The Moore Messenger. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 4. NO. 2<i
OKLAHOMA (MOORE) OKLAHOMA THl'KSDAY, OCTOBER 20, I HI
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poatotrice at Okl
Act of Congreat
if I Mrs. Anna Richardson and children
messenger are staying with Mrs. Alice Richard-
' son. whlje (Jeorgte is in Norman.
Col. E. H. Marrow returned Mon-
day night from Pinsvllle, Ind., where
he has been visiting his mother, who
1b very sick.
N UATES.
i) 11.00
50
25
iaan matter at the
City, okla., under
ch 3, 187#.
P. R. Simms. Local Editor
O. S. Smith has moved Into the Hig-
gins home.
Mrs. O. J. Smith and son, Barnard,
went to Guthrie Kriday to visit rela-
tives.
A. J. Smith has purchased the stone
building he now occupies, from J. W.
Akin.
Mrs. Mattle Blevens returned Sun-
day evening from an extended visit
in Kentucky.
The Moore band reorganized Wed-
nesday night and expect to have a
trood band this winter.
Geo. Leverlch and Leon Hlatt at-
tended the Metropolitan at Oklahoma
City Wednesday night.
Tacky social Hallowe'en night Oct.
31, at J. W. Payne's Hall. Every one
invited. Refreshments served.
Wm. Hlnkle, Frank Karis and W. T.
Maulden attended the Masonic lodge
at Capitol Htll Wednesday night.
The Moore Literary Society will
have their first public meeting in
Simms' Hall Friday night, Oct. 27.
Every body invited to attend and take
part in the program.
A. J. Smith has had the old Mc-
Carthy home moved east of the old
site and will erect a new modern res
idence on the old site.
ITCsMEN
CABINET
Wheatland Items
WHEATLAND SCHOOL
TAINMENT.
ENTER-
I The Wheatland school is going to
Jtuaie Davis whh pleasures in Okla j have a program and box supper at the
homa City Sunday. school house, Friday night, October
_____ i 27. The girls are asked to bring well-
! filled untrlmmed boxes, for the girl's
Mrs. Ed Merser was an Oklahoma1- • .... .. .
City visitor Saturday.
HE DECLINED AN INVITATION
Jinks Got Hia Letter* Mixed and Em-
ployer Receive* Scrawl He In-
tended for a Friend.
HAT man that hath a tonaue. 1
•ay. !■ no man
Willi that tongua ha cannot win
woman. —Shakespeare
I hands will be sold instead of the
I boxes, and we imrtst upon the boys
bringing plenty of money, so they will
Mr. Guy Ours went to Oklahoma j be able to buy their "Future hand ol
... . ■ I fntn " tar 111 nliJ/\ im < k ftl
City Saturday on business.
fate." There will also be a booth,
where you can have your future told
Harley Morrison loaded his emi-
grant car Wednesday and left for
Coffeyvllle, Kan., where he will make
his future home.
Mrs. Young, wife of John Young of
Oklahoma City, but who formerly
lived south east of Moore, died last
Thursday of typhoid fever. Interment
last Friday at Moore cemetery.
FALL PICKLING.
nuoic juu i nil nin c juui lumie .*#■*
a I | The little program that has been well
j Or. Joyce made a business trip to prepared by the teacher is as follows
Fletcher, Okla., Monday. Song—Wheatland School scholars
I Dr. Joyce was transacting businesa
In almost every household there ar« j In Oklahoma City Saturday.
old and valued recipes which ara
Don't forget the Child's Study club
meeting, Friday afternoon.
Nolan Gross, age 20, and Miss Anna
La Leslie, age 18, were united In mar-
riage Sunday p. m. A large crowd of
young people of Moore and vicinity
went out Monday night to celebrate
the occasion.
A. J. SMITH
Groceries
and
Dry Goods
We carry a complete line of
Groceries and sell at the very
lowest prices.
Moore
Marrion Kemp came down from Pur-
cell, Col., Tuesday of last week and
he and wife and children left Tues-
day of this week for home. Mrs. Kemp
has been visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. McCottrell, for some time.
LAWN RIDGE AND ELM CREEK.
Flora Gilmore, Delia, and Lillie
Rhudy spent Sunday with Mrs. W.
H. Peachee.
nanded down from mother to daujh
ter. reclpea so choice that It Is an
especial favor to have one given you.
Here Is a valued recipe for dill
pickles: Take forty cucumbers three
or four Inches long, put Into salt
wate* strong enough to hold up an
egg. a handful of dill seed or six large
sprays of fresh dill, and a dozen
grape leaves. Put a layer of grape
leaves In the bottom of a Jar and add
the cucumbers and brine with the dill.
