The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 630, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 5, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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Wapca, .porn. >,...... \ 10c .; $1,00 $1.9jL.,
No.' 3 Wapco>Tomatoes^. :’ll'SftSp,?# i«. ^ »
No.2 cuVstring beans 15c—lie$£025^
No 2 Dandalworth ” . . t 8c ’ - 1 S'j/T. "
No. 3 Wapco b.eets.,/15c-^i2c. ;.$1.4^$2:45^; ’
No.3 Sweet Potatoes 15c—11c $1M -$2^fa;V-
No.; 3 Hominy > > ■ 81-3 /*) :$1.7
No., 2 blackberries .. 15c—10. M .20;.. $2.3
No.. 1 Pork and Beans!____ | .§5,
All No.-3 California Fruits go atlpei\caii 2.i
' W../S. .Pineapple, regular 25c .V; .\iow20c
Choice. Evaporated Peaches,./.. .\..\.,.10c*
Fancy Evaporated Apples.......^VA.lOc
Pink Salmon........ .Can 11c, DozerN^LgS
Good Red Salmon,----. Can 20c, 2 forSSc
Vienna style sausage, v .3 for 25, dozen 95c
Regular 25c Baking Powder............20c
^Regular 85c Baking Powder............65c
Macaroni... . .............4 packages 25c
*5? Post Toasties......12c or three for 35c
1 lb. A & H Soda.-----------4 packages 25c
r!\r ? meal re£ular 15c, sale price.. ,10c
U. Meal, regular 25c size, package......20c *
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ne-Half gallon. Red Raro) Syrup. ;.;./;;.25c
:arrler Jones -Sorghum/regular 60b> now :45c
OWMa Honey Bee’-Honey was $1:65.. $1.40.
Impure South TexasrComb'Honey , .a $1.60
51#;;pure California .Comb :Honey, now 85e
idgaJloiTpf Crusto,Cooking. Oil/.. .85c
f^I- .lOc.^Tobaccos • go -three -for ..... 25c
All- 5c- Tobaccos go-six dof..._____. *25c
Rub-No-More Wash'Powder, six for____25c
All Laundry Soap, seven bars for ... 25c
Four sacks of. 10c Salt for...... .....30c
Seven sacks of 5c Salt for.._____ V ' ’ '25c
Four boxes of. Shaker Salt for____! 30c
251b of Michigan Salt fof.........’ ’ ’ ’20c
501b of Michigan Salt for..... 40c
1001b of Michigan Salt for, .* >5^
Many other bargains not mentioned
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gards! the forwarding of .parcels
post., packages-to countries ■, iii
Europe-engaged in^the'war. Par- ^ cuu
cels post packages >yill now be ac » «
cept'ed for alLparts of Austria-
Hungary,'Germany arid: Franco, tt
except ;’such parts of the north.-
ern part of Frapce as lie with- < tack 1%DTTisrr>^i i>>/n - . ts-
in the zone of the present fight-' j* ^
ing. Belgium and Turkey also j ♦ ® o a ss ❖ % a sk V & tt
are excluded.. Such packages ----7--1—1
should be - securely wrapped to a >•:: k ts / n zulk;:: / ?? x :?*^
prevent-their “--securing damage n
long trip.
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The Electra Daily Kegs
a* w A* H. Sheldon, Proprietors.
A. H Sheldon.......Editor-Manager
Ali # announcements, church no
;tioes, advertising copy, etc., positive-
l.v must be in the office by 3 o’clock or
*’u‘’v have to go over to the next
dsy.
are realizing that they owe some-
thing besides taxes to the com--
munity in which they do busi
ness. It is the duty of’ the man
of affairs to give of his time,
because the value of his counsel
in public matters is as the value
of his time—the more idle time
he has the less value he is to the
community. It is a truism in
public as in private life: If you
want anything done you must
get a busy man to do it.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE In accordance with its annual
Northbound 1 custom, the park board of Port-
^T°* 3.......... 3:10 p. m. land Oregon, .recently began dis-
\'v 7-—.................................4:46 a. m/tributing -30,000 rose bushes
Oil Special...........'................8:15 a. m. of the choicest varieties which
Southbonnd were grown in Mount Tabor park j New York> Dec. 4.—There was
^°* 4..................................1:10 p- m- These were distributed free to a renewal of yesterday’s cotton
Z*‘ r?"""r;..............................1:15 a-m* property owners who would market and first prices were one
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TODAYS MARKET REPORT
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New Orleans Cotton
New Orleans, Dec. 4.—Spot
Cotton steady. Sales on spot 995
To arrive 3640. Middling 7 3-16
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City, Dec. 4.—Cash
wheat No. 2 hare 1.09 and Vz;
No. 2 red 1.08 to 1.09. Corn No.
2, 62%. Oats 47.
