The New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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A BOY TO ADMIRE.
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(tallant Hob (slipping from lilg fa-
ther's knoe In the car, to lady)—
Won't you take my place, madam?
Taking Care of Yourself.
There never was a time when peo
plo paid as much attention to their
health and strength as they do now.
Time was when line stock and tine
horses were fed more carefully than
human beings.
The result of properly balanced ra-
tions lias worked wonders with stock
and recent experiments are proving
that the same thing Is true of man-
kind.
It has been found that Quaker Oats
eaten often and regularly taking the
place of heavy, greasy foods will work
wonders in the health and strength of
a family.
School children fed frequently on
Quaker Oats thrivo physically and nre
always capable of the best work at
school. For athletes, laborers, it is
the best food.
For those who are not convenient
to the store the large size family pack-
age of Quaker Oats Is the thing; for
liot climates the hermetically sealed
tins arc beat. 10
Suapiclous.
The father of Judge W. H. Wadhams
had a chicken-coop and a dog and t
stable hand. It began to look to Mr.
Wadhams as though some one had dis-
covered the combination. So he kept
the coop and the stable hand, but he
got a new dog. Next day the bent
old negro who groomed the Wad-
hams' horses came to him. "You los'
you affection fob me, boss?" ho asked.
"No, Scipio," said Mr. WadhaniB. "I
like you as well as ever." "Then,"
said Scipio, peevishly, "w'yn't you
tie Old Rover In de chicken-coop, 'still
of dat new dorg?"
The Davenport New Era
DAVENPORT,
OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES
Cotton seed has reached $32.50 •
ton in Ada, the highest price of tlia
season.
The first work on a series ot
drainage ditches to be built In Tula*
county Is now unJer way.
No Intimation has been given as
to when the demurrers will be decid-
ed In the Haskell case, by Judge Mar.
siiaU.
A. P. Davis, of Sapulpa, engineer
on a Frisco freight train, was scald-
ed to death in a wreck near Chand-
ler last week.
Very Indicative.
Bargain Hunter—"I would like to
get two sorts of spoons for kitchen
use," Busy Clerk—"We haven't time
to sell them." Bargain Hunter—"Huh
sir, your attitude shows clearly that
you are out of sorts today."
An Entirely Selfish Theorist.
"Do you believe in the theory of re-
incarnation?" asked the serious girl.
"You mean to ask If I think we'll
ktep coming back to the earth ngalti
end again?" rejoined the flippant
young man.
"Yes."
"I have my doubts about It. The
creditors may all come back, but we
debtors are apt to go wunderlng along
(o other planets if wo can possibly ar-
range It."
A Lay Matter.
"Would you like the floors in mo
Balc?" asked the architect.
The Springfield man looked dubious.
"Would you like the floors in mo-
saic patterns?"
"I don't know so much about that,"
lie finally said. "I ain't got any preju-
dice against Moses as a man, and
mnybe he knew a lot about the law
As regards laying of floors, though, 1
kinder think I'd rather have 'em un-
scctarlan."—Harper's Weekly.
A Monument in the Snows.
The highest placed monument In
the world Is situated on La Combra,
the summit of a pass In the Andes,
and marks the frontier of the Chilian
and Argentine republics. It stands at
an altitude of 12.798 feet above the
sea level, and for awe-Inspiring gran-
deur Its surroundings would be hard
to match.—Wide World Magazine.
Shoe Joke.
William King—Where'd
those pumps?
Charlie Prince—Off a shoe trce.-
Cornell Widow.
you get
Bridge.
Miss Cheatham—I believe 1 shall
have to give up bridge.
Miss Frank—Really? Wasn't the
game worth the scandal?
CAREFUL DOCTOR
PreFcrlbed Change of Food Instead of
Drugs.
It takes considerable courage for a
doctor to deliberately prescribe only
food for a despairing patient, instead
of resorting to the usual list of med-
icines.
There are some truly scientific phy-
sicians among the present generation
who recognize and treat conditions as
they are and should be treated regard-
less of the value to their pockets.
Here's an Instance:
"Four years ago I was taken with
severe gastritis and nothing would
stay on my stomach, so that 1 was ou
the verge of starvation.
