Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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READ A FEW OF HALLETSVILLE’S BEST, BIGGEST AND BUSIEST STORE PRICES
1 spool silkateen“ thread, all
colors....................................2J4*
1 paper good pins.................2*
1 paper good needles..........214*
1 good hair horn comb.........|t
1 yd good elastic (all colors)
for.....................................*......Be
1 spool, 100 yds, black silk
thread....................................2^
1 box face powder.................6*
1 pair misses hose supporters
for........................... g«
Ladles embroideried belts... |Qc
ljyd No. 2 baby ribbon, any
color....................................... | e
26 inch ladies purasol.........43*
Men’s hose supporters, pair..5c
Men’s large handkerchiefs...2)4*
1 job lot of men’s soft shirts,
with and without collars, all siz-
es, worth from £1 25 to #1.75
each, choice of lot..................98*
We have one of the swellest
lines of men's soft shirts that
ever came came to Halletsville;
they are beauts, prices each
from.............................75c to $3
10 pieces bleached table dam-
ask, 60 inches wide, regular 50c
yd value, our price per yd......29*
15 pieces turkey red tabledam-
ask, 60 inches wide, regular 30c
yd value, our price per yd......22*
100 dozen towels with fringe
bottom and colored border, size
14x34, well worth 15c each, our
price each.................................5*
250 dozen children drawers,
made of good cambric, well
worth 17c pair, our price pr..|Q«
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50 dozen ladies petticoats,
made of a good grade domestic,
trimmed with two rows of lace
and inserting at bottom, regu-
lar price 75c, our price...........48*
100 pairs lace window cur-
tains, 5 yd long, regular 75c pair
value, our price per pair........48*
250 ladies corsets, all styles
and shajie, the regular 50c kind,
our price................................23*
500 dozen misses lace hose, all
sizes, the kind you pay 20c pair
for, our price per pair............| Qc
— 50 dosen ladies black lace hose,
the fl5c grade, our price, pr...|4*
1 case children’s ribbed seam-
lees boss, absolutely fast colors;
these are seconds the kind you
pay 25c pair for, our price per
pair........................................j Qc
100 dozen ladies bleached
vest, the 10c grade, our price
each.......................................B*
10 pieoee linen crash, 27 inches
wide, suitable for boys suits and
ladies skirts, the 25c grade, per
yard.......................................|5»
500 yds figured lawn, regular
8c yd value, now per vd...........5*
10,000 yds figured lawns, suit-
able for shirt waists and shirt
waist Suits, beautiful patterns,
regular 12^c aud 15c values,
now per yd.............................8*e
100 pieces white lawn, 41 inch-
es wide, the regular 15cyd value,
now per yd.............................10C
20 pieces Clanellan plaids, 30
inches wide, worth 17j£c yd, now
per yd.....................................10*
10 pieces black brilliantine, 52
inches wide, guaranteed to bold
its color, regular price 75c yd,
now per yd.............................48*
25 pieces dotted swiss all sizes
of dots, well worth 15c and 20c
yd, now per yd.............--121**®
25 pieces French madras shirt-
ing, the prettiest line you ever
laid your eyes on; no such line of
shirting ever cutne to Hallets-
ville Indore, prices per yd 25*- 35*
1000 yds real Manchester
chumbrys, sells the world over
for 10c yd, our price per yd....‘ 6®
for.........~..... ......................
250 pairs ladies canvass slip-
ders, all sizes, worth 98c pair,
our price per pair..................BO*
1 lot of ladies slippers, all sizes
and kinds, lump in one lot, some
in lot worth from f 1.50 to |8
per pair, your choice from lot
per pair........................76* to g|
We are agents for La France
and White House slippers for
ladies.
Clothing Clothing
Clothing
Don’t forget when you want a
first-class suit of clothes that
there is but one place iu Hallets-
ville to buy them:
AT MEYERHOFF’S
He always carries one of the
most up to date lines of clothing
that can be found in any city.
His prices are the lowest; he can
fit auybody in style, so be sure
and give us a call when you are
in need of a first-class suit of
clothes.
