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Calumet Weekly Critcion
vol 1. NO. I
Published .« 217 North H.rvey Street. Okl.hom, City. Okla.. by The Suburban New,p.per P.bli.hi.« Compeoy
( AliDIET. ( ANAIHAN W\ YH . OKLAHOMA. Till I!S|>A> A I (< I SI' H>. I'.M 1
S1.00 PER YEAR.
UNION CITY NEWS ITEMS
BERTHA LAMONS, Local Editor.
Mr. H. R. Hendrix went to El lleno
Friday.
Bargains in Shoes on center counter.
Gatz Bros.
Dry salt meat at 12M>c per pound at
Catz Bros.
Miss Hattle Wyatt was shopping in
El Reno Friday.
Mr. C. F. Greenwood went to El Reno
last Wednesday.
Mr. Nick Kramer was a northbound
passenger Friday.
Quail Coffee—the best ever—35c per
pound at (latz Bros.
Miss Mary Hentjen is visiting in Po-
casset this week.
Miss Essie Birkey was shopping in
El Reno Wednesday.
Mr. Max (latz has renewed his sub-
scription for another year.
Gatz Bros, are still selling 16 pounds
of cane sugar for $1.00.
Miss Mainie Dixon was the guest of
Miss Edna McMahan Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Robinson were
El Reno visitors Tuesday evening.
Miss Inez Kilgore, of Oklahoma City,
is visiting relatives here this week.
Dr. D. P. Richardson and Mr. W. A.
Dixon went to El Reno Wednesday.
Prof. Fred Boyer was calling on a
very dear friend in Mustang Sunday.
Miss Sendelbach, of El Reno, spent
Sunday with Miss Louise Classen.
Mr. M. P. Kelly and Mr. Will Snitz
went to El Reno Sunday morning.
Dr. D. P. Richardson and Mr. John
Newton went to El Reno Monday.
Royal Seal and Quaker Oats, 2 cans
for 25c, at O.atz Bros. Why do you pay
more?
Mr. Obe Hadley and his best girl, of
El Reno, were seen in Union City Sun-
day.
I Mr. Adorf Messenger and Mr. Char
I ley Arnold left Monday t'oi Nebraska.
I Miss Grace Morrison was taken ill
Sunday morning with typhoid fever.
' Mr. Clark Watt of El Reno was a
business visitor in Union City Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Snitz were business
visitors in El Reno Wednesday of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Steplvns were Cement , stale thai has given me .. much eon- p*||lMfT NFWC ITFIVN
ek 1 1/ALU 1*1 LI IiLYTij IILnlu#
i... ..... .... ti... tiiiti.ip id' lltn nvrw-ii
, cern and worry as to what should be
i done by me as the matter of the execu
Mr. and Mrs. George Colwell and tion of John Henry I'rather, who is Ben-
family were southbound passengers teneed to be hanged today.
Tuesday He is absolutely friendless and alone
one negro woman has appealed to me
The iee cream social given by the for clemency in his behalf, and 1 have
CLARA THOMPSON,
Local Editor.
j/J(3|£lT€>HEN
..rr\6ABJNET
The iee cream social given by Ihe for clemency in His oehuil, ami i nave v-
Epwerth League li'st Friday evening received a letter from one prominent j|rs j jj. Johnson led the Epworth
was a good success, according to the white citizen in I his slate. This is the! league lust Sunday evening,
threatening of the weather. sum total of interest taken in liis lie-
Miss Ross, of Michigan, lias been vis-
iting at her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Smith.
Mr. Oscar Lamons and Mr. Will Snitz
made a business trip to the Caddo Fri-
day evening.
Dan and Emll Zimmerman attended
l he dance at Wheatland, Okla., last
Friday evening.
Rev. Father Schafter returned to his
i home in Union, after a couple of weeks
j vacation in San Antonio, Tex.
I Mr. S. r. Tompson was Hie luncheon
guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Greenwood
| Sunday.
