The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 114, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 6, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. TUESDAY, AUG. 6.1918.
LOCAL BRIEFS
To Leave For Coast Miss Lydia of\y CfC* \X I I iy p
Briggs and her niece, Miss Belva VICO/ge V
Clement, will leave Wednesday for
Portland, Ore., where she will visit
her niece, Mrs. A. B. Price, for a few
Ked Cross Committee to Meet wee]tl. Then she will visit Edward i
All members of the executive board Capshaw, formerly of Norman/
fKo VtoA nr« urmd to be ' . • ii . l:ii ia
Kansas Mayor
Srys American
of the Red Cross are urged to be
present at the meeting of the execu-
tive board in Ralph C. Hardie's of-
fice at 5 o'clock. Wednesday after-
noon. Important business must be
| By United Press.]
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Aug. 6.—"Are
who is in the artillery service and is
stationed at Camp Lewis, Tacoma, ----- . „ Va„
Wash She will go irom Tacoma to acted like the mayor of a small Kan
Seattle, Wash., to visit friends and . s town in the opinion of Re pre-
from there to Denver. Colo., to visit, ^"tative John R Connely■ ot Colby,
noon. Important business must oe frQm there t() Denver( Colo., to visit; tentative jonn n. uunne.y, ui
transacted, according to Mr. Hardie, { . j g) wi|j retunl about Sep- (Kan., editor of the Colby Free Press,
chairman. tember 1. • who ha9 witten hia ,mPr«8s10"9 °f
... l British royalty on the occasion of the
I reception of a congressional com-
mittee, as follows!
"We Americans are not used to
' I meeting royalty and naturally had
, . 1 in Oklahoma Citv rARls> Aur- 6.—Trying to carry aQme feeling 0f uneasiness when we
Anthonys hospital in Oklahoma Cit> off a jano Qn which th# Hun9 were England
July 26, will be able to come home with , machine pun at the «"! 11
Club Members Have
Red Cross Credit
i The Mothers' Patriotic club will
j meet in the workrooms, in the do-
! mestic science building of the east
side school at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, August 7. A11 members in-
terested in getting credit for the
amount of work they have done are
asked to be present, so their names
can be sent to Mrs. J. B. Thoburn to
be credited on uniform permits. A
number of members have done the
LETTERS UNCALLED FOR
AT LOCAL POSTOFFICE
the
To Leave Hospital Thursday-*-
Bradford Risinger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. Risinger, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis in St.
Anthony's hospital in Oklahoma City
M. MEN FIRED UPON
WHILE MOVING PIANO j
seventy-two hours work sometime
Thursday.
up but cannot walk around yet.
llJp to ,ome horae u" " ""u" "" * .".. met the king and queen oi tngm.m
ible to come home p,aying wlth a muchlne gun at the their dauKhter. The king, queen
He is well enough to . tjme WM the unusual night's exper- ,|nd the princeRS immediately remov-
ience of two Y. M. C. A. secretaries | ^ thjg embarrassment. Their greet-
and three Anzac orderlies on the, ^ mQst cqtAM
Hack From SpcechmakinR Tour.— Australian sector, as reported here ««phe kinp gave us a regular Yan-
Judge W. L. Eagleton returned Tues- recently. j-ee handshake and then we talked
day from a four days' campaign trip I Music had such charms for this
for Judge J. B. A. Robertson for gov- quintette that, after finding the pon-
ernor. Tuesday afternoon and evening derous piano too heavy to carry
he spoke in Shamrock and Drumright, j through the ruins of the "Y" hut, the | knew how tQ meet the committee as
■ 1 i 1 _—— J i a rum AVA n '
for half an hour. The committee
came away with the impression that
the king is a most human tellow. Ho
ne spoKe in oihhiuuv.iv *"u * —© t Knew nuw «"tvv K,,v v>/""
Saturday afternoon and evening in five adventurers tned to remove a ^ ordinary Americans and make
Hominv and Pawhuska, and Friday smaller upright, only to have it stick
... • • i i i - - - Aitf nmitinff TOT
and Friday smaller upright, only to have it stick t)|em easy. He treated us fine-
afternoon and evening in Oilton, Jen- in the doorway. Without waiting for as if hc were the mayor of a
nings and Cleveland. the exit to be widened by the shells | snml, KaIlsas town.
