The Bowie Blade (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXIII.
Abe’s
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Applesauce
By A. W. (
bet for
srrsiihtsm
break"
i BETTER HOMES
WEEK OBSERVED
Bowie >1< rcJuinl- W-ill KnooHraicq/ Ml
'By Window Display During
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BOW IK. MONTAGU!, OOi VI, II • M NT Gl'1.
Big Welsh Aerial Ferry f? Opened
MfU.P 31
A Hi
hi to print
(/*Are*s
again before someone accuses us of
loafing on tlie fob. We -have- bad -sev-
eral nfeetings, herein on jo.- and cere
in o n i a I s' (ha t d e i n a r i d ed ~ a n < i rece i v < ■ I
- our attention and our Coly im Inn
been the <n n'm <•'*• nn w o it Hu o )
lie that suffered.
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M Y V Dll’S I’RO* LAM A I IOV
r, J. W. 1 hahc-llor, Mayor of the
City of Howie, by the- authority nurne
vf u-u, o/i i t forth and *|jro<sl3tm
He week of May llth to l$th, os
"Better Homes Demonstration Week
• While we are not a growk, we would The progress of a city, like the pro-
like-to let loose laTffKsize.l wail .Ml (Tress of a nation, is measurei hy the
t: Otis juncture. Why isX that folk • ■■"->lKy. ol ns c'lnw. I l»o betterUrn
wait until, Wednesday evening or homes the oroater wiM-be-*** effort
Thursday to give us news? These D> pre. erve tern.
folks are our friends and they are sin 1 therefore, ^ommOul that the
t„ hein us w ut -a earnest support of the people of
jam up poo'f paper and they com Bowie be given WThis campaign am ,
taii-Iv have oik. heartfelt thanks and -that every, family in town seek an
there will he- many stars in IhfiTr' opnortumty to see- ami study the nu -
ero.vns. But we would like hi o-k >rerd boftte .shown by^.e
'■ "S 'TlRi,
„||)||. display's by the other . merchants of.
welcome and ‘Bowie, v
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4-4-ffM
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BOWIE SCHOOLS
.. CLOSE MAY If.
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We
day- of May, A. T>.„ TP24.
J. W. CHANCIrlf J.OR, Mayor.
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us six days to get, out a page
larSftjr-ne^tfrat it is pc :|
give would he just as
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Saturday as the next Thursday,
thank you. /
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—^Speaking, aL fxieniig..that ------------
news, we admit that we have lost one " Beginning Sunday, may TTen. am
of the livest pages.of this-masterpiece running through May i Sth, is ' Bet
of journalism when the Jaekrabbit ter Home- Den'otislration week. Va
was.'discontinued this week. - Under biTmis rooms in home are being Town
tlie guidance or a very able stair "I he: at the ftagness places of Young an
«.l-ddArd^,-nf^the^Hi^-i^nixUia^ftm4to£^-^B;;_W, Whitley Texas Util-
the past several moiftbs ‘'written find I ties f o., (,. If, Cold on A; f - , Mat-
..edited.a page of .the.Blade.ea«di_week thews. Heard *Uidy^As-:.sm.d by Sh_
■■ffhat. woo'
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SURVEY ASSISTS
WORKOFSCHOOI.
-grri.'-t-
r
■|» •
400 If
The fluke of York, In tonneau of cvr.
on the”‘'traii«T'n,uer ' bridgA' or aerial f<
J fl Then>B^ ~ecF^fHry t'hf the; cebjisu*/
opened. ' " '
•rwrootJ St Bf
■ making fh
W/iiefl, ■
.V,f-^XAvr.mO
first rldO
We.
Cotton Mills Tor Texas
Necessi
larger institution with a higher «or
ricnlum. Our columns am open at
any time’to any of, the students Who
worked oh the Jack-rabbit,.
n
Yates Pry Poods (do.*, and J. A. Brite
All Wther.,merchant#; , gttt ti-kp(L,li,to
have a .window display of articles
needed in a Better Hortie. K.-r-p. per
. , .son in town ,,is njrgcdrtcr-visit f-hese.
