The Mineola Daily Argus (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1903 Page: 2 of 4
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THE
MINEOLA DAILY ARGUS.
Published every Morning except
Monday Morning.
Office of Publication: Upstairs,
in the Colloway Brick,
on Broadway.
subscription rate.
15c a week, 50c a month, $1.50
for three months, $3.00 for six
months, or $6 a year—cash in-
variably in advance.
as Second Class Matter.
J. K. FOSTER, Publisher.
First Practice.
The Mineola Brass band,
under the leadership of Prof.
Ed N. Riley of Greenville,
gave its first practice as
newly reorganized at Mayor
Iluffmaster's office Monday
! night. Several new pieces
• as well as old ones were
I played in splendid time. It
was a very interesting meet-
ing and the boys were much
encouraged at their pros-
pects to make the band
Application -made for admission, second to none in this part
into the postofiice in Mineola j of the state. Pros. Riley is
| agreeably surprised to find
I that the band is composed
! of such excellent musical
mineola, tex.,'February 11, '03. talent and is confident of
developing same to a high
Violation of City Ordinances.
A lot of boys, who seem
to have nothing to do but
loaf around town, are in the
habit of shooting shot from
air guns on the streets and
against houses in open viola-
tion of a city ordinance.
The practice is dangerous
and should be stopped.
There is another and same
being continually violated,
and that is fast riding along
the streets. It would be
well enough for the officers
whose duty it is to look af-
I ter such things, to stop these
plain violations of the city
j ordinance, if they have time
to do so. Citizen.
Announcements.
City election, Tuesday, April
7, 11)03.
For Mayor:
J. W. McMURRY
I. H. HUFFMASTER
for Alderman, Sooth Ward.
To The Voters Of Mineola: In Roliultation of
your nupport will iuy tliat 1 urn a permanent cili" .
. .•II of Mineola. and will Immeasurably appreciate ^ pCCtationS Of tllC people,
your support.
II. C. WILLIAMS
For City Attorney:
ANDREW. J. BRITTON
For Alderman, West Ward:
M, S. PICKARD
For City Marshal:
degree. The band now be-
gins regular practice every
Monday and Thursday
nights in each week. Min-
eola people have every cause
to feel proud of the band,
and the boys aim to do their
best in order to meet the ex-
M. T. CAGE
NOTICT.
The double column article
on first page was contributed
by the prohibition commit-
tee, and is published as paid
matter. The other side of
the question can receive the
same accommodation, at
the same price, upon the
same terms and treated in
the same fair manner.
Shooting Scrape.
A shooting scrape is re-
ported to have occurred yes-
terday between Will Rober-
son, a young man and John
Lankford, a middle-aged
man, at Golden. Shots were
exchanged but neither belli-
gerant was harmed. It is
said that they began to en-
gage in a fist fight the day
before but were separated
before they could get good
started to satisfy their pas-
sions.
Don't forget that you
must pay your subscription
in advance if you wish to sc-
c u r e Tiie Daily Argus
hereafter. See our "Notice
to Subscribers."
Subscribe for The Daily Argus'
Attentionl
All the friends of local op-
tion, men and women, are
requested to meet at the
Methodist church in this city
this Wednesday evening,
Feb. 11, at 7:30 o'clock, for
the purpose of furthering the
interest of local option in
Wood county.
H. C. Geddie. Com.
Don't forget that you must
pay yonr subscription in ad-
vance if you wish to secure
The Daily Argus hereafter.
See our "Notice to Subscrib-
ers."
I Am Here to Stay.
1 fu ll Clothes for Ed. V. Price, J. Solomon,
International Tailoring Co., I-'rotI KuufYinan,
Rohc & Co., National Tailoring Co., (irt.'ut
Western Tailoring Co., and Franks & Co.
For Ladies
we havo the famous Grossman Tailor Mivlc
Clothes, also other Rood companies. Wo sell
all goods at 20 pur cent discount.
We clean Gent's Clothes and Ladles' Skirtfl,
and have tailor for all kinds of repair work,
al.Ui to do all kindn of sowing.
