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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
SHERIFF'S SALE
THE STATE OF K
COUNT YOF CAMERON


Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue Of a certain Order Of Sale is
sued out of the Honorable District
Court Of Cameron County on the
4th day of March 1929 by Jno. P.
Seaman, Clerk Of said Court, for
the sum of ~($1425.6o) Fourteen
hundred twenty five and 60-100
Dollars and costs of suit, under a
Judgment, in favor Of A. T.. Bracht,
Jr., in a certain cause in said Court,
No. 1882 and styled: A. L. Bracht,
Jr., VS.. A. l.. Bracht, ST., and j. 0.
Prentiss, placed in my hands for
service, I, w. F. Brown, as Sheriff
Of Cameron County, Texas, did on
the Is day Of March, 1929, levy on
certain Real Estate, situated in
Cameron County, Texas, described
as follows. to-wit: Beginning at a
point on the line IL of the survey of
the San Benito Land & Water
Company in the Conception de
Carricitos Grant Of Cameron Coun-
ty, Texas, which point is north So
degrees IL minutes West 2081 feet
from the corner common to Blocks
81, 80, 83, and "a Of said Survey
thence south 80 degrees 43 minutes
| West 1889 feet thence North At de-
grees 13 minutes East 1884 feet
thence North 90 degrees "a minutes
East 1881 feet thence south SO de-
grees IL minutes East 1922 feet to
the place Of beginning containing
four acres more or less, and levied
upon as the property Of A. T..
Bracht, ST., and j. o. Prentiss and
that on the first Tuesday in May,
1929, the same being the 7th day of
said month, at the Court House
door Of Cameron County, in the
City of Brownsville, Texas, between
the hours Of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m,
by virtue Of said levy and said Or
der Of Sale. I will sell said above
described Real Estate at public
vendue for cash to the highest
bidder. as the property Of said
A. L. Bracht, Sr., and j. 0. Prentiss
And in compliance with law, ]
give this notice by publication, in
the English language, once q week
for three consecutive weeks i'm
mediately preceding said day OF
sale, in The Brownsville Herald, a
newspaper published In Cameron
County.
Witness my hand, this 9th day
Of March, 1929.
". F. BROWN, Sheriff
Cameron County, Texas
By l.. A. Jagou, Deputy.
3-29-5-12-3t-3382.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Of Cameron Coutny, Texas, did on
the Goth day OF March, 1929, levy
on certain real estate, situated III
Cameron County, Texas, described
as follows. to-wit:
All that certain land situated
within the corporate limits OF Sants
Maria Water improvement District
Cameron County Number Four, con1
SiSting Of fiv eacreS Of land out of q
part Of the La Feria grant in Cam
eron County, Texas. known as five
acres of land being Lot No. r, EEsS5
er Drive Subdivision on Flo Grandd
River near Mercedes as per Deed
filed July Is, 1925, recorded in Vol
1877, pages 246-247 of Deed Records
Of Cameron County. Texas, deed
being from II. F. & Fl. II. Kaiser I'd
w. E. Wexford and Edna Yancy|
and levied upon as the property OF
w. z. Wexford and Edna Yancy|
and that on the first Tuesday In
May, 1929, the same being the 18th
day Of said month, at the Court
House door of Cameron County, II
the City Of Brownsville, Texas, be-
tween the hours Of 10 a. m. and 4
p. m, by virtue Of said levy and said
Order Of Sale, I will sell said above
described Real Estate at public ven-
due, for cash to the highest bidder
as the property of said w. E. Vel
ford and Edna Yancy.
And In compliance with law, ]
give this notice by publication, 81
the English language, once a week
for three consecutive weeks inmedi-
ately preceding said day Of sale, ir
the Brownsville Herald, a newspa-
per published in Cameron county.
Witness my hand, this 18th day
Of March, 1929.
w. F. Brown, Sheriff,
Cameron County, Texas,
BY D. A. Jagou, Deputy.
3-29-5-12-3t-3383.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

No. 1929. In Re: Cameron Coun-
ty Water Improvement District
number twelve, In Cameron Coun-
ty, Texas.
In the District Court Of Cam
eron County, Texas, 103rd Judicial
District; April term, A. D. 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
SHERIFF'S SALE

