The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1933 Page: 5 of 8
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Boys! Girls!
Win a Bicycle or Roller Skates
Selling Dr. West Tooth Paste
Two regular 25c tubes,
for only W W
NOCONA DRUG COMPANY
“A Registered Pharmacist Always on Duty”
First Prize, Bicycle
Second Prize, Roller Skates
Third Prize, Roller Skates
EVERYBODY WINS, No Losers in This Contest
The boys and girls who do not receive one of these prises,
will get a cash commission on every tube sold.
Contest over when all Tooth Paste in window SOLD.
Bicycle and Roller Skates on display in window.
Hurry! Act Now! Just Started!
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“On wiUF
t Herds that can be used profitably
on any farm are the kind being
sought for the 1938 State Fair of
Texas Livestock Show, according to
Frank P. Holland, director in
charge of the department. Live-
stock on Texas farms is being urged
to replace so many cotton acres.
ride—“the twister" weighs more
than fifty tons—and is the only
one on tour. Two of the new shows
are now showing at the world’s fair
in Chicago.
[they now
[ashington
Ise of the
lessure is
ptiizens of
the bar*
crowd.
bse pleaj|
be true ,W
e who aK
Hr Holmes Green, director in
ytrge of the Dallas Day commit-
I La Huge Pageant is one of the
special features planned for the
•celebration.
. Poisoning grasshoppers by Ex-
^Mtension Service methods has meant
■he difference between a crop and
HA crop to E. M. Ball, Young
~ eminty farmer, who says he uses
from 300 pounds to 1500 pounds
" poison bran mash every year.
The price of wood was more
than doubeld in Hardin county
this season by the newly organized
wool growers’ association which the
county agent says pooled 10,500
pounds that brought 31 cents per
pound sold in co-operation with
the Southwest Louisiana Wool
Growers’ Association.
A , Buying a farm abandoned be-
F cause of poor yields on the banks
I? of the Rio Grande near Laredo
three years ago, Chester Smith has
flMMtaought up production by use of
E ■ miftaae until he recently filled a
& I trencnTsilo 40 feet long, 8 feet deep
■f and IL. feet wide from 8 acres of
HF cogn. He is a dairyman aiming to
produce milk cheaply.
Three new shows and the world’s
largest portable ride are being
brought to the midway at the 1933 and keeps them always free from
Fair of Texas by the Beck- ' Intestinal worms by periodic use
and Gerety Shows. The new ’ of gasoline.
[On Texas
IFFarms
The Texas Manufacturers Show
which will be held at the 1933
State Fair of Texas has made ar-
rangements for 300 Texas Manu-
facturing Concerns to show their
wares to the world. The display
Will occupy one half of the Main
Exhibit Building.
this fall. Mr. Weise reports that
by getting his chicks early, he has
less disease, they grow off better
and he is able to dispose of the
fryers early when the price is
much better than with late fryers.
Mr. Weise has a flock wjiich is
always happy and healthy looking
bAAVkr. AlrtfAtt—
State Fair of Texas by the Beck- ' Intestinal worms by periodic use
man and Gerety Shows. The new' of gasoline.
I the poll»j
lay protejj
I served '■
Ithe appnj|
Lainst takj
lution Uni
It, wnfch
Ific as / an
e win Join
Is against
ave caused
nd povertM
le world? W
Christiana/
r who is
; found at
Goliad—During the month of
June, Willie Weise of Melrose
Community sold $82.05 worth of
poultry and eggs from his flock
which averaged 287 hens, accord-
ing to E. J. Edwards, Goliad coun-
ty farm demonstration agent. Mr.
Weise believes in close culling to
make poultry profits and culled
out 68 poor layers this month.
These along with fryers brought
in $52.99 while egg receipts were
$29.06. Feed cost on the laying
hens was $16.99. In spite of mount-
ing feed prices Mr. Weise still
shows a comfortable profit from
ities and towns of Texas will be his hens and has put in some of
nvited to participate in, is being the very best baby chicks obtain-
[lanned for the 1933 State Fair of ( able and will have 300 fine spring
texas, it has been announced here | pullets to go in his laying house
Opal
Miller this week.
Mrs. Willie Gilham and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Constance Arnerson, were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Barnes Tuesday.
Miss Marguerite Jordan of Paris,
Texas, is a guesj of Miss Cathryp
Mr. and Mrs. Pitts of Oklahoma
City, spent last Thursday as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mil-
bum. They were accompanied home
by Miss Mabel Milbum, who has
been visiting here for the past few
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor of
Gladewater, Texas, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Miller, the
first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Pritchett and
daughter, Laverne, returned Mon-
day from Claude, where Mr. and
Mrs. Pritchett have been conduct-
ing the singing in a meeting.
