Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley.

Port Isabel Rotary to receive charter

PORT ISABEL, Sept. 1- Final plans were made this week for the entertainment of three hundred Rotarians and their wives at the charter presentation ceremony here Saturday Sept 5.

The Port Isabel club’s charter will be received from the past district governor, Ed Arneson of San Antonio, who was governor of the 47th district when the club was organized.  (The Brownsville Herald, Sept.1,1936)

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that a book has been opened at my office, containing all brands of cattle or hides, captured from thieves and sold for, and on account of owners of the same, and that the proceeds of such sales deducting expenses and amounts paid captors, will be duly paid over to all owners or their legal agents upon proof of ownership thereof. Signed, Jeremiah Galvan Judge of county Court Cameron County, Brownsville, September 12, 1869.  (Daily Ranchero, Sept. 12, 1869)

Hotel Miller: Refitted

And Refurnished
• Meals the choicest
• To Be Obtained
• On The Market….
• A Three-Story Brick
• 40 Nicely Furnished Rooms
• On Principal Business Street
• Reasonable Rates to Families
Layton And Prior, Proprietors, Brownsville Texas

(Advertisement in The Brownsville Daily Herald Sept. 1, 1902)

Mexico Discontinues Nazi Oil Shipments

Reports were circulated here Saturday night that shipments of Mexican oil from Tampico to Germany have been discontinued because of the war risk. It is understood that oil now in transit has been re-routed to other countries. Official confirmation of the reports was lacking. (Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tx.), Sept. 3, 1939)