The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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THE PRAGUE RECORD.
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TOWN BUILDING
TAKES
'PEP.'
Read the ads!
Subscribe for the Record.
How do you like our maga-
, ... „ ! zine section.
Towns are not like Topsy.; n R Thomas
She "list growed." Weeds1 u~ ' *
spring up unsown and flourish
unttended, but a field of corn
must' be cultivated. So it is with
villages, towns and cities.
Some one must work to pull
the community out of the
Slough of Lifelessness.
The live town is alive be-
cause its citizens are alive.
was over
from Payson. Wednesday.
February 12th is iv e anni-
versary of Abraham Lincoln.
Yes, it can be printed at the
Record office, if its printable.
H. E. Littrell and A. R. Lay
were up from Paden, Tues-
day.
Geo. R. Sutton and wife
M. Blumenthal returned last;
Friday from Little Rock where i
he had been on business,
Elmer Turner returned to
Caddo county, Tuesday after
a short visit wtih his parents
in Prague.
Ben Cernv now has charge!
of the C. O'. D. Me {it Market,)
Joe Hrdy the former owner
having retired.
Sam Kolodny and sister-,
in-law, Miss Henryetta Sos-
enka, of New York, arrived
home Wednesday.
Why is it that fresh meat
Wrs. G. W. Williams went: can be sold in Oklahoma City
to Okemah Wednesday to visit at almost half the price it is
relatives. jsold in Prague?
\\. E. Wells was a business jg^rns that the majority
visitor to Okemah, last Sat- ()f citizens are in favor'
urday evening. ; 0f selling our municipal light
L. O. Lee returned home last apti water plant
have grown into lively towns Wedneaday from a business who has
trip to Kansas. 'been visiting her parents near
Another blizzard and an- Praguc returned to ifer school
Monday.
„. ,, , . , were Oklahoma City visitors.
The more pep they put into ,
the job, the better for the.' on"a>.
place. Three or four good I
workers can raise a town
from the dead. In the last j
fifteeen years crossroads set-
tlements have become flourish-
ing villages moribound villages
and towns have graduated in
to the city class. Regardless
thdy -I!"?1"!! ^cdi)r%ceab°Ut 1 ^ Ussue.1'"' ^ ^ dul®^ returned to
And did these hustlers have'tr^rtiaTeclip^of her home at Weleetka, Wed-
gun ]ast Thursday | nesday after a vis. with the
A number of new ads. inifamily of R- A- FIctchei.
the cheerful assistance of their
neighbors? Nay, nay Nehe-, A number of new ad:
miah! The neighbors stood a- ^ igsue of the Record that Miss Vesper Botts who is
round kidded and ,iosheil and ^.jj yQU read teaching school near Chandler
Ed Shuitz delivered a lot of -pent Saturday and Sunday
knocked. There was never
a leader, from the time of , oatg to R F Whitmore,
Noah down to the present. Tueaday for shipping.
who did not ha\e to beai tae, ^uto yVery Service at any
"scoff an scorns and contume-L Qur of ty,e day or night.
lious taunts of the ingrates phone 122, V. G. Soika.
he was trying to help. ihc
town
doing get no encouragemer
from the members of the hot-
stove cabinet. That is way
with hor parents in Prague.
We are in receipt of infor-
mation that Clyde Cook and
Miss Verda Dunham both of
Luther, were recently mar-
A
Ford Car
FOR
$390
The Ford—simple car of proved suality. A
car anyone can operate, anyone can care for
and a car that brings pleasure, service and
satisfaction to everybody. The car of more
than a million owners. Reliable service for
owners from Ford agents everywhere. Pour-
ing Car $440; Runabout $390; Coupelet §590
f. o. b. Detroit. On display and sale at
The PRAGUE GARAGE
F, G, Rawdon, Agent.
ANOTHER HUGE ORDER.
.... .
.'ri. a
Europe Wants Fifty-Two Mil-
lion Feet of Common
Stock.
Mrs. W. E. Halham return-! Our good farmer friend,
ed to her home at Joplin, John Smith, of near Keokuk,
Wednesday, after a visit with was in town last Saturday and
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Zatloukil | ried.
an-hust e w o aie up anc^ ^ Arlington, were shopping Miss Iva Kinzy hands lis a!her parents, W. C. Smithson made the Record office an ap
msr ere no encour..gcmei.. pragUe last Saturday. i dollar with instructions to con-1 and wife, at Keokuk. preciated visit. Mr. Smith be
W. M. Tryon, local editor tinue the Record to her moth- — fore leaving renewed his sub- 5x9
of the Herald at Paden, spent er, Mrs. J. T. Bullock, of "The difference between a scription for another year.
