The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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JACKSBORO GAZETTE
Thursday, May 17, 1917
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The Jacksboro Gazette
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Published everV Thursday by
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
Entered at the Postoffic*1 at
Jacksboro, Texas, as second-class
mail matter.
time. You may not be half as I there would never again be any-1;*£*;f£*********;^
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able in the hot weather oft" thing in the market, and tin
visiting as right here at home der at the unprecedented
comfortable in the hot weather oft' thing in the market, and then Avon- ❖❖
prices!
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with entertainment and amuse- which we havevhelped to boost, i **
When tempted to yield to panic, j **
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Business office on northeast
corner of Public Square, Jacks-
boro, Texas.
Remit cash by Post office Mon-
ey Order, or Bank Check at our
risk, otherwise at risk of sender.
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Churches, lodges, societies and
clubs will be charged regular ad-
vertising rates/ for all notices and
announcements of affairs of any
kind at which admission fees are
charged, 'or articles offered for
sale. Resolutions of respect, obit-
uaries, and cards of thaAks, also "becomes a fedious drudgery
charged for at regular rates.
Subscription :—$1.00 it y«<ar.
abundance of music and enter
tainment to make the week tie
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Telephone 7l.
ment and all the big.things of the
Chautauqua brought right to voai. to buy and hoard, let us remem- j**
The program is nicely varied ber that we must, and shall, di- j **
Avitli futures that Avill be of spec- vide the last crust Avith our allies!**
ial interest to everyone, Avith an who' are-giving their,all. eyen their j
lives, in this cause. Let us also re-
member the more than a million **
lightful and highly entertaining j little children in Belgium, Avho,
throughout. #br more than two years, have not \ %£
M e are looking for a good num- eaten according to their hunger, **
ber 61 farmers in ( hautauqua and are hoav experiencing the re- **
week. This is a splendid time for suits of malnutrition. Our Avasting, **
them to ease up a bit* on the Avork and buying beyond present needs,!**
of the summer and take a feAv and boosting prices, must be paid.**
days to enjoy, some of the good for py them in still further depri- **
things Avithout Avhieh farm life | vatioii. Can Ave Avaste or hoard tt
food at such cost ? **
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The food question is serious; so <**>
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is the fighting question. War is **
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serious. But the Ayhole thing is **
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to be met by loking it squarely in **
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> Keep Business Going.
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What is the business outlook
during the wfjr! ( ertainlv the de- jqie eye and grappling Avith it. It
Remember to main A’om ai | mantl for commodities of all kinds wjj] not do to underestimate any **
rangements to be Jiere Chautau- win $lof decrease. It will not be! art f it
qua and Home Coming week.
but to take 'the full
small. It will on the contrary he^measure 0f the situation, and/bieet
larger than ever. 'Because of the p
Jacksboro expects at some time increased demand abroad, it has!
during Home Coming Chautauqua been increasing steadily ever
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Food in sufficient quantities, can
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W....K to aw all the people bt its sjj)ce the waKbegan, and vitiy our |lelped with the necessary labor, %%
tra.le temtory. ferae and hell, entry into the war it will increase; f ,vllich they sllorf. „niI ^.XL
til 6 timtk pleasant lOl the 0i.:n ,nm>o Ao flin ctinnlu avp 'w t i i i 1
make the
homei-eomers.
still more. As for the supply, \ae jneeds financed.-' Wehave begun
see no-?edson for anticipating am iate because, unlike ancient ^
decrease. On the contrary, a ver\ Egypt, we had no Joseph; but %%
Jacksboro is sending out its first considerable increase of it, to i there is still time. Trust the farm- tt
liig booster crowd this week. They i meet the increased demand. »:m thc xortKw„, to make ..p I
Will carry with them thousands ol | about as certain as anything can the Avheat deficit and let every **
pieces of literature telling all be in hums naffaire. Therefore j w:ho c„n help prodnce othcr‘ **
about the Chaitjauqua, HomeCom-! vve si1ai| have the conditions al- j foQ(j cr0pS ‘ **~
tn£. Summer Normal knd all thelfeady described, in Avhieh the de-j
live business houses of Jacksboro. I mand is large and the supply also
The boosters will he accompanied \ is large, whether quite adetpiate
by the Jacksboro Concert Band. 0r not; and in those conditions,
and it will be worth Avhile^for the
people of every community to
.We will not help much by plant-
ing lettuce and salads and daffo-
husiness is good.
