The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1897 Page: 4 of 4
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THE CHANDLER NI:WS
Hauuy Benson (Jiestuap,
effie gh.ktkap fua/ikk,
Editors and < hvners.
Lindsay L. Lewis,
Business Manager.
subscription, one iioijlau.
FRIDAY, APRIL It), 1HU7.
| LOCAL .TEMS
BSaaMiW MM
Tom Rhea, is aLU1 to bo out.
See ( avion & Co. lor lumber.
Miss Marie Ulam is here from
C uthrie.
M. 11. Reeves is doing business
in a lent.
Prank Becknell is back from
Colorado.
Corn is in demand.
Many strangers in town.
Town election next month.
Dr. Wolcott is rebuilding his
office.
Chandler wants a weather bu-
reau.
Sheriff (Jebke has rebuilt Lis
barn.
Andy Asher's condition is still
improving.
The News is ready to «l<> your
job printing.
Caucus to nominate town offic-
ers tomorrow night .
J. C. Fletcher is putting a new-
roof on his building.
District court wi
again in next month.
convene
Freight loams have been inde-
tnand.
I\ S. Hoffman's injured hands
are much better.
About half of t he school furni
ture was (lesti'oyed.
Mrs. Egbert has taken charge
of the Mitchell House.
E. L. Conklin, of Sac and Fox,
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THE MAN or THE TIOER?
The M. E. church lias made an
appeal for aid to rebuild.
J. W. Feuquay is rebuilding
his residence on Htli street.
The county officers have tem-
porary quarters in a big tent.
Mr. Hilton is here from Mis
souri to visit his neice, Mattie
Cox.
D. W. Ulam and E. W. Hoyt
was m town tins weoK.
Ceo. Hern don has left the hos-
pital, being almost well.
Men with house-moving appa- j
ratus have been in demand.
The new buildings that are put
up should have due regard for
grade.
Miss Nellie Parker, of El Do-
rado, Kans., is visiting Mrs. O.
B. Kee.
P. S. Hoffman has purchased
the lot where Harvey Kee'soffice
is located.
. The band boys saved nearly
all their instruments, but are
minus music.
The post office has temporary
quarters in Hoffman's bank and
Payne's law office.
Candidates are less conspicu-
ous since the cyclone. Can any
have blown away?
We havn't heard of anybody
Dr. Williams
Guthrie.
is here fron
The Eclipse quilter
gone to Stillwater.
firm ha-
We know of a good claim
can be bought for &125.
that
Real estate value ■? are not di-
uinislied by reason of the c.y-
•lone.
Dr. Ellis'drug store has done
a rushing business since the
storm.
I The Reeves children, who
Bishop & Co. have temporary U-(,IV S() i);ldlv burned, are doing
quarters in Mitchell & ( o. s ;ls ^V()]] ;1S t.0uld be hoped for.
Men whose buildings were des-
Messrs. Hornor, Goodrich,
1 roved arc1 having a hard time
and Gray, of the Guthrie club, (identifying their lumber now.
were here Sunday.
L. E. Payne's house
wrecked by a buggy being blown
through the south wall.
Single copies of the News
v,ls will be mailed to any address for
We have two liun-
five conts.
; dred extra copies
went to Guthrie the first of the ta'inn Chandler through fo r
of another cyclone.
week.
We are informed that I). A.
Barr will return to Chandler and
build.
Work on the town well had to
be dropped as a result of the cy-
clone.
Send in your subscriptions at
cyclone rates three papers for
one dollar.
The air-ship struck Chandler.
That's what's the matter with
the city on the hill.
Alex. Bishop, who sustained a
very bad fracture of the leg, is
get ting along nicely.
The contracts for several
large business blocks will be let
within the next few weeks.
N. I?. Call well, of Madison,
Kans., a brother of Mrs. 1). C.
Johnson, was here last week.
Thousands of inquiries after
the safety of friends here have
been received and answered in
It is a good thing probably for
the harmonious rebuilding of the
town that the new townsite
scheme failed.
Charley See, a young colore I
man who has been suffering
with consumption for several
months, died Sunday night.
Our business men are receiv-
ing well-deserved encourage-
ment from the wholesale houses
with which they have been deal-
ing.
Word came from Oklahoma
City that railroad matters are
developing as rapidly as possi-
ble, and that the contract will be
let i n a few week.
l no ci
most of
le
The county commissioners on-
ly allowed Miss Stubblefield's
salary up to the time when they
"appointed" Kalklosch. She
has taken an appeal.
house square and
streets have been
| cleared of debris, and kindling
I wood is now abundant.
Lane Hogan, who escaped
from the custody of officers in
Pott county last fall, was nearly
crushed to death in a mine in old
Mexico last week by a stone fall-
ing upon him. His father, W.
A. Hogan, was telegraphed for,
and at once left for Mexico to
bring his boy home. Mr. Ho
gan has the sympathy of all his
neighbors in the doubly unfor-
tunate condition into which his
son has fallen.
To Unknown Heirs.
The unknown heirs of the late
D. O. .lohnsonare requested to
communicate with me at once.
P. C. Johnson, Administrator.
J. B. Charles and Lee Patrick the last two weeks.
were here yesterday, returning ,,r . . , ,
i We have been asked dozens of
from a trip to Kansas. . .
1 I times how many deaths resulted
Mrs. Emery Foster was taken from the cyclone. So far as we
to Guthrie Monday where she (.iU1 learn there have been but
will be nursed by her mother. j thirteen.
We will publish next week a Years cannot efface the scars
more detailed statement of loss- of the cyclone of the JlOth. The
esand receipts and disburse- oaifS that were once the beauty
People who have given credit
nients.
and distinction of Chandler
Mrs. Watson, the Shawnee were uprooted or topped and
nurse, who assisted at the lios- j broken in such a manner that
pital for some time, returned J hut few trees present their old-
home the first of the week. : time appearance.
The Hospital Corps
I The hospital corps is well or-
to the wild rumors that disorder j «ranized and is doing very effi-
and lawlessness are prevailing j cient work. The improved con-
here would be surprised it they dition of the patients lias per
should visit our town and see how mitted the force to be cut down
unjustly we have been misrepre- a little. Dr. Harriman is still in
s'ented. charge as superintendent, and
Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon have re- Miss Almira Croon makes an
tired from the hospital force excellent matron. Among the
and will return to their home in assistants are Mrs. Edwards,
Edmond in a few days. They are Miss Solomon and Dot (J reen and
skilled nurses, and have ron- Messrs. Wray, Brickell, Hillis,
dered invaluable assistance, and McClinton. Charity Garner as-
liavo made a host of wann friends sist s in the kitchen, and Willie
by their pleasant way:
Randolph is errand boy.
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Gilstrap, H. B. & Gilstrap, Effie. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1897, newspaper, April 16, 1897; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115335/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.