The Postmaster at ______
has been instructed by the Post-: a
master General to’collect rates j a
as stated below for box rents: ! a
Lock boxes,
quarter.
Lock boxes, 1
quarter.
Lock boxes, jfxtra large, $1.00
per quarter.
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store in Elecl
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MARCH.
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Closing out all} Coats 1
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New York Cotton
^il Special.............. 5:00 p. ro.
Nos. 3 and 4 will operate between
Fort Worth and Amarillo and will
connect at Wichita Falls with Wichita
Valley trains Nos. 1 and 2.
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NOTICE TO READERS.
With reference to our announce-
agree to plant and take care of
them. Certainly this is a step
towards encouraging the “City
Beautiful” that every communi-
ty would do well to imitate.
to four points lower on months
except October. Later prices
rose. Cotton futures closed
steady. Jan. 7:17; March 7:37;
May 7:52; July 7:66; October
7:92.
According to a report of Wal-
ter E. Davis county demonstra-
tion agent, Austin, Texas, Rey-
------------ ,nokls Lowery, near Austin, has
ment about changing the Daily News i1 65 laying hens that have re-
from a free circulation to a “Pai^'» | turned to him more in cash than
basis, we %ish to say that we have ^ reived from twenty-
. , , , . . 1 eight acres of cotton producing
structed our earner boys to secure or- j half a bale to the acre and selling
ders from those readers on their re- j for eight cents per pound. The
spective routes that feel like paying J demonstration agent cites this,
50g per month for the paper, but we i •nc^ as example of the Op-
do not want the carrier boys to collect J P0.1^1111^}68 afforded in poultry
. raising m that locality, but as steady win. wncai ciuseu
r e same at present. Suitable ar- suggesting the value of diversi-! strong.. Corn closed unsettled,
rangements for collection will be made fied farming and stock raising in I Closing: Wheat, Dec 1.16%; May
general. ’ ' j 1.21 3-8. Corn, Dec. 63 5-$,;rMay
Chicago Futures
Chicago, Dec. 4.—Wheat de-
veloped some fresh strength to-
day, due to an advance at Liver-
pool. After opening 1-8 to 3-8
higher the mai'ket hesitated
somewhat but then scored a mod
erate upturn. Corn showed a
tendency to sag. Opening prices
were 1-8 lower. Weakness of
country offerings helped to
corn. Wheat closed
BLUE LAMCE^fTEEA
Wrapped andr Seal^l in Sanitary
Wrappers hefc fro
Free voteAin tae'jForJ Auto!®"
Contest withWeiy nurerfase. j
Best of Evei\thpig%^Baker
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litary Bakery
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The Methodist ladies will hold! THE A^S,WER: Lay the edrner-
fa market Saturdday at the Shel-
, d°n Furniture company’s store
and will have for sale the usual
■ victuals for a Sunday dinner.
Everybody invited.
stone TOD&Yby stjyj&fig a BANK
ACCOUNT.
First National
later.
All th’at is necessary for our read-
ers to have the paper delivered to
them as before is to sign the order
and hand it to the carrier or send it
to the office.
Those wishing to pay in advance,
kindly bring or send the money to our
office. '
LOCAL FIRM
CHANGES OWNERS
69. Oats, Dec. 47 1-8; May 5214.
From Burkburnett Star
DEVELOPMENT NOTES
Fort Worth Cattle
Fort Worth, Dec. 4.—Cattle
receipts 5,000, steady. Beeves
rp-i , . , - ,, , , $6 to $7. Hog receipts 2,000,
The stock of furniture, hard- 10 to 15 cents higher. Bulk $6.15
j ware and implements of the well j to $6.95. Sheep receipts 900 and
fknown firm of Lipscomb & Davis! steady. Lambs $7 to $8.
of this*place was this week sold I -«-*<►--
!to the Pearson-Floyd Company1 OIL DEVELOPMENT
! of Electra and Altus. We are I AT BURKBURNETT
& in ■$> <-♦> <s> x '? x <t> x
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affSdaPaSbXWOrld hfS th^th^Xk invoices. _
afforded a better example of the 1 about 318,000. I Business in ttc
^6b“ intensTve^^vetonmeti1- ^PSC°mb * Da/is hfve been oil fields fs Improving a great
w d®vel°Pment in business here for about two deal We are informed th^it not
Sianstothewafnow • ye/’S and ha^ en'ioyed a !ibel'a!, le® than tennewweUs ha5e'been
It would almost seem that agif^■ (Paaonage. They aie taking in contracted, to begin before the
»IT T-l isome fine. land near first of next month. Some of
these are to be started within a
few days.
Some of the last wells drilled
in that territory are said to be
best that have ever been brought
in. Indications are that the
oil industry in the Burkburnett
country is dnly in its infancy.—
Burkburnett Star.
