The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 459, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1914 Page: 4 of 4
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FIGHT THE MOSQUITOS NOW.
Aside from, the trouble and annby-
ance caused by .mosquitos, we ihust re-
member that they carry the dangerous
germs of. malaria fever in our temper-
ate zone sections, while, further south
they assist in spreading the dreaded
yellow fever germs. It should also be
borne in mind, that the fight' against
them should be not only for the pur-
pose of preventing their biting, but
for as nearly total extermination as
possible. '
Where mosquitos ^re troublesome
about the house we build a smudge
fire of old rubbish, rags, etc., sprink-
ling on some sulphur, crude caribolic
acid, or other material that will give
off an odor offensive to the mosquitos.
This, however, does not attack the vi-
tal Spots, which are the places where
the insects breed. Mosquitos do not
seem to choose the deep pools of water
for laying their-eggs, but the shallow,-
stagnant puddles fairly swarm with
them. Caves and cellars that are
damp and unused furnish an ideal
place for the laying of eggs. Old tin
cans and buckets lying around partly
filled With water after a shower, rain-
barrels containing small quantities of
water—in short, any spot where the
water stands for any appreciable
length of time, is an invitation for the
THIRD OF A MILLION 1
CATHOLICS IN TEXAS'
mosquitos to deposit eggs and hatch
out their larvae. j
These pests can be .given a seripus
set back by closply watching the above ' Dallas, Texas—There are 3X3,000
mentioned spots, especially Just after Catholics in ’Texas, according to the
RED RIVEJR RANCH.
Rain, more.rain.
Wff wish to congratulate Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis* and their pupils for the
. nice entertainment Thursday and Mon- j
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a shower,.and preventing the deposit new 1014 official Catholic Directory, • entf ““^ent Thursday and Mon-
of eggs. Tip cans and buckets should copies of which have just been received day.mgllt’ It; su*cly d*d take lots of
be kept cleaned up and thrown in the I here. Compared with other states, I W°vrTk t0 PrePare?he1^ Piece?*
ditch. No vfater should be allowed to Texas ranks fourteenth iivnumber of ' .NoW ^hen wlsh Wlley ™P~
accumulate in cave or cellar. Shallow Catholics. pm down China creek to the fish
hole. He keeps his children busy dig-
pools of water should be drained.
Keep a cover on the rain barrel.
Wherp any bodies of water are near
the house and will not admit of drain-
ing, place a vessel of coal oil (kero-
sene) at the upper part of it, and form
a drip that will release the oil slowly,
letting it spread over the surface of
the water, which will prevent the in-
sects from lighting thereon and depos-
iting their eggs for hatching. The
present crop of mosquitos will not last
long; it’s the future harvest they will
propagate that we must guard against
by not permitting the pests to lay
their eggs.—M. C.
A man who mistakes a shadow for
the substance will never progress.
Progress is only possible where
there fs mutuality and co-operation.
The man who retards the growth of
the city in which he lives in order to
promot some selfish interest is a bane
to his community.
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Watch for <the
BAKERY
“Blue LaJ^ef ’ MDrepa,| cakes, pies;
anything you/vfent^br^ught right to
your door, fresH: frprn thte Effect la
bakery ev/ry da^- * Jack' Austin’s
famous /Blue Label’’^btfead will
please you. Phonejjx? your order.
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crease of nearly 1,000.000 over last
year.
In the entire United States there are
18,568 Catholic priests, an increase of
623 during the year. One new father
lie church was built in the United
States every working day of 1913. The
.Catholic churches-of.the United-States
now number 14,651. There are also
82 seminaries, 230 colleges for boys,
680 academies for girls and 5,403 paro-
chial schools in the nation. Approxi-
mately 1,669,000 young people are re-
ceiving Catholic instruction in the Uni
ted States.
There are 24,224,609 Catholics under .* ?\Ke*ps ““ Dusy
the stare and stripes, which is an in- b"‘and “T"?”8
*Hv Knees ox ins ovcr&iiSj wniiv Tie does
the fishing.
