The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1909 Page: 3 of 4
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IV* ljh*«l Oil 1*4 Bm>
hkioi «i ihr HW Drug by
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GUPID.
THEY werp tto*
neatest ladlea oq
the entire street.
Ml** Luplnd#
Beryjr and her sis-
ter Alice, and they
subsisted meager-
Jy on a small pen-
gloi» that had been
their late father s
In the same
block lived the
richest, sloucblesl
apd most Irritable
bachelor Ip the
city.
In February,
when an unexpect-
ed mildness set ip,
the hose on her
away the ashes.
(Vs«e tv I bet HU.r UnM M **m’t
ahm |n imm pud gst *n|ue|ht' TV Pfufrasi AI.OP V** j
4. »• esppHhm* t* >*** Wv altll e*dl n*l pi the apmr
Arb» Emu «f Hamlin. T****. (wnm Hiw nny him! y«u wl.
p of H b tmn. wnttsd Will ba%*» » t*w «V» »» rt*M
h*n> KrvUr u» vmi wiib M»* **ay. Oow> w* *bei y«*
|(%e#t tuns i« umn. «r pbrnm «•* jmMT
Ho... T,tT; ^
lltair l>rw* titor* fur r*f*»r* T M’ 4 ”
K«>y Kurakstf. who ha« ***"» |»1 M1 MlVOI
pilhhlpunrbt. J. M Kumkor. 4 --««»»*» (^HffSTST
thr |ip»i >emr. M* M*w ) r ^ \jjm J*m* *-»•
hia homo at Ksglr * l*y. wrMrrr ^.*.*1,4*1 Tfc-y *«#» f<N»Upeltan
ho will rtt*4*W >m«i« InoI towil ««l k*sr it’4w
pnVCa^vr.i^^3fr-,a-#tair
Powders, and gel • *ood buggy -■
whi|» fr**>
Uwk for the <'-4*ya» •«* p“*»" «mb
3*r psrklW" «f Ur. M*****'» Moallto l of'
(mm Initial*-** A rlvto 3Sr Slivered
• Nt^Unp" t’oEse Jluaiwer ulfrr^d «*
this ( <eu*« H-*t4«a. you pet W large
rut* of 1* Hh—p* -Health Coffee" .
S^J^C^tfs-aS tarn so <»*t b U»o»
M Fopykar made * . *» ** MaM"" «“»
»nt oil Tuwdajr. fhomaa. 0kUl peb. a, _E
Mr*. Anton Huber returned en men were jnjured in a 1
home Monday from a visit at ^ 0f two stock tr
on the Orient near here late
If you wfln? lutfia fact ion. Ret night. boar
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The Citizen* State Bank*
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ELEVEN IWtT IN !
FREIGHT WRECK
THE BLAIR DRUG STORE
We wish to Inform tb« public that we hnet •u®e**d*‘*
Ur. W. H. Ctnrkaoa In the busmen* of the Old Bnllable
IILAIR DRUG STORE.
You ran Always Find In Our Store n FbU Stack «f
risen. Frrab
On^n, Cheminaia
|%irmaceuUc*H T«uletWat«rs.
Primary PreparpUona, Pace Cream
Patent Medicines* Toilet Powders.
acme QUAimr pawn: on*. Wood Pill*r. Varnimes and VandA SUias.
Wptrtww. Clocks, and Fancy Jewalry. Stationery and School Suppllsa.
0EmZZFJUt£Z~ Thum"-
for Ml*s Alice, who trad >« »«h If you >-t^<er-----------— - —- -
jxssxtssx Zttm'JSSSZ wi: —
I am afraid 1 must pro^d to rstrdtos last Blair, Okla.
measure*" .liso I o 4 , . , Edward Coon, Stockman,
mi** Alice cried the better part of Thufflday ftfHO a visit at Corpus . .
tbs day oft** tha reertpt of the note . . jexag< L,liy'
k for ooce was not tmrin i,
Perf saury.
Cold Cream,
Uvnlriftn
Eu.
a Specially af
ridge & Wright*
PRESCRIPTION PHARMACBTS.
