Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 27, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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MOUNT PLEASANT DAILY TIMES
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MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1929.
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NUMBER 245
CARS PROMISED
yFOR TRADE TRIP: “>
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FIFTY CARS AND 250
ARE WANTED FOR THE
TOUR WEDNESDAY
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 26. The cur-
PEOPLE ly-haired and bronzed head of Mrs.
j Louise McPhetridge Thaden, smiling
Pittsburgh air pilot, was the first to
--- nod before the cheering throng at the
Sam B. Hays, chairman of the good- National Air Races Monday as the
will tour, which leaves here early Women’s Transcontinental Air Derby
Thursday morning to visit Cookville, raced to a thrilling end at the Cleve-
Omaha. Naples, Daingerfield, Hughes iand Municipal Airport.
Springs, Cason and Pittsburg, an- Mrs. Thacien, holder of the women’s
nounces that quite a number of cars a-r speecj vecord( added to her pilot’s
.have been pledged for the trip, but jaurejs jn distinguished fashion by
DO YOU KNOW
That Clean Clothes
are Cool Clothes?
Wrong Food, Not
Drink, Is Cause of
Girls Going Wrong
Chicago, 111., Aug. 26.—Wrong food,
rather than strong drink and inherit-
ed criminal tendencies, Monday was j
named as one of the chief causes for j
the down and outer turning to crime*
ROAD MEETING
ON SEPTEMBER 11
lO CONFER WITH CLARKSVILLE
PEOPLE IN REGARD TO
NEW ROUTE
that still more are wanted, so that at
winning the Santa Monica, Cal., to
A “Master Cleaner”
Phone 86
least 250 people can be accommodated. Cleveland speed test with more than
Arrangements have been made to an bom. ^.0 spar(ii When she brought*
supply transportation for the mem- her plane down across the finish line
hers of the band, and about twenty- a£ 0.44 p m-( on]y 20 hours, 19 min-
tive of the boys will make the tiip. utes aTld 4 seconds of flying time had
Ihis is a very important trip, and as eiapsed since she soared last from
many people as possible should ar- *the Pacific Coast on Sunday, Aug. 18.
range to go. y __
The following have pledged cars Mrs. E. H. Gregory is in Oklahoma
for the tour: I City this week visiting her grandson,
Geo. Lilienstern, Beall Brothers,! Forney Rowland, who has been in a
Swint Brothers, M. & M. Store, South- sanitarium there since February, as a
western Gas & Electric Co., W. A. j result of gas explosion.
Ford Motor Co., Guaranty State Bank,1--
Duke & Ayres, Henderson Tailor j Carlton Harrison of Dallas was a
Shop, P. D. Thornton, W. A. Johnson, | guest of L. L. Lee Monday.
Irvin-Robertson, Wilhite & Porter, C.
S. Stephens, First National Bank, J.
C. Penney Company, E. L. Riddle &
Stephenson Furniture Store, Masters
& Thomas, Evan Wilkinson, H. G.
Co., Grissom Motor Co., Jefferson Ser- ] Smith, Paul Fricks, Sheriff’s Depart-
vice Station, Brock Service Station,: ment, Dr. Jim Witt, E. L. Hart, Mrs.
Denman Lumber Co., A. H. O’Tyson, j Alma Coker, J. D. Strother, J. C.
Jefferson Hotel, Bolster’s Garage,' Brown.
“COOL, REFRESHING COMFORT’
LAST
TIME
TODAY
TITUS
YOU WON’T
BE SORRY
YOU CAME!
ALICE WHITE
SHOW GIRL
NEWS AND COMEDY
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
“Fashions in Love." The finest in entertainment! Sheiks and shebas
learn their lessons in loving from Menjou. Keep up-to-the-minute
with Menjou.
