The Oklasodak (San Benito, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 6, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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from you Soldiers was enormous.
Don’t forget that we have every kind of meat
meats received three times per week. ! ,et i
your oysters.
furnish
Sanitary Meat Market
Cleanest Market in the Valley
W. B. McCall, Prop.
▼era
hospital
AT BROWNSVILLE
« AT THE THEATRES
R» ft COLB 1
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER «
United States Army Uniforms
■ a
,|f* or WAR IN EUROPE U'M
A a
FRITZ’S WEEKLY CONFAB
* By Priti Blumenthal
SOCIETY.
Finest Cloth, Best
Workmanship,
Highest Class
Trimmings
Made and Fit-
ted in Our
Own Shop
THE STAR TAILORSW
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERING
a contemplating important OFFICERS BALL
to the elevation » Did you ev*-r hwr a kid »•* Off ton of the brigade »rr th»u
U flat lord of the ad "Christmas ?" I’ve listened to them weekly dar-c at the < actus Club hall
timo Mid again Did you ever atop on Friday evening. The Bomb Da
M"« the action of the Ur a aingle moment, fronting the kota orchestra furnished excellent
“• ,n *»pvMing diplomats rhild. asking him what he aciat? .music Thia ia tka f.rrt liall which
of central empire* To the child it mean* happiness! Ta the officer* have held ia Man Boi£*
' aa •'conUmp. af inter ea.ae of the grown' ape it mean* a far thro# weeks, and the T-ra4g-
(Germany appealed to Wt of thing*; memoriae, achieve, waa made a celebration of Umu
Mtalas. aa * neutral na menta. mother, father and the Li moo j rrtum to the city.
^Pasting vigorously. and thing* that uaod ta bo. Thia -
9t Von Mackenoen and » the time of year that moot of ua. THANKSGIVING BALL
ao children, have been used to think . The Oklahoma Dancing ( lob gave
as the tin*, of happineae. There **dance Thursday night at the Car-
will he a big hunch left off tne tue Club. Many Sootft Dakotans
reaeon ie simply selfishness We were among the guests of the eiqb
think, when we've been riven the member*, and a large number of
chance about the same ae a note*! ladle* attended The Oklahoma or-
fellow warrior »aid a long time ago. cheatrm furnished the magic,
ae we’re not allowed to say anything
in print, which we real! think about, SOUTH DAKOTA BA IX
it, we leave it to yoy ami please con The South Dakota Dancing club
throe j suit history. There was. and I think rave a dance at the < actus Club
»/n continue their drive
(barest, the Rumanian rapt
Ku* >an government refused
oo -ru- HO.OOO (,.'11,111, ruled
I®*1 Prussia f.i IP 14 to return
Homes, indicating in nee-;,
with the United States that
m»y be allowed to return at
er
Ku.--.ian* have
rained
on the Balkgq front, ac-j there i*. men even at this day. who Wednesday nirht. at whi«h the South
o late dispatches, capturing »Hink they're the okly fit animals Dakota orchestra played excellently.
|e arrmu. the Danube river on this earth. We'll u^e the trem The attendance was large, both from
havoda, the towns of Kill, “we,H he. a use of the noise it would ithe Oklahoma ami the South Dakota
itinari and < omana. make if we said “I,"—to save energy regiments.
f«r*vk protest ag:iin*t alleged and to save skin* we will divide the
*r Sovereignty by the Al- responsibility. Darwin said ape* were
r’ '•oding troop at Saloniki and almost human and tried to prov.
tUon of Greek territory has been it. No we won’t go that rar. out.
to the state department. ,assert that there In* humans that
American steamer Chemung rould with success substitute for
PMtk by a German submarine Ape*. But wr will not go spy far
mfr
Th*
Mrs. 'ieorge K Wilton of Merer-
de-, vii a visitor in San Benito last
week
Captain ami Mrs. J.
Donna, spent a few
friends in San Benito
J. Stanton of
•iayx vimting
last week
8 Mill NEB* OF ANIMALS.
Mrs. August W. Blank find baby su
rived in San Benito from their home
WHO Sells The Best Drugs?
WHO fills prescriptions?
WHO serves the best drinks?
HO is your druggist?
Symonds Pharmacy
“And Soda Fountain too.**
*• Afy
ther
We should like to; but we think
we would he severely called down.
