The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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JACKSON & WILSON
This cheery Yuletide seems a
harbinger of better things in
store for all the people Peace
and good will are abroad in the
land and the absence of pesti-
lences gaunt hunger and want
is a cause for thankfulness Let
us then enter the new year so
full of promise with thankful-
ness and a reverence that be-
speaks our appreciation of all the
blessings that have come to us
We are grateful for the friend-
ships' we have formed for the
loyalty of these friends and for
every favor that has been grant-
ed us the past year and we feel
to thank the public for this mani-
festation of their good will We
shall strive to merit a continu-
ance of your support during the
new year 1915
A Merry Christmas and a Hap-
py New Year to you
Cordially yours
‘ JACKSON WILSON
DUNCAN HARDWARE CO
At this joyous Christmas time
and with the dawning of a bright
and cheery new year filled with
the rainbow of promise we join
in the universal salutation—
A Merry Christmas!
A Happy New Year!
We are deeply and profoundly
grateful for the manifold bless-
ing§ that have been vouchsafed
us by a kind Providence
We are grateful for the peace
that reigns supreme in this fair
land of ours for the happiness
that animates ourpeople for the
bounteous harvests and measure
of prosperity that has come to us
and-for all the blessings that we
have enjoyed in the past
We are grateful for the friends
we have made for their loyalty
and good will arujfor their sup-
port the past year
We thank you -Your
friends '
DUNCAN HARDWARE CO
SPARKS HARDWARE CO
For the trade of the past year
for the old friendships and for
the new we are deeply grateful
and extend the greetings of this
joyous Christmas season We
hope by fair square dealings to
merit a continuance of your pat-
ronage and good will and we
hope to be able to serve you bet-
ter in the futurd than in the
past Come to see us when in
need of anything in the hard-
ware line
A very Merry Christmas and a
Happy f nd Prosperous New Year
to you and yours is our sincere
wish
Yerv truly
SPARKS HARDWARE CO
TAYLOR & RYON
Your trade during the past
' year has been most liberal and
we assure you that we appreciate
it to the fullest extent Future
favors will command our very
best attention and the same
courtesy and consideration that
we have tried to maintain in the
past
We thank you and wish you
many returns of the gladsome
Christmas time
Respectfully yours
Taylor & Ryon the Barbers
J C M’CASLAND
This is the season of greetings
and good will I wish to join in
wishing for all the people a sea-
son of great prosperity happi-
ness ard contentment during the
year 1915 as well as to thank
the friends and patrons of this
store for the very liberal pat-
ronage accorded me during the
year now drawing to a close I
am very grateful
Wishing you and those whose
happiness is yours a full measure
of Christmas joy and success for
the New Year I am
Yours for 1915
J C McCASLAND
SQUARE DEAL STORE
Mindful of the blessings that
have been vouchsafed the people
of Stephens county the past year
ahd desirous of entering into the
spirit of Christmas that animates
our fair land I wish one and all
a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy and prosperous New Year
At the same time I am grate-
ful for the patronage accorded
me by a large list of friends and
customers during the past years
I have tried to serve the people
and take this method of extend-
ing my thanks for this measure
of courtesy and good will and to
tender my very best services for
the future
May peace and happiness
prosperity and contentment be
your lot during the coming year
Respectfully
The SQUARE DEAL STORE
Ben Robinowitz Prop
HARRIS & HALL
“Christmas comes but once a
year but when it comes it brings
good cheer” We thank you for
a: y favors you may have extend-
ed us during the past year and
wish for you and yours all the
happiness and prosperity that
you are capable of absorbing dur-
ing the year 1915
Here’s to you and yours:
“May you live long and prosper ”
And don’t forget that—
Harris & Hall
Has one price to all
On groceries and feed
And everything you need
R B SPENCER & CO
To a generous public which has
favored us with their patronage
during the past year we wish to
extend our thanks and to wish
for them many returns of the
glad Christmas time' Iq the fu-
ture as in the past we may be
depended upon to grant every
favor within our power and to
