Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-10-03
EAST TEXAS Blue BOOK
An Edition de Luxe of the Standard
Blue Book of Texas Is Now
Nearing Completion.

An edition of the standard Blue
Book of Texas is now nearing compile
ton. Palestine is to be made fea-
ture, and will have a splendid repre-
sentation. Capt A. j. Peeler, general
manager of the Standard Blue Book
Co., with Mack J. Sullivan, secre
tary of the company, are here to give
their personal attention to our city
and to see that it shall have as fine
a showing in the work as any of our
sister East Texas cities.
Mr.. A. R. Howard, treasurer of the
l. & G. n. railway, at the urgent re-
quest of Thomas ]. Freeman, made
Capt. Peeler the guest of the road
yesterday, and Mr.. Howard had the
captain in tow showing him about the
city and presenting him to our citi-
zens.
Capt. Peeler, who is well and IA
vorably known from New York City
to Mexico, and was honored few
years ago by the Mexican Republic as
its POSTMASTER to the presidential
and diplomatic banquet given at the
national capital, and whose connec-
tons in Texas are among the most
prominent, influential and wealthiest,
was seen today and gave out the fol
lowing:
1.-The work that we will finish up
and conclude with Palestine and Ty-
Ter, is a very important work, and
you people should go your full length
in getting a fine representation. This
book embraces the wealth, refinement
educational and industrial progress of
the principal cities of East Texas,
and as you are the social and COM
mercial metropolis of this great sec
ton of imperial Texas, you should
have the most prominent place, and
we are here to give it to you if you
really want it and mean business.
1.-THE Blue Book is digested pic
>torial and detailed history of the fl
nancial and commercial standard bear
ers of each local community of East
Texas, blended tremendously with the
elite society of the locality.
"The worlds historian writes his |
tory of the world, the states historian |
writes a history of the state. 1t will
be our object, by engraving and in
type, to present detailed statement |
of each community to the other, MAX
ing, in fact, unique history of the |
Clty anu COuuIy, anu COuSlllulluS a
graceful and forecful introduction of |
the foremost of the community to |
those of our section, state and nation. |
It is, you might indulge me to say. as |
the electric light is to the candle in |
the way of Illustrating and elucidat- |
ing"
Capt. Peeler then exhibited his |
press book, containing newspaper clip /
pings on the merit of his work, from |
the Houston Post, Houston Chronicle,
Orange Leader, Kirbyville Banner,
Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont Jour-
nal, Marshall Messenger, Nacogdoches |
Daily Sentinel, Lufkin Daily News,
Weekly Newsboy, Center Daily News,
etc, all of which gave him the very
highest commentator
To better introduce Capt Peeler to
odf sienOW-citizens we will reproduce
the letter of Col Sam Park, lumber
king millionaire of Beaumont, and the
president of the Industrial Lumber
company, introducing Capt. A. j. Peel
err to John w. Gates, the great Wall /
street notwithstanding, financier and
pIunger:
COL John w. Gates,
Port Arthur, Texas.
My dear Mr. Gates:-This will
serve to present to you my friend,
Captain A J. Peeler, president of the
Standard Blue Book company of
Texas.
The Captain will devote his person
al attention to an edition de Luxe of
his Blue Book, exclusively for East
Texas, covering the wealth and indus
trial progress of this section. His last
two works on Houston and Beaumont
will rank him among the greatest in
dustrial advocates of this country.
enclose you a number of testimonials
and newspaper clippings, which fully
explain his extensive scope of work.
Captain Peeler is native Texan, a
graduate of the State University, and
is well and favorably known from
New York to Mexico.
As token of appreciation for what
Captain Peeler did for Mexico in