The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1900 Page: 1 of 4
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TO OUR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE FOR ITS FUTURE. ADD VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT.
J. L. LADD.Editor
OUR COUNTY, OUR WHOLE COUNTY. AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY
BAY CITY, TEXAS, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1900.
New Series, Second Year, No. 16.
Old Series, 54th Year, No. 23.
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BY W. H. HXR1ZBY,
Th* Author of "Coln’o Financial School."
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Democratic Committee The Tribune
will receive subscriptions for this wonder-
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doli ar. Send us your subscription and
that of four neighbors, and help the
National Campaign Committee's fartd.
Read it and lend it to those you want to
convert.
A former resident of the Texas coast
now living in the famous fruit belt of
Southern California, writes to the Alvin
Commoner as follows: “Bringing tny
knowledge of the Coast Country of 1'ex-
asandthis country into juxtaposition, I
am of thr np.nion that there is a better
resultant profit to the farmer, gardener,
fruit raiser and merchant kt and in the
vicinity of Aivin than at l.’s Angles.”
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THE LAVACAEN.
Public sentiment largely favor*
the purchase of a county grader.
W. B. Willis has resigned his po-
sition as deputy fish and oyster
oommiesioner.
F. C. Proctor, the young Victoria
attorney, ban been selected asoxcou-
tor for the Thomas estate valued at
♦200,000.
Slate Fish and Oyster commix-
aioner 1. P. Kibbe who was in town
this wook, says that a company ha*
been formed at Austin to go into
oyater oklture. The company will
likely take a claim iu Catarmabua
bay.
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Naval O.ficera Needed.
flALVKtTON TRIBUHR
Secretary Long of the navy has sub-
mitted to congress a statement that
when the vessels of the United States
navy now in service and under con-
struction ate completed 3000 officers
will be required to officer them. This
is a most interesting statement when
coupled with the announcement that
there are at present only 1024 officers
in the Uuited States navy.
The question naturally suggests itself,
Where arc the 1900 officers we require
to come from? The naval academy at
Annapolis is incapable of turning them
out in anything like the number requir-
ed. In the British navy the rule is to
add officers as required, from the tanks
of the merchant marine. Such a move
on the part of his country would be bit-
terly contested by the officers of the na-
vy who contend that the ranks shall be
opened Io no one not a graduate of the
naval academy. The feeling among
naval officers is so strong that the posi-
tion of an appointee from civil life or
the merchant marine would be w ell nigh
unendurable aboard a United States
,*****la VV^il pAA4A.i {.Ulis. • . <4 V ) «4U lO
supply officers to fill the vacancies exist-
ing in the army and necessity has long
since accustomed the army to appoint-
ment of civilians and enlisted men to
commissions. As the army has out-
grown the capacity of West Point, so
the navy has now outgrown the capacity
of Anuapolis, and whether the naval
officer of today likes it or trot, the naval
officer ot the future is apt to come
largely from some source other than the
great sthool in Maryland. Secretary
Long makes no recommendations as to
how the required officers are to be sup-
plied or where they arc to be found
But it is manifest that ships of war
without trained officers and crews are
worse than useless.
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TIE NEWS.
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Aghbred Poland
'Tte* in«. - H, J. BOLTON, —f L|ilnterestlngltem«fromOurAd-
The Old Reliable Straight-up Wharton Dealer in w) joining Counties.
Gener’l Merchandises
/Which means Dry-Goods. Notions, Boots, Shoes. HatsA Y?
\ Caps, Gent's Furnishing Goods and Groceries. /
Solicits a Continuance of Matagorda Co, Patronage, r)
My Goods are Bought to Sell (f
Id a town where there is close competition; therefore the selection w)
i.lright, the quality right, the variety right, and the price right to makeQl
them move off easily and rapidly tz make room for the new goods con-0)
stantly arriving to keep the shelves full. Other merchants come and go (A
but Bolton stays right there vear after year, doing a steadily increasing jf)
business, which shows that he is liberal and square with his patrons. /A
fnetfn received from them since they left
it seems Chester came to the conclusion
that the boat with her crew had been
lost and that he in a way was responsi-
ble. This seems to be the only reason
for his rash act. Almost his last words
were “Harry, I will soon bq with you.”