The SLaCe OF Texas,
County of Cameron.
Notice Is hereby given that by vir-
tue Of a certain Order Of Sale issued
out Of the honorable Criminal Dis
trict Court of Cameron County on
the 25th day Of February, 1929, by
Jno. ?. Seaman. Clerk OF said Court,
for the sum Of Sixty-three and
74-100 dollars (S63.74) and costs of
suit, unde re- Judgment, in favor
OF Santa Maria Water Imp. Dist.
No. 4 in a certain cause in said
court, No. 1857 and styled: Santa
Maria Water Improvement District
No. 4 vs.. w. e. Wexford and Edna
Yancy, placed in my hands. for
service, I, w. F. Brown, as Sheriff
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

RIO GRANDE RAILWAY ,..,
TO Point Isabel, $50 a. N.
Froap Point Isabel, 4 .. N.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Train Schedules
MISSOURI Pacific XrNEs

3W1DDOONL EACITIC IIWES
No. 12-To Houston, San Antonio,
a. N.
No. 1910 Houston. San Antonio. et,
Louis, 6:35 p. m.
No. 15-Fron st. Louis, San Anto.
MO. Houston, 7:55 q. n.
No. 11-From San Antonio and Hous-
ton. 9:55 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

N. p. TRANSPORTATION co.
Cars to Mission on the hour every
hour, s a. m. to 8 D.. m, and at 7:3l
a. m, $3.50 p. m, 7:30 p. m. and 9 p. N
To Point Isabel. 8 a. m. and II noon
4 q. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

POSTAL RATES
b United States air mail pcstaFs
rate Is ) cents for the first ounce and
10 cents for each additional ounce 81
traction thereof. Letters mailed In
me united States for the points ia
Mexico take this rate. mn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Air Mail Schedules

The schedule for the mail between
Brownsville and Dallas is announced
by the postoffice department rs fol.
lows:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
SOUTHERN PACIFIC y.rrrs

No. 319-From Houston, San Antoa
MO, 6:15 q. N.
No. SOTO Houston. San Antonto
BIS p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
NATIONAL LINES or MEXICO

(Matamoros Station)
No. 132-To Monterrey. Mexico City
$50 a. m.
No. 131-From Mexico City, Monter
reg, $3.50 .. N.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
.32 CENTS PER DAY
 ONCE FIXED WAGES
Massachusetts Law Set Maxi
 mum Pay Back in 1880

Washington. Nov. 29-TcXtile workers scraping along on SIP or s14 a week may be somewhat en- couraged to learn that theirs is a princely income as compared to wage -earners in America three hum dread years ago.
 Of course. in the good old days it only cost 10 or ? cents a day to feed a worker. but it probably was very seldom that he ever had the thrill of spending 25 cents at a time.
 The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows how wages have risen in a bulletin just issued covering from about 1620 to the end of 1928. One learns of improvements in working conditions and abolition of various restrictions on labor, but not of any more than one might have expected in 300 years.
 America has always paid higher wages than Europe and the early colonial governors often wondered what the world was coming to when they saw a day laborer receiving as much as 30 cents a day.
 About 16SO a law of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony provided that "Carpenters, Joyners, Briclllayers ! Savers. and Thatchers shall not take above ? shillings 4S,G cents) a day. and 1Gd. (32 Cents) a day if | they have meate and drinke, nor shall any man give more under paine of los. (S2.43) 10 taker and eiver; and that savers shall not take above As. Cd. {s1.00) ye hun dred. if they have their wood felled and squared for them. and not above 5s. Cd. if they fell and square their wood themselves"
 AlsO-"It was ordered that la bourers shah not take above 12d. 1 (24.3 Cents) a day for their worke, and not not above Cd. G2 cents) and meatc and drinke, under paine of 10c.
 Originally workers were not paid in money but through q system of barter In Virginia they were paid in tobacco. X court order fixed the daily wage on one job as 20 pounds of tobacco. worth about 30 cents.
 Board was generally provided for workers and in that case between 10 and 16 cents a day was knocked off the legal wage.
 Miss Estelle M. Stewart, who com- piled the earlier part Of the bule- tin from which these facts arc taken, found evidence of an carly
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

but by 1898 carpenters, blacksmiths and masOns were doing better than dollar day in Pennsylvania. In 1712 common labor earned 42 cents Q day in Boston and 2S cents in New York, with as low as q cents being paid in South Carolina.
 Massachusetts shoe workers aver aged 73 cents from 179O to 1900 and s1.O6 between 1920 and 1880. About 1912 Maryland weavers were getting 50 cents.
 Perhaps the first union consisted of 2G Philadelphia journeymen printers, who met in 17S6 and unanimously resolved to stand no wage reduction and to work for no one for less than SC a week
 The bureau points out that car penters worked an average of G5 hours a week in 1S4O for an aver age of s1.25 q day in Massachusetts and that in 1928 the Boston carpen- tcrs received $l.25 an hour with a 44-hour week. New York brick
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

liquor problem in this statute of 1641:
 Whereas it is found by too com- mon and sad experience in all parts of the Colony that forcing of labour- CTS and other workmcn to take wine in pay for wages is a great nursery CT preparative to drunkenness It is therefore ordered and ordained by this court that no labourer or workman whatsoever shall after ye publication and promulgation hereof be inforced or pressed to take wine in pay for his labour."
 In 1637 New York bricklayers were making so cents a day and laborers 40 to 50 cents, though in 1648 some New York Iaborers were getting but 2S. A carpenter could only get 42 cents a day in Virginia in 1862. The governor of New Am Sterdam hired a carpenter in 1873 for SIP month without board Building craftsmen were drawing 4O cents a day in New Jersey in 1GSO.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
City Items

Steve Waskitz of 151 Governor street reported 10 the police We'd nesday eveni..g that a tire had been stolen from his car while it was parked in his yard the night before.
 New classes forming. Enter now. Connecticut Business College.-advt.
 Officer Joseph Kennedy heard the burglar alarm ringing at the Pack ard Fur store, 25 Arch street, yes- terday morning, but an investigation revealed that no one was in the place.
 AXelrod's drugs, we deliver, call 10 -advt.
 Charles w. Fish of R. r. D. No. 2 reported 10 the police yesterday that his coupe, left parked in Willow Brook park at 11:30 the night be- fore. had been stolen.
 The Senior choir of St. Mary's church will hold a rehearsal at 7:45 o'clock tonight at the church.
 Alr. and Mrs. Anthony Nenskunas of G55 Stanley street had as their guests for Thanksgivink Day Miss Florence Antanaitis and Miss Mary BajneroWicz of Union City.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Coveleskie Of AT Ellis street and Mir. and Mrs Leon Dombrowskie and family of 412 East street spent the Thanks giving holiday in Stanford
 The police were notified today of the return of the operators license of Michael Blanche of 55 Spring street. suspension of the right to operate in the case of Edward T. Rowronski of 2Sl Main street, and suspension of the license of John Carlson Of 3S Cranston Terrace.
 Percy II. Crosthwaite, 5l. of 154 Wooster street, fractured his left wrist while cranking his automo- bile Wednesday night and was at tended at New Britain General hos pital.
 New Britain assembly, Order Of RanboW for Girls, is planning a
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
Police Chief Arraigned
 In LiQuOr Law Charges

Cleveland, Nov. 29 R-Frank Cunningham. suspended chief of police at Campbell, Youngstown su- burb, pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws when arraigned in federal court today. He was releas- ed on 5000 bond.
 Nick Gorchoff. chief of the Camp bell vice squad and Mike Wollos, a Campbell real estate man, also pleaded not guilty to similar chargcs and were released on $l0,O00 bonds each.
 Cunningham and the others were arrested two weeks ago at Camp bell by federal officers. They ac- cused him of selling "protection' 10 bootleggers. He asserted he was the victim of a political frame up;
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
HOLIDAY ARRESTS
 TOTAL ONLY THREE
No Court Held on Thanksgiving,
 Brief Session Today

Activity in the police department quieted down considerably over the holiday, there being no session of police court yesterday and only three cases today. Two cases were scheduled yesterday but the court officials did not bring them because they were of minors importance, one being that of a 1G-year-old boy who was found asleep in Willow Brook park and the other being one of drunkenness. They were released without going to court.
 Today, Charles Miezgiud1lia. :, Of 50 Clinton street, was fined $20 and costs on the charge of resistance, ex- ecution of the penalty suspended. and Judgment was suspended on charges of breach of the peace and drunkenness. Candid Cimadon, 47, of 124 Belmont street, charged with breach of the peace, paid the costs of court on a suspended judgment.
 Miezgiudnia was arrested by Su- PCl al olllttlS Mctlldil dllu Todzia about o'clock last night at Broad and Gold streets. Officer Mee- han testified that he told the young man to go home but he insisted on staying at the corner swearing at passersby. When he swore at the Of 1icer he Y as placed under arrest and on- the way to a drug store. where inc patrol was called, he resisted un- til he was handcuffed.
 Miezgiudnia denied that he was intoxicated and claimed he could remember all that happened. and he did not believe his actions consti- tuted resistance, as he did not strike the officer "1 had a couple of shots but I was not drunk" he insisted.
 CiamadOn, who was arrested by Supernumerary Officer Meehan about midnight on complaint of his family, said he had a few drinks of wine and it overcame him so that he did not know what he was do- ing. He had not touched liquor in any form in a year, he said, until Yesterday.
 His son Louis did not want to tes- tify but finally said his father did not want to go to bed and the po- lice were called in to keep him quiet. Officer Meehan told the court Ciamadon insisted on going to po- lice station and it was necessary to arrest him. He had been drinking but was not intoxicated. according to the officer.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
dance to be held Friday, December

 dance to be held Friday, December l3.
 Rabbi Jesse Schwartz will speak this evening in the Synagogue of the Sons of Israel on What has Judaism offer the Modern Jew?''
 Miss Pearl Ambrose of Fairview street is ill at her home with a severe cold.
 The court of awards of the New Britain council Girl Scouts has been changed from 4:30 p. m. to p. m. next Wednesday evening. Mrs. Clifford D. Perkins of Hartford. chairman of the Connecticut Girl Scouts and a member of the na- tional board of directors, will be d guest.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
MONKS TOOK BATHS .
 TWICE EVERY YEAR
No Soaking" in Tubs Allowed
 14th Century CIerics

London, Nov. 29 lUP) Rules for bathing in the Bencdictinc monas- terics of the 14th century have been discovered here in the regulations of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, and St. Peters, Westminster.
 Monks were allowed 10 take baths twice q year - before Christ mas and Pentecost. Previous to the fourteenth century, four baths
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
Eight Persons Overcome In Bus by Motor Fumes

Gle -eland, Nov. 29 R>-Over- come by carbon monoXide gas, eight passengers of a Detroit to Pittsburgh Colonial Stage Line bus, were rushed to a hosptal today. Doctors said they would recover.
 Those overcome were H. F. Manion, 51, Chicago; Louise Will son, Philadelphia; Pedro Muncr, Detroit; Walter Moebus, 26, of Pittsburgh; William Weller. 26, of Cumberland, Mo; F. Moltor, Pittsburgh, driver of t'!e bus; Miss Teynie Hanttula, g, Amasa, Mich.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
KUNZ GETS CONTRACT

A contract engaging John Kunl to install supporting beams anl otherwise repair No. 2 firehouse WIS signed today at the office of Chief will begin next week. Kunz will do the work for a contract price Of Sl,400. including masonry. carpen- try, steel work and painting.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

layers drew $1.75 per ten-hour day in 1S47 and $1.75 an hour in 1928.
 Even textile wages and conditions have improved. Male cotton weavers in Massachusetts received 33 cents for 14-hour day in 1S41 and 43 cents an hour in 1928.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

number vas cut in haH DaQAuse bathing was considered hxury except when necessary for the sick
 Only four monks could bathe in one day, so it took more than two weeks to accommodate the 60 monks in the monastery. No baths were allowed on Sunday.
 The monks had servants to wash them. At Westminster these ser wants received extra food and beer on bath days
 The baths were taken sitting in tub. instead of standing, as was probably the secular custom at the time. Monks were not allowed to stay in the baths to soak" after they had been washed.
 At first. bathing was conducted in complete silence. but that good custom has been entirely aban- doned in these modern times" of the 14th century.
 JtSE' HERALD CLASSIFIED AnS
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
FIND PAINTING UNDER DIRT

Buchum, Prussia. Nov. - lP>--A painting depicting An Indian Group Surrounding a Medicine Man on the upper Missouri was revealed here when Prof. Theodore Klaas Of Munster cleaned what seemed worthless piece of canvas. It is the work Of the Swiss artist Bodmor who accompanied Prince MaNimlljan of Wied in 1S&2-4 on an expedition to the upper Missouri.
 From 40 to 50 feet a day is rated as a fair distance in digging a tun- mel through a mountain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-30
Novelty Sleeves in Coats

complete the symphony in fall col
orings.
Continuing with a survey of sleeve
prospects, it's really surprising the ex-
tremes to which some of them are 60
ing. Some of the more formal wraps
of velvet or fine cloth have deep
fiounces dropping from the elbows.
while one-piece frocks adopt sleeves
which flare a wide circular-cut ruffie.
Others have the sleeve and flare cut
ali in one piece.
The idea of novelty is further ac
cented in applied ornamentation such
as embroidered or appliqued pattern
ings, which give to the sleeve new
Interpretation.
Perhaps the most marked departure
in the way of sleeve treatments reg
listers in the advance fur trimmed
coats. Especially does the positioning
of fur interpret elaborated themes.
One striking model of modernistic
patterned wooden weave has its
sleeves cut slightly belled. There its
a pointed upturned caracul cuff fin
ishing in a diagonal line at the top.
Several inches above another band of
the fur runs parallel to this diagonal,
giving an intriguing swirling effect to
the sleeve entire.
For sheer frocks designers are Gre
ating sleeves which repeat the pointed
and flared f1ounces which fashion the
skirts.
@. 1929. Western NEWSPAPER Union.l
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-30
! MEXICAN SALAD OUT
! OF THE ORDINARY

Somewhat out of the ordinary is this
Mexican salad, made with peppers and
tomatoes with a liberal amount Of
onion in the seasoning, as well as the
characteristic chill favOring Bacon
fat serves in place of salad oil in the
dressing. The bureau of home eco
nomics suggests using this salad for
lunch or supper dish.
2 large green pep slices bacon
perS cup vinegar
l onion, medium Il tsp. chilli pow
cut fine der
8 large firm to-
matoes
Skin the tomatoes, remove the seeds
from the peppers, and cut the toma-
toes and peppers into small uniform
pieces. Mix with the onion. Fry the
bacon until crisp and remove from the
pan. Add the vinegar and chill pow
der to the bacon fat Let this mixture
come to the boiling point and then
pour over the vegetables. When
chilled, add the bacon, which has been
broken into small pieces, and serve on
crisp lettuce leaves, with the sauce us
a dressing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-30
HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS

Too ripe fruit is the cause of many
failures in canning.
Cook berry preserves quickly: long
cooking changes flavor, color and tex
ture.
To teach the child to enjoy the
taste of new vegetables start with
very small quantities.
Roll summer silks or other delicate
materials in heavy towel after rims
ing. shake until dry enough for prop
er ironing and press on the wrong
side with moderate iron.
Keep on hand a supply of soda foun-
tain straws ready for the family pic
mic.
Lettuce leaves which are too large
or fiat to make an attractive salad
may be shredded Just before serving
the salad. ron each leaf in firm roll
and shred it crosswise' with scissors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-30
Fairy Tale for Children
BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER
MmAMwM~M~~~~w~H

"'Oh, l could have made just as
fine speech. it wouldn't be so nice.
"Take my advice, young prairie
wolf, don't try to get all the credit
for what everyone else has done too.
"When you tell story l won't try
to make 1t mine."
"All right" said the prairie wolf,
$50 please continue"
"Ah," said the gray wolf. II am
known by many names.
Sometimes l am called a black
wolf and sometimes white wolf
because my family moves from place
to place.
'We behave a little differently In
a number Of different small ways and
look differently in different places"
You're mighty fond of that word
different" said the prairie wolf.
Don't be rude. young prairie
WOLF" said the gray wolf. 81 wish
to tell you that what they call me
does not matter, for have been very
great in my day."
"What was your day? Thanksgiv-
ing? Christmas?. Columbus day?"
"You think you're clever" said the
gray wolf. "Let me tell you | don't
pay any attention to such talk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-30
Rayon Garments Popular
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prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculturel
The increased vogue for garments
made of rayon, particularly for under
wear, has led manufacturers to
strengthen and improve this fabric
so that it is usually found very salts
factory in respect to wear and to care.
Many women launder for themselves
any underwear that does not require
ironing, especially knit garments of
silk or rayon, such as vests, boomers,
stockings, and other articles, and if
few precautions are observed, this can
be safely done and the articles of
rayon will give good service.
Some types of rayon are weaker
when wet than dry, says the bureau
Of home economics of the United
States Department of Agriculture. 1t
is often torn by being hung up with
clothespins or by rough fingernails or
rings worn while it is being washed.
Lukewarm water should always be
used rather than hot water, which
makes rayon tender. Soapsuds made
OF, pure. neutral soap, are also pref
cradle to rubbing soap directly on the
garments. The fabric should not be
rubbed, but squeezed and rinsed re-
peatedly until it is clean.
After washing, the garment should
be hung over line or in any other
suitable place, but under no circun-
stances should clothespins be used.
The illustration shows what has hap
pened in one case where this precau-