Ellis County Capital (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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FOR ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE ‘see James: Haolam West Side Square Arnett Olilnli
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ARNBTT BLLIS COUNTY OKlMIOMA FRIDAY MARCH 21 1919
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CLUB DISTRICT 47
SOLDIERS HAVE CRITICISM
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February 23 1910 -Dear
Folks at home: —
It has been nearly two weeks since
I wrote you and I will make up for
lost time now I have covered a lot
of territory since I wrote Went to
Coblenz for a 3 day leave: the day I
came back I bundled up my blankets
' and “parted” to Grossdittgen to
take part in a Corps maneuver
When I came back to Berncastle I
was appointed acting Provost Sgt to
take the place of the Provost who is
on leave a j ) '
1 Will tell you briefly of my trip to
Coblenz They say up there “Your’e
' not a member of the A E F till
you spit in the Rhine” so I qualified
as a full fledged ’ member ' Twenty
out of the Battalion are allowed to
go at a tirde We went to Wenger-
ohr ' which is on the main line and
took the “Leave Train” which oper-
ates daily from Treves to V Coblenz
The railroad follows the Moselle most
of the way ’ and the country is the
same as it is hereabouts— high hills
on both sides of the valley and cover
ed with vineyards ' 1 Coblenz is situ-
ated at the junction of the two rivers:
it is a city of- - some 55000 inhabit-
ants the most notable difference be-
tween it and an American city is the
absence of tall buildings all of the
structures are ' of massive stonework
and seldom ' exceed four stories in
height We billeted in a huge ware
house affair called the “Proviant
Magazin” - which was ' formerly : a
store house for supplies to the Germ-
an army’ ji-J" v
The War Welfare - Bureau has
commandeered several large restaur-
aunts and the' employees ’ are paid
to code and serve U S grub to the
leave men We ' were given tickets
which we presented at meal time and
set down to a very good meal gratis
' Entertainment is ' abundantly pro-
‘ vided In the ' Heart of the city
stilbds a large building called the
Festballe it was formerly used for
the music festivals it had a seating
capacity of about 2000 a pipe organ
and the large stage make it an ideal
opera house Under the auspices of
the Y M ' C A there is a matinee
in the afternoon ' and a show at
night' They - have good shows and
both nights I attended -the place was
packed with a moat appreciative
audience of ’ soldiery One night a
troop from the 4th Marine Brigade
staged a burlesque of “Carmen?
The second day1 1' took a trip' on
an excursion boat up the Rhine ' The
trip was four hours up and two hours
back going from Coblenz to St Goar
near the Lorely Rocks' All along on
both sides of the river the hills are
crowned with castles - Nearly all of
them are ruinous and rich in history
or legends ' A guide told us some of
the facts concerning each of them as
we passed 'Above St Goar is the
Rhine Rheinfelsan imposing fortress
which is probably the oldest on the
Rhine being built in 1255 Over it
floats the tricolor of France ’ and ‘ a
blue clad Frenchman walks as sentry
doing a revised "Watch on the Rhine”
Returning the jleck' was cleared and
the band hit up a few one steps in
order that we might do a hob nailed
glide (there were about a dozen ladies
aboard from the Red Cross! Y M
C A and hello girls of the Signal
Corps)-v-'V-
In Coblenz one sees many allied
soldiers - There ore French Zonaves
Tommies Anzaco Aussys and Ameri-
cans The people of the city jjo
about their business ordinarily and
occupation by the victorious army
seems to worry them little or none
Any show of friendliness is strictly j
forbidden ly the High Command
but the acuvecir slices do an scr-'
Altus Youth Makes i Charge of
Profiteering ' X"' '
' “In the next war you can tell the
world that I’m going to enlist in the
Y Mi C A replacements” Scrgt
G A Austin told the world os limited
by the Frisco station and the Red
Cross ' canteen yesterday morning
' “Which is an army joke but full of
point because pf the husky sergeant’s
attitude' ’ : : -
“All the papers have printed about
the Y M C A in France since the
war stopped is true but not enough
so” Austin declared Profiteering of
the worst sort was practiced ‘ on the
boys t There was no consideration
for him The majority of the canteen
workers were snobbish with the : men
and -treated them like cattle ?
