Weekly Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1908 Page: 5 of 8
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ÍX - MAYOR LOVENSJOLD
llKll AFTElt AS ILLNESS OF SEV-
EKAL MONTHS.
|ad Resided Hon* for Flfty-twu \ fur*.
Whs .Huyor Fourteen
Years.
TRUCK SHIPMENTS BEGIN NEW PLEASURE RESORT
Truck ampútente ara beginnlug in Corpus Christ! In aoon to have an-
earnest in Corpus Chrlart, large ship other pleasure report,—another com-
menta twins made daily by exprese | mon mooting ground tor visitors and
At present these hlpmeuts are prln- ¡ ciüseno alike who are in aearch of
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nm.
Mr Oscar C. Loveuskjold died a rew
iilnuteji before •> o'clock this morning
^ the home of his brother, Dr. T. G.
jveuakjoid, after u prolonged illnesa.
Mr. LovenskjQld leaves a number ui
¡relative to mourn him. lie was rnay-
D* of fliis city for nearly fourteen
years. He was born in New Orleans
November 28, 1850. and came to this
ully with his parentB in 1856, residing
Here ever since. He was never mar-
|ri':'«.t.
The funeral will take place from
[his brother's home at 4 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. There will be services
at the home by Rector Hoi worthy of
the Episcopal church, after which the
Masons will take charge of the serv-
ices and couduct the burial, the de-
ceased having been a member of that
[ order.
Ho leaves two. sisters, Mrs. Alice
[Kttükíu and Mrs. T. Li. Southgate, and
three brothers, A. Lee, Frederick S.
and Dr. P. G. The mother, Mrs. S.
F. Loveuskjold, still survives.
Mr. Lovenskjold was one of the
rnosi prominent men in this section
of the state. Prior to serving the
cit> us mayor he Was alderman, and
Ik servad the city faithfully in U
capacities. He amassed quite a fort-
une, and at one time owned a raucli,
ii <-r «old it It i Mrs. Kin;-.
cipally of lettuce, of which about 75 an afternoon or an evening of en-
barrels are shipped dally. An average j Joyment.
of about per barrel Is realized on Mr- M. Fox has let the contract
After n brief íUuobs with the grip
which did not have any appearance i
seriousness, Mr. Jack Hod son died
just before 6 o'clock this morning in
S3i
this. Also large lots, comparatively, for a pavilion to be built on the
of beets and carrots are shipped, on i beac^ ttt the Southwest corner of
which
barrel
the
is
the block on which he Uvea. It will
j his room at the Gables.
He had been In 111 health for some
I dine and recently suffered an attack
same average of $2 per, ~ ----- " "™ - ~ - 0f the grip. He was la the city yes-
realised. Some cabbaire! est0ml from «bore to a distance „
o An / . i . . i. i xiv terday and during the early part of
Is being shipped, bringing an average of 200 ieet ,nto the &nd win b®
of 75 cents per hundred pounds.
n
used for a bath house, wharf and
fishing pier.
It will have a frontage of 86 feet
on Water street and the main build-
ing will extend 22 feet Into the wat-
er.
separated from it by a narrow hall-
These shipments are made through
various parties here, who are engag-
ed in that business.
The cabbage crop In this section Is
a little late this year, fortunately un-
der the circumstances) A good price
KM** * M b0 <* b*lh room" 58 %
now coming I . and II I. .xpmuk! .tat "U""",r -ho In.«„• ¡
... .... . , . . , men's bath rooms, a spacious hall
this price will be followed by a larg-
er one. This will probably occur
about the time large car load ship-
ments will be made from this place
The bulk of the crops of these sections i
will be marketed by that time, leav
lug this section more In
¡ last night mingling with his friends
with no thought of what a few short
hours would bring.
During the night ho again began
suffer i Kg with the grip, which had not
Behind the main building and m him' mi
death coming ho easily that his at-
tendants were uot aware pf it for
several moments.1 *dt -iKw -i nit
Mr. Hudson was a native of Chicago,
way will extend from the front to! wbfire h<> l,ml a ílo8Hoí r®l*tives. He
the wharf, which will be just behind I cauiü t0 Tesilw «tínw ütm R«° «nd 8et-
the bath rooms. Several feet beyond r|p(1 ,n tho Brownsville country, where
the
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C'HIM) IMIÍD OF PNEUMONIA
the wharf a spacious fishing pavilion lu> property. He came to
win be provided. Corpus Chriptl recently from Browns-
The main part of the building will v,1'e ail(' during his stay here made
" be used for tho office and will bo pro- friends.
| Tided with deposit boxes and necea-j His remains will be shipped to Chi-
reallze a fairer price for the product. ¡ 0ary 0llK,0 fur„ituro. one apartment ca8°- hl" former home, for interment.