He had been down to Tarpon and re-
turned Saturday evening on the mail
boat. Alter arriving he went to the
barber shop and got a shave and about
dark went to Mr. J. H. Benham’s drug
store and purchased some strychnine,
saying he wanted to poison a dog that
had been troubling the folks at the
house. After supper he went over to a
neighbor's where he remained only .1
short while telling them good-bye; he
went home, where he shortly afterwards
took the dose of strychnine that ended
his young life. After lakmg it he walk-
ed out in the porch and began spitting.
His mother noticed him, asked what he
was spitting about and If he had ecn
taking anything; he first replied he mid
taken nothing, but finally told his moth-
er what he had done and as if regretting
1; asked to be given something to re-
lieve him. A doctor was immedia'cly
•ent for, but xhen he arrived it wa, too
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C. D. Kemp, CU V HAT
Huebner Bros, F4- IXL 2H '
D. P. Moore, J L
S. T. Taylor, € T
W.T. Taylor, +.-FD.
V/. B. Wadsworth, 3
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Dr. A. M. Pelton, KO
0. W. Burkhart, 06
0 B Culver, V6
Stewart Bi o’s Z ? Q 9
John F. McNabb, Jt.X'i'.A
Green Savage, V.I4.cr-.J-.3? 6 OH.
J. A. Lawson, CO on ribs, JX on ribs, Lon hip L on hip.
Holt & Bruce, 7--. 3P. 0. ■P.'f'.X
Fred S Robbins, W UI_CE CQ PD
B A Ryman, S v Y/A^.6. ringtail
John Matthews C?.^.<£Z±X TO 05 E VU 7X XU O aS
By order of the Executive Committee
rctarv. W. B. WADSWORTH, Chairman.
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Oscar Andre
farm with llid
China hog*.
Mnrte'1—John Bauer an.) Mi*»
Kato Harii*; S E. Stiles and Mis-
Mary llallamon.
Farmers in ll ’« county were buss
la*t week pinntiiig uoin and pulatijev.
The acreage io corn will bo greater
than ever before.
Carl Hoppe sold hia crop of flax
seed iu Violona one day last week
for fO cent* per buahel. Ho ha.) nor
intended to plant (Jax this year, l.ui
tba oil mill people prevailed on him
to give it another trial with clean
seed.
Mrs. 13. F. Ward, of Caranubua,
sent the New* some sample* of red
apple* just picked from her orchard.
They wire from fall blossom*, the
second crop of the year. Apples do
not grow very well in thia part ul
T<-xa-, but Mr*. Ward’s place is nu
exception to the rule. She has an
orchard and vineyard under irriga-
tion, and generally raises splendid
fruits of many varieties.
Capt. Harry Burkhart came into
port last Friday with bis ►cboonci
Mary Rusina of Matagorda in a
slightly disabled condition. The
vessel and crew had a rough experi-
ence several day* last week. They
were bound from Galveston to Point
Isabel with a cargo of merchandise.
A storm struck them in the gulf and
the old craft tumbled about on th.
billows until she sprung a leak.
Then the captain steered for Pass
Cavallo and arrived on Friday, a-
above staled. The cargo was part-
ly unladed at the pavilion wharf
.nd the leak stopped when she reload-
ed before proceeding on her trip.
Capt. Burkhart says he expects to
return to the oyster business nex
season, having found the gulf | ack-
et trade a delusion and a snare.
One dav last week Ed. Metznar
was badly bitten on the forefinger
by a large rattlesnake. He is a
professional snake-hunter, and was
handling the reptfte iu itin ortnnary
course of business in capturing bis
stock in trade when it raised an ob-
jection to the deal and took a death
grip on his finger. He caught n
the neck and released the fangs, bnt
before he could realize the energy
of bis snakeship it had bitten him
twice again on tbe same finger.