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stSckl coltlndUStrVn , ^bab * Altus on the deal, lmt do not con-
fo the bi»wy wer/de/ 0ped template moving from Burkbur-
Tnst w possible degree, nett, at least any time soon, as
Indicated hv tbe ^^/tK \ w/.Messrs' A' B- Lipscomb, Sam Da-
Bto,«zg S.S‘."d151 Sff Mr-SW18 “•
ZSSUSSKSSt* Cl*s=kr*
ing coupled with art. One fea-
ture of this education is extreme-
ly important from the communi*
ty development viewpoint, in
that the industries taught to the
boys and girls in the schools were
always representative of the .
communities in which the schools , . s Christmas window is
were located. Thus the young a^ractin& the attention of the I
people were enrouraged and aid- children and many older ones j Song
ed in producing work of high s^op an(^ ^°°h and let their minds 1 Prayer •
quality that should ultimately wan(^er back to childhood days, j Scripture Reading —Leader,
fit them for leadership in their1 • Solo> - Mrs. Wolfe,
communities. | The Panhandle Swine Breed-' Peadmg—Miss Sue Dale.
— ; ers Association will be held afL Yr “Mr* James ancl Mrs*
Commenting editorially on the, Childress Fridav and Saturday ! ms*
iffif«lb‘os Dec. 11 and 12^ An interesting
business houses at Electra and
Altus and is a strong concern.
We understand that they will
carry the same lines of merchan-
dise that Lipscomb & Davis
handled.
SENIOR LEAGUE OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday, Dec. 6,1914.
Leader —Miss Roberts
Song
difficulties involved in securing
aid of the members of organiza-
tions, The “Nation’s Business,”
published by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
of America, says: More and
more every year business men
Piano solo —Miss Lee.
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program has been prepared.
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The Texas Hardware and Sup-
ply Company has a pretty "dis-1
play of toys in one of "its show
4 windows.
The Victrola display in the
window of - theSheldon Furni-
ture Company is very attractive
and the art of* window decorating
is- thoroughly demonstrated by
whoever arranged the window.
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Compare Our Prices §
With Your M'aiiOrder Prices I
In looking over our stock we find that we have homrfrff^n'Tft*,,-,, j„ „ • ^ , jS
partmfent, and in order to reduce same we are going Jtfgive the t/S./1?!.0/ gr/eiT de' II
early b.uying... We have had a few people tell us liw cheJ th^ }i,iA ^ b*T&t 0Ur 1
'"'"I )W ““'0S“ J“ v?" « *m b. fcd WSS5?S §
N«. 2 Cbro #i NoL
No. 2 Cabro corn, regular 12 l-2c nt^Ii a I now 65c—case
‘Xio^ Sc^doz.* 95c—case$l
No. 2 Wapco Peas, E. J. regular 15c 4 f
now 12c—^oz. $1.35—case/$2.60
No. 2 Cabro Cut Beans, regular i5c f
now ilc—doz. $1.25—easel $2.35
Nor. 2. Lindale Blackberries, regular 15a
' V1 1 now 11c—doz. $1.25—case^2.45
No*. 3 Cabro Tomatoes, regular, 15c \ -
now 11c—doz. $1.20—case $2&5
No..3 Cabro Pumpkin, regular 15c . ^
now 11c—doz. $1.25—case $2.35
No; 3 Cabro Sweet Potatoes, regular 15c
now 11c—doz. $1.25—case- $2.45
No- 3 Cabro Hominy, regular^lOc
now 8 l-3c—doz. 95c—case $1.80
No. 3 W. P. Kraut, regular 15c
No. 3 Pie Peaces!regular ST™ ^° !!'• '•‘.2SS
No. 3 ConsufTaWePeaches5 reg/ar 2of'25 !'VeSbe^tExtSH%h^Pate'pf® ’ ’' ‘12^
now 15—doz. $1.70—case $3.30 Sugar. 251bs. gh Patent PIour- • • • ^ 35
Keg Kraut ......v/...............$1.25 Crackers, by'box.V..............
We also carry a complete stock of Dry Goods. Let us fionrA ........
dry goods bill. , 1 • ngure Wlth you on your fall
Free votes on $600.00 in Gold and Panama Exposition Contest. d21 24
. J-. H- Marriott <& Son _
No|l0 Red Vjdva/regi/ar 65c
now 55c—-case $3.00
!s/i:egular 60c
Dry teal t leat ~ / ' hbT 5fc-case $2.90
Smoled’ lleat . / ' ..........• v ... ldc
gard^jf^pp’^ '' •1'egular 30c, now225
White SCoffee?renggul'ar $l¥^ I’l
rinm *........... * ♦ .2 for 25c
Corn Flakes
Grape Nuts
2 for 25c
10c
2 for 25c
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 630, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 5, 1914, newspaper, December 5, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892953/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Electra Public Library.