Mrs. Downey, of Pocasset, was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Hentzen
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Dixon returned to liis home near
Union, after spending a few deeks with
liis son. Clarence Dixon, at Pauls Val-
ley, Okla.
Miss Ruby Hadley anil friend of El
Reno, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. W .Jackman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mitchell and
baby, of near Yukon, visited at the
home of their mother, Mrs. J. A. Mit-
chell, this week.
Miss Mabelle Davis, of Cereal, Okla.,
is spending a few days with her aunt,
Mrs. I. F. Wallace.
I Mr. Lun Lampkin, of El Reno, was
! visiting relatives in Union Thursday
and Friday. His sister Miss Effie Lamp-
! Vein of Texas, Accompanied him home.
\ Miss Jessie Mae Price, of eastern
i Oklahoma, returned home Saturday
I morning after visiting relatives in
; Union for a couple of weeks.
i The Misses Freddie and Orpha Coop-
S er returned to their home in Union,
after spending three weeks in Ardmore,
i Okla.
Mrs. H. A. Todd is visiting friends in j
Chickasha this week.
Mr. Luther llaydon was transacting
half, so that what I do in the mattei
Mr Loti Lampkin, of El Reno, spent is done solely upon my own responsi-
few days at the home of his sister, hillty and in answer to t he demands
Mrs G \V Cooper, the latter part ol of my conscience. This negro lias 1M. Ljl
iast week. pleaded guilty to an atrocious crime,. inlBi,iesu in Geary last Thursday.
that the murder he committed was nn-j
Mrs. Harve Mathews will leave the provoked and inexcusable will not be jjr> j(,hn Boyer was transa<
! last of this month for Ft. Dodge, Iowa, denied. He entered his plea of guilty | Imsiness in Calumet last Friday
to her old home, and from there she and threw himself upon the mercy of |
will go to Hot Springs, Ark., and will Hie court. The death sentence was •- "-•••* - " —
! stay there a month before returning to Imposed, being the highest penalty that
Union City. ! can be paid for crime. Oklahoma City
lias been in existence more than i wen-
Miss Carrie Hadley of El Reno, for-: ty-one years. During that time there
i nierlv of Union City, and the Misses lias been many . rimes that wore as
Nell Sclioolar, Alma Hoffman, Neoshia atrocious as the one committed by
York Lona Howarlh, Madonna Fitz- this negro and up to this lime only
-. . . .n .11 ... i ..it i ii.iu 11-iill tlm iti>ii:illv ill his
of Ome^a, was
mils hero last
Miss Stella Mende
visiting her many
week.
Mi-s Marie Todd is \isiting wl.th Iwr
grandpa rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. I odd.
Thompson \sill lead tin1
ladonna Fitz- ihis negro ana np 10 mis nine uiu> MrSt r Thompson win ienu
geral'd Mabel Oyman, Clara LaPearl one person has paid the penalty ot l^i^ ( Kpworth League Sunday evening,
formed .1 line party at the El Reno tin | life, and that was a negro.^ Many while i
ater Tuesday evening of last week.
men have been guilty of an equally
grave offense and have been permitted
Mr and Mrs. E. W. Leney, who have to go with a life sentence in tho penl-
: been located in Oklahoma City for the tentlary or a sentence of less dura
nasi two years, but formerly of Union , tion. II occ urs to m. thai in the oxer Mr l.onnie Morrison lias purchased
City, have sold their property at Okla cies of clemency ii is the duly ol every ,j,,. cleaning and pressing department
hom'a City and have gone to Long official to take into consideration all ! from j|r Vernon Reynolds.
