Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1928 Page: 2 of 4
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Published every Thursday
I. W. DISMUKE8 Publisher
One Year $1.50 Six months $1.00
Entered at the Palaclos Post Office as
second class mail matter
Flag Day
Of unusual significance this year
is Flag Day, which falls on June 14.
For within the past year our flag has
been carried by brave, adventurous
flyers to far corners of the earth.
And our flag flies now over a domain
that is blessed with peace and good
will—good will even toward former
enemies. The rifts between nations
have healed. The flag flies over a
happy, contented, peaceful and pros-
perous land.
Flag Day this year, then, should in-
spire noble sentiments and gratitude.
We should be thankful that our inter-
national relations are amicable and
grateful for the prosperity our coun-
try enjoys. Now we are embarked
on a great undertaking; negotiations
tire going on through Secretary Kel-
logg that may result in the ultimate
outlawry of all war.
As we look up at our Flag flying
over homes and official buildings on
Flag Day, as we participate in local
celebrations of the event, we should
bear in mind that Our Flag haB be-
come a symbol of international good
will and a harbinger of the message
of eventual peace the world over.
All honor to Our Flag!
The Month of Roses
June is the month of roses. Roses
that gladden the heart, delight the
senses. Roses that arr> the fairest
flower of God's creation!
What can be more beautiful than a
lovely, fullgrown rose, exhaling the
very odor of beneficence?
Let us make June truly the month
of roses, "in more senses than one.
June ushes in the summer, the glad
time of play and healthful occupation,
the season of sport and flowers and
sun-beauty. By taking full advantage
of the opportunities for beautiful liv
ing offered by the summer, we can
make our lives as joy-giving, as per-
fect, as a rose!
From time immemorial poets have
compared their loves to the rose. It
has always been the symbol of what-
ever is healthy, lovely and of good
report.
Let your mind dwell on the per-
fection of the rose, and strive for that
perfection in your own life.
We must not droop and lose color,
but remain in full bloom throughout
-.the summer—alive and glowing, like
ion in your own life.
Mother of Flag Day
j[AUTOCA«Tlcg1 |||i|
Mrs. Laura B. Prisk, mother of
Flag Day, is completing Jie<"-Plan8
for this year's tribute to Old Glory.
Throughout the country patriotic
organizations will unite with civic
bodies to honor 'the stars and
uripcs on June 14.
THE
GROCERY STORE
OF
SERVICE
f AND
SATISFACTION
Whatever may be your
grocery wants, we are pre-
pared to fulfill them.
Our goods are fresh and
our prices reasonable.
We deliver goods to your
home promptly.
Just call 37 and tell us
what you want.
| G, O. P> Convention Highlights
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By Albert T. Reid j j
WILLIAM
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KANSAS' CITY* 1928
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Each year as the home service
bureaus of newspapers and maga-
zines expand, we are furnished with
better and better information about
how to prepare commonplace foods in
appex-tizing ways.
And added to this service we may
have the educational booklets of
manufacturers who maintain staffs
of chefs to invent new ways of using
staple foods prepared by them.
Do we make full use of these helps,
I wonder? Do we send quickly for
the food publications—or do we put
it off another day ? Do we clip cou-
pons from the leading magazines and
add the free recipe books to our own
meager store?
Let us not neglect these opportu-
nites to enlarge our cooking program.
! For the price of a stamp or two we
J may fill the kitchen files with home-
j making helps and recipes that will be
I of invaluable help in menu plannig
ad preparing meals: And how the
family will ejoy! Variety is just as
spicy as it ever was, you know.
PREVENT MILK FROM SOURING
If you add a tiny pinch of salt to
the milk when fresh it will keep much
longer.
A NOTE ABOUT CLOVES
In using cloves for pickling or pre-
* serving, the blossom end should be re-
moved, as it darkens the liquid.
1Jmtettg?
A 276-pound boy, who recently ran
away, has been found. The poor fel-
low had no place to hide!
» * *
The Prince of Whales has taken up
aviation. It seems to us the Prince
has sailed through the air before!
♦ # *
The Society of American Magicians
held its annual dinner in New York
recently. None of them could figure
out a way to make the speakers dis-
appear!
# # #
President Coolidge has picked a Wis-
consin camp for the summer, where
he will fish for everything but the
nomination.
* # #
A man caulght stealing $120 said he
needed the money to get "tools" to
crack a safe." Another poor victim
of circumstances!
♦ # *
Harvard conquered Yale in the first
"brain battle" in intercollegiate his-
tory. We wonder where the contend-
ing team got the ammunition.
* * »
Seven Congressmen took an eight-
hour dirigible trip in New Jersey the
other day. We don't think this is the
first time a Congressman has gone
up in the air!
* * X"
Twelve pounds of candy for each
inhabitant are used yearly in the Uni-
ted States, says a recent report. No
doubt many mothers will think these
statistics are low by far!
* » *
A metropopitan paper made a griev-
ous error recently when it printed
"Landlady Slays Host" as a headline.
It should have read, "Landlady Slaps
Hosts," but we think the error is ex-
cusable. The way the news has been
going in big cities, no doubt the force
of habit misled the typographer!
Tivo Prominent Grand Old Party Men
David W. Mulvane
William M; Butler
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Dr. Frank Crane Says
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KEEPING CUT FLOWERS
There is no great secret in the fact
that some folks are able to keep cut
flowers so much longer than others.
It's simply in knowing how and any
of you can do as well if you will just
pay attention to a few little details.
In the first place most flowers seem
to keep better if they are cut early in
the morning before the dew is off
their petals. They absorb moisture
and vitality all night and when you
cut them early they are full of it
and will last much better. Then the
soner you get them into water the bet-
ter they will be.
