Edmond Enterprise and Oklahoma County News. (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 91, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY
THE EDMOND ENTERPRISE,
Star Brand Shoes arc Better.
A New Pair if Not Good Wear.
OCTOBER 27, 1904
At DeFord's.
Tha Southwestern is the school. *
A Smith, returned Tuesday from his
visit to Pawnee.
Hear Bob Taylor for 50 cents Pay
$1 and hear five others.
Take your cowi to Jas. Bates.
Highest market price.
Get season tickets at Howard's
Single night tickets 50 cents.
Did you see Waldorf's $1.50 wood
stove.
R. B, Potts has been assisting in H.
W. Waldorf's for the past two weeks.
Call up 'phone 57 when you want B
B flour,
Fred Patten wants all the corn you
have to sell. See him before you sell.
Have you read the "Farmers Want
Department." *
P. P. Greiner is taking in the Ex-
position for the next few weeks.
Mrs. Fred Patten and Miss Anna
Patten returned from the Fair Tues-
day.
Every thing in groceries at Bailey
and Dawson's.
W. S. Eikin will accept a position
with H W. Waldorf on the first of
November.
Go to Waldorf s Hardware store
and get y«ur stoves.
Rev. Fleishman, was visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mades,
the first of the week.
See big ad of the School in this pa-
per. *
Mrs. William Leonard and baby
went to Oklahoma City today for a few
'.ays' visit with friends.
A fine display of pocket knives at
the Harness Shop.
Wild geese are passing south.
Several flocks passed over the evening
in advance of the cold wave.
1 ry the celebrated Lowney's can-
dies, Howards Drug Store-
A Stevens and brother arrived to-
dav from Dakota where Mr. Stevens
has been spending the summer.
See those fine Irish potatoes at
Bailey &. Dawson's.
Hear Taylor Saturday evening in
Normal Hall on "The Fiddle and the
Bow." Single tickets, 50 cents.
Mrs. R. L. Wilkin and daughter,
Mrs. Lewellyn, of Missouri, left Mon-
day for Anadarko for a few days visit.
Lowney's Chocalates and Bonbons
in 10 to 60 cent boxes, Howards Drug
Store.
The sophomores are holding a re-
ception at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Smith, tonight as we go to press.
Baker, King, &. Horner keep any-
thing that one would want in the groc-
ery line.
Bert Hollis and sister, Miss Mabel,
returned the first of the week from St.
Louis where they were visiting the fair.
The Southwestern is the school. *
Mrs. Lizzie Lewellyn and daughter,
of Ethel, Missouri, came down last
week to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Wilkin.
See Fred Patten before you sell
that load of corn. He will pay the
highest market price.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodnight,
while enroute to the new country stop-
ped in this city for a visit with their
neice Mrs. R. L. Wilkin.
Cotton has been dropping for the
past several days until today when it
was selling for $2 95. It will undoubt-
edly go up again.
Whips of all kinds at the Harness
Shop.
J. N Hutchinson of Pierceville,
Kansas, arrived in this city today for
an extended visit with the family of
his daughter, Mrs. George Baker.
This Is the time of year to oil your
harness. The best of harness oil for
sale at the Harness shop.
Miss Helen McDonald returned last
Friday from her trip to the World's
Fair and a visit to frendsand relatives
in Indiana.
Call and look at our harness, robes,
horse blankets and saddles, before buy-
ing, at the Harness Shop.
J. H. King, who has been spending
the past several weeks at Bryan and
McGee, Chickasaw nation, returned
home Tuesday.
Free use of text books at the South-
western Business University of Okla-
homa Cit\: Big saving to stude.its. *
Mr. Buchanan left Monday for a
visit at the World's Fair, where he
will meet his brother and they will go
to Illinois for a visit.
Miss Katie Ruble went to Luther
last Sunday in response to word that
her brother had fallen when unloading
cotton and had broken three ribs.
A good school. The Southwestern.
Cotton pickers knee pads at the
Harness Shop.
Mrs. C. D Watkins and son Eugene
left Monday evening for Chilacothe,
Mo., where they will spend a few weeks
visiting her parents.
Free use of text-books at the South-
western Business University, Oklaho-
ma City. *
J. M. Day, father of Dr. Day, who
arrived in this city last week has made
arrangements to build him a nice resi-
dence on Normal street
A fresh stock of Lowney's Choco-
late and Bonbons at Howards Drug
Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leonhard will
move the first of the week to the prop-
erty one door east of their present lo-
cation on First street.
The real goverment Java coffee at
Baily and Dawson's. 40 cents pound.