I leach Cal to make that place their the circumstances surrounding each
future' home. | individual case and if mercy is to be]
shown to anyone it should b« shown to
Miss Kittle Downey has resigned her | Ihe weak rather than to the strong.
position at Gatz Bros, store and re j Had this offense been committed l>>
turned to her home near Pocasset. Miss a white hoy IS years ot age. would
Kiltie has been the assistant in Ihe have received thousands ol letters pe-
Gatz Bros, store for more than a year . titioning me for clemency. As it is
i and has won many friends during her the negro boy. without Irlends, and
Slav here who will badly miss her, but i without parents, who lias had no lair
While slie is Union's loss she will be opportunity to make a man ol hltnsell
Pocasset's gain. by any training that he might have re
■eived, a member of an inferior and
Brother J. H. Johnson was transact-
ing business in Watonga. Okla., last
week.
Miss Marie Todd visited with Misses
Emily and Lena Carnahan from Sun-
day until Monday.
The quarterly conference of the M
R church was held in Calumet August
6 and 7.
Messrs. D W. Lowder and Walter
TI row n were Geary visitors last Wed-
nesday.
— ceivtMi, «i iiiciiiuci * t ....v...'. ......
Mr. Hale, who was taken to the hos .despised race, and now as the hour oT |f y[)U or any
pital in El Reno after getting his skull j doom approaches there is not a vol. e jng tQ bl)SineGS
crushed in two or three places, le raised in liis behall. I belli ve Ilia
turned to his home last Saturday and every end of justice will have been me!
i is reported as getting along nicely at j by confining this boy to imprisonment
this writing. I for life, and I so declare. I am cujii
( muting his sentence to life imprison
WEDDING BELLS WILL SOON BC| j ment. in doing so 1 realize that I w ill
RINGING. ! call down upon my head the indlgna ^ fl.()m Minco. She reports her sis
tion and criticism of tens of thousands j )er ti„K along nicely.
r! | (,f the best citizenship of this state, but
' at m.v m,.s fi, \. Todd returned home Sat-
urdav evening. She was accompanied
I had . . ; Mi., miivInnd
r of your friends are go-
ing to business college this fall write
to Suburban Newspaper Pub. Co., Okla
homa City for cheap prices on scholar
ships in Hill's or Draughon's business
college.
Mrs. F. J. Myers returned home Sun-
Mi and Mrs. C. R. Brown drove to
Mrs F. Wood and children spent i^no Monday in Mr. Brown's car.
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Orvil La- J Jeanette Brown, nelce of Mr. and
mons. | Mrs. Brown, accompanied them home.
Mrs. M. 1'. Kelly left Sunday for Mrs. Chris Ritter underwent an oper-
Hartshorn, Okla. She will be the guest I at)ol| )ast lveei( \ye Were unable to
of the Misses Opal and Mabel Keller. : loarn wi,at her ailment was.
Mr. Will Simpson, of El Reno, was j j-,r y.|n Haltren, of El Reno, was a
a business visitor in Union City Mon- i,llBjnpSS visitor in Union City Wednes
day.
If you or any of your friends are go-
ing to business college this fall write
to Suburban Newspaper Pub. Co.. Okla-
homa City for cheap prices on scholar-
ships in Hill's or Draughon's business
college.
UNION CITY TIME TABLE.
RAILWAY TIME CARD
Northbound Trains.
Wo. 728 12:17 a. in.
No. 2:25 p. in.
No. 72ti 6:27 p. m.
Southbound Trains
No 725 8:15 a. lit
No' 28'.'! 1:16 P- 111
No. 727 2:25 p. m.
No. 11 11:45 p.m.
S. P. TOMPSON.
CALL AT IHE
Union City Meat Market
For Ice, Fresh and Cured Meats
FRED DRIES, Proprietor and M nanor
Union City Oklahoma
day of last week.
Mr. Thad Cox and family, who have
been residents of El Reno for the past
i two years, have moved back to their
farm west of Union City.
i Rev. Geo. F. Wood will till his rep-
j ular appointment at the school house
! Sunday, August 13th. Everybody is
j cordlaily invited to come.
Mrs. Lampkin and daughter. Miss
; Effie. of Texas are visiting at the
home of her daughter and sister, Mrs.
