The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 671, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 8, 1906 Page: 4 of 4
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Don’t Do It.
It has gotten to be a bad habit
with most people in town when
the fire alarm rings to call cen-
tral and ask where the fire is.
Surely ix you would to think even
for a)moment you can see how
much trouble this causes in the
There is more profit to be made
on business by telephone than
from any other source. What
are you doing to increase your ,, ., , ,
sales by telephone? 14,000 sub- ; central office. It is all that two
scribers added to our system dur- operators can do to keep up the
ing 1905, besides thousands of, connections during the regular
miles of toll circuit. Hustle for business of the day, but when all
your share. J the subscribers begin to call cen-
fil6 Southwestern Tel. end Tel. Go j £rai ac oriCe> there is bound to be
confusion and trouble.
Mrs. G W. Long is in Temple
for a time.
Mrs. M. Hurt and children wili
spend the next few weeks at
Rosebud with relatives.
Mrs. Hood Caldwell and little
son left this morning for Rock-
dale for a visit of several days.
Miss Novella Miller of Adams-
ville, who has just closed her
school at Clayton, was in the city the
this week.
The telephone operator is not a
bureau of general information.
S le is paid to attend to company
bxsiness and that alone. Not
o lly that but your inquiries in-
terfere with other people’s busi-
ness. Suppose that some one
wanted a connection and wanted
it at once. It would be impossi-
ble for central to serve you while
half the subscribers in town were
question over their
Mrs. W.,,.;aT. Renfro and little
daughter, Miss Katherine, are
home from a pleasant visit to rel-
atives at Flatonia.
Little Miss Emma Boden-
hamer is home from Lometa,
where she . has beln spending
some weeks with relatives.
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LOST—On the streets of Lam-
pasas, railroad credential book
witli my name #n tickets. ' If
found re$b^| tc^me at Hancock
hotel. Worthless to.anyone else.
Logan Hirn.
N. P. Collins, of Coleman cOun-
t^jlis here to visit his so^ W. P.
Collins who lives three miles
down the creek.
Miss Elia Saylor, of Goldth-
waite, died yesterday after an
illness of some time. Miss Say-
\ lor is a niece of Fernando Miller
"of this^city, and her mother is
-well known here, having made
this place her home for some
time.
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Dr. T. W. Burrell has just h|id
a new windmill erected at his
ranch, having a fine well and
plenty of water. The work was
i done by Henry Spreen who
knows all abbtit pumps and wind-
mills.
Miss Annie Gaedke, of Me
Creaville, returned home Tues-
day, frdm Fort Worth, where she
has been visiting relatives.
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Woody Browning, assistant
cashier of the Peoples National
Bank, left this afternoon for San
Antonio where he wili attend the
meeting of the. State Bankers
Association. -
lines, “Central, where’s the fire?”
Show a little consideration and
wait a few minutes.
Usually the fire does not
amount to anything and the effi-
cient fire company , you may rest
assured, Pis* there and doing all
they can to put it out. If it is
your house you are pretty apt to
know it. If it is not you can wait.
Of course you did not think. You
would hardly want to be rude or
troublesome purposely. Bear
these things in mind and don’t
do it.
Weather Report,|J|
The weather report as furnish-
ed by the U. S. weather observer
at New Orleans is as follows:
Tonight and Wednesday partly
cloudy weatlJIr.
The H. & T. C. railroad has is-
sued a neat and showy pamphlet
with numerous illustrations,
showing points of attraction on
the line of that road, and a proper
space and descriptive matter is
devoted to Lampasas. If our lo
cal people would take as much
interest in securing and enter-
taining visitors as the railroads
do in securing travel to; these
points, we might have thp city
full of visitors the year round,
That day is surely coming and
may be much nearer than you
^hink.
not cur
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d Dressers
will find much satisfaction in the Clothes at our store, In
the first place every suit in the house wqs very tarefully
selected from the best tailoring. houses in1 the north and
east and the stock includes the-newest, desifris. These
garments we offer at prices that are right. Each and
every garment contains thoroughly shrunken fabrics and
is lined with the best materials. We ca!foffer you a good
suit at most any price you want to pay up $25, and
we can assure you that every time you, get a suit from
us you pay at least 25 per cent less than the same will
cost you at other story. Prices always fahe lowest when
quality is considered. \
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lollars comedo the man who-advertises. His name is
before the public eye, and this'‘fact-alone creates a confi-
dence in him and his goods. - The man who Js after the
Dollars freeps his name constantly before the people. The
Daily Leader reaches almost every home in the city every
evening. Its advertising columns are read with interest.
It brings Dollars in results to the judicious advertiser.
If you are not a patron you are losing Dollars. Get wise
Piano Tuning.
Now is the time to* have your
piano tuned and regulated before
the hot season arrives. They
stand in tune much better. Ev-
eryone knows Mr. Robinson. He
is at home this week, and his
prices dre most reasonable, $3.00
and less, according to condition
of the instrument. Leave your
order or phone Lion Drugstore.
The Baptist brethren and sis-
ters are looking with fond antic-
ipation upon the proposed en-
campment which is to be held in
July of this year. Dr. Truitt, of
Dallas, is to conduct the revival
services, and there will be other
noted speakers from abroad in
addition to the home t&L<|nt. Let
all the jfeople take anr'active part
in making this encampment a
success, or in other words let us
all be I^aptists for the time being.
You cahnot associate with better
people, and you had as well make
your arrangements now to go out
dnd enjoy ten or fifteen days of
innocent camp life at the most
beautiful park in the world.
Stomach dosing will
catarrh. Breathe Hyomei and itjg
germ killing air will cure the dis-
ease. Druggists Schwarz & Hoff-
mann sell on guarantee, tue-fri
LOST—A pair of leather legf
gins near Lampasas. Possibhjr
on the Nix or Llano road. If
found leave with Burrell $
Skaggs.
Mg|0. W. Notice.
All membersfof the W. O. W.
camp are urgently requested to
be present at call meeting 8 p. rip
Thursday May 10th. Business
of importance.
M. M. White,
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Depositors’ Security
In addition to its or-
dinary avai|able as-
. sets, this bfnR ia^till
further fortified, and
.as follows: l %
The Twentieth Century Club
will meet Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o’clock with Mrs. W. B. Ab-
ney, to hear report of Miss Claud
Martin who attended as a dele-
gate from thi3 club the meeting
of the Federated Clubs at Corpus
Christi. All members will please
come prepared to pay their dues
for the past year, and all fines
assessed against them.
Mrs. H. N. Key, Vice-Pres.
Phone
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You Save the
Cook's Wages
How? By taking advantage of
our special offers of “good things
to eat. Phone us for one of these
combinations Tuesday, Wednes-
day or Thursday.
OFFER No. 1.
22 lbs gran. Sugar.........$1 00
5 lbs Navy Beans.......... 25
2 lbs Arm & Hammer Soda. 15
-2 lb finest preen Tea..... 25
1 lb can Jack Frost Baking
Powder ... . ...... 20
1 lb pkg recleaned Currants. 15
Paid in Capital Stock
Surplus ^und
Undivided Profits
Additional Liability
vot Stock Holders
Security .over and above
all other assets
$ 50,000.<>o
10.000. 00
- 12,000.oo
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50.000. 00
$122,000.oo
First National Bank
Lampasas, Texas
$2 00
OFFER NO. 2
.5 bars Fels Naptha Soap
for cold or hot water ... .$0 25
1 can Royal Sealed Oats .Li 14
2 lbs finest Mocha and Java,
Coffee ...............f - 50
2 cans Okra & Tomatoes ... 24
2 pkgs Dr. Prices Food ... 19
2 cans Alaska Pink Salmon it 20
2 cans Vienna Sausage . ...| 20
8 bars Clariette Soap.....fa 28
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$2 00
Montgomery & Mueller
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Poultry Lice
Must Go!
If you realize how
much damage they
do, you will at once
rid your poultry of
lice,* fleas and similar
parasites.
We have prepara-
tions .that will free
poultry from these
pests.
Schwarz & Hoffmann
J. “Your Druggists”
Money to loan
Everett 8 Jenkins
Fashionable
BARBERS
Skilled Workmen, Prompt at-
tention. Hot and cold Baths at
all hours. : : East side square.
CLAY RULING
New Shaving Parlor
North end Peoples National Bank
Building. Coke Dandruff Cure
and Hair Tonic. Get your shoes
shined while you wait.
JOE E. DILDY,
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Lion Drug Store
Lampasas .' Texas
The Peoples National
Bank
is prepared to make a
large number of loans
and to make them
promptly.
W. R, Williamson, Pres.
J. O. Ramsey, V-Pres.
J. M. Brown, Cashier
JOE B. TOWNSEN,
! PHYSICIAN AND SUROEOON
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OFFICE AT LION DRUG STORE.
Does a general practice at Lampasas
and in surrounding country,
R. O. SMITH, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Big 4 building, up
stairp. Diseases of women
and childreu a specialty
Phones at office and residence
Dorbandt & Dorbandt
Fhysidans
and Surgeons
Office at Schwarz & Hoffmann Drug
Store. Phones at office and residences
Lampasas, Texas,,
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 671, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 8, 1906, newspaper, May 8, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth895372/m1/4/?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 Lampasas Public Library.