Lloyd Sigler, who is a movie pro-
ducer of Hollywood, California, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Folsom.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wis-
dom of Spanish Fort, a girl, August
19th.
Locals
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Mr. and Mrs. John Lesh and fam-
ily spent Sunday in Duncan, Okla-
homa.
Mrs. J. H. Barnes and Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Edge and baby were
Wichita Falls visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Beck and
family have returned home from
a vacation trip to Miami, Florida,
Washington, D. C., Chicago and
New York.
S. Lemon
were
Miss Inez and Ineta Wood are
the guests of their uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hobbs of Ad-
rian, Texas.
Phil Lesh^nd daughters, Phillis,
Jane and Betty visited relatives in
Bowie last week.
Misses Ruby and Opal Henry
will return this week-end from
Commerce, where they have been
attending E. T. S. T. C„ the past
term.
Mrs. O. C. Ball has returned
home from Ringgold, where she
has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Bill Melton.
Miss Rowena Henry is the guest
of her brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Henry, of Montague this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stelzer and
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lemon and
daughter, Zana Rhue, were Fort
Worth, visitors Sunday.
Mrs. F. L. Perry and children,
Jerry and Leta Jo, accompanied
by Mrs. Perry’s sister, Miss Eliza-
beth Edwards, went to Fort Worth
Thursday, where they were the
week-end guests of Mrs. Perry’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Ed-
wards. Mrs. Perry and children
were accompanied home by Miss
Mary Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Uselton of
Kirkland were the guests of Mr.
Uselton’s sister, Mrs. Paul Coch-
ran, last week.
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28 MILES OUT OF EVERY 30 Ml LESOFj
ROAD IN THE U.S. ARE '
.STILL UN PAVED ,L
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HSfrQF-the 1931 Expenditure
on Labor received
O/ *1,363.806,239.°°
This is enough io give
to work to 2,331,382 men
for 6 months —
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“IF j Vour Car Wears out-
nearly 37% faster
on POOR Roads than
GOOD Roads/
THE NOCONA NEWS
goes
Specials for Friday and Saturday, August 25-26
s
TENNIS SHOES
LARD
59c
SWIFT JEWEL
r
Q lb. carton
M.
DRESS PRINTS
49c
10c
Lb. box
10c
lie
SHEETS
Tobacco
15c
Coffee
n i
3/jC
SOX
brown.
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Mr.
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said Mr.
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MILK Pet or Carnation
2 small cans
BOYS’
OVERALLS
Bananas, doz 20c
Oranges, doz 10c
Grapefruit, 6 for ... 25c
Apples, doz 25c
Eighteen thousand more men are
at work in Chevrolet and Pontiac
plants today than at the same time
Garza Bleached Sheets, 72x90
inches
Spring and Summer Dress Prints,
36-inches wide, assortment of pat-
terns, prices from 16c to 24c, clos-
ing out at, yard
30 dozen Boys’ Overalls in the blue
denim and stripes
Good heavy weight, rubber sole,
heavy canvass upper, re-enforced
at ankle, double side re-enforced,
heavy toe guard
Salmons, Chum, tall
can
Gebere Baby Food,
can
25c
25c
I
Yeast Fleishman,
each 3c
Jowls, lb 6%c
Eggs, doz 15c
Guaranteed Fresh
7C
19c
13c
5C
59c
September 1st is the day the Federal Process Tax goes
goods in our store, except those bought since August 1st.
our prices marked as low as is consistent with good merchandising
our store.
KELLOGS CORN FLAKES
2 packages, story book free
at a higher stage than in any year
since the boom period of 1929.
In the single week from July 8
to July 15, inclusive, the number of
men employed increased by ap-
proximately 4,000 at the 20 plants
BACON
Swift’s Radio Sugar Cured, tb
COUNTRY SORGHUM, gallon
EXTRA SPECIAL
CRACKERS 1
15c
a year ago, W. S. Knudsen, presi-
dent and general manager of the
Chevrolet Motor Company stated In
discussing the employment situa-
tion.
In emphasizing this picture of
rising employment, Mr. Knudsen
also pointed out that payroll fig-
ures of the two companies are now
Chevrolet Factory
Employes Many
More Men
it
Men’s Work Sox.
black and white
our prices marked as low as is consistent 1 ‘
and we ask that you get other prices before coming into
Here are a few of our regular every day prices:
Friday, Awt 25, 1933
Dry Goods Q j| f’c Grocerie
on cotton
We have
59c
es
1
something he couldn’t find, and 1
asked him what it was and he
•aid it was the handle for the
Jack or Jill, or some such per-
son's name. “Do you mean that
long, flat piece of iron?” I asked.
“Yes,” he said, “where the hek is
it?” “Oh, I used it to poke the
fire with,” I admitted.