! n W. Cooper for a few days and then
I they will visit with relatives in El
: Reno.
' Our old friend, Geo. Steinbaker, of
Oklahoma City, was shaking hands
1 with old friends in Union Thursday.
Mrs. Shirley and daughter, Mrs. Dor-
chester, of Verden, Okla., spent a few
days with her daughter and sister.
Mrs. Lewie Fuhring, who has been very
ill for the past week but is slowly im-
proving.
The wedding of Mr. Joe Ledoux and
Miss Minnie Bitche was announced in
the Catholic church Sunday of last
week. '1 hey will be married August
16th, at 10 o'clock, at the church. It ii
said they will make their future home
in Dakota.
H—is the beginning of your
E—ditor's name, and
K--is to remind you the rest of f
name.
T is for the truth, which you always
get.
Ii—|s for how do some of tiiem forget.
,\—is for The Alert, the only paper
in town.
L—is to learn all that is to be found.
A-—Is for advertising, which they
should all do.
M—Is for more of the old to renew.
0—-is for onward with our work we
must do.
M—is for notice, we hope you all see
and
; s is to start or vou will never be free.
11. L.
be that as it may, I am doing what m.v
conscience tells me should be done and
I had rather live feeling that
done this boy and his race no wrong
llian to have the commendation and
applause of every citizen of Ibis uni-
verse Yours truly,
LEE CRUCE,
Governor.
Exactly 2:30 A. M
Arthur—"Why is it, fairest Evan-
geline, that when 1 am with you the
hands on that clock seem to take
wings and fly?" Stern Voice (at Ihe
head of the stairsi "Without wish
by her niece, Miss Mayland
Mrs. F. .1. Myers and son, P. "•
Myers, were called to Minco, Okla.,
• in account of Mrs. Myers sister*! ill
ness We hope she is not dangerously
ill.
Mrs. Gates and family departed for
their new home at Enid. Okla., last
Sat urdav.
The Epworth League held their liusl
ness meeting and social at tin- beaut!
IlPWf. Illv" i lllf-. «ii"
in' to be impertinent, young man, 1 fuj )iom%of Mr. and Mth. I. W Jones
simply want to observe tbnt thetn on Tue*may. August 7. 1! 10.
hands hain't got nothin' on the ones
Misses 101 iza and drace and Fred
Andrew accompanied Miss Hattle and
Mr. Cieorge Laughlin home from Sun-
day school. In the afternoon the fol
LWAY8 men's qualities are
shown by whether their pow-
in i>i.i>v«' tin-in proud or rnitke them hum*
bin. — Hhllllp* Brooks,
TIMELY HINTS
When out with no bonnet or sui -
try using a newspaper toldcd
in the form of u poke bonnet I'in it
on wit ti a hat pin and be "cool ns
cucumber "
A handy utensil for removing pies
from the oven is n common shingle.
Whittle a handle Irom the thick end
and make a hole In it to hanp it up by.
and when baking ut-e it to slide tinder
the pies and avoid burned fingers.
Wrap the knife with the oiled pa
per in which the bricks of butter come
vnd ii slice, smooth and even will be
cut
He careful to have the berries lor
Jelly picked on a dry day After a
heavy rain the juice is much thinner.
Make your wash curtains with equal
hems top and bottom, then they may
he hung upside down and double the
wear.
A really pretty curtain may be made
of unbleached factory cloth by stitch-
ing on a pretty border cut from cre-
tonne or applying a cut out flower here
and there, carefully hemmed down
Kor casement window curtains one
young woman colored factory cloth a
pretty shade of green to match the
color of her wall paper
When scissors lose their edge, cut
several limes on a coarse needle and
they will be greatly improved
Try out n piece of suet and mix It
with equal parts of melted butter and
you will have a line shortening to use
for cakes, biscuits or cookies
"To lengthen your lives, shorten
your meals."
The common newspaper tray serve
many purposes. When a chilly drive
finds one without proper wraps, a
newspaper tucked under tne wuist la
front and back will prove a grest pro-
tection.
