The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1937 Page: 3 of 6
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CROW INDIAN RESERVA-
TION, Mont, Aug. 3 <U.R) —Pierc-
ing yells, the befit of tho tomtoms
and the thudding of horses' hoofH,
' reminiscent of General Custer's
last stand against the Sioux near
Little Big Horn more than 01) years
ago will be heard once again as the
Indians of the Crow reservation act
as hosts from Aug. 30 to Sept. 4 to
hundreds of Indians representing
dozens of tribes from the Missis-
sippi river.to the West Coast.
The gatlfcring, unlike the mobili-
zation of years ago when thousands
of Indians banded'together to drive
the white men out of the West, will
in reality be a Plains Indinus'con-
vention to make the annual Crow
Tribal Fair a success.
Tourists have been invited lo at-
tend the fair, as thousands of Red
Men will appear in full tribal cos-
tume, dances and ceremonials and
pageants reflecting'the clary that
once belonged to the Indian?.
Robert Yellowtail, Indian super-
intendent. of the Crow reservation,
fcaid an elaborate program has been
planned for the week of the fair,
including parados, pageants, live-
stock shows, various riding events
rodeos, war owl and stomp dances,
and such ceremonials as the inedi-
Mfodest Butcher
Thinks That He
Started Hamburger
.STILLWATER, Minn., Aug. 3.
(UP)—He is modest about it, but
if you raise the point Louis
Meyer, veteran Stillwater butcher
(retired) will admit that he
the originator of hamburger.
Tatum Tells of
Trip to Attend
Lions Gathering
, L. Tatum, who has just re-
is 11timed l'rom Chicago where he at-
tended the International convention
Years ago, when Stillwater was | «>' Lions, gave a very interesting
a booming lumber town, Meyev' account of his trip Tuesday noon
operated - a meat market for the j before the Mexia Lions Club.
late Isaac Staples. -
As- he relates it, he was work-
ing in the back of the shop one
day and ground up a few cuts of
beef, seasoned them and gave the
meat paste a trial on a griddle.
Stajdca aiviycd on the scene:
remarked at-the pleasing odor of
the cooked meat. He tasted it and
naked': f >t'-'
"What you call this?"
Without missiilg a stroke uf his
fiiHip. lcnifc, Louis replied:
*!l think I cull it S hamburger."
' And that 'is 'how hamburger
eauVe to be and how it got its,
name—according to Louis Moyer,
Need 40 Million
Keep U.S. Roads
. Safe for Travel
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Tatum described points of inter-
eat on the way up to Chicago and
said that with a few exceptions
crop conditions in all states were
good.
On the return trip Tatum said he
Visited Wttfehlhgton and told of sev-
eral interesting sights seen in the
Capitol City.
Harold Nussbaum who was the
other delegate from the Mcxia club
will make the report on the con-
vention proper Tatum said. Nuss-
liaum has not yet returned to
Mexia.
The speaker was introduced by
Don Caldwell, program chairman.
Caldwell introduced as "the musi-
cal portion of the program Mrs.
Lawrence Hearn, who entertained
! with two vocal selections. She was
I accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
j Sam Werner.
A.- E. Green, new manager of the
National-and Palace Theaters and
Vice . President Frank L. Wil-
eine or peace pipe and other ritu- 'G00.C00 uquil'.d to keep |jums presided at the meeting in
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als.
A pageant will be presented de-
Jhe nation's highways safe for
[ motorists and pedestrians, Paul
.pitting the Indians during the time <?• Hoffman, head of the automo-
of the famous Indian wars. An-jj™ fonndatlon. « «> Mon'
other event will be a parade show- f' , . .
ing the various ...odes of travel! Hoffman, Pl'eiidcnt of the Stu"
from the early days when dogs
the absence of the president, Har-
old Nussbaum-
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Patillo left j
Tuesday for a vacation and visit.
with "relatives in Shreveport, j
Louisiana. •
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in the history of the Northwest.
No Trace Young
Knopf, Missing
for Over Week
THE VISION
of
YOUTH
' debalser Corporation, spoke at the
, ■ • , . „ , . , j National Safety Council's Insti-
were uied w. hearts of bnvdan to tute for ^ .
xodays modern conveyances , ^ attended by represen- Franklin and Jack W. Booker
The event probably will be tue j t„tjveS jvom oC stfttes i 816 "Pending the week with Har-
largest Indian gathering of its type j ' „Th(, lnoneyVlll be'newfctl to j veV Cox of Box Church and Aud-
) tarry out an adequate traffic ac-j1'^ Wilkerson of Bruni.
i eident prevention job along engi-
j Heel ing and enforcement lines ih
; the 48 states,1' Hoffman said
j "We are now spending $15,000,000
i The remaining $25,000,000 is a-
vallable, but is now being divert-
ed to other uses.
