Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1919 Page: 10 of 10
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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EDITED BY THE RIO GRANDE
HARDWARE & MACHINERY CO.
There’s a town ©ailed Doa’t-you-
worry,
On the banks of the river called
smile.
Where the Cheer-up and Be-happy
Blossom sweet all the while.
Where the Never-Grumble flower
'Blossoms beside the fragrant Try,
And the Ne’er-Give-Up and Patience
Point their faces to the sky.
In the Valley of Contentment,
In the Providence of I-Will,
You will find the lovely city,
At the foot of No-Fret hill.
There are thoroughfares delightful
In this very charming town,
And on every hand are shade trees
Named the V-ery-Seldom Frown.
Don’t forget we have a car of fur-
niture anof beautiful beds in this
week and another one next week,
wait and get a good selection.
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| LOCAL AND PERSONAL |
See S. J. McNeil for cheap mules.
Mrs. P. W. Perkins has returned
from a visit in Galveston.
See S. J. McNeil for quality mules.
Call for 1920 calendars. N. P.
Barton agent. Hidalgo County Bank.
Mrs. E. R. Wray is visiting her
mother in San Benito.
See S. J. McNeil for horses and
mules. It
Call for 1920 calendars. N. P.
Barton agent. Hidalgo County Bank.
Eleven acres adjoining city limits
$25.00. Armstorng Realty Co. 40tf
Call for 1920 calendars. N. P.
Barton agent. Hidalgo Comity Bank.
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We wish to get acquainted with
the new people coming to our section
we issue you a .special invitation to
the people coming to our section, we
come in and let us talk things over
with you if we can’t do you any
good, we wont do you any harm.
When you are in the furniture
market, it will pay you to see us.
We have a splendid assortment of
high and cheap grades.
Don’t put off buying until a strong
norther comes, get your heating
stoves now.
Mr. Hendrickson secured one of
the John Deere reversible plows.
Mr. McGhee got one of those strong
John Deere disc plows.
Have you seen our Christmas pres-
ents. We have a beautiful assort-
ment this year of crystal cut glass,
the latest thing in silverware and
a fine assortment of manicure sets,
other things too numerous to men-
ion. Vanity cases are very popu-
lar this year, we have some beauties
in silver.
Come in and get your' Christmas
presents now before the rush, se-
lect them and pay 25% down and
we will hold them for you.
Look in our window and see some
pretty things in Christmas goods
this week.
Business is good. This company
during the month of November this
year increased its business a hun-
dred percent over the same month
of last year, that is going some.
There is a reason, we have the qual-
ity and the price.
Talk about business, the Florence
automatic wickless oil stove has .any
thing beat that we have ever had
any experience with, we simply can’t
keep up the supply fast enough for
the demand, so we ordered a SOLID
CAE LOAD of Florence oil stoves,
ovens, water heaters and oil heat-
ers. That’s going some,.
Buy your wife a Hoosier kitchen
cabinet for a Christmas present and
make her happy.
Come early for your Christmas
presents and get a good selection.
A fine piece of furniture makes
a splendid Christmas present, and
We have the furniture.
Mr. Drews was in this week and
secured a double pony disc plow.
Try the new Florence
They work likte a lamp,
combustion.
heaters.
Perfect
This company sold seven new
Florence wickless oil stoves on Sat-
urday. That is going some. We
can’t get them fast enough to sup-
ply the demand.
Mrs. E. E. Herring is visiting rel-
atives in San Antonio.
Rev. L. U. Spellman was a busi-
ness visitor in Harlingen Wednes-
day.
Farms and city property for sale
and exchange. Armstrong Realty
Company. 40tf
B. H. Hooks and R. H. Austin
were business visitors in Port
O’Connor this week.
W. C. Davidson of Kansas City
arrived Wednesday and will spend
the winter months in Mercedes.
We can exchange you a farm in
any of the northern states for your
farm here. Armstrong Realty Com-
pany. 40tf
Have a carload of Idaho potatoes,
whites $$3.75 per 100 pounds. Rps-
set Burbanks $4.00 per 100 pounds
while they last. E. A. Hendrickson
Taxes for the year 1919 are now
due and payable at the office ot
the tax collector in the Tribune
building.
Z. E. Butts who for five years
was connected with the bank at
Bishop has arrived here to accept
a position as assistant cashier with
the Mercedes Bank of Commerce.
If you don’t like this country, get
out. The Armstrong Realty Com-
pany will exchange your farm for
a farm back home. Call and see
them about it, 40tf
A. L. Steele and family of Weath-
erford, Texas, have bought the D.