V/e make all kinds of Ladies* Garments, or
order them Tailor Made. Come and see us at
Miss 4 en nli- 1J lake's old stand, opposite Aiifon
| R MunzeHheimer'B store.
City Tailoring Co.,
W. A. CLARK,
Proprietor.
Letter List.
The following letters were
advertised and unclaimed at
the Mineola postofiice yes-
terday:
gents.
Charley Nelson
Esser Rece
Ellie Reeves
George Marshall
C. B. Williams
J. C. Breeding
Rocendo Flordy
Jesse Bobbins
Dick Rosser
M. C. Ames
ladies.
Essteller Wood.
Fletie Austin
E. O. Alexander
Mariah Fields
BLIND STAGGERS
PREVENTED I
By Using
Security Stock Food.
Cull for Illustrated Pamphlet Treatise*
for of £tock a'xJ o her Valuably In-
PROGRAM.
New Hope School Entertainment,
Friday, Feb, 20, 1903.
1 Opening song by choir.
2 Recitations by pupils.
3 Public Education — C.
W. Vickery, Hainesville.
4 A poor boy's chance for
an education—B. J. Osborn,
Alba.
5 Recitation by Miss Nina
Smith.
G Welcome Address—H.
II. Wilson.
Noon: From 12 to 1
o'clock.
7 Meeting called together
by choir.
8 Co-operation of teacher,
patrons and county judge—
A. A. Snow, Quitman.
9 Composition (on any
subject) Miss Ella Black,
Redland.
10 "Old Settlers' Reunion
— D. E. Sutherland, Quit-
man.
11 Industrial School in
Wood county—A. D. Jack-
son, Mineola.
12 Talk by patrons and
teachers.
13 Contest. A fine cake
will be awarded the most
popular young lady. Tickets
will be sold at 5c each or 6
for 25c.
Everybody invited to come
and bring well filled baskets.
Contest closes at 3 p. m.
H. H. Wilson,
Cx. F. Litciiford,
W. H. Smith,
Trustees.
Don't forget that yon must
pay your subscription in ad-
vance if you wish to secure i
The Daily Argus hereafter.!
| See our "Notice to Subscrib-
ers." !
FRESH MEAT.
We make a specialty of
handling only the choicest
Meats, Lard, etc,, and you
12 will always receivo high
treatment at our market.
J. C. WOOD, Prop rietor,
h. c. Williams, mgr.
Splendid Woodman Work.
District Deputy- Winston
H. Vance c 2 the W. O. W.
passed tliru Mineola yester-
day en route to his home in
Wills Point from Quitman,
where he has been laboring
over 3 weeks in the interest
of the order he represents.
He informed us that he
wrote 20 applications, for
membership in the Quitman
camp and also organized a
Woodman Circle of 30 mem-
bers there. He also organ-
ized a county W. O. W. log
rolling while in the county
seat, the first meeting of
which will be on next July
4th. He also made official
visits to other surrounding
camps and had good results.
Sovereign Vance will next
labor in Smith county for the
W. O. W.
I. & G. N. Excursion Rates.
Account Washington's Birth-
day celebration at Laredo.
Roundtrip for $6.50. Date of
sale Feb. 21, limited Feb. 24.
To Monterey, Mexico* and re-
turn $9.50. Dato of sale Feb.
21, limited Feb. 24.
local news
Of Mineola and Surrounding
Country.
The Mineola Gin Co., with
T. W. Brooks as manager,
has ginned 990 bales of cot-
ton to date, with a prospect
of ginning 1025 bales at least
ere the season closes.
Col Peters of Colorado
City has just sold out one
car load of fine horses and
unloaded another car of the
same stock last Thursday.
He has them for sale or trade
at the City pound.
For the best staple and
fancy groceries go to Sims
& Co. tf.
Manager J. D. Rucker of
the Mineola Box Mfg. Co.
informs us that as soon as
the dry sheds and shelters
are built to the plant, which
will be in a few days, the
plant will run both night and
day, in order to manufacture
goods to fill orders already
booked.