Sunday with homefolks at Shawnee. | booster' and a 'knocker" we
Davenport. The contestants in the j are t0]di js that the "booster"! ^>ss Edna Lowe writes this
New Orleans, La. Jan. 9.—
Bids are being asked for
prices on 52,000,000 feet of
Southern yellow pine for the
French government, presum-
ably for the erection of 10,-
000 homes which ic ,is planned
to build in Northern France
following the war. It is un-
derstood that this lumber is
desired for immediate deliv-
ery and specifications are as
follows:
2,800,000 ft. 2x6"-12, 14 16
9.950,000 ft. 4x2"-12, 14 16
1,320,000 ft. 4x6"-12, 14 16
5,449,000 ft. 1x8" Ship Lap.
12,050,000 ft. 1x6" No. 2
D. & M.
10.620,000 ft. 1x5" No. 2
s. & s.
560,000 ft 1x8" No. 2 S. &
S.
3,740,000 ft 2x8" No. 1
7,760,000 ft. 2x5" to 2x8"
6,480,000 ft. Ln. Ft. Ixl"
12,240,000 ft. Ln. Ft. quarter
round 7x8"
40,000 window frames com-
plete.
20,000 door frames coi..r
plete.
Represntatives of the French
government have made in-
quiry of the manufacturers for
prices on 200,000,000 feet of
9ft. ties
towns stand still.
Miss Alma Kacmir of Will-
zetta, is visiting her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schima,
of this city.
Mrs. Edna Hull returned to "Trade Extension" contest
her home at Hanna, Tuesday,; -should call at the Record office
after a visit with homefolks for cards that will help them
at Prague. j in their work.
Presbyterian services. Lawyer Lee made a busi-j James, the little son, of Mr.
Sunday School each Sabbath at ness trip to Oklahoma City! and Mrs. J. L. McDowell, fell
10 a. m. Preaching, first and third Monday. Before returning j on the ice Monday morning
Sundays in each month at 11 a- home he will visit several oth-! and sustained a fracture of
m., and 7:30 p. m. | er c;(;ies jn the state. [the collar bone.
J. B. BRALY, Pastor.
sees the doughnut, but
"knocker" sees the hole.
John Pernicka, one of our
rustling farmers on route 1
out of Prague, had us to en-
roll his name on our subscrip-
tion list, while in town Wed-
nesday.
tne office that she has just re-
turned from the Millinery
markets at St. Louis, and ex-
pects to be in Prague some
time after the 15th of this
month.
Contestants in the "Big
Trade Extension Contest" can
add to their votes or trade
checks by boosting subscrip-
tions for the Record For
each renewal you get, we give
you 250 trade checks and for
each new subscription we give
you 500 trade checks.
S.end the Record to your
friends. They'll appreciate it.
FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH, GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA
Dr. JOHN W. DUKE, Commissioner.
In practically every com-
munity in Oklahonja during
the last two months disease
and death have been active,
superinduced by grippe and I and energy that may be
its
jtle scoops for the removal ofj It has been suggested to us
j ear-wax. Such practices are1 that we make the race tor
Snot unlike the proverbial "bull representative from this dis-
|in the china shop." Any ear trict, but after thinking the
I disturbance should be treated matter over, we have come to
by a competent physician.' the conclusion that we al-
Douehing the ear passage ready have "troubles enough
tention to the laws of human with a syringe and hot water j of our own ' to take .care of.
health. There i§ such a vast i should not be attempted, save
amount of preventible dis- by the physician, notwithstand- Miss Clara Sahm has re-
ease that the amount <*► health ling the fact that countless per-' signed her postion as nurse
PUBLIC SALE
of Registered American Bred
TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS Percheron Stallions and Mares
OF LINCOLN COUNTY. Registered Black Mam-
moth Jacks And Jennetts at
, , , . „ STROUD OKLAHOMA
I am a candidate for sherifl '
subject to your decision at the j Wednesday, February 23, 1916
August primary. In asking!**3
vour consideration for this
nomination, I am not doing so
with the idea that you are in-
debted to me, but in the belief
that I can by reason of m.v
long residence in the county
con-1sons daily perfom this service! at Henryetta, and is thinking
attendant disorders. In I served is incalculable. Every J themselves, and often without, of taking a trip out west inlanti mv four years' service as
many instances those who sue-jounce that is saved increases | injurious results. This latter the spring. She is now here < n j sheriff in the past give you the
cumbed had reached an age [the earning capacity, comfort I fact too begets the confidence a visit with her parents, Mr.! kind of service that will meet
when thev were best prepared j and happiness of every com- of ignorance, and is respon- and Mrs. Carl Sahm.