I George Scott lost a fine cow last
week.
Sam Strange says he doesn't care
for company on Sunday now, as he
has a new windmill and he will have
to spend Sunday praying for the wind
to blow.
Come on, Abe Thomas, you are not
by yourself. Virgil Strange says he
has the Wimberly improved cocklebur
and he says they are as good as any in
the country at reasonable prices.
Customers please call while this sea-
son lasts as he wants to plow his corn.
He said he planted red corn, but now it
is yellow. Guess it's Wimberly im-
proved, too.
Yes, I think Fritz' buggy came this
way, as Mrs. Lindley lost all of her
young turkeys.
Mr. Klinkerman was through here
last week taking the school census.
Cecil Austin returned home Wednes-
day from Harrold where he has been,
taking treatment from Dr. King. We
are glad to say that he is greatly im-
proved.
Mr. Ellison, maybe Mr. Glazner is
one man who borrowed your axe, as he
caught seven young coyotes the oth-
er day. If he did, I guess he will re-
turn it \$hen the wet spell breaks up.
It seems rather strange to meet W.
B. Lawrence since he got his new cul-
Shingles, Bri<
Prices
S. S. Wi
Electra,
U|nef^nd/Cement
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TO RID BUILDINGS OF #
RATS AND MICE
Mix equal parts of dry cornmeal,
wheat middlings and good Portland
cement. Mix thoroughly and add a
little sugar and cheese crumbs. Set
where they. can. have full access to it.
There is no danger from using it as it
contains no poison. It is better than
all the cats, dogs, traps and poisons.
The rats and mice eat it and go out-
side for a drink. It hardens in their
stomachs and kills them.—Green’s
Fruit Grower.
our
GINGER SNAPS.
The following recipe and instruc-
tions for making ginger snaps is from
a bulletin prepared for use in the tivator
cooking contests of the A. & M. Col- | Hurrah for Frank Neitzler.
Printing
Stricili
lege Boys and Girls Agricultural
clubs: Half cup molasses, 3teaspoon-
fuls butter and lard, half teaspoonful
soda, 1 tablespoonful ginger, half tea-
spoonful salt, flour to make dough.
‘ Heat the molasses to the boiling
point and drop in the shortening.
Mix the dry ingredients which have
been sifted. Chill thoroughly. Roll
out only one-half of, the dough at once
to an eighth of an inch in thickness;
use a small cooky cutter; place in a
Come
on with that hardware store;/that is
what we need. j
We are sorry to learn of Father |
Weber's broken arm, and hope for his
speedy recovery. j
Joseph Sakara says if it don't quit!
raining soon he is going to turn his '
crop over to the jack rabbits. \
R. Jordan says he is going to chop- j
ping the last*of the week. Guess he
wants to get the first bale. |
Mr. Cantrell was out Monday .hunt- j
If it is worth
doing at all,
it’s worth do-
ing well.
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First cl ass work
at all times is
our motto,
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Let us figure
with you on
your next job.
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All orders mu^i?€^in npt later
than 5 o'clock to insure delivery
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Day or Night. Phone 185.
Ambulance Service Day or
Night. Phone 181
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pan with a buttered sheet of paper in ing cotto„ seed * plant his cot^n ^
the bottom;; bake in moderate oven. There has beeh too much rain for the
Always mix new dough with the mjxed land,
scraps left from the cutting. . Bilj Detrner
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If you had a mint of money you
couldn't buy a better car. Ford
merit has made it the standard
car of all nations. It’s light—
strong—comfortable and de-
pendable. And its cost is well
within your income. Get yours
today.
d426-27 Electra, Texas.
Five hundred forty-five dollars is the
price of the Ford runabout; the tour-
ing car is five ninety-five delivered in
Electra, complete with equipment.
Get catalog and particulars from
A H. SHELDON,
d423-24 * Electra, .Texas.
LARGEST WHEAT CROP IN
TEN YEARS PREDICTED
says he will be glad
when it quits raining as it goes hard
with him to walk to the mail box while
his auto is taking its rest.