And as we are down anyhow, it
the homea tnat are brought wou^ take a mighty strong back to i,n South Dakota last Saturday,
th* northern state* for *rt u* u!> win.
m of the National Guard be- Hut wr Rot entirely away irom Jvlge and Mr*. Spears entertained
I acclimated the percentage of our. "Christmu*" spelled it * Thank-giving dinner at the
1 and disease among rarm I* should he by a Christinas child, ^aa Benito Hotel. They had a*
B reduced as shown by the r*c *,H> "’•den* of the Oklaaodak their guests Colonel Hoffman. Cap-
W the Veterinary HospiUl^t *,now that there are a few **( hn*t tmin Niles, Captain Tobin and Mr
IwiMo This » v»-r\ nnticraiiie n'il f’”' ' *»' Die b..r,|. r ’ Only a Montgomery
m the fir»t two month* on the r,rw thousand that’ll lie children „
the number of horses in the *K*m on December the 25th. And Mr. 110,1 Mr*. (ieorgc Culver and
! for treatment averaged over hy w>>' these children have been Hon* Clark entertained several boys
per day while now it ha* ,,oinK niens work for a long time frnw their home town at a Thanks-
*ed to about thirty-five. rh,‘y *n’ not ***P**vting anything from giving dinner at the San Benito
•f the cauos that are being ^'yhody; hut I am praying, although j Hotel. Mr and Mrs. Cufker return-
•re lameness and scratches * “m not • preacher, that someone to their home in South Dakota
inflicted during the re-i "©mewhem will remember the boys!on Tuesday.
for "( hristmas." ’i” or ‘we’’ have1 —
been so plentifully rewarded for
Mrs Rex Rolend. Mis- Evelyn F.ro-
there has been but c.—.. _
JMm lamrsr- ths* c« - o- -irr ■ g ir< ourBfthk’ but Mi • then other- h’^,^ " 't'1 W;!k:n,; and Brmiton Me
i that kmB1 duty, Just a* faithful- r>!d> motored to Brownsville U s
TKt the homes now at the hos- !v M *ny offkor only minus friaada *f,v**r hy (he Jowa Engine* ^
I four that belonged to the (;#,t tho rr,",‘jr of the Ok»-h~ma brig Wednesday night,
cavalry. These were injur-j*1®* *n*^ 0°t who Is who? L'ucle
the Virginians were near!ham 'vrn *•*•«*•» willing, cannot Coionel Davidson of Brownsville,
nitt and through prompt rhper you >«ke your own home folks:1 w>" aruest of Major French at
*it are now ready for duty. FRITZ. Thanksgiving dinner.
.. .r[ , l ........n i —*
»BnanttnRttS>»B»n M Marion
Franklin came up
the of floors'
§4.50
REGULATION SIZE
TRUNKS
( - The Best Trunk For The Price In Town
SPORTING GOODS. HARDWARE. OIL HEATERS
SEND A MEXICAN DOLL HOME
PHILLIPS HARDWARE CO.
Hardware and Sporting Goods.
A from Brownsville far
tl dance Friday night.
_ _ ____---—
TPlayd J Hoi Ad, retired hit with the soldier*. It ie Afe U
where the^ took en- that never in the ftoi, Mm. Oiarten Ferguson and twe
of the ba^e hospital No FUnito ha* any neriai putUW drawn rhildren ^i*t Saturday for San An
purpose of caring for pe uih a crowd a* u-a. at the Pastime, tonio whrl^ they Wl|| wfw,nd fkr
tiemt aiM far two weeks instruction. I week on the initia, showing of winter whi e Btl Sgt. Major Fer.
•Th MlpBrtion- will be in charg* lhis wonder picture. gu.-on I* here in t.»e ■rrruv
<tf fajor JBdernl amt af^o Major j , Between seven and eight hundred —
Brr^lle of the rrgu.-r army It if oldiers attended the complimentary Major and Mr-. Lawrence Hedrick.
at two week of practical ■‘how to the soldi*- at th- Pastime ar„j [ lPUt anfl Mm Roy F Sackett
•rill place the men in a '»*t Thursday afternoon. The Pastime [dth S. I). Inf., were dinner guest* of
meet any emergency that had arranged that the entire perfor- \fr. and Mm. fieorge Culver at the
man. e should Is* comedy, whkk'inclu- San Benito hotel Sunday. In the af-
l more patient* will ded a1 multiple reel comedy and two ternoor. the party atter.led the polo
San Benito a* the »hort,$omedies. (ieorge B. Failigant, „rn, at Harlir.gen
here in charge of!the manager of the Pastime, stated to
not prepared the oklasodak reporter that the sol- Mr. and Mm. George Culver and
flier of the two regiment* now here Major Shade entertained the following
-- had certainly proven their friendship thp South I>akotjx regiment with
fer him, and that he intended to re Thanksgiving dinner TTiunHUy: All*
turn the compliment in every way von Vj*on. Art Blum Frank Doty,
that he could. !Clark Culver and Car! Mueller.
The Girl From Frisco which is be- ; _
ing run at the Pastime every Friday] . Mr. and Mm. George Culver were
is proving to be a winner. These, rf,nn«.r guest* of Cap! Earl B. Rowley
delightfully
Warner
f9 toT -them
SO. DAKOTA’S THANKSGIVING
South Dakota Infantry
waa the ncene of |>*arefu!
