Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-31
CITY NEWS


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NeW Auto Licenses-Three automobile
licenses were issued by the county clerks
office yesterday. Two of them were to
NJ. Schmidt of Harlingen, numbers 172
and 173, and the third was issued to Leo
y. Hill of San Benito, whose number is
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Get a subscription catalogue from tn
Palace of Sweets and see the splendit
club rates offered on all magazines.
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IndcTing Deed RecOrdS-Hurt Batsell
and c. B. Winstead have taken a sub
contract to index the deed records of
Cameron county, and are actively Ell
gagged in the work. The job will require
a long time, the boys figuring that they
will consume eight months in completing
it.
Hot Chocolate at the Elite CORRECTION.
airy.
Last Pre-Lcntcn Dance-Members OF
the Elks club and their friends are pre-
pairing 70 rtheir last dance before the ar
rival of Lent. The dance will be at the
club hall tonight, and special music has
been engaged for the occasion under the
direction of Prof. r.. J.. COney Of Gin
c%innati, who is to be the director Of
music at the new Dreamland theatre.
One of the largest crowds of the season
is expected to attend.
Fresh Home Made Candy every day.
Tree delivery Elite Confectionery.
Looking B0ckWdrd-Not inclined TO
accept the reversed order of things was
an old man who attended the new Casino
theatre a night or two ago. Instead of
at the front of the building, and the old
man determined to look to the rear for
his amusement, and starddled a chair all
during the performance. 1t took some
persuasion by attendants to make him
turn.
See the GdumORt Weekly, scenes of
current events and the keystone farce
comedies at the Casino today. 1t
Business DircctOry-W. II. Ward, who
has been located in Brownsville for sew
eral months, having come here from De
Kalb, H., Is engaged in making a direc-
tory of the business houses of the city.
Mothers Club Beneft-Hundreds of
tickets have been sold by the Mothers
club for the benefit performances given
by the Gem theatre. Last night the thea
tire was well crowded with people who
had purchased tickets from the ladies
and school children. Another benefit
performance will be given for the
Mothers Club at the theatre tonight.
Telegraph Improvements Completed
Today-The all-copper circuit from
Houston to Brownsville, along the line Of
the st. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
railroad, will be completed into Browns
Vile today. This will enable the West
nrn Union and the railroad company to |
facilitate their telegraph work consider
ably.
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LoJJ % EooI TFoLnrJ StpiEinn tho |
awning Of the Miller hotel building with
A thud that sounded like a small eXplO-
sion, POntaleOn, a porter, used a ladder
he balance of the way to the ground yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock, none the |
worse for a fall from a window i'll the
bird story of the building. People in
he lobby heard the crash and rushed
to see what had happened. De
spite the fact that POntalcOn had fallen
a distance of about thirty feet, he sat on
A ladder was brought and he descended.
He walked into the lobby with a smile
OH his face and rubbing a few sore spots
but with never a word of explanation.
He had been cleaning windows, and in
some way became Overbalanced, topping
1ut. Aside from the few sore spots, he
was not injured.
A Grippe Victim Master Lambert
Cain has been very i'll for several days
with grippe, but is now convalescent.
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