The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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SEE J. SANDFORD SMITH FOR FIRE, LIFE, AND TORNADO INSURANCE, MEXIA, TEX.
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MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DEC 191-1.
$1.00 Per Year.
CHARITY BEGINS
HI HOME
HOSIERY
IS GUARANTEED
[ade of Silk, Silk Lisle and Cotton for Men.
Women and Children.
51.00- 50c. and 25c
For the School Children
Get No. 1010, made in
three weights 25c, pair
£>ewe SvwdavT
Mexia, Texas, Dec. IS, 1914.'
Special to the News:
Quick action must be taken I
by every American to stop this
: flood of food and money to Eur-
ope. Despite our prosperity
; conditions have been brought
! about by the wars which have
i driven the unemployed of the
cities to desperation. We must
I feed our own poor before we aid J
| the victims of the war. Amer-!
j ica has weathered the first ef-;
fects of the war. But the men j
I thrown out of work during the!
j past few months qui not all be
| returned to work immediately.
Unless something can be done
in proportion to the benefits he to relieve them we wiU fac,e a
has received. situation more desperate than
of Mexia :in-v ')iis^ history. Our char-;
\^os'vev^
1 \ 7e want to assure all of Our Friends
^ ^ we appreciate the business you have
given us in the past, at our old stand. Now
that we have moved to tfie—
MEXIA COM-
MERCIAL CLUB'unite and *tand by their c°m"i-ty ,)rRanizations.havp been
Wagner Building
Let every citizen
tion accounts of the Com m ere i a':
Club for the present year. i
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J hold our food and clothng for 1111
those that have produced it. Let1"'
' us make it our dutv to see that
mercial Club and aid those who hampered and their work stop-
i have kept the work going in the P"1 b>' the tremendous flood of
past. Let us keep this Club, thePur wealth to Europe. \Ve must
As the year comes to a close j ]jves^ Commercial organization
it brings a close to the subscrin- j ^ state
In the next few days we will
,publish an annual statement!the m "ur own ,and are
must say that this years work j shmving. who sulxscribe(1 for this P" v-ded tor before we begin to
of the Club is only preliminary I, WOI.k< hovv rauch they sub- he|P those ,,! other nations. Ev-
■ork. The most important w - !.;scribed and we will give a list1 erv (!a-v (-ome m contact vv,th
n sight for the year 1915. o|, th(J names of those whose
' X the year 1914 we Lllbscriptions arc in arrears, jart
mads ^booster" trips to Dallas,, Mpet the subscription commit- stoP to reahze that our t'oa!ltry
Houston. Hillsboro and through tw wit}l a smi)e< K;vo thom the!is not the "Land of Freedom
our trade territory. We ha\e glad hand and do your full part.
or
we
j thousands of American's who
out of work. Do we ever
acquainted the farmers with the(
work of real boosters. We are
cjviresponding daily with indi-j
victuals and corporations whoj
are seeking information about j
Mexia. The Houston and Texa
Central shops, offices and head
Member.
SICK HEADACHE.
we claim it to be? 1 do not
wish to impress the idea that
the Belgians should not receive
assistance. By all means let us
help them. After we have
looked after our own poor. Not
before. Whv do we not try to
MEXIA,
Sick headache is nearly al-
ways caused by disorders of thejget the factories in the United.
quarters are now being located stomach. ( orrect them and the states that have been closed m
here. The necessity of a retail ] periodic attacks ol sick head- the foreign countries'.' Are we
merchants association in cor i ache will disappear. Mrs. .lohn not just as intelligent as the
nection with the Commercial j Bishop of Iioseville, Ohio, < people of other nations'.' Could
Club and other matters of im-]writes: "About a year ago L we not build and operate those
portance makes this organiza-;vvas troubled with indigestion | factories here? Thereby giving
tion indispensable. Mr. Paying Jand had sick headache that last- the unemployed of our land a
Member, and during the yearjed for two or three days i a^ chance to care tor those whoj
^915 the work will be greater|time. 1 doctored and tried a are dependent on them, and
and there will be more to do. j number of remedies but noth- would it not make our country
You have an organization that ing helped me until dining one independent.1 Also would we not, Piaji*" arouse us into action*/
of those sick spells a friend a.' j be in a better position to help)Lt.t us wake up to tbe t-act that
\ ised me to take Chamberlain s! the war victims? How man) our country is being impoverish-
1 ablets. 'l his medicine ielie\ed unemployed men and women do.^^ our poor is being neglect-
meet in our every day lite.' 0(| ;ljj for ()1(, sa]ie 0f the "war
Men with families depending on victims." Let us get into ac-
them lor support. Oh! if we jjon—today—Do not wait until
Commerce and Railroad Streets,
have more room to Display our
and render von better service, we
tlv ask a continuance of your valued
patronage and want you to make our store
your Headquarters. Wishing vou all a hap-
py and prosperous New Year,
Corner
w here
tcoods
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Your Friends
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you cannot afford to dispose of.
You have made considerable
progress during the year 1914,
despite the conditions that have
confronted you, and to stop the
work where it now is means no
progress along these lines for
1915. To keep the work going
will assure you of full returns
on the money and the effort.,
you have already put forth. Of
course there are those who are
not fully satisfied because t >e
work has not been rushed as if
we were fighting fire, but we
have all reaped benefits from
the work of the Club. There are
at present, to my knowledge on-
ly H'our vacant houses in Me\:i:
for rent. Does that look b>;d
for a city of 4.500 population .'
