The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1933 Page: 2 of 8
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933,
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Published by
THE MIRROR PRINTING CO.
LS. B. HALL-,
.OWNER
nblished Every Friday Morning
itered at the Postoffice in McGregor,
Dexas, as second class mail matter.
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[PIONEER SPIRIT
RULES AMERICA
Perhaps i.t is a little too early
I to pass judgment, but some folks
are beginning to reach the con-
clusion that Americans, heralded
as a people of keen intellect, in-
jventive genius and a determina-
tion to succeed, are dropping
down to a lower level in this
column of efficiency.
Ever since the landing of the
Pilgrim Fathers, the coming of
John Smith, Sir Walter Raleigh,
ed out far beyond its borders to
save oppressed and weaker coun-
tries. Its man power and its
wealth has thrown a shield
around weaker peoples and en-
abled them to exist.
Today, however, Amj^'a
again confronted^wj^ cpre diffi-
culties, andjvjuli efforts thus far
have seed'd futile in so far as
aii£VThg at a solution is concern-
ed, yet the spirit and blood of
the pioneer still fills the being of
Americans, and there will come
again the clear blue sky of an-
other day of peace and good or-
der in business, commerce and
industry.
The job today is possibly the
biggest that has yet confronted
this people, but the history of
America is one which has proven
conclusively that the harder and
greater the obstacle, the more de-
termined they are to overcome it.
Some say tha.t it is a period of
readjustment. Possibly so, but it
is a period which calls for the
same stout determination which
was possessed by the pioneers
when they first set foot on the
fringe of this vast nation.
Americans are again in the
making. A process of remodeling
ft. HOP MIA SB
and other leaders who brought j.
bands of pioneers to the shores:18 £om» on. New orders of things
of the newly discovered world, aie coming into being in social
Americans have been facing heavy business ailc^ industrial life. The
odds. Perhaps no country in the
history of the world in its set-
tling, presented more serious dif-
ficulties and hardships than faced
the stout hearted settlers who
reached its shores several cen-
turies in the past.
Separated bj1, a wide expanse
of ocean from civilization as it
was then known, the men and
women who first came to Amer-
ica set about the task of bring-
ing order out of chaos with but
few, and then very crude, tools
and implements with which to ac-
complish the undertaking.
Hard work and determination
caused fertile fields to take the
place of dense forests. Hostile
tribesmen fell back before the ad-
vance of progress and these pion-
eers gained a foothold from
which they could not be shaken.
Beset with natural foes, and
later conflicts by stronger nations
which threatened their very ex-
istence, Americans waged a vic-
torious battle, and brought into
being a nation which took its
place in the foremost ranks of
civilization.
Its protecting arm has reach-
J. B. FORD
ATTORNEY—AT—LAW
General Practice in State
and Federal Courts
Phone 155 McGregor, Te/cas
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WACO, TEXAS
process is slow, but it is sure,
and Americans will wake up
some fine morning and find that
their difficulties have passed. The
passing will be unnoticed, so
gradual will it come, and then
the readjustment will have taken
place, -find the United States will
be an even greater and more pow-
erful nation.
Confidence in the minds of the
people will bring this about.
Trust in men, one with another,
and business, one with the other
is the first mudsill which must go
down in the rebuilding which is
now in progress. When this has
been firmly embedded, the struc-
ture, will rise to mightier heights
than ever before, and will be a
marvel for the rest of the world
to admire.
You folks of McGregor take
stock of yourselves, rid your
minds of unfounded suspicions.
There is no better time than now
to encourage your faith in man-
kind, and the sooner this is ac-
complished the sooner will the
difficulties of the day pass.
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AS THE WORLD WAGS
Two unique steamers are to be
put into operation between New
York and Havana, by Seatrain
Lines, Inc., each of which will
carry 95 loaded freight cars. The
decks of each vessel are equipped
with nearly a mile of standard-
gauge railroad track. Car eleva-
tors load and discharge the cars
at terminals. The unloading of
a regulation freighter is a cost-
ly, chaotic procedure. Dock la-
bor comes high and idle time in
port is expensive. There are
heavy losses from breackage,
thieving, switching delays, etc.
With the new type of freighter,
each commodity stays sealed in
its car from shipper to destina-
tion. Since there is no handling
at docks, goods can be sent in
lighter, less expensive containers.
Fruit and vegetables simply stay
in their iced ear, are not handled
and damaged at each port.—The
Southwestern Ambassador.
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Unrelated.
Unemployment seems to be the
condition of being unrelated to a
public official.—Arkansas Ga-
zette.
We do commercial job printing
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JUST LIKE NEW!
What a delight to find your suit looking as
clean and brisk as new. Our expert service
preserves fabric and maintains style.
Suits, cleaned and pressed ..... 50c
OPERA HOUSE TAILORS
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This Distracting Age—Noise.
There are some things that we
may get accustomed to, but they
hurt our nerves just the same.
One of them is noise, especially
when harsh or rasping.
Squawk, squawk comes from
the throats of the automobile
horns, together with long, pierc-
ing, scratching, rasping whistles
that owners put on their cars, as
if they are not satisfied with the
din produced by the horns with
which they come equipped.
You cannot escape from the
multiplicity of noises, that rend
the day and part of the night.
Most people seem to take this
condition as a matter of course,
but they would not be so compla-
cent about it, if they realized
that it is injurious to the health
to live in the midst of noise which
may be constant or sudden.
A bulletin was issued by the
Chicago school of Sanitary In-
struction in which tests were re-
ported on normal subjects. It was
found that 19 per cent more en-
ergy was required to perform cer-
tain duties in noisy location than
in quiet surroundings. It was al-
so found that one cannot sleep
soundly, when noises reach the
ear. “A noise not loud enough to
wake a sleeping person causes
his muscles to remain tense as
long as thirty minutes. Sleep un-
der such conditions is certainly
not refreshing.”
