The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912 Page: 7 of 8
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CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
PAST AND FUTURE
CONGREGATIONAL NOTES.
The Sunday School will have
[charge of the morning service. A
[ special program has been prepared
' and it will delight all who hear it.
It will take the place of the usual
morning service. An offering will be
taken for missionary work. The
1 birth-day bank will be opened.
| The evening sermon will be at 8
I o'clock. The topic will be, "Was
man made for religion or religion for
man?" You are always welcome at
this church. We leave it to you to
decide whether you will become a
member or not.
Alonzo Early, Minister.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The Sunday School was large and
enthusiastic. We are in a close con-
test with Pond Creek, and so far
are winning by a small margin.
Brother Kindred preachep in the
Opera House next Sunday at 11 a.
m. The subject is "Religious Optim-
ism;" at 8 p. m. the subject will be
"Profession and Practice."
The Bible Study and prayer meet-
ing will be held at the church Fri
day night.
MRS. HARDY'S RECITAL.
Last Friday evening Mrs. Hardy
gave her recital at the Opera house,
and a nice program was well render-
ed. Many of the small music students
had never played before an audi-
ence before, and they acquitted
themselves very nicely. A special
feature was the vocal selections by
Miss Cora Palmer, that were much !
enjoyed as they always are.
U. B. CHURCH.
Prayer
Ing at 7
day 8 p.
meeting Wednesday even-
sharp. Choir practice Fri-
m. Sunday School Sunday
at 10. Preaching at 11. Junior at 3
p. m. Young peoples meeting at 7
Preaching at 8. Topic for morning
preaching service, "Women's right
to preach," topic for evening servi-
ces, "Forebeing Missions."
This week the Journal carries the
announcement of W. T. Clark, who
seeks the nomination for County
Clerk at the hands of the Republi-
cans of the county. We feel no hesi-
tancy in speaking a good word for
Mr. Clark. We have known him for
two years, and cannot point to a
single thing in his public or private
life which could be used against
him in a campaign. Hs is at present
representative from this county, and
has a good record behind him at the
state caiptal. Mr. Clark assures ub
that in the event of his nomination
and election, he will positively do the
I work of the office without a deputy
or extra help of any kind. If you
are interested in the Reupblican nom
inee for clerk, it is to your interest
to look up Mr. Clark's record.—Man-
chester Journal,
Gifldrov
Memories
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jmarried So many years ago and It man "agged a tra)n and
(seems like yesterday!" ' saved it from a wreck, but H. T.
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while the sun, low over the toDg ot the . , prevent-
: apartment buildings, broke slowly * wreck with Electric Bitters. "I I
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her lap broke the silence. j wer« all badly affected and my liver I
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Memorial day down in Pennsylvania !like a new man-" A trial will cou-
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• erans in the town had died except one.
We sell sweet cream at 30 cents
per quart, at Medford Creamery.
trouble,
gists.
Stop Scratching
and use Zensal for Eczema and all
troublesome skin eruptions—it works
marvelously and quick. Get it at
Neal's Drug store.
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
One black horse mule, weight
about 650 pounds, from pasture south
east of town. Suitable reward will
b& paid for information leading to
his recovery. Phone or write Cald-
well News.
Lame back is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles of the
back, for which you will find nothing
better than Chamberlain's Liniment.
For sale by all Dealers.
Edward G. Meyering
Painting and Decorating
Paper Hanging A Specialty
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Medford, Oklahoma.
Rural Phone 72
*
More than you pay for—
No charge Free with every roll of
Peerless Prepared Roofing—assurance that your
roof repair expense w absolutely ended-case of laying-roof satis-
wSTr? i positive knowledge that your building is covered
cizcipi cano toucc'wind w°n,t uar and weather
can t ivear In Peerless Roofing you get all that any man
could possibly ask in a roof covering. And in spite of its
advantages, it costs even less than ordinary wooden shingles.
If you'd had our experience—if you could see
weVhlJ" 6 of Peerless Spared Roofing-
we d have your order r.ght now. The hext best thing is to
drop in and talk it over. Chances are you'll be willine to
give Peerless-Roohng a Hal. After that we're satisfied Vat
satisfaction will bring you back for more. Drop 'round today
A. C. HOUSTON LUMBER CO., Medford, Okla.
EEMS kind of childish,
making all this fuss
about the work horse
parade," said the pret-
ty young matron, snap-
ping off the short end
; of her thread and
reaching for the spool.