..hen they were best prepared
to be of service to their fami-|munity in the land. It is the ible for many cases of perman-
lies, and their community, and duty of every individual indent deafness. Most persons
their state. They were ripe Oklahoma, as elsewhere, to, would refuse to tamper with
with the best experience of help cut down this needles^ their watch by using an oil-
life The greater number of! mortality that is carrying off ed straw, ect., yet without the
these men ;md woment were |so many of our best citizens slightest hesitation they w 11
with your approval. I realize
that you are coming io take
Undertaking and Undertakers more and more a businc
r .. , of the selection of your couli- ' 0I1-
5UPP r ty Officials, and h81 you uillj
IN CONNECTION. |)e in(luenced ,ess
HEAD 33
5 Stallions—14 Jacks—6 Mares
8 Jennetts
10 matured Jacks, all of
good breeding and size, all
black, including 4 extra good
ones, of serviceable age, by
"Star Plex, Jr." No 2384
(1177) a grandson of "Star-
light, Sr." No. 81, the greatest
sire of hiph priced Jacks tin;
world has ever known; two-
yearling Jacks, and one Jack
HEARSE
from fifty to sixty years of after they .have reached the jab a match or other hard sub
age—an age of ripe n
FOR 1913.
ind woment were
.-earS Of ~ ..
laturitv age of fifty. There is no good stance into the ear, even with
of thought and action. State I reason why men should not out being able to see what
Boards of Health and scient-jbe doing many fine things and they are doing.
ists now working as never be- doing them well—after they
fore for the conservation of have reached the age of sixty GOOD CROPS
human health are more con-1 or seventy. j
scious than the average public _
of the unnecessary wasteful- Weight and Health in Babies.
ness of this loss of human life. It is the popular belief that
It is rather appalling that so- the fat baby i« always a heal-
ciety should be deprived of thy baby. This is a mistake.
this'fine energy of citizens, in Excessive fat is often produc-
large measure at the very be- ed by an exclusive diet of ce"-
ginning of their careers, for tain of the proprietary infant
men and women should still j foods, consisting largely
~i- «*• ort<1 enrrar* nv r\ef^vr'Vl Whlf'h ulLl A'xumvi -<
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L
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"Look out for big crops thi
year." says Walliford Starr
an old Snake Indian, 'who i
said to be the only member o j
the entire band who ever till-
ed th'e soil. "This terrible coi
weather, which will last until;
nf late in March, is proof positiv"
" Id Mother E .ft!
•AF
WADE-BRANCH HARD-
WARE COMPANY
Phones 60, 61 arid 104
'rague, — — Oklahoma.
7 matured Jins bred to good
tl'e' per- j -Tacks, including "Oklahoma
I sonal claims of a candidate Star No 20428, heavy in foal
than by his capacity to ron- t( "Kickapee Chief," No 537d
jder faithful, efficient and eeon- this sale and one extra good
omical service. My record s*8 j Jin colt by Patterson s Soul
Sheriff from 1011' to. 1911, in- No. 6193.
elusive, has stood the closest 4 Registered Percheron Stal-
I scrutiny of my political opon- including "Hehu" No.
ents and of the state inspect-)75911, a ton, 5 year old son of
ors, and there is nothing in Casino 1st? prize at St. Louis
lit for which I feel that there World's Fair, and "Dodson"
is eed that I should apologize. | No. G8670, a great breeding
I do not say that 1 made no 6 year old by Chardon No.
mistakes, for I am but hum;.n, 46771, out of Lucy No. 47462,
but any blunders that I made 11st prize mare, Oklahoma
of the head, and the State Fair 1908. Also one im-
were
be young at fifty or sixty anU: sugar or of starch, which '
may be young if they are o- gives a false impression ol P 9 .
bedient to the most ordinary health, since bones and mus- Mi.MU s '• eu
rules of hygiene. No man ul-Seles may thus be deprived of
timately may escape death, j their proper nourisment.
but it impossible for most menhealthy baby has a
to so fortify themselves with: ed
called old. Age is-not so a cu
an
it would be a
cold winter and a long one.
