McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 247, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1929 Page: 4 of 4
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October 8, V929.
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..Acre’s •‘Hurry”
Kane, too
dumb to be
crooked!
-then hard-hearted Evelyn — I kne
you’re straight," says she to ‘'Hum .
can tell the difference between a sap and
crook." . . . ,
—and she played him for a sucker!
Then fell in lore with him—hard! bhe
laughed at him—but site couldu*t .
tng him! . ....
You’ll laugh at him, too! Yet love-him,
loo! In Ring Lardner’s joy story about a
“Mg” boy from a small town—and a girl
> who jcouldn't fool her own heart.
‘FAST COMPANY’
with ............... -
EVELYN BRENT_:
RICHARD J(Skeet«) GALLAGHER
'jr- Paramount's
- ALL TALKING COMEDY HIT
— Also >—
‘THE RIGHT BED"
••OFT IN A SILLY NIGHT"
TWO TALKING COMEDIES ‘ ,M
And
7^— MOVIETONE NEWS
Today, Friday and Satii^day
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
~ Phone 281 or -144
About 3(| guests availed themselves
of hearing Mrs. D. M. T. Taylor of
Houston, bridge lecture Tuesday after-
noon at the Casa De Palmas tea room.
Several games of progressive bridge
-gntpyfry-tr Paat Matthews
awarded prizes to Mrs. R. E. Horn,'
Mrs. Frank Moffett and Mrs. Bernard
Cook. A similar luncheon will take
ptace Monday
Dr. Truog, Chiropractor,
people go to- get welt. 1320
Broadway, McAllen.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wynoft left
Tuesday for San AnTonToTwhere they
will make their home.Jf 5Jr. Wynott is
a representative of the San Antonio
Drug company and hast- maintained
Valley headquarters here for about a
year.
H. K. Hasness will leave Monday
for Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he
will represent a local land company
during the winter months.
The Priscilla club will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. J. E. Langford.
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SUPPER—-Chicken pie supper at
-First Methodist church, dining room)
Saturday evening, Oct. 6, from 2 to 6
where P- n)- A big supper for 50c per plate.
South :3tp-247-249
SPECIAL $8 PERMANENT WAVES
Casa de Palmas Beauty Salon
Telephone 51?
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Mrs. J. T. Rogers and baby returned
several days ago from Boston, Mass.,
and other points in the East, where
they spent the entire summer.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BRIDGE
Mrb: Frank Elliott entertained the
Tuesday Afternoon Bridge cTub~ fhTs
week at her home in Sharyland. Mrs.
T. W. Mahoue was the successful con-
testant for high score . in the game
which furnished .pastime. The per-
sonnel included Mesdames T. W. Ma-
hope, A. L. Hart, Robert Abbott, B.uel
Lanier of Edinburg,Fred N. Gantner,
McGowan, Joe Goodman, and J^hn
Gatling. Mrs. Gatling wilj be the next
hostess.
The Friday night Bridge club will
! meet this w>eek with Mr. and Mrs. A.
I L. Hart.
JGPENNEYCQ
McALLEN, TEXAS
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Important Style Changes
Are Evident In These
t
m
Dresses
(Presented for Your Early
Selection at
Hats
Dr. Truog, Chiropractor,
people go to get well. 1320
Broadway, McAllen.
where
South
’’Save half,
of your
Fan-Budget"
Attend our
Bargain
Matinees"
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Vollmer have
moved to McAllen from Sharyland,
and are making their home on North
Eleventh St.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Weber ,md chil-
dren have returned from a short visit
to Calvert, Texas. ------—■
Mr. and Mrs. A. Valdez 'Will return
the last of the week from Brownsville
where they went last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bartliff anil
little daughter returned th£ first of
the week from a month’s vacation
spent visiting relatives .at St. Louis:
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To Complete
Fall Costumes
_Smartly! •' *
/ No costume looks its
'best without a hat that
has been selected to go
with it. The new styles
’this season are delight-
fully new and unusual
. , . with more attention
to line, to fabric and to
individual styling. New,
opes from j
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ILLION JARS USED iTA lLY
$4.98
$19.75
Th«*e charming nr# dresses ha VS
'been assembled from outstand-
ing fashion successes foe Fall
and Winter . . . and brought
to you from. New York at a
typical J. C. Penney low prica.
Type* for' every occasion arc in-
cluded . . . satin, dull crepe
and combinationa in many,
many style*.
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Hundreds Gather
at Opening Here
New Joaeph Store and French
Shoppe, la Scene of Tues-
day Fete
Citrus Packing
|— Plant Is Begun
Moore He, Contrect for New
$30,000 Structure East
of City
__Laborers are nowt engaged in actual
construction work on the new 830,000
packing plant being erected here by
the McAllen Citrus association east of
the city opiposite the McColl club
house, according to F L. Moore, con-
tractor.