' “We’d have a long line at a can-
teen door edging up to get smokes or
candy Along would come a bunch
of officers They’d walk in ‘ ahead
of us ' X
‘‘When we did get in we’d pay 30
cents for a five cent bag of tobacco
sometimes other things were prieed
proportionately And what hurt us
most was that V we all knew that in
addition to' paying two prices for
the stuff at the - front ' our folks at
home were paying for it with contri-
butions The Red - Cross and the
Salvation army 'were wonderful
The K of C did the best it 7 could
with its 'smaller -organization But
I'm off the Y M C A”’ declared
the Altus soldier who ' was 1 wounded
at the Argonnie two boons f before the
armistice'' aa' - v -
‘You’ ! tell : effl” corrobwated a
bunch of other woUnided men cluster-
ed about the sergeant— Oklahoman
: AIUIX)F THANKS i
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We wish to express our thanks and
the gratitude of hearts as far as it ii
possible to d6 so to the many friends
in and around Shattuck ' and Arnett
for their deeds of mercy and loving
kindness so cheerfully extended td us
during the short hours of sickness
and departure of our darling Baby
and to the faithful Doctors who were
so united in their efforts iit doing all
in their power to relieve him and aM
that could possibly be done during
the twelve 'hours of his ‘severe suffer-
ing to remove the cause and to keep
him with us The Lord help us to
be in every' way ’worthy of- ’such
kindness - 1
C A "and Ami Bctleb and!
Grandparents ”!
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mous trade and- the ‘ soldiers
)rodigal with - marks as they
with francs 7 ' :
The city" has much of interest I
saw the ancient church of St Castor
the Ex-Kaisers Palace and the statue
of “Wilhelm dem Grossen” which
stands at the - junction of the rivers
and was erected the year I was born
across the river is the fortress Ehren-breitstein-
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We ore still killing time and wait-
ing for developments ’ I have under-
stood (hat G A- Q-' has issued a sail-
ing list for combat divisions and that
our date is in June if that is true 1
hope to be discharged by midsummer
Let me' hear from you' and from'the
boys' With jots of Jove youi son
’ ' Fant Word j h
Mr and Mrs J L Anderson
: PROPRIETORS -"'
CENTRAL hotel':
'Rates $200 Per Day
Best Meals in Shattuck
" Regardless of Price’
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SHATTUCK OKLA
UNITS Of 87 30 AND
37TH SAIL FOR HOME
Washington March 18 — Jbe War
Department today ’announced that
the transport Alaskan Had sailed from
France with the field and flaff Sec-
ond and Third Battallions and Com-
panies E F G H I K I and M
of the 87th - (Arkansas -Mississippi
Louisiana) division The Alaskan is
expected to reach Newport News
about March 29 Most of these men
will go to Camp Dix ' ‘
Units of the thirtieth (North
South Carolina Tennessee) and 3"th
(Ohio) divisions also are aboard trans-
ports which' the war department to-
day announced as having sailed from
France with 370 officers and 10000
men " V
- The transport Von Steuben due at
New York March 1 23 brings units of
the 147th infantry (37tfi division)!'
The Roma is due t at Iew ‘- York
about March 28 with :18 casual com-
panies or ! furloughed and discharged
men and casual units of Kansas and
West Virginia troops and ’ IS casual
officers- ’
SATURDAY
NIGHT
MARCH 22
XKapter 8 of the
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“A Clue from T the
Klondike”
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MHis Diving Beaut'
A keystone comedy
with Mabel Normand
Rosce Arbuckle and
Mack Swain :
Doors open 7)0 p m
Show starts 7:15 p m
' Slow time
NIICKIE SAYS’
OUtt REPORTER SAYS
YJOT G-lTS HIS OOAT IS
-tMAT THE FCLLStt VMHO t
Nevea oives him lmy
NEV4S IS ALWAN HOLLBRIM’
ABOUT THEY BEtt' NO
NEINS IN THE
janjiruru-uai jq nipmnn nr 'ii ii ----- mm - -
Paul Dooley of near Peek ' was
transacting business in Arnett Tuesday
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One quart of Speiedoline is guar-
anteed to run your ’ car more miles
than 53 gallons of Gasoline" For
sale by Brown’s Garage Shattuck
Oklahoma — Agents for Arnett and
Shattuck Oklahoma '
STORM NEAR KING-
FISHER KILLS THREE
1 Kingfisher - Okla — March : 16—
Tlikee persons were - killed and
several others were injured in - the
northwestern section of Kingfisher
county by a tornado which swept
through the county between 7 and 8
o’clock last night according to a re-
portreceived here today Damage to
property in the county : is estimated
at approximately $15000'
The report that a woman - was
killed in Hinton was confirmed here
and it is reported that eight or nine
persons were injured there
The nearest t point at : which the
8 tom approached the town of King-
fisher is about a mile to the west V!