which were coming over, the soldiers
and Red Triangle men Hed with a
Moore Red Cross Send Work— moving picture machine, just as the
Eighty-nine garments were received u nrnntieino- on the two
... - , boche began practicing on the two
by the Red Cross chapter from the g their Brtniery.
branch at Moore Tuesday afternoon.
The garment were forty-six shirts, £ ,ACKlE HELPS
sixteen pairs pajamas, twenty-five • vlsKPORT 10 ">0(
pairs of socks and two helmets. "The 1 RANSI OK 1 U,DU
Moore branch is doing good work,"
said Mrs. J. B Thoburn, chairman of
the committee on woman's work,
Tuesday.
small Kansas town
Rather Small in Stature
"The king, rather small of stature,
is not so tall as the queen. He enjoys
a good story. He expressed the hope
to us that after the war Americans
will not thing the Briton stuck up
I.Vj ,i.\v i\ i i, iii.i.i .and that the Briton will be more tol-
TRANSPORT 40,500 MEN erant toward the American disposi-
tion to boast.
ago and are entitled to the emblem.
The following is the amount of
work done and by whom during the
month of July: Mrs. Elledge, eight
pairs of socks; Mrs. Elledge, eight
pairs of socks, five bed shirts; Mrs.
Kuwitzky, three pairs of socks; Mrs.
Bumgarner, two pairs of socks; Mrs.
Boggs, three pairs of socks; Mrs.
Wilson, five pairs of socks, two bed
shirts; Mrs. Vicars, one pair of
socks; Mrs. Redwine, one pair of j
socks, one scarf; Mrs. Turner, one i
scarf; Blanche Turner, one pair of J
socks; L. M. Gowan, one pair of
wristlets; Izma Elledge, two sweat-
ers; Mrs. Rodgers, one sweater, one 1
pajama coat; Mrs. Banks, one paid of
pajamas; Mrs. Frost, one pair of
j socks, two bed shirts; Mrs. Massey,
two bed shirts; Mrs. Roberts, two
| bed shirts; Mrs. Avant, two bed
| shirts; Mrs. Gibbs, four pairs of
' socks, three bed shirts.
Letters addressed to the following
persons remain uncalled for at
Norman postoffice this week;
Adams, Grace.
Conelly, Jonah D.
Clark, Victor C.
Cochran, Mr. O. C. 4
Duncan, Mr.
Daniel, Mr. M. C.
Dodd, James W.
Galbrith, Mr. Will A.
Gibbens, Mrs. W. H.
Hines, Jessie.
Hodges, Richard C.
Howarth, E. L.
Hobaugh, John A.
Hosier, Mr. Burnen.
Janke, John,
Mitchell, Miss Jentha.
Meak, Marven M.
Marshell, Boyd T.
Nagel, Gus.
Osaple Oil Co.
Prater, Mr. Emery.
Prater, Mr. Emery.
Schat, Roy W.
Standfield, Miss Willie K.
Trosper, Lay.
Wilson, Mrs. Maggie.
Woodring, Laymond B.
White, Robert V.
Young, Miss Josephine.
When calling for the above please
state they were advertised. One cent
due on each letter advertised.
FLOYD L. SKANK, Postmaster.
NOTICE
Notice is given to all Woodman and
Woodman Circle members that they
must come in and pay dues on or be-
for the fifth of each month. If they
do not, they will be suspended for
non-payment of dues. The clerk will ,
not carry anybody for dues unless^
special arrangements are made.
11 l-4t R. S. DAVIS, Clerk.
The Daily Transcript one year, $2.50.
