McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 4, 1926 Page: 4 of 4
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ANOTHER
REDUCTION
IN ALL'TOWNS SERVED BY THE COMPANY
Universal Service Station
COMEDY STAR
LIONS
fornr of humor-anti
ANNOUNCING
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crying J
the McAllen Study Club and the
Allen Music Club.
appreciated that each
tsiness
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death In t
at Tatum
are the result Of a
of the psychology of
ILA A. and W. E. DAVIS
* Osteopaths
Office, ip ,
The NEW schedule is $1.50 per month
MINIMUM CHARGE
In fact, you will find that USCO Bal*
loons, High-Pressure Cords and
Fabrics are priced lowpr than many
You Pay No More
for these Warranted Tires
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Doss returned
Sunday night from, a several weeks
trip to Dallas and West Texas points,
during which time they visited with
the parents of Dr. Doss for a week.
Blds flladly furnished on side--
walk., driveways, foundations,
c^'r.le' ca^Mc.' ’
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COLQUIT ORGANIZES
> PUBLISHING 'CONCERN
United Press.
AUSTIN,'May 4.— Former Dover-}
nor O. B. Colquit. has organized the
Free Lance Publishing Company,
which was granted a charter today.
The company was formed to trans-
act prnittog and pjihliahing business,
with its location at Dalias, Texas.
We are pleased to again announce a reduction
our Electric rates. We art now reducing t
.t KA IE is. to be
iorm.^Qns ratte applies
,c range is in
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Tuesday and Wednesday. — All
Potton Mattresses^ .at 18.00. Border
land Hardware Co. tfc—85
We have moved our Store from our
Watch this space for opening date of Dream Home, the most complete home in South Texas
’ • WE WANT YOU TO INSPECT IT * . 4
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IT’S TAYLOR MADE
TAYLOR LUMBER COMPANY
an amateur’s wireless set being
destroyed by Tiro owing to the aerial
being struck by lightning. The ques-
tion arose whether it was safe to
have A wireless apt, us pool a lly i» the
Gregory an d Cardwell
Hardware and Implements - 7 ''
John
naliat,
the Me
will wi
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.Qyanogas—Rid your place of ants.’
This will do it right now. The East-
ern Seed & Paint Company 6tp—IM
The building has been extended and r
modeled and fixed into an ideal Hardwa
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la a Preeerlptlen Hr j__.
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,
Bibout Fever and Malaria
tire* are famous for their ability to give long
mileage. They are protected by the name,
trade mark and warranty of the United
States Rubber Company—the world’s largest
rubber manufacturers and owners of the
largest rubber plantation in the world.
Come in and let us show you the advan-
tage in price and quality of these dependable
tires.
location into our building
the block north of where we were
NEW HOUSE GOING UP NEAT-APPKARINO SALESLADIES
. ,|N CplJLEIJE AUBJTLQNi jp selh Pickwick house. .and —atreel
There has been let a contract fpr frocks direct to wearer; easily earn
the building of a new stucco hdAie'?35 weekly; work all or part time,
for Sam Adams in the Carroll Col-} WRITE TODAY. Pickwick Mfg. Co.,
lege Addition. The house is to-be Fort Wayne. Ind,. . Itp—107
modern and of very beautiful design.
The contract was let to R. M, Black
ley, contractor and builder.
Rio Grande Engineering
Company
■Concrete Specialists'
C. H. LIVINGSTON, Mgr.
Room 7, Crow Bldg, Phone 330
MoALLEN, TEXAS
first ZUU KUH per lu connected
hexr.2X/t> Kwn per np connectea
Excess ____„__7_________________
odist Woman's Auxiliary will enter-
tain Cirteies No. 1 with a social Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. George Alley. Thia
tertainment will bring to a close a
contest which has been running for
the past four months between the dif-
ferent Circles, in which Circle No. 1
has been declared the winner.
MlfilWUtn Charge from $21X1 to $1750 per month
and reducing the steps of the lighting schedule
> The present schedule is as follows:
$2.00 per month MINIMUM CHARGE
First 150 Kilowatt Hours ________________.______Z~ 15c
Next 300 Kilowatt Hours ______________________ 12c
Next 350 Kilowatt Hours _____2______9c
All excess -____________________—________ 6c
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Fyffe and chil-
dren will leave tomorrow on an in
definite stay in Plainview, Texas,
their old home. ' '
MEXICC
Calles, ac
powers, hi
ties in M
State, Mi
present p<
~' SOFs or’ sinehTfst. t.liey acquired a dig-
nity that Sven their present gene/al -that he cease his allegued
popularity cannot ' dispel. '
Harold's—glasses are 'very ranch tn
evidence in his latest laughing show,
“For Heaven's 'Sake!” which comes
to the Queen next Sunday for thr?e
‘days. Tlie slum section ‘of a great
city is the background of this story,
which presents the bespectacled co-
median as a scion of wealth who
starts but to reform the toughts and
gangsters of the underworld.
IS IT CATARRH 7
Oden, Ark.—“About four years RM> 1
.was troubled with catarrh m the Mad
—- and with indigea-
tion. My doctor
did me no good.