Fans Fans Fans
All prices and all kinds, from
5c to f 2. Ask to see them.
25 dozen ladies white shirt
waists, all new und up to date,
made of good lawn and trimmed
with Valenciennes lace, prices
from........................98c to $1.98
Don’t fail to see this line of
ladies shirt waist.
1 dozen nice pearl buttons..214®
—Read A. Meyerhoff’s ad in•
this issue.
—All kinds burial caskets, and
at ail prices, at Louis Kabauek’s.
—Henry Smothers went to
Yoakum Saturday after his fam*
ily who had been visiting there.
—Senator D. A. Paulue return-
ed to Austin Sunday after spend-
ing the past week here attending
district court.
“ I handle the Champagne Fav-
—When buying a shoe call for
the “Star Brand.”
— Mrs. W. H. Wheeler of Fla-
tonia spent Saturday and Sun-
day with her mother, Mrs. A.
Arnim.
.—Mrs. Charles Kossbiel of
Yoakum visited the past week
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. F. P.
Guenther.
—Leonard Tucker came in
from Houston Saturday to spend
a couple of days with Henry
Vollentlne and other relatives.
—Dave I^anda has the only ice
cream| parlor in town. You are
cordially welcomed and only the
—Go to Pagel’s for your cold
drinks. The resort for the peo-
ple.
—Mrs. M. Veal of San Antonio
arrived Sunday to visit with her
—Albatross Flour, the beet on
earth, for sale by Peterson Bros.
—The dewberry crop in Lava-
ca county was a total failure
this season.
—Mrs. Dave Lauda and little
daughter Mauriue and Miss
Katie Landa were visitors to
Houston Sunday.
—Dr. C. B. Patton and family
of Sweet Home will move to
Gonzales to locate. They will
make acceptable additions to
that city.
—Go to Mrs. E. H. Coleman’s
for the latest in collars and
belts.
McCord and
—Just received a new lot of
pattern bate at Mrs. E. H. Cole-
man’s.
—Mies Agnes Hellmutb of Bell-
ville was the guest for a few days
the past week with her aunt,
Mrs. George A. Young.
—E. Jocben was here from
Victoria Sunday to spend the
day with his wife. He reports a
satisfactory business with his
moving picture outfit in the
City of Roses.
—Mrs. E. II. Kuenstler ofSweet
Home, died Sunday morning at
5 o’clock after a lingering ill-
ness. I >eeeased was 45 years of
age and an old resident ol Sweet
Home. A husband und two
children mourn her loss.
—Misses Eddie and Maggie
W oodall came in Suoday from
Gonzales where they have been
working the past four months in
the cotton mills, and after a
short visit with the home folks,
will go to Cuero to work in the
tobacco factory.
—I want your trade and will
appreciate it. If you have any
complaints to register, make
them direct to me and I will take
pleasure in remedying them. I
am here for yourbusinese always
and will treat you right.
Dave Lamia.
—Willis and Bennett McCutcb-
eon and a little negro, while
drftlng in an open back near
Bnrronghsville last evening,
wtn caught in a terriffic hail-
narket Report.
COTTON.
Ootton receipts to date, halve..12,500
Good mlddllnK......................... 10%
Strict Middling....................... 10k
sou, D. B. Howerton and family.
—W. T. Davidge of Miueola
PkODUCE.
OfiRkem. hens, each.........I7%c to 22c
mm Rooetere, each.......................10c
Frjere and Rrollere, per lb......10c
Oeeee, full feathered.......................35c
Ducks, full feathered...........17c to 20c
tTurkeys................................6c to 7c
jfcBaeou ix'r pound................... 10y
Sweet potatoes per bushel 55c to 60c
Hay per ton............................. 012.50
Corn per bushel..................
§<*■ Wood per cord....................
Batter per pound...............
Country lard per pound.....
Ootton need per ton...........
Halle per ton....................
Cabbage, per hundreds IImi.
Onions per 100 poonda.......
F> aSMwax, per lb..................
came in Sunday and left the fol-
lowing day for Seclusion where
his wife and children were visit-
ing with her brother, Tom Mil-
ler.
