The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ELECTRA STAR
MADER & STEWART
.OWNERS AND PUBLISHERS
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K. F. Mader............Business Manager
W. C. Stewart.......-.......................Editor
H. A. STROUD.....................City Editor
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TOWN PESTS
Subscription...............„...$2.00 Per Year
(Strictly in Advance)
Phone 142.
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clock ano yocWg paper1?
bntered at the postoffice at Jilectra, Texas,
as second-class mail matU-- under act of
congress of March 3. 18?9.
Any erroneous reflection upon the char-
ocK-r, standing or reputation of any person,
firm or corporation which may appear m the I
colnmns of The Stai wfll be gladly corrected i
upon its being bi ought to the attention of the 1
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THE LAST CHAPTER.
When the readers of the Star lay
aside this issue they will have
read the last chapter, as it were of the
year’s activities. Next week the Star
will begin a new volume in the history
of Electra and her citizens.
There is always a sadness connect-
ed with bidding the old year farewell.
For most of us the year has brought
happiness, to some of us it has brought
sorrow and to all of us it has brought
a little of both. As the tolling bells
ueher in the new year our memories
should be dulled to the sorrows of the
past and our hearts should only hold
within them the constructive, helpful
things that leave in truth no unpleas-
ant recollections.
We should brace our shoulders and
turn our faces to the rising sun with a
determination to become more useful
citizens. We have a bright new book
in which to write and it should be our
ambition to make the new ledger a
neat one, unmarred by blots. The
history should be so clean and legible
that in after years when the must is
dusted from the volume and scyne
member of posterity turns back
through the time-worn pages that
there will be nothing reflected but the
glories and praiseworthy work of the
writer
The ambition of the Electra Star
will be to continue the policies of the
past on a more extended scale. Truly
we want the Star to be the “people’s
paper.” The makers of the Star be-
lieve that we are entrusted with a
responsible position—that we wield
an instrument of influence and it
shall always be our aim to so conduct
it that it will serve to promote for bet-
ter things in the community. A news-
paper is community property. It
should be just and fair to all and fear-
less in the cause of right and justice.
Occasionally mistakes will be made—
we might say frequently. But if they
are made it will not be because of ma-
lice or prejudice. A newspaper is not
the property of the owner. The edi-
torial and mechanical force may draw
their pay from the proprietor yet the
paper is undoubtedly the property of
the (people. If it is conducted in that
manner it will become a success—if it
is conducted as a propaganda organ or
The Borrower lug* off Eggs when
they're Eighty Cent* a dozen and
bring* them Back when they are
Down to Twenty-Five, and taka* tha
Lawn Mower in the Summer and Re-
turns It in the Winter and borrow*
Today’s Newspaper and 857 Other
Things and Never Brings Them Bade
No More No Time I
Core’s
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less and; a bootleggei’ l^notLxespeeted.
like he^ should be. Then the boot-
loggers-won’t work together—they are
just like the Farmers* Union. • The'y
all say they will stick and then slip
around the -corner and do something
they shouldn’t aught to. I know a
bootlegger who would put hi-life in
your mash to keep you from selling it
iiNt would Uielp him .to^get rid of his
own liquor.
After thinking it over Agnes why
shouldn’t I be a combination man? I
could be a detective and be a bootleg-
ger too. I would have the authority
of the law in my hands and could ped-
dle the “hootch” and Agnes,‘you don’t
think I would he fool enough to ar-
rest myself do you? No? That’s me
all over Agnes, your old hubby Ham
Phat would never destroy himself. I
would have a good outlet for my
hootch through the H. A. H. club. The
boys would all be glad to know where
they could get a drink just any old
time, but there is a disadvantage
that. The boys all know me and most
of them are usually broke and they
might slip me the distress signal and
want me to sell it to them on credit
—which I would have to do if I stayed
in the lodge and which would he about
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DR. H. M. KEARBY
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LAWYERS
Cross Bldg. Electra, Texas
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CITY SHOE SHOP
CLYDE COLE, Drop.
For Quality Work
Located Rear of
Vaught and Phillips Gro.
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Smith Undertaking
Company.
SID W. SMITH
DAY OR NIGHT PHONE 319
LICENSED EMBALMER AND
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Becoming a detective appeals to
me more than bootlegging. I told you
last week that I was seriously consid-
ering one or other of the vocations.
The only thing that is against me in
becoming a detective Agnes, is my
conscience. I hate to get money with-
out working for it. On the other
hand were I a bootlegger I would be
plying tfn honest vocation, taking a
gentlemman’s ohance on getting
eaugh't and' have a few thrills and un-
certainties mixed along with it. While
the thrills are numerous enough in
bootlegging, late yearo have eliminat-
ed many obstacles and really it is
not so dangerous as it was.
The only thing I hate about the boot-
legging is the competition. Really
Agnes I could build up a good trade
by offering a quality article made on
the level and sold on the square, but
there are so many unscrupulous sell-
ers and makes of whisky in the field
these days that they have brought
dishonor <qn the profession more or
the same as giving it to them.