Except for the "Tael that, they vo'- rooms .and see all the....wiud!>w dis-
ted to instruct the. delegatidnd'td the plays. r
state convention ajid for Mc-Adoo at President- Coolhlgo says:; Tbe
that the actions of the' democrats home i's the f.-pmlation socie \. i’
count weorivention at Montague Satur- of ,our ii stitutio«f, 'and_ is the me-me
day receive*. oiiY official O. K. ft is a of content mere and satisfaction It i-
niee compliment to Owsiev to endorse' the conclusive reply to. every threat
him "for the vice presidency, Thoma- against the fundamental. , principles
s„n is a leader and our choice for upon which our government is basen,
governor four years ago. and the To raise the standard of .the" Amen- .)l0U.,d
good T,ord have pitty on us as a na- can home, :is therefore, to raise, ibe u > Tw" Governor
Hon if the nroposed sale of Muscle standardcf the American people, and 1L1k‘" n.dustrie> ,n -l_ • ,
Shoals made to Ford or anv otheis it seems lo me that the Better deelareu. in a speech at Houston
that-are now being considered. We Ho, Ties campaign, is ari especial y- use-
are aglrV it (1oeBra-toa.t-.ful "a-Tld.":.PTafT.^T. actnaty. A Bet-
(er -he will not be' non-itntte1’ pud ter H-oolosiw:I iiof. he ui axpeiuT..e
neflhe*- he nor anv other Democrat home, hut it* should con,'nine gore
will he, elected. ' toMe, convenience, economy and he.,u-
ty. It should be a. place wjierr
Governor Neff In Speech
y?
Chief Fxec itive Points Out Fact It
Is Costing Texas Farmers. Many
T housands of Dollars to , Report
.Raw .Cotton and Import \h
Finished Products.
Above all filings, (jbtton mar ufac-.
ne “di e of the estab-
of 'ir
Mr ADOO IS1 KNDOP-iFD BV
MOM AC,I Ii DKMOC R\TS
• ■ McAcifeof Wfr’rfeceive-the vote
The Mpiitagtie'fchinty de!egaTi..n to
■ the state convention of the JYenio-
, era-tic party, acn-rding to instruc'i
at the count \ co i\'( utioh j el I
.Saturday at Montague. The -lelegates
were instructe dto vote as a unit.
- In addition to endorsing Mca
jj r~foT~hties|den't l~hr
It shadld be
pi-cry family can develop its own
divlrfuaiity. and -.vi ere tin highesr
prii ciplp" of . American citizen- ,r>
can.be taught. ._________^,-.1'_______
BOWIK V\ \LLOPS .VfK CiN A
l\ SUNDAY BAM (, YMF
The Bowie Baseball team defeated
the Nocona team k 2. Su; ua.i. Y[ ,
I.. ; \Vo:i"i The hc.ys plavc
on the eelebratie
f-.-m '.he port of HoUSto ere ‘fm
fonth^Tatrle of co' Drfy-tail's7 year. -• - u
Governor Neff is one of those p
lie-spirited sox s of t ip great -tate
u.Tcxa.- why
i fining
‘'mills
Vv.u- farpver
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7tT-!l|t!l facte
Mr:
if Texas
•ear:
ii' ert
reabze t n
pi'.nacle of -ueces- -he
iglu
COt
pur,t ‘»f her at;- '.
ring The Governor'
- -ig'-ificance of .the,
which v. n ce -■ Urate h
s not ...... o to l -■ '<
ust'on. I> it to a T , •
State" i- me in' 11 a- o .
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AIYmi Ousipy'Tor "r ice ffresi.a-; TTIT IT. best game- rhey’ve ptevcrh-Hws -ee«»s-
•fffr~hi« pi'ttf Hi fig than- Babe^ :RtdF W
condemning the’^propTsed "saio of I he home runs, as usual, xyae the -tar
M iscle Shoals project to Hemy the game. An cm i-ia-'ic cro
r-or - baseball fairs acc.>nr,pa/ued the.