Mf Finally I wrote to
W 4> ^y Dr. Pierce and
W Mn when I received an
W “ Fl answer I sent for
V / Dr. Pierce’s Golden
J jPW Medical Discovery,
'' Pleasant Pellets,
and Dr- Sage's
Catarrh Remedy,
”a'*° ■ Naaal ,r”*
gator. I commenced
to doctor myself and had good succesa..
I'm sure I would not have been irvina)
if I hadn't obtained relief. I am 69
years of age. I tell every one who hail
catarrh to consult Dr. Pierce, as ha
surely helped me."— J. W. Ledbetter.:
All dealers.--------
Write Dr. Pierce, President Invalid?
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y„ for free advice.
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of Coni m<
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cured tod
fives of tl
Mimmuribd'iiar re $1.PU per month
Energy per Kilowatt''*
lhe CUMBIIVaHUW 1
retained in its present
only to residences wi ere an elec!
use. *
Those hern-rimmed but glass -lass
glasses that Harold Lloyd Wears In
al his comedies are not just a happy
thought. They
profound study
laughter.
The simplest
the greatest amount of laughter are
to be found in the weakness of hu-
man nature. It is a laughing mat-
ter. for . cvnmpla—to-, aew-a- -dignified **Ueh are adytsrwT To
Boys’ I
marrow I
ing ovi-J
Alien l»|
thing i,u
First 50 Kilowatt Hours
Next 100 Kilowatt Hours
Next 150 Kilowatt Hours
MANILA, May 3.—Captains Oalla-
raza and Loriga, Spanish fibers, in
the Madrid to Manila flight, arrived
at Hanoi. htdp-China today.
Service Charge $3.50 per month
, x. Pius 3c per KWH tor all energy used
All rates are netas listed when, Bills ar paid on or
before the 10th of the month.
These reductions are made possible only by the
increased business lhe people of the Valley have
given the Company, and by the prompt payment
ol bills. We irust that these reductions will be so
customer will help us to so
increase our business that still further reductions
wiII be made possible, , ■■. .
Courteous Service
FRANK C. LUDDEN, District Mgr.
Mead.amea~R. W. Greg6i4. W
Stewart, E.^'M-Card, and H.
vSvhelebaH oT Ellnbwrg expect
. Yeave. UL_ mqrping for, Co
5th District Federation of Clubs. The,0* their sets catching ftrF^S“to erec’
McAllen ladies going over are offi-
cers of the executive board Of the
5tli District and also delegates from
Preabytery Auxiliary
To Meet Thursday
The Woman’s AuxUUry of the Pres
byterian Church will have a business
meeting Thursday at 3 p. m. at the
parish house at which time delegates
to the Presbyterian Auxiliary meeting
at Corpus Christi will make their re-
■parts — ___________”
summer months when thunderstorms
arc prevalent.
The B. B. C. atated that every set
should be fitted with an aerial light
niug sw ^eh outside the house, never
inside.
The amateur whose set was des-
troyed had an aerial switch, but it
was fixed inside the window, near
the lead-in. When the lifhtning'
struck the aerial and a heavy dis-
charge oscillated in the aerial circuit,
the aerial switch was not strong
enough to withstand it, despite the
fact that it was earthed, and it ap-
peared likely that that a spark jumpiJ
ed from the aerial” terminal to the
terminal connecting lhe set. Such a
it was explained, ia’Ilabto-xa.
aet fire to neighboring wondworlti - -
Advice to anrateurfl who wish__txi.
LIGHTING PROTECTION
'FOR HOME AERIALS
United Press. , ,
LONDON, May 4.— A home wire-
less aerial should be made a natural
conductor during an electric storm,
according to the advice of the British
Broadcasting Company.
Many wireless enthusiasts were
anxious as the result of -a report of
a single pole double throw, switch
outside th? window^ where the lead-
in comes through, . It should
fixed against the brickwork and the
amateur should make sure that a
strong and heavy guage wire 1» used
for the earth wife. By shorting the
aerial to earth, a good path is made
for any current in the aerial *Td
flow through the switch and to earth.
In this way the aerial.is cunvilTted
into a lightning conductor and there
is no danger of the set being des-
troyed. Amateurs are emphatically
warned against a freak switcji inside
the house, That a change-over switch
such as is used on a receiving set lb
useless, and that the ordinary electric
light tumbler switch is not always
effective. Antateurs who have nr,
make sure,
when having finished using the set.
to disconnect the aerial terminal, and
• join the two together.
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United Press. *'. . -
LONDON, May 4 —Shapurja Sakla-
zala was arrested an ‘"“a ‘ coinmunisF
charged with making subversive state-
ments. The case waa until ■ —
ViHlVlLKl 1AL FAW KA it
person lose his dignity, such as1 a
pompous individual slipping on a
banana peel. It is ar laughing mat
ter to see an efficient person, make a
mistake—for instance, a deft waiter
spilling soup on an irate guest.
. And ..becauae oa one time „ ahell-
rinmied glasses were—aynonymous
with learned people, such as profes-
aext week. The police . demanded
propagan-
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McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 4, 1926, newspaper, May 4, 1926; McAllen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1199192/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McAllen Public Library.