Cover the top of the Jar with several
layers of grape leaves and let stand | Mr Pasezzel, of Tuttle, spent Sun-
a week, when the pickles will be ready i day afternoon with Miss Minnie Mar-
to use. I "n-
Tomato# for Meats.—Chop fine six-
teen ripe tomatoes, four small onions I Mr. W. F. Edmonson of Oklahoma
. , . , „ , „jj three ta- City, was transacting business here
and a cupful of celery, add three ta | *
blespoonfuls of salt, one cup of vine- | ' •
gar. a cup of sugar and cayenne pep- ; c H M|chaeigen> 0f oklahoma City,
per to taste. Place In a sterilized can j was shajj|ng |lands with old friends
and seal without cooking j Monday.
Chow-Chow.—Prepare the following
Little Theodore Hardy, son of
Frank Hardy, is very ill this week.
j Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Williams were
Oklahoma City visitors Tuesday.
Mr. Sthell, of Oklahoma City, was
transacting business here Monday.
(iertrude Brandt spent Sunday and
Monday visiting friends in Oklahoma
Song—Wheatland School scholars
Japanese Drill—Primary and Second
grade.
Heading with Music—Anna King.
Wan Drill—Sixth. Seventh, Eighth
grade.
Rec. People of the Lands—Priinar>
class.
Everybody come and have a goo<
time Is insured to all. The money is
for a good purpose and should be wil
ingly spent. Welcm" i« n r motto.
AWFUL SURPRISE.
Lela Rogers spent from Friday
evening till Sunday evening with her
sisters and friends in Noble.
Mrs. A. V. Watts, and Mrs. W. H.
Peachee spent Saturday evening with
Mrs. Winstade.
vegetables and cut In small pieces: 1 (Jeorge Johnson moved his feed,;
Two quarts of green tomatoes, twelve j horse and buggy Into the Purcell barn,
small cucumbers, three red peppers.] Wednesday.
one cauliflower two buncos 'Bf <^ ^ Qeg8te Gr0VCi of oklahoma!
ery. one pin of small onions, two , ( t hpr frlem,
quarts of string beans. Mix together j Krma t,unkpr
a fourth of a pound of mustard, two
ounces of tumeric, half an ounce each
of allspice, pepper and cloves and
The following amusing Incident
■bowing the result of absence of
mind when writing letteri Is quoted
by a Birmingham paper.
The culprit. Jinks, received one day
two letters by first post One was
from his friend. Jack Smith, asking
him to play In a football match; the
other was an Invitation from his em-
ployer. whose name was also Smith,
to spend the day at his home.
Now. Jinks had long admired from
afar his employer's only daughter,
and this invitation was most accept-
able to him. He promptly sat down
and wrote a brief note of acceptance
on an elaborate sheet of note paper,
while to his other friend he sent a
•crawl across an odd half sheet
The next morning Jinks was sur-
prised to see Jack Smith burst Into
his room eiclalmlng. "Why, aren t
you ready?"
"Ready? 1 wrote you I couldn't
play "
"Nonsense! You wrote me a coui^
teous note accenting my Invitation. I
took your excess politeness as ■
Joke."
"Then the guv'nor got the scrawl In-
tended for you!" Jinks gasped.
"What did you say, old man?"
"Dear Smith: Rats! I've something
better on!"
Ira Peachee spent Sunday with his
mother.
Richard Kitchen made a business
trip to Oklahoma City Friday.
Grandma Wllks spent last week vis-
iting her daughter and family W. E.
Gross.
S. L. Rhudy and wife spent Sunday
evening with Mrs. Winstade.
Mrs. A. R. Batch of Oklahoma City
spent the day Sunday with her son
and family.
Born, to Mrs. Lillian Cole, Saturday,
a fine baby girl.
Mrs. F. K. Rhudy and children spent
Monday with Mrs. Dale Janeway.
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New Store!
• ♦
New Goods
Give me a trial and
I will show you.
A few of the many bargains:
«
I; 3 Ca°sCorn 25c
j: J Cars Kraut £5c
^ Cans Hominy 25c
"""""""" +
6 Bars of I
Laundry Soap M |
Mr. Nolan Gross, age 20 and Miss
Annialue Lessly, age 18, were mar-
j ried Sunday at the home of the brides'
parents, Mr. Paul Lessly.
I Nellie Johnson spent Monday with
her aunt and family, Mrs. A. V. Watts.
gallon of vinegar. Cover the vegeta-
! bles with salt and let stand twenty
j four hours. Heat the vinegar with the
| spices to the boiling point, add tha
! drained vegetables, cook until sofL
Green Tomato Pickles.—To a peck
of sliced green tomatoes add half a
dozen onions and a cup of salt: let
stand over night and drain; add two
quarts of vinegar, two cups of brown
sugar, half an ounce of cloves and one
of cinnamon. Cook all together until
the tomatoes are a little soft, not too
tender, then put away In a stone )ar
after adding a freshly grated horserad-
ish. These will keep a year or longer.