Snake hunters generally carry a
quantity of crystalized potash or
some other good remedy for bites,
but Mr. Metzner had forgotten this
j important matter and had to walk
three miles to bls boat before he
could get medicine to draw the poi-
■ son. Consequently be has a very
bad wound, and is liable to lose the
Live Thoughts on Advertising.
• V JOHH MAfllN.
1 wish 1 could impress your manu-
facturers and business, men with the
power of ativertistng. I remember Mr.
Frank Cooper (of Sir gel Cooper & Co.)
telling me some yeatt ago that when Ik
ran a store at PeoiL he never asked tbe
bank for $10,000 when he needed it, but
went through his stock, marked down
thing, that ought to mine, and took a
page in the papers and :old the pcnple
about if and in three lay, he had his
$10,000. He claimed ;i took him some
years to f.ct the confidence of the peo-
ple. fhey did not t-t firtt understand
that he meant what he •.*•<). The man
who ha, a conviction thM be can give
the people value—give them a reason
for accepting his opinion on what he
makes or what he ,qlB—and states that
■ eason in the newspaper, wllf find that
a sincere statement always brings a
ready response and in due time a
basis of mutual confidence between a
widening circle will be established which
gives advertisers power to fix prices,
regulate sale, and obtain profits which
cannot be assailed. When a man real-
ires that advertising is not buying spare
but i, in reality getting other people
to accept hi, views on his goods he has
begun to see the possibilities of what
he can do.
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The Matagorda and Wharton Counties Cat-
tlemen’s Protective Association
^XFFF.R the following reward, lor information leading to the arrest, eonvlctior
and punishment of any person or persons for the following offences, whenev
the same are committed in connection with the property ot any member of mia
association:
T heft of cattle by a white man,
Theft of cattle by a negro,
Cutting wire ience (when a felony)
Burning pasture or grass (when a felony)
Butchering beef widrout complying with the law
Skinning cattle or having possession of hides unlawfully,.
Leaving gates open or tearing down fence .
Following is a list of the member, of thtj? '
brands, all of which arc protected hereunder.
Frank Rugeley, li-. | Frank Hawkins, rt FH
! J H Rainey, z 2 Z
John T Sargent, t/T./LOd
Fred McC Robbins, V
R M Winston, T
George T Sargent,
R O Kuykendall, 101
M O’Connell, OC
M O’Connell Jr
Dan O'Connell
E H Phillips T.T’.'S
J F Williams
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Wm, H. V. Wahlquitt, Editor Dem-
ocrat, Mammoth Springs, Atk.—“1 re-
gard the book as the greatest that could
be published.” »
R. J. Jarvis, Edir.ir Tyne,, Benton
Harbor, Mich.—"I have read and reread
the book and I pronounce it a great eye-
opener. II the people cannot be convinc-
ed from it. then theie is no hope. To
my notion it excel, all previous book,,'’
D. B. Anderson, Gallatin, Tenn.—“I
hail with delight the new book. It sug-
gests how my countrymen can be saved
from bond slavery and utter eivil anni-
hilation.”
M. T. Stewart, Effingham, 111.—“I hate
just read ‘Coin on Money, Trust, and
Iniperiulisin,' and I Ihiuk il is the best I
ever read. J find it right to the point ou
all questions."
J. C. Thomsen. Clinton, Iowa.—“it is
worth its weight in gold.”
A. 1 . Musgrave, Agent. Farmington,
I1'. “I sold a r opy of the book to a
Republican last week. I saw hipr this
morning and he -aid: '1 have read the
Ic. k and confess that I have been in the
wnuig. 1 shall not support the Repub-
lican party ai»y Joa^W.
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BAY CITYBA*jKB j
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glUr I'ran,sets « general banking builness. Collections promp ly lunde xn I remit- m
ted. Domestic snd foreign exclianga bou*lit and ,ol<L Accounts of fkrmsrs, mer-
ehont, and stockmen tolidted. The win* c>re and attention given lo small as to *
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This book is now having a wonderful
circulation. The retail price is 25 cents.