Then I turned on the radio for
what Henry said wasn't fit for a
lady to hear. And while Henry
raved end looked around for the
ph tk and things one lifts wheels
with, I listened to the grandest
music.
Of course, deep down in hi-,
heart Henry knew it was all his
fault for not getting a new poker
after we loat the other one. Rut
when one la liatening to the Tor-
reador Song from Bohemian
Girl, one Juat teaan’t the heart io
rub it In, my dear.
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throughout the United States and
from the 15th up to the present,
approximately 2,000 more men had
been added to the payrolls.
Since June 10, declared
Knudsen, as he analyzed the fig-
ures, a small army of 11,000 men ,
have found employment with Che- 2^,. gueste
Total employ- * "~
Corn, No. 2 can 10c
Kraut, No. 2 can —10c
Empson Green Beans,
No. 2 can, 2 for ....25c
depends,
funds to
standard of living.
“Satisticians tell us.”
Knudsen “that the average family
is composed of four persons. This
means that approximately 164,000
persons are benefited by either
wages or salaries from the Che-
vrolet and Pontiac plants. The ad-
dition of 11,000 men alone has done
much to spread the wave of em-
ployment in the cities where those
men are employed.”
That his companies have whole-
heartedly participated In the pro-
of Mrs. Don Edge this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lee Capps of
Troupe, Texas, were the guests Of
his sister. Mrs. Claude Wallace,
over the week-end.
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Dr. B. F. Watson of Bowie is the
guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Wallace this week. Mr. Wat-
son came to Montague over SO
years ago In 1906 he was elected
sheriff and has many friends and
acquaintances over the county.
Picture Framing
Neatly and skillfully done.
Big selection of mouldings.
Prices Reasonable.
THURSTON HDW. CO.
Nocona, Texas
trI jumped a foot,”
said Mrs. Molla Propp,
“when .the transmission backfired."
*T*HE radio ia a wonderful in-
I vention, my dear, and I
• never really appreciated
what a wonderful comfort it ia
to have one in the car until laat
week.
Henry and I went out for a
lovely evening drive and it waa
rather late when we atarted back
home. All at once, “Bangt" went
a tire and Henry aaid.. .well, you
might know what HE would
•ay under the circumatancei.
Of course, wa both piled out
and Henry looked into the tool
box under the aeata. Then he
looked under tha floor coveting.
Next he lifted tha lid in front
over tha engine and looked all
•round. Finally ha went back
and looked in the tool boa again.
It may have bean woman's in-
tuition, but I rather auspected
that Henry waa looking for
gray, *
2-lb can 23c
12-oz. can 10c
We Redeem Your Hi-Lo Baking Powder Coupons
We Pay Cash for Your Cream
gram of the President is shown bgr
the fact that a salary raise of 15
per cent was granted all factory
wage earners effective August 1,
making a total increase of 20 per
cent over March, 1933, since a 5
per cent increase was announced in
May. In addition, Mr. Knudsen also
raised the pay of all salaried work-
ers receiving under $1,800 per year
by 10 per cent.
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Mrs. C. E. Collins and children
vrolet and Pontiac. '
ment today is above 46,000 persons. '
Thousands had been added to the
rolls before the proclamation of the
President calling on the country to
shorten hours and raise wages in
order that th$ workingmen, on
whom the prosperity of the country
, might have additional
maintain the American
g
1«c
2 1g. cans I W
Catcher and good Cob Pipe,
both for 10c
Bloodhound, two 15c plugs 25c
Bugler, 6 for
Golden Grain, six 5c bags
MELONS, Burtle Gibson, each
Bright and Early, l-!b
cellophane wrapped 23c
Olden Days, 1-lb cellophane
wrapped 17c
Ground Fresh, lb 17c
Cabbage, lb
California White
Rose Spuds, tb _4'/ic
Onions, tb 3c
Peas, lb i 4c
Hl-LO BAKING POWDER
Bologna, lb ..12c
Cheese, Kraft, tt> ,...19c
Bacon, Worthmore,
1b 21c
Picnic Hams, lb 13c
Butter, Muenster, lb 29c
Prince Albert lAn
Tobaccocan I "C
Sweaters,
Saps. Let
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GAS TAX = GOOD ROADS =
L«ss Wuar on Yout Car
I N\or« Work for Mori Men
We know
by your
shown in
McMAHON DRUG.
Phonr u Ng
—TAKE YOUR—
Prescriptions
TO McMAHON’S
We realize the responsibility which is ours when
we accept your prescription to l>e filled,
it MUST be done exactly as ordered
physician. We appreciate the confidence
us by our many prescription patrons.
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Perry, F. L. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1933, newspaper, August 25, 1933; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1234672/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.