The Exponent. (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 14, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 3.
RALSTON', OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1907.
No. 33
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THE EXPONENT.
Published every Saturday
N. A. Smith,
Mrs. Lizzie Smith,
Editor and Prsprletor
General Solicitor
Advertising Hates.
Display advertisements per inch.. 8c
Locals per line c
Subscription $1 a year.
Entered as second-class mail matter
April 15, 15)05, at the postotliceat Ral-
ston, Oklahoma, under act of congress
March 3, 1879.
FIRE AT PAWNEE.
Last Sunday evening, between the
hours of 8 and 9o'clck, fire was discov
ered in the rear of the One Price
Cash store and the flames spread rap-
idly to adjoining buildings. The fire
department, aided by citizens, fought
the fire until 2 o'clock in the morning.
From the department store the flames
spread to buildings on either side, de-
stroying the Globe hotel, Mentzer
Bros, hardware store, Robertson's
grocery store, the Yellowstone bar,
the Globe bar, Weinberg's dry goods
store, the Masonic hall and the post-
office, before it was checked.
The origin of the £ re i a mystery.
When discovered the rear end of the
department store was in a mass of
flames. The alarm was sounded but
several minutes elapsed before the
fire department could reach the blaze
on account of a pile of rubbish block-
ing the alley behind the grocery store.
The losses of the different firms were
as follows:
One Price Cash House, $30,000; Globe
hotel, $4,ooo; Mentzer Brothers, $8,-
5oo; Robertson grocery, $3,ooo; Wein-
berg, $25,ooo; Globe bar, $5,ooo; Post-
oflice, $5,ooo; Masonic hall, $2o,ooo:
fixtifres and liquors in two bars, $7,ooa.
Bird S. MuGuire was also a very heavy
loser, having lost three good buildings.
We will pay you all the market af-
fords for your hogs and corn, and
guarantee you spot cash.
V. D. EBERWEIN
ANOTHER COAL OIL VICTIM.
It looks like some people never learn
until its too late, that fire and coal oil
are two ingredients that will not mix
without serious results. The follow-
ing from tfie Jewell County, Kansas,
Republican, should be a lesson to all
people who have not yet learned the
danger of the combination of coal oil
and fire. Here is what that paper has
to say:
"Mrs. Alva Hazel was burned to
death near Hill City last week because
she did what no person ever ought to
do—poured oil out of the can into the
stove where she thought there was
no fire. When the oil exploded, en-
veloping her in flames and setting the
house on fire, her first thought was to
run to her baby, but her sister-in-law
who was in another room picked up
the "baby and ran with it. Then Mrs.
Hazel raa out doors and jumped in a
tub of water. Her sister-in-law wrap-
ped her in a quilt, and then fought
out the fire in the house and tele-
phoned for the neighbors and a doc-
tor. The suffering of the burned wo-
man was terrible to witness and
chunks of flesh dropped from her limbs
and breast, and she prayed piteously
that she might die. The doctor came
and gave her opiates and at midnight
death relieved her. This is a good
place to urge that yon do not yourself
nor ever allow anybody in your house
to pour oil directly out of a can into
the stove.
A Iloiue Made Happy by Cham-
berlain'** Cough Remedy.
About two months ago our baby girl
had measles which settled on her
lungs and at last resulted in a severe
attack of bronchitis. We had two
doctors but no relief was obtained.
Everybody thought she would die. 1
went to eight different stores to find
a certain remedy which had been re-
commended to me and failed to get it,
when one of the storekeepers insisted
that I try Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. I did so and our baby is alive and
well today—Gko. W. SPKNCE, Holly
Springs, N. C. For sale by T M. Can-
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