"I heard of a doctor who has a sum-
mer cottage near me—a specialist from
N. Y , oLu as a last hope, sent for him.
"After he examined me carefully he
advised me to try a small quantity of
Orape-Nuts at first, then ns my stom-
ach became at rouged to eat more.
"I kept at It, and gradually got go 1
could eat and digest three teaspoon-
fuls. Then I began to have color In my
face, memory became clear, where be-
fore everything seemed a blank. My
limbs got stronger and I could walk.
So I steadily recovered.
"Now, after a year on Qrapo-Nuts 1
weigh 163 lbs. My people were sur-
prised at the way I grew fleshy and
strong on this food."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Weilvillo," In pkgs.
"There's a Reason."
Kvtr roiiil tlii- nliove tfttfrl A If"
oni- n ft in-ii rn from llmr to time. Thi-J
nrr irimilur, true, and full of buumu
Interest.
An oil refinery, one of the largest
In the state, is to be built in Musko-
gee at once, making the third insti
tutlon Of this character in the town
Fifty-eight citizens of Capitol Hill
bave signed petitions asking for
rote of the people on changing the
town's name to South Oklahoma City.
The cases against eleven men
charged with being members of a
tiaud of Nightriders In McClain coun-
ty, are set for trial in the district
court at Purcell November 24.
Governor Haskell has honored a re-
quisition from Missouri for John F,
Miller, who is under arrest at Chey-
enne, Okla., and wanted at Oregon
Mo., charged with feloniously dispos-
ing of mortgaged property.
An election will be held in K1 Reno
Decemebr 21, when a proposition for
voting $70,000 In bonds for a city hall
and fire station and $10,000 for locat
ing a source of city water supply will
be submitted.
J. Luther Langston, of Oklahoma
City, secretary of the Oklahoma Fed-
eration of Labor, organized a local
trades council in Lawton last week,
comprising six of the seven local un>
Ions.
The cotton gin of the Tully Mer-
cantile company of Eufaula, igniting
from a match In the elevator, lias
been totally destroyed by fire, the
loss aggrega'ing $15,000, partially cov-
ered by Insurance.
In order to check up the govern-
ment census and to get a fair deal
there Is a proposition being consld
ered by the Commercial Club and
city council of Muskogee whereby
they may divide the expense of such
enumeration.
Efforts are still being made to col-
lect the bonus notes given by Guthrie
business men to the Fort Smith &
Western railroad when that read was
built Into Guthrie a few years ago,
vow held by the Federal Trust Co.,
of St. Louis.
Donning husking gloves, ladles of
the Baptist Aid Society husked a load
of corn at the Campbell farm near
Carnegie last week, taking up the of-
fer ot the Campbell brothers to give
them a load of corn If they would
"shuck" it.
Unless the state supreme court of
Oklahoma decides that municipal
bond elections can be held under the
exiting election laws, no city In the
new state desiring to vote bonds for
puh'lc improvements can do bo legal-
ly '.rntil the first Tuesday In August,
1010, according to the opinion of Wood
U Oakley, bond attorneys of Chicago.
The National Surety company,
which has a bond securing $50,0li!> of
state deposits in the defunct Colum-
Va Bank and Trust Company of Okla-
homa City, lias decided to Join with'
th« fchool land board In a suit to de-
ermlne the statute of the claims of
ttik guarantee companies.
A n arrangement of the several
dish lets assigned to Indian agents la
former Indian Territory, who are un-
d ir the supervision of J. George
Wright, of Muskogee, commissioner
tu tht Five Civilised Tribes, and a re-'
organization of the government forr-a
In ih,' five nations Is contemplated by
K. G. Valentine, commissioner of In-'
Ulan affairs.
A secret movement Is reported to
have been started In Osage county
by an organization of cattlemett
whereby A. J. Montgomery and J. 11.
Finn, farmers living near Foraker, are
to be forced to leave the county and
the Foraker Tribune, a newspaper,
put out of business.
George W. Ferguson, postrtl.ister at
Watonga, was recently appolhted
county Judge of Blaine county by the
board of county commissioners.
