The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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PEOPLE'S GARAGE=
C. J. NELSON, Proprietor—
t^VENS SIXES CHEVROLET=Complete Slock of Repair Parts
We Are bales and Service Representatives for United States Tires for Geary
THE GEARY TIMES
VOLUME 4— NUMBER 41
GEARY, BLAINE COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1917
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Telephone Facts
TAKE NOTICE
TheCarltPays to Buy
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The Popular, Fast Selling
Electrically Equipped Chevrolet
Cheap enough for you to afford one, costs enough to be built strong
handsome and fully equipped.
The Chevrolet has so many special features you don't get on oth- are >nvited t0 attend- ' employed 'during ttoValt 7eTr
er cars that cost as much that it is in a class by itself. That is why ' Amnna Our !been transftrrp^' t^the^Entd
more Chevrolets are driven every day. 1 * Among_^ Friends g'g l£ htt«
It is the fastest selling electrically equip-
ped car in the world
Ask for demonstration
All who have signed for, and! The big Indian dance, "which
any others who may wish to pur- ; the In hans ca" the Willow dance,
chase tickets for this years Chau-: fnear W*ton a l)r°ke up the latl
rUo;\hmeafyolf°wS° by Cf7
any ol the following named places; more Indians in attendance
Rogers Drug Store. Stahlhrbers Pnl a it ni, j
Caf<* I I Huff' . « oi. a. IT. Rhodes was getting
! J:,1L 'Confectionary, - ready on Monday to cut his "or?
or at the hirst National Bank, and make silage of it. The
Please attend to this as soon as Colonel is a good farmer and
you have read this notice, and it! doea not Pr°P°9e to let the drouth
will save the Committee the trou-1 *et 8Way With a11 his
ble of calling on you in person, as' G- A. Lehman was in Okla-
these tickets must be disposed ol I },on'.a Cit>' la9t w™k. Besides
not later than Saturday night .ylj1L aPother farm w under-
aay nignt. stand he is petting into the John
I), plass. having pnrchased some
The M. E. Ladies will eive an I 'L' l^e new re'lnery that is
ice cream social on the parson ng 1 at 0k'*homa City.
sszsssst'nW" a" .?h° h«« "««
Peoples Garage & Sales Rooms
C. J. Nolson, Proprietor
Fred Trumbly has engaged ih
the garage business at Fay and, John Day's wife lost Tier coat
while in (,ear> last week he ar-;a 'onK imitation bear skin kind
ranged to get the home news from the automobile about three
from Geary through the Timos. 1 weeks ago on the way home
We wish Fred all kinds of sue- from the Squires & Self Grocery
ice8S- an<* up to >et it hasn't been re-
; Z. P. Brown of Eskridge. Kan-1 by th? dnder Mrs" D*V
sag is added to our subscription j Sth if^hu £ anvb,x,V wants
, list this week. We realize that , i u hot wea*her and
any former Geary person wants j ^ reSr.f/d V P'PaSed if *
. to know what's going on in the I r returned.
IIU tnvrii DM mr. L. .. . .
Thp Public Service Com-
miision of Missouri has auth-
orized the Jamestown Tele-
phone Company to raise it<
[a,es [o; 'witching Farm nnes
Irom |4.00 per year to $5.0(1
P« year. The Geary Tele-
phone Company gets $3.00.
Picture Show 5c 10c
It seems that Someone has
been circulating u « nrv t .
etfeet that fK ? story to the
picture ah* u aiilrmssion to the
Po^sw? bewi rai,"i ">
ra?!MIore*,ea<1 "8 that the
report is untrue and that so long
as the picture show is run bv J
bo on?u** ilihe Emission will
only 6c and 10c and asks the
People to pay no attention what
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Picture Show Sold
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CHAUTAUQUA
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old town so we shall try to keen
him posted.
J. R. Henderson who is a prom
i>een'readinj£the'Times fw*" £v ' P°Siti°n at P< t office.
OPul I'A'iKJ n .l
Mr. J. O. Morehead hns n0|j
his movie picture business t;> a
Mr. Davis of Shattuck. Mr, Davis
*'ho owns and operates « picture
•how at Shattuck, bought this
show for his son-in-fcw to run
and the latter, . hp nr,nZ
working for * rail road, will move
hus fanuly to Geary nd
Arthur Mackey has severed , chum the lr>th nhh' *nt' u*
his relations with the post office. hia month.
Miss Eva Thoma accepted! Bottom Bod nf
position at 'hi post office 5™ . ™aB«n OOd
'n times iui 8cY-
eral years and was in to renew
to the 1$ class.
Ralph Kirkhuff is one of our
hustling and popular young men
who made a good crop of wheat
this year and seems of be corninu
to the front in hia business And
we are glad to have him contin-
ue on our list which he will for
he was in and renewed his sub-
scription to 1918.
H. p. Amstutz who farms west
Howell-Scott Wedding
Ernest L. Howell, formerly the
principal of our high school and
now located at Norman was mar-
ried last Sunday after noon at
three o'clock, ,it the home ot the
bride's parents, to Miss Made-
line Scott of this city.