In site it is 35 pages larger than “Coin's
Financial School,” profusely illustrated,
with best paper, enameled cover in two
colors.
Its treatment of the subjects of Money,
Trusts and Imperialism is exhaustive and
yet simple and plain as the A B C'». It
will educate and arotue the American
people to a common defense of their
homes and the heritage of fiee institu-
tions. Il teaches organization and ooitts
out the remedy. It is educational and
practical. It should he in the bands of
every man, woman, boy and girl in the
United States.
The book is a school, and the little
boy Coin is the teacher. His school in
May, 1894, “Coin', Financial School,”
electrified a nation and moulded th
political sentiment of a National Political
Party.
Coin or. Money, Trustsand Imperi.d-
isin may be expected tn rally anew th,
lories of human liberty.
Thi, book is the first ri<m[«ign docu-
ment issued in the great presidential
curt campaign of 1900.
Dr. Bowen, one of our lexlinu
physician*, will remove lo San Al -
ton io.
Tbe raett yesterday between the
Power and Merrell fillies reeultci in
a victory for thu latter.
The iodiaatione now point to a
large acreage of cotton for Jackson
oonnty the coming season, a* the
piesent high price of the II u'Cy sta'»
pie eno iuisg“« the farmers to grow
it and they nearly all think tlial l>y
planting early they can avoid lh»>
chief ravage* of the boll weevil.
WHAItTON COVISTY.
FROM THE EL CAMPO EAGLE.
The planing mill men are rushed
to their full capacity w ith mill work.
Banker F't“khouxer says that the
El Cimpo bank i* now transacting
(he ureatvat amount of busnera in its
history,
Fr >01 Sheriff D ivi* we leant that
lie lax collection* for tbe month of
January reached tbe enormous sum
of 134,438.81.
G. M. Sadler was in town Wed.
neaday between train*. He report*
farm work prngreaaing at Ida Pledg-
er plantation.
Capt. W. R. Bound* brought iti
2500 pound* of cabbage from bi,
farm Friday, which was sold for a
good ca*h price.
It ia reported that the Gifford
Meicantile Co. will open up a firal-
clas- lumber yard at the new'lown
of Glen Flora in tbe near futute.
The Eagle is pleased to uote the
tayorable impression made upon die
good people of Bay City by our es-
teemed fellow towiiHman, H»v. J. J.
Lively, lie fully deserve* their con-
fidence.
Mr*. L. A. McDonald, tbe vener-
able mother of Rev. W. G. McDon-
— •.. Um. . L.L, nF ,s hard " l1
Tuesday evening which resulted in
painful injuries that confined her to
bed for several days.
Captain Jack Elliott ia strongly
identified with the interest* ol El
Campo, and be has an abiding faith
in a bright future for the town. A*
an evidence of thia he ia seriously
considering tbo erection of a bio. k
ot substantial brick business houses
Mrs. C. A. Aldri lge, the young
and highly esleeiue l wife of our
well known townsman, died at her
home on El Campo Heights yitier-
d*y morning at o:40 o’clock. She
leave* a baby girl two week* oM, a
devoted husband and a ho*V of
triunos to mourn Uei ly d< ns e.
Among the first names signed a*
contr butor* to the fund for secur-
ing the college the Eagle wa* plia*
ed to notice the following: T. D.
Fisher, Holloway & Hefner, Aug.
Peterson, M .1 in Olson, aud J. E.
Noreliu* & Co., five hundred dollars
each. Thia will giv an idea of
how tbe substantial citizens of E
Campo are taking hold of lbis matter.
As wo are inlormed, about ♦6000
baa already been subscribed tot.be
fund. Mr. Kountze has nobly a»n-
tribnted in ca*h and land about 120,
000 for thia college, and El Campo
will come up with her part.
FROM THE SPECTATOR.
A. M. Davidson, a prominent
young doctor of Shreveport, Lt.,
lias removed to Wharton.
