McCurtain Gazette. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 82, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1918 Page: 1 of 6
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McCvrtain
Gazette.
Volume 13
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Saturday, December 7, 1918
Number 82
LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS
FROM THE LITTLE TOTS.
Idabel, Oklahoma, brother at my house name H. S.
November 29, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a
handcar. Martha and Margar-
ite want two dolls and two tri-
cycles.
Your little friend,
John M. Craig, Jr.
Jr., and he wants a little rubber
doll and a rattler and a baby
sister too and she wants a lit-
tle doll of any kind and a little
dress on it. She wants a little
story book.
Your little friend,
PRINCESS ROWLAND.
Idabel, Oklahoma, | Hochatown. Oklahoma.
December 3, 1918. | December 2, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus: Dear Santa Claus:
As it is nearing Xmas time I will be seven in December. I
I will write you what I want. I; go to school, I like to read very
want a tricylle, a top, some!much, I have 42 books, I have
story booKs and other play I read nearly all of them. I like
things for little boys. I also | books, I would like a sleepy
want some candy and fruit. 11 doll, and anything else that is
will hang up my stocking by the nice for a little girl. Please do
stove as you will have to come not forget Little Leah at Fort
down the flue. iTowson. I thank you for my
Your little friend, ! pretty things you will bring me.
B. F. BAIN, Jr. | j |0ve you,
- ! BOBBIE LEE CARTER.
Idabel, Oklahoma.
December 3, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus:
I will write you a few lines
to let you know what I want for
Xmas. I want you to bring me
a big doll, a rocking chair, a
high chair and some fruit and
candies. You must not bring
much candy and fruit for these
are war times. I will close hop-
ing you will pay me a visit
Xmas eve night.
Your friend,
CHARLINE BARRETT.
Idabel, Oklahoma,
November 30, 1918.
My Dear Santa Claus:
I have been a good girl all
year and I want you to bring me
a doll and doll buggy and some
cocking vessels and candy and
fruit.
Lovingly,
MILDRED MORRIS.
Idabel. Oklahoma.
November 30, 1918.
My dear Mr. “Santa Clause”
I think that I have been
real good girl all year anl I want
American National Bank
WHAT SHALL WE GIVE THE CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS?
This is a question that many parents are asking themselves.
Why not give him something worth while? Open a bank account in the little
own name and pat the bank book in his stocking. One dollar will open an account.
P. S. A bank book is a nice present for the grown up children, too.
one's
ruin them before I came home.
Your good boy,
LEWIS E. HUDDLESTON.
Millerton, Oklahoma.
December 4, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus:
Well, I will write to you as
all the rest is writing to you. I
want a little car and some can-
dies and nuts and don’t forget
TO BUILD AT ONCE.
According to The Action of
Quarterly Conference.
The First Quarterly Confer-
ence of the Idabel Charge met
in regular session last Wednes-
day night. The main business
to come up for its consideration
was that of the advisability of
my two dear little brothers at the continuing of the work on
home, one is 5 years old and one j the erection of the new church,
is 3 years old, they want you to It was the unanimous opinion of j
you to "bring me V dolT and" doli brin* them lotsof things too. .the Conference that it is ourjc
buggy, also 1 want some candv So dear Santa Claus don’t forget Christian duty to go to wora at I
and fruit. ’ I us. 'once and push to spedy comple-jz
ELWIN LEE FOWLER, tion. When the war came up it; “
was the duty of every one to lend j
his efforts to our nation in its I
struggle for world liberty. Now
:it is the duty of every one to -
...'help in the reconstruction of the) I
world and the church has a very j 1
Lovingly,
EDWINA MORRIS.
Idabel, Oklahoma.
November 23. 1918.
Dear Santa:
I want you
Idabel, Oklahoma.
November 30, 1918.
My Dear Santa Claus:
I have been a real good
u to bring me a cor- all year and I want you to please , ’an 1 a'.,, e .,ucn na* a v
net and a little ax about two|bring me a doll and a tricycle. ij‘an?e sha,e in Cns, ve ha\e
feet long and some stockings.
Yours truly,
HERMAN WILKINS.
I want a small tricycle as I am a
i sponsibilities coming to us
! cause Of the outcome of
re-1
be-
the
Lovingly,
E RON AUG H MORRIS.
Idabel, Oklahoma,
December 4, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me the doll moth-
Marshall, Texas.
November'll, 1918.
jDear Santa Clause: _
I’m going to spend Christmas ,, ,,, nn ,
with my AuntSula Williams and v blabdl, Oklahoma,
I want you to be sure and bring n , November 29, If 18.
my things to her house. I want ^eijj ®antP Claus:
Doll and a Rubber’. Please fve met “
air min buggy and a sweater.
: little girl and cannot ride a bigi . , . .
lone, also I want ™»«l,
dismiss, the church must bestir
herself if the great good which
wo have accomplished shall en-
dure hence the church must
build and that speedily. Every!
friend of this church and every-
one who has town pride should
make his contribution at once,
doll, doll Our town is far behind on
And be church buildings. Let’s start
!
| Buick, Hudson,
1 Chandler Cars
The Best Lines on the Market
Accessories
I Repairs
| Rush Motor Car
Idabel, Oklahoma
one Military
some apples*2 and "candy &is aU*!"! aure and g*''.e the Belgium chil- an ora of church builling, every
er ordered and bring the doll' guess. Santa don’t forget and c !,i:n son'et™* n,ce t°°- '' e‘b dollar spent will come back in
she ordered for my little sister.! bring those things to Marshall muc,a ~.creas?.c va^ues *n
tion, Sussex, on
channel, to atack
the English since hostilities ceased and it is
the Geman possible George was just absent
1,1 j capital by means of the ma- from roll call, let us hope so any-
"*** ...j u,™ 1....,^., oQrifQ r-iQ„0 l0" ■ chines, which had never been way. On November 4th. we re-
Se.nta Claus, I have a little baby for some of the bad boys would >™ ^a ^ ^ink of ^o I f,° 0Wlng resolutlon wasiused at the front, but had been ceived a letter from our boy and
’ p s e ’ put to the severest tests. Eigh- he had met George that day.
