The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
eight pages: ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
jf
Published by the Platonla Printing
Company. "
IENRY HUEK. Editor
NOTICE-AM advertising wifi be run
jnd cnsrgod fdT until ordered diacontin-
. ued
Telephone 57
and stqck cost him .to produce
and which Items made him a
STRAY PLANTS
PRICK:
SUSP' A YEAR
' This plant iif insured in the Printers
Mutual •’’ire Ins. Jkssn'. of Tex. -
profit and which a loss.' Many
a man is keeping stock and poul-
try that are.an expense instead
dTap investment, and oftimes
cropsare raised that cannot pay.
Write to Extension Service/ A.
& M. College, College Station,
Texas, for their method of keep-
ing records on these things. En-
close this article and your 'name
and address
The Idea of calling old-fashioned
corn pons a “substitute I"
t—, ■
Never permit a warlike nation to
play ’poaauin. Club It till It kicks.
Everything hath lt*‘ place In war.
The profiteer to the cutworm In the
bean. . .
You’ll also,observe that the
gossip never makes a long story
short enough to leave • out the
scandal.
Keep step. The buss-drummer
‘doesn't* want to do all that work for
nothing.
MICKIE SAYS
Yes. sir, a nice little patch of gov-
ernment bonds will produce a crop ev-
ery time. . , ■ <
Any FHntonia man t could get
up and fix iiw own breakfast if
he had to. - Hut hlfi wife wouldn’t
got dune heating about 'it for
years to come.
^0NE <jUV -tVtAT RUNS
NECK AND NECK WltM-fHi:
kaiser Ecu popular
around This opP\<C6 is
The cowardly wampus
who lets his paper ait
ANSAR BEHIND AND THEM
REFUSES tT AT THE POST-
OPFlCB T‘ AMO\D PAS IN*
WHAT HE OWOS
The Hun of the. future may supply
himself with “Iron orosses” at the rum-
mage sales. — ■
Details may deviate, but'purpose Is
unwavering. Uncle 8am moves U[ltb
a firm' purpose. '
Teach the-young people to "do"
things, without dwelling too much on
fhelr "don’ts."
ri
Some of us are beginning to
..weary of these short droughts.
It. rainti'd Tufcsflay morninfr.'
"Cleared lip "and the sun shone
brightly and then clouded over
and began to rain and turn cold-
er. Clear bright sunshine greet-
ed us again yesterday morning..
Al/CK/£,
1 you said
I SOMETHING-!
The kaiser hasn’t captured the
world, Hut It is coming to him with an
enthusiastic belligerency.
sw
ii/:
1
b,
Horace Greely, when ie
said “(Jo West, Young Man”,
evidently did not have Flatonia
~~ and her highway system intfiind .
/ elafehe wodkl havefcald1 tri "’‘takto f
tne train a/f/r’utf Waelder or
Moulton. The road to Waelder
reminds one (*f some portions of
that road -amft to have been
traveled over by the Jews on
•V their return to Jerusalem from
the Babylonian- car avity," and
the Moulton road, is .like unto it.
'The fellow yybo culls the lady 1m-
tnodret because stir: saves' .iturterlul
from her .dregs Is an alien enemy, und
ought to be attended tv. -
Mif
are endi
tnei;t in
r
' 'ri
11,
4
"V
*
There’s enough of the beautiful In'
life. If the pond furbish the beau- |
te.ous Illy, why go‘on hunting for the
frogs and snake*? of the under sHinet—-“
j. H. Mackley In Ohio Farmer:
WITH THE SAGES
it nnhbdy liiijt* yon, be sure It is
your own faun?—Doddridge.'
yf'
. J
I Mi.
m m
■ .
7
«jg . '
-
it 7- fMw. .t.i. •:
'iMia tt ,lt 4
ji
1
■ .
..»
The
service
To thi
of its so
rjEitc.i.' (J
likely
•per.it ii
di-pin i ii
rehtler V
ing the'
these Ml
to’ n niti
eonvem
of bush
neetiori:
- :
free
Lend
\
V* v' W*
Colt
Many/
$ '
Life Is a series of surprises. We
do not guess today the mood, {he pleas-
ure, >he power of tomorrow, .when we
are bullying tip our being.—Emerson.
1= •; ■ | m f 11
■ 'ateF
/ -ii
~r4~'
■' * v"
lipf
Ave-y
Doep
• nevs?
Does
' '"wTOk?
.1 Are
- distress
• These
pert kii
Weak
Doan
P
prepare
* r '** Grate
JUS
7
a
y../../ 177m
t —T.
■ h
T
fin
1 i srlti
■-: v-
,....
An Increase^ tn war gardens "next
summer will help bring about a de-
crease- In- the high prices. ’
Mr. PEdkn, Food Adminis-
Trntnr for Textis. irives credit for
Tllndenburg says he will not desert
the Ocriuan people—there being ’ no
place to which he can deeert.