Blue Bell. ,
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Agents of the United States depart-
ment of agriculture have completed The person who sees n0 beauty P1
their estimates of the 1914 wheat crop smokesta<*s, skyscrapers and rail
of Texas, after a careful survey of the roads does not stand for ProgroasT
wheat belt of this state. The 1914 j
yield is estimated at 15,600,000 bush- j A city to grow^idi3 prosjHr musl;
els, which is approximately 2,000,000 bave citizens w)*o realize that^ndus-
bushels more than last year. If the trialism is th^nfe-blood of a to\^n.
final figures come up to this estimate ■
it will be the largest production in \
Texas since 1903, when the yield was
19,880,000 bhshels.
uniy five per cent of the Texas acre-
age has been abandoned on account of
crop lailure and 1,0882,000 acres re-
main to be harvested.
The Texas crop on May 1st was 90
per cent of normal, or 12 per cent
above the average condition on the
same date last year.
The average price perbysheljpaid to
farmers on May lst^rifs"93 ceivts^ 3
cents above the ^fay 1st, 1913 quota-
tion.
We serva£the be^t, Opld Drinks
OLYMPIA CONFECTIONERY.
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NOTICE.
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All persons owing THE ELECTRA
CLOTHINJJ^OMPA^Y are hereby
notifiej}*^ocall at the sHire in Electra
andjrfhake arrangement f\ settlement
jj^ner by c^sh or notes. \ The court
demands sktfjement and will bring
on all/claims un
itj 1914. j
’^rlfc the/property of
th8 creditors of ^her El
BADLY BURNED BY
GAS EXPLOSION
Yesterday Mrs. U. BJ*t*p^ho has
been using gas foi^everal days, a
match to start^ff^r gas stove, but t^e
match went ofit before the gas igniteo,
so. she turhed around to attend tb
of the* Elytra Clothing I some^thb^ duties, Heaving, the gas
Co| bankrupts\ andjj^.^e settled -turn#! ph; after a couple, qf-mome
undkr order of^e^Federal bankrupt _ she.firneb around ano
CourC
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T. R. BOoilE,
ce perbyshelj^aid
st,^^893 cent^N>,|
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Going! Going! Everything belovi
cost at Electra ^Clothing Cp. d45?Vo
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True progress \tlie resultan^c "
people bound togethoKtojyumfote
betterment of their city.
What You Want
How You Want It
When You Want It
^TT For anything in the
^J| line,of pnnting come.
—U to us w<*'JI guar-
antee you sahJaclory work
at pnccs that ure right
ruatee in Bankruptcy*.
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| gas hal
time. Hal
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at E. B. Marchftn
Everybody (fsVajtiarlmng
Bankrupt Salraat tLe' El^ctr
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improvement bn the gas
is fJ:he self lj^hter. See
on Quick .-Meal Ctoves
HarjjLwff^ee &^Supply
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Try a "box o|* Jacobs’ Chocolates at
the Olympia Confectionery. /456tf
We serve ^ngo Ice. Cr^am,
OLYMPIC CONFECTIONERY.
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The lates
stove toda
them wo
at the Tex
Co2s Store.
the expjosion occjfirred,
r hands very badly/as thel
en atcumulatinjp'for some
fiere been a^ELF LIGHT-
stove thisv^xplo- ,
sion would' not have occurrcii* TheJ
the big ‘ se^ fighter is one of the latest im^|
Clothing Provenients put on gas stoves.'1
QUICK MEAL Gas Stoves ha* e SELF
LIGHTERS. Call at the Tex < Hard- ,
ware & Supply Co.’s Stort/ir^d.
them work.
STOVES aL^fnis store oniy NXhey
give sari^ftetion. d4^6tf
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Mrp^ Sullivan npw has charge of tffip
dressmaking, des^gnjng and alleration
department at ‘Marchant & Son’i
where she wjl be pledsed to serve yojj.
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Texas needs mor
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 459, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1914, newspaper, May 20, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893065/m1/4/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.