He was a member of the Eagle fra-
control
the situation and enabling them to
General arrangements for
ertalnment of the visitors
cussed principally.
The response of the railroad (or
reasonable rates was heard. All
railroad lines will give special rates
and through cars and special trains
will be run from North Tenías points.
Another meeting of the chairmen
will be held next Tuesday night at
the same office.
Large shipment of new ploture
mouldings Juet arrived. Let us do
your picture framing.
C. C. Book & Stationery Co.
ut
le business
le many warm
to see
leave,
well
W. D. Hale of
In the olty to
statement clerk
Christ! National
Mr, . J
ed In tlie
hero on a mixed
uro visit.
^ i|F'S ,
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position
he
WffiMb
and pleas-
a reading
ternlty,
wdll likely bo used for
SOUTH BLUFF HOME SOLD ¡T r IMfi
Around this a roomy gallery will
o. hunt, «i,..i, «i bo iin«d with « DEATH FROM A RELAPSE
Mr, T. M. Seaton has sold his
home on South Third street to Mrs.
J no. L. Wade, who recently moved
here from San Antonio with hor fam-
ily. Mrs. Wade will move in as soon
a* Mr. Seaton can vacate, which will
be in a few days.
Mr Seaton will build a new mod-
parapet wall three and a half feet
in height. The gallery and wall will
weeks
Mr. W.
After suffering several
be supported by specially designed with typhoid fevs?
columns.
The contract was awarded to Mess Ing at his homo live nulos west of
relapse,
i - ' ■ ' •'!
J. Green died early Wednesday mom
the city.
Mr. Green moved.with bis family to
Death lit suited After Month of In-
tense Suffering.
Tihtle Burnoy Adams Hob I" , tlv
wo >oar old son of Mr. and Aim
Philip llobbs of Alice, died of pneu-
monia at Spolm'B Sanitarium in thiw
city Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock.
Death resulted after a month oi
intense suffering with thU dreaded
disease.
The remains were car 'ed tlrs
morning to Alice and were luid to
rest, yesterday in tho cemetery of
rliat place.
Accompanying the grl*f stricken
parents on their sad mission were
Mrs. E. L, Bey non, of this oil/, a
near relative, and Rev. A. J. Hnl-
worthy, rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd here, who conducted
the funeral services.
ton home. Plans for the building
are now being drawn, and as soon
as they are ready, bids will be ad-
vertised for and the contract let
The construction work will be com-
menced within a few days at most.
The residence will face Third
street and will be one of the hand-
somest and costliest dwellings In
this city when completed. The site
will be well graded and concrete i
walks, curbing, etc., will be built be-
fore work on the building Is com-
menced.
While the new residence is being
built, Mr. Seaton and family will
occupy tho rooms on tho second floor
of the new Seaton building on Chap-
arral street.
rs. McLanior< & Boone, they being
the successful bidders. They will
era iwo-story residence on the cor- j ru8h the work to completion, which Corpus Christ! from Comanche, Okla..
ner of Third and Second street , will be about March 20th, the time In December and purchased some
just one block from the present Sea- gpecifled in the contract. The first pruSjSfe^lX'e tnlltu went « f ('im-
material was placed on the ground Juh : before leaving Oklahoma he
yesterday. had an attack of typhoid fever and
When completed this will bo dif-j from thin he was recovering when he
ferent from anything in this section arrived hero. Soon after coming here,
of the country. ¡ however, he suffered a relapse, which
Mr. Fox is having this resort built resulted In his death, He was a mem
to rent, having been induced to do ber of Comanche Lodge I. O. O. P. and
If You Are a Cabbage Grower
You ought to have on© of our
BIRDSELL WAGONS
out of the car we juBt received or one of our bargain
wagons which we a|||felling this week.
THEN YOU OUGHT TO HAVE A
Mr. Bill or Uncle Sam Planter
for your Corn or Cotton and a PLANET JR. or OHIO
CULTIVATOR. %
Then insure your Crop with a STOVER GASOLINE
ENGINE and Irrigating- Pump. *
We have all of the above In Car Lots
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m&L
For Sale.
2 100 li. p. tubular hollers.
1 75 h, p. Ideal engine.
1 60 K. A. Stanley alternating dy-
namo.
A line opportunity to secure a small
•lectric plant of 1000 lights at a bar-
gain. Can be seen in operation at our
old plant. Reason for selling, on ac-
count of moving to our new plant,
where we are installing larger unit*.
C. C. lee and Electric Co.
FOR SALE—Eight tons good cotton
t I for planting; also t'ons for
stock feeding. Address W. O. Suth-
erland, City, or W. D. Bluntzer, at
RETUItNED TO NEBRASKA HOME
Visitors Will Return in Sixty-Days
to Invest.