Secretary W. A. Karns
says the Mineola Brass band
is indebted to Prof. Cox of
Colorado City for a piece of
music of his own composi-
tion.
Edgewood, Old Forester and
Cloverdale
Pickard's.
whiskies at
M. S.
tf.
Whenever a bit of news
comes under your observa-
tion or into your knowledge,
please note it on a piece of
paper and hang it on one of
Tiie Argus copy h6oks to be
found in nearly all the stores
and offices in Mineola. We
will collect the matter off the
hooks two or three times
daily and have it appear in (
the next issue of The Argus. train layed
*«Jr mutton#
a
n. S. UNTOsrvtwist,
i Fifteen cents a week or
50 cents a month gees. The
Minf-ol* Dvly Argus.
Tiie Argus is here to stay.
Did you know it?
The decorative and display
work executed by W. M.
Todd in Aaron Munzesheim-
er's store is very pretty and
attractive and shows much
skill and genius in the maker
of it.
J. W. McMurry is on the
sick list.
Fresh bread every- day at
Robins & Henry's restaurant
and confectionery store.
E. Pink Williams has be-
gun remodeling the decora-
tive and display work for the
spring and summer dress
goods in the Big Four store.
J. W. Bogan's left hand
which has been afflicted with
a carbuncle for about 2
weeks, is slowly improving.
Sims & Co. solicit your
grocery trade, promising you
pure goods ana prompt de-
livery. tf.
Bud Beaird is able to be
up, after a week's illness,
and will resume his work as
city night watch tomorrow
night. Willis Noble has
been night watching during
his illness.
M. M. Mansell now has
charge of the festanrant in
the rear of J. M. Ardrey'3
saloon, vice J. E. Giles re-
signed.
R. L. Dry has
as extra man at
Depot hotel.
Fine lot of big red apples just
received at R. C. Clark's gro-
cery. • tf
R. C. Dyer, representing
the Texas Printers Supply
Co. of Dallas, was in Min-
eola yesterday evening and
gave The Argus a business
call. He informed us that
Webster Flanagan dropped
dead in Carthage yesterday
morning. He didn't know
whether it was Webster
Flanagan. Sr„ or Jr.
Engineer A. McCarmsh of
the I. & G. N. passenger,
off yesterday
evening and Engineer W. R. j
Bailey took his run to Troupe!
and return. '
Z. W. Cannon ot Tyler,
editor of the Diversifier, was
in Mineola yesterday even-
ing. Mr. Cannon proposes
! to give Wood county a
write-up in the Diversifier if
j the people will take a liber-
!al quantity of the papers
containing the write-up.
The proposition is a good
one and our people should
take advantage of it readily.
The Famous John Williams
Chili at Robins & Henry's.
Smith & Son have been
lowering some of their wa-
ter works piping which the
grader dug up in work-
ing the streets recently.
They will put down more
piping to furnish other cus-
tomers as soon as the weath-
er will permit the work.
They have just installed a
new engine in their plant in
the old iron works building.
Sixteen railroad men pass-
ed thru Mineola yesterday
en route to Dallas to find
work.
H. C. Williams has resign-
ed his position as manager
of the J. C. Wood meat mar-
ket and left yesterday af-
ternoon for Dallas to pur-
chase an outfit of butcher's
tools with the intention of
establishing a new meat
market in Mineola.
J. K. Rucker, manager of
the Mineola Box Mfg. Co.,
went to Longview yesterday
to visit his family. He in-
tended moving his family to
Mineola this week, but will
wait till the weather clears
up.
Fresh Cat and Buffalo fish
three times per week at
Schultz's tf
Taylor Bros, moved into
their residence Saturday and
yesterday finished moving
their iron works from the
old building to their new
building across Pacific ave.
from the steam laundry.
Miss Norma Simms will
give a masquerade party at
her home in west part of
town next Friday night. It
promises to be a superb oc-
casion.
