The Indianola Enterprise. (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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not lwen fi>r her I would have been
Hod down to the drudgery <>/ a
family.
In ing nwav from hmnr
homo in i Ik- full
By A. It. BUHHt
There nrc r(iiiinioii|
mill tin re are Klrim/i
thai turn (lit* current of our Iim
I'iirihi■■ runrr iiiii\ l>r likciieiI t
chip i uf l into ii ri\ nlrl.
tlic rum nt. over Mom
from tint tnsciuli■.-. until it i« jii
in nn 111<I \ hn<I Htriuiili < I
Sonic slight disturbance lull
again, iiml uflcr a few m thiuki it
joint, tin' chimin I. ('nn. it by
fallen liranrli, it units till r«• l<■;
li\ U SW I'll III till' Vt il I
iiiimii
Hill -
goes till it is ill In I thrown into | P)j |(l
tin- ocnan.
Wlll'll I HIM IiImiIII t ■ 111 V I Willi i | l„ || |„ nM
to ii corn-husking. I r< iiirinhcr nil
ting in a pile of Him I>• ~<i11■ ■ a girl of
Hi. S1111 < 11' 111\ iii Ii '.ill ii ' ii llllnli I
wiw thnl tlir our it iiji loM il wiih nil
Chinning till- |irivih;i of rum
buskers wlii'ii ii ri'il riir ih foiinil, I
kissed hi\ companion.
I hml nu t inn' of Ihr ili lli'i I i'Uis in
tin' current of mv career
There wiim ii pri'tt\ liliihIi. i -!i .hl
resistance, I lie k ish, the blush mill
tIn- resistance milkiii^t a charming
>'oii 111 ii i a I ion I .nlri, in Ihi' I in r n. I
i In in i 'i I with in \ lillh' girl, «i*m uilh
licr ill midnight across tin- llloolilil
Holds In her lionie and kissed Iter
again in llie shallow of the vine
overhanging the poreli.
There followed 11 eourlsliip lis len-
der. us sweel, n- fragrant ii a youri:'
rose IiliiIII. onlv there were no tlioril-.
The thorns grew Int■ -r. We became
ciigngod.
There WHS III) opposition 111 our
engagement and no reason whv we
.i It (i ti 111 not marry, though we were
raj
shop w milo
at mv ilotibl
ii r moment tin \ came
on us if r.lxxit to walk over mo,
when the-, disap|M'iired.
When mi two lovi rs were together,
|ir"iiaratorv to our inlcinleil wed-
111111', we li.nl Ili i II lllli hIIsi mush
-r-£
I'nii Iluil mile ' 11 brought hack
llie ilel i'hlful pi in.d from thn lilf>-
iie ill \tIn n nt tIn corn-husking I
had fiuind llie nil ear lill the break-
ing of III V eli. . *11 Ii 'lit • I W .'is oilier
now ii i ii I was coin4 ions of llie change
in me. Iiuli'.l, il hml taken me soiiu*
lime to rei'ii'/ni/e nivself in the pie-
lure. She Hint llie same in inv mem-
ory .is in llie pii lure. though I
11'illi/• .I that slic must hnve i limited.
I felt a. nil the ileli In of a vining
love, i^iink ns lightning mv inner
^elf was Iran !'nnii"il. Mv bachelor
life li|||*llllie not onlv dull, hill ilis-
igreeuble. I saw iiivmII' cold, sel-
lisli, lorriipl. I had not realized the
low tone of a bachelor clubman, n
man of the world. The smile of a
simple connlrv girl had not onlv re-
venled it to inc. but had shown me
llie beauty of purity.
I made a resolve. I would go and
liiul mv \i>un^r love, and if il wen*
possible, to win her again, I would
I found her grown from a girl to
a woman. She bad hi en living h life
of regret that ii decision in l'.er life
had conn* when she was of sueli a
tender lige ns to be domiuntcd by an
older person. All this time when I
was associating with people whom I
cared nolhing for and who eared
nothing for me, she had been wail-
ing for me In come back to her.
Mv married life had been settled
by a nmiion picture.
AFTER CHRISTMAS.
"Is Mr. Stirncc at all er given
to drink?" iii'|iiir:*d Mr. Milvons
anxiously of llie eonlidential clerk.
"No, in.I • !.' w . s ! he ib'i I. I'll ; 111 -
svver. "lie never (ouches ii drop.
Hill what ihit
Jv- ;-v
I I. iV-" v'. ' Hut w .1 .! '" , Ml. ti a v |.j, , '..; i ml.'
&KA > (Ll vour in rid ?"
