The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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Buy a team or horse from Andrew Darby on time, at Darby Bros. Store
THE DUKE TIMES
VoL. I No 51
ojtc 0< lahoma Thursday. March 111909.
S100 Pfr Year
RliNRER IRE
spring coops
Jii«I rtvi*iv<*l a large a»»ort incut of Totvlioi*. Vi»t
••ih liit* iiikI lri»li Uciit, and lot* of pretty cmbroi
•li*rltw. Hoiiih i»«*u collar*, t§«•»*. Iini«*lk**r«*li«*if-
and MU.
ladies, misses, children
SPRING HATS
New Styles
and colors in Men's Shirts, Tics, Belts, and Half hoes
A Swell Line of Men's Young Men's and Hoys
Spring Suits and Trousers
Come in and pick out a Suit.
Groceries
We have a full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
at prices tnat please yon. lots of Garden Seeds in
the bulk and in the package, seed Irish Potatoes and
Onion Sets.
We^ulicite your trade
"star bra/s/o shoes are better
WE WILL STILL BUY YOUR COTTOR
i in movt liiTr
! Mr. While t* now tuning
t^nera! -Mtvpf) wauon.
I). M. IUrrl»*rt mcl wife are
ih«* happy of a fln« •» m
lioro Idol fwk,
.1. W. Guffln h*p|»en«*d to tin
mMorttjht* of a fine \ 'Ming
mare Tutwlay, Hltt* «mii Iter hind
l««g in the a fda>* ago
i caucittK pui*Mt|i,
Mr*. J. II Onan returned home
Tueadav night from Ft WortV
where she has visiting iter
I father who has lan-n very low,
l ut w mm lietter wht 11 she left
Horn* of R. T. Bucnanan'*
relatives rame in from Ti'II»i«'hm«h»
l<i»t week ami will reside here ill
the future.
Remember fcaturdav is horn*
Irader'n day in Puke. Now you
Jocki*'s g«*t in 4h»e.
Some of our citizens had quite
a time runing a Jack rabbi te last
Saturday. Crandpa Leintnons
| whs in tho chase, bit nay a h»*
I thinks that id hiss last one.
Hardie Carter went to Hollis
Sunday and was accompanied i
home by Mrs. Carter's mother,!
Mrs. Huff, who will visit them
for a while.
Mr. Parker, a Socialist, spoke
here last week.
Mr. Williams was in the city
Friday from the little town of
Altus.
Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton attend-
ed church here Sunday from near
Mangum.
Good buggy and Harness for
sale. See Ernest Darby.
our store
I* nl way* open for YOU
OUR OROCERV DEPARTMENT
We handle everything you want in this line
OUR HARDWARE DEPARTNERT
Consist* of most all the useful things you need.
OUR DRY 0000S DEPARTNERT
Consists of Men's < >veralK Work Shirts, Dress Skirts,
Staple and Fan»7 Ilosery, Gloves, Ties, suspenders
and iland/cercheifs.
OUR ROTIOR DEPARTNERT
Consists of a hundred useful and oruiuiental articles
that you need everyday. A large stock of Dishen iu
connection. All kinds of perfuiues and Toilet Arti-
cles. »
OUR HILLIRERY DEPARTNENT
Your special attention iscal!$d to onr Millinery de-
partinent. we projmse to show some of the swelled
hats for the money to be fount! in any "♦ore. . Ladies,
don't fail to call and see these hats. w
RAILROAD
NEWS.
OUR INPLENERT DEPARTNERT
Consists of most all 1 inds of farming tools and wagons
OUR TERNS
Our terms are strictly «pot cash for everything we
sell except farm implements and wagons, which we
will sell you on fall time if you want it that way.
OUR PRICES
We believe our prices or as low as you will find at
most any store in Greer or Jackson County.
barograph of interest
Dr. W. M. Fox, dentist from , FOR RENT—One twelve room
Altus will be in Duke on the j house, partly furnished, with
22, 23 and 24 of March, prepared j garden and poultry space fenced
to do all kinds of dentestry, ! separately, complete water works
! for house and barn, bath room
and irrigation. We reserve two
We received another article
from Mr. Dorsey this week on
Woman Suffrage, but it was too
late for this issue and will ap-
.(tear next week.
See A.
rooms for the present
L. Perry.
Grandpa Blansett is still very
feeble, but able to be up we are
Messrs Denton. Steward. Mc- j glad to say.
S| tad den Crouch, Moss, Edge, storm houses
were in order
and otliers went to Gould Sun- j Sunday night.
day.
Darby Bros, sold
OUR SYSTEM
Our system is to treat all alike, deal fair with all, give
all we can for the money, do a business for a small
profit, thereby making it better for our customers and
ourselves. Call and see that our store is a busy one.
darby brothers
CASH STORE
He 3ays that they have tw- •
pile drivers, steam and horse
power, five or six hundred cross-
ties and all necessary machanery
to construct a railroad most any
distance.
work from here
South
both north and
THE NEW
C. H. Ohiuy .a. in town •«»; Hickory" wagon Saturday,
waek and order* I the Times
**Old
section houses, and placing the
the rolling stock on tbe road.
The vice p-esident of the com-
pany told Mr. Gloss that they
had tho contract to build the
road, and that the Union Trust
Company of St Louis was back ofj
them. Mr. Cross* opinion is that
the road will be built to this place While there is not being said|
by the first of .July. about the new railroad survey
Mr. Kennedy is expected here j that was made through Duke a
A. R. «fc E. P. gets here.
DIRECTORY
W. O. W. Lodge
Meets the first and third Friday
night of each month.
mmh to him «t Al is.
I*T)H KENT—< good farm.
A. L. Perry.
Dr, and Mrs E. E. Nunnery
went to Granite last week.
E. M. Commons was in the
city Irst Sattirnlat an*' Mid he
Methodist Church
. Sunday school every Sund»v
today to collect the bonus which short lime ago. the indications'^ 10, nJ prtMU.hing every fir^t
has been wating for him.—Hoi- are that this road will be built in aod 8undjtv. Choir pnuti.*-
lis Post-Herald. an iacrediuddd short time. The . Friday nights proceeding the
very fact that these people are;first and third Sunday?. prty
Silverton, Texas, March 1.—
On February 10 a c«>ntmiUee t-f
thirty-four «»f «H»r repe>sutn»«ive
going ahea«i with their work and
saying nothing al»H»4 it b» |nrvf
er meeting every Wednesday
night. G. W. Martin, Past«»r.
vi
with that they meap business, and
Last Monday Mr. Cross wen
to Eldorado to meet Mrs. Cros.-.
who has been in the eastern mar-
kets, but when he arrived at El-
dorado he learned that she was
delayed a day. To he decided to
go to Altus and look around and L
see what was doing in the why of j eitizenc fligned a Contract
railroad construction. ' EJward Kennedy president of another good reason to believe
the Altus, Roswell and El Paso | that it is really building is that it
railway, guaranteeing to him a backed by a real railroad com-
bonus of $70,000 for his road pany is backing it. We have
when built into Silverton and i been told thst Mangum was do-
through Briscoe county. The ing all she could to secure this
engineering corpse is now en- rood and that makes it a great
The McCultough Construction campe(j jn Silverton, having com- deal more convincing. Parties
Co., of St Louis, have the con- j pjete(j tjje 8urVey from Lubbock iiving on this loute expect to
tract for laying the ties and -nto county an(] wiH be here see this road in operation shortly
e^buHdingthebridps.depot, (o_. days intending to'after or may be by the time the
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Wilkinson, Arthur D. The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1909, newspaper, March 11, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc402682/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.