Okeene Democrat (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1918 Page: 2 of 10
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THE OKEENE DEMOCRAT
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100 MILLION IN BACK PAY
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It’s Poor Economy to
Endure a Bad Back
TN these davs of rising prices, we need every ounce of strength
and the ability to do a full day's work every day. The man
or woman with weak kidneys is half crippled. Sore, aching
kidneys; lame, stiff back, headache, dizzy spells and a dull,
tired feeling and urinary disorders are daily sources of distress.
Vou can t afford to neglect kidney weakness and make it easy
for gravel, dropsy or Bright's disease to take you. Get a box
of Doan s Kidney Pills today. They have helped thousands.
They should help you.
Personal Reports of Real Cases
MANY RAILROAD EMPLOYES
GET INCREASES
Wage Adjustments Based On Decern-
ber, 1915, Scale Are Recom.
mended.
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AN OKLAHOMA CASE.
Otto Besse, city fireman. 306
McAlester. Okla., says: "I have
used Doan's Kidney Pills for three
years and they have always re-
moved any attacks of kidney dis-
order and kept my kidneys In
good shape. Before using this
medicine I was able to get but
little help from severe attacks of
kidney trouble. I had dull pains
and soreness In my back that
would tiro me out. and my kid-
neys acted too frequently espe-
cially at night. Doan’s Kidney
Pills proved to be the best medi-
cine for this trouble. I always
recommend them to anyone I
hear complaining of kidney dis-
order."
AN OKLAHOMA CASE.
Mrs. J. W. Randolph, 512 E.
Broadway, Enid, Okla., says:
"For years I suffered from gravel
and used all kinds of remedies
without success. Once I was laid
up for several weeks and the
misery and pain I endured was
awful. A friend, knowing my
condition, recommended Doan’s
Kidney Pills and I used eight
boxes. The gravel stones were
dissolved and passed off and the
pains were relieved. The cure
Doan’s Kidney Pills gave me has
proven permanent for years. I
have endorsed this remedy before
and my statement still holds
good.”
DOAN’S KpiLL^Y
60c a Box At All Stores. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y., Chemists
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Spring Run of Distemper
MAT BE WHOLLY AVOIDED BY USING*
'"^PMINCk* A small outlay of money brings very
great results. It Is a sure cure and a
preventive if you use It as per directions. Simple, safe
and sure. The SI slse is twice the quantity and an ounce
more than the 50c slse. Get your horses In best condition
for late spring and summer. All druggists, harness deal-
ers or manufacturers.
SPOHX MEDICAL CO., Manufacturers, Goshen, Ind. '
Washington.—All railroad employes
Rhose monthly pay in December, 1915,
was less than $250 a month liave been
recommended for wage increases by
the railway wage commission.
The recommendations, if adopted by
Director General McAdoo would give
the workers $100,000,000 in back pay
to January 1 and would add $288,012,
718 to the payroll as of 1917, a net
increase of 15,021 per cent.
Wages advances proposed, however,
do sot represent increases over exist-
ing pay but are based on the month
of December, 1915. In other words
any increases which may have been
allowed by individual roads since that
time must be deducted. In some cases
deductions will almost, if not alto-
gether cover the increases suggested
according to the report. The roads
themselves during 1916 and 1917 in-
creased wages an amount equivalent
to $350,000,000 if applied to the pres-
ent number of their employes.
Flat Increases of $20 a month are
proposed for all employes except ap-
prentices receiving $46 or less and all
others up to $239 would get advances
ranging from 43 per cent down to 4.6
per cent, the smallest increases going
to those with the highest wages.
Above $239 flat increases would be
given to make the wage $250. Ap-
prentices from 18 to 21 years old
would receive only three-fourths of
the recommended increases and those
below 18 years old one-half.
Men discharged since January shall
receive their share of the retroactive
pay for the time that they worked.
TORNADO IN IOWA; 21 DEAD
North and Eastern Sections of State
Swept By Storm.
“After
every
meal”
mm
MiSi
iff
Ham
Spring Is In the air—the
fields and woods and
wafers call—
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And to add to the zest
of outdoor Pleasures
nothing affords the long-
lasting refreshment of
WRICLEYS-
So carry it always
with you.