R A. Partain and wife, of Bep
ville, were in the city this week tig
guesta of tbe family of J. G. Rive*.
J. B. Hudspeth, of thia city, in
forms u* that he haa 8000 cabbage
plant* now ready to plant for hi*
spring crop which will be shipped to
Houston according to contract al-
ready made for tbeir delivery at 3
cunts per pound.
A groat tany prospectors have
registered 111 our city within the p*st
week. They realize and are loud
■ n expressing their opinion of lh“
great productiveness of our soil, and
we learn of some handsome deals
which have been made in real estHti
circles this week.
FORT BEND COt'NTV.
FROM THE RICHMOND COA'o.T.R.
The Methodial Institute of ll.<
Houston district has been in session
for the past three dsya at the Meth-
odist church and about 18 preachers
are tn attendance.
Fort Bond county cabbage is bxiiig-
ing one quarter of a cent per poup'l nothing <.ouid be done to
A Sad Event
AKANSASPA»AUSAC0N
Our usually quiet community
shocked on last Sunday morning to
learn that a young man, Chester John-
son, had commmitted suicide the night
before. Just a week before, he arrived
from Galveston on the schooner Mary
Lorena, Capt. Hairy Burkhart, bound
for Brownsville, with a cargo of met-
chandise. Owing to bad weather the
boat put in at Rockptrt and remained
untill Monday, when the captain decid-
ed to proceed on his way consideirng
the weather sufficiently favorable Ches-
ter Johnson advised him not to go, but
being amious t» reach hit destination,
the captain with his crew, except John-
son, who refused to accompany them,
left for Brownsville. No uew» having
alvrlimi to di ti'rmiiK* it
hall !>■• iticori'orxu il. I
w ra ui anted, ami t he eh ft ion
held on Saturday, Mareli 3.
Anothei liii* suit involving *i>nv
• >f the Cuiit'ioglram plantation wi-
tiiu.i this week io the dialriot nleik'
offioe here. It t- styled L. G. Ge*
<-l al*, v*. E. II. ('uuiiingham, »ixt
is brought to recover a league ol
the land now forming a purl ol tin
inagnifieent plantation, ♦'.’ft,000 dam-
age* and $5000 rent*. There is a
long li-t of pluiHtiff-, orobably half
a liiindmi or more, und they art
r< piecented by an Austin law firm
Alvx Andertnm, manager of th*
Moore ranch near Dyer, r< ports big
lobo wolves nunn roil* and Very Iti •
noying on liis place. On account ot
tbe few cattle dying the brutes ar*
lialf-slai v> d and they do not hesi-
tate to attack Htttl devour young
calve* >n broad daylight. As a n-
sull of this a big wolf bunt is being
arranged, and Col Rodgen, of Gal
veston, with hi* fine pick of traineo
d g- and a party of fiicn Is, will
probably be up soon for a season of
spurt.
FROM THE ROSENBERG X-RAT.
There i* talk of extending a wile
fiom Richmond to Rosenberg lor
the purpose of fnrnialiing electric
lights.
A distressing accident occurred at
the home of Aug. Broder near Need-
ville last Friday. In burning Hom*
grass and trash Mr. Broder’s little 4
year old (laughter Lillie Elizaliel'
got too near the flames and her clot h-
iug caught fire. Iler mother react -
ed her side almost al once but sh<
w a* so severely burned that she liv-
ed only about 4 hour*. She wa» a
bright and winsome child and tbe
heart broken parents have the sym-
pathy of the community 111 then
great loss.
BRAZOI’.IA COFNTY.
FROM THE ALVIN COMMONER.
Judge IL Grass, of Corpus Chris-
ti arrived in Alvin Thursday morn
ing and will make Alvin his home
in the future.
The teachers of the county at
their institute meeting last Decem-
ber decided to hold a Summer
Normal in Brazotia County.
8. N. Richardson ha* from fou>
to five hundred cottonwood tree-
which ho will give in quantities t.
suit anyone who will plant tin tn.