extend every courtesy and con-
sideration consistent with good
sound business We are very
grateful for your patronage and
if you have not favored us in the
past we ask that you give us a
trial during 1915 assuring you a
square deal every day in the
year
Again thanking you we join
in the joyful acclaim “A Merry
Christmas”
Your friends
R B SPENCER & CO
J B CATE
I wish to join in the universal
greeting “A Merry Christmas”
and to wish for you a Happy and
Prosperous year during 1915
I am grateful for the favors
accorded me during all the years
I have served the people of Dun-
can and surrounding country and
at this the beginning of another
year’s work desire to thank all
who favored me with their pat-
ronage and good will '
Yours truly
J B CATE
J L MARKHAM
With the passing of the old
year and the advent of the new
we wish to express our hearty
appreciation of the patronage of
the generous public and to ex-
tend them the season’s greetings
During the coming year it shall
be our earnest endeavor to con-
tinue in the good graces of the
buying public by giving them
lumber and building material at
the lowest prices consistent with
good business methods
Wcare grateful for your pat-
ronage and during the coming
year shall treat every customer
with the same courtesy and
liberality that has characterized
our efforts in the past Again
thanking you and wishing you a
season of prosperity and happi-
ness we are
Yours very truly
J L MARKHAM
BRITTAIN BROS
Fur a reasonably prosperous
year throughout and for one of
the largest holiday businesses in
the history of this store we feel
to thank the people of Duncan
and Stephens county and to ten-
der them the season’s greetings
You have been liberal with your
trade and our relations have been
very pleasant During the com-
ing year I hope you will be equal-
ly liberal and I am sure that our
relations will be mutually satis-
factory Don’t forget us during
1915
With grateful thanks for your
patronage and wishing you a
Merry Christmas j- nd Happy and
Prosperous New Year we are
Very truly yours
BRITTAIN BROS
CITY DRUG STORE
I take this means of thanking
friends and patrons of this store
for their liberal patronage during
the past year as well as during
all the years I have tried to serve
the public and of soliciting their
valued favors during the year
1915 I shall endeavor to merit
all the trade that comes my way
by giving good service gooc
goods and careful attention to
each individual Remember me
during the new year when in
need of anything in the drug
line or a thirst-quenching drink
Thanking you again and wish-
ing you a Merry" Christmas and
Happy and Prosperous New Year
I am
Very truly yours
CITY DRUG STORE
' W T Foreman Prop
DR G R SMITH
Though absent in the flesh I
am with you in spirit and desire
tQ join the hosts of well wishers
in extending the greetings of the
season I am grateful indeed
for the friends in Duncan and
Stephens county and thank you
individually and collectively for
all past favors
With many returns of the glad-
some Christmas time and best
wishes for your continued hap-
piness and prosperity I am
Very truly yours
G R SMITH Dentist
PALACE GARAGE
During our short career in
Duncan we have been the re-
cipients of a most generous pat-
ronage from the public and take
this method of extending our
thanks for same We are grate-
ful Your continued support is
solicited with the promise that
we will give you full value for
your money
Thanking you and with best
wishes for a chterful Christmas
and a prosperous 1915 we are
Yours to serve
ELDON S FRIE
PAUL LONG
FARMERS’ PRODUCE CO
We are truly grateful for the
business that has come our way
during our short stay in Duncan
also we are gratified that we
have been enabled by fair
square methods of dealing to be
of some service to the people of
Stephens county in the handling
of the produce business of this
city Our efforts in the future
will be productive of greater
benefits to the people and we
cordially solicit your business
Again thanking you and wish-
ing all a glad Christmas and a
New Year full of promise we
are Your friends
FARMERS’ PRODUCE CO
JOCKEY SHOEING SHOP
Thanking our friends for their
patronage during the past year
and soliciting their future busi-
ness in our line we wish one and
all a very joyous Christmas and
unbounded prosperity during
1915
JOCKEY SHOEING SHOP
Baldwin & Cox Props
DUNCAN ELECTRIC & ICE CO
This company its owners and
employes jointly and severally
thank the people of Duncan for
their kindnesses and considera-
