The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1916 Page: 1 of 2
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To the Advertiser
"Husiness" is the occupation in which a person
is engaged, six million heads < f familie s are en-
gng> <1 in th - fanning business in the I". s. alone and
every one of them is interested in tin- paprr that
helps them make more money out of what they pro-
due*-, while it at tl>< vaiia* time entertains and in-
structs. The Rkcorp's policy is one >f instruction,
not destruction.
VOL. XIII.
The Prague Record
PRAGUE, LINCOLN COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, .MAY 11, i;>]
To the Reader
' I'l'viu only clean, reliable, truthful and
rj'spotiMt.lf_ailv. tustuiuMits in the column- ..f The
1 or*' "<• '"Mifye and trust our advertisers to the
*• vt«?111 that we will Kuaranteu t<• our subs/riWrs
that cur advertisers will nuike Rood nil promises
made in the columns of this p„i.r. The reader
should extend the same confidence that ue do to
our advertisers.
/tV I he Object of the Stork Svstem of Savin&' 1?ac®Vimulat®a5ai,,'ny«>4ccou1nf.for children, sufficient to insure their
/' Jrn , J Jr. „ wrWn " p* education, with no expense or obligation to parents, and to impress on
Ut/yhX children early in life the value of the Saving Habit. On all purchases from us by parents or friends of registered children we will <nve 3 per cent in Stork
Script which will be deposited in the First National Bank, who will pay an interest at the late of 4 per cent semi-annually, compounded. You will be doin
your child an injustice if yon fail to have its name in the list of registration. Just give us name and date of birth—we'll T7 I J r
do the rest. This absolutely costs you nothing. We start each registered baby with the first dollar and Stork pass book. ' 'tC LeCtde V Sto Ve
NO. 44.
Jake Zabloudil, Pres. J. 0- Meyer, Cashier.
We Solicit Your Deposit Accounts.
In Time of Need We are in Position
To Help You.
The First State Bank
Of Prague, Oklahoma.
Our Depositors Are Protected by
The Guarantee Fund of the State.
FARM LOANS a SPECIALTY
NEW SERVICE THE PYTHIANS
MAY 21,1916 ENTERTAINED
Ft. S. & W. Will Run First An Enjoyable Evenening Spent
Joplin - Oklahoma City
Train on Above Date
BANOIT TRIO BOSS
LEES SUMMIT P.O.
Early Morning Explosions
Awaken Citizens, Who
Watch Men Escape.
"FI5HERITIS"
"The air we breathe, the food
we eat,
And all we drink is 'pizen,'
And how we live from day to
day,
Is really quite surprisin,.
Malaria rages in the south,
And north, east and west
Pneumonia mows us down like
grass.
And typhoid does the rest.
\\ e are advised by the Fort
Smith and Western Railroad,
that they will inaugurate a
| new train service between Ok-
lahoma City and Fort Smith
on May 21st. The train will
'be solid vestibuled, electrical-
By Members and Guests
of The Local Lodge
Last Wednesday evening,
the local lodge of Pythians
entertained members, their
families and invited guests
with music and a social dance
at the lodge room. Besides
re-
Lumber, Shingles, Lime, Portland
Cement, Agitite Plaster, Plaster Lath, Chatts,
Coal Tar, Doors, Windows, Mill Work.
We Can Save You Money on Your PAINT Biil!
PAINT THAT HAS NO SUPERIOR
Res. ThoneOP
P. J, Bartosh, Mgr.
Office 'Phone 88
MISS LEE ENTERTAINS.
But of all the microbes, great
or small,
That nature sends to fight
us,
The worst that ever struck a
man,
Is the germ of "Fisheritis."
A trio of bandits broke into
the postoffice at Lees Summit
last Wednesday morning and
after wrecking the safe by
setting off eight charges of
nitroglycerine, they stole $100 I
in cash. $150 in stamps and j
several blocks of blank postal
savings bank certificates.
The explosions awoke every
one in Lees Summit and a |
great crowd gathered before i
the bandits began their flight.
Then was witnessed the fun- j
niest spectacle of all.
