The State Journal (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1909 Page: 1 of 16
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The State Journal
why the farm telephone is the rural districts, and the means
so popular. of communication, aside even
The telephone is more essen- from the telephone, are numer-
tial in country diatricts than in ous and rapid.
the city, in the opinion of the "In the country there is on y
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. This the highway connecting farm-
newspaper recently reviewed in house to farmhouse, a highway
its editorial columns a rural tele- often nearly impassible in incle-
phone article which appeared in ment weather and under the best
the Manufacturers' Record, also of conditions forceing consider-
a Southern publication. The ation of the elenemts of delay
Constitution stated: and outlay.
"Commenting upon the mar- "Into this difficult situation
velous manner in which the tele- the rural telephone comes as a
phone is coming into vogue in great transformer. It mitigates
the rural districts, and outlining isolation almost to the vanishing
its practical value to the farmer point. It puts the farthest-re-
and the rural resident generally, moved farm in immediate touch
The Manufacturers'Record says: with neighboring farms as well
"It is not alone that the farm- as civilization-at-large. It gives
er can in this way keep posted the farmer, with a crop ready
as to the price of his products, for sale, instant access to mark-
and many of the farmers of the et quotations, it provides for the
West depend entirely upon the summoning of physicians, for aid
telephone in making sales of in fighting fire or for any other
grain and other produce-valua- of the dozen emergencies in-
ble as the telephone is from this seperable from country life,
financial point of view, it is even "It is not strange that, offer-
more valuable in bringing the ing these and other revolutioniz-
family of farmers in touch with ing advantages, the telephone
their neighbors. The loneliness should be rapidly conquering the
which has made farm life a bur- rural districts.
den to so many people, especially "So vividly was Mr. Roose-
to the women and children; the velt's country life commission
fear that takes possession of impressed with the salutary re-
them when the men are away, suits that had followed the gen-
the fear of the inability to reach eral prevalence of telephones in
a doctor in times of sickness
the country that it named their
patronage as one of the factors
destined to solve the rural prob-
lem.
"With the South facing un-
precedented prosperity, it is
likely the coming year will wit-
ness even greater progress on
the part of this modern adjunct
to life and business."
That the telephone is rapidly
"conquering the rural districts"
was never more apparent than
this year. In the past ten
months the Western Electric
Company, which makes all the
"Bell" telephones, sold 100,000
of its newest type of rural tele-
phone. In some sections of the
country more than three-fourths
of the farms have their tele-
phones.
TOWN and COUNTRY NEWS.
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Miss. Grace Kemp was a Guth-
rie visitor today.
The Mexicans and Commissary
car move to Orlando today.
Geo. Chapman was in Okla-
homa City Wednesday on busi-
ness.
The shop windows are taking
on a Christmas look that reminds
us it is not far away.
Brainard Hoopes has his new
cement house done on the hill
and it shows up nicely.
Mrs. 01 lie Black of Lawton is
here visiting her mother Mrs. M.
C. Bowers. Mrs, Bowers will
probably leturn with her and
spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Seely are spend-
ing this week in Oklahoma City
visiting their daughter Mrs.
Hattie Melrose before starting
for their future home in Ohio.
N. R. Miller came down from
Garber Thursday of last week to
attend the funeral of his brother
in-law, Samuel Morris. He visit-
ed Friday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson A. Miller. While
in town he paid a visit to The
State Journal office.
Mrs. J. S. Blakesley and Mrs.
M. J. Scott returned from Kansas
City Tuesday where she went
with the intention of undergoing
an operation for tumor of the
stomach. The doctors there e-J
fused to operate. She is at
present at the home of M. J.
Scott and family.
a doctor in times of sickness, are _ ■.
all banished by the telephone in ®®®® ®®®®®@® ®®®®®®®& ®®®@©®®
the home. Among the great
blessings which have come to
blessings which have come to
civilization in recent years there
is scarcely anything comparable
to the value of the telephone,
and as valuable as it is to the
10 Per Cent. Discount
On Jewelry.
people of the city, it is infinitely ©
more valuable to those in the, ®
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country. ,
"In the South, and, of latter g
years, especially in Georgia, the ^
'voice in the box' has made won- ^
derful strides in the country @
districts. i ®
"The farmer has outgrown the ®
old impression that the telephone j |
was a luxury accessible only to i ^
the man in the city. j ®
"He has discovered that with @
the use of the 'party line system
and co-operative method, now so
prevalent throughout this sec-
tion, he can have an instrument
in his house the year round at a
cost well within the revenue from
one bale of cotton.
"The claim of The Record that
a telephone is even more essen-
tial to the country than to the
city is entirely logical.
"In the city , there is none of
the isolation that characterizes
As an inducement to our customers to do early Holiday
buying we shall sell until further notice all Jewelry
Rings, Diamonds, Cut Glass and China at iCi percent
Less Than Marked Prices. (Watches and Clocks
excepted.)
Each year the buying of Christmas gifts is put off until
the last week or ten days.
This makes it impossible for us to give the attenti
customers we would like. It gives us no opportunity to
restock our lines.
It gives you a picked over line to select from and is |
altogether most unsatisfactory to you and ourselves. .
Those who wish to take advantage of this 10 per cent @
Early Discount Sale may come in, make their seiec- @
tion now, make a cash deposit on same and we will la
aside until you. want them.
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F. F. BALL,
Jeweler and Optician.
Thanksgiving Again.
Seldom or never has the
Thanksgiving season returned
with greater cause for devout
gratitude. Plentiful harvests
ewarded diligent husbandry.
Business shows an assuring
•esiliency from panicy conditions
of a year ago. A flood-tide of
national prosperity unparalleled
in our history is rolling in, crest-
ed with promise to all classes and
interests. More than all the
Christian activities of the land
are unusually astir with buoyant
hope. Wise foresight and evi-
dent dependence upon God.
It were an unutterable pity
and shame should sucn gracious
bounties be turned to self-indulg-
ence and purely material ends,
to pride and self-sufficiency, and
to utter forgetfulness of the
divine source of our happy es-
tate. Nor should the favored
beneficaries of Providence fail in
an effort to share the good things
of life with the less fortunate,
and working for such betterment
of social conditions as shall best
and most speedily bring about
the reign of the common good.
Just received—a half car of
stoves, the best line in Logan
county.—Beaver Valley Hard-
ware and Implement Co.
Oklahoma wheat is all right.
Nobody will deny this statement
after eating bread made of the
Pride of Perry flour.
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Woosley, Tom B. The State Journal (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1909, newspaper, November 19, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc402696/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.