tion during the year now draw-
ing to a' close and to hope for
equally Dleasant relations during
the coming year We hope to
give you the same faithful and
efficient service that has marked
the passage of the old year and
our best efforts will be directed
toward the accomplishment of
this result We assure you of
our hearty appreciation of the
very pleasant relations now
existing between this company
and the people which we hope
will continue and expand with
the new year
Again thanking you and wish-
ing you a joyous Christmas and
a cheery New Year with a full
measure of happiness and pros-
perity we are
Respectfully yours
T V HYDE Mgr -
W B DOUTHITT
The Duncan Land and Immi-
gration Cc joins in wishing for
all the people much joy this
Christmas season and unlimited
prosperity during the new year
soon to arrive I thank those
who have entrusted me with
their business and assure them
of my hearty appreciation and of
my purpose to serve them to the
best of my ability in the future
A bank full of prosperity for
you during 1915
Cordially yours
W B DOUTHITT Mgr
W S WHITE
My little business has been
reasonably prosperous during the
year now drawing to a close and
I sincerely thank all who have
contributed their support to this
end During the coming year I
shall be glad to again serve you
I shall continue to carry the best
metal silos the best gas engines
separators and you can be as-
sured of the same liberal treat-
ment that has characterized my
efforts in the past
With wishes for a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year I am
Sincerely yours
W S WHITE
THE PIONEER COMPANY
This company the local man-
ager and the employes in general
join in extending to the people
of Duncan and of Stephens coun-
ty their sincere best wishes for a
joyous Christmas and happiness
and prosperity during the new
year now at its dawn
You have been most kind and
considerate during the past year
and our relations have been
pleasant throughout We have
tried to serve you faithfully and
well and extend every courtesy
within our power consistent with
efficient service
For your many kindnesses we
thank you
A Merry Christmas and Hap-
py and Prosperous New Year is
our wish
Very truly yours
PIONEER T & T CO
J W ROE
To those who have favored me
with their blacksmithing during
1914 I am appreciative and so-
licit their business for the future
I wish all a glad Christmas
and much prosperity during
1915 Respectfully
J W ROE
A D COOMBS
In extending my thanks for
your patronage the past year I
also want to ask that you favor
me in the future Good goods
at honest prices will be my policy
and I shall be better able to serve
you than ever before
Wishing you a very Merry
Christmas and much prosperity
during 1915 I am
Respectfully
A D COOMBS
THE DUNCAN CAFE
While new in the business a
generous trade has come our way
and we embrace this opportunity
to render thanks for any favors
you may have shown us We
solicit your future business and
shall use every endeavor to merit
your patronage Give us a trial
and be convinced of our superior
service
The season’s greetings to you
and a prosperous New Year for
all is our wish
Yours truly
ERNEST RAY
ERNEST HALL
STEPHENS COUNTY ABSTRACT CO
We desire to join in the cordial
greetings of the business men of
Duncan to their friends and cus-
tomers and to express our ap-
preciation of the business that
you have given us Our busi
ness is abstracts only and we al-
ways give prompt and efficient
attention to work entrusted to
us
Thankiqg you and with best
wishes for your continued well
being we are
Very truly yours
H A FURST Mgr
DUNCAN ABSTRACT CO
For a reasonably prosperous
year and for the best business in
our history I thank the people
The same careful attention to
every detail of the business will
be my motto for the future
Wishing you one and all a pros-
perous 1915 we are
Gratefully
E 0 SLOAN Mgr
L WOODARD
I am thankful for the support
of the people during the past
year and ask for equally as lib-
eral treatment during the coming
year promising the same bare-
ful attention to their wants as
characterized my efforts in the
past
Wishing vou the season’s
greetings with the hope for a
prosperous 1915 I am
Very truly
L WOODARD
DICKEN & BANTZ
At this Merry Christmas tide
and with the dawning of the
new year we wish to express our
sincere thanks to the1 people for
their support and to solicit their
future favors You have been
both kind and generous in the
distribution of your patronage
and good will and we thank you
