The Dublin Progress and Telephone (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 32ND YEAR, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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the water
were con-
Unlucky Whale.
Looae mines hohblng In
hinted .at the perils that
stanfly threatening our force*. In the
tense Imagination of the lookout* float-
ing spar* or other debris easily took
the form of periscopes. Queer looking
sailing vessels at a distance aroused
suspicions that they might he subma-
rines In disguise. A phosphorescent
trail In the water was sometimes mis-
taken {or the wake of a torpedo. The
cover of a hatchway floating on the
surface If seen at a distance pf a few
hundred yards looked much like the
conning tower of a submarine, while
the back of an occasional whale gave
a lifelike representation of a U-boat
awash, In fact so lifelike that on one
occasion several of our submarine
chasers on the English coast dropped
depth charges on a whale and killed
it.—-Admiral Sims. In the World's
Work.
Like Steel, Yet Light
A metal lighter than any yet known,
and as strong as or stronger than steel.
for years been the dream of many,
and every now and then rumors are
circulated to the effect that at last It
has been discovered. The advantages
which such a metal would have, espe-
cially for aircraft, are obvious, but un-
fortunately It Is generally found on In
vestlgatlon that there Is a "snag" some-
where. The latest report to be circu-
lated relates to a new magnesium al-
loy, said to have been discovered by a
metal company of Montreal, Canada.
The new alloy. It I* stated. la only
two-thirds the weight of aluminum and
I* “as strong as steel.” It Is said to be
especially suitable for pistons and con-
necting rods of aero and motorcar en-
gines. It Is to be hoped that some of
the qualities attributed to the new
alloy may. on closer examination, be
substantiated.
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Horse and Donkey Meat In Mexico.
The following from the Mexico cor-
respondent of the Journal of the
American Medical Association Is sug-
gestive of at least one way to lower
the-cost of living:
“Because of the scarcity and the
poor quality of the beef now on sale
or through engerncss to make money,
some people have been devoting them-
selves surreptitiously to the slaughter
ef donkeys, mule* and homes. A*
some of these people have been caught
and punished, they Intend to ask the
board of public health that they bo
allowed to open a slaughterhouse ex-
clusively for homes. The flesh of
these animals Is not bad, and during
hard time* we have eaten It here with
full knowledge of Ha origin, and it I*
known that there la Hr Havana a so-
ciety of horsemeat eat*re. 1 do not
know anything about the quality of
tfldtikey meat." ,
MAYFLOWER TO
SAIL IN 1920
BIRDS SHOW INCREASE
Beneficial Effects of Migratory
Act Being Felt.
New One Will Cross Atlantic in
the England-Holland-United
States Celebration.
SHIP’S 300TH ANNIVERSARY
Plana Announced for Cotobratien In
Honor of Pilgrim Fathoro—-Mein
American Event* Will Bo in
‘ Boston and Plymouth.
To abort a cold
and prevent com-
plications, take
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calomel tablets that arc
naueealesa, safe and sure.
Medicinal virtue* retain-
ed and improved. Sold
only in sealed pack
Price 35c.
packages.
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ATONIC
New York.—The three hundredth an-
niversary of the Pilgrim Fathers, ten-
tative plan* of which have Just been
announced here, will Include celebra-
tion* In England. Holland and the
United State*, and will continue from
May to December, 11*20.
A four-day program in Leyden, Am-
sterdam and Rotterdam, whence the
Pilgrim* sailed three centuries ago
to the American wilderness, where they
might find “freedom to worship God.”
will start on August 30. when commit-
tees from the United States anti Eng-
land will he received at the University
of Leyden.
Scholar* Wilt Deliver Addresses.
Addresses commemorative of the oc-
casion will be delivered by scholar*
from the tlirt-e countries, Including the
reetor of the university, Dr. Itendel
Harris of Manchester, England; VIs-
fount Bryce, and a famous American
who has not yet been designated.
The next day. August 31. the birth-
day of the queen of the Netherlands,
will include, beside* a congress In
the -town hall, a religious memorial
service in the Pletorsktrk, in which
Her. John Robinson, who let! the sep-
aratioitist* front the Church of Eng-
land (the Pilgrims) t,o Holland In 1000,
was burled.
One of the features of the holiday
at Amsterdam, September 1, will be a
meeting In the IMJksmuseum, the un-
veiling of a memorial window In the
pagljneketk and a reception. The
next day there will be an aquatic pag-
eant In Rotterdam, the visitors travel-
ing In the morning from Leyden to
Del ft shaven If "possible by boat along
the way the Pilgrims went.
Then then* will be trips to the re-
ligious havens of Rotterdam, a memo-
rial service In the church at Delfts-
haven, and at 7 p. m. the English and
American contingents will depart for
Southampton.
The celebration In England will start
In May, 1020. with meetings In Scfooby.
the home of Robinson; Austerfleld.
Boston and Sheffield.
New Mayflower So 8411.