Chill Sauce.—Peel twelve medium-
sized tomatoes very ripe, one finely
chopped red pepper one onion
chopped, two cups of vinegar, three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, a tablespoon-
ful of salt, two teaspoonfuls each of
cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and all-
spice. Heat slowly to the boiling
point and cook two and a half hours.
j Mr. Richard Kitchen and Miss Lela
Rogers attended the party at Mr. W.
| Gross Monday night.
| Miss Lela Rogers spent Tuesday
night with her scholar, Lizzie Bean.
j The Iola Rebekah Lodge No. 156 of
f ] Moore were invited to Capitol Hill
h Tuesday night to attend a supper and
an entertainment. There were only
I three that attended and they reported
La pleasant time.
Freak Potato.
. | A freak potato was dug up lately In
k' a Belfast garden. The potato, in the
! j course of its growth had forced Its
| i way right through the center of a
beef shank bone, it had grown to an
enormous size too, and was firmly at-
tached to the bone, bulging out both
t above and below it.
Long Distance Camera.
The most successful thing which
has been recently introduced in the
way of a long distance camera is one
. : which makes use of reflectors inside
f | the camei" to get the enlarged object.
B. S. Christy shipped two carloads
of cattle out of here Tuesday after-
noon.
Pearl Todd acted as assistant post-
mistress in the absence of Mrs. Pur-
cell, Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. M. F. Piatt, traveling salesman
for New State Candy Co., was visiting
the merchants Saturday.
Ardis King returned home from
Bristow, Okla., Sunday evening. He
will remain here for some time.
Bob Howard, Pioneer lineman, spent
Sunday night with his father, W. H.
Howard.
Magistrate—This officer says you ap-
proached your wife, spoke to her and
she fainted.
Rastus—Dat's right, Jedge.
Magistrate—What did you say to
tier?
RastuB—Jes tole her dat I loved
ler, sah.
hcystas Keieased.
Torreon, Mexico—For lack of evi-
lence implicating them in the alleged
lot against the government, all the
leyestas, arrested here four days ago,
Here released.
Nature's Law.
The law of nature Is, that a certain
I quantity of work is necessary to pro-
duce a certain quantity of good of any
! kind whatever. If you want knowl-
edge, you must toil for It; if food, you
must toil for it; and if pleasure, you
j must toll for it.—Ruskin.
James A. Cowan
Th« Farmer*' FlnancUr"
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW
Laa4 TMm • SfKitlty
MOOU OKLAHOMA
Mr. John James returned from
Pappa, Texas, Monday, where he bad
been looking after business interests.
Mrs Josie V. Purcell spent Monday
and Tuesday attending business and
visiting relatives in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Reisiney, of Oklahoma City,
I visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.
Purcell, Tuesday.
| The cemetery association will hold
a meeting in Wheatland Saturday aft-
j ernoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose
j of electing new officers and other busi-
ness. Everyone is urged to attend.
Texas and Robert Hemphill, of
Council Groves, spent Sunday after-
I noon with their friends Laura and L.U-
i cile Weiche.
War is an extremely simple game.
V number of armed men are sicked
pon another body of armed men, and
hey engage in the highly exciting and
iiverting sport of maiming and slay
ng one another. The contestant which
an slaughter the most combatants
ind stifrve the most non-combatants
s adjudged the winner. Simple, is it
'Ot.
A. C. JANACEK
BLACKSMITH and
WHEELWRIGHT
Horseshoeing. Carriage
and Wagon Work a Specialty
Also Complete Line of
WHIPS
Rev. Kelly, of Snyder, Okla., will
start a week's revival meeting at the
new Christian Church Thursday night,
November 2. Join in the meeting and
help do good.
A few young people met at Mr.
Grady's Tuesday night and practiced
songs for the Sunday school conven-
tion Sunday.
The Helping Hand club met with
Alice Gill Thursday afternoon. The
time was very pleasantly spent put
ting quilt blocks together. They will
meet with Erma Hunker this Thurs-
day. Anyone having quilts to tie,
please patronize the club.
1 have a complete line
of FRESH DRUGS and
can save you 25 per cent
on your drug bills. Come
and see me and be con-
vinced.
Remember the place
—at the Interurban car
station.
! W. S. Courtney
II I I 11 ♦♦♦
Certainly Not.
"Would you like to live in a town
like Austin?" "No—not by a dam
! site."
MOORE TIME TABLE.
A. T. & S. F. TIME TABLE.
Southbound or West.
