Wagoner County Courier (Wagoner, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 6 of 8
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The County Courier
A W BRADSHAW Pub
WAGONER
OKLAHOMA
Soon tbe man’s rest will follow tbs
nan’s overcoat
Keep an eye on the Joyrider
still running loose
He Is
The wise summer - resort gets Into
he public eye early
The Joy rider has begun his sum
msr campaign Check him
One swallow does not make a sum
tner nor one poem a spring
Among those able to come back Is
pour old friend Wu Ting-fang
Swearing over a telephone line Is
Just plain profanity and Is Illegal
When Massachusetts men becoms
too old to work they proceed at once
to wed
Never Judge a man by his appear-
ance nor a meal by tbe value of the
iflnger bowl
I A Bonapartlst heir has been born
jbut a queen Is a poor selection for a
Itorlorn hope
Mexico Just now seems the garden
spot of the world for Americans — to
jstay away from
Chicago has been having prairie
lllres Chicago has everything except
(mountain climbing
A woman with large feet may have
S large brain but she has a large
eslre to hide said feet
Paris has caught tbe leader of Its
(auto gang of bandits This seems to
Ibe a bad year for outlaws
A Connecticut man was killed as
(the result of an April fool Joke Prob
ably sprung by fellows who rock the
Iboat
The New York authorities dumped
Into the harbor $10000 worth of re-
volvers daggers blackjacks and oth
er weapon 8 accumulated in the course
of arrests
In England the objection that wom-
en cannot fight Is rapidly going out
of use although there are still old-
fashioned people - who think ‘ they
should not fight -
Cuba has the largest tobacco crop
on record which may assist to ease
the strain on Wisconsin incident to
producing so much of the pure Ha-
vana tobacco
A Chicago theater owner has
wedded his cashier The only differ-
ence between her and other wives Is
that Bhe had the Job before marriage
as well as after
' A Nebraska farmer lays claim to
a hen that has laid 1000 eggs In three
years Another argument In favor of
substituting the hen for the eagle as
our national bird
As his first quarterly pension the
ex-emperor of China had received
$640000 It looks easy but think of
ell the red tape one must unwind to
qualify for the Job
That new slit skirt will not become
the fashion if the managers of the
burlesque shows have anything to say
about It They cannot afford such
' ruthless competition
Women's coats are to be shorter this
season the dressmakers say but In a
good many cases the men who pay
ifor them will have to wear their
coats a good deal longer
Statistics show that surgery has
made such progress that now only
about one operation In 60 Is fatal
but the pocketbook suffers Just as
much as it did before
Will that Connecticut young woman
who announces defiantly that she will
not wed until she Is allowed to vote
tell ' us confidentially how many pro-
posals she has had?
An Austrian archduchess - has In-
vented a new wax candle She Is be-
hind the times But perhaps It takes
a while for archduchesses to catch up
With tbe modern procession
Ten tons of storage warehouse eggs
are the subject of a litigation that has
been carried to the supreme court
It Is believed New Yorkers will get a
chance to eat those eggs In April
1913
Just by way of encouragement for
tbe ladles It may be mentioned that
a woman In Philadelphia not only did
the proposing but paid the car fare
bought the license and gave the par-
eon his due
A preacher man In Spokane Is said
to have stood on his bead probably
because he wanted something solid to
stand on
A Chicago Judge rules that while
a husband is competent to pay for
'his wife’s gowns he Is not competent
(to select them
I A Yale professor tells us that It Is
(Impossible to live on less than $1000
ia year and yet several of our citizens
Imanage to drag out their existence on
less than that
LIGHT DAINTY TRIFLES
CHILDREN’S BONNETS MADE UP
OF LACE BRAIDS AND RIBBON
Thle Season’s Models 8how Some of
the Prettiest Designs That Milli-
ners Have Favored Us With
for Many Years
One of the choicest shapes in bon-
nets made for little girls Is pictured
here Children’s bonnets generally are
made of light and lacy braids narrow
and allover laces and trimmed with
soft plain messallne ribbons and tiny
blossoms Occasionally a pretty mod-
el shows narrow velvet ribbon used
Every one of these bats bears the
stamp of a designer who knows bow
to express childishness in tbe ensem-
ble of the design They are emphatic-
ally childish and correspondingly at-
tractive They are soft and comfort-