! Muskogee Okla March 16 —
Porter Oklahoma swept by a tornado
late Saturday afternoon' has begun
its work or rehabilitation
Early this morning every man in
the little town pf a thousand began
Rearing away the debris By eve-
ning the streets had been cleared of
some of the wreckage
The death list stood at two tonight
Onte of the injured may die hospitals
here are filled with injured brought
to Muskogee on a special relief train
but most "Of the injuries consist of
broken bones and bruises
The damage Is estimated at over
$206000 More than a half dozen
store buildings and 25 residences
were destroyed
McAlester Okla March 1 6 —
A storm struck Pittsburg county at
midpight Ust night doing thousand?
of dollars wmth of damage Trees
were uprooted small houses aiid
sheds overturned signs blown down
and torn loose ' from their moorings
plate glass windows blown iii and
electric lights telephone and telegraph
wires leveled '
Paris - Texas March 16— Mrs
Sidney Cunninghain and little son
were brought to a hospital here today
suffering from injuries received in
a windstorm at Crum Okla last
nighf The mother suffered a lmken
leg and ’ collar bone and the boy' a
broken arnu v- - " :
y Details of the storm were not
available ' ' r :
Below is an account of the Victory
Boys and Girls Club of School Dis-
trict No 47 taught by Mrs Jessie
Callon-Rakestraw Each pupil tells
how they earned their pledge money
IJoyd ITamaker age 10 earned
his 50 cents by topping kafir for his
father ' ' - ’ ' 1
Raymond Haines aged 10 pledged
$100 which he earned trapping and
selling furs'
Alberta Toellner aged 10 earned
her 50 cents by washing dishes for
her mamma while she worked in the
field ''i'1"' ' '
24 PER CENT OF
HOME FROM
Washington March 18 — FiplJ
mode public by the War Department
today showed that 470736 officers
and men of the American Expedition-
ary Forces had sailed for home up to
March 13 That number represents
24 per cent of the strength of Gen
Pershing’s forces on November 1 1
and left 1478580 in France ’ i
Of the total returned home or on
their way 176516 were casuals in-
cluding sickand wounded '
The strength of : the American
army on March 15 was 2268538 a
J decrease of ' J 1402351 since the
Paul Hamaker aged 14 earned his signing of the armistice
pledg
e money $100 by working in vA war department announcement
the field helping harvest
and pulling broom corn
Eldred Haines aged
his pledge money $100
and other farm work -
Nellie Russell aged ' 12 pledged
$200 which was given her by her
grandmother and grandfather
Clark Hamaker aged 12 pledged
$100 earned' by pulling broom corn
and topping kafir corn ?
Cline Crouse aged 12 earned his
pledge money $100 by selling coyote
scalps’-
'Reimer Toellner aged ' 15 earned
his pledge money $100 by working
for his uncle topping kafir com and
milo : ' -r
Walter Kabe aged 8 earned bis
money by trapping skunks and sold
the bides (Brave laddie)
filiam RusWll aged 10 had his
money given him by his grandfather
Golda Hamaker aged 8 earned
her pledgq' money 50 cents by wash-
ing and wiping the dishes for her
mother' ' ''’" '' ‘L
Albert Toellner -ag6d 10 earned
his pledge money 50 ' cents by helping
get a load of milo maize ! : ’
Mr and Mrs J J Schneider of
east of town : were Arnett traders
Wednesday while here they called
and left us the price of another year’s
subscription also Mrs Schneider
wheat today reported 1508133 officers and
men exclusive of 24000 marines in
Europe — France Germany Russia
In the United States there " were
6-10013 and at' sea 64203 Hie
force in Siberia numbered 8970 with
47218 in the insular possessions '
W N Mitchell the Ford man is
transacting business at Enid Okla-
homa this week'
Tu Pajira Atfsstisa 1 '
The is to notify Taxpayers of
Ellis County that I will be in my
office at Arnett for 20 days begining
March 10th 1919 to March 30th
1919 for the purpose of listing prop-
erty for taxation for year of 1919
LM Cooley
County Assessor -
' Rose Comb Brown Leghorn
Eggs For Sale— 4 cents each
Phone 551'Parkman or see
Mrs J J Schneider '
Arnett route 2 Okla
FOR SALE— Duroc male eligible
to register weight 230 market price
If you want this hog call within 10
days— R' E Miller Grand Okla-
homa ' ' '
FOR SALE— one team of young marcs
good size and one in- foal to good
left us an ad advertising her Rose jack time will be given if wanted—
Comb Brown Legeorn eggs for sale 1 Rolf O Brown
Homeof Stylish Wearing Apparel J j
can
find all the new and wanted spring Colors Styles and Materials j
in Coats Capes Dolmans Suits' Dresses Blouses Skirts and Oxfords
! at CAIN’S at a price you can afford to pay
' ' Dresses
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a wide range of
1 1 ‘ - styles and materials
Lv they are very new
’ and stylish you
t should see them to
appreciate their val-
1 ue moderately pric-
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U- -2: :::coats:
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styles and
colors A large as-
sortment' to make
your selection from
THE
LADIES
STORE
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Onr showing of dres-
ses has no compari-
son as to style and
material They come
in Georgette Taf-
l feta’s Crepe de
’ chine Crepe Mete-
ors and Messalines
In the seasons most
popular colors mod
erately priced
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' Blouses v
Georgette' Crepe-de- ’
chines : Voiles Or-
gandies a large : as-!
sortment " of styles
and colors
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Seward, L. I. Ellis County Capital (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1919, newspaper, March 21, 1919; Arnett, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1713346/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.