The South Central Teachers' asso-
ciation of Oklahoma will hold Its an-
nual session at Sulphur, Nov. 27 and
28. Addresses will he delivered by
Dr. George H. Bradford, chancellor of
Epworth university at Oklahoma
City; Bishop W. A. Quayle of Okla-
homa City, and other prominent mco
of the state.
Explaining It.
A Louisiana judgo has ruled that
women do not own their clothes. He
is probably a very young and inex-
perienced judge, however.—Indianap-
olis News.
New and Strange Affliction.
Cement-maker's Itch, one of the
latest diseases due to occupation. Is
an Intense itching resembling true
itch, instead of being caused by a
parasite, it results from some chemi-
cal or mechanical action on the skin
not yat understood.
Says McGowan:
"Get out in th' mornln' afther IV
dollar—but don't forget th't somo
wan has been chasln' it all night."-—
Cleveland News.
A Correct Guess.
"Dear me" said the lady who had
gone to the public library, as she
picked up a soiled volume, "this must
bo an awfully naughty book. See
how It Is tattered and worn by much
handling and the title page shows that
it was publish^! this yaar."
Life of a Nation.
Territory Is but the body of a na-
tion; the people who inhabit its hllla
and its villages and its soli are its
spirit, its life.—James A. Garfield.
Novels Not Books.
Boston's careful discrimination in
literary matters Is revealed by
sign displayed not more than half a
mile from th° public library: "Books
and novels sold here."
A Tenderfoot.
A Hutchinson man Is advertising
some land. "Don't judges this by the
price," he advertises, after naming
the figure. "It belongs to an easte,n
party who thinks buffalo are grazing
on it."—Exchange.
More Babblers than Hearers.
Now as In the past, the vast nam
ber of so-called heretics are but vain
babblers who know not what th'
affirm. They can give no reason for
the faith that Is within them because
they neither know the faith of the fa-
thers nor contribute an lota to the
faith of the future.—Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Adding a Prefix.
Says Black and White: "At this
time of year the pretty woman be-
comes even prettier than before,
Even the plain woman assumes a cer-
tain comeliness." As far as our obser-
vation goes "an uncertain comliness"
would, perhaps, better describe —
London Globe.
IN THE REALM OF BOOKS
Meredith Nicholson Contributes An-
other Success—Sketch of Author
Meredith Nicholson, whose latest
novel, "The Lords of High Decision,"
Doubleday, Page & Company have
just published, comes forward with a
book that has all the Interest of a
good yarn and is, at the same time, a
strong novel of American life. "The
Lords of High Decision" has almost
all of its setting in Pittsburg; but Mr.
Nicholson does not muckrake that
much muckraked town. In an inter-
view he staged that to him Pittsburg
is a genuinely typical American city.
The centra: character, young Craig-
hlll, typifies to him Pittsburg, and
thereby America.
Unlike many men who write, Mr.
Nicholson has always been an active
man in outside affairs; he has studied
law, but never practised; he has held
down every Job on the Indianapolis
Ncwb, from cub reporter to Managing
Editor. He was also at one time a
broker at Indianapolis, removing later,
for business reasons, to Denver,
where he was auditor and treasurer
of a coal mining corporation. So It
would be Impossible to charge Mr.
Nicholson with writing of a subject
a'jout which he is Ignorant. He knows
tVnneylvanla, he knows coal mines,
and he knows America.
Sim FOOT WAVE
HITS A BIG LINER
IMPACT MAKES THE PROVENCE
TREMBLE WITH SCREWS
OUT OF WATER.
DENTS HER STEEL SHIELD
Ventilator Smashed and Navigating
Bridge Damaged—Few Passen-
gers Knew of Their Narrow
Escape from Death at Sea.
New York.—With the steel shield
across the center of the navigating
bridge badly stove in, the half-inch
glass in the three ports entirely gone,
a ventilator on the starboard side
smashed and a breakwater on the
forward deck broken, the Provence of
the French line arrived here a few
days ago with 210 saloon passengers
knowing little more than that the ves-
sel had had a rough voyage.
There were a few who knew that a
GO-foot wave had climbed over the
bow of the Provence and hurled many
tons of water against the forward su-
perstructure of the vessel.
