Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23
Herald Files ofMany Years Ago
Tell What People Were Doing
Writer Tells What Glance Through Pages Shows Going on Here And
Elsewhere in World

ing told how, clothed in full uni
form, but unarmed save for a light
cane, he stood before an eastern
palace aid kept a bowling, surging
MOB at bay slngle-handed."
Really. How splendid"
"Oh, he thought nothing Of It.
Did it every night for years"
Horses Dangerous
The clerk OF the Miller hotel tells
an amusing tale Of how five MeXi-
cans registered at the Miller hotel
under names Of the most prominent
fedral and constitutional officers.
The two factors were at the time in
deadly conflict, and Mexico was in
the throeS of a terrific civil war.
II was decided that the men who
registered at the Brownsville hotel
were Matamoros officers on a lark.
Persons bewail the fact that air
planes and automobiles cause so
many accidents. A notice in a
Herald dated March 8 shows that
ever horses wre dangerous.
u. r. R0etzel of the Shaw plan
tations was painfully injured and
badly bruised late Saturday after
noon near the Kirby place on the
road to Little Indiana, when his
horse fell with his rider partly un-
der him.. Mr.. Roetzel was given
medical treatment. and Is said to
be resting easily today. His chest
and shoulders gave him severe
pain"
The Photo-Play association, OF
Wilkes Barre. Pa, advertises in the
Herald telling the world about the
phenomenal salaries writer's Of movie
scenarios make.
Owing to the large number Of
new motion picture theaters which
are being opened throughout the
county. there is offered TO the men
and women of today a new profess
sion. namely that Of writing moving
picture plays. Producers are paying
from $25 to $3.50 for each scenario
accepted. upon which they can
build a photoplay. One nan earn
ed $500 in six months. No liter
airy ability is required"
In these days of modern compe-
tition, the salaries are much. much
larger, but one point still predomi-
mates. No literary ability is re-
quired.
Storm Recorded
T. w. Stevenson, Of RaymondVlle,
was a visitor in Brownsville March
10.
Allen, the Jeweler, has a large sd-
vertisement in the Herald on the
sane day stating that "One year
ago today ! became established in
business in the city Of Brownsville"
High winds and rain storms
March IL. 1914, put the Herald in a
tight place.
The Herald is forced to 20 to
press this afternoon without its
regular telegraph news service ow-
ing to the destruction OF high
winds this morning Of six miles Of
telegraph wires north Of Kings
vile, also putting telephone wires
out Of commission.
In the event that wire connmu-
nication is restablished late this af-
ternoon and the news received BY
telegraph warrants ii, the Herald
will publish an extra edition. getting
ii on the streets by the newsboys
as early as possible"
The files show that an extra
edition was not published.
international complication arise
70.
Too Many Shots
Alleging that shots have fire.
quently been fired across the Rio
Grande from the American side,
General Pablo Gonzalez, military
commander in Matamoros has
filed a complained regarding the
alleged acts with American consul
H. johnson, Consul Johnson has
referred the complaint to Captain
Walker, senior officer in
command Of American troops on
this side.
1T is claimed in Matamoros the
shots are fired across the river by
persons who are not sympathizers
Of the constitutionalists and that
loss of life may occur Is a result
them"
With a final story about the
condition Of banks we will sound
the gong and drop the curtain.
Louis Cobolini. chairman Of the
waterways committee Of the
Brownsville chamber Of commerce.
has Just completed statistics show
ing that the three banks OF
Brownsville have increased greatly
IN their combined resources since
last September. Mr.. Cobolini states
that last September the combined
resurces OF the banks were
So 500 1000 in round numbers. and
late statements Of their financial
conditions indicate that the banks
have added a quarter Of a million
to their resources since that
time. making the total or s~3.75o.000."
All Valley banks combined were
expected to show more than
SAL 0 900, including the Brownsville
deposits. Compare these figures
with the latest bank reports.
AS we promised a couple OF
paragraphs above. here is the
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