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IvY
Bank
Lus
j
you.
i
guess I had better quit asking
o you for anything more.
Your litttle friend.
FLORENCE HOUSTON.
passed:
r> i. i rr»i_ . • i • ,, 'jut tu me ocvcicat tt
*. 1 ’ ,at , e uudmg Com- in country for attacking in- in France reported him improv-
Idabel, Oklahoma.
November 29, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus:
mittee for the new_ church acted ] terior German citie3. Each
man ing. We hope George will show
ui-cl\ and loyalh in the discon- kad received 300 hours’ exper- up yet and feel there is no cause
tinuing of the work on the; jence as night fliers at Ellington for alarm,
church while we were actively ; p;e|<j jn Texas. Thev said plans
We are a
member
of the
Federal
Reserve
Sysleni of^- - _
Our bank is not too big to welcome small accounts but
big enough to handle big business.
Come in and talk business with us.
| Please send me a bicycle with engaged in the necessary work; had |jeen made for droppng tons ELMUS H. MONK
I mud guards and coaster brake, t? tlle successful termination of tri!litrotoluo] on Berlin. The -
I do not want anything but a tnc \\ar which sought to enslave<(jjs^ance from p01-d Junction to Of Eagletown, Reported Slight-
bicycle. Send the War Orphans our fellows and to bring to I the German capital is about 500 ly Wounded.
all you want to. I don’t want naught the teachings of the, mi]es. Each super-Har.dlev- -
anything but a bicycle. groat Head ot the church and p machine had 17G feet of! Thursday’s casualty list con-
Your friend, the woik already accomplished .whig spread and carried, besides! tained the name of Elmus H.
R. B. HERNDON. by his followers. But now that I f ive machine guns and a ton of Monk, of Eagletown, as being
---. j through his help we have conic j explosive, a crow of five men, slightly wounded.
to \ ictory; as an expression of two pilots, a navigating officer —
thanksgiving and gratitude to and two mechanicians, who also _ _
him, and as a sacred duty to ou:\were machine gunners. LOS 1”—111 down
fellow men and to the boys soon> The DeHaviland-lOs were the!
to return, it is our conviction latest design of that type of
that the church should be aircraft, but smaller than the
built as speedily as possible and; Handley. Pagc. They couki
that we urge our committees to carry 1.400 pounds of explosives,
takesuch action at once as will three men, a pilot, bomber and
start the erection of the building machine gunner. These ma-.
iat lbe earliest i>ossible date. And ciiines being faster, were to pre-:
tha, we lequest all persons \vho|ce^e fhe heavier aircraft on!
have subscribed to this enter- their mission of destruction,:
P, \e pav,afi,soon a? Poss'ble, alongside 0f which the bombing.
* 1 'he ?u,ldin,g Committee 0f Cologne, Karlsruhe and other;
. ... „ Ip.1 ■’have the funis to carry out jjhine cilies, it was declared.
I will tell you ,t j provisions of this resolu- would have been mere “inci-
what I want. I want a little tion. n-,r !
football and a B. B. gun and: - 01 *ar’__
don't forget the little Belgium BERLIN HAD CLOSE CALL
children and a little Boy Scouti -
Idabel. Oklahoma,
g December 5th, 1918.
|jDear Mr. Santa Claus:
I do thank you for what you
brought me last year. This year
I do not want very much for
there are so many other children
for you to go to see. Please
bring me a doll buggy and a
sleepv doll.
MILDRED DUNN.
Dear M
How ere you?
Tdabel, Oklahoma.
December 5, 1918.
fJanta Claus:
MISSING IN ACTION.
suit.
Your little friend.
CRUCE SAWYER.
Forty American Planes Were
Ready to Bomb German
Capital
You will feel safe in dealing
Federal Reserve System of Banks, because we stand toge-
ther to protect our depositors.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Idabel, Oklahoma.
December 4, 1918.
Dear Old Santa Claus:
We want fyou to bring
us
New York, Dec. 4.—Berlin
I was to have been bombed by a
| squadron of 8 to 12 super-Hand-
lv-Page and De-Haviland-10
A telegram to D. A. Oakley,
from France, reports Geo. Oak-
ley, his son. missing in action
since November 16. This
was
town store Friday
afternoon, Nov. 22,
a Sterling Silver
Purse, containing a
$1 bill, L. M. W.
engraved on purse.
Keep money and
return purse to Ga-
zette office or mail
to box 688.
a riding pony, tricycle, some airplanes on the night of the
candy, nuts and fruits and any j signing of the armistice, accord-
ing else that you have handy, ing to American aviators, who
We have been good little boys returned today on the transport
all the year. Don’t forget that! Lapland.
train you promised us. j Forty fliers of the new and
William Jenkins Old, Jr. powerful aircraft had been pre-
Edwin Gienn Old. | paring for weeks at Fort June-
IT PAYS TO BORROW MONEY
FROM
M. J. Richardson & Co. at Hugo, Okla.
Because they have the money in the Hugo Banks, Ready, To
loan on farms of 20 acres or more, six months to iir. years time. Also
they will buy your Liberty Bonds. Write them today.
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