The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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THE PAPER THAT
MADE COOD IN WISTER
THE WISTER NEWS
OFFICIAL CITY
PAPER
VOL 2 NO. 34
WISTER, LEFLORE COUNTY, OKLAHf f , FRIDAY APRIL 21, 1911.
By A. A. HARDER
(!. C. MATHIS, President
JOHN S. TRAYY, Vice-Pres.
G. 0. NOLLKY, Cashier
M. L. HARRIS, Asst. Cashier
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-SUCCESS
ANftHE Will rttl YOU
HE SAVED IT
ASK ANY
— FAILURE
AJVL7//E W/l£ TELL YOU
HE WISHED HE HAD
Copyright 1910. by the Standard Adv. Go.
POSITIVE or negative. Two states. Positive, the
independent, he who provides for himself and his
dependents. Negative, he who fails to provide for him-
self and his dependents. Patronize the bank that pays
for your protection. Your deposits are guaranteed in
this bank.
The First State Bank, Wister, Okla.
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A MERE HOUSE DOE6 NOT MAKE A REAL HOME.
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I he Domicile may be a Palace so far as
the exterior appearance goes and yet be as
dull and gloomy as a prison cell.
It all depends on the furniture and
the fittings. With the right kind of
carpets and furnishings and a tasty
selection of furniture, a small cottage
may be like a bower of roses, so far as
creating comfort and^ happiness goes.
At a very small outlay, exactly the
proper kind of furniture and fixtures
to make an ideal home, may be found at
Nunnelee Hardware & Furniture Co.
Wister, Oklahoma.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of POTEAU
,LE FLORE COUNTY
Is an institution whose capital is con-
tributed by home people and which is
expended in the interest of this section.
It is progressive, accommodating and
safe, and has attracted to it the largest
number of customers in the County by
the popular manner of its business
with the Public.
J. M. SORRELS, President.
J. W. Bryan, Vice-President.
TOM WALL, Cashier.
W. B, Hodgens, Asst. Cashier
B. F. Baldwin \
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Twenty-two of the "High
; Moguls" of the Rock Island
Railroad spent Friday night
in Wister.
J. P. McLarty of Wilburton
was in the city Wednesday
on business.
Pure Leaf Lard = = Home Renderad
Fresh BEEF and PORK
All kinds of game in season
I have made arrangements to handle ice this sum-
mer and will run a free delivery to all
parts of the city
Your Patronage Solicited
B. F. BALDWIN
Wister, Oklahoma.
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W. R. Harris tramsacted
business in Poteau and Ft.
Smith Wednesday.
Mrs. Helen Suggs who has
been visiting her aunt Mrs.
Gene Forbis for 1 the past
week returned to her home in
Ft. Smith Tuesday.
Mrs. I. Bryant of Victor
wae in Poteau Wednesday
shoping.
F. B. Poplin was a Ft.
Smith visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. M. Bryant and sister
Miss Williams were shopping
in Poteau Wednesday.
Mrs. C. E. Hoover and
Mrs. Hempler were shopping
in Ft. Smith the first of the
week.
Miss Gladys McBride was
a Poteau visitor Thursday.
Sam Daniels was a Poteau
visitor the first of the week.
Major Hackett of McAles-
was a pleasant visitor in this
city Wednesday.
Atty. G. L. Andrews of
McAlester passed through
this city Thursday on his way
to Poteau.
I. B. Harrison and wife
left Wednesday for Bates,
Ark.
It is reported to us" that
several Wister boys wqnt out
hunting one night this week
and run some kind of an ani-
mal up a tree which to them
resembled a panther. Great
excitement prevailed and the
boys got behind trees and be-
gan a bombardment on the
tree wherein the supposed
panther had tied and after the
smoke had cleared away an
inspection prove J the panther
to be a poor old opossum.
W. C. Jones and wife spent
Faster Sunday with Dr. and
Mrs. S. A. Jones in Summer-
field. The report a nice time
eating fish which they caught
Saturday night out of Holson
creek.
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FOR MEN
McDonald
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Harder, A. A. The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1911, newspaper, April 21, 1911; Wister, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc131760/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.