The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL, MANCHESTER, OKLAHOMA
CHAS. VANCE
PHOTOGRAPHS
of Quality
Wakita, - Okla.
A. L. Hamilton
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Citizens Bank.
Trips to country by Automobile
J. W SMITH
Law, Peal Estate, Loans, in
surance and Collections.
Manchester, Okla.
MANCHESTER LODGE
No. 91, I. O. O. E.
Mepts pvpry Tuesday
night. In Odd Fellows
Iml! Visiting brothers
always welcome.
W. L FENTON, N. G., E. V. SMITH, Sec
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J. W. MALLORY
at Citizens State Bank, will re-
ceive all watch-and jewelry re-
pairing left with him, and give
prompt and careful attention.
All work returned to him for
collection charges. All work
guaranteed.
F. E. PIRTLE & CO.,
Jewelers and Music Dealers,
ANTHONY. KANSAS
a MANCHESTER LODGE NO ill
A. F. Z> A. M.
^\ meets 1st and 3rd Thursday
' ~ ' nights In each month.
G. T. I’RICE. W. M. N. \V. PATTON Set.
..J. B. DRENNAN,
LAWYER
Medford, Oklahoma
I THE STAR CAFE
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Mrs. M. J. Hocking, Prop.
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Regular Meals
35c.
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Short Orders at ▲
All Hours. ^
Chili, Hot Soups, Pies and Cake. ^
A. W. LINN
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY
FURNISHED
Manchester, - Oklahoma.
E. H. BREEDEN
LAWYER
W«h«r Bui,din9
MEDFORD, OKLA-
J. E. Falkenberg
ATT’Y-AT-LAW
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLD G
MEDFORD, OKL f\.
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GET A GUARANTEED
NAGLE^aWeKNIFE
The Pocket Knife with Replaceable Blades
Select the Handle
Choose the Blades
You want they’re
Easy to put in......
Fcr Sale By
I. E. MELCHER
..REPAIRING
When you have any watch
or jeweiry repairing that you
want done right, leave it at
Madden-Feely drug store. All
work guaranteed by
F. W. Olmstead
Highest Market Price Paid
at all times. See us before
selling your fat stock.
Phone Manchester
Candies, Nuts, Toys and Fruits
We are headquarters for Christmas
Shoppers.
Here you will find a large stock of prac-
tical gifts for Men, Women and Children,
in a greater variety than we have ever
shown. Here you will find what people
want, things that will give good satisfac-
tion, the quality of which, will remain,
long after the price is forgotten. Visit
our Toyland and Notion Department.
Consult our Grocery Department
for your Christmas Dinner.
Meet your friends at
Simmons’ Dept. Store
BALKEO BY MK
British Artillery Has Queer Trou-
ble in Arabia.
Dombaugh and
il Roach jet
LIVE STOCK.
Santa is at our store
| Evolutions of Troops Are Obscured—
8eo Infantry Like Trees Moving
and Think Them a Trans-
port Train.
Sheikh Saad, Arabia.—The ground
between the Tigris river and the hills
was the scene of the battle of Sheikh
Saad. The land is maliciously and
fanatically sterile. Even the agoon
and the kharnoog come to an end. It
was over this rutty ground that the
transport wagons bumped and Jolted
with their freight of wounded on the
evening of January 7.
It was evening when our Bteamer
moored near the battlefield. We went
out to meet them as they streamed in
over the mud-colored flat, and gave
what aid we could. Many were walk-
ing very erect, some of them with the
stiffness of effort. These were the less
serious cases. The stretchers and
transport wagons came in later. One
was struck with the hardiness and
stoicism of the British and Indian
alike.
‘Beg your pardon, sir," says a Brit-
ish private; “can you tell me where
the ambulance is?” and he deprecates
the support of my shoulder, though his
calf is bandaged and it is painful for
him to put his left foot to the ground.
“I am all right, sir; it’s nothing sen
ous
He lifts up his shirt and points to a
puncture In his stomach. His face is
bloody and bandaged.
“It is nothing,” he explains; “took
off a bit of my gums.
He will not rest, but moves on to
wards the distant Red Cross flag and
the funnels of the Bteamer on the riv
er. Here at least should be rest, warm
tea and comforts for his wounds. But
in Mesopotamia it is a far cry to the
smooth motor ambulances of France,
the rapid transit to the hospital, where
an hour or two after he has received
first aid doctors and nurses are ready
with every saving device that science
can provide.
