Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 238, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1918 Page: 2 of 6
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AGE TWO "15!
CEICEACHA DAILY EXPRESS CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA
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MERIDIAN DISTRICT ITEMS '
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CAREFUL SUPERVISION
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Thejcareful Govcrnrnentsupei vision to
which all National Banks ire subjected
is the best possible guarantee of the ab-
solute safety ot such institutions.
By doing business with a National
Bank yon are receiving the benefit of
Uncle Sam's years of experience in
bank supervision.
First National Bank
CAPITAL $200000.
surplus;$goooo.
DIRECTORS J. I). SHE? K. IS. Johnson C. Tt. Campbell
J. II. Bond flam David Hon It. Ilnnd lien P. Johnson AU;er
Mellon T. II. Williams.
.Miss Vera
Sunday.
Wood
went to Amber
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Alpha Genie and Zeltla
entered school Monday.
Lindsay
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A daughter was
Mrs. Harry Hover
BAILEY BRIEFS
horn to Mr.
Sunday.
and
TUo Halley gin will only run on
Tuesdays and Fridays from this on
J. T. Woltord W. S. Wolford and
J. R. Byers are makint? arrangements
to move to Josephine Tex. this week.
Albert Harris made n flyinK trip
to southeastern Oklahoma looking
for a location but decided that Bai-
ley was the best place (hat lie could
find.
Charlie Stepiek was taken to Chick-
asha Friday where he was tried for
insanity and sent to the home for the
feeble minded at Ft. Supply.
Ewel Merideth the son ot Q. L.
proposal than there has been in pre-
some lime at Camp Dix N. J. but is
now reported to be improving. -
Lou Dyer John Fullerton Leslie
Fullerton and Monroe Bryson have
been called to appear before the coun-
ty exemption board for examination.
Express want ads three lines three
times for 25c.
Has your War Savings pledge been
redeemed? If not why not?
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The Spanish "Flu" has ma l l quite
raid in Bocasset. The dijease has
victim in almost every family.
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I ARGE quantities of ShinoiA are pur-
chased by the Government to be sold
to the Soldiers and Sailors.
We aim to make ShinoiA cost the men
serving their country and the public
back of the men as little as possible.
War conditions turn men's heads to
profit making. We believe friends
and users are more valuable than the
profit of the moment. That is why
you can buy ShinoiA at the same price
as always.
BLACK TAN WHITE RED - BROWN
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.Most of the cotton around I'rairio
View has ulreudy been picked.
Misses Alice HIbsm and Hose Smith
spent the week-end Willi Miss Klla
Jones.
Messrs. RatcliU' Moncrief and Prey
made a business trip to MiddleberK
Saturday.
Miss Kleanor Self of Oklahoma City
spent last week with her cousin Mrs.
Ii. D. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). A. Wood and fam-
ily and Mrs. Win. Hodne of N'lnnekah
spent Sunday with friends at Gilbert.
Mrs. W. (i. Mann of Rush Springs
who has been visitinjv her parents
If ; r the past three weeks has return-
ed home.
I'nclo Jininiie Davidson and son.
liobert and several others from Bo-
casset attended church at Oilbert
Sunday afternoon.
Our basket ball boys are working
hard to net in form to play a ?ame.
with the Bocasset boys who are anx-
ious for a Kiime.
The Red Cross meelins was held
last Thursday at the home of Mrs.
(ireen Taylor there being no work
for the members to do the nicelitiK
was a social affair. A dainty lunch
was served at five o'clock. The next
meeting will be at Mrs. G. O. Gray's
home.
There was a good attendance at
both church and Sunday school at
Gilbert Sunday afternoon. Rev. Jess
Crumpton will be with us the third
Sunday afternoon for the last time
before going to conference. A big
crowd is expected to hear Rev.
Crumpton's sermon. That his work
here is appreciated is evidenced by
the support given him.
The Four Minute Men Liberty Loan
contest Friday night held the large
audience spellbound. In the contest
between the grades Irvin Nicholas
and Fernetta Siebert of the Prey
school won first and second place re-
spectively and Rose Smith of Gil-
bert third.
In the high school Helen Smedley
won first Robert Hurksholder. sec-
ond and Raymond Prey third.
After the contest the following pro-
gram was given:
Reading Frankie Prey.
Reading "Our Flag" Leonaul
Sparks.
Song "Our School."