The Knights of Columbus will give
a social and smoke at the K. of P.
Hall next Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henderson
of Verdón, Nebraska, who have been
spending the winter with the latter's
sister, Mrs, Ed M. Tracy returned to
their Nebraska home this morning
via San Antonio, and after a Bhort
visit in the Alamo city and brief
stopH at St. Louis and Kansas Cltj
will be at home about March 1.
It Is Mr. Henderson's intention to
return in sixty days and make ex-
tensive investments In the Gulf coast
country, where they will spend their
winters hereafter.
so by several parties who are now
figuring with him for Its use, It
will be rented aa soon an completei'.
PRESIDENT RAGSDAIjE HERE
Desires List and Prices of Hotel* and
Boarding Houses,
On account of Washington's birth-
day our store will be closed all day
Saturday. M. Llchtenstein & Sons.
President A. K. Hagsdale of the
state Epworth League Is in tho city
looking after the affairs of the society
as related to tho encampment, this
year, He slates that ho has secured
a first-class hotel man who will take
charge of the Inn next May and op-
erate It the year round. He is a con-
servative man and one who $an bo
trusted So operate the Inn aa it
should be operated, states Mr. Rags-
dale.
Mir. Ragadale Is very anxious to
secure a Mat of the hotels, rooming
houses and boarding houses In Cor-
i pus Chrlsti, the accomodations and
the rates. He states that h« has Sn-
quirtes every day from people over
the state, who desire to have this In-
formation In order that they cau
write and secure accommodations
before leaving home. He says that
the attendance upon this year's en-
rampment will be a record breaker,
basing this upon the inquiries he
has received.
was alio a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church of Comanche.
Ho wao attended and cared for by
Nueces íxulge t. O. O. V. of this olty
during his slckneas here. Ills remains
were laid to rest by that lodge yes-
terday in Bay Vlow cemetery.
He loaves a wife and two sons.
Victor Talking Machines and rec-
ords for $1 a weok. Why not enjoy
the Victor while paying for It?
C. C. Book & Stationery Co
WE MEAN YOU
We want YOUR business, and if your name is not on our books
we extend you a cordial invitation to open an account with us.
We compound interest three times a year in our Savings De-
partment.
We pay 3 per cent on time deposits.
We have told you what WE want.
Call and tell us YOUR wants.
KifiMÜ
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Clark Pease, President; John 0. Kenedy, Vice President; A. D. Evi
W. H. Daimwood, Asst. Cashier; P. K. Mims, Asi
MOVEMENT IS GROWING
— •
The prohibition movement in thin
section of the state is gathering
sfrengtl). The executive committee
of the State Prohibition Federation its
to hold an Important meeting at Fort
Worth on tho 2 th Inst., and many
towns In this section are arranging to
be represented thereat.
Thq following call for a meeting to
be held at Alice next Saturday for
this purpose has just been issued:
To All Interested In Prohibition:
in view of the fact that the execu-
tive committee of the Texas State Pro
hlblticn Federation holds Its meeting
in Fort Worth Saturday, Feb. 20, 10
a. m., for the purpose of completing
Its organization and arranging for
further work, we desire the presence
of every man In Nuec.eB county at Al-
ice, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2 p. m.,
opera house, who favors the movement
now being promulgated In this state.
This is an urgent call and acUon
Word has been received here to thr j muBt t,P taken at once. We must send
effect that Mr. dienten L. Heath, son ! a delegate to that meeUng. Do not
of Capt. C. L. Heath of this city, wat fan, but come. Respectfully,
married Monday afternoon in Beau-
MA Hill Kit IS BEAUMONT
ChcHten Heath of This City Surprises
Ills Friend .
mont to Miss Mary Allen of that city.
The members of the Immediate family
were notified by the young man that
he was to be married but they did not
take him seriously. The mat rlage will
come as a surprise to the young man's
many friends in this city, where he
was born and reared. He has been
In Beaumont for some months and is
organist for the Episcopal church. He
also has a class. He and his br:
are given the coujisstulatkms of the
people of this city.
ios
are sell
r own
J. E. Wallace,-
Senatorial Chairman of the General
Campaign Committee of Texas State
Prohibition Federation.
R. L. Pearce,
Chairman Anti-Saloon League Com-
mittee.
Alice, Texas.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
AN ENDLESS
ARRAY OF
HAIR BRUSHES
, ,W>.
Endless because we are ever adding to it, You'll
always find here the newest things out. Our bet-
ter grades of hair brushes are hand made - bristles
all hand drawn. Our stock throughout is of bast
quality possible for price. You are sure to find
here just the brush you desire because there is
nothing worthy but that we have. When you
need a hair brush be sure and see our stock. It
includes brushes at all prices from
25c to $3.50
Corpus Chrlsti, Texas
Leading Druggist
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