The robbers went to the So when the thing gets chronic
postoffice in an autoi^obile, It simply can't be broke,
and they started to flee in the I You've got to go and fish it out
. .these features, delicious
ly lighted service consisting of'o. v. ± • .• ••
i ii freshments consisting of cream
standard sleepers, club car. . .
day coach and baggage car,!and cake- were als0 served.
making it equal to any service On the evening ol May 17th,
in use in the southwest. i another social will be given,
The time card has been ar- j to which all members and
ranged to suit the traveling j their families and invited
public, as the following sche- j guests will participate. The
dule will show: I committee having in charge the | ery> Frank Smith, Fayne Shel-
Train, No. 3, leaves Okla- program fcr the evening are: i b.v. Orville Hale, Blake Nichols
homa City at 11:00 p. m., and [Messrs. B. F. Whimore, Sam I'-mry Studer. J. S. Coats, ().
arrives in Fort Smith at 9:30 Kolodny, Wes Klabzuba, Julius!I_)- Emrick, KImer Stewart and
Miss Verna Lee of Mt. Hope,
entertained a number of her
friends Saturday night with a
party; Games were played
and refreshments served.
Those present were: Messrs.
\\ alter England, Jasper Rey-
nolds, Vester Smith, Chas.
Goldsmith, Bryan Nash, Jas.
Davis, Geo. and Henry Humph
W.O.W. COUNTY
CONVENTION
Will Be Held in Prague, Okla-
homa, May 20th and 21st
Big Crowd Expected.
hold
When this disease gets
on you,
Your name is "Dennis Mud"
For it never quits working
When it once gets in your
blood.
a. m.
Train No. 3, leaves Fort
Smith at 7:08 p. m., and ar-
rives in Oklahoma City at (5:45
a. m.
I The traveling public is in-
vited to use this line and tell I of
On May 20th, the W. O. W.
camps of Lincoln county, will
meet here in convention and
machine. A tire burst after |
they had gone 100 yards. The j
robbers got out and while one j
of the men repaired the punc-
ture, the two others held off J
the crowd.
"Anyone who interferes,"
cautioned one of the robbers, i
"will be shot dead." Nobody |
interfered.
The mechanical bandit
worked twenty-five minutes j
on the broken tire, and finally i
mended it. Then, when the
robbers had made their sec- j
ond start, the machine skidded i
into a ravine and they were
subjected to another delay.!
The crowd still followed, but
no one fired on the bandits.
After pulling the machine Ls.
Or just lie down and croak.
And when it's cured it won't
stay cured, .
Like any other sore.
So when the thing breaks out
again.
Got to fish some more."
Bontty and Herman Grimes. Bruce Bourland. Misses G_
Refreshments consisting ot|(1.vs and Lois Emrick, Agnes on May 21st, will hold an uri-
lemonade and cake will he Meridith. Vera Parker, Nellie j veiling ceremony at the Prague
served. The first and third i Nash, Helen Lovelace, and cemetery. A large number ot
Wednesday night of each' ^I'^red Hale. Mesdames. |delegates and members of the
month will be social meetings J O. D. Emrick, Geo. Lovelace,
second John Whitten, J. S. Coats, C.
|V. Humphrey, Elmer Stewart
uid Bruce Bourland
the order and the
IKWIHDI
THE BIRTH OF A NATION'
to tlic road, the robbers again
started off and this time got
away. They drove toward
Kansas City.
We are informed that Mr.
L. E. Donehue, of Okemah,
has made arrangements to
show in that city on or about
June 21st or 22nd, that famous \
photo-plf.y,
le Birth of a Nation." We i
ilso understand that the Ft. 1
& W., will make a special
FIRST NA TIONAL
BANK
We Want To Co-operate
with the Record to help the farmers of this vicinity
to secure more and better milk cows.
We will loan you money with which to buy
them at a very low rate.
Come in and see us about it.
Your account is always welcome, whether it is
large or small or whether you deposit or borrow.
We have private money to loan on farm lands at
the lowest rates. Your note is made payable at our
bank and all the papers are kept in our vault. Talk it
over with us before renewing your loan or borrowing
elsewhere.
BFFORE COMMISSIONERS.
A party of North Seminole
farmers composed of F. Meier,
Sr., Henry Kimbley, F. Meier,
Jr., Fred Leister and John
j Bierbaum, were before the
| commissioners Monday, pray-
ing-for relief in road matters
^n their community and over
a .stretch of road of -six mile-.
j It seems that the road refer-
red to is in very poor condi-
tion and that I lie supervision
| of a competent road boss is
needed. These men offer to
give of their time, money and
labor provided the commission-
er of the Third District will
help them or give them help! tiont
| in getting the road repair*
order from all over the county
will be in attendance and it is
also expected that members
of the organization of the ad-
joining counties will be pre-
sent.
State Manager, R. L. Forgan
of Oklahoma City, will be pres
ent at the convention, and oti
the evening of the 20th initia-
tory work will be conferred
upon a good size class. The
complete program for the con-
vention and unveiling cere-
monies has not been fully
completed.
