The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 9.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1901.
NUMBER 35
Scissors.
A Michigan man yeho is lecturing-,
on "What I Know of Hell," exhibits
four marriage certificates among his
credentials.
* *
Never overlook a man's true worth.
If he has lots of gall, give him credit
for that; or, if he is the boss liar,
think what a legal light, real estate
or insurance agent he might make.
* *
About this time openeth the wily
milliner. And she hath the stylish
bonnet. Selah! And the wife of
the poor man goeth to see the bonnet
And her husband thereafter giveth
her five-and-twenty pieces of gold,
and maketh various remarks there-
with.
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When a pretty girl pins a llower on
a young man's coat she always tilts
her chin up and takes a look at it
sideways—and the fellow who doesn't
tumble then had best stay indoors
when a funeral is passing, for fear of
being run over by the hearse.
* * .
A girl named plain "Mary" at
her birth dropped the "r" when she
grew up and become Miss May. As
she began to shine in a social way
she changed the "y" to "e" and
signed her letters Mae. About a
year ago she was married, and now
she has dropped the "e" and it's just
plain "Ma.'' That's evolution. "
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An exchange gets off the following:
A couple were recently married and
the bride invited an old maiden
aunt to the wedding-. The cards were
swell and in one corner bore the in-
scription, "Children not expected."
After scanning the inscription closely
over her specs, the old lady said:
"That's all right, but they'll have
them just the same."
Till: SANITARIUM.
\\ hy the citizens of Enid should feel bad because the asylum
was not located in that city puzzles Normanites, who would have !
shed no tears had the asylum been located at Enid. An asylum \
is of but little benefit to town where located and tlie same is true '
of a penitentiary. These institutions do not buy from the retail j
trade any great amount of j^oods. The whole territory is inter-1
ested in having these institutions conducted in a humane and as
ecomomical a manner as possible and as far as the Insane patients
til fv-
m&M
Few Serial Story.
In this issue of the paper appears
the first installment of a Serial Story
entitled, "My Brother's Keeper."' It
will be time well spent for every
reader of this paper to read this
story. This story alone would cost
the readers of this paper one half of
the yearly subscription price of the
paper. We would be pleased if our
readers would hand this issue of the
paper to some neighbor, whais not
a subscriber, calling attention to this
serial story. We will run the first
chapters of the story in next weeks
paper also, so that new subscribers
can get the story from the beginning
who become subscribers to the paper
by March 29th.
of the Territory are concerned, we do not believe they could be
better, and at as little expense to the Territory, be taken care of
as they are bein^ taken care of now by Dr. Threndgill. Asylums
are hard institutions to manage to the satisfaction of the public.
When the insane of the Terrirory were being- taken care of
at the asylum in Jacksonville, Illinois, a state institution, there
was more 'complaint made of the treatment patients received
than there has been lodged since Dr. Threadgill took charge of
the patients under a private contract. The patients are now be-
ing taken care of in the Terrritory and the friends of the inmates
are much more conversant with the treatment they receive
and the result is that Dr. Threadgill instead of receiving letters
and having the newspapers of the Territory everlasting lambast-
ing him, is in receipt of much newspaper commendation, from
editors who have visited the institution, and many letters of
which the following is a fair sample:
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 12, 1901.
Mu. John Threadgill,
Norman, Okla.
Dear Sik And Friend: I take this opportunity of express-
ing my sincere thanks to you'and your assistants for the treat-
ment at your hands that my old father received during his stay
with you. Words are inadequate to express the feelings of our
hearts, the many kindnesses shown him as well as the great skill
that he received through your great institution lias made a happy
home, whereas, two months prior to his release it was a broken
and unhappy one, and now when he speaks of the Institution, lie
calls it "That Blessed Institution" that has made him a sane,,
sound, and an able man. He fully realizes that without the skill
and the good treatment he could never have recovered, and he
cannot find words to express his feelings toward you and your
assistants connected with the Institution, however, it shall be
our chief aim to speak in the highest terms and to proclaim from
the house-tops the good results received at your hands, and we
hope in this way to partially repay you for the special attention
that you gave him. If there is ever anything we can do for you
or your institution, command us, as it will only be a pleasure to
assist you. Yours Respectfully,
D. E. MARTIN.
Travelling Saleman for McCord-Collins Company.
(®~w~w "i§r"ir ^
* ^ You Can't i
Stop the Sun ~
From shilling or
the rain fro in
falling but you
can
STOP THAT LEAK
In your pocketbook. We want your trade, we want
it for all time and sell
^ Dry Goods, Groceries Footwear
at prices that will suit
the size of slender savings.
CO! KTEOU8 IKEATMENT ASSURED
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City Election.
It will soon be time for this city to
commence looking around for men to
fill the city offices for next year. We
see the Democrats are interesting
themselves about this matter already.
They seem to go on the theory that,
"It is the early bird that catches the
worm." Individually we are not much
ii.terested in what the politics are of
the men who fill the city oltices. We
are interested more in what the men's
views are on how to conduct the af-
fairs of the city. The city can hard-
ly afford, at this time, to have a set
of numbskulls fill the city offices, even
thouyh their political faith should be
unquestioned. It is loyality to and
steadfast interest in the upbuilding
of Norman and its future welfare that
should be the test of qualification,
rather than the political creed of the
candidate. No man should be elected
or appointed to any office in Norman,
who would favor the granting away,
to private individuals or corporations,
the public franchises of the city. The
public franchises of a city, if proper-
ly managed can be made to pay near-
ly, if not all the cost of the city gov-
ernment. This fact has been demon-
strated aud there are cities now
where no municipal tax is levied and
where the services from the franchis-
es owned and operated by the city,
are better and cheaper to the inhabi-
tants. The telephone system in .Nor-
man could be made to pay big money
to the city, in addition to paying op-
erating expenses and interest on the
investment. The same would be true
of an electric light plant. The great-
er the number of franchises owned
Snaps " Reel Hot "
utw
Not Cold
Snaps. . .