P. Brennan residence in Mercedes
and have moved here to make this
their home.
Carload apples, extra fancy Jona-
than from Yakama, Washington, $3.75
per box, fancy $3.50. E. A. Hen-
drickson at Novelty Store, 3rd street,
Mercedes, Texas. 39-2t
A Thanksgiving dinner enjoyed by
65 was given Thursday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cramer east
of Mercedes. The guests went to
the Cramer home in automobiles and
spent the greater part of the day.
Call and be Served
at our New, up-to-date Soda Fountain
Snappiest Cold Drinks, Best Hot Drinks, Dainty
Lunches
Fresh candies just received. Prescriptions,
Medicines, Sundries, Toilet articles, Kod-
aks, Kodak material, Magazines, Cigars.
Select your Xmas Cards from our large as-
sortment.
Mercedes Drug Co.
THE REXALL STORE
Phone 17 Prescriptions Carefully Filled Phone 17
evEREm
SERVICE
STATION:
OnlyNon-Sulplsating Storage Battery I
BATTERIES INSPECTED FREE*
GOODYEAR
AJAX ....
FIRESTONE
lost Miles per Dollar
PAINT YOUR OWN CARS
We have the outfits
STORAGE BATTERIES
RECHARGED
Auto Repair
EDW. H. DIEHL, Prop.
TO IMPROVE SERVICE
ON VALLEY MESSAGES
is put in operation, to resume his
studies in the Mercedes high school.
Dr. W. T. Neal returned to Mer-
cedes last Saturday with his bride.
Dr. Neal located in,Mercedes several
weeks ago and he and Mrs. Neal are
at home to their friends in the Fer-
guson apartments on Texas avenue.
Mrs, Neal was formerly Miss Alma
Carson of Malakioff, Texas.
Mrs. L. T. Hoyt who recently re-
turned from a month’s visit in San
Antonio has recovered from a sev-
eral day’s illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Erick'son of
Meridian, Iowa, arrived here last
week. Their son, Charles Erickson,
accompanied by Oscar Herd and Will
Johnson are driving through in the
former’s car and are expected here
this week. Mr. Herd and Mr. John-
son plan to spend the winter here
on the Erickson’s 33 acre farm near
Mercedes. Mrs. Erickson received
word here that E. G. Drefke and
family of Meridian who have also
purchased land near here, expect
to arrive in a few days. They are
also driving through. Mrs. do
Johnson and son of Paulina, are al-
so among the recent additions to the
Iowa colony here.
Attorney E. T. Houston who has
been in Mercedes for several months
left this week for his former home
in Niolrara, Neb., having been call-
ed there by the serious illness of bis
father.
To the Ladies of Mercedes:—I will
for three weeks give special prices
on hats for Thanksgiving wear. Call
and see them. Mrs*. M. K. Lochridge,
Millinery and Novelty Shop, San Be-
nito, Texas. Opposite Graham’s Gar-
age. 39-3t
Mrs. I. C. Boden and son have ar-
rived in Mercedes from Canada to
take possession of a farm Mrs. Bo-
den recently purchased on. the West
tract. Mr. Boden, although only 21
is a veteran of the European war,
serving three years with the Cana-
dian troops, having enlisted when
17. He intends, as soon as the farm
Lawrence Boys has arrived here
with his family from their former
home near Wabash, Ind., and is go-
ing into the dairying business along
with general farming on his tract
near towni The La Fontaine, Ind.,
Herald of last week said: “Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Boys who recent-
ly returned from a trip to Texas
were so well pleased with the coun-
try that they have decided to locate
in Mercedes. Their many friends
here wish them every success.” Mr.
and Mrs. Boys were accompanied
here by Mr. and Mrs. James Boys
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shafer and
John Boys. The last named have
returned to Indiana. While here
were the guests of D. P. Milikin and
family.
The many friends of Henry Draney
of Mercedes will be grieved to know
that a message received Friday by
Captain Jacobson, Construction Quar-
termaster of Camp Mercedes an-
nounced that he was in a critical
condition in the Physician and Sur-
geon’s Hospital at San Antonio and
that his recovery was hot expected.
The message was from Mrs. Jacob-
son who accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Draney to San Antonio where Mr.
Draney underwent what was expected
to prove a minor operation last
Saturady. Mr. Draney is widely
known in this section. Following the
operation Mrs. Draney was taken
ill and has since been confined to
her room in a San Antonio hotel.
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HAPPY AS A LARK
WHY SHOULDN’T SHE
BE HAPPY-KNOWINC
THAT HER GROCERIES
CAME FROM A CLEAN
FRESH STOCK OF GOODS
SUCH AS MAY ALWAYS
BE: FOUND. HERE ?