Dill
Nr Sale or Int
I hav* a house for sale or rent
(MM Gil B«nM
Please <;all on Mf. Ha«
and Ml** Lucinda
practical. *« cried *oin» __^
At seven that evening «h« dooy beU myst,]f at the Blair DrUR
"PJaSti HL w Mor, and Settle your old »c-
ior wherr Alice *at. openly tearful. c„unL I a/n anxious to have my
• Take a scat.” »be whispered. hooks balanced IJU to the
He sal down farina her. and top* **U ixjoits iyaiai.too
her limp h^nd. late I sold out to Aldridge &
. —w w ^---9- . A IlCi V|» 9 livvsw |
.. , | 0. A. Sweet, stockman, Man- on my piace one mile north and Ximm1j_v
Heath----nlf1o mil« «aat of Blair. luesoay
••lileits my soul." hp pried} • what’s
tha matter?’'
••Nothing." she exclaimed. *nd burst
Into sobs.
“I wish you'd cry tqt m*. *ald W*
bachelor huskily.
date I
NVright. W. H. Clarkson.
Tuesday Mrs. Joe Hyber went
home with her sister. Mrs.
Campbell of Mt View, who had
huskily. v,w _ -- -
Oh.” she moaned. "*« can’t pny visiteij bere *,nPe §aturq8y.
maittt. Mr. Williams. ,
those damages. Mr. ttilllams.
Well. If you can't." said ha. "can
Ml** A(|c« turned
Sidewalk to wa*h _ .
All nlgb^ long, however, the wind ro*e,
*nd ths fourteenth of February dawned
fitter cpld. and the water i|S«id fpr
washing off the ashes froze.
Miss"Lucinda was In the kitchen
gifting a»hes to resprinkle the pave-
ment. lyhen she heard her Bister
phrlek. Lucinda rushed to open the
front ijppr, and saw Alice on her
knees in the street supporting the
husky ghoulder8 of Williams, whq was
phoutlng lustily: "This is your work!
Nice, isn't It? A j ways knew your con-
found^ neatness would cost mg my
life."
Allcg could only sot} in reply.
••I’ll sue yp|( for this, all right," he
{yellowed.
By thif time Lucinda bad ap-
proached, and now. spoke authoritative-
ly: "V^ell, It is plain you must be
parrlgq Into your house and a doctor
gent fpf ftt once." Beckoning to the
bacbelqr'f man servant, who hovered
near, she Instructed him bow to assist
the injured man without causing t^n-
oecessary pjlln.
’ When \yniiams had been laid pn a,
disordered bed. Miss Lucinda made
him at ppipfortable as possible before
the ar.r.ival pf the doctor. The Berry
girls sat to work preparing bandages.
The doctor came, set the ^rm, ex-
pressed approval of all that had beer}
done, and *eH- J
Williams heard this commendation
pf the maiden sisters, ^nd after same
thought said:
"If yuu bring me through withor^;
crippling me. I will let you off as light- |
ly aa possible."
This unexpected generosity over-
joyed the ladles. They took their reg-
ular turns. smd the negro servant rued
the day w^en they Invaded his
slouchy kingdom- Though the In-
jured bachelor could not know of all
the 9hpng*a *»*ing Place- *t,n h® fft,t
♦Ilf* InfueDce of orderly domesticity.
T’hly really enjoyed the nursing,
and their patient particularly appre-
ciated having Miss Alice near, for her
touch waa delightfully soft. 8a. even
«hea the physician came. It was Miss
Alice Who bADdaged the arm after |t
wan dressed
<r 'h ...
When able to be around **aln «
difficult to break an acquired
feaMt. ao It happened that Mr ^ ‘>-
H.m. went over morning and even.r.g
^ Mlgs Alice to attend to his arm
“Weil, if you can i, i»»iu »■, G6t your wflRon, bunny of
you do something else7 fan you ac- {^pigment P^int at the Blair
sr DruBs.ore.
“S The Blair Drug Store handles
flaw*, but a most loving valentlu« ” drugs of UU^'Uy*
Croup positively stopped (a 20 miu-
lhere w.,e .oiiic, .blpin, uu-s with Dr. Shoop's Couph remedy^
Rum. Okla.
H. R. Baker, conductor Wighi-
ta. Kans.
The first train was taking a
siding when the second train,
coming around a curve, crashed
into the caboose of the first one,
splitting the car into two sec-
trons. There were fifteen men
in the caboose.
All Keystones.
Every stone In an arch Is a k<*>
sir no. though the name is usually a;>
piled to the center one.
through.
THE DAY IN SCOTLAND.
Custom Thsrs Has Been to phoosd
One's Valentine.
It seems tp have been a custom In
Scotland to choose one’s valentine, if
Sir Walter Scott Is to be trusted In
One test alone will surely prove thjs
truth. No vomiting, no distress. A
safu aud pleasing syrup—50c. Sold by
the Orient Drug Co.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Snqvy have
moved to Fred Huber’s house.