The Avar is going ta cost cnoi- jeas|- for ^he first and last of these.
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a message that will make all made the largest single appropria
meet these people. They will-ear-; raons suras. Congress has .just'; lnK<ead of selfi^hlv hoarnidg. Jet
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4,11 maae T»e smgie a^rupi in-, ^ work to produce. Instead of
whom they mf»et feel that they are fions ever made by any govern- velling “Pire. ' let us help upt it
’ 1 they are part of Jacksboro s m<iut in the Avorld. We are lending!
de territory.
' . to our allies a sum larger than our
-- j entire national debt. But practi-
Th(? attention of our readers is ca^-v I)l°ue\ is going to
dils and pansieio Next winter we j**
will want potatoes, onions and! **
i beans. There is plenty of time, at If*?
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out. - If aa'c farm as avcII as arm,-
and AAork to raise and save, nei-
ther aa'c nor our allies need hun-
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For more than eleven years past,—namely,
from March 1, 1906,—most of the land loans on
Jack County Farms have been made by this
firm; we have given the prompt service desired;
there have been no delays except the usual ones
necessary to perfect the record title to the land
involved; we have give*i easy terms of payment
and at the prevailing rate of interest.
We are now closing loans on Jack County
Farm Lands at EIGHT PER CENT (8perch>
interest; we do our own inspecting just like we
have always done and give partial payments
and offer the best land loan service to be had*
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Write us, call us by telephone, or come to
see us. ! '
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The Johnson Bros. Co.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS
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called to a letter from Mrs A.
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of Jermyn who has vr iun- he spent by the borrowers in Sweet Potatoes Valuable as Food
Product.
U hef services to Avork fo-! l>aYing f°r supplies whichthey
food conservation iu Jack County*!purchase froni us. Last year, for j Austin. Texas, Mav 7.—More
Lanier has taken up the pa-1 illustration, Ave sold to Great; money eaji be made by Raising
• •* dee that President Wil- ( Britain more than $1,200,000,000 SWeet potatoes at the prices p^e-
son is asking of the women of the ; more goods than she sold lo us.! vailing of late yeras, than at rais-
United States. She has taken the Thp balance of trade_betAveen her - jng almost any other crop, acreage
course to prepare her for this *md us was more than $1.200,000,-1-
woj*k, and, as-, wi 11 he seen from 0^0 hi our favor. Probably this
Wr letter, she intend%to meet the1 ,vear it "'ill he larger still. If,
Avomen of Jack County in every [therefore, we lend her $1,000.000,-;
school cotnmunity. This supplies,, she will have to pay it right
to a great extent, the work outlin-: *«ck to us.—Boston Transcript.
cd in the letters ofClanenceOusley ‘ -■ — »-
and Judge Horton Avhieh are giv-
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j*n in connection with Mrs. La-
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and labor considei*ed together, tie- The statement in part is as fol- ‘‘Potatoes Are adapted to the
ording to a statement issued today; iows: “SavccF potatoes afford -a sandy soils of ^exas and e\'ery
by the State Department of Agri-; food that is highly nutritious and Jarmer would do Avell to cultivate
culture: and considered as a food j palatable. Rated at per acre of
crop for the table only, there is land and per day of labor, there
none other of so much products- are few crops that can compare
Avith this crop in point of food
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ity per acre, the statement adds.
a pR>t sufficient to feed bis own
family Avith an equal amount, or
more, to spare. This is in line
Avith prbviding against tjie food
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contingencies of the Avorld.