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Will open for business in our new
store on Texas Ave. Saturday
morning
io Grande
HARDWARE
and
MACHINERY Co
COVERS THE TALLEY
►"^QUR WEEKLY RECIPE
MACAROONE BASKETS
Dip the edges of five macaroons into sugar cooked to caramel stage
and kep liquid over hot water. Press macaroons together to form a
ring, using the fifth as a base or bottom, thus forming a basktet, similar
to a burr basket. Fill with double cream, sweetened and whipped, and
add fresh strawberries. Ice cream may he used instead of whipped
cream. They should not stand very long after being filled.
WE SELL THE INGREDIENTS
MERCEDES CASH GROCERY
Mercedes, Texas
EXPECTS BIG DEMAND
FOR WESLACO’S LOTS
Promoter Says Mercedes is Soon to
Have a Busy and Thriving
Neighbor
Mercedes is to have a new neigh-
bor pronto, according to Sydney C.
Lackland, advertising manager for
the Weslaco Townsite Company who
was in the city Wednesday arrang-
ing a campaign to acquaint the peo-
ple of the Lower Valley with the
plans for making the town of Wes-
laco a reality. Mr. Lackland, speak-
ing for his brother, Col. Rufus J.
Lackland, of Fort Worth, noted over
the South as a townsite promoter,
and in charge of the Weslaco pro-
motion declared, no city in the state
was ever launched under more favor-
able circumstances and with such
adequate financial backing. Wesla-
co is to be half way between Mer-
cedes and Donna and, it is predicted
by the owners of the site, will- be-
come the trade center of the thou-
sands of families who now live and
are settling on the West tract.
Prospects for the speedy develop-
ment of the town are so favorable,
Mr. Lackland declared, that no ef-
fort will be made to advertise the
sale of the lots outside of the Val-
ley. “We believe that the people
who live in this section are well
enough acquainted with conditions
and with the wonderful growth ot
the country west of here to get be-
hind a new town like Weslaco prom-
ises! to he,” he said. “For that rea-
son we are adopting different tac-
tices from the usual townsite lot
sales. We are not bringing in ex-
ffiLrsions from distant points in order
to start the asle but expect the lots
to go with a rush nevertheless.’
Details of the plan for disposing
of the lots and of the plans for mak-
ing Weslaco a busy thriving town
are to be found in the company’s an-
nouncement on page eight.
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SEIBERT IN FEW HOME
Mercedes Cash Grocery Declared One
of the Most Modern in City.
A grocery store which, it is de-
clared by those who have visited it,
would be a credit to a city many
times the size of Mercedes, will be
open to the public Saturday morning
when the Mercedes Cash Grocery
will commence business in its new
home on Texas avenue^ The gro-
cery has been closed since Thurs-
dayy while Oscar Seibert, proprietor,
has been superintending the remov-
al of his stock from the building he
has occupied for years on Third
street.i
The new building is 85x25 feet and
was erected by Mr. Seibert. It is
handsomely equipped with the most
modern and sanitary fixtures ob-
tainable, including dust proof bins
and show cases. The building also
presents an attractive exterior and
is a valuable addition to the city’s
business section. The building cost
more than $6,000 and the fixtures
more than half that amount. Those
who have inspected the store say it
is one of the most up to date gro-
cery establishments in the south-
west. Mr. Seibert no doubt will be
kept busy for days receiving con-
gratulations upon his enterprise.
TO ATTEND STATE MEETING
Local Creamery Men to Meet With
State Ice Cream Makers
E. J. Pennell, general manager of
the Mercedes Produce Company and
W. T. Trousdale, manager of the
company’s creamery plant will leave
the early part of next week for
Houston to attend the Texas Ice
Cream Manufacturers’ Association
convention, Dec. 2, 3 and 4.
Houston has made elaborate ar-
rangements for entertaining the ice
cream men and manufacturers from
all parts of the state have been look-
ing forward to the convention with
more than usual interest. Special
initiation features are provided for
new members and Mr. Pennell’s
friends in the organization have
promised a most interesting time as
this will be his first attendance as
a full fledged member.
Western Union Makes Brownsville a
Belay Point to Speed up Mes-
sages,.
TRAFFIC TRUCKS IX LONDON
British Buyer Would Increase HF
Order From 16 to 30 per Week.