The Provence ran Into bad weather
from the time she left the other side
of the Atlantic, and It was not until
the steamer neared this port that the
weather calmed to moderately good
condition. Until Thursday the passen-
gers enjoyed little time on deck. Capt.
Poncelet kept the Provence going
along at a pretty good clip, however,
and was only slightly behind her
schedule on reaching this port.
The weather was very bad Tuesday.
The sea was running high and the
wind blew a gale. There were many
times when the steamer shook as the
screws left the water. Capt. Poncelet,
three of his officers and a seaman
were on the bridge at noon, and some
of the officers were taking observa-
tions as the Provence dipped into the
sea.
It was at two minutes after 12
o'clock when the officers were figuring
out the position of the steamer that
the Provence dipped into the sea and
a huge wave mounted over the star-
board bow. The volume of water
raced along, breaking the forward
breakwater and threw its force
against the superstructure. As it
Btruck the upper works of the Prov-
ence the ship seemed to stop for a
STRANGE COMPANY.
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
Nico light bread and flaky biscuits
can be made from
CHOCTAW FLOUR
Insist on this brand and you
are sure to have the best
VOrH (•IHK'RR HFI.I.H IT
A Huge
Wave Mounted
Starboard Bow.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
PrU- In th* I'aiUd Mitoion V*M, SlMnway, Wtbet, Karta-
m—. Eifc«rn .,i u|hrr. MoftW.
JENKINS MUSIC CO.
Oklahoma City. Okla.
CHAMBERLIN
METAL WEATHER STRIP
Mt all dn.1
.h Havaa 85 p.
Pbon. 3SS2.
KJ!:!:■ DEERE IMPLEMENTS
andVELIE VEHICLES «kr<>w
01J0HR DEERE PLOW CO, OKLAHOMA CITY
(«l it s' PEBBLES,' Mgr.
•is M.jntic Bid... OlUk. . tit,
moment. She shook from the bow to
stern, and like a spaniel threw the
water off and plowed Into the sea
again.
All on the bridge were drenched.
Capt. Poncelet, standing on the star-
board side, did not get the full force
of the wave, but the others, standing
nearer the port Bide, were wet from
bead to foot.
The seaman was standing in the
middle of the bridge, behind the steel
shield and directly behind the middle
port hole. He saw the wave coming
and dropped on the bridge. The water
smashed all the glass In the port
holes. Mr. Cortland F. Illshop, presi-
dent of the Aero club, who was a pas-
senger, and who was told about the
accident, said he believed the seaman
would have been killed by the glass
had he not fallen to the deck.
The glass In a port of the officers'
quarters on the deck below also was
broken and a great quantity of water
found Its way In. The steel shield in
front of the bridge was dented in
about six Inches, and the port light
screen was carried away.
At the time most of the passengers
were in the dining saloon. All felt the
Jar, but there had been so many of
them that this big one did not create
any feeling of awe. The bridge deck I
is 45 feet from the water line. The
railing on top of the bridge deck house
was broken and the weather cloth
torn, so that the water reached as j
high ns 60 feet above the water lino
of the Provence.
The Cut Direct.
The Rounder—1 say, you are quite a
stranger!
She—Yes, and I Intend to remain
one. Good dny!—Comic Cuts.
The Goose—How times change, to
be sure. I have never seen the fox
such good friends with a duck before.
CUT THIS OUT.
POOR WITNESS FOR FRIEND
Recipe TKsi Breaks a Cold In a Day
and Cures Any Curable Cough.
"Mix half ounce of Concentrated
pine compound with two ounces of
glycerine and half a pint of good
whiskey; shake well each time apd
use in doses of a teaspoonful to a ta-
blespoonful every four hours."
These Ingredients can be obtained
from any good druggist or he will
get them from his wholesale house.
The Concentrated pine is a special
pine product and comes only in half
ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air-
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
"Concentrated."
Deacon's Brief Emphatic Testimony
Probably Somewhat Impressed
the Jury.
Dcacon Stephen Potter, one of the
pioneers of Utica, N. Y., was a man
of great eccentricity but high moral
character. The deacon will speak
the truth and shame the devil," was
often said of him.
