Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 226, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1926 Page: 4 of 4
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MT. PLEASANT DAILY TIMES V’EDESNDAY, DEC. 1, 1926
Special Prices
For Month of
November
30x3 Goodyear wa* 10.95 now
30x3 1*2 Goodyear Cord war 12.35 now
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30x3 1*2 Goodyear Cord was 12.65 now
30x3 .1*2 Oversize Cord was 18.50 now
30x3 Goodyear Pathfinder was 7.75 now
30x3 !i Goodyear Pathfinder was 8.75 now
30x3 1-2 Pathfinder oversize was 10.60 now
29x4.40 Heavy Duty Balloon 17.90 now
29x4.40 Goodyear Pathfinder 12.00 now
Jefferson Service Station
Phone 194. Member R. M. A. . Mi McCarty
EARLIEST FORM OF 7
MONEY IN AMERICA
“Pine Tree” Shilling First
Colonial Currency.
SPEAKER RESIGNS
| in our neighboring Hubbard City and
| his membership in Hella Temple of
local significance |
t to an abstract
other-
Tha 'Tine Tree" shilling was the
first money jnade for common use In
the American colonies, particularly
'.'far New England, and dated 1662.
aaya Farran Zerbe In -"The Story of
•Money," Issued by the Chnaa National
bank. It continued to be struck for
4 some thirty years thereafter, but all
She colas bear the same date. A (pan
Ufacturer by the name of John Ball ’ *,
had the contract to cola this money,
fly his contract he received one colu
for himself out of a certain number
made for the colony. By virtue of
this contract Hull managed to be-
come a very wealthy- man and the
state wished to cancel the contract,
but the shrewd gentleman would not
allow It It Is related that at the
wedding of his daughter he had a bal-
ance set up, on one tray of which his
daughter stood, while coin was put
on the other tray until a balance was
reached. That was her dowry—her
weight In coin.
Before and during the Revolution-
ary war there-were some Interesting
notes Issued in America. For exam-
ple, there was a note Issued by the
Sons of Liberty In Boston In order to
finance the cause of freedom. These
notes were brought out in 1775. An
original specimen, of great rarity, Is
in this-collection. Its face value was
24 shillings. Paper money was In
common use In the Colonies from its
enforced use in Massachusetts in 109t>.
In Philadelphia checks were made out
In the
We Want Your Grocery
; Business During December Jj
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We will appreciate your order,
large or small.
Time to think of your Christmas
Baking and we have everything
you need. Call Us!
Phone 263
JIM BROWN
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Kroweldeen Club
W5S!
Mrs. Jeff SwmFwas hostess to the
Kroweldeen club Tuesday afternoon ,
at 3 o’clock. After a lengthy dis- :
It required no especially prophetic
sense to realize that any announce-
ment of the signing of Tris S;
to a contract as manager of
Cleveland team for 1927 delayed
far beyond the end of the 1926
son presaged. his retirement.. ,
News intimated.as.much as discuss-
ing the passing of Ty Cobb. Now
in :t season memorable.for the fall of inc'In*d,.
- ' if heads, Speaker’s resignation V^rtised tyjge pay contracts, it is
worth reflecting that within six years
Speaker, too, won a world’s champ'-
not mentionTny mrnk^buTmerely | cussion of current events b-v the lar}?e
started out as follows: attendance a business session was
held to discuss the co-operation with
Workers who feel lazy,
languid, “blue” or discouraged
HERBINE
should take
a dose of
a Tonic that Seta results quickly;
I»ut«‘‘pep’* Into you.
PrU#6Qe fir bottle. Sotdb*
C. S. STEPHENS
nounce-
rnsby,
cham-
0.000 per
are not
“Cashier of the bank. Please* pay
to the order of." etc.