The Flavor
Lasts
■§
CHROME CDNSTIRATIBN
IS A CRIME AGAINST NATURE
Stop it or you never can keep well II you wake with a had taste in the
mouth, coated tongue, perhaps headache, your liver is torpid. A torpid liver
deranges the whole system, produces dyspepsia, costiveness and piles. There
is no better remedy for these disorders than DR. TUTT’S LIVER PILLS.
Try them just once and be eternally convinced. For sale by all druggists.
Dr. Tutf’s Liver Pills
REALLY SEEMED ONLY WAY
Smith's Idea Was Bright Enough If the
Horse Would Only Do Hia
Part In the Game.
John Smith bought a horse. The
first Sunday after the purchase he and
his bosom pal harnessed the horse to
a trap and went into trie country on
a fishing trip. At the shore of the lake
they unharnessed the horse, and let
It loose while they fished.
Presently the sun began to go down,
and Smith and pal decided to get ready
for the return Journey. They caught
the horse, and Smith begnn to harness
It But here they met a difficulty.
The horse wouldn’t open Its mouth for
the hit.
They tried every means they could
think of, hut still the stubborn animal
stood with closed mouth, placidly
watching them.
At last Smith sat on the ground and
begnn to tell Jokes—horrible, moth-
eaten Jokes, that Adam would have
thought chestnuts.
“What on earth are you doing?"
asked Smith’s pal.
“Trying to get the beast to yawn,”
said Smith.
Problem for Home.
“ Good morning, children.” said the
arithmetic teacher. "How many of you
have prepared an original problem In
multiplication ns I requested?” Only
one hand went up.
"Well, William, you may give your
problem and the rest of the class may
solve it.”
"If my baby sister is a year old now
and weighs 20 pounds, and keeps on
gaining two ounces a day until she is
sixteen years old, and If the price of
living doubles again in the next ten
years how much will my sister's grad-
uation outfit cost? Mother says she
would like to know.”—Rehoboth Sun-
day Herald.
Sioux Falls, S. D.—A message re-
ceived here reported that eighteen
persons were killed in a tornado at
Calmar, Iowa, and that three were
killed and one injured severely at Ma-
son City, Iowa.
At the railway office here it was said
that Mason City was the source of the
message.
Five Known Dead.
Des Moines.—Five persons are
known to be dead, six other deaths
were reported and scores of persons
are injured as the result of several
tornadoes that swept through north,
eastern and eastern Iowa.
The storm cut a swath seven miles
long and from one-quarter to one
mile wide.
Score Under Building.
Davenport, * Iowa.—More than a
score of persons were pinned under
a building and several are reported
dead as the result of a tornado which
struck Eldridge, nine miles north of
Davenport.
Three Killed In New Hampton.
New Hampton, Iowa.—Three per
sons were killed In a cyclone which
struck here and tearing a belt two
miles wide and five miles long des.
troyed buildings, fields and orchards
on from forty to fifty farms.
Words Fail.
Gus—I don’t see anything funny in
these Christmas wheezes about wifey’s
cigars.
Gusty—Married?
Gus—No.
Gusty—Do you smoke?
Gus—No.
(Heavy silence.)
U. OF 0. BUILDINGS BURNED
Evidences of Incendiarism At Nor
man.
Milk and Water.
Bilktns had bought bis cow now
about a week, ami asked a friend over
to give his opinion on the purchase.
The visitor arrived, and was shown
Into a room to wait, and commenced
chatting to Bilklns, Jr.
"How much milk does your cow
give a day?"
" ’Bout eight quarts, sir.”
"And how much of that do you
•elir
“ ’Bout twelve quarts, sir.”
Collapse of Bilklns, coming In the
door.
FRECKLES
How Is the Tim te Get Rid of Tkcte Ugly Spot*
There’s no longer the slightest nee<l of feeling
ashamed of four freckles, as 0(bine—double
strength—U guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce of Otblne—double
strength—from your druggist, and apply a llttla
of it night and morning and you should soon sea
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis-
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tirely. It Is seldom that more than one ounce
Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
a heantlful clear complexion.
Be sure to ssk for the doable strength Otblne,
as this Is sold under guarantee of money back
If It falls to remove freckles.—Adv.
