Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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Mail Service Mercedes Postoffice
Mail from east arrives 11:22
a. m., mail from west arrives
3:29 p. m. All outgoing mail
must be in postoffice by 10:40
a. m. and 2:45 p. m., Sunday
1:30 p. m.
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TAKE PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST TYPHOID
THE CHURCHES
Lutheran
Ebenezer Evangelic Lutheran
church, located on Third street
near the electric light plant, will
hold services every Sunday
morning; Sunday school at 9
o’clock and preaching at 10. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend.
F. J. LANGE, Pastor,
First Presbyterian Church.
Preaching services every
Sabbath, except the third, at 11
a. m. and 8 p, m.,Sabbath school
9:45 every Sabbath, Christian
Endeavor, 7 p. m. every Sab-
bath. A hearty welcome awaits
you at all of these services.—
Samuel M. Glasgow, Pastor.
Immanuel’s Lutheran Church
(Missouri Synod), on Second
street, one block west of City
park, has regular preaching
service every Sunday at 9:45
a. m. Young people’s meeting
every last Sunday of month at
8:00 p. m. M. W. POTT,
Pastor.
LODGE DIRECTORY
Knights of Pythias
Mercedes Lodge No 348 meets
first and third Tuesday nights
of each month over Young’s
drug store. Visiting members
welcome. J. D. Brennan, Chan-
celor Commander; H. T. Stotler,
K. of R. and S.
La Conna Camp W. 0. W. Mo. 2§(
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Attest'
Regular meeting
first and third Thurs
days of each month
at 8:00 p. m.
Visiting members
always welcome.
D. H. Myers, C.C
D. F. PUE, .Clerk.
CHAS B. BUCK, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office, Hidalgo County Bank
Building
MERCEDES, TEXAS
DR. A. C. SEISER
Dentist
Office Hours: 8- to 12; 1 to
Diagonally from postoffice
Over Bank. Phone No. 166
San Benito,
Texas
E. C. Schoonmaker, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office Suite, Planters Bank Bldg.
Third St. Entrance, First Floor
Alta Loma — “Communities
are just like the men that form
them” says S. S. Linn, who is
the oldest commercial secretary
in the world. Mr. Linn is 80
years old and besides directing
the destinies of the local busi-
ness men’s league, of which he
is secretary, he is a prosperous
farmer.
Harlingen—Prospects for a
publicly owned irrigation sys-
tem at an early date in this
district is being received very
optimistically by local citizens.
Bonds in the sum of $750,000
have recently been voted for the
building of a ihrge irrigation
project, and arrangements are
aeing made to dispose of the
certificates at once and start
work.
Gorman—Bountiful produc-
tions of peanuts in this sec-
tion are rapidly maturing and
will soon be ready for harvest.
This crop is the biggest asset
of the Gorman farmers this
year and a conservative esti-
mate places the quantity at
more than 100 carloads.
McLean—Watermelon grow-
ers in this county established a
record here last week when in
three days time they shipped
to different points in and out of
the state 48 solid carloads of
melons. The prices were good.
Houston—Local citizens are
rejoicing over the final com-
pletion of the Houston Ship
Channel. The removing of the
last of 36,000,000 cubic yards
of sand from the bottom of the
channel was completed a few
days ago and the project turned
over to the government.
Galveston—Another indica-
tion that Texas livestock is
held to be superior to stock pro-
duced in other states is the re-
cent purchase of 475 bulls and
20 stallions from Panhandle
stockmen by a number of Bra-
zil ranchmen. The animals left
this port on board the British
ship Earl Elgin, enroute to San-
tos, Brazil, a few days ago.
They will be used for stocking
and breeding purposes.
Moran—A well capable of
producing between 200 and 300
barrels of oil per day was re-
cently brought in here by the
Producers Oil Company. Other
welis are being sunk in the
neighborhood of the new dis-
covery in the hope of striking
a new strata of oil and gas.
Temple—From a communica-
tion recently received by the lo-
cal Chamber of Commerce from
united States Senator Morris
Sheppard, it is evident that he
is working in the interest of a
propect to establish a labora-
tory in Temple for the manu-
facture of hog cholera serum
in large quantities.
(By E. C. H. Bantel, professor
in the Schoou of Civil Engineer-
ing, University of Texas.)
According to the twelfth cen-
sus of the United tSates taken
in 1900 typhoid fever ranks
seventh in magnitude as a
cause of death, and, during that
year, out of every 100,000
deaths 3405 resulted from ty-
phoid fever. The general death
rate for the country was fixed
approximately at 18 per thou-
sand. This means that out of
every thousand people, on an
average, 18 die per year.
Using the figures given
above, since the thirteenth cen-
sus figures are not available,
and taking the population of
Texas as 3,896,542 is it prob-
able that 2,388 persons die of
typhoid each year in the state ;
and asuming that only one case
in ten is fatal, which approxi-
mates the truth, there are 23,-
880 cases per annum in the
state. If each case costs only
one hundred dollars in loss of
time, doctor’s bills, medicine,
nursing, etc., the total cost to
the state per annum is $2,388,-
000.00, three quarters of which,
$1,788,500, is paid by the rural
population, and one quarter,
$599,500, by the people living
in towns of 2500 population or
over.