Re-only is-advancing In life whose j
heart is' gating softer; whose blood /•
warmer, whose brain (julckor, _ whose
-spirit Is entering into living peuce.—
Ruskln. •
- -j
‘Wn mi ■
the woixJorful,.ihowing made in
Texa* to the people, which is, of
luite rights sir^ce he could
Speak the .truth by all means; be
bold' and fearless in ydur‘ rebuke of
error, and In your keener rebuke of
ROhk ClerkS anr -wonderlng - -If—the-- wrong dolng t d>ut--t>e Inunnn. und lnv-
epuraej
end of the war means another Set
holiday, to be observed every year.
Ing. and gentle, and brotherly the
while.—W. M. Punshon.
’ -41 Imd >
/■ - il i
' 'npi
y—
Fiks«
mmmm
4
.
*^r ■*
r~
r
• Mrs,
- //■ ^Bexas,
v phairtt
"pains i
- ‘ tired e
langui
aches
least c
‘ makin
,my ki<
ing irr
' Kid tie
ened t
pains
kidnej
Price
ply task
Doan’s
M i s. E
Mfgrs.,
few of us realize how' much di
pends upon the leader in any big
movement, and the fact that
Herbert Hoovfcr has selected Mi\
Feden for one of his chief aids
in the work in Europe shows
' hoy a are not
It la to b* hoped
thinking of bringing home a throne
or two as a.souvenir of the great war.
ir
American soldier* when they left
' for Germany were not only all dresaed
up; they knew where they wera go-
ing.
cat etorflonv to gafiv ft
lives alone. Without it.l anj'convinced
solitude Is not to be endured.—Sydney
Smith. ’
WW.
FROM COMMERCE REPORTS
20 Per Gent Reduction
^ ‘ on all
UN ,
-
Zi n:
that he.is able to recognize' a-
bility. And is a matter “of deep
jrraLification to Texaiisl UdflBWl
*. ly. Mr. Peden is one of the
Thnre Is s great deal of salvage
In .war, bul; It doesn't even approach
the value It had before It ‘became aal-
v*ge.
punles have- consolidated- In order to
meet expected competition after, the
war,---- — ■ . -—-———
true big hearted patriots who
-• have given freely of their time
and funds to sh,ow to the world
that AmeHea is not the dollar
worshiping nation that it had in
We do not'know what can be don#
phout'the winter itch' unless a way .can
t>e found*to get It before the peace con-
ferencA
The British "Scientific PrcMucflf ex-
hibition, opened In London, gives evi-
dence of the prdgress British manu-
facturers have made In lines of indus-
try formerly dominated by Germany.
Now is the time to make a Sensible Investment in Clothing
A fine line of SUITS artd COATS, all on sale until January 51. *
•» --f, ■
GET IT AT
sem§ measure gained the repu-
tation of among other nations. “
What the boys would Hke Mpeclally
Is to hAe i be government get them
home In time for the opstnlng game
next-spring. '
Japan's shipping trade -has bken
'•ir-
Farmers are urged to Keep an
accurate account of. their earn-
ings and expenditures by a .bul-
letin . issued by the Extension
Servico'oi ^ M,
One must hope that their old Job*
have been kept for the army ef dol-
lsr-n-ycar men who are about, to be
demobilized. ‘ • '•*
‘4sr*'
greatly tncregsctl by the War, but the
shipping concerns have begun to con-
sider" new enterprises to offset,-a pos-
sible- jjrop in the busln'usa' after the
war. • , . ■. •'''
BROWNING’S
T^he registrant' who sent tmek a
blank Questionnaire missed an oppor-
The Isie of IMnes lis again'in .tele-
phonic communication with the out-
side world, ft new wireless station.hav-
ing been Constructed to repined the
one destroyed by ft. hurricane last Sep-
tember. ; ’ '71 a.
f-farmoc *huudf kmiw.ttutw much
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
he owes his neighbors and his
merchants, and how much they
#we him: ai d, further than this,
he should know. what his crop
;■ iifiijm.i.......... r'umam'
. Soon we should hear the real.truth
about how.that Belgian paper was pub-
lished so regularly during all the years
of German occupation.
<Let every roan mind hla Own busi-
ness.—Don Quixote. ' 4 , , .
Of good natural mr&fM<.m Ub- ot I. L^uterstein. .established in
•9
YOAKUM
THE STORE FOR MEN AND BOYS
■—-j~j1—~r—^-—---X---— ' -•*—.
■ ■ ’
for chri
cull'd
may \v'|
Air
-Hm’fil
• wi
koast f
- Cl
Important Business Change.
—With the dawumg of the New i
Year, an. Important business j_
- ... _______J ’
change was Consummated in
Weimar.* -. The dry gtMids house
it.«-
Wr
• Havb beatjtSfgl
window decorations
Nothing gives so much pleasure
as a well decorated window.