"Had the entire natiou matched
" 1 last year the safety activities of \
BOSTON, Aug. «. (UP)— N'«;Khod; Island. Iowa, Connecticut ! A great many adults do not
tvuee had been found of Alfred | $£asJ,achuaett9 and Minnesota.! realize that their eyesight fails as j
Knopf, 10, son of the New York: lhere wouW have been Jn000 jess | they grow older and that they no]
publisher Tuesday, after an eight vehicle and $400,000- longer have the vision of youth, j
j state police alarm was spread yes- : c(|0 gayetj -m co?t 0f traffic 0ne who may have had normal vis. •
I torday. Young Knopf lisil been: rc*-|enti -w j ion when a child, may have at fifty,
, missing for a week. j ^ j vision that is thirty to forty per |
! Young Knopf, since his grud- , IT P, / _ i _ Hfl i I cent below normal.
J nation from Phillips' Academy at ] "f. UdROlO ft llCUl j Change in vision comes on so in-
Bxeter three months ago, had r > j n, i • 11 tidiousiy that often one is not eon-
^ been a composing room appven- 1 IClTl lS /jtUwietl | sc'°us of such a change, until a
| tica at tho Llympton Press. Co- i I scientific test of his eyesight has
i workers said he had mentioned «; .T S~ . ,, ,rlD I been made and conclusive proof of
desire to visit the mid-west. BLSMARK N. D Aug.8, (UP) ou
He was last seen on the morn-1 ~A P1®" t0 ,olce ll«ht wheat n'''
| , . .... . . . i is not uncommon to hear parsons
ing of July 20. when he boarded «* "Pwal< * ,n ^ Dftkota ;iust fifty boast that "they can see
a train from Norweed to Bos- e purchase of the gram at j I in evcr could, but the
ton, according to his father. ; Vice> guaranteed higher tha | 8tate.
Description the youth was « ose olfered on leading markets'; ,
broadcast to New York, New Jev- *** ^®uncw' Monday night byj There is only one way in which '
sey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, l 8n^el ._ ithe vision of youth may be re-I
Masaschusetts. Michigan, Penn-
lylvania, and Ohio.
The father said Young Knopf
stood five feet 10 inches, weighed
150 pounds, was dark skinned,
freckled, gray-eyed and' blaick-
haired.
Playmate Joins
Little Girl in
Death from Fall
NEW YORK, Aug. -i (U.PJ -
Marilyn Murphy, 9 years old, join-
ed her playmate, Lorraine Chin-
char, 10 in death today, another
victim of New York's tenement dis-
trict.
•The girl's fell down a five story
shaft 22 inches wide at the top but
only ten at the bottom. Hevoje ef-
forts of a*, ambulance surgeon, po-
lice and firemen rescued the girls
but Lorraine died within a few
hours and Marilyn died today.
U'og. State purchase of the grain at j
"prices guaranteed higher than
those offered on leading markets"
was announced Monday night by
Gov. William Langer.
Governor Langer, as chairman . .
of the State Industrial Commis- artnblwhed, «"d that ,s by hav.ng
sion. said that effective Tuesday, 1 exan,'ned ont who 18
the state-owned mill and efcvator! 'l«al.fied to make such an examim.-
at Grand Forks will offer to buy
ail light wheat, in carload lots
only, produced in North Dakota
this year, at prices topping those
i of leading markets.
lion, and then having the eyes fit- j
ted with correct lenses.
Poor vision causes uncertainty, \
tension, annoyance and distraction, j
and these in turn result in increas- j
ed expenditure ot energy, also con-
tributing to such eye fatigue symp-
toms as eyestrain and headache.
We may be assured that any factor
which increases the ease with
I which we sec, will aid in decreasing
two weeks at Junior Girls Camp,! needless waste of energy from
Camp Allen at Goose Creek. i ,-au&e.
Mrs. Ben Altman and Max Alt-
man have returned after sever-
al days visit in San Antonio.
Margaret Louise Booleer left j
during the week end to spend i
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ellis, for-
merly of Wewoka, Okla., have
frioved to Mexia to make their
home. Mr. Ellis is connected with j
the Dudco Gas and Oil Company.
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Hint on Dishwashing
May Prevent Colds
FARGO, N. D. (U.PI- The way
•j e housewife washes dishes may
bifcve something to do with the
number of common colds in the
family each year, in the opinion of
f Dr. C. I. Nelson, professor of
bacteriology at tho North Dakota
Agricultural College.