Often the hot- ' .• J* -t. fi;e °«
thin that the cold conies up through
them Try laying a few thicknesses
of paper under the mattress
An alarm clock Is a useful article
in the kitchen It may be set to call
one to duty or to remind one of some-
thing in the oven
on our £jis meter."- Judgt
A Wrong Choice
i There is no act, no, option ... a.were
possible, but the wrong deed or option nuiiock, Nattie (laiiand. Mr. and ,
baa poiBon In it which will stay In >I|S Wln Boyer and M1b« Clara
! your veins thereafter forever. Never Thompson and Mr. Llnnle Miorrlson.
more to all eternity can you be as you
OH. YOU HAPPY BUNCH.
more to all eternny can
1 niinht have been had >ou not done
A bunch of die Unlonites went out j - have "formed
for a pleasant hayrack rule Monday .that chosen I ha . *«ttliaw torn,
evening, the ladles sang some of their1 your character, forsooth. No.
tSIIiIIIL
II THKHK'H no iih ; In fretting
VV«- all with cares are vexed,
lot* of fun In living, lust to
what happens next
Messrs Will and L. Venard were j
shaking hands with their many friends
Calumet last Thursday and Friday
DicuiuBi
latest songs as the young men wished have chosen ill, you tic\
deformed it. They both formerly lived In Calumet.
Ask Your Grocer
FOR
El Reno's Best
IT SATISFIES
Our Guarantee Goes With
Every Sack
El Reno Mill &
Elevator Co.
them to sing their favorite song, ihe .UH| that
title was Ninety and Nine Green Hot
ties. After the girls entertained the,
boys with the singing, they ate water
melons and canteloupes and then Ihey
were like cats, after they were throu
eating, they were kind enough to wash
each others faces; bin nevertheless
the i'nion City happy bunch always j
has a good time. Those present wen
The Misses Ruth Ileum, llertha l.a
mons, I'" red die Cooper, Orpha ( oopet.
Anna Tabor, Kate Tabor. Efllie Lamp
kin of Texas; Messrs Lon Lampkin
of El Reno, Clarence Cooper. Oscar
Lamons, Fred Mover and Will Snitz
Who can be so cruel as to throw a
little infant in a wash house and 1 • -a\■ ,
it all by its self and tell lies to get
away before it 1b found? Last Wednes
day morning a ease of child abandon-
came to light and as a result 1 f
...... discovery Mr. Joseph Classen's
family is temporarily increased by 01c
A baby girl was found in the wash
house between v and ii'clo' k ^ edne
day morning. It is said that it wt> ■
put in there by i's grandmother \
letter was received in two or 1111«■ *■
days after it was found The infant
is perhaps a couple of weeks old. Mi -
Classen found Hie baby wrapped in
nice blanket, and it was taken in ai'I
is being tenderly cared for. The gran :
mother snitea in her h-ttei that "■
mother of the baby was dead and 111
there were two other children and j-ta
could not support them all, but tie
wasn't any name or address on 1'
forever! Iluskin.
STRIPED SILK
Mr
I
L <! Venard once ran a business
located where Mr. Mench now is. Mr.
Venard says Calumet has grown so
mill ti and wishes that the good work
mav go on.
Eye Glass Telescopes
For extremely nearsighted persons
, spectacles have been invented in tier
i many in which the lenses are replaced
11 y short telescopes.
CLEVER SCHEME
This 1 retty waist la of striped silk,
with large collar and p-vth "r ''la
, . same, which are ornamented with but-
r. Before the mystery was solved 1 t()ns anil of cord and edged with
she claimed to be looking for a lo<
tion for a millinery store. She told
some she lived in Oklahoma City, w htl
told others her home was In ' "
manche county, but we all know where
such a cruel hearted person will land,
.... a crime of this kind Mr Cla- en
wrote and Is trying to get further let- '
mntion about the other children and
said if they didn't have any home he
would take the other two children
We all know that while they are in 'he
hands of Mr. and Mrs. Classen ti it
they will be cared for and have 11 no. 1
home I he res?t of their days.