"Uncle Will got all
worked up over it
last week—wouldn't eat a bite of
breakfast Monday morning, or even
look at the paper, but just
stamped off to the public li-
brary building to find the boys and
talk it over. 1 told him it was so
silly, for the horses were only going
to march south of Thirty-fifth street
or something like that, and they
wouldn't interfere with Uncle Will's
old parade, not even the least little
mite. But he couldn't see It that way
a bit. He sputtered and got red in
the face and said a lot of things about
the spirit of commercialism and an
irreverent generation and baseball-
it was so funny. Well, I see they've
given in now, and it seems too bad,
too. Those big, fat work horses are
so dear and sassy. You've got to
humor people when they get old, of
course, but—oh, well, I s'pose it's all
right."
The little gray-haired lady looked at
the pretty matron with a queer ex-
pression around her eyes. Then she
smiled.
"Yes, you do have to humor us,
dear," she said. "We get childish—"
"Oh, but I didn't mean you!"
flashed the pretty matron.
"Well, we're all alike," the gray-
haired lady went on calmly. "Some-
times I wonder if we don't all live too
long. We're always wanting the world
to make a fuss about us, when good-
ness knows the world has enough to
think about without bothering over
the old people Well it Husband were
with me—"
"He died just a year ago, didn't
he?" interrupted tie pretty matron
softly.
"A year ago tomorrow."
The gray-haired lady let her sewing
fall ti, her lap and gazed absently out
over the roofs and chimneys, in the
apartment building next door a phono-
graph was playing "Steamboat Bill."
Two voices, a boy's and a girl's,
joined in the chorus, and the pretty
matron began tapping the floor with
ner foot in time with the music Then
she checked herself suddenly, for the
gray-haired lady was smiling again
"Did 1 ever tell you how 1 met Hus-
band? she asked. "It was the first
year of the war, and we were living
in a little town in York state. There
were five of us girls, sisters, and four
brothers The boys had all enlisted
w*th father, and there we were, left
all alone in the big house. Father
nad quite a lot of money for those
days.
Oh, but we had good times, too.
® were j"st amy girls, you know,
and we thought it was the most glori-
ous thing in the world to have men
relatives and men friends who were
fighting for their country. We used
to have starvation parties and sewing
parties all the time to make things for
the soldiers at the front. We used to
knit wristbands—oh, we knitted and
knitted and knitted—and we used to
■write our initials and the name of our
town on little slips of paper and put
them inside, and tell the boy who got
the wristband to guess who it was
from. Sometimes they guessed right,
and—
"Weil, I was going to one or these
parties one day when 1 met Husband.
My, but he was a handsome man! 1
didn't know him from Adam, dear, but
. , —UUC,
an old fellow who never did anything
except sit out on his daughter's'porch
.and watch people go by.
"Well, the paper came out that year
^ rnMinMd n11 the PreI'arations I waits foi
for the Memorial day celebration.1
There was to be a parade, with a
band from a bigger town near by, and
the militia, and everything, but no
provision was made for the O A. K. I
You see, they thought there wasn't
any, with just that one old man
"But the old man wrote to the com-
mittee and told them they had for-1
gotten Bomelhlng. So the put 'G 1
R'' down in the place ot honor'.'
\\ hen Memorial day came the old man
Price 50 cents at All Drug-
Harevst will soon be here, it
no man. If you need re-
pairs tor the McCormick, Piano or
Osborne, let us have a list of your
wants before the rush is on.
Fisk & Tharp.
"I Am Well"
writes Mrs. L. R. Barker,
of Bud, Ky., "and can do
all my housework. For
years I suffered with such
pains, I could scarcely
stand on my feet. After
three different doctors had
failed to help me, 1 gave
Cardui a trial. Now, i feel
like a new woman."
Subscribe for the Patriot.
Porto Rico's New Wonder.
From far away Porto Rico come
uajr uame me oia man | rep°rts of a wonderful new discov-
went off alone to the town hall and 1 ery tllilt is Relieved will vastly bene-
Rflt rlnu'ri In ~ _a- ^ t. . . I fit *1,.. . i
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down in one of the chairs for a tIle PeoPte. -Ramon T. Marehan
moment. Then he 'stood up and called of Braceloneta, writes "Dr King's
I New Discovery is doing splendid i
| work here. It cured me about five j
times of terrible couglit and colds,
also my brother of a severe cold in |
his chest, and more than 20 others, I
who used it on my advice. We hope
this great medicine will yet be sold I
in every drug store in Porto Rico." |
For throat and lung trouble it has ■
no equal. A trial will convince you I
of its merit. 50c and $1.00. Trial bot- :
tie free. Guaranteed fy all Druggists.