WANT ADS
"ARE YOU BUYING NOW?"
STAMP COMMITTEE ASKS
Rex Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 1<The queen js fine appearing. She
E. W. Smith of near Noble, who is j talkc(J interestingly about the work
•visiting friends in Norman, has been {o 1)fi (ione for W0Unded soldiers. She
aboard the Montana, troop transport, .g mogt active in this work, going
— for sixteen month
LUIIWWIH, most active III HUB 6w""e
— —- , onths and has made nine personally to various hospitals. She
Leaves for Vacation—Miss Dot Bell, tr;ps io France. He has l. ped to juqujred about the interest of Ameri-
cashier of the War savings stamp tl.ansport 40,500 soldiers overseas, the can women. She had read of their ac-
bank, left Monday for Manitou, Col., ship carrying 4,500 men each trip. tivities in the Red Cross and along
where she will spend two weeks or -j^us far his ship has escaped heing p(j,er lines of relief.
a month. Her mother, Mrs. James R. attacked by a submarin, though "Princess Mary, t1
Bell, her sister", Miss Elizabeth and gm;th has seer several submarines and nntt on
Miss Lucille, have had an apartment. has ha(1 a few track3 .it them
in Manitou since June 20. Miss Lena ; gm;th will leave for Pacific coast
Sadler will take Miss Bell's place 'n Wednesday.
the war savings stamp bank until |
Miss Bell returns.
the only daughter
of the king and queen, has four or
five brothers in military service."
SALVATION
Women of
ARMY DAUNTLESS
the Salvation Army
MORO GIRLS AS NURSES
The first Moro girls ever graduat-
ed as nurses received their diplomas
as members of the class of 1918 from
1 LONDON, Aug. 6.—King George
' you investing your savings in war
savings stamps?" the Oklahoma war
! savings committee asks. "Remember
| you signed a pledge on June 28.
S Are you keeping it? The United
j States government is in need of the
i money to pay the cost of the war. Do
r.ot get behind in your payments as
I it will decrease the ability of the
government to speedily finance the
war. Pay your pledges promptly *nd
thereby help to crush the Hun mili-
tary machine and make the world a
safe place $o live in."
SUFFRAGE PRO AND CON
TAKEN UP IN BULLETIN
A bulletin, arguing the case for and
against woman suffrage, compiled by
Dr. J. W. Scroggs, director of the de-
partment of public information and
welfare in the extension division of
the university, is now in the process
of printing and will be ready for dis-
tribution within a few weeks.
This bulletin contains the opinions
of prominent professors and states-
men of the United States in favor
and opposed to woman suffrage. Miss
Maybelle Stuard, executive secretary
of the Oklahoma Association Op-
posed to Woman Suffrage, has an ar-
ticle against votes for women in this
publication.
Ten thousand copies of the bulle-
tin are to be mailed out to residents
of the state.
i FOR SALE—One six-year old Jersey
cow, giving five gallons per day.
$100 if taken this week.—L. T. Mon-
nett, 512 West Symmes St. 114-3t*
; FOR SALE—Five-passenger 1917
Model Ford, at a bargain. Call at
311 West Comanche street. 114-6t*
' for SALE—Piano, also bed springs
i and mattress, dining table and
I chairs, library table, rockers, dresser,
i range, stove, etc. Call 311 West
i Comanche street. 114-6t*
FOR SALE—Cash or easy terms,
modern five-room residence, 130
West Eufaula street. See Carder at
Light office or N. I. Sommers, care
O G. & E. Company, Oklahoma
City. I*3-3**
I NURSE—Mrs. G. N. Vicars. Phone
347. 113-2t*
■Girl to assist at soldiersrW
d r\
Women ox trie oiuv nuu as mcuiucia ui —
Return From Texas Trip—W. S. who had been working in a hut locat- the Philippine general hospital. The
Fleming and daughter, Miss Dorcas,: ed "exactly up to firing line," three young women, Miss Usna Mus-
have returned from a four weeks' had a narrow escape when a bomb tafa, Miss Matilde Schuck, and Miss
visit with relatives in Texas. Then tore through the wall of the hut. Al-IFatima Mustafa, passed the examin-
went as far as Galveston, making though they were literally driven out ations "brilliantly," according to the
the 2,000-miie trip in Mr. Fleming's of their place of shelter it required Phillippine Review, which says: "The
Buick car. They report a pleasant an order from the American general administration of the department of
time, but declare that the best crops I in command of troops nearby to in- Mindanao and Sulu is to be con-
they saw on the whole trip were sure their removal from the place, gratulated on this most significant
those around Norman in Cleveland where there was a continuous rain achievement in the assimilation of
county : of shrapnel. i modem cavitation."
