Gilmer Daily Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 212, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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GILMER, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1917
VOL. 2
By Geo. Tucker
No. 212
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last Sunday. Rev. Binford was cal!-
the Germans that crosted the Plava
We have sometimes voiced the church, and it was in response to
river.
complaint of other people about
a
will be liberated from the Feder-
all. Next meeting will be with
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Every member try to be present
Black, Ardre Latimer, Pet Buie,
—lower animal and human—per
when the true functions of the
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First Show
5 Reels
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The Trufflers
Nell Craig
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didly graveled streets, but we
have been cured of this. Fast
auto driving has its compensa-
A girl can love almost any man
her parents are willing to ohject tn.
“For five years I have not
been in touch with father and
mother,” said a young South Da-
kota salt to a secretary in a Y.
M. C. A. building at the Great
Lakes Naval Station. “You see,
I ran away from home. When
this call that he came over to 1ok
over the field before accepting, we
say before accepting, because we
feel sure when he sees what a good
town we.have, and such a fine con-
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In these strenuous war times,
of meatless days, and money-
less weeks, the dream of . a
chicken dinner was but a faint
memory of other days, but the
Mirror man has just had a
chicken dinner.
Rev. T. A. Binford, of Alto, is in
the city, and preached at the Bap-
tist church Wednesday, night to a
good audience.
Premier Kerensky has entered
Petrograd, and the power of the
Russ rebels is broken.
Aldridge and Jas. A Mathis went
out to West Mountain Wednesday
afternoon and organized an auxiliary
Red Cross Society, with 19 mem-
bers.
They were well received out there
and found the ladies enthusiastic
over the work and the Society has
promised to come in and visit them.
They all reporta most enjoyable
afternoon out there.
be impelled to accept the call and
make Gilmer his home.
son, D- C. Lundy, A. J. Mulli-
nex.
cattle fever tick were discov-
ered, soon after the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture undertook in 1884 the prob-
lem of combating I the disease.
The discove y that ticks can
carry germs of disease from one
animal to another was the first
instance in which the important
role of insects as carriers of dis-
ease was ascertained] From it
arose new procedures in preven-
tive sanitation. Since then it
has been learned that mosquitoes
Mr. E. L. Christian has returned
from a business trip to Dallas
killed, house flies are screened,
starved or swatted, and the cat
tie fever tick, to which perhaps
the world may owe a debt be
cause Ats ravages provoked the
inquiry which has been of im-
mense importance in the fight
against all diseases, is destroyed
by arsenic treatment and starva-
tion.
posed here some time ago was
defeated and chicken's run at
large and roam up and down the
street.
An auto passing our home Iran
over a fine fryer, we picked it
up and made inquiry as to whom
it belonged to, seeing that the
wheel just crushed its head, and
that it was not bruised up. it
would have been contrary to the
rigid economy we are practicing
to have allowed it to stay there
in the road and spoil so we car-
ried it in and made an unusual
and sumptuous feast of it, thanks
to the auto driver that killed it,
and to the unknown neighbor
that raised it
This will inform him perhaps
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Thirty one stiffs that have been
picketiug the White House getjail_____.
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YOUNG PEOPLES
MISSIONARY MEETING
It is easy for a woman to look out
for herself—if there is a window in
the room she occupies.
LATE NEWS
AND COMMENT
HELPING TU
STICK IT OUT
NEW BAPTIST
PASTOR PREACHED
EPOCHS IH FIGHT
AGAINST CATTLE
FEVER TICK
a day or two ago.______
RED CROSS AUXI>
LIARY ORGANIZED
A CHICKEN DINNER
FOR THE EDITOR
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There is to be a railroad meeting
here Friday night to discuss the
status of the Mr 4 E. T. Ry which
has been suspended for some time,
and every one interested is urged to
attend-
PROGRAM.
Young People’s Missionary So-
ciety for Nov. 27, 1917:
• Scripture Reading — Marie
7 Black.
Talk on Our Duty to the So-
ciety—Pet Buie.
Song-Josie Carr.
• Paper—Georgie Tucker.
Piano Solo— Molly Moughon.
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TOMORROW; Violet Mersereau in Little Miss Nobody, 5 & 10c. SATURDAY: Matinee and night, Gloria’s Romance, 5 & 10c
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A cynic is a person who knows ne
is the real thing and that all others
are merely imitations.