Governor Cruce's Letter.
July 2K. I'.'l I
Hon Jack Spain, Sheriff Oklahoni
County, Oklahoma City;
1 Dear Sir —Nothing has occurred
since I have been the governor of the
lacs rutlles The turnover cuffs ar«
trimmed in the same way
The full plaBtron or
i.f moussellr.e de sole
ol he striped silk, fastened a little to
one side under a knot of Ihe same
Ooofer Isn't Speedlelgh careless?
Look at his auto, begrimed with
grease and dirt.
Hhoofer (Jreat Idea' He lets the
fieas# accumulate ou his number
plate so that after an accident no t n
hemliette la o « take bis number'
I he girdle Is
CALUMET TIME TABLE
R I. TIME TABLE
Handbag Made of Apple Plp
\pple pips are probably amongst
the last thing in the u M that on«
would have thought capable of being
Utilised In the making of such a use
ful article ti a handbag, y«t one In
thu possessoln of a Strand reader was
,... de ot m.tlilnp ■ ! •' The pips hav«
been most skilful^ strung t< get her to
; torm a pleasing de lsu and the has
Is quite la g ■ enough to arry a small,
r.nelc«t handl rrl.lef
Westbound.
Train No. -II (Mem.t
Train No. 41 7:311 P- m-
Teeumcarle, N. M. stops to pick up
; M-ngcrs for points Hydro and west
at which this train stop-
Train ti'lt (Alva v lit deary 1. s 25 a 111
Train 411 (Amarlllol s :5t) p. m
Eastbound.
Ti in No. -12 1 Mem 1 "i a. m
! rain No. 7"u (Okla City S 5up.nl
II 11. IIVF1KLD.
Agert.
DAINTY DESSERTS
Manhattan Pudding.—Mix a cup and
a half of orange Juice, a fourth of a
cup of lemon Juice and aweeten to
taste. Turn Into a brick mold. Whip
a pint of heavy cream, add a half cup
of powdered sugar, half a teaapoonful
of vanilla and two-third* of a cup ot
walnut meats chopped Cover with
waxed paper; pack In salt and Ice. let
ktand three hours to ripen
Angel Parfait.—Uoll a cup ot sugar
and three-fourths of a cup of water uo-
tll It threads from the spoon I'nur
slowly on the beaten whites or three
eggs, and continue heating until the
mixture Is cool Add a pint of .-ream
beaten stiff, flavor with vanllfc and
pack I11 baking powder cans to freeie.
Serve with raspberry sauce
Praline Ice Cream.- Blanch a cup
of almonds and slice lengthwise, theo
brown 111 the oven, shaking the pan
to brown them evenly. ( hop tine
Carmelize a half cup of sugar and
add two cups of scalded cream As
Ki.on as the sugar I melted add the
nuts, and three-fourths of a cup of
sugar and a pinch of salt Cool and
add a quart of cream and Treeze
German lee Cream -Mix one and a
fourth cups of sugar, one tablespoon
ful of (lour and a fourth ot a tea
spoonful of salt Add two eggs beaten
and two cups of scalded milk. Cook
over hot water until the mixture Iblck
ens. then add two squares of melted
chocolate, and cool Add three cups
of cream and a tablespconful of van
ilia. Strain and freeze .lust bctore
serving add three cups of 7.wetback
broken In small pieces
TUceJ^ < '
Tom Wai an Amateur
She I'm afraid. Tom dear >oti wiu
find me a lulue of faults
He—Darling, it shall be the sweetest
labor of my life to correct then.
She 1 daring upl Indeed, you shan't!
A Big Head.
A young nian In the couutr wroto
to his City . H In 'I've gr. a cab-
bage head six feet In rii.-unifo eoce.
••Who is your hatterT'
city >outb —Tit
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