.Despite previous announcements\hat
work was under way,' Mr. Moore stat-
ed that actual labor of erecting the
plant was not begun until this week.'
Through an apparent error it -*wtn»
believed that the large new sheet ffon
building near Pharr, also on the high-
way, was the citrus association’s
stnfctnre.
Moore'said,that work will be pushed
as rapjdly as possible in order to have
the plant in operation by the first .of
November.
of persons thronged^ M.
Joseph’s department store and .the
new Joseph’s French Shoppe at the
formal opening of the latter Tuesday
After weeks of preparation,
the French Shoppe, under the manage
Of Miss Rose Fitzsimmons, was
opened to inspection by residents of
Uky. •
- An orchestra provided music during
the evening and refreshments were
served in a most realistic tropical gar-
den Which had been arranged in the
reaf the French Shoppe. The Shoppe
wbs decorated according to the season
with fallaQd Winter colors and styles
advantageously shown in various eoftr-
blnations
Many compliments were received by
Mr. Joeeph and he expressed his ap-
predation of the interest shown in
1 kite Shoppe by the women of M'Alien
leURy. ----*• •
M. A. Grisham Acquires
F Typewriter Agency Here ..
__ Monthly and Quarterly Reports
. ' The L. C. Smith, and Corona distri-l Indicate Record Year
L bating agency here, at which place j ' for 1929
qne can only secure the new L. C. ; McAllen postal.. receipts for the
• Smith and late Corona typewriters in month of Septtfnher and for the third
_ thejmpper Valiev, and which was first : quarter of the^present year showed
RjMMKhp %r fhe*..Davertp ort Tyi>waBtti<jj«Wwaiftad« re laa
| er Er0iange,and later operated as the j the corresponding
lith Typewriter Exchange; passed j cording to the statement of, figures is-
[ji|Bd«r the management of M. A. Grin sued today by Assistant Postmaster
-todajr. 3WHle,the business .will ‘ J- M> Mora. ^ *
I0W eputlnued'af thp same ^lace. J4l<)! September receipts fur this yeat.
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Postal Receipts
Show New Gains
Accident. Victim’s
Body Buried Here
The body of Mrs. Mabel Hi Printy.
of Edinburg, train crash victim, was
interred at Valhalla cemetery here
Wednesday Afternoon following fune-
ral oergices utfiu'h. were conducted by
Rev. Judd B. Holt at the First Baptist
church. Edinburg, at 3 p. m. Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Prints's funeral was. attended
by throfigs of persons who were griev-
ed last Friday to learn of her untime-
ly death In ,an accident near Edinburg.
She was killed almost instantly when
a freight train struck the car in which
she was riding.
She is survived by her husband, D.
C. Printy of Edinburg; her mojher,
Mrs. C. A. Harryman of Edinburg; a
brother, C: T5. Harryman of August,
Kans.; a cousin, Mrs. E. F. Blackburn
of Adinburg; an uncle and aunt, Mr,
and Mrs. 1? A. Munroe, Edinburg; an
aunt, Mrs. M. M. Corbett of Salt Lake
City, Utah; and an uncle, Frank Had-
ley of-Wljjehester.
FOR SALE
Snlendtd
Building . in
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Apartmer>f
one of the
choicest locations in the
city of McAllen, consist-
ing of four 4 room apart-
ments, nicely furnished.
$14,000.00. > *• •
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AIjSO high class furnish-
ed Duplex of four rooms
each, select North side
location. $7,000.00.
ROBERTS REALTY CO.
New Rich Bldg.
STUDY CLUE PRESENTS UROGRAM
Tli<-. regular meeting of the McAllen
Study club vi is held Wednesday after-
noon at the First Methodist church,
with 27 members in attendance.
Mrs: C: P. Sa mSonT p rcsTflgiil .TpresRT
ed at the buainesg. session and minutes
for the previous meeting were read
by the secretary, Mrs. Lee 1). Rowe.
Tire report of the Valley Federation
meeting was given by Mrs. A. F. Van-
noy and Mrs. Roy H. Hardin reported
in regard to the fifth" district meeting
Held at Harlingen.
The resignations of Mrs. W. N. Mc-
Gee, Mrs..John Gatling,,and Mrs. Jas.
H. Davis were accepted with regret.
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Lester Aaron
were elected to membership in the
club.
The club voted to hold -a. parlia:en
tary drill of five minutes at each club
meeting. This will be in charge of
the irarlimentarian, Mrs. Hardin.