1 am putting these facts before
y^u in order ihat you might
study them before being called
upon to subscribe for another
year. A special committee will;
LIMESTONE GIRLS HOW TO RE BEAUTIFUL
me in a short time.'
by all dealers.
For sale
REJECTED WACO
MAYOR'S VETO
could only go into the poverty tomorrow,
stricken homes of our unem-lone do our
Let each and every
To The Editor of The Herald:
A few weeks ago the girls
from Limestone Countv who are
ployed and see the utter wretch-
I edness of it all we would think
more of giving our assistance to
Waco, Texas, Dec. 21— All our mVM Pe°Ple- Let us wake
four of the citv commssioners IUP a,ld see what <'an be done*
voted to reject Mayor J. W. Let us ^gin our Parity at
Riggins' veto of the ordinance |home and when we have 110
passed a short time ago. permit-1
best to help make' attending the College ot Indus-.
our country more prosperous.
Yours for better times.
M. C. E.
STOPS PAIN RKJHT NOW.
trial Arts organized a Lime
stone County Club with the fol-
lowing members:
Miss Ruth Jackson. Mexia.
Miss Lucille Jackson, Mexia.
Miss Bonnie Enlow, Mexia.
One of our young ladies in the
city says she steams and sweats
her face regularly once a week
over her mother's washtub. She
says wringing out clothes makes
her arms plump and hanging
out clothes has enlarged her
! bust measure several inches,
while the exercise of stooping
and lifting clothes, makes her
waist line miia Her and don't cost
Hunt's Lightning Oil gives al- j Miss Esther
more slums and have seen that i most instant relief in cases of I Croesbeck.
tins'the Texas Power"anc! Light the poor of America have been rheumatism, neuralgia, head-! Miss Juliet Rlackmon. Gn
Pearl Herring, j anything.—-Harper's \\ eekly.
company to distribute natural
gas in Waco. This action fol-
lowed an argument between the
mayor and Police Commissioner
John Dollins, and Chief of Police 0111' farmers raise by buildn. a
Guy McNamara was summoned j mal'ket tor theii pioducts. In
to the commission chamber. order to do that the United
States must build and operate
Mr. G. H. Rovvson, from Liv- factories of her own. Are we
look after subscriptions just as!erpool, England, has accepted|going to sit down and quietly
Vthe committee did last year, a position at Herman Nuss- hold our hands and let our peo-
"S'ou should double your sub- bauni's office. He has just ar- pie suffer for the lack of cour-
rived and will spend a few weeks age to run our country inde-
in our city.
fed and clothed then we can j ache, etc., and acts as a healing | heck,
turn our attention to the unfor-
tunates of other nations. I
us advance the prices of 1
V
BANDS All
. Mrs. T. 11. Chatham and little
! daughter. Miss Louella Frances,
i and Miss Laura Rogers left
for Lea-
gue City to spend the holidays
with relatives.
m cuts and bruises. Every! Miss Irma Sealy. Thornton
ome should keep a bottle han- j President. ,
_ . .. ^ . ,, I «... ,, ™. I Wednesday afternoon
dy. Get it at any reputable j Miss Edith McCrave.v. Thorn-1
Ji " store in 25c and 50 bottles, j ton.
a Miss Leta Mae McCravey,
j Thornton.
Miss Lilla L. Pearce, Thorn-
ton.
Miss Mabel Kaigler, Mart.
There are six hundred girls
PE-RU-NA
your
scription over that ol the year
1914, for no member has paid
VERSARY
NO ALUM in
DrPRICE'S
CKEAM
BAKING POWDER
pendent of other nations.' lo Between the hours of 4 and 6
do so would be only to acknowl- p m next Frid; January 1st,
edge that Americas sons andiji)^ we v>.: • t nr.to our an-
daughters were sadly lackng in niversary at li e band hail and
either courage/ or intelect. extend an invitation to every cit!
Suppose the present war should j7<cn oj ^[oxja to pay us a vis' ,
last (as it in ah probability will) jpnof i t c ur band hall, aiv'; c -
three or four years, can we at- ■ our orchestra music, esp.
ford to wai< until the foreigr. arrranged for the purpo.
nations are . ; p^ace be I ore 1 extend special invitation
market for /vlv.. ;ul lndiea.
Oh! where is the cou^-. Mexia Concert Band.
attending The College of Indus-
trial Arts tjiis year; it is the
only State Institution whose at-
tendance increased this year.
The College employs forty of
the best instructors in the
South.
Reporter.
find a
raise ?
age of America's citizens? Can
Roy and Joe Sherrill, Marcus
j Corley, Murphy Harper, Vester
Hughes, Misses Elsie and Cor-
, rine Dcsenberg are home from
State University to spend the
j not our love for the "Grand old,Read THE WEEKLY HERALD the holidays with their parents
Peruna is not a new and
untried remedy—our grand-
fathers used it.
Fifty years ago it was on
sate, nearly every drug store
in the country can supply it.
It is recognized as a house-
hold remedy in thousands of
homes for coughs, colds,
grip, catarrh and those
troubles arising from such
disturbances.
TODAY IT IS JUST AS
EFFECTIVE. JUST A S
RELIABLE AS EVER AND
NOTHING BETTER HAS
BEEN DEVISED AS A
READY-MADE MEDI-
CINE.
Thnaf nho <>)>),«<> |.iqn|,i
Mrdlolnc -wilt find IVrum, Ta*s-
le** n rniinlr fop
CATARRHAL. CONDITION"*. S
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1914, newspaper, December 31, 1914; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292285/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.