4.v*v"V<£ '5? "Whv, I b: e Hot in.I that be lias
Kissed Her Ac;ain.
been laie for ihe last two mornings,
thai lie looks tired, jaded and worn
out. Perhaps so v ovc:\vliolniin ■
family nflliction
"Oil. that's all r 'i1. s r. lie irave
each of his !> ns a drum for a t liri.-i-
ii:as presi nt."
HIGH PRAISE FOR NEW YORK
Visiting Britisher Acknowledge*
American City to Be Superior to
"Dear Old Lunnon."
\\ rii lig to the l.i," b.il ll.nlv Mad
oil "New ^ or!v ; \n liupn - oil.*' > r
Harrv Johnston sav-: "New York,
with Kinie four millions of inhabi-
tants. struck me a- I.• i.j: not onl
more Ih nutifid. hinltliu r, Is in r f. I.
and happier than I .oiidnii. but a- lie -
ng fur ImHer eiidoin i with educa-
tional facilities of . ..kind. \purl
from those offenil In t'nluinba uni-
vitsii\, there are such splendid fni>
inclitnt inn- un the American Natural
Ili-lon iiiusi urn, the Museum of
\rt, the ltronv /nologieal arid
Hotanieiil gardens, mid last, hut nut
least, the finest atpinrium in tin
whole world, that of the Mattery, tin
old building mice the laiidinc | laci
of immigrants and then r. coneerl
hall."
WOMAN WINS HONORS.
Miss I,. Marion Wade m the first
woman to he appointed bv the Hos-
ton board of health an bactoriologist
and chemist. She was an honor
graduate in the department of phv-
«ieal and natural science of Trinity
university, Toronto, in I SIM. She
then entered the Massai'hmetU In-
stitute of I'ei hnology, where she
took a special course in air, water
and food analysis. During the sum-
mer of 11WT she tonk HHotbir spe-
cial course at the Harvard Medical
school. For three inunlhs she acted
as voluntary assist''*it mi the labora-
tory of ihe hoard of health. She is
an analytical i lieniist m the research
laboratories ol the (Icncnil Kleclri-
e.'il Company it I Schcnectadv, N. V.
WORDS THAT BURN.
I am pleased i s,iy that the old
stove has been red hot for a wool;
past. 'I wo crates of declined stories
and ins ( aim* in last n, ek, when
there was not a lump left in the coal j
bin, iiiid the stove got 'cm' [
didn I even have In strike a mutch to
slarl the lire, as nianv of the poems |
were love songs, which were warm I
enough lo hlnze. I'lidcr these cir- |
ciinisiancis it innv be truly said that i
the lire of genius keeps nn* wann. So
I snap iny lingers at the coal trust
imd enjoy life up ten stories closer
lo the stars! Atlanta Const it ul ion.
HIS CONTINUED CONFUSION.
"Are you working to-ilav?" asked
a visitor of the poet. "That is, are
you going to work?" for it was ipiite
evident thai he was not working at
that moment.
The poet ran his lingers distract-
edly through his hair.
"I have so many ideas," lie sighed.
"So many, many ideas: but tliev are
all so confused thut I really haven't
worked for a year or two."
SUFFICIENT.
FOUND FISHES IN THE MUD SMALL BOYS OF QUICK WIT
PAINTINC, THE LILY.
too young lo laarrv at once. For two
years life was ,i garden spot, though
we did nol know bow luippv we were
because we were inexperienced Lov-
ing was like breathing.
Then when we were reiulv to he
married my little g.rl and her inoih-
i .• must j:t to the citv for her \ tourist wandering round a vil-
trous an. i Lis.-'' church >ard not long ago fell in
I j,i ncd them there aft"" 'lie pur- with some rus'ie mcnibcrs of llie
ilia s had been made for a ,evv (lavs' choir coming from rehearsal, lie
sight • viii'i and to bri ig tliein Inn k. aski.1 them casually what music thn
We two, n \ fiancee and myself, had been sin rin -
went to the park, to the theater, to, "Handel, ur." was the replv.
shows of dillerciit kinds. I "Handel? I'on't you lind his
One dtj vt were walking down a I mniio rather difficult?" asked the
broad thoroughfare, j'-i'e.l bv an tourist, thinking the composer a
immense crowd of poole Seeing ; little difV.eult for so rural a choir,
some jewels bla/ing in a shop win-I "Why. no, • nr." was the reply
dow, I called my fiancee's attention I "not wry. You ace, we altera him'"
to one of them and asked her joau- Home Chat.
DESCENDED FROM IRISH KINGS.