Recitation "Sing a Song of Thrift
Stamps" Gordon Gray.
Reading "Buy a Bond" Alfred
Hammer.
Story Thelma Vaughn.
Reading "Sister's Best Beau" Mar-
garet Jones.
Recitation 'In Flanders Field"
Ruth Rose.
Reading "The Stay-atllomes" Bil-
ly Smedley.
The Meridian district gave its first
monthly program Friday night. It
consisted of a double contest of Four
Minute speeches of the Fourth Liber-
ty loan. The first contest was be-
tween the three graded rooms. Two
were selected fntni each room to
compete for honors. The second con-
test was between the high school se-
lected six. They surely made be-
lievers of any slacker if there were
any present. The little tots had a
program of their own and they were
in a class by themselves. After this
part of the program the different
teachers delivered splendid talks.
movement Is on foot to do away witn i cnee
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all secti'ir.:il lines and feelings and I
have bc.t one ;::;! :: luwuo i .Me- : The Ladies aid held
ridian with primary rooms number-. hie session at
ed one two and three and to cement Graham last
this into one big happy family so I
there will be no cause for factional i Mrs. Gatewood as delegate
differences. ! ed
Good Friend of the
Coffee Drinker
Coffee often disagrees
with the best of us
When yon find rfc wise to
stop coffee for a few days
on account of disturbed di-
gestion or too much'nervesV
switch to Postum and note
the result.
Ma nv people who love their .
coffee follow this plan with
excellent results.
Postum comes in two forms;
Postum Cereal which must bo
boiled and Instant Postum
made in the cup in a moment.
They ore equally delicious
and the cost per cup is about
the same.
There s o Reason
Airs. Uriah Hill and daughters vis-
ited Saturday nlj:bt and Sunday at
ihe h..iiie of Chris Miller near Ver-
den. Airs. Grace Hancock who is teach-
ing at Lindsay visited Saturday and
Sunday with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. I). J. Lilea.
The Red Cross workers will liic-et
at the work rooms Thursday. iOveiy
woman in the community is urged l-
be present.
Breaching services will be held at
ihe Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening. Conference and preach-
ing on Saturday afternoon.
H. M. Canan who has been work-
ing at the cantonment at Camp K.us-
tls Virginia for the past several
weeks returned home Monday morn-
ing. Two very interesting basVot bail
games took place last Friday night.
The Cassel truck conveyed the Bo-
casset H. S. boys and girls and ike!;
chaperons to ' Verden. where the
games were played. The girls played
first. In the first half it looked as
though the Bocasset girls were be-
ing ."walked over" the half ending
With a score of 1S-1 in favor ot Vei-
den. In the second half howe.ei it
wasn't such easy picking f ir enien.
The star guard of Bocasset. Mi: s Hel-
en Childs was in her right place and
guarded the Verden star forward so
closely that she did not make a score
the last half. And as Bo-aset ::lso
did not hake a goal the g.une ended
with a wore of 18-1.
The hoys played a very interesting
game also. Our boys put up a hud
fight and played a good game lutt
were out-classed by the Vevdcn team
the game ending with a score of 37-20.
DOTS FORM DUTTON
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Mrs. Brock and
Chickasha visitors
Mrs. Kees were
last week.
Rev. H. B. Collins the district su-
j perintendent held quarterly confer-
here last week.
a very enjoya
the home of Mrs. John
Thursday.
attend-
the monthly Red Cross meeting at
Chickasha last week.
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POCASSET ITEMS
Than Davidson of Holden Missouri
is visiting relatives here.
Miss Ura Fentress who i? t.lhing
at Alex spent the week end w'.'h lier
parents here.
.
Miss Elizabeth Allen instructor of
English and Latin in the Bocasset
high school spent the week end at.
her home in Verden.
J. C. Smith who has been in a hos-
pital in El Reno for three weeks ex-
pects to come home this week.
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Most of the wheat acreage has been
sown and is coining up pretty well
bat more rain would ba appreciated.
Olin Bel received a commission as
captain on September 16th. He has
bi en assistant judge advocate since
last February and has been very for-
tunate in having his decisions in
court martials affirmed in Washington.
Rev. Sawyer will preach heie next
Sunday morning which will be his
last sermon in this church until after
the annual conference.
The stork has visited the follow-
ing homes: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kees
and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Kaler
where he left girl babies and Mr.
and Mrs. Green a boy.
