The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily Transcript
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1914
NUMBER 81
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I CRUSHING BLOW
ADMINISTERED TO
THE GERMANS.
So Say Telegrams to the London
Papers '
CROWN PRINCE WILLIAM
j Thought to Be Among the Slain
—Imperial Guard Reported
i Annihilated — Fierce
Fighting.
RUCKER'S
'White Beauty"
r Advertised in Leading Maga
New Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet Club starts Sat-
urday. Dollar down and ? dollar a week gets this
Cabinet. W e have them from $30 to $37.50.
I. M. JACKSON
—New Nifty English suits ar-
riving daily. Don't buy until
you see our prices on guaranteed
clothing. Moomau & Kimberlin.
—Mr. A. W. Fisher was here
from Pryor Creek visiting old
friends. He does not look a day
older than when he left here six
years ago, and says all the folks
sre well.
—Mr. and Mrs. Callie Cobble
are up from Pauls Valley visit-
ing friends and relatives. Callie
will stay a few days and help
his father on his contracts. Cal-
lie is in the painting and paper
hanging business and doing well.
—Miss Lida White left this
morping for Guthrie, having ac-
cepted a position for the com-
ing year in the Methodist col-
lege.
•The Y. M. C. A. house op-
Death of Mr. E. H. Phinney.
Mr. E. H. Phinney, father of
Mrs. Aaron McDaniel, died at
his home in the southeast part
of the city at 5 o'clock this
•4. a r, •, :r *- morning, September 8, 1914,
posite the President's residence,, aged 74 years. Funeral services
is being greatly improved in j will be held at the M. E. Church
looks by a couple of coats of I South, tomorrow afternoon^
Pamt. I with interment in I. O. 0. f'
—W. N. Rucker went to ce™etei7-
Okeene this morning to see how J n, .or the Past nil}e months Mr.
his store at that point is srettine! f hinney has been in poor health,
London, Sept. 7.—A Boulogne:.},
dispatch to the Evening News' 4*
sgys a telegram has been receiv- T
e'<l from General Pan announc- J
ifig a victory by the allied forces 4.
at Precy Sur Oise. The imperial 4*
guard under Crown Prince Fred- T
erick William is reported to have J J
been annihiliated by the British;?
force which opposed them. j4*
The Evening Dispatch says: j*
"A telegram has been received j J
from General Pau announcing ] .J.
a victory by the allied forces j 4*
under Field Marshal Sir . John $
French, commanding the Brit-
ish, and General D'Amade at
Precy Sur Oise, about twenty-
five miles north of Paris.
The allies were down across j
the northern line with the center
at Precy. The English troops
were on the left and the French
on the right. The former had
in front of them the Imperial
Guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William.
"On both wings, it is reported,
the allies were successful. The
German left was held by the
French and retired to the north.
"The Imperial Guard, who
were ordered to surrender, were
annihiliated by the British. It
is reported that the Crown
Prince was in their midst."
Paris, Sept. 7. (5:20 p. m.)—
Lieutenant-Colonel Rousset, mil-
itary critic of La Liberie, said
today that the German armies
had placed themselves in a
position to the east and north-
east of Paris which might be-
come hopeless in case they suf-
fered a check.
Boys School Pants in
sizes from 6 to 16 for
25c, 50c and $1.00
See them in our big
display window.
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Four
Million Soldiers
in France.
Fighting
London, Sept. 7.—Both flanks
of the German army have been
turned—that of the east by
„ . I French troops under General
Paris, Sept. 7 (4:40 p. m.)— Ijoffre and that of the west by
It is estimated unofficially that j the British under Sir John
nearly a million troops are en-j French, according to unofficial
gaged in the fighting east of dispatches received here. It is
Paris today
From official communications
it is learned that the engage-
ments that began Saturday and
Sunday east and northeast of
the French capital, developed to-
day into one of the most impor-
tant battles of the campaign.
The armies of the allies are
opposing the German advance
over a front extending about 120
stated, however, that both allies
and German lines are in critical
positions, in which defeat would
be absolute disaster. The con-
flict extends over an irregular
line 120 miles from east to west
and fifty miles from north to
south.
The retreat of the Germans
from Lille is declared to be due
to their fear of attack from an
—FOR RENT: Large 9-room
house near the University, $25
per month. J. W. LINTON.
—LOST: $15.00, a ten and a
five dollar bill. Finder leave at
this office and receive liberal re-
ward.
—LOST: Brass hub cap from
automobile. Leave at Farmers
National Bank and receive re-
ward.
—LOST: A kodak, on Monday,
west or southwest of town.
Finder will be rewarded by re-
turning same to Transcript of-
fice.
with
"ALLAH33n"
Is the Code by which the dead Ambassadors
daughter tries to find the murderers of her father.
Her search throws her in contact with treach-
erous Turks and she as a little flower girl finds
out their secret and at the moment of failure she
is rescued by her sweetheart and Police.