able and fit the Bmall heads for which
they are designed perfectly
Nearly all models for children are
lined with sheer silks like China silk
or liberty Bilk Chiffon is employed
for facings and sometimes as a foun-
dation under lace
As a rule the little hats are with-
out ties and In many cases set so
closely to the head that they hardly
seed fastening A short bridle of vel-
vet or silk ribbon In a narrow width
Is provided on some models to Insure
keeping the hat from falling off In
case of Its being displaced A flat
elastic still remains the most effective
means of fastening little girls' hats
One of the prettiest and coolest of
silk bonnets is shown here made of
messallne In white and having ties
of messallne ribbon The bonnet Is
built on a wire frame and faced with
a scant shirring of the silk Rows 9f
narrow shirred tucks cover the brim
and the crown is a big puff of silk
This model is trimmed with a crushed
band and rosettes of messallne rib-
bon but little bouquets of flowers in
the form of rosettes or nosegays are
often used and captivate their little
wearers and everybody else for that
matter
There Is a great variety of shapes
this season to select from when one
must choose for a child those shown
here with a few more decidedly poke-
bonnet effects are representative
styles
JULIA BOTTOMLEY
Nothing but Crepe
One young society woman has an-
nounced that she Intends to wear noth-
ing but cotton crepe gowns this sum-
mer She has experimented and says
no other material is So satisfactory
Its softness makes it invariably be-
coming and it is easy to care for — the
laundering process is of the simplest
and It needs no pressing- She insists
that her things are not going to look
all alike either The crepes can be
embroidered and hemstitched or
trimmed with braid and buttons the
skirts can be made long or short She
has ordered several dresses for tennis
which are to be made with loose shirts
and Byron collars She has tried
heavy cotton crepe In a Norfolk suit
and found It Ideal so she Is enthu-
siastic about her plan feeling sure It
is going to be a great success
Prominent Shapes In Parasols
Parasols with novel much tubbed
ribs varldusly termed ’’dome” para-
boIs “barrel" parasols etc are rap-
idly gaining In favor says the Dry
Goods Economist particularly In the
better grades of merchandise This
style Is especlaly effective when com-
bined with a canopy top or with the
new method of fulling or gathering
the gores The latter feature Is prom-
inent especlaly In styles draped with
chiffon or In those covered with
dainty allover laces
Foreshadows Change In 8klrts
Narrow skirts remain In style espe-
cially for the tailor-made suits while
for costumes and dresses there Is a
growing Inclination to more ample
lines so cleverly contrived that the
narrow silhouette of tbe last two sea-
sons seems not disturbed
FIT CENTERPIECE OF VELVET
Excellent Manner In Which Effects of
Age Discolorations May Bs
Covered Up '
A girl who has In her room a table
or chest of drawers whose top Is so
much scarred or discolored that she
wishes to corer it up will find that
centerpiece which does not come quite
to the edge of the table will produce a
much better effect than one that -iangs
ever the sides This Is of course only
true when the lower part of the table
Is good In shape
These table centerpieces or pads are
made of velvet Batin or corded linen
The color effect is the principal thing
to be considered and the most attrac-
tive or these covers are of dull rich
color such as are to be found In old
velvets and brocades When the cov-
ers are made of these rich materials
they are trimmed with bands of tar-
nished gold braid They may be
made of two or more materials and
Indeed are handsomer and more effec-
tive when there Is more than one fab-
ric employed In their composition
They are round or oval square or ob-
long according to the shape of the
table or chest of drawers for which
they are intended
It Is possible to use a number of
small pieces of the same brocade or
velvet to trim these table centers The
middle of the cover may be made of
one piece and then the smaller pieces
cut into uniform oblongs or squares
may be set around the edge and out-
lined with gold braid a strip of the
braid between the pieces and a band
around the middle piece where the
small ones are Joined The gold braid
will not always fit smoothly and the
edges can perfectly well be gathered
In when necessary to make the braid
lie flat
When the covers are made of linen
they are trimmed with bands of chintz
of cretonne with linen braid!