Chevalier Marconi of wireless
fame is a daughter of tin late Lord j
lnehiquin and l . ^'s ol' descent
from one of the o' I I r sh km • . One ,
Ilf her listers is Ih • 111' I. M i--
l.ilah (VIii- eli, wh.i o :c'ic a fa-
vorite in tie s.K-ictv of Publin and j
1 ondon, belli of the m ters being
ipiite proud of their g i.id Irish
blood.
larly if I should go in imd buv it for
her ller only replv was a smile
liilt, oh, how sweet il was !
Fate threw in our wtiv an ob-
stacle. The wedding did not take
place. I did not know the real
cause, but I snsjie her mother
of changing her mind. Mv liaivee
was at nn age lo be dominated bv a
stronger person and rave wav. She
broke Ihe en_•. . nicut.
After this t'■ e conn'rv grew dull 1 (
to me and I conclude I to go to town 1
to live I wi nt imo h
prospered. Ten vc. rs i a-- d and I !
had not married. Ii \g a nicmlicr "l'nrilni
of sevi ral clubs and ha\ lig the! ''u' watir
means v.hcrew.tli to enjoy citv life, much won
I did n il care to give up mv do under i
biiei eloriio 1 \t ' i s I even eon- J "I £1"'
si.lcred nn • M' r i-Iavv I hat was ; I ramp, as
to nave been havia.' done me a bol cinder
favor i*i t - ll.i.l it me soli
fhcud of them.
" said the tall tramp at ;
" '•. "vi r don't seem i
1 . 'hv.u d -in openings in i
i of vor shot'."
i oi." chiK'klt<1 the short I
v am i d bis fee; on the ;
".lev are de. w iiulow'a o;
ih"
Citizen -Officer, 1 should think
the> it discard that old police patrol.
Officer -Oh. well, suit, 'twill do iu
a pinch.
IN A FACTORY TOWN.
Horror stricken, the prettv fa,'-
lory inspector regarded the little boy
and the black cigar.
"Uul don't you know," she said,
"That you will never grow if \ ni
smoke
"Wot about chimneys, then "
\nd he laughed and waved a red,
chapped paw towards the stacks that
pierced the sky on every hand.
JUST A BIT.
II « I'r end 1 hear that vou are
a l ead of the company.
(iini'v Director (absent minded-
1 v 1 Ah. ye>. About a hundred
thousand dollars.
PAS LITTLE JOKE.
Little Willie Say. pa, what is a
stra legem ?
l'a The diamond, my sen, is one
kind of a strata-gem.
NATURALLY.
"1 understand you bought -<"ne
s; vk in the new aero: 1. ue i :u.
1 any?"
"Yes, 1 took a tlyer."
Siicovery of Indiana Man That Hat
Been Received with Doubt in
Some Quarter*.
Frank I^onsr was dig'.'ing in hii old
trainag" ditch nortliw. si if n—
burg when In* made the discovery of
lis life, s.n S the I nh.iilil.i'ilis Sill".
1'be ditch whs in * i - I I v d r v. but Frank
-wears lie found groping along
'hrougli the mud and muck 'J.I nslies.
■•Bell nine or ten incln - in length.
The reenrds aren't very clear nt
his [mint mid some per-nun w ho
'icird the tide in-ist that Frank's
lithe* were making tin* r wav right
through the solid ground. This,
aovvover, cannot be true, for llshcs
progress by usin" their tails ns pro-
pellers. and mirelv a fish couldn't
wiggle his tail in the ground.
It seems more reasonable to be-
lieve those Mr. Long found wore
swimming in mud of about the con-
sistency of intish and milk. This
would give the fishes something to
do and still would riot be utterly be-
vond the hounds of reason.
It is very discouraging to a fish to
have to swim through the solid
ground, because it wears out his fins
faster than they can grow.
an a DVT.
Out in the street, amid the raging
blasts and whirling snows, he stood,
■unties* and distraught.
"fj.uie!" he shouted wildly.
I b .lie ! (lone ! (lime !"
A dozen curious men emerged
from their business bon es, otl'eriiig
sympathy.
"Did your cashier skip ol7 with
ill the oof?" inquired one.
"No ah, no!"
"Lost a kid?" said a second.
"Nay, nnv■!"
"Lose your watch or po. kethook ?"
"Not that—not that!"
"Then what in the name of thun-
der is il thai is gone?"
"Why, yesterday, my friends—
vesterdny. Hut before to-day is gone
vou slio;, ' take out a life insurance
in (lie- Ovv, vow! Help, help!"—
\nswers.
city that NEVER SLEEPS.