We have heard the guns overnight
and again in the morning as our pad-
dle steamer with its attendant light-
ers forged up stream. The first shell
disturbed a flight of sand grouse which
came wheeling across the river in such
myriads that we who were watching
from the roof of the bridge forgot tne
shells and turned our glasses on the
birds—a skein of plumage half a mile
long tying itself up in loops in the
most complicated evolutions, the van
suddenly wheeling around, while the
rear, an opposite point, then converged
in a hoop. They were dark at one
turn, silvery the next, as the sun
caught their underwings through the
black smoke of a monitor.
The evolutions of our troops on
land were obscured by the mirage. We
saw infantry like trees moving, and
thought them a transport train. Other
masses, which could be nothing but
artillery, crossed the pontoon bridge
i ahead of us from the right bank to the
left. The mirage does not affect the
atmosphere at the height of a bursting
shell; we could see the shrapnel smoke
unfolding two or three miles from the
bank, and wondered if it were Turkish
artillery or our own. “Shelling their
advance posts” was the general ver
diet. It was not until later that we
realized that the whole force was at
grips with the enemy; and it was not
until we moored and met the converg-
ing stream coming in from the
trenches that we realized how costly
the day had been. The guns we had
heard had played but a small part in
the action, for the mirage had made
artillery preparation for our advance
ineffectual, and the bulk of our casual-
ties on both banks of the stream had
occurred in frontal attacks on the eu-
emy’s position.
As I write we are moving on to at-
tack a new position, and it is not the
moment yet for a detailed account of
the action.
FREE CONVICTS ARE FLUSH
Fifteen Men Out of Prison Had
Little Roll of $704 Be-
tween Them.
Olympia, Wash.—Instead of the
usual prison gift of $5 each, 15 in-
mates of the state penitentiary at
Walla Walla took away with them a
total of $704, earned in wages, when
released recently.
The leading capitalist of the crowd
carried $92.70, the next $S5.10, six had
cash varying from $60 to $S0 each,
and the lowest, $15.80, all earned at
the rate of 50 cents a day and board
on public road work in Douglas
county.
Another detachment of 30 men has
been ordered from the prison to the
honor camp, which will close on com-
pletion of work in that sectiou of the
state July 1. Twenty prisoners have
been selected to be sent April 1 to
the Meskill quarry in Lewis county.
Prize Winners everyone of those
Blue Ribbon Busies, $'5. R R
Smith & Co , Gibbon, Oklahoma.
For Sale:—Thoroughbred Single
Comb' Buff Orphington Cockerels,
$1.00 each. Mrs. J. C. Steveuson,
Manchester, Okla.
When you want a bowl cf hot soup.
| hot chile, cakes or pies, or a square |
meal. Call at the Star Cafe. Mrs,
1 M. J. Hooking. 23tfl
ATTENTION, FARMERS
Don't forget to bring a load of wheat to the mill
and receive for every bushel of No. 2 wheat 32 pounds
highest patent flour, 12 pounds of bran and 13 pounds
of shorts and low grade, and pay us a fee of 12c per
bushel. We will sack the patent flour and you furnish
sacks for the feed. From each pound wheat falls under
No. 2 we will take one pound from the highest patent
and add to the bran.
Manchester Min & Eiev. Go.
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Look Here!
If you want good Winter Caps call and
see us. Best heavy weight German
Dye*Overalls, per pair $1.25
Karo Dark Syrup, 5 lb. buckets
per bucket...............Lv./V
Karo White Syrup 5 lb. buckets A _
per bucket.............. 0UL
Best No. 2 Tomatoes 4 A _
per can.................1UC
Navy Beans best grade | A _
per pound................1 \J v
Pop Corn, that pops / _
per pound.................t-C
All other Merchandise in accord with
above listed prices.
Cord™ & Son
OUR CLAIMS.
5+5
\ A T E DO NOT CLAIM to be the largest Bank
Y y in the state, neither do we rank as the
smallest, but we are large enough to
take care of the largest accounts, and small
enough to give small accounts our best attention.
LET US PROVE THIS TO YOU.
parmeiV State j^ank
“The Bank That Stands By You.”
GIBBON, -o- OKLAHOMA.
Good Building Paper
used properly in the walls and roof
of any structure keeps out the cold
in winter and the heat in summer
because it is a nonconductor—prac-
tically speaking.
Our Supply Is the Best
the paper makers can produce, and we guar-
antee the wearing qualities to you. Come
in and tell us your building plans. We
can help you to save money and time and
avoid waste.
Our Customers Always Become
Business Friends
Rock Island Lumber & Goal Company
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Wood, E. A. The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916, newspaper, December 15, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc496770/m1/3/?q=coaster: accessed June 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.