\ for every tree where they den-
11-round 'lt"i ur literally groaning
body, without wads and; under the nut supply.
lions of fat, or pendulous "Before snow flies next wii
bodily and mental vigor as to'cheeks or pudgy legs. It has ter the warring
win for themselves many years .springy muscles, and U alert, lay down arms,
of usefullness now lost to! active and full of life and to pick them up, a
themselves and their family motion. A bulletin called In- peace and big crop
bv premature decay and inc'l'- fant Care, embr icing this sub- country, even poor
ficiency. The modern njovc- ject, and published by the will feel the c
ment for the conservation of! Children's Bureau, V. S. De- times. I don t (iften
human health and human life; partment of Labor, Washing- prophecies but this one is moi
embraces not only the young,'ton, D. C., will be sent free than a prophecy
and women who here- of cost to any person who t truth.'
thousands writes for it.
li! 6 Mar-
.. registered
nations will
never again
and with
this
J. W. Butler was up from
Paden Monday. From here
h" went to Oklahoma City to are a sort that experience en- ported I-n nch Coach Stal-
•ittend the Grand lectures of ables one to avoid. 1 believe, lion weighing 1600 pounds,
the Masonic School. ^Ir. But- that I will be even better quali One 4-year
ler is a candidate for the nom- fied for the position by re;
ination for commissioner of on ol my two years r<
the first di-trict ot Okfuskee ment to private life, for I
county on the democratic now see better the dutii
this office as related to the in- to horse.
dividual citizen. To all who Desirable, Sound Horses and
not enough know me I need not give any Jacks, like these are very
Saturday! a -urance that I be!!rv,. in the scarce, on the market, and
to se re uo a dog fight, but strictest economy '-or st at those that desire _ something
«, don't blame them for not with efficiency and that 1 f;.\- 'rood should not m.ss th,8 op-
beinsr here with weather con- or a strict enforcement of all gortunfcy to secure them.
ng and'Every Animal GUARANTEED
ticket.
'ne 4-' '.ir our
gray by Lero No.
til l - 1637, in foal to "Dodson" (see
an above) Two farm mares in
of foal to Jack, and three in foal
There were
farmers in town
of
bettei
mak
ditions and road- in tlv
thev are in .
nap
against
the
j 11
it is go-p
ot men
but the
eountle;
tofore have been mi tal mly
called old. Age is not so much)
a matter of years as of fitness!
Vernon Dickinson
near being badly hurt
runaway at the
cam
in
T ue
influential offender i
the poor and friendles-'. I
Wm. Jenkins, one of our | a; k, your-upport with full con-
good citizens and was in to see fidence that if elected I will
us last Thursday and renewed able to render such service a
his subscription and also that will vindicate the judgment ol
of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. those who have given me their
Gallaher, of Corpus (Christy, |assistance.
Texas, to the Record for an- Chas F. Buzzi.
other year.
It is rumored that Judgt
Abusing the Ears.
The practice (of introducing
and the latter depends large- a tooth pick or other substance day morning, when his hor
lv upon the care that is given into the ear to relieve sensa- became frightened and rat
to the human body and it- tions of itching is dangerous, off, upsetting the wagon and j. j. Coyer, another one of G. Hardy is thinking of ei
various functions. The span j and often injurious to the hear throwing Vernon out on the our K00ti citizens, was in to ing the race for repr wnts
of useful human life is increas- ing.-and the cause of extere- ground in such a manner as,see us last Thursday and re- from ti
and will ircrease more mely painful irritations. Many to badly bruise his right arm newed his subscription to the The im
habitually carry
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desi riptions, pedigrees, and
full information about train
ei v ice, terms, etc., write (men-
i- tioning this paper) to
EVANS BROS.
Stroud, Oklahoma
Or
W. A. EARP,
Stroud, Okla. Route 1.
This ad will appear but once.
- Write TO-DAY.
ing,
apidly as the public pays at-j persons
lit- and shoulder.
Record for another yaer.
(the first) district.! Have your boots and shoes
would make a good repaired by Frank Lepic, at
j man for the place. iMcElvaney's grocery store.
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Nipper, Frank S. The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1916, newspaper, February 10, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147895/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.