ADAPTED FOR WRITING DESK
Blotter Will Prove of Exceptional
Value If One Hae Much-Corre-apondence
While Traveling
A blotter which Is precisely tbe
thing for a small-sized desk or for the
man or woman traveler who carries
about personal correspondence conve-
niences consists of a half-circle-shap-ed
lidded box which Is five inches
long and two and a half Inches wide
at Its top and describes a perfect half
curve at Its bottom Such a blotter
Is readily made of two sides of card-
board Joined by a third two and a
halt Inch wide straight strip of the
dimensions of the curve and Its top
consists of an oblong-shaped ribbon-
hanged lid which lifts by means of a
small ribbon loop and discloses a
tray of cardboard with Bllghtly curved
ends and straight sides which must
be forced evenly Into position and Is
intended- to hold pens pencils post-
age etc Before Joining the sides and
lids of this little receptacle they
should be covered with some attractive-looking
cretonne or any smooth-
backed figured fabric which can be
glued on and when joined the raw
edges should be concealed beneath a
narrow gimp of metallic thread The
blotter bottom Is equipped with sev-
eral layers of blotters sewn with
heavy thread to the ends of the five
by two and a half Inch strip for these
may readily be torn away when Ink-
soaked and In a disintegrating condi-
tion NOVEL BOUQUET
The latest Parisian novelty for the
debutante consists of a disappearing
fan In the center of a bouquet of
flowers It answers a double purpose
of a floral decoration and a "cool-off’’
after the dance '
The small fla( plaited Jabots have
enjoyed a high degree of favor the
larger effects and fluffy shadow laces
being reserved for spring
SCHEME IS ABSURD
COL DOODADDLES ON PLAN TO
TEACH GIRL8 TO FLIRT
His Wife Only 8ays One Might as
Well Go Into the Aquarium and
Teach Flshea How to 8wlm
"Some women” said Col Doodad-
dies as he lifted his eyes from his
paper “some women Mrs Doodaddles
ought to be suppressed”
"I am glad to see that you don’t
make your remark universal” said
Mrs Doodaddles "What’s the matter
now?”
"Matter enough!” said Col Doodad-
dies “Matter enough! Every time
you see some harum-scarum senseless
scheme subversive of all the broad
and eternal verities on which cultivat-
ed society is founded you’ll find a
woman at the head of It”
"You used almost those exact ad-
jectives last night my dear” said
Mrs poodaddles "In speaking of the
Ideas of some political candidate”
Col ' Doodaddles looked solemnly at
his spouse
“There are exceptions Mrs Doo-
daddles to every rule” he said “You
always find some hypocritical Illog-
ical subterfuge whenever I make a
statement Of course you can find
some of the male persuasion who are
also unbalanced I was speaking gen-
erally” “You are” said Mrs Doodaddles
“I am what?” asked Col Doodaddles
“Nothing” said Mrs Doodaddles pa-
tiently “Tell me what Is disturbing
you” i
"Look at this paper Mrs Doodad-
dles” said the colonel planting the
offending sheet before his wife “Read
w hat this woman proposed at a Chil-
dren’s Welfare Conference in Phila-
delphia” "I haven’t my glasses” said Mrs
Doodaddles “Read It to me”
“I will give you her exact words
Mrs Doodaddles an£ then I will ask
you if you have any defence for one
of your sex who could make any such
absurd proposal”
Col Doodaddles cleared his throat
"Teach your girls how to flirt” he
read “and when and why they ought
to flirt and you will have more noble
motherhood and fewer tragedies”
‘Now Madam” said Col Doodad-
dles “what do you think of that? Do
you suppose any man who had a par-
ticle of respect for tbe sanctity of
womanhood could make any such de-
plorable suggestion? ‘Teach your
girls to flirt’ indeed I I’d like to see
anyone trying to teach my daughters
to flirt! I’d teach anyone that tried It
how to run!”
'There’s no need to become excit-
ed” said Mrs Doodaddles "No one Is
going to attempt any such thing and
you know it” '
’Yes Mrs Doodaddles" said tbe
colonel "but I am asking you what
you think of this suggestion What
have you to say?”