An official anti-noise commis-
sion was appointed in 1929. On
the staff Avere two nerve special-
ists,, two ear experts, a research
engineer, a lawyer and an execu-
tive. Experiments were carried
on in Bellevue hospital to learn
the effects of sudden noise on
T^lood pressure, the heart and
brain. The bursting of a paper
bag, raised the brain pressure
higher than morphine or other
drugs, in fact four times as high
as normal. 'The blood pressure is
raised by loud harsh noises, be-
cause they irritate and damage
the nervous system.
It was proved conclusively that
constant loud noises interfere
with the natural development of
babies and young children. It
was demonstrated that the effi-
ciency of workers was lowered by
noise, while nervous and high
strung people were ’definitely and
permanently injured by constant
noise, especially when suddien,
harsh or discordant.
Noise injures the hearing.
Sometimes a loud explosion pro-
duces permanent deafness.
Squawking, harsh, loud speakers
in radio shops should be silenced
or modulated. People should not
be allowed to lionk horns unnec-
essarily, especially when parked
on the street, or in a traffic jam,
where the discord only adds to
the discomfort and irritates those
whose ears are thus needlessly
afflicted.
MISS EVELYN WALKER
IS PARTY HOSTESS
Miss Evelyn Walker entertain-
ed school friends with a-party at
her home near McGregor last
Saturday , evening. During thfe
evening games and contests were
enjoyed, at the conclusion of
which refreshments, featuring the
Valentine motif, were served to
about forty-five guests.
^fetchYour
Kidneys/
Don't Neglect Kidney and
Bladder Irregularities
If bothered with bladder ir-
regularities, getting up at night
and nagging backache, heed
promptly these symptoms.
They may warn of some dis-
ordered kidney or bladder con-
dition. For 50 years grateful
users have relied upon Doan’s
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\Sold by all druggists.
DoanS
fmM A Diuretic
For the
Kidneys
SWALLOWED TABLE FORK
REMOVED BY OPERATION
St. Paul, Minn.—An eight and
one-half-inch table fork swallow-
ed Friday by Miss Margaret San-
tell, 19, was removed from her
stomach four hours later through
a surgical operation.
An instrument which would
have removed the fork through
the throat could not be used be-
cause the tines pointed diagonal-
ly toward the heart, physicians
said. They reported her condi-
tion was good.
She swallowed the fork while
attempting to depress her tongue
with the handle.
He Does.
The average American, it is es-
timated, works sixty-one days in
each year for the tax collector.
The other 304 days he works for
the installment collector.—Greens-
boro (Ga) Herald-Journal.
Ramsey’s Nursery, Austin,
Texas has been selling home-
grown trees of the highest quality
for 57 years. Their products
give returns in health and beauty,
and help fight the depression.
This is a good time to plant Fruit
Trees, Pecans, Berries, Shade
Trees, Evergreens, Roses, Flow-
ering Shrubs, Bulbs. * Write for
their free catalogue of reduced
prices. (53)
work in record time.
We do commercial job printing,
And About All.
The farmer’s biggest turnover
is his spring plowing.—Syracuse
Post-Standard.
* DR. L. B. GIBSON
Dentist
McGregor, texas
Modern equipment and sani-
tary office. All work guaran-
teed first class. Reasonable
charges. Office second floor
Amsler Building. Telephone
Number 60.
Bad Taste in Mouth,
Sour Stomach
For quick relief from constipation
troubles, such as are mentioned
below, get a 25-cent package of
Thedford’s BLACK-DRAUGHT
and begin taking it today.
“I have suffered a great deal
from biliousness and constipa-
tion,” writes Mrs. D. C. Jones, of
Waterloo, Ala. “When I get bili-
ous I have a bad taste in my
mouth, have sour stomach, my.
color is bad, and I get dizzy and
feel awfully bad. I have head-
ache constantly. When I take
Black-Draught it relieves me and
I feel like a new person. I don’t
think there is a better medicine
than Black-Draught.”
Now you can get Black-Draught in
the form of a SYRUP, for Children.
Raise Fruit at Rome
Why buy fruit, or do without it, when you can rahte it
at home?
Prices for trees are lowest ever known.
Plant fruit trees now . . . Peach, Plum, Pear, Apple, Fig,
Nectarine, Jujube, Berries, Pecans.
Beautify your home with Evergreens, Shade Trees, Roses,
Flowering Shrubs, Bulbs.
WRITE FOR FREE CATALOG TODAY
EARN $10 TO {20 WEEKLY IN SPARE TIME
If you have a little time, write us for proposition.
RAMSEY’S AUSTIN NURSERY
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Electricity IS Cheaper
Compare the cost of Residential Service
in McGregor for 1928 with 1933
MONTHLY
USE
1928
COST
30 KWH
$4.00
60 KWH
$7.00
100 KWH
$11.00
1933
COST
$2.70
$4.20
$6.20
PER CENT
REDUCED
32.5%
40.0%
43.6%
Based on five-room house.
\^nen you consider the cost of
living today as compared to several
years ago, YOU SHOULD REMEM-
BER that the Texas Power & Light
Company made reductions in rates
while practically all other household
expenses were going up.
The cost of electricity has stayed
low and is lower today than ever be-
fore.
The cost of living is still 32 per
cent higher (according to the United
States Department of Commerce) than
in 1914, while your 1914 electric dollar
is much larger in purchasing power
when applied to electric service in 1933.
Texas Power & Light Company ,
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The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1933, newspaper, February 24, 1933; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883645/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.