Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-10-07
TRADES DAY
TO BE BIG
EVENT HERE
Many Entertaining Features
On Program For Bargain
Day Here Tuesday, Oct
ober 9th

Completed q rarrcmcnts for Browns
Vile next Trades Day. Tu .,day Octo-
Der .. promises an event cXcccding all
previous bargain DAYS in attractions. a.
y thu past practically every mcrchlnt
IN Brownsville is offering special bar
gains and this ftattlc Of the day will
prove If sprc..l interc.S at this time.
.ha beginning % thl fall shopping sea
,on. 1t is the time 20 lay bon fall
upply of merchandise stated ONE
merchant. and we are offering values
n Brownsvilc that cannot be ,qualcd
isewhcre."
An additional attraction ~ seen iu
he fac; that all the good offered for
ialc AZ rluccd prices Will bc new fall
merchandise. ana Brownsville mcr
chants have the largest and mos
omrlctc stocks ever offered here
TucSd-y will ~ the first of the
second series OF Trades Days hold in
Brownsville. the success Of the fiist
series NJ three being such that ncE-
.harts decided to hold another series
on greater scalc than ever before
TN add interest to the event. spec
ial prizes have been provided IN add-
ton To an interesting program Of races
md other free events. Cash awards to-
falling $500 will ~ given on that day
divided as follows First award. 5000 in
rold second award. Sl00 in gold; third
aw u $50 IN gold: fourth a1d fifth
awards, S25: and five awards Of 500
each a band has been provided 20 fur
Hish music throughout the day. and free
moving pictures viii be shown AZ the
Queer Theatre.
Beginning al 1880 o'clock. special
program OF races will b. staged ~ Fort
Brown parade ground No charges will
bc made for entrance IN any of these
events, end entries may bc made any
time up 20 thirty nitrate before the
races berin. with tn, clerk of tho races.
Prizes for these events were donated
~ Brownsville merchants. The commit
tie is mixing plans for a large s'tcn-
dance. a. the demrnd for Trades Day
tickets indicates that large crowSs will
hc in Brownsville for the bargain day
events.
The $500 IN cash will be given away
on the vacant lot west of tho postoffice.
promptly at 400 pm.
The complutc program for the after
noon. with the prizes in each event,
follows:
(a) Horse race, two hundred yards.
for horses under fifteen hands high.
First prize S25e0; Second prize: $1,000.
(b) Horse race. two hundred yards.
for horses fifteen hands or over First
Prize. $1,000; Second prize: English
broadcloth shit.
(c) Best equipped horse and rider.
civilian: First prize, Dunlap hat; SEC
ond prize: Blanket
td) Whcclbarrow race. one hundred
yards: First prize. A Swift's Premium
Ham. Second prize: - pound sack
Of flour.
(e) Wheelbarrow race with rider. fir.
ty yards First prize. A forty eight N.
sack of flour; Second prize. A box or
fly cigars.
Cf) Sack race. fifty yards: First prize,
Star Ham; Second prize:a box of fifty
cigars.
(gD Mems foot race. one hundred
yards: First prize: 100 pound ice cou
pom book; Second prize: Box Of candy;
Third prize: Quart Of grape juice.
fh) Foot race for boys under sixteen
years. one hundred yards: Firs. pr zc.
A PA box camera; Second prize:30 days
admission to Queen Theatre; Third
pr zc: Six ncckties.