The population of the city during
the dav is nearly 100 tier cent, in
excess of what il is at nightfall. The .
census shows "after ollice hours" a
density of onlv 30.'t persons a:i acre,
ns against li.'i.ii for London at large:
whereas during the day the figure,
according to the medical ollieer is
no less than .'iii.5 an acre. The last
named figure only refers to persona
actively engaged in the city, and not
to passers through, the visitors num-
bering, it is estimated, as many ns
1,500,000.—Pall Mull Gazette.
rather STRENUOUS.
"Stop this instant!" exclaimed
the old ladv as she passed the ernvil
of had boys on the lot. "What T|o
vou mean by punishing that poor
hov ?"
"We ain't punishing him. ma'am,"
grinned the leader of the gang.
"Hut you are standing him on his
head until he is black in the face."
"Oat ain't nut tin'. We arc going j
to give a show in old man ponlev's -
back vard and we need a black-face
comedian."
NUGGET IN GOOSE'S CRAW.
Mrs. rimer killed the goose that
was preparing to lay the golden egg.
She didn't know it, however, until
the well disposed fowl was dead mid
done for. In its dissection at the
Callerman establishment a nugget
v«*as found in its craw.
• This goose was raised by Hill
Matthews and had been roaming
about the bench in search of ni\>-
vender. Mrs. 1 liner is to have a
pin made of the nugget.—Dailv
Alaskan.
WHEN A WOMAN IS OLD.
A Chicago club of women has de-
cided that, as il is called a young
woman's club, only those who are
not over 10 can longer n :u tin mem-
bers. There used lo be a time when
'!'< was considered the dividing age
between youth and mid lie ago. hut
-> advanced are the times wi. re
women are concerned that tin lire
lias I vi ti moved on to the fat, fair
nnd 10 limit.
HE EMBRACED IT.
Freshman- When I get interested
m a. subject, I don't stop till 1 have
end ra. ed it thoroughly.
( i* Widow How perfectly
lei "I! IVi- do vou cons !ir
■::ii am an inlcr. s ing subjc< i ?—
.1 llli-C.
Kantat City Youngsters Seem Well
Equipped to Make Their Way
In the World.
When two truants meet two at
tendance ofliccr- it's a cane of (ireok
i n'ting (irirk—the quieki -t wits or
t:n' fa-test legs win. J. (i. Krskine
and J. 1). Tboniason met two tru-
ants oh a street corner not far from
the citv hall the other afternoon.
"What's the vacation?" M r.
Thoniason asked.
"It ain t a vacation," the smaller
answered. He was wearing a
-ilk handkerchief to protect bis ears
from the cold. "See this here hand-
agi ' I m goin' to the city hall to
-iv if I ain't dyin'."
"And you?" Mr. Krskine asked
i the other boy.
I he boy showed a tiny red spot on
I the side of his neck.
"I've got the smallpox," he stid.
The attendance officers decided
that it was so late in the afternoon
that arrests wouldn't be necessary.
Ouick wits had won.—Kansas
City Star.
apartment houses.
"Where can I find Jenkins' flats
around here!'* asked the stranger
who was returning to the neighbor-
hood after a long absence.
" There's no such place." respond-
ed the policeman on the corner.
"About two years ago old man .Ten-
kins received a legacy, raised the
n uts and changed the name to
■Jenkyn's court.'"
"Ah, then I can find the place un- j
der the heading o? 'Jenkyn's
court ?'"
"Oh, nr.! Last spring the old j
man received another legacy, raised
the rents again and now his flats go j
under the name of 'La .Temple apart- |
monts. ou'll find them two blocks I
south."
back to the land.
W hat can he worse for the morals
of young people than to he unable to i
marry because they cannot obtain a
home? That drives them to the
towns when it does not drive them j
into immorality. Make it possible j
for a young man to find a decent!
house, a bit of land, which he holds
with a certain tenure, and he will
not leave the country. Now the
least capable ar*' left in the country
and the more enterprising move into
tl.e towns. I do not believe in emi- j
gration. We cannot spare the peo-
ple. for rural England needs them. ■
-Hey. (J. Hooper, in the Sunday
Strand.
COUGHS AND COLDS.
I Took Pc-ru-na.
Hall Chase, j
£304 ttnth .s't.i
•'WASHINGTON. d.c r
iYruna Drug Cotv Columbus, Ohio.
(•rntlfMiH'ii:—I fun cheerfully rtHJom*
in ml iVruna as un effective cure for
I :oughn and colds.
You are authorized to use my photo
' .vith testimonial in any publication.
Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase,
' 804 Tenth St., Washington, 1). C.