Thanksgiving Dav, ail offic-
R wearing .a(i,-f'' -n -
the
d.y. «P-i*lly *ft-r ..Iv.nturr
was cool and a few clouds
ringly in the ~ky. hut
the sun and the
quietly without fulfill-
the promise of a norther
early morning had brought
•Mother thing to he thank
illustrate m- Monday evening,
in the Golden -
We-t and are free from th© e “bloo.t (JOES TO THE IOWA I'NIT
and thunder" ^venta, which usually _____
go to make up the western pictures.
Mary Page, the -erfal being run at
the Pastime on Sunday nights ia •!- ... * .
mod completed, episode No. 13 hav ,"f*ntirY- who ha? contributed to
Number- 14 ;the Oklasodak through the
Captain Edgar L Field, in*pe«tor
instructor for the 4th South Dakota
ing run last Sunday.
Hinta to
and If. will compl.f, thi, picture ;Comp»ny rammladm." column, ha.
U,, Mnndav thr Pa-fim, in ,hr ^-n r.l,ov-d from duty .t thia plwn
tabl» war- loadnd w.th Pl(hf NVw, whirh j, th, v,.rv '» '»k' “P ««"'« -"•> *•» ^
***s,"»' "‘l “" and latnst nr., to arrivo in «hia!,Mr* In,antrl' < »*. anmor
in motion piotums ahowH ' 'nntnintnr-towpnntor will take oarer IV
Candidate with the South Dakota reg»-
ime
Of • home dinner, evi-
f which is the rhap ;Vh fr. dent WiUon and
yqawr* and the boa-ting of
SEND THE OKLASODAK HOME
ie* of the feed, not ♦©
Hughes casting their vote* on elec
tion day. This wa* just twenty day*
merit.
TO BURN GARBAGE
the narratives of the rook >fter ,hr,r ^ntiemen had east their
^^••fgeants vutei in New York an»l New Jersey 1
BfiF* week was one o \ot- The election was still, \n ,hr futurr all garbage about
J ft will ramp will be burm-.l r. Um
of the b.g maneuver w.n ,rrr.rmUred that Mr Hughe*, rad ator ^|| companies were bu»y 1be
Do Your Christmas
Shopping Early |
: to tiploof from. Ho I
We have a very large stock to select from. Do
it now while you can get your choice.
DOWNS BROS. CO.
“The Beat Store in tbe Valley.1
was closed Thanksgiv- fhe f>fa, numb#,r J3
h* arder to give the men a__
h ^ . . . . COMMUNITY CHOIR.
IV D on outpo r .*•!♦ •
d. L- Landrail, and th*- »
and lari in gen pumj hared ' th* oldieV| who sing are rar
fhaatinr dially invited to join the Community
*" — j Choir which will meet for it*
ENTERTAINMENT
past wee* getting
plus refuse.
rid of their eur-
OFFICERS C.A.4 TRANSFER
^‘'..dTrorA • ’n’'' punWM' of thi* choir p”‘'
next Friday evening at ”nt a general public Omstma* en
the 4th South Dakota and tertainment for the benefit of
Mi hands will play The .0!diem a- well as the civilians.
the affair are for the____
iy to fix up a suitable
for homes.
to tile two hands there
rtive feature-- upon the
By o decision hand* J down by the
headquarter* southern departmenw,
tion
Methodist church. janmher within the state jurindiction.
hy order of the governor of the
state, subject to approval of the war
t department
officem in the National Guard ei
rehe.mal Monday night, at rflO, l*<- , tran,ferTrfi fn>m organ.xxtiofl to
rmber
THREE JOIN REGULARS.
Lumber for the preparing of men*
hall* for Winter use was rapplied the
brigade Monday. Lumber to wall tt|
the tent* will he forthcoming within
Three men from Company A. 4th • few day*
a speech hv Colo- i^th Itakota Infantry. have
a solo hv Mis* France* the honor of being the first from
violin solo hv Mr* Geo Bullard’s Rrigade to be accepted ipto
•aerial number* by the the regular army upon apphratie1 .
and ftoftth Dakota ouar- They are Rollie G. Park. Uharte* H.
wBl also he a large Ridgeway and Harry J. Webster
Refreshments will he They were mastered in the past week
enliiting In the Q. M Corps
Five track* were employed to take
visitors to Harlingen Sunday to nor
the poh game Two were for enlint-
ed men of the Oklahoma regiment,
and two for the enlisted men of the
South Dakota regiment, and one for
officem .
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Wasson, S. Deane. The Oklasodak (San Benito, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 6, 1916, newspaper, December 6, 1916; San Benito, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852484/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .