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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-03

COMPLIMENTS GUEST

Miss nellie Sprouse entertained a
number of friends with a luncheon
FRIDAY at the home Of her sister.
Mrs. Marshal Bourne. compliment
ing her houseguests Misses Mildred
end Myrtle Rudd. Those ENJOYING
this hospitality were Misses Lois
Wilson. veatrice Butler. Elizabeth
Bailey. and the honoreeS-
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PERSONALS

PERSONALS
Mrs. Watkins OF San Antonio ar
rived here Monday for arr indef-
mite visit with Mrs. r. Klemann.
Lewis Woodson. athletic coach at
the local high school left Friday
for San Marcos to spend the sum
mer vacation attending school.
Miss Mary Alice Batchler Il
visiting friends in Brownsville be-
fore going to her home in Sulphur
Springs to spend the summer.
Miss Grace Wilson left Tuesday
for Carlsbad, New Mexico to spend
the summer with her brother who
owns a ranch near there.
Mesdames r.. Klemann and z. K.
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K. Watson. Ike ard Ernest Oak
eSa and Klemann watson
DINNER PARTY
Mrs. 9. =. Nielsen and Mrs. Mar
shall Bourne were joint hostesses
at a dinner party Tuesday evening
ccmplimenting MIR. and Mrs. Ralph
Lanier who are leaving Wednesday
for Riviera where Mr.. Lanier has
accepted a position as superistend-
ent Of the Rivera schools. The
colcr theme of green and yellow
was CARED out in the floral deco
rations and candles. and a delicious
chicken dinner was served.
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TEACHERS

The teachers were complimented
with 4 banquet at the hotel Thurs
day evening. Music was furnished
by ar orchestra from San Benito
and dancing was enjoyed through
out the evening. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Hargrove
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lanier. Mrs.
Maude Borland. Lewis Woodscn.
Misses Ruth and Juanita Day, Lor-
ena Yates. Grace Wilson, Mary
Alice Batchler. nellie Spronse. MI.
and Mrs. b. c. Stallings. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshal Bourne. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Haney. Mr.. and Mrs. Riley
Morris. Mrs. r. Klemann. Mrs. L.
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PICNIC PARTY

"A number OF the younger set n
joyed a picnic at the popular pic
mic ground south OF the school
house Saturday evening. a deli
cious feast was spread after which
games were played until a late
hour. Those present were Misses
Mildred and Myrtle Rudd. Hazel
Wilson. Belle and Oracle Williams
Lois Wilson. Veatrice Butler and
Nellie Sprouse. Messrs. Travis Stall
linEs. Leonard Brazzell. Klemann
Watson. Anison King. Arthur
Sprouse. John Larsen and Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshal Bourne and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Lanier.
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Y. w. BOARD

y. W. bOAkD
The local board of the Young
Women's Christian association met
for the regular monthly business
session Tuesday morning at the
home OF Mrs. r. K. Utley on East
harrison. Miss Paul Hill, chairman,
gave the devotional OF the morning.
Mrs. Tyre Brown reported On Girl
Reserve activities in the absence Of
Mrs. David Wink. Miss Lillian
Hccking or San Benito. district sec
rotary. was present and gave a re-
port from the business girls depart
ment Of the organization. Mrs. Ut
lev. membership chairman. reported
100 members in the local X. w.
c. A.
Announcement was made Of the
district membership meeting TO be
held at the Y. w. c. A. camp ut
Rio Hondo Thursday. May is, at IL
O'Clock. The luncheon will be DO
cents. Election OF the district Of
ficers for the year 1929-l930 VIII
take place at this time. This meet
ing is open to all members who have
signed membership cards and TO
anyone else who is interested In X.
w. work.
Miss Hooking announced the last
inter-club council Of the year for the
Girl Reserves will be held Saturday.
Nav 4. in NicAllen at the high school
with the McAllen Girls Reserve rs
hostesses. A president and secre-
tary for the Valley Girl Reserve
organization will be elected at this
time. Mrs. Lloyd Mellor Of Har-
lin1en. district Girl Reserve chair
man from the district Y. w. 9. a.
board. will be present and Mrs.
Florence Hays Of Mission. Valley Z.
w. &. "A. president. and also the new
program chairman and the Girl Re-
serve Advisors will be present.
Members Of the board present az
the meeting were Miss Paul Hill.
Mesdames r. Z. Utley. w. M. Humid
ley. Tyre III. Brown. Lloyd Mellor,
and Gerald McKenna. Miss Lillian
Hooking of San Benito. and airs. ~.
r. Abbott we're guests
DELEGATES MEET
Members OF the Business and Pro-
fessionai Women's club from the va
rious towns of the Valley who are
expecting to attend the state con-
vent.on in Temple. May IL. IL and
10. met Tuesday evening at the
home or Mrs. W. M. Driskell to com
plete plans for the attendance OF
the Valley delegation. Approx
mately Is delegates will 60 from the
Valley and with the expectation OF
obtaining the 1880 convention for
the Valley. Several unique features
advertising this section are being
planned by the delegation. who will
wear a costume designed with yellow
cap and cape trimmed in green TO
represent the grapefruit. Original
songs advertising the Valley will be
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RAzZEL

Miss Beulah Brazzell and Ray
mond Jones stole a march on their
friends Wednesday evening when
they drove 20 RaymOndville and
were quietly married.
They will make their home In
Oklahoma where the groom has q
position with an oil company.
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QUARTERLY SOCIAL

The East Side Circle of the First
Baptist church were hostesses Tues
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DEMONSTRATION CLUB

The South Harrington Demonstra-
ton club held its regular meeting
Friday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. B. Choate.
The feature OF the meeting was
the rug demonstration by Mrs.
Charles YoSt, who gave an inter
esting talk on the origin OF rugs and
the varieties of handmade rugs.
Mrs. Yost exhibited q rugs all made
by members Of home demonstration
clubs. one of which had been in use
for rs wears. and though washed
many times, appeared to be in excel
lent condition. Mrs. YoSt gave in
struction in the making Of hooked,
braided fluffed crochet, burlap.
knitted and woven rugs both by
loom and by hand. and displayed
proper needles and hooks giving
practical information regarding
their use.
Miss Bonnie Campbell or College
Station. district home demonstra-
ton agent. and Miss Robbie Lilly.
home demonstration agent from
Kingsville. were special guests. A
salad course was served.
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day evening at the quarterly social
meeting.
The reception rooms OF the church
were beautifully decorated with
spring flowers and fern. Table
games were the afternoons diver
sions. a delicious ice course was
served to about so guests.
SOCIAL MEETING
About IS people were present
Tuesday evening ct the Woman's
building for the regular dinner and
social meeting Of the members Of
the Episcopal churches of the VAL
ley. Every church in the Valley
was represented at this meeting.
Rev. r.. o. Macintosh Of Browns
vile. Rev. Everett johnson Of San
Benito and Rev. Budioag Of Pharr
were the speakers OF the evening.
George Rogers Of Harrington acted
as POSTMASTER. The tables were
attractively decorated with pink
roses and fern.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
Pays Boyhood Debt a.
Pal Appears in Court

New York.-Two boyhood play
mates met recently in court here,
the magistrate leaning forward on
his bench with sympathy in his
face, the prisoner shutting shame
facedly toward him, q, ragged and
nerve-wrecked picture Of failure.
"Tom, do you remember met"
Magistrate Harry Howard Dale
asked.
"Yes, l do" Tom McAlinden an
swered. His hands shook and his
voice quavered. He was being ar
raigned for the eighteenth tins in, a
Brooklyn court for into1tcati0n.
He had been in the workhoiise five
times. He was fifty-five.
"You and / were playmates,r the
magistrate recalled. "You were GO
ing to be a great lawyer and was
going to be truck driver"
McAlinden, who now is truck
driver, said he remembered.
"Fate switched things around,
didn't it, judge?" he asked.
at did, Tom. Don't call me
Judge I'm just Harry to you. I'm
still the same Harry you saved from
drowning one day when fell into
the water at the end of Grand
street, chasing dog. Now my time
has come to do something for you.
"As long as I'm on the bench
you'll never go to Jail again. Now
get out into the sunlight and see
If you can't be man."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03

"If, however, you have symp-
toms of cold, if the bones ache
and fever develops, go to bed at
once. Every hour of delay in seek
ing absolute rest is menace to
health. Delay and fnattention may
result in pneumonia. If the fever
continues the family physician
should be called at once. But
above all be careful with a cold
around children.
'The reason why these colds
are so much more dangerous to
very young people is found in the
anatomical conditions of children
and also in their lack of resistance
to the germs which seem to in
crease with age. In young babies,
the upper part of the respiratory
tract is comparatively narrow and
the internal opening of the ear re-
latively wide so that the infection
can readily pass to the middle ear
to work its havoc. Whenever a
doctor is called to see a baby who
is supposed to be suffering from
collie or teething an examination of
the ear and history of an attack
of snuffles sometimes explains the
child's crying and fever.
"Colds enter, as a rule, through
the nose and mouth and start with
so-called cold in the head OF
snuffles; if they are not controlled
early, which can be done by prop.
er measures, they may descend
toward the lungs until in about two
weeks after the original infection
the child will be suffering from
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
Simple Precautions Will
Break Flu Epidemic
Keep Out of Large Crowds; Go to
Bed When Cold Develops Says
Medical Association

st. Paul, Jan 2-Three simple
precautions, if now employed by
the general public, will break the
force of the flu epidemic that is
now sweeping the country, is the
opinion of the educational COM
mittee of the Minnesota State Med
ical Association.
1. Keep out Of large crowds.
2. When the first signs of a
cold or fever appear, go to bed
and remain there until after the
fever has subsidized.
3. Keep away from people with
colds and if afflicted be careful in
sneezing and coughing so that
others are protected.
"a careful following of three
simple health rules will help ia
break the force of the flu cpl.
demic," declares the bulletin OF
the Minnesota State Medical As.
ISOLATION issued today. ATTEND.
ance at large congregations of PEG.
pie, some of whom are sure to be
affected, may result in people con.
tracing the flu. Fresh air anC
sunlight and plenty of sleep are
probably the best preventives.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
Minnesota's Death Rate
Way Below Average
Sunny California Has Highest Psr-.
centage-New Hampshire, Yer !
mont Lowest

Washington, d. c., Dec. 28-,
Minnesota's death rate from all
causes, exclusive of stillbirth, dur
ing 1927 was 9.2 per 1000 esti-,
mated population, according to o.
report by the department. Of COM;
merce following mortality survey,
of the death registration area in
the United States. The 1927 fig
ure indicates marked decrease
in deaths in comparison to 1926
when the rate was 81. Deaths in
1927 numbered 24,688, while the
total for the previous years was
25,803.
OF the Al states in the regis
tration area in 1927, the highest
death rate, 1879, was in California,
New Hampshire and Vermont, and
the lowest, I'll was in Idaho.
The mortality rate in 1927 for;
the entire area from which figures
were available, was liza per ], O00
population, as compared with 1913
for 1926. IL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
Best Sort of Success

You may succeed without half
trying, if you are twice as bright
as your competitors but they may
be twice as bright as you, and then
where will you be? You may sue
coed by working twice as hard as
any of your competitors; and then,
If you happen to be twice as bright
as any of them, your success will
be four times as great as theirs.
You may succeed by doing your
best and at the same time helping
others to do their best, never re-
garding them as competitors in
that case they will push you up the
hill in their gratitude, and your
success will stand on top of their
success. That will be the greatest
success Of the three.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
CzECHS HOLD GYPSlES FOR
CANNIBALISM and ROBBERY
Ferment Of Horror and Indignation
Raised by Record OF
Crimes.

Kopice, Czechoslovakia. - This
usually humdrum town Is In fer
ment Of horror and indignation, re-
lieved by morbid expectation, for an
event which will take place this
fall.
A band Of 33 gypsies and their
chief, SindOr Filke, 8sswarthy young
Romany Of twenty-six, are to be
tried for robbery, murder and can
nibalism. In the course OF the In
vestigation it transpired that Filke
and his followers have been eat
ing the human flesh Of their victims
for some years past. The remain
der Of his band were Mortified, but
they are afraid Of him and dared
not report to the police.
Filke is in prison; his chief ac-
complete, Giuseppe HOrvat, an old
gypsy, has just died there. Some
newspaper men were allowed to see
Filke when the investigation was
completed and the report Of it COW
cred several hundred sheets weigh
ing 20 pounds. They found Filke
big, black gypsy with face like
an ape and very strong body. He
was not ashamed to talk about his
grewsome habit of eating human
beings. He and his band would
waylay lonely people going home
across the mountains, rob them, kill
them and take their remains to their
encampment. There Filke and his
33 followers would roast or boil
their bodies, while the rest of the
band looked on, Mortified, but too
afraid to interfere.
Filke said that human flesh has
peculiar taste, which he did not
like when he first tried it. He per-
severed, however, till he found he
could not live without it, any more
than the opium smoker can live
without his dope.
Having acquired cannibalistic
habits, he set about cOrrupting his
band. Out of 101 he taught 33 men,
women and boys to be cannibals
the others he could not pervert; but
he forced them to help waylay and
kill his victims. When he was ar
rested for murder the band was
observed to be more than usually
reticent to the police,
Then one of the women let out
the CHASTITY secret which had ruled
the lot of them for years. The in
vestigating magistrate did not be.
lieve it, thinking she was trying
to avenge some wrongs. Little by
little, after nearly years investi-
CATION, the truth leaked out. Human
bones were found near the lonely
spots where the gypsies had en-
camped. And Filke himself made
a full confession, if such q cynical
avOwal can be so called.
The case has aroused intense in
terest in CzechOslOvakfa, Austria
and Germany.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
Cranes Attack Planes
Believing Them Hawks

Beaver Flats, Neb.-Carriers Of
air mail between Beaver Flats and
the inland towns Of the Calamus
valley have been compelled to al
ter their routes because Of attacks
being made upon the planes by
sandhiH cranes.
One pilot was compelled to make
an emergency landing after the
cranes had assaulted his plane,
tore strips out Of the wings and
pecked holes in the fuselage.
The unusual action of the cranes
is thought to be due to their mis-
taking the airplanes for hawks,
with which this region is infested,
and which prey upon the young
cranes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
Eased His Conscience

In 1922 David Nightingale bought
q pair of shoes in John Dickman's
store at Peekskill, N. Y, and then
left for California without paying
for them. Recently Nightingale re-
turned to settle his forty-fve-year-
old debt. He found the shoeman
had retired from business, but was
still living. Nightingale counted out
81, the original price Of the shoes,
and then $50 more, which he esti-
mated was the interest to date.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
400 Delegates to Attend
Federated Fairs Meeting
J. B. Schoenhoff, Ben Otte and
Gunther Hillerud to Represent
Old Stearns

Four hundred delegates, repre-
senting every county in the state,
will attend the annual meeting of
State Agricultural Society and
the Federation of County Fairs, to
be held in the new Nicollet Hotel,
Minneapolis, January 9, 10 and
II. President J. B. Schoenhoff,
Vice President Ben Otte and Sec
rotary Gunther Hillerud will repre-
sent the Stearns County fair.
Speakers of international promi-
hence in the fair world have been
obtained for the programs. Charles
V. Truax, Director of Agriculture,
State of Ohio, will be one of the
principal speakers on the State
Agricultural Society program.
Mr.. Truax is one of the best
known men in fairdom. For the
past eight years he has been di-
rector of agriculture in the Buck
eye state during which time he has
had supervision of the state fair
Mr.. Truax has chosen as his sub
jet 'The' Future of State Fair"
He has made an intensive study of
fairs in recent years, and undoubt-
eddy will have many interesting
facts to present to his audience.
He is not only an authority on fair
matters, but farm problems as
well.
Another outstanding authority
on the Thursday program is H. w.
Waters, of Toronto. Mr.. Waters is
general manager of the Canadian
National Exhibition, the worlds
greatest fair institution. Mr.. Wat
ers has been connected with the
Canadian National Exhibition for
many years, and is one of the best
posted fair executives in America.
He will explain the methods en-
ployed in the management of the
Exhibition, and will tell how the
educational and entertainment pro-
gram is built up each year, and
will also give a history of the de-
velopment of the properties of the
great exhibition.
The State Agricultural Society
meeting will be called to order by
Pres. w. F. Sanger at 10 a. m.
Wednesday morning. After half
hour business session the meeting
will adjourn until Thursday morn
ing. The remainder of Wednesday
will be given over to the session
of the Federation OF County Fairs.
Mr.. Sanger will again preside
at Thursdays meeting. After be-
ing welcomed by representative
of the city Of Minneapolis Mr..
Sanger will give his presidents ad-
dress. The reports of Thomas H.
Garfield, secretary and w. H.
Honebrink, will follow. There will
be several addresses to augment
those of Truax and Waters.
The election Of officers will be
the principal business on the Fri
day calendar. A president, vice
president from the Fourth Congress
sional District and representatives
from the Second, Eighth and Tenth
Congressional Districts to the
Board of Governors will be elected.
L. o. Jacob, OF Anoka, will pre-
side at the meetings of the FEEDER
alton of County Fairs. Speakers
on the Federation program Wed
nesday are William, Schilling, of
Mortified, Dean w. C. Coffey, Uni
versity Farm, Raymond A. Leo, of
Long Prairie, and others.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
d Model Prisoner

A colored maid returned from
an afternoon off with her broad
face wreathed in smiles.
"Well, Mis- Cahtah," she an
nounced, "'Ah's married!"
congratulations, Mandy" said
her mistress. "Did you get a good
MANI"
"Deed All DID," was the proud
reply. dat niggah was so good
de warden cut To- months off'n his
time"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03

When Thomas Elman, of Du-
luth refused a beggar nickel he
was stabbed.
Thomas Bradley, of New York
ran behind the targets at a shoot
ing gallery on a wager and was shot
in the arm.
w. A. Cannon of Belfast willed
his wooden leg to a nephew.
Mrs. Frances Tullett, of Chi
cago claims a worlds record for
her cat, which caught 26 rats in a
single day.
Miss Jane Reichenberg, of Mel
bourne, has begun her 61st year as
organist of st. Joseph's church.
Frau Augusta Gurvosch, of
Hamburg, who died at the age of
81, had outlived eight husbands.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
AM INTERROGATION

We wish to extend our very sin
cere appreciation to the friends
and neighbors for the many acts of
kindness rendered in the illness,
death and burial, Of the late Clar-
ence Francis; we are especially
grateful to Robert Swift Post
American Legion and to the Lee
gionaires at Long Prairie.
Mrs. Clarence Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Francis.
G.. E. Burdick. AID pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03

the justly dreaded broncho-pneu-
monia which carries away so many.
children whose lives could havap.
been spared by the timely advice.
and treatment"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03

FARMERS ATTENTION. FEED
GRINDING Sc PER SACK UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. CENTRAL
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