—A. Staukiewicz invites an in-
spection of bis stock aud a com-
parison with catalogue goods
and prices. He will duplicate uuy
rice and guarantee
..»tol:
catalogue
better satisfaction.
—John Gerdes and little chil-
dren, and his cousin Mrs. Fran-
ces Sackville Carlisle of San An-
tonio, who has been visiting
dm, went to Cuero Sunday to
visit with relatives.
—This is April—and roasting
ears, snap beaus, English peas,
radishes, squash, cucumbere,
beets and other tempting veget-
ables are gracing our tables.
Cau North Texas equal it?
—The other day while the
editor was on the streets be was
amazed to see Dr. Scott Sbelev
poking a dollar through a crack
purest ices and cold drinks served.
—The attendance from Hal-
San Antonio
—Mrs. Patton
children went to Yoakum Satur-
day to select their future resi-
dence. They will move some
time next week.
—Louis vKahauek will leave
Sunday for San Antonio where
he will take a special course in
embalming under a Philadelphia
specialist, who will be there to
conduct a class. Mr. Kalmuck
expects to be absent about two
weeks. P'
letsville to the
Spring Carnival aud Battle of
Flowers last week was lighter
than in past years. The incle-
ment weather was one cause;
another was, that our people are
too prosperous to go on excur-
—If it’s in town Cbas. F. Pagel
has it. Phone him for what you
want In the grocery line.
—Mr. and Mrs. Polk Bvrn and
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller were
np from Seclusion Monday for a
day’s visit with relatives.
—A grand ball will be given by
tbs 8cboenfelder Scbuetzen Ver-
sln of Pagel’s Settlement May
27th. A cordial invitation is ex.
tended all to attend.
< —1 am serving cold drinks and
solicit yonr trade.
Frank Scbmik.
i -Dr. J. & Lay last week re-
ceived bis flagito be used with
tbs I). 8. Government reports be
receives, and tbs pole has been
erected and the flags are now
Mating to the breeze. Study np
lbs mannings of the different
sions. If times were bard and
money scarce there would be a
scramble to borrow enough
money to make the trip. That’s
His further perfecting
himself in embalming will better
qualify him for handling the busi-
ness that he is gradually ac-
quiring.
—For staple and fnncv grocer-
ies be sure aud go t<> Dave Lauda.
—H. J. Braunig let eived a let-
ter Saturday from Lis brother,
Ernest Nau, of Yorktown
giving him particulars of
human nature.
—City Marshal J. W. Whitting-
ton of Yoakum has published an
ton of Yoakum has published
official notice in the Yoakum
papers stating that he will en-
force rigidly the ordinance pro-
poking a
in the boi
bibiting jumpin^on and riding
This reckless habit was abandon-
ed for some years until recently,
when it seemed that it seized the
kids of Yoakum and Hallets-
ville both about the same time,
resulting in them nightly riding
back and forth between the two
towns. Our city marshal, 0. T.
East, put a stop to it here and
City Marshal Whittington of
Yoakum is doing the same.
over their beade and tried in this
way to protect themselves from
the storm. The
fell thick and furi-
hey succeeded in
ieir beads, their
teU ata luge
ir fore- obr.
eggs. Nearly all exposed win-
dows and skylights in tbe town
were broken. 165 glasses being
broken in the oil mill, 72 in the
Lenz building, 62 in tbe public
school building, and other busi-
ness buildings and residences
lost in proportion. The Nau
photographic studio had just
put in a new skylight of excep-
tl^ ially heavy glass, and it was
.40 broken. Many blinds and
ebuttere were damaged. The
damage to growing crop* was
very severe, and tbe Yorktown
from Navaaota, where the Leake
plantations are located. Leake
and a storekeeper, One Stolz, en-
gaged in an altercation, which
ended in a shotgun duel, the for-
mer being shot through both
longs and In the shoulder with
buckshot. Owing to receiving
the information rather late, and
another message being received
) honor that it de-
, Brown lived in
ityat such an early
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Beaumier, W. R. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1907, newspaper, April 25, 1907; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015637/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.