More "U" Boat Victims.
"And this," said the keeper, “Is what
we call ‘Inventors’ row,’ ”
"I see," replied the visitor. “AJ1
the poor lunatics In this ward tried tq
invent something.”
“That’s right There are eighty pa-
tients in these padded cells and every
one of them has a different solution
of the submarine problem."—Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Not a Line Officer.
“I thought you told me June mar-
ried an officer.” “So she did. He’s
president of the Boon Powder works.”
To Drtva Out Malaria end Build Up
labsL showing It u
Norman, Okla.—Fire originating in
the Janitor’s rom of the Junior high
ichool building of the University oi
Oklahoma, destroyed the one story
wooden structure and Its contents and
■wept across to the frame building
used by the school of journalism, des-
troying it also. The buildings and
contents represent a loss of $15,000,
all covered by insurance.
The blaze is believed to have been
Incendiary origin. Two other au
tempts made to fire the building from
the Janitor’s room led J. L. Lindsey,
financial secretary of the universit?
to declare that pupils in the junioi
high school were responsible.
Resentment on the part of the higt
ichool students against remaining it
ichool when the Norman city schooli
closed three weeks ago is alleged b)
Lindsey to have prompted the effort!
to destroy the building.
Happy is the woman who can make
home so clublike that her husband
doesn’t care to leave 1L
Vb* formula 1* printed on every--n. mot
Quinine and Iron la a tuna. Oka
But the man who refuses to wort
when offered a Job is generally ready
to work a friend.
The author of a recent novel likened
the hair of his heroine to spun yarn
It Is evidently a chestnut.
Eleven Killed When 8hell Explodes
Fort Worth.—An officer and ten en.
listed men were killed and nine wen
seriously injured at Camp Bowii
when a trench mortar shell exploded
luring battle practice. Major Oen
E St. John Greble, commanding Cam}
Bowie; Brigadier General Hutchlngi
and other officers from dirislona
headquarters, were watching practice
General Greble and his aides. Cap
tain Houghton and Lieutenant Rus
•ell were standing ten yards from thi
mortar when the explosion occurred
AN ATTACK OF GRIP
USUALLY LEAVES KIDNEYS
IN WEAKENED CONDITION
Doctor* in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of grip
which has visited so many homes. The
symptoms of grip this year are often very
distressing and leave the system in a run-
down condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem to suffer most, as almost every
victim complains of lame back and urin-
ary troubles which should not be neglect-
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists
report a large sale on Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root which so many people say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp-Root,
being an herbal compound, has a gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which is al-
most immediately noticed in most cases
by those who try it. Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., offer to send a sam-
ple size bottle of Swamp-Root, on receipt
of ten cents, to every sufferer who re-
quests it. A trial will convince anyone
who may be in need of it. Regular medi-
um and large size bottles, for sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention this
paper.—A dr.
Recruiters Please Notice.
In our city they were recruiting a
battalion of short men known as the
“Bantams.”
One day our little four-yeur-old sol-
dier came in complaining of tiredness.
When asked what he had been doing
he said, “I’ve been recruiting all day."
“Which battalion are you recruiting
for?” he was asked
“The Bantams,” he replied.
“How many did you get?” was the
next query.
“Oh." he said with a little sigh of
weariness. “I recruited 600 bantams
and one rooster!”—Canadian.
830
A Square Meal. .
Some American soldiers in the
trenches were discussing the food sit-
uation when one said: “Just think of
it, potatoes, steak, butter, honey, fruit,
pie, and two eggs.”
Another soldier reminded him that
such a feed was not to be had at any
price.
"Why,” said the first, “it’s not to
eat it’s to think about.”
Natural Sequence.
"What did Gings do when his wife
made such a sweeping attack upon
him?” “Why, he dusted.”
One kind of frugality consists in
knowing how to get other people to
supply your wants.
His Retort
She—Do you believe In spells?
He (tenderly)—No. but I do In
witches.
W hen a young man begins to spout
hot air it’s up to the wise girl to turn
on a cold wave.
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Blackwood, Crawford. Okeene Democrat (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1918, newspaper, May 17, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1075552/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.