Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 246, Ed. 1 Monday, December 3, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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The Mt. Pleasant Daily Times
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VOLUME TEN
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, MONDAY ^EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1928.
NUMBER 246
Phone 149 *
P.D. THORNTON TAILOR an^HATTER
Phone 149
HUS COUNTY MAN IS
CHOSEN AS MASTER FARMER
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Raymond Brown Is One of Ten Winners in State
Contest Which Was Held by The
Progressive, Farmer
Raymond Brown received notifica-
tion Saturday from the Dallas office
of the Progressive Farmer, inform-
ing him that-, he had been selected as
one of the ten “Master Farmers” in
the contest that is held once every
year’ by that publication.
The contest embraces the entire’
State of Texas, and is held in co- at
however, the number of Master
Farmers to be chosen was larger than j1
this yoar,» making Mr. Brown’s win- r
nipg proportionately harder.
It has been generally Understood
that Mr. Brown is one of the mostf
successful farmers in this section, and
his many friends in the county are not
all surprised at his selection, al-
teration w^tlTthe Extension Service t^ugh there were a large number of ......
of the A, & Mv College, through its entrants from this section of the
representatives in, each county* Coun- State.
fy Agent Jinks i&mhsated Mr.-Brown Mr. Brown’s farm is located almost
for this honor, and this is the second exactly in the center of Titus Coun-
time one of his nominees has won ty, in the Green Hill community, and
this privilege, it going three years is of the same sort of soil as many
ago to J. H. Brison of Camp Coun- other farms of the county, but Mr.
ty, when Mr. Jinks held a similar po- Brown has, by scientific farming
sitkra in that county. At that time, built up his soil and increased the
Your
Cleanifij
Just a littl^ fetter
than seems
necessary
BREAKING FASHION’S POWER
MOST COSTLY OF ALL
SUBSTANCES IS RADIUM
The Daughters of the Confederacy
in1 their convention at Houston, re- We can remember when the use of
cently gave a fashion parade that radium to cure any disease was re-
represented the styles of I860. Thelgarded as experimental,
delegatet-dug out the ancient gowns | It ig now definitely stated that this
o that period, and appeared in all I substance can relieve the victim of
the glory of tight-fitting bodices, certain forms of
hoop skirts and lace trimmechqaanta-
Jettes, and went through with stately
piotions of Virginia reels and polkas. cannot'
To the young people of today, such This' treatment has been
. array of clothing looks supremely
grotesque. And yet at the time it
Your “Master” Cleaner
Phone 86
efficiency of the farm until it pro-
uniformly good crops every
year. In addition to his regular
farming, Mr. Brown, with the assist-
ance of Mrs. Brown, realizes consid-
erable revenue from an up to date
dairy, which is also utilized as a
means of helping raise poultry and
cancer.
Where the knife can go radium
can go, and it can go where the knife
experi-
mented with for fifteen years and is
now confirmed by the International
j Radiology congress at Stockholm and
by the London hospital.
This hospital is now about to spend
$1.5,000 on some three grains of rad-
ium and the hollow platinum needles
in which it is applied. -But,./this
quantity, added to what the hospital
already possesses, is quite sufficient
to meet the demand. Many patients
still will have to suffer for lack of
appeared beautiful, natural, the fin-
est expression of elegance. Which
shows what a tremendous power
fashion has over people’s judgments.
It can make anything look attractive
and suitable, even if it is ..in reality
inappropriate.
The women of fashion 70 years
ago were principally an ornamental
factor. They sat around in then-
stuffy parlors and did artistic em- j radium.
broidery, and it did not make much The price is about $60,000 for an
difference whether their clothing in- amount equal to say, three ordinary
terferred with free motion and ac- five-grain aspirin tablets,
tivity or not. If they wanted to faint The Belgian Congo is now its prin-
hpgs, the skimmed milk being fed tojaway after the custom of those times, cipal source.
them. , there was no particular reason why | Radium is the most costly and rar-
they should not do so. est of all known substances. Compar-
One mystery of those old times ed to it gold is worthless yellow mud
was how the women used to get along
who had a lot of work to do, with
those encui%bering.-aad»-heavy gar-
ments. It must Kave added..greatly
to the burden of their toil.