Brick, sand and crushed stone have
been unloaded around the depot for the
new platform which the Santa Fe in-
tend to construct in the near future.
Miss Lena Sullivan, of St. Charles
county, Missouri, is here making her
aunt, Mrs, Kirkering and her old friends
Peter Mades and family an extended
visit.
L. V. Ford left Sunday morning for
St. Louis tfhere he w;ll take In the ex-
position lojt the next few days, He
will be back in time to vote the straight
ticket.
500 pupils attended the famous
Southwestern Business University of
Oklahoma City, OHa., during the past
year. #
Mrs. J. H. Roach and daughter,
Mary, left last Thursday for St. Louis
and points in Illinois. They will visit
friends and relatives for the next sixty
days.
A letter received from J. M. Lopp
and family states that they are In the
hotel business In Broken Arrow, I. T.,
to which place they went from Esk-
ridge, Kansas.
Mrs. C. W. Sprague and her guest,
Mrs. Canon, of El Reno, leave tomor-
row for Welston where they go for a
few days visit with Mrs. Sprague s
daughter, Mrs. Dr. Taylor,
B. VERY
HOUSE BOUGHT and SOLD.
Phone 27. Sample Room For Commercial Travelers
BARBER & DAWSON
LIVERY, FEED and TRANSFER STABLE.
Special Rates to Commercial Men.
Hraese and Carriages For Funerals
You can save money on your
farm loans by seeing me.
C. D. Watkins.
Mrs. A. M. Ruhl and sister, Mrs.
McDermed, of Hutchinson. Kansas,
spent part of last week and a few days
this week visiting relatives at Bridge-
port and Geary.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Taylor are re-
joicing over the arrival of a fine 10
pound giri which came to their home
last Sunday morning.
A big school. The famous South-
western Business University of Okla-
homa City, is the largest south of
Kansas City.
Mrs. Thatcher and daughter, Miss
Mae, left Tuesday evening for Kansas
City, Mo., where Mrs. Thatcher goes
for special treatment. Miss Mae will
return in a few days.
Mr. F. L. Patten and wife
returned last Saturday from their
trip through the north and at the
World's Fair. They had a very en-
joyable time while away.
G. C. Forster informs us that he
received a letter from his wife who is
attending the fair that it was as cold
as Greenland in that city last Sunday
morning when the letter was written.
We have Buckwheat flour that
makes good cakes and some good
things to eat on the cakes too; such as
Creamery Butter. Maple Syrup, Honey.
Heinz's Preserves, Heinz's Apple But-
ter, etc Baker, King Horner.
If you want a farm loan call
and see me. 1 will treat you
righter than a rabbit.
C. D. Watkins.
Jim Armour, who has been operator
for the Santa Fe at this place, took
sick last week and went to Ft. Smith,
Ark., where he will visit a sister for a
month, and recuperate his health.
Acting Mayor Robison, remitted the
fine which was imposed upon J. W.
Caylor. for (he part he took in the
melee last Tuesda> morning, it being
shown that the trouble was forced up-
on him.
There has been a good foot ball
team organized at the Normal and the
boys have already matched a game
with the Guthrie high school but the
date and place have not yet been de-
cided.
Pupils may work to pay board at
the Southwestern Business University
of Oklahoma City. Big saving. Posi-
tions secured at the Southwestern
Business University of Oklahoma
City. *
Providing nothing happens, Wayland
Himes will leave Sunday for a few
days visit at the big exposition. Mr.
Himes says that what he hears of the
Pike he will stear clear of that part of
the show.
H. C. Ochiltree, who was elected to
the office of city attorney at the elec-
tion in June, resigned his office to
take effect November 1st. Chas.
Burks has been appointed to take up
the office.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Powell, of Cres-
cent, came over last Thursday for a
visit with relatives and friends. Mr.
Powell went from here to St. Louis,
and Mrs. Powell will remain In this
city until he returns.
Alva Easten and family of Over-
brook, Kansas, have arrived in this
city and will make their future home
in this vicinity. For the present they
will reside with Mr. Eastons brother 3
miles south of this city.
G. W. Cloyd's sale, which was held
last Tuesday, was well attended, and
the stock sold well. Horses sold from
$ 12 to $65, and cattle from $ 10 to $40
Mr. Cloyd will leave shortly for his
future home in Missouri.
Tuesday there were about the same
number of course tickets as last year.
There should be fifty more sold before
Saturday evening. See Howard.
Plenty of good seats left. Prices $1
and $1.50.