Dorsey Shockey writes back from
Fiance that he has been up where
the big shells were bursting that he
is getting along fine and didn't find
the trenches as bad as he had expect-
ed. The Red Cross branch will meet
w ith Mrs. Bell Friday October 11. A
full attendance is desired as the busi-
ness since organization will be fin-
ished an dofficers elected for anoth-
er year.
Cird Protection In Australia.
In .New Zealand thire are now 29
ncclimaliou societies organized for the
purpose of protect in;.' tbe native wild
life of the country ami introducing and
proieciim; new game birds and ani-
mals. The societies are all chartered
by the government and arc under gov-
ernment supervision. They have in-
troduced into the colony a lar;;e num-
ber of pheasants of different varieties
California quail Australian opossums
woodcock rainbow: trout salmon etc.
The societies pay bouuties for the de-
struction of hawks and other enemies
of useful birds and mammals.
Danger in Tainted Mouth.
Bleeding of the teeth pyorrhea In-
volves a debilitating gradual loss of
blood and the flow of pus into the
mouth Hinall though it lie is manifest-
ly neither healthful nor pleasant. Med-
ical science gives a tainted nioulh as
much cause for rheumatism anemia
neuritis ulcers of the stomach acute
kidney diseases diabetes heart trou-
ble deformed joints irritability and
general nervous exhaustion and even
pneumonia emis are found in infect-
ed gums.
Marked.
Mother ''Don't cry dear. Which
one of the naughty boys was it: that
hit you'" Tommy "The one with
the black eye." Boston Transcript.
V. VV. C. A
GOOD AS
UNIPORM NOW
PASSPORT IN FRANCE
Paris Prance. The Blue Triangle
)n the sleeve of the Young Women's
I'hristiau Association's uniform has
toconie a passport to social circles
it wms most distinguished consider-;
ition from every one and places the
e-arer in a semi-official position an-
;ording to American women wearing '
he badge here. 1
"One of the queerest things over ;
lere." says a secretary newly from t
he states "is the fact that any one :
n uniform men and women alike ;
las a perfect right to speak to any j
ae which is far from expected of
liose in civilian clothing. When I j
rame I Had great difficulty in check- j
UK my baggage because I was in
sivilian clothing. Now it is a simple j
natter as our 'inifonns receive im-)
Mediate recogn.tion and consider- j
iou everywhere."
ELL-ANS
Absolutely. Removes
Indigestion. Drurgists
refund money if it fails. 25c
Get Behind Your
I- Government !
uy War Saving
Stamps
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There are facts in this life that we must face and the time to fa
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You can put a little at a time into our bank and add a .little; R.i
tie and soon have the satisfaction of knowing that "your" brood s
ed from poverty; which is the worst disease of all. f
THE CHICKASHA NATIONAL BANK
The Celebrated
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WHAT YOU K
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NELSON W. ALDRICH
On a hilltop some twenty t:nH
of Providence li. I. sUtm L
IhihmI farm lioisc lh ll7Nf ; '
AUlilil). ile received an :
tion uud leuvinu scliool nt llio ;
bewail his business career as ;i
boy ami was later clerk In a !1
ket. Next lie was a booklet. ;
wliilrK;0 grocery store. Il s-; .
a partner in ttie company nvJ 1
l;iti-r soie profii h'tor. lie is.1- '
estet in tliis tiusin-ss. i
tie. lieyan liis political career .
flf-nt ot the Common Onion it ;
dein-o at the hue. of S4 iui.1 a
Inter was eifi ted representiitiv
Stute and then the Natioinit I.
In 1 1 lie became 1'nii-it F::Ht
tid in this capacity lie serv
yea ra.
As a school boy Mr. Aldririi' -"
know the "whys" and "wle rt
things. J.ater w lien bookkeeper '
oil nifilit and' until evening or !
lowin;; rtiy to find a deticicri
epnts. lie fonnd it and thi
pliowa one reason why Mr A I
freat and successful man. His
estimated at from ten to twi t
dollum. i
THE "WHYS' AND "WHEREFORES"
It is said the success of Mr. Aldrich is due to his accurate kno
facts.
ARE YOU POSTED?
Do you know just what you are worth? If you want to know :
financial condition one of our officers will be pleased to aid yd
charge. Confidential. .
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Pool, J. Edwin. Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 238, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1918, newspaper, October 9, 1918; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc732927/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.