Today, 70 years since the date cov-
ered by that pageant, the functions
of women in the world have Under-
gone almost more of a change than: 0 f me 1C*”e^‘ ,
in 700 years previous. Whether or! * se®ms a_ e
. j , , • a I the praises of the world are readiest
not women marry and do housework, •. , .. ,
,, . . . „ , . .. . j. , ,. ., | is he who can discover some cheap
the purpose of ra,s,ng funds for the.r they all hve hves of great_aet.v.ty.j^ by ^ radium
The Progressive Farmer is giving
a big banquet at Dallas on December
17th in honor of the farmers winning
this coveted honor; and Mr. and Mrs.
tvl M*I-*ir^ Jank&^wiU .aftemd- this
function.
BAPTIST LADIES TO
HAVE BENEFIT TONIGHT
The Baptist Missionary Socitey
will give a benefit show tonight at
the West Ward School building ! for
and pearls are as nothing.
It is now proposed that a national
radium fund be established by the
Government as is the case with mu-
nitions in an ordinary transient war.
•Cancer is called the king of terror,
and as a defense against this, the best
thing seems to be radium, costliest >
for whom
missionary work. The attraction for
this occasion will be Prof. Kumalae
’of Honolulu, who, with his family of
five, will render a musical and native
dancing program. Howard Kumalae,
10-year-old wonder, with voice like
that of a man, will be featured.
Those who have heard the music ren-
dered by this family at the services
of the various churches of the city
Sunday and at the banquet of the
Business Men’s Bible .Class last Wed-
nesday night know what an interest-
ing program can be rendered, and a
good attendance is expected.
They have demanded clothing that!
interferes little with physical activity.
Which shows that the power of fool-
ish fashions can be broken.—Tyler
Courier-Times.
FATHER, ENDING HIS LIFE,
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS SO.^
ANNOUNCMENT OF MARRIAGE
Announcements were received Mon-
day of the marriage on November
29th of Mr. Lewis B. Moulton, form-
erly of this city, and Miss Anna
j Louisa Piepenbrink of Washington, ET
C. Mr. Moulton is a son of Mr. and
j Mrs. J. H. Moulton, and was reared
in this city, where he has a large
circle ol' friends.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec.-2.—Roy McGuf-
fey, 4-year-old of James McGuffey,
was killed by gas poisoning Sunday,
the unintentional victim, apparently
of the suicide of his father. The
father, 49 years old, died of the gas
fumes. Police believed the boy wan-
dered into the kitchen and was over-
come while running to his prostrate
father.
may be supplied.—Ex.
ERROR IN DATE OF
ODD FELLOWS’ SHOW
An error was made in our announ-
ment of the free show to be given
by the Odd Fellows at the PaL.ea
Theatre'."' The show will be given on
Tuesday afternoon, December 4th, in-
stead of on Wednesday afternoon, as
advertised.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie MeElroy of
DeKalb spent Sunday here with the
former’s mother, Mrs. W. M. Smith.
Mrs. Cleburne .Bradley returned
Sunday to her home in Fort Worth,
after a visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Roberson.
A. B. Rogers
Mildred, spent
Worth.
and daughter,
Saturday in
Miss
Fori
He has an litipoi'L-
ant connection with the Veteran’s Bu-
reau at Washington, and they will
make their home in that city.
James GosteRo,. who is attending
A. & M. College, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Costello.
Thomas. Hess, who is attending
school at Stephenville, spent the
week end here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Hess.
The Weather
The weather for the past 24 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
Maximum ...................... 73
Minimum .............. 34
Temperature 6:30 .................... 40
Wind from ................................NE
Atmosphere ........................Clear
CHRISTMAS GREETING
CARDS
Make it personal: Your' haud.written
signature makes each Christmas greeting
personal. Many are selecting now, while
varieties are plentiful and our store is not
over crowded. Why not get yours too?
SWIM BROS.
DR UGS AND JE Y
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We Give Green Trading Stamps
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 246, Ed. 1 Monday, December 3, 1928, newspaper, December 3, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785226/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.