Hotel Arrivals.
a position
the Union
FERGUSON HOUSE.
•< J. M. Brannon,New York;
S. P. Coats, Chattanooga;
T. G. Edmonds, Golden;
Mrs. T. James, Tyler; W.C.
Griffith, Terrell; A. C.
Thompson, Dallas; Chas.
Mulford, Dallas; F. M. Car-
ter, St. Louis; R. E. Wyley,
Dallas; T. B. Evans, Mem-
phis; lu C. Brady, West
Station; J. Moody, city;
Sam Martain, Madill, I. T.;
Miss Weaver, Tyler: Carrie
Ezell, Tyler; L. C. James,
Ft. Worth; Jess Gleeves,
Royce.
UNION DEPOT.
Kelley Nowlin, Garden
Valley; R. F. Gibson, Tyler;
Jno. Smith and wife, San
Antonio; H. S. Crain, For-
ney; Arthur Kahn, Oklaho-
ma; H. C. Perry, Ten-ell; A.
D. Harle, Kansas City; R.
F. Mansfield, G. A. Carter,
I. Rosenbaum, A. McMillon,
Ed F. Lacy, L. Doney,
S. L. Dale, Wm. Standish,
Pat Linehand, Will Holtey,
Dallas; T, F. Horton, Chica-
go-
■
— ■ ..u
Subscribe for Thf Daii.y Anws.
Personal Mention.
Wade Mansell had busi-
ness in Greenville Monday.
J. B. Woods was in Golden
| Monday laying off town lots.
Mr. Woods says that the
anties and pros both told
him that they would carry
; Golden.
H. S. Crain of Forney, an
old time newspaper man,
but now representing and
state manager of the Nation-
al Life Insurance Co. of Chi-
cago and Washing-ton City,
passed thru Mineola yester-
day en route to Lindale to
solicit business several days.
He will probably work Min-
eola soon.
Mrs. J. F. Bennett of Ty-
ler spent Sunday and Mon-
day with 'her father, Philip
Weaver, and family.
Arthur Kahn of Dallas,
formerly a citizen of Min-
eola, was here yesterday.
Mrs. R. H. Quails of Hills-
boro arrived Monday to visit
her daughter, Mrs. J. P.
Kittrell, in this city a week.
Miss Cardie Braziel of
Quitman, who has been vis-
iting R. C.Clark and family,
left yesterday afternoon for
Grand Saline to visit her sis-
ter, Mrs. Oswald Jones.
J. Bendel, representing
the Greenville Mill & Eleva-
tor Co., did business in Min-
eola yesterday.
Mrs. V. V. Hart went to
Tyler yesterday to visit Mrs.
Bettie McDougal a day or
so.
Geo. Finburg made a fly-
ing trip to Lindale yesterday.
Riley Marchman of Lin-
dale, formerly of this city,
was in Mineola yesterday.
Mr. Bramlett of Grand
Saline was in the city Mon-
day.
J. J. McDaniel returned
Monday night from a busi-
ness trip to Southwest Texas.
T. J. Thompson and fami-
ly are spending the week in
Pine Mills with Mrs. Thomp-
son's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Lindley.
Eugene Rosenbaum of
Dallas, who once resided in
Mineola, was in the city yes-
terday.
Dr. F. L. Jones is up
again after barely escaping
an attack of pneumonia.
A very interesting hunting
account of "Three Days in
the Jungles of Lake Fork"
is unavoidably crowded out
of this issue.
Important Notice.
To our subscribers: When
trading with our advertisers
please tell the salesman or
saleslady that you noticed
their ad. in The Daily Ar-
gus, for it will prove to the
merchants that you read
their ads., and they will not
only realize that their adver-
tisements are profitable to
them but they will also re-
gard it as a compliment to
be told that their store news
is read the same as the gen-
eral news of the paper. This
is a small thing to request of
you, but it is the small
courtesies of life that add
so much joy and sweet to
human existence.
Phone us the news.
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The Mineola Daily Argus (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1903, newspaper, February 11, 1903; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254288/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.