The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1907 Page: 5 of 8
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THE EH AWNEF NEWS
THUR8DAY, MAY 2, 1907.
Established
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With its capital and surplus of $80,000 and resource* of
$712,272.00 invites business Arms and individuals alike to partic-
ipate in banking matters of all kinds where safety is the •first
consideration.
Collections made, drafts and credit letters issued—every con-
venience for the transaction of business offered.
Start Your Account Today!
I0NAL
John Payton was in Tecumseh Wed-
nesday on business.
Mrs. John Downey returned Wednes-
day to her home hi Gainesville, Tex.,
after an extended visit with N. H. Kel-
ly and family, of 115 North Oklahoma.
Roy Ticknor of the Gas company
is expecting his wife and children and
his father-in-law, A. J Johnson, to ar-
rive from Jacksonville, 111., in a few
days.
I
Patronise your home greenhouse
they Lave s full stock of roses, erim
so, ramblers, hybrids and teas, hearty
scrubs, at Conover s greenhouse. Take
the Broadway street car to Indepen-
dence avenue, and walk three blocks
east. 10-tf |
Klnslow.8pencor.
J. D. Kinslow and Miss Nannie Spen-
cer were married Wednesday after-
noon at Tecumseh, Judge Maben offi-
ciating. The bride is a well known
young lady of this city, being the
daughter of Street Commissioner T. L.
Spencer, and has lived here nearly all
her life. Mr. Kinslow Is also well
known in this city, being in the employ
of the Shawnee Electric Light com- I
pany, where he is greatly respected for
his integrity and faithfulness. Many
friends wish Mr. and Mrs. Kinslow a I
long and happy life.
HhMMI.
WEATHER FORECAST.
J Oklahoma and Indian Terrl-
♦ tory. fair ana warmer tomorrow,
♦•i
7 a. m.. 48; 10 a. m., 64; 12
m„ 60; 3 p. m., 65.
Hardy Dial Here.
Hardy Dial of Rush Springs, I. T.,
who has just been made general agent
for Oklahoma and Indian Territory of
the Farmers and Bankers' Warehouse
Association of Texas, is in Shawnee
attending the convention of the Farm-
ers' Union.
i Current events
Forest Boyd of Tecumseh was
Shawnee visitor Wednesday.
Aristocrat, the logical smoke. 30-10t
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stauber of Tecum
- eh were in Shawnee Wednesday.
The Aristocrat is in town.
George Cobble of Tecumseh was a
Shawnee business visitor Wednesday.
A press feeder wanted at The News
AWAY WITH HITCHING POSTS.
Why They Should Be Abolished and
Shed« Provided In Their Place.
Clarke M. Drake of Prattsburg. N
Y., who wants the village hitching posi
abolished, writes ns follows to the
Farm Journal;
To many a horse the hitehlng post
Henry Shelling of Oklahoma City I becomes a CrepzInR |>ost. It will have
gave yesterday to Rev. Adams a line i to 8" "" th'' ol'' "lu<" "''Ipplna
cocoanut basket with mustel which. P08'
..... In the gales that often sweep through
was brought from Vermont. * . . . , , . , „
I the principal business streets of a v 11
There will be a call meeting of Aid ! or towu 11 "lanket wl" n0,
No. 2 of the Christian church Thurs-! nsrilT "n " ,,ors,■ " "
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Shipley, 124 East Ninth.
Miss Lillian Mack of Fort Worth,
Texas, arrived in Shawnee Tuesday,
and is employed as trimmer in the mil-
linery store of Mrs. Vance.
Thomas Alford was a business vis-
itor in Tecumseh Wednesday
Krelllng, the tailor,
118 M. Main street.
has moved to
l-2t
S. G Ashbaugh has been confined
to his bed by illnesa for several days.
Kreiling, the tailor, has moved to
118 B Main street. l-2t
W. Combast of McKinney, Texas,
Is in the city this week on business.
A treat for particular smokers—
Aristocrat, 5c cigar. 30-10
Best grade McAlester lump coal.
$6.60 per ton delivered. Roodhouse,
the coal man, 107 W Main, phone 800.
4-tf
rain «-omes up, the men and women
aeek shelter, but the horses have to
soak. The horses are fastened to a
post, and no one eould blame them for
breaking away and finding a plaee
which their faithful service lias pur-
chased. Many of them are driven hard
to end front the village snd severely
suffer at the post from the effects of
wind and storm.
In return for slackness in not provld
Ing sheds for the horses the village
people have to endure a stable odor on
their streets whenever the weather Is
right for it. These odors drift into the
and when the droppings ar
Mrs. A. Henderson and Mrs. J. M
Tepping, representing Prospect Tern stores
pie, No. 6, of Coalgate, are taking In *** « rt «"* lhp wind" hlow ,he pnr"
the Pythian Sisters convention. j' Some"'wilu*e. provide well built
sheds with feed manger*, where horses
Mrs. Hattie Smith, past chief and may not only enjoy freedom from wind
representative from Bonanl Temple,' and rain, but also have the protection
No. 21, of Cache, O. T., Is enjoying of their blankets and the pleasure of
the Pythian Sisters convention. , eating a bite liefore returning home
I If goods are purchased, they ma;
Mrs Beason of Oklahoma City is at-
tending the Pythian Sisters convention
A boy wanted at The News office,
14 or 1« years old. H-tf
placed in the vehicle and be kept as
dry as when they <'ame from the stor
till the owner is ready to go home It
is very' unpleasant to think of riding
home sitting on a wet cushion and un
der wet blankets.