Hon. J. S. Kendall, State Supui-
intend' i toi I’uhl c Instruction, wi
attend the next meeting of the Bi •
zoria County Teachers Inslituie i*
he held tn Angleton, February 23**1
amt 24th. Ou the night of the 23rd
ht will deliver an
public at largo on
question* of the day.
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Due great consideration hercloloic I
I1"1 ”f * *“ having little attentmn in the matte. <*.
j .'.I to t iitiiiy J'i'lgc Mi h»*'l*ii. I n>, a canal from Galvcalou
I I'huisd.'.y, asking that be ‘•id*'1’lo |}lOwi>»vi!le i» the difficulty expen-
t Hie town I cm:cd in transporting supplies to tin
I he petti lot* gan non of Fort Urown. So'ongas th* 1
u ill bi | steamship* could cross the bat at Rraz<*
Santiago and teach Brownsville there was
no great complaint horn the troops; but
now that the steamer traffic has been
almost entirely suspended nr abandon-
ed on account of shallowing water, the
question of better transportation facili-
ties comes up to be properly consider-
ed in national affair*. To reach Fort
Brown now with government supplies »
distance of 319 mile* must be coveted
by ox teams, a necessarily slow and e».
pensive mode ot transportation. This
will be remedied by the government
iu some way. either by deepening tbe
channel at Brazos Santiago or by open-
ing the coast canal; the latter plan be-
ing apparently the better because of its
many prai ticable and inexpensive fea-
ture* and the general demand for such
a waterway. The coast canal would
put new life and vigor in a long stretch
of country, and would serve the purpos-
es of the government equally as well as
deepening the channel at the mouth ot
the Rio Grande.
JACKSON COVNTY.
FROM THE PROGRESS.
There is only one sure path to
contentment in this life and that i*
the way of truth and virtue.
Sulf-made men are well mads.
Fry to learn and you will learn, but
without eff'irt your case is liopeles*.
Which is more vile tbe mouth
which pour* out slandering thoughts
or be ear which drinks them in
with delight?
Rev. R I’. Davant lias sold hia
Edna residence property to 8. B.
Killongh and will soon remove t<>
Belton or Beaumont.
Seventeen and three quarter
pounds is the *cua! weight of a
cabbage head which was out from
the garden pati-h of our townsman,
Henry Hensley, on last Monday.
On la*t Thursday Ben llaioomh, *
negro man, while splitting rails, ac
cidentally got hie right ban.) so badly
crushed that it became necessary b*
take off three of the fingers asu a
portion ot the hand.
A. Palmie, pf^Cuero, who ia well
known to roa^Bb4 oaf psep'e as the
“machinery mkr' expet .■ to visit
Edna soon andTtve our citizen* an
Hi d Hut I'ioiii T.«r <-»n.
Was tlie ball that hit G. J. Steadman
of Newark, Mich . in the Cisil War. It
caused horrible Ulcers tl at no treat-
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck-
len's Arnica salve cure* him. Cures
Cuts. Bruises, Burns, Boils, Fellons, |
Coins. Skin Eruptions. Mtat Pile
i.cc, 1ii>u>>ng *.vu,u vc uviw laic him j 00 c'MTh* Jj cts. a I, *•«. Lure guarati-11—1— -------------d—....... • -
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li
opportunity of d'SetteSiug tbs <|**»a-
ttnn o’ water works.
On Thutsday last Mr. Wrigh4,a.
I farmer living ea*l Ol Edna, betw««“ , 11 ‘
I (lit* Lxvaua and Arenras, lost liis A p*iiii<m aigued by alargi*iu>
I barn hy an incidental fire, with all tl*
| ootitent*, coosinling of two valualili
imi.es, a lot of corn, bay, etc.
FROM THE EDNA CHRONIC'S
W N. Marvin shipped several
oar* of hay lo 8tn Antonio thi*
week. *
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Ladd, J. Linn. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1900, newspaper, February 24, 1900; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346145/m1/1/?q=a+message+about+food+from+the+president: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.