From August i t.i September 20
there will |w cermonle* In Cambridge,
London. Southampton and other places,
cntinInating In the sailing of the new
Msyffower, which will carry the re-
turning American committee and Brit-
ish delegations who are "to partici-
pate in the program on this side of the
Atlantic.
Main events of the American celebra-
tion will be In Plymouth. Mas*., and
Boston, where historical pageants will
be held, followed hy a big reception
In New York. Vice President Marshall
Is honorary chairman of the commit-
tee haring the local program In charge.
The foreign visitor* will then be
taken on a tour of the United State*.
On November 24. 1«!0, there will be a
universal observance of Thanksgiving
day In England. Holland and the
l’nlte*1 States.
Waterfowl Hav* Been Breeding Rap-
idly Under Protection, the
Bureau Declare*.
Wushitigtou.—The heuelk-lal effects
of the migratory bird treaty uct are
beginning to be felt. The United State*
department of agriculture, through Its
bureau of blologicul survey, has con-
ducted Investigations of the breeding
areas of duckN In North Dakota and
Nebraska. Compared with former
years. « gratifying Increase of breed-
ing waterfowl, particularly In North
Dakota, is evident. The fifth annual
series of counts of birds of all species
breeding on selected areas In various
(•arts of the United States Contained a
large proportion of reports showing In-
creases In bird population. The total
number of report* received, however,
wa* not large. Many of the persons
who had formerly taken part In the
Hnmml bird counts were unnble. be-
cause of extra duties assumed during
the war, to And time for the work re-
quired by the fifth count.
“Manf species of migratory birds,"
report* the chief of the bureau of bio-
logical survey, "have bad a marked In-
crease under the existing treuty act.
Waterfowl formerly driven to the far
North by spring shooting have re-
mained In steadily Increasing numbers
to breed in localities where none bad
previously nested fbr many years."
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Dance Music
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You Can’t Resist
OLD CONVICT IS LET OUT
Released From Pennsylvania Peniten-
tiary After Paeelng 33 Veer* for
Wife Murder.
Harrisburg, Pa.—After serving thir-
ty-three years in tlie Western Penn-
sylvania penitentiary on the charge of
murdering his (rife, William Joslah
McMeen, who went to the Institution
as u youth of twenty-four, wafl recent-
ly released, a gray-hnired, feeble tunn,
old before bis time.
Convicted upon purely clrcumatnu-
tial evidence, at the time when Grover
Cleveland was serving his first term as
president,” McMeen has been a model
prisoner and the parti on board of the
State has recommended that he be lib-
erated.
By a trick of fate John J. Patter-
son jr„ a boyhood chum of McMeen'*,
Is district attorney of Junluta County,
from which county the prisoner was
sent to the penal Institution. Under
the low Patterson was compelled to
appear before the state prison hoard
am! oppose his friend’s release, but It
was granted despite the objection*.
McMeen haa-served longer In tbs |«eul-
tentiary than any man In the custody
of the state today. A position Is
awaiting him in a coal yard In Juniata
County when he Is finally given Ills
freedom.
In 1885 McMeen purchased some
strychnine in Harrisburg and sent it
to his wife to kill rats, as he said. Ills
w ife put the strychnine in grape Jelly,
which she was making, ate some of
the Jelly and died.
C»n you imagine how delightful it would be to have a
phonograph that is able to give you real music to make
you dance at your best—just as real as any living orche»»
tra can give you.
Dance Re-Creations by
%e NEW EDISON
“ Th* Phonograph with « Soul"
are irresistible. The New Edison is the only phono-
graph which Re-Creates music so perfectly that it cannot
be distinguishecLfrtom the original. ♦
Hear the latest Etflson Dance Re-Creations and you will
not rest until yod own the one phonograph that just
makes you dance to those dainty, charming, catchy and
full-of-mclody waltz selections; those jazzy, scintilla-
ting, harmonious and happy one-steps and fox trots.
You sfmply can t resist the spell of Re-Created dance
dfcisic.
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Just
Edison to
you can—come in today and put the New
the test.
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Local Sales Agents
BROTHERS
Dublin, Texas
GOLD IN GRIP OF NEPTUNE
Hop* Renewed That Million* Loot
Treature 8h p* May Be Brought
to the Surface.
Sight Fails As Artist
Paints Heroic Nurse
68.000 GIRLS MISSING IN YEAR
That United States Record Load* Trav-
elers' Aid Society to Take
A«t Ion.
New York.— Approximately 88,000
girl* have disappeared or run awny
from their homos In the United State*
during the Iftst year, according to a
statement issued., by the Travelers' Aid
society,
A special meeting of the society ha*
been called to devise plana.to meet de-
mands made by the great Increase la
runaways sad helpless travelers. The
meeting will be attended by official#
of ttoe transatlantic Mass and repre-
sentatives of Protestant. Catholic and
Jewish .octal agencies.