On one occasion a friend was en-
gaged in a lftwsuit in regard to some
land a few miles from Utica. He held
the land at a high price. During the
trial he called Deacon Potter as a
witness, to prove how valuable the
land was. The deacon was sworn and
1 asked if he knew the land.
"Y'es," he replied, "I know every
i foot of it."
"What do you think it is worth, Mr.
| Potter?" was the next question.
The old man paused a moment and
then said, slowly: "If I had as many
dollars—as iny yoke of oxen—could
draw—on a sled—on glazed ice—I
vow—I would not give—a dollar an
ncre for it!"—Youth's Companion.
Father Was an Invalid.
It had been a hard day in the Held,
and father and son were very hungry.
The only things eatable on the table
were 12 very large apple dumplings.
The father had consumed ten while
the boy was eating one, and then both
reached for the one remaining.
"Son," pleaded the farmer, "you
wouldn't take the last apple dumpling
from your poor sick pa, would you?"—
Success Magazine.
In the Future.
Knicker—Well, my dear?
Mrs. Knicker—Wipe your wings be-
fore you come into the house.
Beautiful Structures Dreams Realized.
Every beautiful structure is the
dream of the architect. St. Paul's Is
but a dream of Christopher Wren.
Without the dreamers the world would
be a dull place. Dreamers lifted it
out of the darkness of barbarism and
ignorance and placed it in the white
light of civilization and knowledge.
Honor Where Honor Is Due.
First Golfer—Well done, old chap!
That's the longest ball I've seen you
drive yet!
Second Golfer — I'm afraid the
credit's not all mine. A beast of a
wasp toucKed me up In the middle of
my swing.—Punch.
ARE TOUR CI.OTHES FADED?
Use Red CrosB Ball Blue and make them }
white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents
To Enjoy
the full confidence of the Well-In formed
of the World and the Commendation of
the most eminent physicians it was essen-
tial that the component parts of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be
known to and approved by them; there-
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub-
lishes a full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity of pro-
duct, which they demand in a laxative
remedy of an ethical character, arc assured
by the Company's original method of man-
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most beneficially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine—manufactured by the Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by ail leading druggists.
OLD SORES CURED
Crude.
"This Is crude," said John D. as he j ,
tasted oil In the milk. Cornell Widow, j Allen's Ulceri ne Salvo euros C h ron Ic Ulcers* Hon*
_ Clcersfftcrofulnus Ulcera.Varlcowe (flcerajn-
Plerce's Pellets small sTiimr-rnntn/i «n t„ jlolent ricera,Mercurial Ulcer*,White Swell-
Lots of garrulous people make a CANCER. Removed root and branch. No Oper-
. . . | atlon. Pay when cure<l. VV rite today and save your-
Bpecialty of saying nothing. -- -
Dr. Pierce'
take
liver and
ust the Same!
No Difference!
Pli if k mzwsib-
leiwes fronrmp
bush.Chew them
Buy
WriOleysssi
Chew if. Exactly
i^^fkvvonNo Difference!
F/ME FOR DIGESTION ?
imhheb
Pale-Faced Women
out expressions, you need a tonic.
The tonic you need is Cardui, the woman's tonic.
is the best tonic for women, because its incredients
are specifically adapted for women's needs. They act on
organs a'ld helP 10 g've needed strength and
vitality to the worn-out womanly frame.
Cardui is a vegetable medicine. It contains no min-
erals, no iron, no potassium, no lime, no glycerin, no dan-
gerous, or habit-forming drugs of any kind.
It is perfectly harmless and safe, for young and old to use.
TAKE
The Woman's Tonic
CC43
After my doctor had done all he said he could for me "
writes Mrs. W m. Hilliard, of Mountainburg, Ark "1 took Car
lWCe a,'d " £'<* " « £
trnnhi r S Cardu'' 1 had suffercd from female
troubles for f,ve years, but since taking it, I am in good health
1 think tbere is some of the best advice in your book
that I ever saw. Your druggist sells Cardui. Try it
tor M,cdlcin! Co' Ch'"~
Wc book' Home Treatment lor Women," Mnt Irce.
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