The Messenger. (Earlsboro, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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THE EARLSBORO MESSENGER.
F. X. RESCH, Publish*!-.
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OKLAHO MA
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOIES
Lawton business men b*Te organ
ized an athletic club.
Two socialist candidates for city
offices at Alva have withdrawn from
the race.
Sapulpa has passed an ordinance
putting the ban on Sunday pool and
billiard balls.
Construction work on the $lo,0(w
church being built by the congrega-
tion of the Christian church at Ard-
more has begun in earnest.
Five suits of clothes, a frock coat
and a lady's tailored suit were stolen
from an Enid tailor shop when th«
thief removed a pane of glass.
Having already sown the bulk of
thir oat crop, the farmers of Oklahoma
are now preparing to plant corn,
prospects for the wheat crop
never brighter.
Sam Nabors, former proprietor o!
the Sumner hotel at Bromide, has dis-
posed of the hostelry to R. C. Dutton,
formerly of Durant, who has taken
active management.
Mrs. George Mitchell of Stillwatei
recently gave birth to a
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Epitome of the Most
Important Happenings
at Home and Abroad
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FOREIGN
Manager Grolle of the Netherlands
Xcrbert Weiner, eon of a professo^ |
la Slavic languages at Harvard, soon
will be abi- to sign himself a doctor
of philosophy at the age of 18 years.
After tests at New York with his
, tuberculosis vaccine before physicians
' representing the federal government,
i Dr. F. F. Friedmann of Berlin, left
for Montreal.
Mrs. E. L. Duncanson, wife of a
prominent Oklahoma dentist, living at
Lone Wolf, died from spinal men-
ingitis. caused by a fall while roller
skating a week ago.
Tfcs Arkansas legislature passed a
bill making gambling a felony. The
bill applies specifically to owners of
places where gambling is conducted
and imposes same penalty on them
as the game operators. “Gentlemen’s"
branch of the Mutual Life Insurance
at Amsterdam, charged with a defal-
cation amounting to $43,(K*0.
After a battle lasting two days, 800 j poker games are net affected.
.Uie troops hold Governor Hodges sent a message to
Douglas, Arii. and the —o -*« - the Kansas legislature urging com-
diers defending the town are retreat- mi££ioa {orm of legislation govern-
10 Prieta. j ment. He proposes to replace the
Two suffraget meetings in England, present legislative representation with
one at Edenbridge. Kent and the other two members from each congressional
at Radlett, Herefordshire, were broken district who would devote their entire
The
were
son. which
makes her the mother of eighteen chil-
dren, sixteen of whom are still living
Her husband is a farmer
Henry Phipps, an 11-year-old boy
residing at Carney, was kicked in the
face and on the side of the bead by
a horse aDd, after lingering for thirty
■lx hours, died as a result of the in-
juries.
Sapulpa had a cbeanup March 13
The ladies of the Commercial club had
charge of the districts, of which there
were twenty. The mayor issued a proc
tarnation officially declaring th® day
•Cleanup Day.”
Judge MceKowan in the court a.
Ada issued orders that the newspapers
must refrain from publishing any of
the testimony adduced at the habeas
i orpus proceedings in the Lancaster,
1 jaggs and Rogers cases.
A feature of the second annual
Washington county school fair at
Bartlesville, in connection with which
s also held a track and field meet,
will be a parade of 3,600 students of
the various schools of the county, on
May 2.
William C. Morris, charged with kill
ing Bean Sloane, near AkiD, in 1912
and who was apprehended by Sherifl
Johnson of Sequoyah county in the
Hate of Washington, waived the pre
liminary hearing and is now awaiting
trial. He is held in jail at Muldrow.
When the safe in the bank at Cher-
okee. recently destroyed by fire, vvai
opened it was discovered a large num
her of notes of farmers held by the
bank were destroyed by the intense
heat. learning of this, more than fifty
farmers have already voluntarily vis
Red the bank officials and given new
notes.
The "Old Settlers’’ of Bartlesville
gave a bail March 18, at which old-
fashioned dances prevailed, such as
the "square dances,” etc., and the
music was furnished by a fiddler and
a bass violinist. Five Delaware In-
dians, in native garb, sang several
songs in Indian dialeet, and coffee
made in an iron kettle was served.
The aff air was a memorable one.
It is announced that a monument is
to be erected over the grave of Ben
Saunders of Idabel, Okla., the youth
who recently died in that city from
smallpox. He contracted the disease
while removing an aged and penniless
widow affiicted with it to a detention
hospital so she could have better treat-
ment. Saunders died four days after
the disease developed
up by opponents of the cause. At
Edenbridge the walls were bespattered
by a fusillade of eggs. The platform
was atormed and the police were
called out to restore order.
Pope Pius continues to improve In
health slowly but steadily. The pon-
tiff now takes regular nourishment.