SELL EGGS BY THE POUND
Canada has been making the exper-
iment of selling eggs by the pound
instead of by the dozen, according to
Consul Fred C. Slater, Sarnia, On-
tario. "The only obstacle in the way
of a unanimous indorsement of the
plan is seemingly that the public has
not been educated to buy that way,"
savs Mr. Slater.
BOHEMIAN WOMAN A SOLON
To Mrs. Vikova-Kuneticka belongs
the distinction of being the first wo-
man in central Europe to be elected
tc a legislative body, according to
Continental press reports, one of
which says: "She was present at
I the Prague constituent assembly on
January 6, a meeting of all Czech
deputies, elected by the free choice
of the people of the Czech lands to
WANTED—v— — ,
canteen. Will be chaperoned and
receive good salary.—Mrs. Gib Low-
enberg, phone 976. 118-lt
FOR SALE—Extra good young pony
mare. Work anywhere. 526 West
Main street, Norman, Okla., phone
323. H2-3t*
FOR SALE—One cast range cook-
stove; one sewing machine; one
Hoosier cabinet; three dining chairs;
one bed and mattress; one heater;
i one Duofold with two rockers to
match. Call at 411 West Eufaula
street. 113-6t*
FOR SALE—Second-hand furniture,
404 South Webster avenue. Phone
375. lll-6t*
WOMEN, WE WANT HELP—Women
who want steady work call at once.
Experience not necessary.—Normal
Steam Laundry.
MULES FOR SALE: Span 4 year ok'
mare mules 16 Ms hands high.—MIN-
TEER HDWE. CO. 6tf
WANTED To rent, six, seven or
eight-room house; good location;
strictly modern garage, occupancy
September 1; first-class references
given; rent in advance if necessary.
Address A. B., Transcript. 107-tf
WANTED 1 want to buy house.
Monthly payments. Will pay more
than rent, keep place in repairs, and
pay taxes and all expenses. Address
"X." Care of Transcript. 110-6t*
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THESE RARE BARGAINS FOR ONE DOLLAR.
SI.25 Shirt
.50 Tie
All for $1.00
$1.75
$1.50 Tennis Shoes, vulcanized
Soles, $1.00
Eight yards Lawn at 20c. value
$1.60, you get it for $1.00
$1.00 Sport Shirts, 2 for
only $1.00
75c Princess Slips, Pink or Blue,
Two for only $1.00
$1.25 Shirt
.50 Belt
$1.75
All for SI.00
Five pair Men's Tan Sox for
onlv $1.00
$1.50 Middy Blouses, your choice
For $1.00
75c Cook Aprons made of good
Percale, two for $1.00
Children's 35c Drawers
I FOUR
FOR
$1.40 $1.00
«
$1.50 Any Straw Hat
for $1.00
Ladies' 25c Silk Crepe de Chine
6 Handkerchiefs
$1.50 Six for $1.00
Seven Pairs of Ladies' 20c Black
Hose for $1.00
$1.50 Ladies' Combination Suits
or Teddies for only $1.00
Four Pairs Men's 35c Buster
Brown Sox for $1.00
Everybody Should Take Advantage of These Wonderful Dollar "Bargains
While the Opportunity Affords Itself.
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