The Young People’s Missionary
Society met Tuesday afternoon,
November 13, 1917, with Mrs.
W. A. McElroy.
After the reading of the min-
utes Mrs. H. C. Wilson made a
talk on missions.
The regular bnsiness was at
- tended to and then the hostess
served hot chocolate and pineap-
ple cake which was enjoyed by
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The Trufflers have the following all star cast: Nell
Craig, Richard C. Travers, Sydney Ainsworth,
Ernest Maupain, Harry Dunkinson, John Cossar and
Patrick Calhoun. This is a drama of fascinating
life in New York’s Artists’ Colony.
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LIST OF PETIT JURORS.
ashamed, and wrote my mother.
Since then I’ve had letters from
her forgiving me and yesterday
there* came a fine letter from my
father. He said that since I had
been man enough to join the
navy, it I go home after serving
my four years, he has three sec-
tions of land he will turn over to
me. You may be very sure I am
going back, and I want to tell
you I owe a lot to the Y. M.
C. A.”
Mr. Tom Perry of Hunt county is
here on a visit to friends. He is a
prominent farmer of that section
and gathered sixty-three bales this
season.
President Wilson is not going to
allow the railrod men to tie up
transportation by a strike.
plague; and the house flv, typhoid
fever.
Formerly no attention was
paid to the carriers. Only treat
ment of the patients was consid-
ered necessary. Now mosqui
toes are screened out of build-
Sue Wilde, rebelling against
the sanctimonious surroundings
in her home, joins the gay, care-
free life of Bohemianism. Here
she meets Mann, the novelist,
who pursues her. She rejects
him, however, and seeks fame
and fortune by becoming an ac-
tress. Mann, in revenge, re
veals the secret of her father’s
embezzlement The elder Wilde
ends his life rather than face im-
prisonment. The shock of her
father’s death brings Sue to see
the folly of her life. She re-
signs to wed Henry Bates, form-
er friend of Mann, who belongs
to the “other world,” the every-
day life.
This is the story of the Truf.
flers tonight at the Rex Theatre.
5c and 15c.
Prof. Roberts of the Marshall
College, will preach at the Bap
tist church Sunday morning and
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woucuuuuy, 200v. puUu woJ- The Italians are withdrawing to
ed to the pastorate cf the Baptist the north of Italy, but have attaked
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you urged us to write him, I felt ings and exterminated, rats are
A Washington, D. C., special
savs : To m a n y farmers in
Southern States that have been
infested by the cattle fever tick,
December 1st will be a day
marking an epoch. For on De-
cember 1st 65,520 square miles of
Georgie Tucker, — — ----■---—-----
Visitors—Mesdames C. 0. Wil- sist on the earth. That day was
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Following is the list of petit
jurors drawn for the third week of
the November term of the County
curt:
Frank Robertson
J. A. Still '
I. E. Stephens
J. Q. Smith
Crosby Florence
Homer Moore
J. B. Landers
W. D. Humphreys
A. W. Phelps
Frank Jones (Gilmer)
John Pickett
Mose Davis.
„,,p, ' „ , night and a cordial invitation is
Mesdamesn. M. Patterson,V. E extended to all to turn out.
Southern territory—the largest fast auto ariving on our splen-
amount ever freed at one time—
, , why one of his big fat Plymoth
carry malaria and yellow fever; ehlekens name up mi—my
Miss Pet Buie Tuesday after- al quarantine placed to prevent
noon, at 4 o’clock, Nov. 27, ’17. the spread of cattle fever.
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Those present were Claudia ication there has been another - -
Meecom, Molly Moughon. Marie epochal day, one that will re-
main epochal as long as diseases
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It is now announced that it will /-
be several days before the English
can reinforce the Italians.
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The coal shortage is said to be
fifty million tons.
There wa a good crowd out
Wednesday night to see the presen
taton of ‘Arizona,” by Brunks
Commedians at the tent theatre
and those in attendance were well
pleased. Tonight they will present
‘"the Pi ice She Paid” The spec?
alties between acts were creditable.
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Tucker, George. Gilmer Daily Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 212, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1917, newspaper, November 15, 1917; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1408741/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.