Public sheds are not more or h'ss
than guest burns where horses are to
' atand In comfort and safety while the
________ I owners are making purchases. Busl-
The large crowd of Pythian Sisters ! ness tnen who have not enterprise
The Maccabee guards of the L. O.
T. M. will do some fine work at their
regular meeting Wednesday, May 8,
when several candidates will be Ini-
tiated.
KIRK'S J A*' ROSE toilet and b lh
It is TRaNRVARKNT—so clear you rati re d
through u All druggists and grocers sail It.
Mrs. Daniel Boone has returned from ; ,ook a trolley ride yesterday afternoon ^ jpsPt,rv^ patronac
I know « village <<t 1.200 population,
a live business town, which ho* not
free public hitching shed, and sine
Mr. Jos. Bugser, piano tuner, is'
a visit with her brother, in Pittsburg,
K&naaa.
{;ind were shown Sonne of the attractive
I homes of Shawnee
Free Matinee at the Bijou Saturday
2:30and 3:30 p. m. for all school child-1 •«*• Any°ne wftnUnK thelr Planoa
ren under 16 years of a„e. I*"*. Phone 332' Wrlgh,'s JeWelry
Judge Davis of McKinney, Texas, 1*
in the city on legal business this
week
I Store.
30-3t
Dr. Cameron has moved his office
over Roy Jenkins, corner Main and
Broadway. 30-tf
Herbert Merrill of Mexla, Texas, a
former resident of Shawnee, is calling
on old friends in the city.
May 1. 1006. It has lieen a licen«
towu. What will niauy n faithful
beast have to endure these white
days and nights hitched in the open
ftreets, with its driver filling himself
with whisky, insuring a merciless driv.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Estes are now at ^n)PWI|^ Hn(j perhaps an empty ronu
home to their friends in their nice
residence at C48 North Louisa, which
they purchased of George Estes. who
left here last week for Washington.
PRE INVENTORY Sftlt j
IS
NOW
ON
AT
The Big Furniture Store
This is a Money-Saving Sale
Buy Now and Save From
10 tO 33mm
I
L0N6MIRE-DRAPER Co.
—^ EAST MAIN STREET
I
Why Be
Uncomfortable
NAME PLATES FOR TOWNS.
Mrs. E. J. Gray and Miss Gertrude
Taylor of Tecumseh were Shawnee
visitor* Wednesday.
Free Matinee at the Bijou Saturday
2:30and 3:30 p. m. for ill school child-
ren under 15 years of age.
N. H. Kelly left for Meeker, where
he will visit a month with his son,
8 B. Kelly
Get acquainted with the aristocrat.
30-10t
No other remedy on eartb la so
good for children &a Holllater's Rocky
Mountain Tea; makes them eat, sleep
and grow. Bright eyes, rosy cheeks.
8C cents, Tea or Tablets Shawnee
Drug Co. *
Pike Baker is laying concrete walks
arund his beautiful home at 412 North
Broadway. Let all property owners
who have not good walks on their
premises go and do likewise.'
Mr*. Frederick M. Davis, represent-
ln« Muskogee Temple, i>o. 14, of Mus-
kogee. la a visiting Pythian lady.
J. W. Wayne of 209 South Philadel-
phia avenue. Is anticipating News
house cleaning week by a few Jays,
and Is having hla pretty lawn thorough-
ly cleaned and pnt In nice order.
Ladles Aid No. 1 of the Christian
church will give a klmona sale and
Japanese tea at the home of Mr .
J. H. Maxey, 401 N, Market, Thurs-
day p. m., May 2. All kinds and sites
of klmonas for sale. Refreshments
Nicety furnished rooms, every roem will be served. A general Invitation
aa nutslde roam, on the corner ot Is extended to our Shawnee ladlei
Main and Philadelphia 3Stf | 29 3t
An Idea From Abroad Which Might
Prove Valuable Here.
▲ntomobllistH who have done unj
imount of touring, either in the United
States or abroad, have frequently won
dared why some method of designating
towns and cities has never been ad<>pi
sd by municipal authorities, savs tlie*
New York Post. Borne few month*
ago the suggestion wau advanced in
the United States that perhaps the
postofflce department might be induced
to pot the names of the towns on It*
postofflce buildings In various places,
bat so far as Is known nothlnjr ha«
erer been done In this direction
With character!stir British thorough
aaa, the English Automobile a*so«la
Hon has taken this matter op In Un-
lit little Island, and It Is the lnten
n of the officers of that organisation
fix name plates on the first and last
Mldlngs In all towns and villages
throughout the kingdom in order that
motorUt* as well an other travelers
may learn the name of a town or vll
lage as soon :is they <*ome to it 1<
would seem that this In an iden
which might N* considered by the vsri
•ns state sssof-iatlous of the American
Aotomoblle association.
The aristocrat is here to stay. 30-10t
ON YOUR FEET. WHEN YOU
CAN AVOID THE DIFFICUL
TY BY WEARING A PAIR OF
L3QD&^ja
ril
OUR PERFECT FITTING
SHOES A FIT FOR EVERY
FOOT AT PRICES CONSIS-
TENT WITH VALUE.
THE BRIGHT LEATHER8
DRESS WEAR ARC
BEAUTIES.
THE DULL
LEATHERS FOR STREET
WEAR ARE SATISFICRS. WE
ARE OUTFITTERS FOR MEN
AND BOYS.
-THE SHAWNEE:
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ready for bu«-
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If all the flx-
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The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1907, newspaper, May 2, 1907; Shawnee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106399/m1/5/?rotate=270: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.