'Nothing” said Mrs Doodaddles
“except that before the estimable lady
who proposed this plan tries to Tut It
Into operation she ought ttf visit the
aquarium and teach the fishes how to
swim” — New York Evening Sup
I
Royalty and Wisdom
It Is to be feared that the good old
days when kings and emperors frol-
icked around the garden spots of Eu-
rope cutting off heads marrying new
wives every day or so and having
sleighing parties on roads covered
with precious salt In imitation of snow
have gone forever The Prince of
Wales for Instance is sojourning Just
now In Paris and from all accounts
Is having a mighty gloomy time of It
He drinks only water with his meals
eschewing the wine when It Is red
rides his horse slowly when he passes
pedestrians goes to bed early and
keeps the Sabbath by attending
church regularly ParU Is terribly
shocked by bis conduct
It was not like this In tbe olden
days but times change and monarchs
change with them or else like Man-
uel late of Portugal they have to look
for other Jobs The high rollers
among kings went out of fashion with
Leopold and the wise heir apparent
who doesn’t believe la tempting fate
cuts out the comic operat stuff as the
Sporting editor would say and attends
to business By leading a serious life
and fitting himself for the duties -of
kingship which will fall to his lot some
day the Prince of Wales Is taking out
the best Insurance policy that he could
put upon the English throne — Wash-
ington Post
Genius Is Accidental
Prof Wilhelm Ostwald who won
this year’s Nobel prize In chemlBtry
has studied the history of the great
men of all time and declares that ge-
niuses are born geniuses by accident
of nature Great talent is not Inherit-
ed and Is not conveyed by inheritance
to children He proves that neither
the parents nor the brothers and sis-
ters nor the children of men of genius
possessed genius A genius 1b just as
likely to come from a tenement or a
farmer's cottage as from a million-
aire's mansion i
So It Read
John desirous of displaying his re-
cently acquired ability to read the
grown-ups’ ” books stood In front of
he bookcase reading out loud the ti-
tles of the books and asking the fam-
y In general which book he should
rerd
A s be finished reading one title In
particular his older brother asked:
By whom is It written?’’
"By Illustrations" proudly replied
John— Judge's Library
BOY PLUNGES INTO
DEEP OPEN SEWER
The Youngster Is Swept Out Into
the Ocean Where the Body
Disappeared
COULD NOT BE SAVED
Victim of Tragedy Was Doing Balanc-
ing Stunts on the Tope of the
Plllnge When He Toppled
Into the Water
New York — By tumbling Into
street excavation opposite 813 East
Seventy-first street the other day' Wil-
liam Boherley about four years of
age plunged Into the uncovered sewer
12 feet below and wag swept out Into
the East river three blocks away
where the body sank and was whirled
south with the tide
For a distance of almost fifty feet
a half score workmen saw the body
carried in the thick murky waters of
the sewer and then vanish where the
excavation ended a hundred feet or
so west of First avenue
The excavation is the width of the
sewer main and shored up with heavy
planks on each side The top was re-
moved for repairs and for a distance
of B0 feet Is uncovered The shoring
planks rise above the street level in
Irregular pilings for the purpose of
fencing the excavation and preventing
unwary pedestrians from tumbling In
But there are breaks here and there
In the ehorlng and : tbe boys that
swarm the neighborhood have persist-
ed In wriggling through and walking
along the edge of the excavation or
doing balancing' stunts on the tops of
the pilings
The victim of the tragedy was do-
ing one of these balancing stunts
when he suddenly toppled over and
went headlong down Into the rushing
water below
There were no workmen within
twenty feet of where the boj£ gplashed
He Toppled Over
in and there waa no possibility of
saving him The tide In the sewer
washes swiftly toward the river and
the small body was borne along as If
It had been a chip To those who
looked on and were unable to act It
seemld only a matter of seconds be-
fore the boy’s body vanished
Several workmen and a troop of
hoys sprinted down the street for the
East river but It was not likely that
they went as fast as the body of the
boy was whirled along When they
reached the pier that looks down on
the mouth of the sewer they provided
themselves with boat hooks and ropes
and watched for about half an hour
They watched In vain Later ex-
periments were made by tossing
pieces of timber Into the excavation