The following were name-1 as
gates arid alternates co tlo- sta-e c a -
vention': -I. W. Chancellor. .1. S
.lamesi-o;—C,.—W-.—Alcorn, J. B March.
1)4. N. W. ( rain. (Claude Willi-. G. \V.
Mp tin, I p. Bellahy R. I . 0 ible, L
I; \\Cile\ . .1 I). Parr, Horrier B I a
. tiifiin^.Mrs. Homer .15. ieth-aio--------------
BR Yl.f.KY YDDRFSSKS BOYS
HKKI-1 SI NDAY MORMNU
team
ioip. to Nocona..
’ Bowie's line-up was as follow.--:
H. Hii»’i)t^*wer. C F- fb-AVii iam.'.
r, F.; I Clark. FI. F.; FF. Wiiiiams.
1 st B. • F. Arci ior. 211< i Fl.; A. Vt ot!'oy.
In! B.; (r. Watson, S. 5>.; F’bill'ips. C ;
Betts, Ft. F>. f‘ioiv T . 2. ... -
>forne Ftutrs Philips.. Betjs.
^rc,ro Bo-Aue, R. s, Ff n, L. ij-
Nocrmn, FI. 2. FT. f>,-K. •
n i s-1
ory,
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VorTb r urotl uTiV--h\ n-rn plm-
. 'yt.oi.4-' -- fj"'" *
'ou in the celebratim
is* of the one mil limn
tbis «ea ^on tbrou
i'ton. ., -
(irowth i' Miraculor.".
ZtfjNtotfL.-...
Dr. F. M. Bralley, president of C
I \. at D<-' t<u, delivered' a«spder.dul
, . ,i i r 11- x „h..
adore
DDDFRLMdYA-Dld-RKil -TKA U-
\V II,I, G<» TO FORT WORT il
to -he hovs of tie eft-. Sun-' Tie
ha- moi ini-; at the First
ehifreh Dr lit alley me. a iei
rents ,u ,1 gm-x a up.- i‘; ids
a- i urged-the recognition n
tea m
C, F
of
ivill
Iky m.
«t-+he-
nuspice
bih-
: I ■ ,<rt!
umie r
tai'v ''i 11,>.
The High Schnrd (juarte
delightful numbers in hteir
rin mam e.r. T he i1 oe-itio.i am
|.e jcdie! 'oi ere prononr ceil ie‘ IV-
J. V. Gilmore of the Fir>t- Cli|‘istiki'
church... "
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HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
DE EUGGE.5 TROUBLE
Bout some -folks makin
a SPEECH PEY RUNS
out fo p>ev Runs
POWH
, iri-ee
ipfist Lodge of I. ()
, - ■ Fri e-.( v1
• .•age wi' co-.far : -- work f'-r.tii - I’a
to it City lo-lge. A special I’ j -a
suuke !ji -i . .secured b> .the .'F.tu >Y
lie lodge to acccjiuiKi'.kit'.' t.iyc: i! •
The Bowie tean is "
- t --a reeov izei! as me - t‘ the hf-st m
y . ;■ u. ;itvl its --. ice. are i-l
i-'..lu.i ail over I his . of 'id
CaM Bo d a rn f>k!a na. i' is a
• latined t" nr ike the ! ri|. i • : Qk-GFa .
! .mly’ it:.-" and cor. t " wit
ot h.er tea ms f ! he a e for
prize.
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BE Yt TV PARLOR WILL RK
OPENED BY MISS BRI NK
1 lie
■■i-
i te
">e .
