The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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1 HE CHEROKEE REPUBLICAN CHEROKEE OKLAHOMA
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Alfalfa Counts s Pari in the National Service
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' News Notes of Interest From the Camp and " Over There "
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Contribution of News Items to This Page Invited ’
AT CAMP MILLS
Loral Boy Now at Camp Mills New
York and Taking In Wonder-
ful Sights Sees New York
City from Airplane
Leo Ford son of Mrs W H
Ford of this city who left with the
contingent of boys for Camp Fre-
mont California In August of this
year is now with bid company at
v Camp Mills Long Island and
and writes of the many interesting
sights which he Is seeing Private
Ford does not think that he will
be fortunate enoagh to go across
as have a number of the boys who
left Cherokee at the same time he
did Extracts from his letters fol-
low which will be Interesting news
to his many friends abou here
“We have made so many starts
to leave the last few days that I
have about given ip hope of ever
getting away It we do not go
across soon I think we will be
moved to some other camp or per-
haps now that It Is so certain that
the war Is over be demobilized
Some think that we will be sent
across to relieve the boys who have
been fighting over there but opin-
ions are so divided that one can
never be sure
I got to take a fine ride in an
airplane this morning and It 'sure-
ly was exciting the only thing was
they did not take me high enough
If I was going to stay In the army
the aviation would be the place for
me We got up In the clouds al-
though we did not go very high
It gives you a queer sensation when
you first start and also when you
start coming down When has
Vern heard from Charley Muck I
saw In the paper yesterday that
Lewis Gammon had been killed
Think he was In the same bunch
with Charley was he not? The news
boys burry up and down the streets
here They 'get out an extra about
eery hour and have had the war
over four or five times today
I got to see the citjr of New
York yesterday The quarantine
was lifted and four of us boys got
ready and went to town A bunch
of tbe boys from home consisting
of John Shafer of Alva Earle Si-
mon a boy from Blackwell and
myself bad a mighty fine time in
the city I suppose Warren David
and Claire Brand were disappoint-
ed because they did not get in You
tell them 'they did not miss any
mere than I did for I did not get
to go across and there are a whole
lot more In the same boat Every-
body here is celebrating peace 1
suppose you are doing the same
at home Tell everybody hello
tor me and that I think I will soon
be back on the farm”
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UN’TFD WAR WORK CAMPAIGN E M BLl’E CHAIRMAN
DISTRICT CHAIRMAN’S QUOTA ANI) AMOUNT RAISED
Chairman School District
J F McClintock I 2 3
Sid Daniels 4 5 —
0 W T Henderson! 6 7
A Jefferies - 8 9
Frank White 10 11
0 B Powers 18
C A Harris 20-21
C A Joli i n 22-23
Ray Bai-iu Con 2
Conard Kraft 26-27 A
S B Thompson 28-29-30
John Parr 32 -
W B Brown 33-34
A P Sparks 36-48
A Coppock 37-38
J C McClu'i- 39-40
Fred Benson 41-42
M B Ha'e 43-44
H G Frizzell 45
E Kolb 46
Sam Jobes 51-62
Paul Stokesberry Con No
W V Provost 57-58
Alex Walker 62-63
Chas Powell Con No 4 49-60
W L Metcalf 69-70
Harry Pryor 71-72
Chas Greever 73-74-75-76-77-78-79
L H Stephens 92-93-94-E
P Green 80-81-82-88-
Seth Cook
LITTLE MISS DYER
Capt and Mrs Tom Dyer are
the parents of a charming little
daughter born Tuesday morning In
this city at the home of Mr and
Mrs J W PIckrell where Mrs
Dyer has been making her home
part of the time during the absence
of her husband who went to France
in May of this year Mrs Dyer wa3
Miss Alice Welch before her mar-
riage and taught for a number of
years in the city schools here She
has a wide acquaintance In this
community and has made many
! warm personal friends since tbe be-
Iglnlng of the war by her patriot
loyalty to her country Shortly
after her husband left for overseas
she took charge of the surgical
dressing work for the Alfalfa coun-
ty chapter of the Red Cross and
igave I her closest attention Her
j attitude toward the war even In
j the bitterest hours of her loneliness
for her husband has been one of
'inspiring zeal to tbe cause of hu-
manity and she has helped many
another woman to bear the burden
of giving up a loved one for her
country There is no young wife
In this county who has earned more
admiration and love from the citi-
zens than the wife of Capt Dyer
Capt Dyer is one of the popular
young men of Alva and his par-
ens came over the day after the
birth of their grand daughter to
make her acquaintance Needless
to say they were overjoyed at the
happy event
M The following letter from France
written to his grandparents Mr
and Mrs Joe White of this city
who formerly lived at Lambert s
written by Earl White son ot
think by the time you get this let-
ter I will be in France as we are
oply in a- rest camp now I did
not get a good ' picture taken while
I was in the United States and now
I cannot send you one so you will
have to wait to see me until I coitfe
home vWrite soon and give my love
to all the folks
PRIVATE EARL WHITE
Will White of Buffalo Okla Young Auto Repair Dept 2nd Engineers
White is well known In this county -
as he attended the Mount Zion
school last year and has numbers
of friends in the Lambert and Da-
coma communities He enlisted in