and trying to keep pace with their
progress down the sewer but the
fleetest runners among the boys In
the district were unable to keep pace
with the progress of the rushing wa-
ters The tide was running out at the
time the boy was lost— about 2:15
o’clock
8Hows Nerve Then Faints
Camden N J — At the point of a re-
volver Mrs Mary Borlch of Master
street and Ferry avenue the other aft-
ernoon compelled a thief to drop
some jewelry he had stolen after he
hud engaged hoard at the bouse and
then hustled him Into the street Hard-
ly had the thief disappeared before
the woman fainted but soon was re-
vived by neighbors Early in the day
a well-dresed youth who gave the
name of Stanislaus Sobllskl was di-
rected to a room upstairs Mrs Bor-
lch later beamq suspicious and caught
him in the act of taking Jewelry from
her room - (
The Governor Promised
Albany N Y— When Governor
Dlx’s auto became stuck in the mud
a farmer refused to pull It out until
tbe governor would promise to sign a
good roads bill ' The governor prom-
FOR EVERY FAMILY
MEDICINE CHEST
¥o the head of every family the
health of Its different members la
most Important and the value of an
agreeable laxative that Is certain In
Its effect Is appreciated One of tbe
most popular remedies In the family
medicine chest Is a combination of
simple laxative herbs with pepsin that
Is known to druggists and physicians
as Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin This
preparation Is mild and gentle In Its
action on the bowels yet positive in
Its effect A dose of Syrup Pepsin at
night means relief next morning
while Its tonlo properties tone up and
strengthen tbe muscles of stomach
liver and bowels so that these organa
are able in a short time to again per- -
form their natural functions without
help 's
Druggists everywhere sell Dr Cald-
well’s Syrup Pepsin In 50o and $100
bottles If you have never tried this
simple inexpensive yet effective
remedy write to Dr W B Caldwell
201 Washington St Montlcello 111
and ask for a sample bottle Dr Cald-
well will be glad to send It- without
any expense to you whatever
Lots of people live and learn the
things that are of no use to them
Before retiring a cup of Garfield Teal
For good digestion and continued good
health -
Murders It
Hewitt — He never speaks correctly
Jewett — No he Is & regular slaugh-
ter house of the English language
Literal 1
“Did you take the fast train west?
“No I’ left that for the engineer to
do” — Baltimore American
Her Chief Characteristic
Miss Green who was giving the
class a lesson In mythology turned
suddenly to one untidy little fellow
and said:
“Brownman tell me for what vir-
tues Diana was especially celebrated"
“For takln’ hatha” replied Brown-
man promptly
The Bunco Game
"You can’t fool all the people alt
tbe time”
"You don’t need to If you can fool
half of the people some of the time
you can make a good living”
Paradise Lost '
“Blingley why does Oldboy refuse
to speak to you? You used to be great
friends"
“Yes when we were bachelors but
he’s married now’
“And what difference does that
make?”
“Well the fact Is I made him a
handsome wedding present of a hook
and he hasn’t spoken to me since"
"What was the hook?”
“Paradise Lost”
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Tired of It
The four-year-old had taken his re-
proof In a gratifying spirit had ad-
mitted his fault and sued sweetly for
pardon Encouraged by his receptive
attitude his mother ventured to add
a few general ethical truths hut with
the first hint of transition from the
concrete to tbe abstract a mild re-
sentment dawned In his eye
“Mother” he demanded respectful-
ly but firmly "when Is this ' con-
versatlon going to stop!” — Harper’
Bazar
Horrible!
“I think the - worst pun I ever
heard” (De Wolf Hopper is talking)
"was perpetrated In my presence the
other day A bachelor friend of mine
has a curious custom of never carry-
ing or even possessing a watch I
was talking to him about this and
said: 1 ’ -
” ‘How do you know what time It is
In the morning when you want to get
up?’
” 'That’s easy’ replied he ‘My
neighbors keep chickens The rooster
Is my crownometer’ ’’ — The Sunday
Magazine
What’s the
Use
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of Cooking
When you don't have to?
Post
Toasties
are skillfully and fully cooked
at the factory — ready to serve
direct from package with
cream and sugar if you like
-These thin bits of toasted
com (sold by grocers) are
crisp delicious satisfying and
convenient
“The Memory Linger'
Mad by
- Potto ra Caroal Company Lid
Pur Food Faoiorlaa
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