WARRING—BALLARD.
We are in receipt of infor-
mation that Otis Warring, ot"
Prague, and Miss Nona Bal-
lard, of Okemah, were marri-
ed April 29th. Congratula-
Otis, and may you and
your bonny bride enjoy life's
greatest blessings.
rate for those desiring to see
thi' show. Full particulars
will be published later in the
Record.
J. O. MEYER
President
GEO. R. SUTTON
Cashier
J
A F T E R D E A T H
By Walt Mason'
I do not know just what ill your fellow men be squ: e
may hap, when 1 go tumbling be kind and just to ; 11. no
off the map. into the outer care a c nt what others do.'
void; I hope to draw a pair If one is square and just aiu
of wings, and crown and robe, kind, I don't believe he'll hi
and kindred things, and harp behind, when they distributi
I their friends about it.
The price for sleeping
accomodations will be a
lows: $2.00 for lower berth-
and $1.(10 for upper berth .
While full drawing room c: .
be reserved for £">.00, which
I is on a paraty with competing
lines. From the Club C i>
: | l'ght refreshments can be ob-
i jtained for the evenimr or the
•; morning meal which is an en-
• | tirely new feature and should
I : ■ !
land fourth W
iv ill be the r
1- meeting night-
due
'gul
of
Chicle is obtained by 1,
ping the sapodilla (Avras s,
j<>ta) trees, which grow w
in the forests of the state
Vera ('ruz. The indu tr>
i controlled almost entirely
the Huasteca Indians, w
sell the chicle in the mark
ol I'uxpam and Tampico.
by
v night -
' order.
Mr. John Martin, a son of
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Martin,
of Meeker, and Miss Delia
Cole, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Cole, of that com-
munity, were married at the
home of the bride's parents,
Wednesday, May 4th.
DECORATION DAY
A TRIBUTE TO THE JEWS
Vet<
H.v request ot
af the Sons
Prague Post, all the citiy ,
>f the town and the membi ■
:>f the G. A. R„ are cordial!
nvited and requested to af
ist with Decoration Dav • ei
vice:
mc
Since the Fort Smith am
,. , i 1 ■
lo 1 rov lis: he 11 be a crei!
walk the floor, or lose a chance this globe, and he \ ill swap nn nt has been'constant!* 01 P Hall in Pi-
ma
to sleep and snore, by worry-1 for snowy robe, his work worn proving ti > service id till-
ing my head about the the j handmedowns. Religion's new train 's °ne >•'. the man
things that may befall when i 'angled, teased and vext, with "''n 'ltl "" ,
step oft' this whirling ball, and dogma and conflicting text, by )' j| ,, ,
line up with the dead. I think ages splitting hails; and all <!v line to p.Yonzie it a
I've all a man shoul need, in the fellows really need is just here is nothing that cm built
this, the simple little creed. I that simple little creed, to ul' :l < "mmuni:y like a rail
i igre-sive officials.
We are proud to announce
that this train will give u- ;
double daily service into ami
out of the city and that ti
night train will make connec-
tion at Dustin, Okla., and car-
ry a sleeper for Henryetta.
Muskogee and Joplin, Mo.
"A Jew advanced monej
George Washington to fina
jnilk fund and saved the li\
of thousands of babies.
I hear people speak slighting
are a distinctive race and the
will remain a distinctive rac<
Jew They are the only race electei
pure by God to which He has re
es v'ealetl Hi
A -Jew, the
'ii mother o
'! doing In
Jt
urday afternoon, May
at > o'clock.
BRING THEM IN.
Turner Produce Co,
pay 'ic. per pound for ro<
Saturday, May. 13th.
all you have. Turner Pn
"If. Christ w
tlessed Virgin,
God was a
vs will be here
ess when you
ed full of etnb
Jew
The Best At the Lowest
Price at The
New York Bargain Store
Prague, Oklahoma
Sunday, May 14th, is Mi til-
ers' Day. At night the Ba<i
,
a ting cla.'s will be pre; * hed at
'he Presbyterian church, by
Rev. S. E. Shafer, at H o'clock.
i'
\ lasak and Leonard Jack Lane left last Saturda
rownover left the lirst of the for Shamrock, wh< re he has
week for Shamrock, where acc pted a po ition in a big
they expect to engage in th■ irr >cery stroe. Jack is a good
auto livery business if condi- salesman and will make good
tion.s look good.
in his new location.
Prague a Oldest Dry G
she price stqb
pounded 1903.
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Nipper, Frank S. The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1916, newspaper, May 11, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147932/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.