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ADMISSION.........................................10c and 25c
COUNTY PIONEER
BURIED TUESDAY
ROBERT WILSON PASSES AWAY
MONDAY AT ADVANCED
AGE OF 86 YEARS
and the girl going wrong in a report' At the regular meeting of the
issued by Commissioner John McMil- Chamber of Commerce Monday night,
lan, in command of the central terri- September 11th was set as the date
tory of the Salvation Army. to hold a conference with Clarksville
After a survey of 106 industrial! IjeoPle in re*ard to a new road con-
homes and thirty-four rescue homes nectin* these Places’ There have
and hospitals of the army, Commis-1been c‘u'ite a number of Propositions
sioner McMillan found that girls who for a new road’ both Red River anJ
go wrong more often would havelTitus County Pe0Ple bein* interested,
gone right had some one taught them! but nothit^ definite has yet been
vitamin and mineral values. jworked out- 80 the Chamber of Com*
, , merce decided to take .the initiative
i More tban 60 per ,c;ent of th(J un; and call a meeting of citizens of both
I wed mothers and fallen girls caved .. .P , , ,
; , , , 'counties, lalco people are also m-
! for last year by the army, the l'eport I. . , , . , . ,
I J ’ . . terested, and are expected to be pre-
sa,d’ malnutntl0n sent. The bridge on the highway
dufmg childhood, while 53 per cent|north of Tako win probably be the
of all men given aid by the army also. fm. holding the meeting( and the
were victims of malnutrition in youth. |clarkaVil,-e chamber of Commerce will
Responsibility for this condition bfi notified of the date and place.. A
directly rests on the parents of these | ,etter was read from H. A. Spoede, a
unfortunates, who either permitted | Red River County farmer, urging the
One of the oldest i-esidents of Titus
County, Robert Wilson, affectionately
know as Uncle ly, died Monday - tbeir children to dictate their own!...... ~~Z’’7 7 ’ 7, ° ”'j
morning at the home of his daughter,! .. . ... ,, construction of the road on the ground
M,,. Win Cox, in the Oak Gxove,"^ ™“ ”'i" ** M*
community, as a result of the infirm-, tials of a balanced diet” Commission-
's of age, he having attained the er McMillan said.
unusual longevity of 86 years.
Deceased had been a resident of this
county for many years, living about
a mile west of Cookville, on the high-
way. His passing will bring sadness
to many of the older inhabitants of
the cotfnty, who had associated with
him in the past. He leaves three
sons, Tom, Tine and Joel Wilson, and
three daughters, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Claud
Scott, all of this county, and one
whose name and residence we have
been unable to secure.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day morning at 10 o’clock at Old Un-
ion with interment following at the
neai’by cemetery.
Mrs. R. H. Meadows and son, Ru-
fus, are visiting relatives in Fort
Worth this week.
Oliver Rainey left Tuesday for
Justin to visit his sister, Mrs. Luther
Moses.
The Weather
Hie weather for the past 21 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
Maximum .....................................103
Mirfimum .................... 71
Temperature 6:30 .................... 72
Wind from ................................NE
Atmosphere ..........................Cloudy
0. K. USED CARS
See pur complete
line of .used cars be-
fore buying. Thor-
oughly recondition-
ed and ready for im-
mediate service.
Low Prices and '
Convenient Terms.
Irvin-Robertson,
Inc.
that it will give the dairymen of his
section a better market for milk at
Mt. Pleasant.
Sam B. Hays, chairman of the good
j n 4. will tour, announces that 32 cars had
ixOOtt notary already been pledged for the trip
Program Tuesday \ Thursday.
- i Attention was called to the large
The program at the Rotary Club number of nails sticking up on the
Tuesday was an excellent one, thp floor of the bridges on the highway
committee in charge going to consul- j north of town, and the highway of fi-
erable trouble to secure some good
talent. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Dob-
yns and son, Everette, furnished three
very pleasing musical numbers with
cornet, clarinet and piano. This mu-
cials of the county are to be asked
to take steps to keep them driven
down until new bridges are construct-
ed, which will take place soon. These-
nails are causing many unnecessary
sic was greatly appreciated, it having punctures on automobiles,
been some time since the club had en- It was decided to take steps toward
joyed any. Miss Lulu Connor of Sul-[securing an exhibit at the State Fair
phur Springs, who is visiting her sis- j at Dallas this year, and a committee
ter, Mrs. John Musgrove Jr., gave a was appointed to look into the nrat-
highly entertaining and humorous ter.
reading, entitled, “Minnie at the Skat- j Announcement was made that P. F.
ing Rink,’’ which was so well render- Zetnick, chief engineer for the Douth-
ed that the club called for an encore, itt Engineering Company, which will
C. O. L'ide asked that the club take have charge of the installation of ma-
up the care of the cemeteries of the[chinery for the milk plant, and will
city as its civic project, and gave a 1 present the plans for the building, had
histqry of the cemetferies of the city, visited Mt. Pleasant that morning and
A committee was appointed to confer said that the foundation difficulties
with those who have charge of this had been overcome, new plans drawn,
work at present, but who have an- and that within a short while contract
nounced their intention of giving it up would be awarded for the plant,
after September 1st. i Seci’etary Pickett made a report on
-....... jhis recent visit to Chicago, where he
Two pronged blades with a hole be- attended the National School for
tween them, mounted on a long handle, Commercial Secretaries, under the di-
make up a new implement with which rection of Northwestern University
a person can pull weeds without bend- and the United States Chamber of
ing over. Commerce.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 27, 1929, newspaper, August 27, 1929; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784787/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.