There is some easy mcTney to
be
made some way Agnes, but I don’t
know just which of the vocations to
take up or whether to take up both of
them. This proposition has me wor-
ried Agnes. I can’t help but believe
that I had better take a few more mail
order lessons in “detecting” and play
both ends of the game. I can be des-
perate if it’s necessary Agnes and it
looks powerful like I must get desper-
ate if I am going to do any good fi-
nancially,
I will let you know in my next let-
ter just what decision I have reached
in regard to the matter Agnes.
Your doubtful,
HAM PHAT.
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
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0. S. PRESTON I
! Cleaning, Pressing, Altering,
Dyeing and Tailoring
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FISH,
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outers.
favored • their business We ^solicit at least
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Family Coffee.
SCfLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR ELECTRA
ELEEIBfllEA AND COFFEE CO
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South
Aoress street half block north
of the Grand Theatre
AUTO REPAIR SHOP
Personal Service
Back of Paint Shop on
Main Street
Nortk
Says Backache Is Sign You Have Been
Eating Too Much
Meat'.
When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region it
generally means you have betn eating
too much meat,, says a well-known au-
thority; Meat form& uric acid which
private weapon—*-it is surely and eer-1 overworks. the kidneys in tlieir effort
tainly destined to destruction. Ito filt$r *ro^ the bIood and they be*
The Star has many improvements I corae S°rt iof*--'paralyzed and loggy.
1 When 'Tom’' kidneys get sluggish and
eontempated for the new year. In ,
1922 we hope to make our "broadening y°u paust relieve them, like you
out” year New features and timely i reli^ve- your bpwelS; removing all the
ones will be added through the year— body5 urinous waste, esel you have
new territory will be covered in our | backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
news gathering. We do not predict y°ur stomach sours, tongue is coated,
VOGUE BEAUTY
SHOP
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1216-1216 City National Bank
Bldg., Mrs. Anna Morgan, Prop.
Open after 6 o’clock for business
girls and out-of-town people.
Call for Appointment by Phone
No. 5590
that the growth will be phenomenal,
but we hope by earnest endeavor to
create a greater newspaper, weilding
greater influence in one of tht great-
est communities in the state of Texas.
To all the friends and co-workers of
the Star *hnd the. citizens of Electra,
the Star extends best wishes*for the
New Year and in this connection ex-
tends hearty thanks for the liberal
patronage and good will extended us
during the fast dying year
Every Small Boy Knows it.
The man who first loved a dog—
probably a pupp* which lie had taken
from its mother's lair—placed man-
kind under a profound obligation for
»11 time We can imagine the sense of
friendly security which the presence
and the fidelm of that puppy crown
□p to flogb.md. gave that primitive
n .m—Swtov.ir Tonjnroff in the Bos-
un Herald
—w—i <n ■ intagwaw—
and when the weather is had you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, channels of-
ten get sore, water scalds and you are
obliged to seek tejief two or three
time^ during the night. ^
Either consult a good, reliable phy*
sicion at once or get from your phar-
macist about four ounces of Jad Salts,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com-
bined with Iithia, and has been used
for generation to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. It is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes a delightful, effer-
vescent Iithia-water drink
MAGEE BROS,
STAR GARAGE
Storage and
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Repairing
C. A. Jones
MANAGER
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LEAK PROOF, SUPEROYL
and step cut for all make cars
in regular and over-size.
TIRES AND ACCESSORIES
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Texas Hardware &
Supply Co.
Drilling Contractors
Rotary and Standard Tools
Phones 101, 62 and 61
Electra, Texas
Dr. Ralph E. Weller
Electra Hdw. Co. j
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Ford Parts
Spot Lights, Bumpers and other
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accessories
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SURGEON
Office in Thompson Building
Office Phone No. 499
Residence Phone No. 262
FEDERAL TIRES and TUBES
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To avoid the cold. And well before the coming
of the snow, the thrifty squirrel lays by a
store of nftts.' The bee remembers that the
flowers will fade. All nature seems to sense
the coming need. And man, alone, of all the
living things, seems blissfully content to live
today as if tomorrow’s sun would never rise.
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YOU DEFY THE VERY LAWS OF
NATURE WHEN YOU FAIL TO
PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE,
Security National Bank |
—OFFICERS—
JOHN BROWNLEE, Pr*s.
C. R. MILLER, Cashier,
R. P. PRINCE, Vlce-Pre*.
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—DIRECTORS-
GEO. F. LEBUS
E, B. PRINCE
J, H, HOWELL
D. T. CROSS
R. B. MAGEE
G. E. McDAVID
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Jackson’s Newstand
phone 240
BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND
MAGAZINES
Subscriptions taken for any
magazine published.
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Wichita Floral Co. I
“Say it with flowers”
Flowers and plants by ex-j
press or parcel post. j
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By wire all over the world, j
Flower Phone 3300, wire or
write Wichita Floral Co.
Wichita Falls, Texas
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A HIGH
GRADE LINE OF FRESH, FANCY BOX
CANDIES.
Try our fountain for the best mixed hot {
drinks in the city. |
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DRUG CO.
AW, WHAT’S THE USE
By L. F. Van Zelm
(?) Western Newspaper Union
That Was Once That the High Sign Failed
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Stewart, W. C. The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1921, newspaper, December 29, 1921; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892749/m1/2/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.