Your windows will be fSe envy
dffour neighbon if yoa use the
Flat Rod
-#4r cmrtmi
It wilt be some llttt* time before old
conditions are sufficiently spprpxlraat"
«d to pennlt reference to a million dol-
lar# as a large sum of money.
ernl eduratlon.-—’Don^
i88i>, atul conceded to be one of
Would puzzle a opnve
tfiffrfl
casuists to- resolve
a QphvQcEt^n of
consanguinity.—Don Quixote!
degrees of
Malsle and Mume -are woud«(lng
how many of those reconstructed
homes ip France .and Flanders will
have the help of a Yankee son-in-law.
WORDS" OF . WISE MEN ^
The German propagaiKla is still with
us, and It behooves people to examine
lute harrowing or disturbing reports
before putting too ipuch credence in
them.
‘The one pnldeube of life to concen-
tration.—Emerson. - -----------'-r7--••
the; largest irt South Texas, was
merged into the firm of I, Lauter
sfcin & Sons.- the new firm con-
sisting.of J. LautefKtejn.aJfd his
sons/Mannie and George,' thu
first named son having for flome*
Gme pitat been active manaitert -l*. ;
of the business.- The second son
George, is now in -France, but
will return to'this country in the*
Having avoided trouble with their
neighbors during more than four years
of war, it is a poor, time for the
flwlss t* begltf fighting among them-
iu>l«ee ' -•* ■ '* •• ‘ ?
Cunntaad dot to $mgr
urtuwE
guarantee thst It will
i v
I vssigsgjssr
II wehar. mspr n-r dr.lt™. Inco^
I if
Only w.ha.t we have wrought Into our
characters during life-can we take
•way with us.V-Humbo|dt —1
selves.
* *' *
Food prices. Washington says, went
uaJ^y per cent -during the last year.'
Does Washington Imagine that Infor-
mation comes under the head of newa
to the peoplet "■ ' ■ '
lenru, hut It Is ..one. of thc^greatest lea-
sons of life.—Chesterfield.
i' ' «i ■ * ’
My greatest sorrow* are those of my
own heart Outward* troubles serve
rather to steady than to dlsconCert-me,
—Paulk •. . , .
,T,. . '
Truth cannot long concealed; ah«
will burst tMi doors of her imprison
“pfirt irt the business. Both of
the new partners are young, men
of fine business debility, -.with
years of training'in the dry
gopds business# «md their- active
participation in the firm will
mean much'for the success of
same. With the induction of his
r >.* # : _ • •••• . ••• v.
■ SHOEH
POLmiES
IKEEP YOUR SHOES NEAil
LIQUIDS AND PASTES. FOW DUIMt.WHITK,
tXn. dark drown or ox-bloqo SHOCS.
PRESERVE TkC LXATHER.
«0Rl|
-Gottt.
'.'Gottul
Co’ttfj
Cofltj
■ Eggsl
Roofij
He:.:!
I
RAI
Vv v*»
Trtii n I
Trainl
T m mi
Triupl
Truir.l
Trainl
—■
«>■
« ' M
Catol
• gq
SS’J f
c«ar|
** tl
-.V>- ■ F ■»..*■ *'i. ?
ibent find- flash her sptoodura ou U»*| fa wnB 4s aoUmVArtpera, the
Goa ls concerned now oottV much
world.—But wer.
>. At ch Ji.
about a rise in wages ns s restoration
of-the value of the old-fashioned doltaf
that -would buy 100 cents' worth of
•uythUg. *
WMKKLL
Charles of Austria jpAvlA bps a
particular grudge against the Sarajevo
assassin who killed the aathentic heir
to the Austrian throne sad toft the
to he the Imperial
goat
bluudgK othera.
Thom with whom we can apparently
become writ acquainted Id a few mo-
monte are generally the most difficult
to rightly know and to understand.—
Hawthorne. *.
Rent friendship Is of slow growth.
It seldom arises nt first sights Noth-
ing but our vanity will make os think
A It never thrives unices engrafted
leh et huewii fthd raslprnnel
to take life a little easf<ar*hfiti
he has in the past - He has
built up a business to be proud
of, is prospering now at a great-
er rate than since its establish-
ment, and his sons will see that
it continues in the front van of
progress. We wish the new
firm I fan measure of socc
R. F. MUELLER
> *
M—,rr
Moore’s Best Paints and Simmons’Guaranteed 7
S f ■
.Bed Springs
i.
■ w
I r tn I'
LU
an iJ
’’n"
A ■
..
&
74
1:7,
V
—Weimar Mercury.
FOR GOOD PRINTING-
7:. ,
a;
mt,
■
i,
V ■ - -' ■ • ' . '"
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1919, newspaper, January 9, 1919; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth990000/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.