The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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%s2«3m
will be ready for travel U..
summer from East Texas to
, the hills of Boerne, Com tort<
^ at the table and
eat edvertiset* coffee or a sub-
stitute, put . on an advertised' .... ..........„...^
hat, light an advertised cigar, * and K^errvTlTe7In Wert" Texas,
go to his place of business1 Construction is now proceed-
where he turns down the ad-'ing in most of these counties,
vortiaing solicitor or salesman and where construction has
tConu-nls 15
&
OOKED
on the ground that advertising
does not pay— strange in-
deed. —Longview Times-Clar-
ion>
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There Was A Reason
Once thre was an editor
who got out a newspaper that
pleased everybody. But he
had a jflass plateover hiB face
and he was not standing. The
flowers were beautiful.
—Houghton (Mich.) Gazette
TUT
OlcLEORMNE
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Cow-Puncher Story With
rustlingl Horae stealing! ______
hin^! A $20,000 robbery! SW- —
% iff kidnaped! Disappearance
of the Heroine. *
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A splendid story breathing the true spirit
of western adventure. Based upon the
“rustling’^wars and implacable feuds of
cowmen and sheep raisers. - Principal
characters are a'cattleman who has won
the title of gamest sheriff in'Arizona; his
charming daughter, true to type, pride of
the Countryside and goddess of the cow-
boys; a singpl^rly attractive hero, just
bad enough to be human and interesting;
^ JmenV and a “black
horoine eiinfeshed in jheir wUes:, Contains -.
a romantic mib-pfot invoivmg the brother1" 1
and a delightful girL Made, up of stirring- —
exploits and exciting events.
Our next serial
Two ladies, gay, met a boy
h>ne, day, .
His legs were briar scratch-
ed, . / ; *.
His clothes were blue, but a
nut brown hue •
Marked the place where his
pants were patched
They bubbled with joy at the
t blue clad boy
With his spot of nut brown,
hue.' „
“Why didn’t you patch with a
color t<f match.”
They chuckled. “Why hot
with blue?”
Come, don’t be coy, my blue-
brown boy,
i” and they
laughed with- glee”.
And. he blushed rose-red.while
t he bashfully said,
"That ain’t no patch; that’s
me.” — Llanp, News..
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ONE OF THE .CLASSICS
I DONT!
My parents forbade me to
smoke.
I don’t!
Nor listen to a nAUghty Ufike.
I don’t.
They m^ke it clear I must not
wink
At pretty girls, nor even think'
Vyaali ijptsineatiiiL, diirtEr
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The Hatonia Argu8<sa'Vt’Sf„r^,'"&
the holidays was ,Mr. J. £
Allen, who has but recenai* _____w,...,.,*
moved into,the c ity, from..the ibeTront^ft^netimctiTm Work
by the Flatonia Printing
Company
HENRY HtfRR, Erittor Colony section: ~ ^ J\lV.~ ATTep
Airadyeftiiing will be run nine years
I charged foruhtn ontergddiacontin- hgg always kren
Telephone 57
11.60 A YEAR'
jlNo old woman could afford
to live in a shoe now.
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Wo eood social training.
camps and a soup drill.
—
•-T. -Or
There areao-many ways to
money it is a 'wonder
r that anybody sav^s any.
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TO TkADE —an inside vest
pocket, for any old thing.
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Lumber Company for I .-PI-------
airframe from our cvmtt.
page. The mistake
ftM unintentional.
On January 1st 1912 tho
editor took charge of
business. Just eight
today- and we’re
r good interested in
work. We’re going to
to you during the
19210' thirt an old
has spent most of his sevent
nine years on -the- -fnrm an'
______ - _____ an active,
energetic citizen, useful to his
■ community, a udiejusicountry.
Last year ho cultivated thirty
two acres, doing all his plow-
ing and other work incident to
the producing of a crop, and
sold $”50.00 worth of hogs,
besides supplying his own
larder with an ample amount
of-the finest lard and sausage
that ever happened. Mr. Al-
len has been married, fifty-
three years and is..udw • r&fs-
intf the third generation of
his family. /He* senflpd four
years in dhef War bet-vtefcn the
States and fourteen years, as
County Commissioner of Beat
No, 3 this county, and.' aliho
not as spry as in the days of
yore, he is still far from the
role of a 'Wall flower, and ex-
acts to raise a garden and’
akt* an active interest in the
doings of this section for some
The-A*gt»
not yet begun plans are rap-
idly whipping into .shape.;
Money is in hand,’ Old Spanish
Trail clubs are' • orgamemg- -in j
-veach county, and the State
Highway Commission is co-
operating. West of Kerrville,
thru the great cattle ranges,
all counties are preparing to
do their part. i_
“In anticipation of the o-
penirtg of the Los Angeles-New
Orleans section,” *Mr. Miller
continues, “we are putting out
magazine and news. gtories to
acquaintt he people! north and
south with conditions along
the. Highway. The magazines
are beginning to ask for-sto-
ries and-the big dailies , along
the'Trail are helping with Sun-
day illustrated pages, Tour-
i ists are being extensively
reached in this way. Travel
over the Highway will be
ready to Start \vhe,n construct-
ion work is ready.”
m
IIIK , « .
fith.aittL
t,L*doift! ;;
Wild youth chase women,
wine and song.
death;1—■... ——''***■
I kijg po girls- no^ even one;
You wouldn’t think I had
much fun. ’
I don’t!