411 (R) 9 31 a.m.
115 (R) . 10:05 a.m.
405 (no stop) 1:20 a.m.
j 423 Local freight 10:20 a.m.
North bound or east.
; 412 (R) 6:50 p.m.
{ 406 (no stop)
116 (R) 7:05 a.m.
420 Local freight 4:40 p.m.
| (R) means regular stop and (F)
means flag titnp
Moore is on the Oklahoma branch of
j the A. T. & S. F., is 24 miles from
| Purcell, 9 miles from Norman, 9 miles
irom Oklahoma City, 40 miles from
1 Guthrie, 130 miles from Arkansas City,
187 miles from Wichita, 208 miles from
! Newton and 409 miles from Kansas
i City.
! First car on Moore Interurban
leaves 6:30 A. M. and each hour after,
through the day last car leaving Moore
11:30 P. M. Fare to Oklahoma City,
15 cents.
ARE ta no cure, but rather cor-
-V roslve,
vor things that are not to he rememeo.
—Shakespeare.
THE FALL MUSHROOMS.
During September and up to the
time that the frost appears, mush-
rooms grow in abundance. "If you
look you may find where they grow."
The delicious field mushroom, by
name agaricus campestrls. Is found In
profusion In old pastures. If the mush-
rooms are gathered early In the day.
and before they show their gills
(while they are yet in the button
stage). They may be kept for winter
use by boiling In a strong salt brine
and putting them in fruit jars; cover
with the brine and add a tablespoon-
ful o' salt to each jar before sealing.
When wanted for use. soak in clear
water until sufficiently freshened, then j Mr. Owens and Mrs. Kag.sdale, of
cook as desired A few Jars of this j Oklahoma City, came out Monday eve-
delicious vegetable would not only ning and spent a few hours with
give variety to the winter table but j friends.
save much in the purse to purchase | ^ ^ , Weiche returned home
delicacies not local Tuesday evening from Dallas, Texat*,
There is no dish more delicious than wj1ere siie spent a very pleasant week
creamed mushrooms, and to be able to ; wjth her son, Clarence.
serve a company with this appetizing
dainty in midwinter and not sutler
financially is worth while. Many ama
teurs are raising the mushroom In old
cellars, but it takes great care to
keep the temperature Just right, so
that few make a success at iL
Creamed Mushrooms.—Peel and trim
a pint ot mushroom caps and stems
and put in a saucepan with a table
spoonful of butter; cook five minutes.
dust with a tablespoonful of flour, pep-
per und salt, and pour over a cup ot
cream. When smooth and thick pour
over well-buttered toast and serve at
once >
- Broiled Mushrooms.—Place the caps
upside down on a broiler for the first
half of the broiling, then reverse and
fill the cap with butter, pepper und
salt, and serve as soon as the butter
Is ro«lted. They will need to t>
handled carefully, not to lose the
juices.
S. C. DYER
LESTER C, DYER. Phc
iTHE ERA DRUG STORE!
DEALERS IN
DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES, PAINTS OILS AND GLASS
COLD DRINKS
Agent For MirveliU Hollow Wirt Lighting Sy tem
See P. R. SIMMS for Watch,
Clock and Jewelry Repair-
ing—Lowest Prices, Honest
work.
P irticular attention paid to all details of the work.
R 'member: All work absolutely guaranteed.
Dr. J. W. Kelly and wife, of Louis-
burg, Kalis., spent Thursday and Fri-
day visiting Mrs. Kelley's girlhood
friend, Mrs. Dan Davis. They had not
I met for fifteen years until Thursday
Mrs. E. R. Davis left Sunday fori
Covington, Okla., where she will make
a short visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Luellen, on her way home she will
stop at Enid and Hinton visiting |
' friends and relatives.
Kenneth McLennan, Pre s„ F. J. Shade, V. Pres., C. H. Brand, Cash.
Bank of Hoore
MOORE, OKLAHOHA
Appreciates your business. Depoeita insured
under the State Guarantee Law.
Literary was a grand success Kriday
I night. The program rendered was ex-
I cellent. We are very glad every one
| has taken such an interest in it and
! hope they will continue to do so all
I winter. On account of the school bov
supper, literary was postponed until
| four weeks from last Friday night.
Andrew Wardlow and family left
| Saturday afternoon for Tulare, Cal..
! where they will muke their future
| home. We are very sorry io lose
I Ward low's family firm our midst and
1 his many friends will miss them.
Oklahoma City Mill and Elevator Co.
FRANK FARRIS. Manager
Highest Market Pric« Paid for Grain.
Moore
Oklahoma
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Simms, P. R. The Moore Messenger. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1911, newspaper, October 26, 1911; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109220/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.