The reason no bank name appeared
on the check was that in Philadelphia
there was only oue bunk—the Bank of
North Amerhravrand **> no. mistake
could pogslbly.fitrlse ms to where fo go
for final pqyn^nt. . •
, Ons of the most Interesting of the
Continental..p*per moneys was an,and sick folks with flowers
official
supplies the seventh of sixteen 1926
managers to pass frqm control of ma-
in ad- fi*4y note IhuwI Jn *780 -by the state
it i« °* Massachusetts Bay, now Massachu-
The purpose of this was -to
finance tty? ^uoia.^C the Con-
tinental army, .^he .note reads as fol-
io^* .- "Pay. 250 pounds \ «n the .first
ionship. And now he is going out. | |.hu..
Transient indeed is glory in the day of March, ^PtU, (Pi^oclpal .ahd in
seball . game, sind baseball man- teresf to,.b«„pgId In'.the then cprrfsni
agement ftiight alsmost be accepted money of thh ^ti ina greater
as a synonym fJt impermanence. ^ '
Dallas News.
jpr league ball clubs. His retire-
ment leaves only Rogers Hornsby as . ......... rm . ,rr, .
the surviving manager of the four baseball .game, and baseball man- torea*.to^b*. .p»!d .In.the then qurrf.nt
great players who last year were .at
various helms—Speaker, Cobb, Coll-
-ios-and the St. Louisan.
Speaker’s passing removes a color-
ful figure from the game, probably I
its greatest defensive outfielder of ;
all time. To
A gambler recently insured his gold
Texas his resignation and diamond dental work against loss
e^cialrrep^t,.asvhis oi^gin by hpldup. »
or less sum according as ‘five- bushels
of corn, slxty-^fght' and fouihoevetiths
pounds of a part nf ,beef,->.ton. -pounds
of sheep’s wool and slxtepn pounds:.of
sole leather, 8^11 thgn cost,,.more or
less than 130 pounds current moiney at
the then current prlegs of said arti-
cles, the same being thirty-two times
and one-half what the same quantities
of the same articles would cost at the
prices affixed to them in a law of this
s.tate In the year of our Lord 1777.”
Rabbi .Wise quit preaching when
a young woman in the congregation
began to range her face, The Herald
says. That’s right/'when the aver-
age husband begins.—El Paso Times.
the American Legion in regard to the
up-keep of the cemeteries. A motion
was carried to that affect.
Mesdames Ford and Delafield, as
chairmen^ of the Benevolent commit-
tee made a report-that Thanksgiving
they remembered quite a few shut-ins
MRS. W. H. SEAY
Agent Williamson Greenhouse
Will appreciate your orders for all
kinds of flowers and funeral designs.
fruits. A very interesting program
on ‘‘.Spanish Paintings’’ oL,.0Jd Mast-
ers was very much enjqyed.
Mrs. Jack Mpr^n.gave .an interest-
ing talk on “Modem Sketches’’ and
delayed the sketches which was
much enjoyed.
The .Prado—Mrs. J. 'G. Wilson
Velasquez—Mrs, E. S. Lilienstecn.
Murillo—Mrs. Arthur Ferguson.
Summary of Spanish Paintings—
Mrs.. Jeff Swint;
The club vvas glad to have as a
"visitor Mrs. Jack Moran of Dallas.
A deljcious ice course was served
to the guests. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. J. G. Wilson.
Try aur Baths, Tub and Shower,
and enclosed in tight, clean, wai$a
,and Sanitary.
W. D. HOTJCHIN
and t
Odor.
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Suew-rtfincd for m«Jidiul w. Strength 1
and Purity unchenced. Nner eold in
bulk. Bottled end lebelled et the Leboc-
atotiee. The original teeteleee ceetoc oiL ^
to VALTER .
FREE—literature, oa rohueet to WALTER
JANVIER, Inc., 4.7 Cenel St.. New York
Mrs. R. O. Mcltyre and baby left
Wednesday for a visit with relatives
in. Dallas.
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Mrs. Lynn Garter and children left
Wednesday far a Visit with relatives
in Fort,Worth.
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Come out and enjoy yourself
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 226, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1926, newspaper, December 1, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783310/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.