..... ^Borrowed.
OLD SPANISH TRAIL.
Texas is coming rapidly to
A. simple little gift, incon-
seuqential in intrinsic worth,
ofttimes proclaims itself more
forcibly upon the memory of
him who- is^ the hjeky reerp-
•e.ni, tahn gold -or' precious
stones. ' With humble and
gratefuf-heart the Argus edi-
tor bows a hopelessly senti-
mental acknowledgement of .
gift that will to him bring un-
told joy and blissful solace
during the coming years,. A
beautiful Missouri Meer-
schaum, or in . other words a
corn cob pipe with the good
old fashioned '*-»rebd stem,
found its way through the
mails from a city far in the
fabled west, wherfe the sage
brush and the coyote, flourish-
k" ; *■,
fhh
yg -2
thi
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gut
p!
I for Infants and Childreu.
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h >iLCOIiOL%3 PEB CEVT.
1N1ANTS . OnmjiL;
ps
Thereby Promoting
Cheerfulness ResUCoBM*.
neither Opium. Morphine:nw
Mineral. Not Nabt.otic
Senna
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TiiSSli**
pa- i
A helpful Remedy fcr
Constipation aiwlDiarrhoei-
S ’ and Feverishiwss
I,
1 facsimile S^natar«.of
1stCEVMVR Commot.
NEWWgS:
[Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always
irs the
Signature,
of
S.
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Exact of Wrapper.
In
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Thirty Tears
CASTORIA
TMK OKHTAUM COMPANY, ■tWIMIOm.
4
iYtvnn
panaii
of Xheir own or* in situatoins
, agihke curfg1 upward -from thiscarry a^lueuc
vessel of magical powers for
mfriistering unto
the weary
v aquum dome,‘ the ringlets
x gins- not even one; ?nd c,url!c<?ue® of H^vily per-
I- do not-knowhow it is’done; ^meA JraXrance- assume in
— pleasant , imaginary
Soft curls of blond * '
And eyes of, blue,
And -heart.that’s true.
And as we lounge restfully ip
the. boss’ chair, ,our feet, unr
humbled by the austere stack
of billy dues, resting them-
BLIND eyes and deaf ears
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are blamable for many of the unals as were ever produced.
failures in this life. An ..exr:
ample of this truism is con-
tained in the fact that many of
our/young mxin and women
are turning a deaf ear and and
an unseeing eye to the appeals
of thebusiness colleges of this
country whose purpose of ex-,
istence; k to increase the cap-1
abilities of rthe young man
and .young woman. Many
business men would be better
business men had they-proper-
ly prepared themselves for
that vocation of life*. Many
who are now occupying posi-
tions of menial labor could as
standing had they but fhe
proper-business training. Par-
ents are storing up for1 them-
selves gray hairs and wrinkles
along the Old Spanish Trail.j
One third of the total mileage
or 950 miles is in Texas.
Inasmuch as the work is clouds we have created. Ht^p
selves lazily upon the bosom
of our tastefully disarranged
d e sk,- oilf* sottl—fteats^uut into
the world of the grey blue
well advanced from ' Los An-
geles, California, to the Texas
piness supreme engulfs bur
spirit being, and the beauties
line and also in Louisiana, this | and glories of a .higher and
Texas report becomes interest-1 and more blissful conscious-
ing.
Of the 950 miles of highway
through Texas, 280 miles are
complete, mostly paved; 43ft
lies are now constructing,
or vyitlj .cash iouhandi 240
miles are unsettled but Old
Spanish Trail Clubs and bther
interests are at wdbk and fav-
orable action expected.
Mr. H. L. Miller, the presi-
dent, states that, "It is be-
lieved the Old Spaftish Trail
wjll be • open in good shape
for tobrista and general travel
'from Los Angeles to New Qr-
ness reveal themselves. The
world with, its puny trials
and struggles which seemed so
real and insurmountable
moment agp-a week ago- a
year* ago- when was it any-
ifrayl JThis dream maze, has
quite”' betatron, us.J.^Xhat
• ...AA — — J T
*<frld. we “now laugh Stwid^ lr 01 '
wondpr if th.rp h» W .good. .Wall you
' fo-llowytheir ov’n inclinations
in. the matter of education.