The decreased irritation in the throat
and the bronchial tubes enables the
patient to talk with his sisters and
Monsignor Giovanni BresEan, his sec-
retary, without increasing his cough.
The Austrian government took a 6tep
regarded as equivalent to forbidding
Servia to send troops to assist the
Montenegrins in capturing the Turk-
The ninth Joint ballot on the long
term United Sfate senatorship in the
Illinois legislature resulted in no
choice and was as follows: Sherman,
republican, 77; Lewris, democrat, 82;
Funk, progressive, 21. The eighth
joint ballot on the short term United
States senatorship resulted in no
choice.
The Arkansas State Senate, amid a
scene that bordered on riot, elected
Senator J. M. Futrell of Green county
president over Senator J. C. Ashley
of Izard county. Senator Futrell will
act as president of the Senate. The
present president, Senator W. K. Old-
lsh^fortresiTof^Scutari!**T^e~Austrian *am’ became acting governor when
Gov. Joe T. Robinson resigned to
An explosion of natural gas which
had filled the basement under the
Oriental Goods Store of S. Mattar and
minister to Servia informed Primier
Pasvlch that his government objected! aS Lnited States Senator
to Servian troops assisting in the
Mige.
Militant suffragettes have started
another campaign of arson in England. Brother at Hot Springs, Ark., serious-
They set fire to the Saunderton sta- ly injured several occupants of the
tion of the Great Western railway and building and resulted in a fire that
burned it to the ground. Saunderton. completely destroyed the Rockafellow
Is about thirtv-one miles from London, building and Thompson building and
Two placards were found in the vicin- brought about property loss roughly
lty on which were painted the words, estimated at $200,000. The insurance
"burning to get the votes” and “votes is estimated at $100,000.
for women.”
The Greek military authorities de-
clare that they have 78,450 Turkish j
prisoners. Including the troops who
surrendered at Janina, while 20,000
others are surrounded at various
places. As a reason for demanding
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The Exposition.
“You are mine!” cried the impecuni-
ous nobleman as be embraced ths
heiress.
“Yes,” said the latter, “a gold mine.”
WASHINGTON
Clark was 63 years old
Speaker
last week.
Intoxicating liquors will have no
plrce in the White House during the
an Indemnity from Turkey, the Greek next four years unless the president’s
government points out that the main-
tenance of the prisoners already has j
Involved the expenditure of $1,000,000.
A terrific dynamite explosion appointed private secretary to Secre-
views undergo a sharp change.
Byron R. Newton of New York,
formerly of the New York Herald, was
wrecked the town of Irvine-in-Ayr-
shire, Scotland. The number of dead
is not known. It is said that the in-
jured number hundreds. The ex-
plosion occurred at Nobles' Explosive
works at Arder, twenty miles from
Glasgow. For a radius of several
miles It had the force of a destructive
earthquake.
Agua Prieta fell to the constitution-
alist sympathizers who crossed the
border from Douglas. Not a shot vans
fired. General Ojeda, commanding
the federal garrison with about 500
men, evacuated the town, leaving
tary McAdoo of the treasury depart-
ment.
Former Gov. Alexander M. Dockery
of Gallatin, Mo., has been chosen for
third assistant postmaster general. He
formerly was a representative in Con-
gress.
President Wilson's present purpose
Is to accept the proposal of the house
leaders and recommend that the tariff
alone be acted upon at the extra ses
sion of congress.
Joseph R. Wilson, brother of ths
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"Your daughter plays some very ro-
bust pieces.”
“She's got a beau in the parlor,"
growled Pa Wombat, “and that loud
music is to drown the sound of her
mother washing the dishes.”—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
thirty rurale police to guard federal in- president, was defeated for the secre-
terests. After the surrender of the 1 tarvshlp of the senate after a two-day
border town, 650 state troops under fight in the democratic caucus. James
Colonel Gallex, arrived and a provis-
ional municipal government was set
up-
DOMESTIC
Fire Saturday night destroyed the
factory of the Shreve Chair Co., Union
City, Pa. The loss is estimated at
$250,000.
Francis Le Moyn was arrested at
Jacksonville charged with the larceny
of bonds valued at $14,000, from Paine,
Webber & Company, bankers and
brokers, of Boston.
Baker was given the Job.
The five su*fragetts who tried to
reach King George with petitions
while was oa his way to parliament
w ere sent to prison for periods rang
ing from twenty-one days to a month.
Diplomatic representatives: of elev
en South American and Central Amer-
ican countries have accepted invita-
tions to attend the fourth annual ses-
sion of the American Peace congress
to be held at St. Louis May 1, 2 and
3, next.
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Resch, Francis X. The Messenger. (Earlsboro, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1913, newspaper, March 20, 1913; Earlsboro, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860680/m1/2/: accessed May 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.