Forks, spoons and the rims of
•Lips fcnd glnscs have been found t^>
ransmit bacteria that, may be re-
<t onsible for cotrmori colds ov oth'
• diseases.
To guard against this danger.
Dr. Nelson advised, dinlies should
■><> washed in good live suds, hs hot
is the hand:! can stand comfort-
tbly. As real bacteria killers, the
.Ikaline soaps arc the most effec- j
ive as they are the strongest
Soaps made otf trcoanut oil and
palm oil also arc i.ood and arc leasl I
t Heated by hard, water.
M . nnd Mrs. G. G. Goulsby,!
.'ivy. Dulla «M'. t'li, Nor- j
"an, of fJall v fjnft Tuesday j
lib Dr. Z. T. C« n1aby iv. Mcxia j
3§ait,r ' >.* I
N'on-nu, i>f Portland j
• of furs. Mar- •
the weel:*cn«L-i
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... And That's What
15,006,060 Housewives Are Sayign!
More than 15 million homes use ice refrigeration be-
cause in thene homes they "like ice beat"! That's be-
cause these women KNOW that ice preserves food
better, ii less trouble, and is most economical... Use
REAL ice. in u modern ice refrigerator l'or perfect re-
frigeration^
PHONE til FOR FREE DELIVERY
Phillips Ice & Coal Co.
f i*/ w *L£/ f
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Everyone knows that food prices are advancing. It is
reasonable to assume that it is nothing but sound econ-
omy to lay in a supply while present prices hold good.
Taste
Tells
No. 21/2
Can -
Glen Valley
A real value
No. 2
Can
I
FLAKES
SHORTENING"
FLOUR
Miller's
I Large
Pkgs.
Harvest Blossom
(24 lb. bag 89c)
te
Mom
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CfrNE V
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fQlk WAY
COOLING FRUIT JUICES HELP TO COMBAT
THESE LONG HOT DAYS . . . DRINK MORE
FRUIT JUICES.
LEMONS
Medium Size California
doz.
BANANAS, dozen lie
CABBAGE, lb lxkc
LETTUCE, 2 for 9c
GREEN BEANS, 1 lbs 19c
SALAD
AIRWAY
DRESSING
COFFEE
b
qt
giesha
CRAB MEAT, No. V2 can... ,29c
ice cream
SALT, 10 lbs ...10c
for jelly
CERTO, bottle 22c
assorted flavors
JELLO, pkg Si-
de i. monte
SALMON, No. 1 tall can 27c
libby's
CORN BEEF, 12 oz. pkg..... 20c
van camp's
HOMINY, 3 med. cans 19c
waldorf
TISSUE, 3 roHs 1 ic
SUPER SUDS 9c
laory
SOAP, Large bar 10c
fluffiest
MARSHM ALLOWS, lb 15c
p. ft g.
SOAP, 6 giant bars 25c
small pkg.
LUX FLAKES 10c
JOHNSON'S
FLOOR WAX, /2 lb. can 35c
RITZ CRACKERS, sm. pkg. 14c
TENDER-SWEET
CORN, 2 No. 1 cans 15c
KITCHEN CRAFT
FLOUR, 48 lb. bag $1.85
edward's
COFFEE, lb 25c
summer drinks
ZEPHYR, 8 oz. bottle 10c
blue bo is net
OLEO, lb 17c
tom sawyer
P-NUT BUTTER, qt. ....... 29c
mother's . . sour. dill
PICKLES, 21 oz. jar 15c
kleer
SALT, 3—1V2 lb. pkg 10c
ever-royal stuffed
OLIVES, 3V4 oz. bottle 19c
kuner's whole
TOMATOES, 2 No. 2J/2 cans 25c
emmart's
SLICED BEEF, 2 oz. jar 10c
red pie
CHERRIES, No. 2 can 15c
SUGAR, 10 lbs 48c
m E-RTS
y4
TEA
15c
4 lb.
pkg.
V2 lb. pkg. 29c
A Y
BREAD
no
16 oz.
Loaf
Bologna
lb
18c
Fish
lb
12c
STEW MEAT, lb 12V2c
SEVEN ROAST, lb 15c
PLAIN STEAK, lb 15c
VEAL LOAF lb 12V2c
CHUCK ROAST lb 12V2c
LOG-O-i A.MB lb 25c
LAMB CHOPS lb 29c
COTTAGE CHEESE lb. ... 15c
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1937, newspaper, August 6, 1937; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299515/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.