It takes study- study that is
hard labor,' too- to prepare
anyone for a useful life.- Ev-
ery successful man has spent
more or less time in hard stu-
dy. Drag along as you are.
:The world will lake* care of
you. But listen, folks:, ig-
norance breeds bolshevist and
IWW ideas right along with
the poverty and disease class
of„sm a 11 troubles. We are
publishing nearly every yeek
an ppeal froam the Tyler
Commercial College, one of
the best business schools in
the country. We ask our
readers to take a few moments
and read these .articles.
Whether you read them or not
we get the money for the ad-
vertising just, tjje same. We
are asking yoy to" .read them
Tor the good of humanity and-
to breed, to feed and show an-
Now that .we are.
up the feeders and breeders
necessary, we loek-to see the
South year after year become
an increasingly strong compete
itor of the older livestock sec-
tions. Unquestionably we
have as good climatic- condi-
tions, and as so9h as we mas-
ter the feeding and hreedirtg
problems; the Sodth is practi-
callycertain to ‘ produce
fine livestock as the North and
West, and do it at less cost. .
We have made a .fine start ... f
let us keep the ball rolling.
We note with pleasure ar
mofirilfe, emplbyer^TtKT^
CentVal -Trust Company of
tmd San Anttmip- a .mlllton* dbltlf:
banking concern with seven
millions -of deposits, the name
of Mrs. Mamie Muench
manager of the safe deposit
depAllment. Mrs, Muonoh hw—
a Flatonia girl and*will be re-
membered by many of our
readers as Miss Mamie
Rhodes. The Argus compli- "
ments that great -financial In-
stitution on their good for- *
tune in securing the services
of so capable a manager for
this department of their busi-
ness.
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•' W..< , jW-
hopes that hd may be spared
to us for many years, .....
ISN’T IT STRANGE?
“It is strange that newspa-
per men should be compelled _ — ______, _ _____.
to ■ solicit advertising or give dope with toe idea of perma
arguments for its use,” re-
marked one who knows what
he is. talking about.. Funny
isn’t it, that a man who thinks
clean, as;he Is a business man will get
Clear the up in the morning from ad-
>y( vertised mattress, shave him*
leans by the winter of 1920.
It will not be complete but for
that distance it will be one<i
of the most advanced over-
land highways in the United
States. 'The highway work
being done in Texas is being
wonder if there be such thing
as sadness or hatet The pess-
imist may say that we are
but blinding ourself to the
real issues of life and selfishly
sidestepping the dangers that
to Others too aye lined along
life’s pathway. Poor things!
The grapes of this delight to
them no doubt are sour.' Fain
would we linger here, with-
out return to aught, and but
to wonder how further mucl)
is heaven. But listen I where-
fore this whishing sound?
We’re coming down! The
pipe’s gone out. We’re open
distances shortened. Cement;now for gift of Albert Prince,
bridges are-being built, even j (Censored),
over small waterways. New „ —-o—
courses are being surveyed to I Saving ia a habit. Cultivate
avoid low levels. Between [it. Buy WAS.
do it?
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THE SOUTH IS GETTING
ON THE LIVESTOCK . .
MAP ■'
When at the International
nence. Bad crooks and turns
are being straightened and
Livestock Show at Chicago
early in the month the South
won, nine grand champion-
ships /and the Texas Stock-
judgjng Team non out^over
all competitors, home of them
from the heart of the livestock
country of the Central West,
two things were proved: first,
that potentially the South is
as gopd a livestock country
as there is anywhere and .sec-
ond, thqt we are,getting tlie
livestock men, the breeders
and feeders, who know how
. Those who have kindly re-
membered The Argus with
subscription payments during
the past week are:
‘ M. A. Kubena
Emil Vybiral
Julius Pavlas
Mrs. Scott.
Ed Needham
Misses Eliska
W. F.. SchtttX
. L. Liebe. w
Ida Herder
F. Svasta
Ed Berger. ; •
"E. A.. Arnim. ,. ; *
‘ A. Bruitnemanfi ■
'J._ M. Harrison, & Son.
J. J. Hodanek
. Mrs. Woodmansee
. sW. Miller .1, *
R>Millqr. - r*
E. M, Mikulik
Mrs. Wm. Stein "
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of tl
put I
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local
to cu
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great
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Co.,
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thru
of th
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clrcul
F. L. Ermis
• G. W. Hoefner •
H. R. Thulemeyer
W. Miller
W. H. Petty
Anton Pavlas
M. Fernau.
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Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1920, newspaper, January 8, 1920; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth989728/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.