The Rogers County Democrat. (Foyil, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 16, 1909 Page: 4 of 6
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leprs 69. Bt^isa-al
Formkbt v rA ..
foitm.rly foyil. SxATISMAN.
WILLIAM R. HARPER,
EDITOR AND publisher.
Pr'ce. - $1.00 Per year.
JANUARY i6, 1909.
- ®tandard oil dilutions.
"Oil and water won't mix," said
rhe trite proverbialist.
"That may be true in chemistry "
answered the Wall street man: "hut
it doesn't hold good in the stock
maixet."
Philanthropic Women Disappointed in
Their Protege.
Totally disregarding the
^„—people's right to be conculted,
our County Commissions are
advertising for bids to build a
Court house on the obnoxious
rental plan, if thdy want to do
what is right why dont they
propose a bond issue and sul-
mit it to a vote of the people ?
"Let the People Rule" was a
slogan that sounded good be-
fore the election and would, no
doubt, look good now.
what she thought.
He-I suppose you xthought it
stupid of me to make such a silly
remark. "
n.tardT°h' n°: 1 ",0"Sht "
rather fiery.
I)r Tinsley reports a new
girl baby at the home of Chas
•Duffington.
Old Fncle Hiram from down
Bacon Bidge way halted in front of
the quick lunch room."
"Waal, begosh," he drawled in
deep meditation, "I always heard
that, thar was a blamed lot of fire
eaters up in town, but I didn't know
they would go that far."
"What, now, Uncle Hiram?"
asked the city nephew.
"Why, just look t that g,'™
"Lightning Lunches.' J„st think of
lunching on lightning!"
The late Mrs. Clara Dewev Rnw nt
| wolkd amona; phl^nt,1«-opIc
1 Inn t ,rnm,srants made her
' ml ^°Wn' d a trencha«t wit, and
Zl,:IT°0D ,n PhlladeIPhIa, dis-
ci ssing the woman suffrage movement
with a clergyman, she said:
2®° ar® aU a,lke- You a re-
IV? le °rphan that Mrs- Stanton
and her friends brought up. Mrs
Stanton and a body of ladles from her
church, all interested In woman suf-
frage, once took a little newsboy from
the gutter and educated him superbly.
They sent him through school and
college and finally made minister of
nim.
M.",ThiS y°Ung m,n,8te''. ^e work of
their hands, preached his first sermon
in their church. That was a proud
f0r the good
They thought they had at last firmly
planted among the male sex a strong
and splendid supporter. So, in their I
tb«l *°™eta' they fi ed the church I
that Sunday morning. They were on '
tin if t!, . expectation. Who could
tell but that their young charge might
preach in their honor a woman suf-
frage sermon?
"Imagine their emotions when the
youth arose in the pulpit, looked calm-
ly and even sternly over the congrega-
tion and announced that his text
would be from St. Paul:
the women keep silence In the
treasure protected by mud.
Effort to Be Made to Reach 8tored
Riches in Indfca,
, A good story of hidden treasi.ro
thTw'T? ^ia on the autho®" 0?
the lata ,0 the heIr lppareny «
I In the hills of Amarkantak in .t.
can r„ proving., C,„M to
Of the Narbada and the Son, there
BakalHanh0,d ?eserted fort called Ran
re,n' 80 trad'tion says are
!ew«l J V88t 8t0res of treasure'and
SinS <riHer y the pr8Perty of the
rajahs of the country, but for
S £ Z Y> ' «> able to X £
cess to the fort because it ia «.,r
rounded by miles of impassably m
he late Sir Richard Temple when
lieutenant governor of Bengal tried tn
"''I <<■, « l> elephant .tlck deep
a!tn fh n and he was forced to aban-
don the quest, it ,8 now suggested
i "poft 1m 'T9 sl,0°'d be'ome'1 •
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«r/r TnterUTf «*
:nV°mfr.^,reots
smsr?-:
hat hp hf 6; b°w " come.
to Join ,h °0t a,rK",)r ,ake" steps
O solve the mysterv is not stated.
January 21, Ending Janirary
30!
This is our annual Clearance
Sale and we are going to Shov
el em out at bargain prices.
$5 high cut sshoes at $4. so.
4 "n z
$3 60.
3.56 My dear shoes at 2 1 c
t " "1.
2.70.
2.50 " •«
r\ u *2.25.
Other styles and grades at
greatly reduced prices.
Odds and Ends-broken lines
of shoes-all good ones, at bed
rock prices.
A clean-up of winter under-
wear, flannel shirts, caps arid
hosiery, .all at cargain prices
Watch this sale and take
advantage of our reduction in
prices. Dont forget the date.
We can save you meney.
m
wood IB
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Harper, William R. The Rogers County Democrat. (Foyil, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 16, 1909, newspaper, January 16, 1909; Foyil, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc178238/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.