August at Wichita and was sent
to Jefferson Barracks Mo and lat-
er to Washington D C The letter
is the first received from him af-
ter landing overseas
Somewhere in England
Nov 2 1918
Dear Folks:
I received your letter while I was
at the barracks but we left in a
great hurry and I did not get to
write you I had a fine trip across
and did not feed the fish very
much but there were a great num
ber of boys who did Roy P and
I' are together and In tbe same
company now England is a won
derful country and everything is
pretty and green 1 don’t believe
I ever saw better gardens than they
have here and the horses the Eng-
lish breed are about as big as ele
phants Thanksgiving dinner would
taste good at home but I am not
counting on eating it there I have
not had a chance yet to see what
army life Is like and it will be
three months tomorrow that I en-
listed In Wichita I do not think
I will get a chance to eat Thanks-
giving dinner in 1919'at home Yes
I received a letter from a girl at
Keystone I was glad to get It
and am going to write her as soon
as I can I meant to write a lot
of letters before I left the United
States but I was studying so hard
for the final exam in school for it
was about out and I wanted to
get ready and away we caipe I
BROTHER KILLED
Friends and acquaintances of
Mr A1 Carlisle of this city will be
sorry to learn of the death ot his
brother Stanley Carlisle who was
killed in action in France Oct 23d
according to official notice received
by Mr Carlisle Tbe young soldier
visited his brother here shortly be-
fore he left for the army He was
a Montana soldier
Private Jess Donovan returned
to Camp Funston Kans on Wed-
nesday after a five day leave of
absence which was granted on ac-
count of tbe serious illness of bis
little son whose arm was badly
injured in the wringer of an elec-
tric washing machine At the time
he was summoned borne' the
chances for the little fellow’s re-
covery were reported slim but at
present he is improving very fast
and Is now able to use the Injured
arm a little The many friends of
tbe family will be happy to hear of
his recovery
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TO NURSE IN-
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Miss Mable Stout formerly
this community and niece of C
Stout who lives south of town
has been sent overseas as a Red
Cross nurse according to word re-
ceived here Miss Stout has been
at the hospital at El Reno Okla
for the past four years and bad
made nursing her life work before
the war came on Her father is
F C Stout who now lives in the
southern part -of the state but win
formerly owned the Edd Evans
place just south of Chprokee Miss
Stout has many friends and ac-
quaintances here who will be in-
terested to learn this news of her
going
in Furniture
Rockers
So many that individual
description is an impossi-
bility Rockers of alf sizes
and patterns in Tapestry
Velour and Damask Pri-
ces are very moderate for
such undiputhb!e quality
NEPHEW DIES OVERSEAS
P E Barret well known citizen
of this city received word on Sat-
urday of last week that his nephew
Earl Barret of Downs Kansas bad
died In France of pneumonia The
young soldier wag well known In
tbe Lambert community the former
home of the Barretts He Is the
son of Mr and Mrs William Bar-
rett of Downs Kans The many
friends of the family will grieve
with them over their loss
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A rumor which Is current in the
city schools to the effect that Prof
Demlng who was principal In the
schools here in 1917 and who later
entered the officer’s training camp
and was commissioned a lieutenant
and who has been in France for
some time was recently married to
a French girl and will settle down
In that conntry Tbe veracity ot
this report baa aot been verified
Draperies Curtains
and Hangings
"5his department will offer
yon many helpful hottpes-
tiona in useful Christmas
gifts
A nice line of Fibre
Rockers and
Tables
Why? Because Every Gift of Furniture Is
a Beautiful Permanent Gift a Token
of Esteem Enjoyed Each Day
The custom of giving furniture for Christmas is becoming more
popular each year The reason is that furniture is always ap-
predated due to its intrinsic value ard usefulness together
with its decorative puprese in helping the appearance of any
home
Cherokee Mercantile Company have a large stock of things
you will want to receive or give as Christmas Gifts from the
season’s latest novelties down to the good old-time articles of
solid comfort and convenience Make selections now not alone
for your own pleasure but for the helping of the Government
Fine Suits or Odd Pieces
For the dining living and bedroom Also sun-room furniture
All of the most artistic designing and highest character in quality
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Wouldn’t you welcome the gift of
An Oriental Rug
Time or the test of man cannot dim the joy of an Oriental
Rug— its beauty is enhanced as the years pass- This store’s
display includes sizes for every room Also fine velvet and
other floor coverings
Writing Desks
Fancy Mirrors
Book Ends
Humidors
Reading Tables
Taborets
Odd Chairs
Fancy Lamp Shades
Dropleaf Tables
Magazine Stands
Phone Stands
Smoking Stands
Writing Desks
Sewing Stands
Tapest'ries
Umbrella Stands
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Ferguson, Walter. The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1918, newspaper, November 29, 1918; Cherokee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1723078/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.