Could Nol Smell Nor Hear
Mr- A. L. Wetzel, 10-3 Ohio St., Terre
llantc, ln«l.. writes:
"When 1 l e«ran to take your medicine
I cnuUI no* smell, nor hear a church
hell ring. Now 1 can both smell and
he*r.
'•When I be (ran your treatment my
head was terrible. 1 had buzzing and
chirping noises iri my head.
"I followed your advice faithfully and
took Peruna as you told me. Now i
mipht say 1 am well.
"I want to po and visit my mother
and !*ee the dootorwho said f was not
longforthis world. 1 will tell him it waa
Peruna thnt cured me."
J'eruna is manufactured by The
Peruna Drug Mfjjr- Co.,Columbus, Ohio.
Auk vour Druggist for a Free Peruna
Aimurine for 1909.
his idea of getting work.
when thumbs count.
Lady Kitohio, daughter of Thaok-
oray, has many interesting stories
to ti ll in her hook of reminiscences
about the great men who came to her
father's house. TurgenicfT once said
to her: "Look at my thumbs, see
how small they are. How could a
man with such small thumbs he
capable of anything? People with
little thumbs never do what they in-
tend to do; they always let them-
selves be prevented."
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
/ Qf
"Kxotise me. madam, but my hat i
sitting on the same chair as you."
his characteristic.
Dublev—Jud^inp from n remark
Krotchelt made about you, he seems
to consider you a man of great de-
termitial ion.
l'inchpenny—I'm surprised to
hear of his saying anything compli-
mentary. lie's usually knocking
Ullblev I la!
r was doing. 1
i vcr gave up.
maybe that's what
le s.mplv said \ou
ECRROWING TROUELE.
!!;•: iii"—I'll never go to that res-
taurant again. The last time I was
here a man got my overcoat, and
!i i't his n its place.
WelloiT r.'t the proprietor was-
n't to blame, was he?
Her lap No; hut I misht meet
the other man 1—Stray Storioa,
Kind Old Lady—Have you ever
made an effort to get work?
Ileggar—Yes, ma'am. Last month i
got work for two members of my fam-
ily, but neither of them would take it.
Electricity's Beginnings.
The term "electricity" was derived
from the Greek word meaning amber.
Electricity itself is earliest described
by Theophrastus (321 B. C.) and Pliny
(70 A. D.), who mention the power of
amber to attract straw and dry leaves.
Dr. Gilbert, of Colchester, physician to
Queen Elizabeth (1540-1G03> may bo
considered the founder of the science,
as he appears to have been the first
philosopher who carefully repeated the
observations of the ancients and ap-
plied to them the principles of philo-
souhical investigation
Thankful He isn't Rich.
One Adam Croaker is enjoying the
limelight of the following paragraph:
"I am thankful I am not a millionaire.
I do not, however, claim any special
credit. It seems to run in the fam-
ily. I have traced the history of the
Croaker family back lo the j urn plug-
cm place and find there has not b en
a wealthy one in the whole bunch, and
the records show that there has never
been a dufee or count who tried to
break In."—Atlanta Constitution.
a Too Prevalent Idea.
Senator Bevcridge was discussing
the oratorical ability of a number of
stump speakers. Of a rather long-
winded gentleman ho said:
"Ilis idea of an orator seems to be a
man who can keep on speaking ailer
he lias finished all he haj to say."
It's Different Now.
"My little girl ts two years old, and
yet she can't speak a word."
"Don't worry about that. My wife
tells me she didn't learn to talk until
she was three years old. and now—"
(Here the speaker's voics wax choked
wilh sobs.)
then and now
Complete Recovery from Coffee Ills.
"About nine years ago my daughter,
from coffee drinking, was on the verge
of nervous prostration," writes a Louis-
ville lady. "She was confined for the
most part to her home.
"When she attempted a trip down
town she was often brought home In a
cab and would be prostrated for days
afterwards.
"On the advice of her physician she
rave up coffee and lea, drank fostum,
and ate Grape-Nuts for breakfast.
"She liked Postum from the very
beginning and wo soon saw improve-
ment. Today she Is In perfect health,
the mother of five children, all of
whom are fond of Postum.
"She has recovered, is a member of
three charity organizations and a club,
holding an office In each. We give
Pcstuni and Grape-Nuts the credit for
her recovery."
"There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Head, "The ltoad to
Wellville," in pkgs.
I'irr rrnil «h<- nb.Tr l^li.rf A
onr npiirnm from 11 in,. t„ ti inc. Tltry
nr.. genuine, (rue, and full tif liiunnm
latere* t*
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Williams, B. W. The Indianola Enterprise. (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909, newspaper, January 8, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269942/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.