Featuring
Miss Barbara Tennent
Jthe beautiful Eclair leading lady
Costuming and Senic Settings are Gorgeous
I Tomorrow=KATHLYN ii
I Thurs.-LUCILLE LOVE
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War news hot from the
his store at that point is getting Phinney has b
along. It keeps him busy keeping j °"t ,b°re his . sufferings
track of his seven stores. The Christian fortitude. He was a
Okeene store is one of his best, christian gentleman, a devoted
■ father and husband and highly
respected citizen. The sincere
sympathies of the community go
out to the bereaved wife and
children. He is survived by
Mrs. Phinney, two sons and two
daughters—Mrs. Aaron McDan-
iel, and Miss Anna Phinney of
this city; Mr. Chas. Phinney of
Marble Falls, Texas, and E. H.
Phinney of Western Canada. All
were present except the latter.
|
I Postmasters at Moore and Noble
I .At last the department at
Washington has appointed post-
masters at Moore and Noble.
Among appointments made for
fourth class offices in Oklaho-
ma on Saturday were:
Henry O. Crum, Britton, Ok-
lahoma ; Frank Cook, Choctaw,
Oklahoma; Claud Vestal, Cyril
Oklahoma; Sallie A. Godwin,'
Moore, Oklahoma; Jos. H Bra-
shier, Noble Okla.
! front.
AIRDOME
5c ADMISSION
IOC
; ought*to"be*abohshed
X ! —Haye you seen those caps at
4. | Moomau & Kimberlin's.
4*1 —Miss Nina White has re-
4* I turned to Chicago, to her posi-
4. | m the public schools of
4. that city, which she has held
for a number of years.
—Moomau & Kimberlin be-
lieve in furnishing their cus-
tomers the best. The new lines
of men's wear they are now re-
ceiving show a distinction.
t 77^n O^'ahoma City billboard
4. j outfit undertook to erect a bill
4., board on the lots east of Crit-
TI tenden s store, but have been
•{• stopped. Goodness knows we
.[.j don t want any more glaring bill
boards on Main street. Thev all
miles from Nanteuille-Haudouin, army of British and Russian
twenty-five miles northeast of forces believed to have been
Paris, to the great fortress of landed at a port on the English
Verdun, in the Department of j Channel.
Meuse and twenty miles west of, The troops engaged number
the German frontier. more than four millions, the Ger-
French troops were strongly! mans having two million soldiers
supported by the British sol- j in France. The forces of the al
— FOUND: A Sorority pin.
Owner can have it by calling at
this office and proving property
and paying for this advertise-
ment.
ger, who will identify
tents.
its con-
—LOST: If anyone picked up
a small hand grip by the side of
the road between Norman and
^ ^ the river one day last week, he
diers, who passed through Paris j lies, now reinforcedTare befiev- !*an ?et ^ '°£?\V°Uuleib™ *?■
several days ago. | ed to be equal in numbers to the turni"? ^ 9lty Marshal p,ed-
The position chosen by the al- \ invaders.
lied forces to give battle to the I
advancing invaders is declared
to be most favorable, having
near its center the strongly en-
trenched camp at Chalons-Sur-
Marne.
The allies conducted their
operations so successfully that a
part of the Germans were forced
to retire.
The Germans had reached the j
—The ladies of the Little
River Christian church will
serve lunch both Friday and Sat-
urday at the Old Settlers' Re-
union and Picnic — September
11th and 12th—and you will be
sure to get a good one by pat-
ronizing them.
— , —CONCESSIONS: Anyone de- —iserore ■
region around Coulommiers and | siring concessions at the Old Set-1 fall suit you should certainlv
La Ferte-Gaucher, respectively, j tiers' Reunion should interview see Moomau & Kimberlin's line
thirty and forty miles east of E. K. Himes. who is chairman nf ti,,, i„.4. ....a i
—Mr. E. G. Schultz is now in
Texas, working for the govern-
ment at his old job in the cotton
statistical department of the ag-
ricultural department. His work
for the government in the past
two or three years was of high
order.
—Before you purchase that.
thirty and forty miles east of E. K. Himes, who is chairman of
Paris, when the detachment {that committee.
covering the flanks of the main —All the latest styles and
encountered ad-!silks 0f nifty neckwear can be
anced detachments a. the al-1 seen now at Moomau & Kimber-
lies, who drove them back. j Jin's.
The wounded began coming [
into Paris this afternoon. —————■
The nearness of this fighting
The latest in patterns and
styles.
—"Lost," "For Sale," "For
Rent," "Wanted," and other sim-
ilar locals insrrtM '1:o Tran-
script bring results. Try a fpw.
to Paris was responsible for the
reports current this afternoon
that the firing could be heard in
the city. The day was beautiful-
ly clear, and a strong wind from
the easlt supported those who
said they heard artillery.
The people of Paris gathered |
in great crowds near the gates i
to watch the military messen- j
gers who dashed in from the east i
in swift motor cars. Nearly all i
railways in every direction were j
reserved for the use of the mili- j
tary authorities, and numerous i
private motor cars and taxicabs
were used to carry provisions to.
the armies.
FRUITS
Tokay, Concord and White Grapes, Eating and
Cooking Apples, Bananas, Oranges, and Lemons
VEGETABLES
Celery, Green Corn, Okra, Cucumbers, Fresh To-
matoes.
BOWLING GROCERY
Phone 386
— COUNTY EXPANSION
SALE.—RUCKER'S.
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1914, newspaper, September 8, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112792/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.