the ( entral from
jTJichland to Ko"w. towns on the[
(•ui off as i'iti as \ava.stota, and!
! numerous town:, on the T. & ft. |
•: V.. both north aind south of us, j
The II. T. is bcinsr supplied .
I with Sli-xi.i ice both at this place,
| and iil Kuni.s. and Mr. Fitiik j
j states that th,c demand for thisj
j ice is growing rapidlx urnd wtead-1
j ily, diii' to the purity and d ;tr
! lies* of our spring water. He i*
j manager of the factory and
though having only been con
nee ted with this institution sinoel
the first of the year, he ha* fa-
miliapi^od himself with ever?
part of the business, ami, under
his efficient) mamageiiiemt, woo-
GRAND GOMMANDERY
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Corpus C'hristi, 'IVjxaw, ALaroli
82, 1913.—Local commit.tees have
just coinpicrted all arrangeim®t«
for the entei'tainaiu-nt of the
Grand Coininanjdiery Kniiglvta
Templai1 of Texas whieh will
meet in Cott-pus Christi. .Ajpril 9
and 10, 1913. I 'rafted unatter
has been sent to every coroman-
derv in the Slate setting forth
liofl rates, railirotwl rates and
sonic of the features of enter-
triinnient lor the visitors who at
tend tlw Grand ('omniundery.
lii'diieed rates good front April
7 to 15. will be on sale by all
fa i11"tjulis. tints giving the visitors
to Corpus Chriati an o^kpotltimity
of spending at least a week in
the ( !y and vicinity. It is hop-
ed by the loe.a.1 commatKlery that
all visitiws will arrange to reach
the City on the afternoon or
u mlit
com pi
K nigli
u'ivt n
it tli
> April 8. A concert
'iii'iLtary to the vi«titing
s and their friends will bo
n the evening of April 8
high scJtool auditorium by
th( (Corpus C'hriisti Quartette S<>-
eie'y under the direction of
livtf. • iiest'ou L. Heatli «lr.
The local Templars are bendr
iaiii every energy towards giH"i.ng
their guest is one of the moist ent-
joyable (rccaisions ever hind at a
tneotimg of the Grand I emman-
dlery of Texas. Among the spec-
ial features of entertainment will
be, receptions at the Nueces Ho-
U4. a. fisflh fin- at Kpworth-by-tjhe-
Soii, batlv'nfr, boa/ting, h^'drosaero-
plan^> fliights by Aviditoa- L. H.
D^Rcjix"!!-, and other diversions.
The local committees have been
very materially assisted by citi-
zens of Corpus Christ i in malcinlg
preparat.ion^ for Che enter! am-
ment of the Grand (!ommandery
for 1913.
All tho'-e who contemplate at-
tending should send tMiqueests
for riMwit rescnatumis to V. 0.
Thonmvs. I'ox 271. (VirpiUs Chpi«#.i,
Texa s, ji s oiiji as pissible, ats
nea.rlv ;wM available rooms have
l>em resnrved :it tlic hoadtpiia<r--
teris hutcl,
Rheumati'-Tu as a result of kid-
iie.y tromlile, stiff and aching
joints, backache ,i.m<L sure kid-
neys will all yield to the use of
Foley Kidney I'ills, They are
totitic iil aetitm. ijuick in renults,
enrative always, W s. Skel-
ton. S'iunley. Tnd.. says: "T
would not take $100,00 for the
relief from kidney trouble f re-
ceived from one single box of
Foley Kidney PAR" SoW by H.
C. Roller.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1913, newspaper, April 3, 1913; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth302428/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.