L. Gross, of Edmond, Norton county
Kansas, is here visiting his son-in-law
Mr. George, east of Waterloo He
will leave the first of the week for
Wlnlield, where he will visit before
going home.
School commences in the Enter-
prise district next Monday with Miss
Wllla Mitcheli of this city as teacher.
School has been a lit'le late on account
of so many of the scholars being en-
gaged in cotton picking.
On account of tne quarantine law not
permitting cattle to be brought on this
side of the Santa Fe track for loading,
that company is this week engaged
in building a stock yard on the west
side to accomodate the shippers from
the west.
Mesdames F. W. Brlgham and j. j.
Houston are attending the semi-annual
meeting of the women's federated
clubs which is holding a session in
Guthrie this week. These ladies are
delegates from the Nautilus club of
this city.
John F. Rahmann, who has been
sick for the past week has been taken
to Oklahoma City where he entered
the hospital. The doctors there stated
that he was suffering from typhoid
fever. At last reports he was feeling
a little better.
Since we printed the front page of
this issue we have had a talk with
Capt. C. H. DeFord, and he stated
that while he was trying to get a loca-
tion in Arcadia for a branch store, the
building he wanted could not be occu-
pied, consequently he has given up the
idea.
D K. Stauffer, of this office re-
turned from the Exposition last Friday
We couldn't commence to tell of what
we saw while in the city If the here-
after which comes after death Is no
worse than the hereafter shown on the
"Pike" the printers devil will not have
a hard time.
About two-thirds of the students
have already purchased tickets for our
entertainment course. The others
will purchase this week This Is our
only means of Entertainment. Let
everybody encourage the efforts to
cultivate the literary taste of the stu-
dents and citizens of Edmond.
H, J. Dobson who has been em-
ployed by H. W. Waldorf for several
months past has resigned his position.
Mrs. Dobson and children left several
days ago for their old home in Indiana
and Mr. Dobson left last Saturday for
the same place with a car load cf
household articles, etc.
J. W. Caylor had an altercation
with Claud Tyler and Tom Terry, over
a dog Tuesday morning and after one
PRANK SCOTT, M. D„
Physician and Surgeon.
Calls promptly attended day or night.
Office over Citizens' Bank. Phone 66.
or two rounds had been fought all three
were arrested and fined in police court.
Mr. Caylor paid $10.95 for his part
and Tyler and Terry paid $13 40
each for the part which they played
in the fracas.
Thomas Yarbraugh (colored), who
has been around town for several
months had some trouble last Satur-
day with B. F. Haynes and the men
came to blows. The colored man
was arrested for using abusive, inde-
cent and vulgar language on the streets
and was fined $10.65 by the police
judge, which was paid.
Tena Haynes left for Yukon last
Friday to visit Miss Callye Grlgsby,
returning home Sunday afternoon. She
reported that while she and Miss Callye
were out driving, the horse became
frightened and ran away, throwing
them both out. Tena escaped unin-
jured with the exception of a few
bruises, while Miss Callye tractured
her collar bone.
Last nignt (Wednesday) some per-
son who was too much ashamed of
themselves to leave their card, stole
several nice chrysanthemum blooms
from the porch of Mrs. C. L. Plttman.
Mrs. Pittman had the flswers on the
back porth where they would not get
much sunshine, and the miscreant
took the largest blooms of the bunch.
The flowers were being raised for the
show next month. If the parties who
took the flowers are too poor to buy
them and must have them they will
please call on Mr. Plttman and he will
purchase them a flower.
A flash of imagery, a burst of elo-
quence, and a wealth of glittering
thoughts scattered like fireflies over a
clover-field—that is Bob Taylor's
lecture. A song borne in the wings
of some dear old melody, a joke rip-
pling from a fountain of humor, a sub-
tle note of pathos awakening tender,
sacred memories—that is Bob Taylors
lecture. Words painted in all the
colors of fancy and put together with
all the skill of laultless diction, the
lights of innocent childhood, and the
shadows of somber age developed on
the background of common experience
—that Is Bob Taylor's lecture. A
radiant smile penetrating the gloom of
despondency, a ray of hope arched In
every man's horizon, a fragrant flower
to brighten and to cheer—that is Bob
I aylor's lecture. Hear him in Nor-
mal Hall Saturday evening.
THOS. HOLLIS LUMBER CO.
. . . DEALERS IN . . .
LUMBER, LIME, CEMENT, AND
ALL BUILDING MATERIALS
We also have a supply of
FARM and HOME PAINT Always on Hand
We solicit a part of your patronage.
Come in and let us figure your bills.
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