The Woman's Tonic
A woman's health de-
pends so much upon her
delicate organs, that the
least trouble there affects
her whole system. It is
the little things that count,
in a woman's life and
health. If you suffer from
any of the aches and
pains, due to womanly
weakness, take Cardui at
once, and avoid more seri-
ous troubles. We urge
you to try it. Begin today.
the roll, and after each name he said,
Mustered out; until he came to his
own name, and then he said, 'Pres-
ent.' After an hour or so the parade
formed and the old man took his place
in the front, behind the band John
said that was the last time he ever
saw him, marching there behind the
band, all alone, standing as straight
as any of the militia boys, with a look
on his face that told John he was
Jow!" iU the PSSt agalU' P°°r 01(1 tel'
"Did you ever hear the rest of that
story?" said the gray-haired lady.
Husband and 1 were living there
then, and we were out at the ceme- I
tery that very day. We saw the old |
man come marching into the grounds, I
and when the militia lined up beside |
the graves he came to a halt a little
way from them, by himself, and stood
there as stiff and straight as a ramrod
while the service was being held
"He didn't seem to be listening at
all, but when the bugler stepped tor-
ward and sounded 'taps' l saw his
face change a little and heard him
mutter to himself, 'That's right
Thats right. Taps. We need the
lest. Then he just crumpled up and
Jay there on the grass, right where
ne had been standing.
"Of course, somebody called out for
water and they all tried to revive him
but Husband never moved. I guess'
he understood, for he just said. 'It's
all right. It was taps, you know,' and
then we went back to the village."
The gray-haired lady smiled apol-
ogetically. v
"We do get a little childish about
Memorial day," she said, "but you
mustn't mind us, you know." she
picked up ber sewing and piled it
into her work basket, for the sun had
gone down and it was getting too
dark to see.—Sheppard Butler in the
Ch.cago Record Heraldr
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Get Ahead Of The Flies
We have a nice line of new
screen doors and material es-
pecially made for window
screens
i. F.Thomson Lumber Co.
m
HOWARD D. REED,
President
E. M. MOSS
Vice-President
E. L. WILSON
Cashi«
THE GRANT COUNTY BANK
ME FORD, OKLAHOMA
Receives Deposit, Makes Loans on Personal or Chattel Security, Improved
harms, Etc. Collections Made and Promptly remitted. We Seek Your
Patronage.
Depositors in This Bank are Fully Protected by the Depositors' Guaruntee
Fund of the State of Oklahoma
THE MEDFORD GROCERY
We carry a full line of fancy and staple
groceries. Our stock is new. Our
prices as low as the lowest. Give us
trial. Goods delivered to any part
the city. Highest prices paid for
duce.
H. C. ARNDT, Proprietor
of
pro-
"■Pr 'd / jfrer/e//
■>bu /You//
JYer /VufAand?
I knew he was a stranger in town and
that he had really been at the front
(most qf the boys in town hadn't),
tnd that was enough.
"That night he came to the house
They were strict in those days, with
all the men folks away, and I couldn't
get out. but I called him around to
the rain barrel at the side of the
house, and we talked through the rain
water pipe First I would talk to him
and then I would put my ear down to
the pipe and he would talk to me
Before he left town we were engaged
He fought all through the war' I
dear. He was captured once and I
heard he was sent to Andersonville.
For nine whole weeks I didn t hear a
word from him. until there was an .
BELONG TO PAGE OF HISTORY
Everlasting Wreath of Laurel Has
Been Woven for All the Hosts
That Fell.
We are approaching a nation's holi-
day. The sound of martial music fills
the air, and we pause in the midst of
life to consider death.
Not for ostentatious reasons do we
gather in "God's Acre" once a year.
In the minds of brave mothers "who
can still remember and of daughters
who have inherited the knowledge of
a tragedy, there is no Decoration Day
To spread a flag and to lay a wreath
is not to decorate. One day is set
apart as a memorial of a country's
dead, and we observe It yearly, "not
to harrow up the feelings of the liv-
ing, but to include, with the departed
; sdldier, those others who have gone
before. Our memorial to all the miss-
ing, whether we strew the little
mound with ivy or myrtle or with gar-
den flowers, is as good as
"Any wreath that man can weave them!"
Theirs is an Immortal crown. We only
mark each separate spot so that we
may remember—or so that we may
forget. Time has softened the sor-
row of a nation and placed a halo over
the brow of the holy dead, and history
has woven her laurels into an ever-
lasting wreath for all the hosts that I
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1 Good Farm in Iowa.
1 Good Farm in Eastern Kansas to ex-
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If you have a farm for exchange come and take your choice
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Becker, J. P. The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912, newspaper, May 30, 1912; Medford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185883/m1/7/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.