W. W. Vann Talley Distrib-
utor of Traffics
The great amount of telegraph
business originating in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, especially dmi^Ltd.” Mersey/ Chambers
ing the trucking season has led ^e ’’ - - ~
Western Union Telegraph corr' iy
to take steps to insure Valley P^nts
prompter and more efficient fe^vv_
ice, according to an announcemeip.
made by William L. Ward, man/A,,
of the Mercedes office. b
Accordingly Brownsville has/ peen
made a relay station for all/ n1rits
on the St. Louis, Brownsville f J
ico south from Sinton to kmwn.
ville and for all busines^3.
Valley from Sam Fordyc'</ A tn
Brownsville. The. new servf wMch
began last Monday, givesf Val_
ley a ten minute tdegra^ jce
with Houston ana San1 Antonio
where messages to points noiL are
immediately relayed. ' strike was most serious a
The Western Union apparently be_ time* every motor vehicle tjf£
lieves in the future development. ^ ojf; possibly be used was p^ess
this section and is prepared for\ a| service for the conveyance of
further increase in business. TTufc j From the day the strike had
present Valley development, tWie t untti its settlement the Traffic t
proposed deep water project a#^ i PVnPi0yed in the undertaking w<
llm volume of butiluesh nuif to i#ue I pav and night convoying [foods
with the opening up of the terij^: j from the port of Liverpool intr
between Brownsville and Tai*nnico j rious inland towns and brifigin,
with the building of the new# iail_ j turn loads back to Liverpool.”
road, are largely responsible#* f . Bennett advised that he hir
The novel introduction and subse-
quent popularity of a St. Louis man-
ufactured truck was related last
wieekwj^-i^-'ipennett, sales represent-
%We of the | N°rttl Western Motor
Liverpool,
England, aefaler in Traffic Motor
trucks in thelir district. Mr. Bennett
who visited d>ur plant during August
and left an' order for 400 Traffic
trucks made\ another trip here last
week in an endeavor to increase hi?
order of Traffics. Bennett infor
John B. Page, Export Manager o
Traffic Truck Corporation tha
company would like to have
shipping specifications incr
from 16 trucks per week to 30
week.
“Traffics have proved a- se
in England,” said Mr. Bennett,
ing the great railway strike we
fortunate enough to receive a
ment of Traffics at a time w
strike was most serious
the action of the company.
’omeroy’s Plant Boofcs
Advertises the Valley
The Tribune is in receipt of a
copy of “The Rio Grande Plant
Book” gotten out by Eltweed Pom-
eroy of Donna. It is a forty-four
page book filled with handsome de-
scriptive matter about the Lower Rio
Grande Valley as well as showing
some' very pretty homes and scenes
of this section. In addition to it
being a very valuable asset to Mr.
Pomeroy in putting before the pros-
pector his assortment of citrus
trees flowers and shrubbery, it will
greatly advertise the Valley by its
splendid descriptions. The plant
book contains some valuable infor-
mation to citrus growers and should
prove very beneficial to them.
Assorted Hampers of Vegetables
I can now furnish hampers of
vegetables to ship to your north-
ern friends with the following as-
sortment, eggplant, green peppers,
okra, new cabbage, endive, green
onions, roasting ears, tomatoes and
mustard greens. Price $2.50 cash
with order, packed and shipped to
any address. T.*« R. RIGGS. It
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Make Bells.
The science of bell casting has been
practiced in one English foundry foi
nearlv 350 years.
drove one of the trucks and
credited with having performed
best journey of the whole T
fleet engaged on the hall to L
I rtpol traffic, viA a journey ot
milhw. in 10.. hours, with petrol c
sumpw^dpn of 10 gallons. “This
quite amt item,” says Mr. Bennett,
petrol seHfcys from 85 to 90 cents
our countmky.”
One day dmj"' the stri
Bennett advised he kept hi
running for 24 hours conti
covering a distance of 290'
Thanksgiving Sale
I wil Ihold my annual sal
work Friday and Saturda
her 28 and 29. Gifts s'
all from babies to gra
You are invited to atten
K. Lochridge, Millinery
Shop, San Benito, Texa
GULF COAST TIM
West Bou
No. 18 ..........
No. 16 ..........
East Bo
Nc. 15 .........
No. 17 .........
Train No. 18 goes
Mission.
East bound train
to Brownsville.
List Your Pro
FOR SAL
Rents
H. E. HAGE
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Start That Fru
We have a fresh shipmeri
Glazed Cherries
Glazed Pineapple
Orange and Lemon Peel
Sun Maid Raisins
Dromedary Dates
Choice Figs
and a complete assortment of Nuts
Garrison’s Gash Grocery
Phone 88
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Rector, J. F., Jr. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1919, newspaper, November 28, 1919; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844743/m1/10/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.