Typhoid is a disease of the
intestines and the bowel dis-
charges of persons sick of this
fever contain millions of the
germs of the disease. There
is no other source of these
germs, and each germ has the
power of communicating the di-
sease to another person should
it by any means find its way
into his stomach. There are
many ways in which this may
occur. It is therefore impor-
tant to protect ones self from
this possibility. If the excretia
of typhoid patients are thrown
out upon the ground, or into an
open privy vault, the germs may
be washed by the rain into the
well, spring, or creek, used as
a source of water supply by
Mercedes,
Texas
ALEX. WHELESS
Attorney at Law
Practitioner State and Federal
Courts—County Attorney
Hidalgo County
Offices Hidalgo Co. BanK Bldg.
Mercedes, Texas
T. W. CARTER
DENTIST
Office in Public Library
Miss Grace McClelland, Assistant
Mercedes* Texas
BUTLEDGE JEWELRY GO.
Jewelerts and Opticians
®ld Reliable Jewelry Firm Valley
WATCH INSPECTORS
ST. L. B. & M. R.R. Co.
Brownsville, - Texas
The Farm to Family Plan
Within the last twelve
months a new order of market-
ing of farm products has ap-
peared in Texas. The efforts
of the express companies of
this state have made possible
the buying of fresh foodstuffs
direct from the producer to the
consumer. Parcel post compe-
tition and the express reduction
have stimulated the transporta-
tion companies into their pres-
ent new field of endeavor and
the plan is working wonderful-
ly well. The consumer is sav-
ing approximately 20 per cent
and the producer is receiving
better prices than ever before,
while the express companies
are performing the middleman’s
function without his profit.
yourself or others; liquids con-
taining the germs may perco-
late through the ground from
a privy into the well nearby; or
flies may travel from filthy
places to the kitchen and leave
the germs on food. All this
occurs, not infrequently, but of-
ten. The result is the trouble,
expense and sorrow resulting
from typhoid fever.
If you wish to escape typhoid
fever protect your water supply
and your food. See that your
well ,or water supply, is located
as far from all privies as possi-
ble, and that no surface water
finds its way into it. Screen
your house and “Swat the
Fly.” Do not permit a single
fty to live in your kitchen or
dining room. Screening the
house will prevent this ami in-
cidentally protect you from mo-
squitoes and consequently from
malaria. One case of typhoid
will cost you much more, than
i;he screens for the house. In
addition to this be careful of
what you eat and drink while
away from home. In case of
doubt about a drinking water
or some food ,take the safe
course—go thirsty or hungry
until you reach homeu.
Attention to these simple de-
tails may save the lives of those
near and dear to you.
Onion Seed for Sale.
First choice of Reid’s Tener-
iffe grown seed of the yellow
Bermuda variety. Leave orders
at H. J. Menton’s Merc. Co.
LIVE STOCK
Should be on Every Farm
We Lead the Valley in Having
Corn Shows
And Promoting the Live Stock
Industry
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For service and accommodation
Hidalgo County Bank
—At your Service—
W. H. LASTINGER, President N. P. BARTON, Cashier
INSURANCE
Fire, Life, Accident,
Bond, Livestock, Auto-
mobile, Tornado, Farm
and City Property;
======== ANY KIND — ....... ..........
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JNO. P. GAUSE
Representative of the strongest and most solvent companies in the world
You will get the best, and be assured of absolute protection in price, terms and solvency
BELGIANS ENTERING THE BATTLE OF HAELEN
waste of having small units, at
the same time showing the
economy of consolidating a
number of these units into one
first class school.
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Chamberlain’s Liniment.
If you are ever troubled with
aches, pains, or soreness of the
muscles, you will appreciate the
good qualities of Chamberlain’s
Liniment. Many sufferers from
rhuematism and sciatica have
used it with the best results.
It is especially valuable for
lumbago and lame back. For
sale by all dealers.
Fresh oysters
Restaurant.
at the
Consolidation of Rural Schools
The consolidation of rural
schools is becoming a live topic
in educational circles in Texas;
and in several counties of the
state, notably in Harris county,
very beneficial consolidations
have been effected. The idea of
consolidation can be briefly ex-
pressed as follows: It is more
economic to have one large
school, centrally located, even
though the community at its
own expense must transport the
children to this school, than to
have a number of scattered one
and two teacher schools serving
the same area. The argument
which Prof. E. V. White, head
of the Division of Public School
Improvement, of the Depart-
ment of Extension, University
of Texas, advances, will be
shown on five charts exhibited
at the Dallas fair this fall. His
charts will show the ineffective-
ness of the one teacher school.
They will show how impossible
it is for one teacher, no matter
how well qualified, to teach the
many subjects required of her
in the little rural one teacher
school. He will show how im-
possible it is to have the proper
eoquipment in such a school.
He will show further, the lack
of interest consequent upon
having such small number of
students. Furthermore, he will
indicate the great economic
Chamber Iain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.
“I advised the ‘boys’ when
they enlisted for the Spanish
war to take Chamberlain’s Col-
ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem-
edy with them, and have re-
ceived many thanks for the ad-
vice given,” writes J. H. Hough-
land, Eldon, Iowa. “No person
whether traveling or at home
should be without this great
remedy.” For sale by all deal
WILL HAVE WAREHOUS1
TO HOLD 1,700.000 BALl
Within less than a month1
Texas will have built enough
additional warehouses to store
a total of 1,700,000 bales of cot-
ton, according to information
from 420 Texas cities and
iiUill iCAM uucs ctiiu X
towns. These cotton warehouses
are now under erection or have i
been financed. -'1
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1914, newspaper, September 23, 1914; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth635042/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.