London.—While engaged on a
large picture dealing with the
fate of Edith X. Cavdl, Mr. Van
Rulth. a veteran painter, dia-
covered that hi* eyesight was
falling. Oculists predicted that
the painter, who t* eighty years
of age. would lose hi* sight In
a few months. Nevertheless he
persevered and sdded the last
touches to bis work on the an-
niversary of the armistice.
\ GipHr'Pray
Wd». Win.
IrSrS
Chimney Is Found
Choked With Honey
Ortand. Cal.—A chimney at
the W. E.Ppencr residence here.
iysr Answered.
Gladys Boomer,
eight, cannot ran fend play as other
{ children do, because she Is crippled.
| When she goes long distances she uses
| her “Irish Mali," a little handcar af-
fair which she caa operate herself, and
on that she went to St. Thomas' church
with her mother. After the service*
the little girl returned to the church
steps and the machine was gone. A
youngster, not aware of the conse-
quences of hi* act, had raced down.,the
Street on It. and Gladys was forced to
stay from school. Officer John Breldt
discovered a boy riding off the cart.
The boy admitted he had taken It from
the church and hid It la a barn near
hla home.
' The “Irish Mall" was returned to
the little girl. “It came In taowwr to
my prayer*," she said.
Somewhere In the sea off the coast
of Zululaml lies the ship Dorothea,
which went down on Tenedo* reef,
carrying with her. ho some people be-
lieve, part of the fortune of Ooni I'attl
Krnger. once president of the Trans-
vaal. snd rumor lias It that plans are
pfoot to fit out s British expedition
In the hope of salvaging her. The
war hav Improved methods of salvag-
ing sunken ships, and. If the Dorothea
really carried It. the gold cemented
Into the hold of the vessel has beeu
estimated at over S3.000.gDO. Before
the war a syndicate was organlxed to
attempt recovery of the vessel, and
unsuccessful efforts were made itb lo-
cate her; now the project I* again pos-
sible—perhaps all the more so. because
time has accumulated so many treas-
ure ships which are again under dis-
cussion. A list recently published In-
cludes; The Grosvenor, lost on th#
Pendoland coast, with 18,730,000; the
Arlston, In Mar<-ns hay, with $4,000,-
000: the Birkenhead, on Birkenhead
reef, with $8,800,000; the Derothea, on
Teaedos reef, with $3,230,000; the
Abercrombie, with #000.000: the Mere-
eteln, with $700,000. end the Thunder-
bolt. with 92,730.000. If a sunken
treasure enterprise fall* of one treue-
ure ship, perhaps It can Had another.
Be far, however, the sea has proved a
miser with the gold It has acquired;
aaay the modern Improvement* In sal-
vaging equipment change the habit.
ABSTRACTS
TITLES CURED—MAPS—PLATS
Since last December we have a force of from
three to eleven people preparing a modern, com
plete, up-to-date abstract plant of Erath County.
Our plant is modeled under the same system
of the larger Abstract and Title Guaranty Com-
panies of the largest cities of Texas. Our Gen-
eral Index, which is used in connection with the
rest of the plant, contaius all affidavits of proof
of heirships, designations of homostead, recita
tions of heirships that appear in various deeds,
and all other instruments that are of a peculiar
nature. This enables us to meet many of the
attorneys requirements that is impossible to find
from the indexes of the County Clerk’s Office.
We are now in a position to offer you ser-
vice and safety and respectfully solicit your
future patronage. -
ERATH COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
Stephenville, Texas
Office North of Cage and Grow Bank.
A*
Subscribe for the Progress— $2 a Year. Worth the Money.
BOOKMARKS OF EVERY KINO
Strip of Sacan About th* Meat Uniqu*
That Da# Maine* Librarian Has
Vat Pound.
Bird Hi Jail.
Bnto,, M**-Cramped quarter* wore
furnished In the Both Jgfl recently Cor
the oddest prisoner over barikorod
there. The I ornate had boon arrested
In the neighboring town of Woolwich
over to the B«
Ho waa not *
Im* . rrinhlpfl
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Th* mast startling marker thst For-
est B. Spaulding, I'u’ ftc librarian of
De* Motors, low a. has come aero** to
th* hooka that have circulated from
th# library wo# a aialp of underdone
bacon. The moot ordinary bookmark
found la th* book* la th# common vn-
riOty of wlr# hairpin. Hairpin* might
he collected hy the hundred*. Mr. ] *
Spaulding say*, hut owing to that
very fact they are considered a* flair*
ty worth!*oa from th* collector'* stand-.
The
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Dublin, - Texas j j
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Th* vacation araaon Is announced,
a nasally by the presence of snapshots
In the rammed hook*. The## at* both
or otherwise Is character,
letter*, ton, emss to
Frequently letters a
personal t
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We want Poultry, Butter and Eggs, will pay you ;
the highest market prises.
Help the ones that will help you. We will keep and
maintain a good market the year round
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The Dublin Progress and Telephone (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 32ND YEAR, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920, newspaper, January 9, 1920; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth530952/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.