Another thing, plunge the stems
deep in the water as they will absorb
that much better. If you are cutting
such hard-stemmed things as the
Roses, Peonies, Chrysanthemums and
similar things, split the stems with a
knife an inch or so up from the cut
end. This will allow the water to be
absorbed that much easier. After
cutting flowers and placing them in
water, set them in a cool and prefer-
ably darkened place for a few hours.
This may not always be possible but
it will help if you will do it. In cut-
ting always cut on an angle and cut-
ting with a knife is considered better
than with snips unless the snips are
very sharp. Dull snips crush the
stems and so prevent them from tak-
ing water freely.
Cut flowers should never stand in
a draught. This will make them wilt
much faster than where there is no
draught. Neither should they stand
in the sun.
Sometimes when you are given some
flowers and are not able to get them
into water till they have become ap-
parently hopelessly wilted if you will
try this it may help. Fill the vessel
you are going to put them into with
hot water, about as hot as you can
stand having your hand in, and put
your bouquet in this water. It will,
many times, revive when nothing else
will bring it to. And don't forget to
cut the stems every time when you
bring flowers in from the garden.
The New Calendar
Attention has been called several
times in this column to the efforts be-
ing made to have a new calendar hav- j
i ing 13 months of 28 days each.
It has been suggested that America
have the courage to adopt this stand- j
ard without waiting for Europe. If
it shall be so, if the South American
and North American countries unite |
in their effort to change the calendar"!
American civilization has definitely!
broken the bonds still further that!
heretofore have tied them to the old-
er people of Europe.
We have got used to the old system,
whatever it is. We acknowledge its
drawbacks, but we know what they
are. We do not know whut difficult-
ies an untried plan would involve.1
Most of us are familar with the |
proposal. It is to have 13 months
of 28 days, exactly 4 weeks in each
month, making every week day occur
on a fixed monthly date and having
each holiday occur on the same week
day, making calendars unnecessary,
having the day of the week indicate
the day of the month, adding an ex
tra day to the year and inserting an
extra month, the 13th, as a month
called Sol between June and July, and
adding an extra day every Leap Year
to June.
This seems to be a subject that
could well be considered by the League
of Nations, but it is now proposed that
America lead the way without waiting
for world consent.
Mr. Cotsworth says that if conser-
vative Europe could discard the com-
putations of hundreds of years and
adopt the metric system of weights
and measures it is not too much to
expect that advanced and efficient
America could discard an antique cal-
endar wholly unadapted to this mod-
ern age.
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
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REMOVES GRASS STAINS •
Pretty hard to keep little folks up
off the grass just now. But never
mind. Grass spots will come out easi-
ly if washed in alchol.
WHEN FURNITURE IS BRUISED
Wet the bruised spot with water,
double brown paper six times, soak
it and lay on the spot. Apply hot
irons until moisture evaporates.
TO CLEAN ENAMELED TUBS
Practically all scouring powders dull
the polish of enameled tubs and lav-
atories. Gasoline docs the work bet-
ter and quicker and does not harm
the porcelain. ,
TO MENl) CHINA
A splendid cement for broken china
may bo made by mixing plaster of
Paris with white of egg until it is
creamy. Apply as you would any
prepared cement.
H. C. BOYD
Licensed Optometrist
EYES TESTED FREE
If in need of glesses, I Guarantee
to please.
Oflice in New ltuilding next to P. O.
DR. T. F. DRISKILL
DENTIST
Member American Academy of
Applied Dental Science
Pyorrhea, Oral Prophylaxis and
Dentistry
OFFICE HOURS: J" » EAp"M
PHONE NUMBKR 96
Southwest Rooms, Ruthven B"ilding
PALACIOS, TEXAS
DR. A. B. CAIRNES
DENTIST
OFFICE:—UPSTAIRS IN
SMITH BUILDING
Phone 51
Graduate of University of Buffalo, N.Y
Post-Graduate Northwestern Univer-
sity of Chicago, Illinois.
J. L. PYBUS
PLANING MILL
Manufacture all kinds of wood
Wood yard in connection with
Plant
Glass carried in stock.
PHONE 27. PALACIOS
^justafiewhours from
our ovens to your table 7
AMERICAN MAID
better, loaf,of, bread,
71
TRY A LOAF TODAY!
MAKES TENDER CRUSTS
If the family doesn't like hard
crusts—try setting a pan of water in
the oven when baking rolls and bread.
The steam from the water will keep
the crusts deliciously smooth and ten-
der.
A GOOD FLOOR POLISH
To put a high and lasting polish
on hardwood floors, use a pint of
turpentine, dissolved in a saucepan on
the range until a paste is formed.
(Continued to page 3.)
American Maid Bread is
so Fresh and Fine that we
know is will please you.
PICKWICK BAKERY
The AMERICAN MAID Bakers of Palacios
cM*s
Hvith an
iCHEVROLET
Jor Economical iimportation
Special Values
This Week
This week we are offering some
exceptional bargains in recondi-
tioned used cars.
Every car in this grou^ has been
gone over thoroughly by our ex-
pert mechanics, using special
tools and equipment. All bear the
famous red "OK" tag—which is
your guarantee that all units have
been inspected, worn parts re-
placed by new parts and that the
car's condition is honestly repre-
sented. Thus you can be abso-
lutely certain of the quality and
value of any car you select.
Come in today. You are sure to
find the car you have been look-
ing for—properly reconditioned
and properly priced.
QUALITY
LOW COST
V Fenders
v Finish
BAY
CHEVROLET
COMPANY
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This Car
has been carefully
checked as shown
by V marks below
Serial No.
Stock No.
V Motor
v Radiator
vRear Axle
V Transmission
v Starting
V Lighting
v Ignition
V Battery
vTires
v Upholstery
vTop
Look for the Red Tag!
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