sincerely
With best wishes for a Merry
Christmas and Prosperous New
Year we are
Gratefully yours
DICKEN & BANTZ Dentists
R P WILSON
I appreciate the patronage of
the generous public during the
year now drawing to a close and
solicit their future favors
With best wishes for the future
and many returns of the glad
Christmas time I am
Yours truly
R P WILSON
H C EWALD
The Ewald Barber Shop ex-
presses its appreciation for the
support of its friends the past
year and solicits their esteemed
favors during the comir g year
Best wishes and the season's
greetings to you
Respectfully
1 H C EWALD Prop
HARDIN & YEAGER
Your business during te past
year has been liberal and we
take this method o thanking
you for the same
Soliciting your future favors
and with best wished for a Mer-
ry Christmas and much prosper-
ity in 1915 we are
Truly yours
HARDIN & YEAGER
BILL DUNCAN
I am grateful for your pat-
ronage the past year and thank
you sincerely soliciting your fu-
ture favors Remember me dur-
ing 1915
Joining in the heart greetings
and with best wishes for a pros-
perous year to all I am
Yours truly
BILL DUNCAN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA GAS & FUEL CO
The inception of this company
into Duncan marked a new era
for the city by solving the ftieh
and power problems for all time
You have accorded us a generous
reception and you have been most:
kind and considerate in your
treatment for all of which we
wish to thank you We hope to
continue in your good graces and
to receive at your hands the same -liberal
treatment support and
encouragement that you have
given us in the past
Our service in the future as in
the past shall be maintained to
the highest point of efficiency
Any troubles you may have will
be cheerfully remedied and all
complaints given prompt atten-
tion We want to help you and:
we want you to help us so com-
mand us at your convenience
Thanking you for the cordial-
ity of your welcome to Duncan
and with best wishes for a Merry
Christmas and Prosperous New
Year we are
Yours very truly
Western Okla Gas & Fuel Co
E E Yingling Gen Mgr-
DUNCAN COTTON OIL MILL
The Duncan Cotton Oil Mill is
grateful for the friends it has--made
during the many years it
has served the public and at
this merry cheery Christmas-
time desires to express its hearty
appreciation of their support andi
kindly consideration
We feel that we have been of
some service to the general pub-
lic and that our institution is
deserving of the generous sup-
port received at your hands We?
have endeavored to co-operate-with
the people in every way for
their general good and to con-
tribute our mite in the develop-
ment of our agricultural resourc-
es for we realize that the pros-
perity of the farmers means
prosperity for ourselves and all
the people
In the future as in the past
we shall use our very best en-
deavors in meeting the wants
of the people and each individ-
ual shall receive at our hands
that courtesy and consideration
that has marked our efforts in
the past
Again thanking you and with
best wishes for a most joyous-
Christmas and a New Year full
of the rainbow of promise we-
are Your friends
Duncan Cotton Oil Mill
L T Weaker Mg
RAY’S AGON YARD
Thanking my friends and the
general publib for the patronage
accorded me the past year and:
soliciting their future valued fa-
vors I join in wishing one and
all
A Merry Christmas and a Hap-
py New Year
Your friend
J A RAY Prop
A G FISCHER
I join in wishing for all the
people everywhere a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year
Your patronage and good will is
a source of gratefulness and I:
thank you
Suliciting your continued pat-
ronage I am
Your friend
A G FISCHER
J C SENEY
I am grateful for the support:
of my friends and hope for theirr
continued patronage Good work:
at reasonable prices will be naj-r
motto during the new year-
A Merry Christmas to you
J C SENEYi
0 K WAGON YARu
For all the favors that have
been accorded us we are grateful
and appreciative aoove words to
express Stop with us during
1915 $nd be assured of right
treatment at all times
We extend the season’s greet-
ings with the hope for general
prosperity the coming year
0 K WAGON YARD
P L Limbaugh Prop-
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Sampson, Fred E. & Leeman, Ed J. The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1914, newspaper, December 25, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1742037/m1/3/: accessed May 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.