Mrs. George Palmer was appointed
by the (president to serve on the year
book committee of the Valley federa-
tion. ~
It was voted to observe the next
meeting as guest day, and a special
program will be presented at thpt
time. Mrs. R. L. Gregory and Mrs.
Roy H. Hardin will serve as hostesses
and each member of Jhe club wjll be
privileged to have one gpest.
The program for the afternoon was
presented by Mrs. H. Tf. KeHy a fid
Mrs. G. L. Maurer. Mrs. Maurer gave
a biography of Katherine Mansfield,
and Mrs. Kelly read her short Interest-
ing story "The Doll’s House.”
Miss Tracewetl of Kansas City, Sis-
ter of Mrs. H. 0. Peterson, was a guest
for I lie afternoon._________ .. . ..
Tepehuaje Tourney
Draws 30 Entrants;
Carded for Sunday
Thirty members of Tepehuaje conn
mouths of 1928, at
L
Intentions of entering the aifhuhpctfrn
handicap tournament, calded at the
lodal links .-next Styiday morning,
•* Jack, Wolfe, club' pl-d, announced that j
he was expecting about 32 >ntnipt« In j
All, hu^’ tBat.The, ntunher might be j..
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;for. the expert se>vice department ' been, taken in during the first nine
Laving beyn carefully installed. j months, of 1929, comparing favorably
with the report 'oL lost year at the
‘same period, which -amounted to |6,-
820.-54. ; • .. ’ ■■ .!
il was pointed-out that tbe drop re-
.---—_corded here during August was made
l^jtte'.and ■ rM spotted Eng- up during the prist mont'h. .^leceipfs
for 1929 are 'expected to total much
Mr. Grisham is a well known-sales-
arpn and will rover the "outside?’
TQ0 LATE TO CLASSIFY
pup. ^Reward. Telephone 1
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ltp—247 i more than those for the past year.
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petition" with the exception ‘ of, the j
prizes that are to Be offered for wtn- j
pljig 1 players "Wolfe slated, that -.this^
work.-would be completed within the ;
next tLo days: k ‘ I
The tournament, it was indicated, |
will probably extend throughout the
day- Sunday, the morning rounds hejng ,
used" for elimination' play..and the
afternoon for playgoffs. -------s~
Watch Your
- —-Kidneys!.. —
Scanty or Too Frequent
Excretions Demand Prompt
Attention.
' disorders are too «eri>
If par* to jv
THE VALLEY STYLE SHOP
, COAT SALE"
EXTRAORDINARY
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timely warnings. ,
To promote normal kidney acu
ti«5ri aild assist your kidne^ in
cleansing y5ur blood of poisonous
wastes, use Doan’s Pill*. Endorsed
by users everywhere. .
DOAN’S PILLS
A Slunuldni Diuretic tolhe KiHncyj
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REMINGTON
ROYAL AND
L. C. SMITH
FACTORY RE-
BUILTS
AT A BIG
SAVING
You can only secure the New L\ €. Smith.Typewriter in this part of
the Valley from us. Anyone ofi-^ng yoiran L. G.-Smith is offer-
ing rebuilt or repaired machines.
GRISHAM TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE
New “Silent0 S L C. Smith and Late Corona Standard Keyboard*
IX s Typewriter*
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Also Distributors for '
MARCHANT CALCULATORS and, CORONA ADDING MACHINES
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UNDERWOOD
REMING/bN
AND ROYAL
PORTABLES
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We' repair all Makes of TypewnYers, Adding Machines and Gish Registers.
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YOUR CHOICE THIS WEEK ONLY
Any Coat In Our Stock From $15.00 Up
15 Per Cent OFF .
New shipment^ jutft received make our stock .most
complete
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and -selectiona. varied^ Coats for.SporL Bus!-.
•mnnr~r-irrrntn'- —.....1 whmiu
Dress wearr^-in the
ness and
drape and wrap-around effects.'.
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new versions of tne
flare,
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buying anil
Ira "business before the heavy selling of co.ats
we are makihg this concession, a
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most instances, practically^pay for a-
pair of shoes or a hat. . ' . ’
create extra’business
begins. TTfec^foreJ 1
saving that .'will, in
Regardless of the discount, we want you to come
in and compare the unusual values and smart styles we
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offer.
iTTniT^^TnuHie saving d> T?rf?rffg‘
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Sale of Three Groups of Light and Medium Weight CQATS
SPECIALLY SUITEJD FOR VALLEY CLIMATE. •
A special purchase enables us to offer these Coats at prices one-third
, - to one*half less than regular—
$8.95 ~ fltJS: — $16.95
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McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 247, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1929, newspaper, October 3, 1929; McAllen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153542/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McAllen Public Library.