The bride is the beautiful
is i„c ut-itumui
daughter of J. W. Scott and was
n. r<. Amstutz who farm3 west a popular member of the gradu-
ot Geary came in to cheer up the I "ting class of the Geary High
editor and it cost him two dol-jSchool this year.
lars. Mr. Amstutz is one nf nnr Those nresent. at thu <-or,
Home Coming Week
GEARY, AUG. 18-19-20-21 & 22
Ihe lecluiers coming here on the 1917 program include Senalor
Helen Ring Robinson of Colorado, Dr. Dean C. Dutton, Dr. O. D.
McKeever, and Chancellor George H. Bradford.
The Triumphant Feature of all is
"THE MELTING POT"
the great American Drama by Israel Zangwill.
i *7—« WJl iwip uui-
lars. Mr. Amstutz is one of our
regular read era and we like to
nave him on our list.
C. D. Baldwin sold 100 bushels
nf corn for $200.00 recently, the
first time he had done 'such a
thing tho he has farmed a lonp
time. He has 200 acres that
looked like a prood crop a few
weeks ago but it looks like well
it wont make a Rreat deal of corn.
But Mr. Baldwin divided with
the Times man on that two dollar
corn and had his paper advanced
a bushel.
C. N. Coil had a pretty good
wheat crop this year and didn't
have to sell it all at the lowest
price so he won't starve this win-
ter. He also helped the Time?
man with a dollar on subpcrin
tlon.
E. A. Connors, formerly a con-
ductor on the southbound train
out of Geary but now making his
run out of El Heno sent the Time?
a dollar to pay his subscription.
Fred Ringelman, the popular
manager of the Blaine County
Elevator and President of the
( ity Council, and an all around
leading business man of Geary
had his subscription pushed1
ahead to 1 18.
C. C. (Jilliiand of Knox City,
lexas, is not a persoal acquain-
tance of ours but we are pleased j
just the samo at recivntf his sub
scription by letter,
W. W. Morrison, owner of the!
Morrison Elevator, and one of |
'ieary'3 prominent business mi*n ,
handed us two dollars to put his!
subsenption on the right side of
1 "IH.
R. Buxton is another new sub- i
briber this week whose namr
we are glad to add to our rapidly
growing list.
Wakefield Blackburn,
the brigJfVv<fong Indians
Greenfield subscribed for ....
Times for a year. Wakefield
j tryed to do his bit this year by
(raising some corn but the dry
weather got it. He says thf In-
(dians hail a pretty irnod time
I willow dance near Watonga.
91 Wheot Brlngt Bag Sum
rJL1'- Bran,d' )rcnta*"t farmer
?Ve?t ^ t,own came to our
office last week to pav us a dol-
lar on subscription. He told us
™«ytol£tWK**t f°r
Clason-HoQflatt Wedding
H. C. Clason and Mi s HattiV
May Hoggatt of we*t of ' ^
were married Wednesday. They
will make their home for the
Those present at the ceremony |wil1 "it _
were the members of the bride's! P^sent on the farm belonimr to
lanniy and two brothers of thei the groom's father. C. L. Clasor.
5i_r00J?" r. ,v" VV- Sampson of rhe Times joins in extending tAt-
the M. E. church officiated. .usual congratulations
Immediately after the eere-!
money Mr. *nd Mrs. Howell de-' c
parted by automobile for Nor-! S,n,ee in'iuiring about roanfiW
man. where they will make their!ears la,st week we have enioye.l
home for the present. They ^evera' messes of them A T
have many friends here who "rown Presented us with som.-
wish them much happiness. "*** —J ' "
fine ones and Carl Cop^nbar^ar
u? In a Jiheral supply
Elizabeth and Barbara Merger, ^me fr(Snty^T th"v
left Tuesday morning for their showed us rnoai ' ^c^'n^ter
home at Mount Hope, Kans. i was 14 inches lonj * ***
one of
* of near
the
Some Tilings in this
Issue for Yqy to Read
Picture Show Sold
Among Our Fi^ads
Death penalty for agitator
Senate Favou Prohibition
New Russian Commander
Cirrman Cabinri Changed
Howell-Scott Wedding
Clason-Hoggait Wedding
Scissors Column
i he War, i he Sulxnaruwt
Serials: K. R. Kaidr,,
Our Weekly Short Story
Sunday School Legson
Loral and Personal news
Kditorials
Indian Corner
Country Correspondence
Market Report
Folks and Firms in Goary
You Should Know About
The People". Gauge.
C.J NeU., Ph,,,.
TI* Chiulitq i)
Geuy Miling & Co.
Wialt. Jewc^y Store
The Fir l ^non.l Bank
Li Brsiuranl.
H W. .Si«Kit,ri,r, ptop
^HUe & Self. Grocer.
Chaufly Stuido.
r*i . °.H- Kw.
Claude l.owman. I ador Shop
Ceary Telephone Co.
I-idle Crall Barber Shop.
* ** H Ragar,
Rock Island Barber Shop
Dim Prup,.
HFadiW Co.
m u. a.*,., r.of
Wicl.ua Hide & Produce Co.
' M I'Kippa, \|-(.
Wm. Hedgepeth
Geary Opera I lOU e
I ;«le Meal Matkw
I W l'^ .
ArRanhri«hl Hrmghsm
W. H. Brown
and HUM,
H. R. Paden & C o.
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Pioietuonal Column
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Seger, Neatha H. The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1917, newspaper, August 9, 1917; Geary, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc183906/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.