I S " , ; i
'1'
hari.,
i
i
■h \
ort |- Yeio-iea. im- ■!'.. "
teg'-a in!" of the ermt- e .-
tlie S' at-' ail as -e‘ t -- : - _
rtoitiic
"Thi - sea - ill’ v C sl.ipiL ■ '
Houston Ship Channel 1.0011..un'
- —-_. if ' of Cotton to be carrifed.-..across
Filling a long felt need ard the de ocean and there manufactv,
sire of every woman in Bowie Miss the finished product. t«- b#
Veta Brunk has installed a first elas shipped hack to this countn
and fully equipped up-to-date beaut-' consumption of the very ayn id.
parior in the rooms over Denson's ?rew ana gathered the cott
jewelry store, rfh Mason street, which j,as cost the cotton rtusers
will be opened for business Friday, approximately $40,000 in transpoijta
May 9. tion to the factories, to which -m ■ !'i
Miss Brunk will hax<e with her a added the freight rates on ’ e
graduate operator, Mr^, T-. G. Baker ishP,j products from tb>> 'act
of Fort Worth,'- formerly with " Mrs. Every Texan will agre . »
Iresort's Beauty Parlor at W. C. Strip- mei)t'’s thought,.that these mill
lings. y hales of cotton should all hnv-
~—-:— - turned from the raw material
HE WAS WITH PERRY
Here is* Robert
I, ii 4 i o w i.iv-Tna
ajon, h ■ tj-ntted
"Stiltns veteran of
e 1 x wars and
member of an- il-
, huRtrbms fStiitly-
'cutting hff nine-
ty-ninth MrthdBy
cake. Livingston
wears five-medals
teen
to
. bv
NDAY Texas labor, ami the Iftiiahed prod-uct.,
rather than the raw materia-, sol
MOTHERS’ DAY PRUC.WaAK 1W finished product on Texu-
WII.L BF. GIVEN SI
Mother’s Day will be observed here the open markets of the wor
by a kery short hut appropriate..pro-____"We have never realized
gram ; Sunday afternoon atj., SyBO sftilitlfes which
CsprOfM 1931 by MeOor, (Mwacaear «*ndlealK
the pns-
,........ _......... Texas dffer- to the
o'clock at the First Baptist oivurclf." business world for manu! actu . c
Talks'will be made on the subject ot within her , own horded ' the natural
Mother and several readings and resources and diversified farm nro
songa will be given, by the ' school ducts of our State. YY e are prodigal
children of that city. The program of our productions and wasteful of
for the occasion has' not been com- our resources. Last ^ vciir per
pleted and we are unable to prinjc it (cent-of all cottc-n in the United >tates
at thie-ttmei—-The exercises are being was grown in Texas, yet wo t-ave only
arranged bv the Civic Committee of a very few small cotton.jtin-y . fbove
all things, cotton maiiiiidJ^E'T’
--rn
itanu
...
,. lilah-i- o mil* 'il .mo .inn -w-
,ny gj. service !i) ffi'P.ffCIM
ivs iIn Texas Public Service Infor
alien Bureau *
The elect ic light md power Indus
v. less Uupv t -vn generations dd, is.
■presented oy fi.O'K <-(»mp:imes"s r-
g. *.iMinuiiY.it ms -■ : having .
'ainiroximate!'
ave
You
Had
capital ipvp'itpii--
■Thtvo-
indukt ry
coin muni
invest nx3*
Nat ui
>n pi
arc
GlU'i
larc
; nc namifaotii
im pan ins 'Crviv
ith a combined
.•i 1.000.000 000
companies
sOO
a\u
T. ’
Twx
Your
Picture
Took
yyen
tnnnr ~~1VT
he homes
a
ii-- '<-i- no
tie count rv.
City Federation.
for valorous service. He was s mein
her of the crew that sailed with Com
modiire Perry for Japan at. (he ttnu-
that Perry -completed the now famom
trade treaty bei'veen the tYviT nation*
Now ami >)<i homi - are ien -• wired
' o oTor’1 ■'■u' ■ spr-'ico at the' rate of
) .OOO.OOjp i “eear, while a hout .SfYO.OfiW
li.iilitiooal gas meters- are’"beimx added
to 'the ii inns oach.yonr and Jthb-con-
sumption of gas *b«s increased -more
than i00 per oont during ihe,.last le.-
decade.
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Cline, A. W. The Bowie Blade (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1924, newspaper, May 8, 1924; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643751/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bowie Public Library.