Bargain
Seekers. .
\\ K QFPJCT1 UNTIL our new stock of Spring" Carpets arrive a
few choice patterns, just enough for average si/.rfl room, remnants
1.) to '2.\ yards each, at greatly reduced prices. They will not last
long at the prices we are offering" them at.
REED & SHAFFER,
Leaders up to-date Furniture, Carpets Etc.
Undertaking and Embalming.
Same Old Place.
and operated by the city the less
would be the comparative expense of
operating each. The expense of op-
erating an electric light plant in ad-
dition to a waterworks plant would
be much less, comparatively, than op-
erating each system alone. Again we
believe city government can be bet-
ter administered on non-political
lines, for politics to some extent at
any rate, acts as a restraining inllu-
ence on partisan elected officers and
particularly is this true in small
cities where the salaries paid city of-
ficers is small and men accept the of-
fices rather as stepping stones to some
higher office in the county rather
than for salary in the office. We be-
lieve it would be a good time for the
citizens of Norman to hang up their
politics along with their Sunday pan-
taloons and get together and agree
upon a ticket comprised of the very
best men in the city and men who
could be relied upon to give time and
thought to the affairs of the city and
not men so deeply engrossed in their
own private affairs, as to only be able
to give the city the product of a mind
wholly preoccupied witti matters not
pertaining strictly to the welfare of
the city.
Small-Pox Scare.
The Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma
City takes a shot at the small-pox
situation in Norman and talks about
having the town quarantined. We
would like very much for the editor
of the Oklahoman to extract the
beam from his own eye before he com-
mences operation down here. We
are on the streets in Norman every
day and on the streets in Oklahoma
City, perhaps, as often as once a
month, yet we have seen more people
on the streets in Oklahoma City, who
should have been in the pest house
than we have seen in Norman We
are frank to admit, however, that we
saw one case, in particular in this
town who should have been kept at
home or confined in a pest house. We
have no patience with a person
afflicted with this disease who parades
himself around on the streets and in
public places doing what he can to
give it to others and men who have so
little consideration for others should
be looked after by the officers. The
worst case of small-pox, and really
the only dangerous one, in this city,
was the case of a traveling man who
came in here sick one night. He prob-
ably contracted the disease in Okla-
homa City. He did not contract it in
| Norman. The other cases in this
county have all been in so mild a form
i as to attract but little attention and
! has produced but little sickness; but
in the case of the traveling man re-
ferred to; the disease has caused some
. alarm and the people in Norman don't
j want any more such types of the dis-
' ease, and in order to avoid importa-
i tion of so malignant a form of the
disease, if need be quarantine against
Oklahoma City, where about 50 ca.-en
exist to 1 in Norman. The cause of
all the talk of the disease in Norman
is primarily due to the ca?e of the
traveling man, and secondly to t«o
other individuals coming out on the
i streets too soon after having the dis-
ease. The very mild character of the
epidemic has made the enforcing of
quarantine regulations a very diffi-
cult matter.
A Letter to the Public.
Recognizing the new conditions that
are developing in Oklahoma, namely:
The demand for high class vehicles
ajjd the change from tile old way of
check planting cora, to that of listing,
we have endeavoredjto meet this de-
mand by contracting for a line of bug-
gies and surries that for high grade
and finish we can say that the equal
has never been seen in the county.
In the demand for lister tools, we
know that we lead all competitors
by placing on the market a two-row
lister that has passed the experimen-
tal stage and now is only a question
of obtaining them to supply the de-
mand. We will have only one of
these listers this season and would bo
glad if all farmers who are inter-
ested would call and examine it be-
fore it is sold. Also a two-row culti-
vator that is suitable for either list-
ed or check planted corn. Our other
j lines of goods are already well known
and we are always ready to slioW
them to you whether 3'ou buy or not.
Come and see us as we are < Id farmers
ourselves and will always be glad to
see you. Yours To Serve,
Fakmers Gkain & Implement Co
Consolation Club Banquet.
Last Friday evening the husbands
of the ladies of the I 'otorie club treat-
ed their wives to a fine banquet. The
menu program was an unique one and
it kept the ladies guessing whether
the next course would be liquid, solid
food, or toothpicks. Many of the la-
dies would have been able to have de-
ciphered a French menu card: but Old
Callic completely floored them and
they charged the whole menu card up
to murderous spelling on the part of
the printer.
The toasts of the evening wert?
greatly enjoyed by all present and th£
whole affair was an enjoyable one and
the ladies voted unanimously that
their husbands had surprised them as
entertainers, though they had learned
years before that they were not bad
evening entertainers: but it had been
so long ago they had almost forgotten
about it. The evening's banquet, how-
ever, reminded them, that how to still
entertain their wives was not a wholly
lost art.
Tefritorial Appointments-
Hon Jas. Kelly was the first man in
the territory four years ago, to pluck
a plum from the McKinley adminis-
tration in the way of receiver for the
Mangum land office. H. D. McKnight
was named as Register of the same
office.
Last Wednesday word reached the
territory that John Trotter of Man-
gum had been appointed to succeed
Kelly and Hon. John T. Oliphant of
Perry, to succeed McKnight.
The new appointees were endorsed
by delegate Flynn.
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1901, newspaper, March 22, 1901; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117283/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.