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Castellucas Saenaders to Open the Chautauqua
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Raise and Save Food.
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Wall Street/ Journal: Where-
withal shall we he fed. is a ques-
of the utiAost importance tion commanding the attention of
nier s letter, outlining the Work
she has pledged to do. These Id-
le women of Jack County just
as the season for taking eace
of all.kinds of fruits and vegeta-
bles is at hand. Mrs. Lanier is a
the American people, and. inci-
dentally, affecting their pocket-
books as Avell as the stomachs. It
will not help win the war if we!
home woman and is giving her l»la-v the ostrich and sa*v thori‘ is
services free.* She should have the no ,Uui^*r. Oft the other hand, we j
hearty co-operation of all.
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Jack County has its own ieetur-
er on food conservation in the per-
son of Mrs. A. F. Lanier. She is a
can do great harm if avc yield to)
panic and imagine that every;
sound we hear is the wilt* of fam-
ine at the door.
The rainbow in the sky is still a ;
pledge of the promise that while
go to work to secure a
when she A'isits your corn-
charming speaker and has the earth remaing> seed time And
special coursi to fit Ini- j,arve8t s|)H|t not cease. ^rith rea-
ing thi a*emeu of her effort on man’s part.
Mother Earth will bring forth
•peration of all . Read iuflfjcient to sustain^her children,
in this issue ol the the duty devolves upon them1
to do their part, and also he prov-
ident of what she gives them.
_________ The Avorld supply of food is
short. On flu- other hand, there is;
point right, we are every reason to expect sufficient
ive a most, successful to feed the people and our allies
this summer. It is a through the coming yeah Let us,
perhaps to go into de- ..not forget that, and rush off and
ititauquH plans, and buy. buy. buy, as if we expected'
many of them are not yet _____
Upon, but with the an-
the program and
interest whieh is al-
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State of Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucu County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
I Is senior partner of the firm of F. 3.
Cheney A Co., doing business In the City
i of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
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week will he not only one „ c,,.rrt ox t.
DOLLAHS for sarh
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Onr <'hautauqua prograni will op«n The Sorenaders play all the tnstru- plana for strong talent on the opening Chautauqua platform. They have
and profit, but one in with music, close tGth mime, aari meats they have time to play in the day. and in this instance our commit- traordinary talent and varaatitIVT;
MbUiCIiVE. r RANK J. CHENET. .....I. J* WevtW ..J • Wal# Asm# alUitad «« ikasm ‘ tae has elaaeoJ miealv Tt la Idh ttma ' that ■ ra A I* ft kftAW wVlttt
many people will he
interested.
r be that yon are planning
i this summer. In that
;anee for
to spend the
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Sworn to before me and sub«<-ribed fn
A.3 D. 1«M. A
my^rejgnce. this «th Jay qf Dccenibef.
_ ^ W. OT.KABON.
(Beal) Notary Public.
Halt's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In-
ternally and acta through the Blood on
the Mucous Surface* of the Byatem. lend
' wtlmontale. free.
F. 3, CHHNJCT * CO.* Toledo. O.
, Mr.
for eonstlpattoi .
have music an a feature at both the hour and a half ffiat i« allotted to them tee has planned wisely. It i* the time ■ they are alert, and know what
afternoon and evening programs of and start the Chautauqua off with a for avory one to get together in a sort taaqua folks like, and altogether tt
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Haft's Va telly
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each of the five Chautauqua days. mt and enthusiasm which pats every i of community spirit and to stast tha
The first of these Chautauqua mu- body on “edge” for’ the several daya Chautauqua eff i% true Chautauqua
ideal attractions ia Caatellucci's Mi- of entertainment and good things that style,
laao Serenaders, the company that follow
earns* on the opening day.
The company is one of the most
to anch a company as yen
gret seriously to have
Hear them on the oi
the Chautanqua both
A Chautauqua ' committee always 'noted musieal aggregations of thd; night.
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The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917, newspaper, May 17, 1917; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730749/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.