If you pioujfl jigye a safe yet certain
Cough Remedy in the home, try Dr.
nil CC $ct immediate relief flraa
rlLlJ Dr.Shoop’sM*gkOintment.
morning about 1:90
the Blair gin, one of the large
line of about 60 gins of the West*
em Oklahoma Gin Company’*
burned; also about 50 bales of
cotton, 27 of which had been
ginned, the other being boll-cot*
ton piled out on the ground.
When the Are waa discovered
Sir Walter ocoit is iu ur L.ougn rweimsuy ^
his account of the wooing of the Fair ; ghoop’s-at least once. It is thorough-
Maid of Perth and Hal of the W ynd ^ unjji(e any other cough preparation.
in the novel. The always amusing and ... be entjrely new to you
In the novel. The always amusing and
ubiquitous Pepys. in his diary, which
neglects nothing under the sun ap:
parently, mentions St. Valentine’s day
Its taste will be entirely new to you
—unless it is already favorjte
cough remedy- No P^mm. no chloro-
and*itsy<:uTtoms° m form, or any other stltpifying ingredi-
Klves an amusing account pf his wife, ents are used. The tender leaves of
fearing to open her eyes pi* St. Valen- harmless, lung-healing, mountainous
tine’s day while the painte'f-s and dec- shrub give Dr. Shoop’s Cough Rem-
orators were at work in her room, lest: edy itg WOnderful curative properties,
she should see one of these unsuitable i jt ,g trujy a mp§t certajp antj trust-
persons first instead of a more comely th prescription. Sold by Orient
valentine. The genial Pepys himself
of course, had to call upon one of his Uru2
friends on February 14 and entreat Kapl Zinn of Claude, Texas,
S “ “CZ' ST.S*IlSilSf was visiting here Satgrday and
tp the lady chosen. Sunday.
,t "“7.". They keep International Stock
pretty fancies, and both poets and in(J Poultry Ponders in any
lover* have employed the'legend and qUantjty from 25c to $3.50 COn-
the saint to good purpose. The send- . rp. g]ajr Drug Store,
tng of letters and the more or les* taiflBf* ine pidir 1^1 ug
uwdry cut paper valentines. whici| Messrs. Collins and Sterling of
«%C6^r“m°n.rth»ukt u‘do77ed°; of Atlanta. Ma, who bought the
gave rise to the modern fashion of farms of W. C. White and John
Christmas cards in this country and chvirehill, arrived here with
In England, which has grown to such . • Friday and have
astonishing, not to say alarming, pro- tneir lamilies rriuay
portions, and the comic valentine, that moved to their new nonces, they
hideous and dreadful creation, is pre- enjQyed the hospitality of Mr.
~ a a Zion Saturday and Sunday
be, it is exceedingly agreeable tor* W D. Ward has built a sevep
#»»>tve a gift of flowers, or fruit, or a . - _
dainty Ik ppon this midwinter fes- room house on his farm south-
tival and If it take the form of a west cf town,
more useful present there la a distinct
authority for serdlng even these, as Mr. and Mrs. rred llUL-tr
one of the oldest customs consisted moved to AltUS Monday.
In sending a veil of tissue or gauze . x
to the fortunate valentine which was
selected to be the recipient of the at-
tention.
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THE CRAND>iMXR
(Highest Award! waa given ftt the
World’s Fair, St. Louis,
A postal card will bring you in-
teresting specimen pages, etc.
G.StC.MERRIAMPQ, _
BpriNGnietb.MAS^,
PUBUoqSRS OF
WEBSTER-H
international
, one mile east of Blair.
3_4 Jesse Garrod.
In aickneas if a certain hidden nerve
goes wrong then the organ that this
nerve controls will also surely fail. It
may be a stomach nerve, or it may give
strength and support to the heart or
kidneys. It was Pr. Shoop that first ^ ireji yu
pointed to this yiUl truth. Dr. Shoop’s ^ jj0Uae wa8 enveloped in
Restorative was not made to dose the flameg an(j effort* to gave it Wer*
stomach or temporarily stimulate the ugeless> Th* high wind from
heart or kidney*. That old fashioned nor^Jj greatly endangered
method is always wrong. Dr. Shoop’s thg town but the fine work of
Restorative goes directly to these fail- j ^ cjtigens prevented any Other
ing inside nerves. The remarkable sue.- buildings from catching. The
1 cess of this prescription demonstrates j 0fflce building and residence of
the wisdom of treating the actual cause Manager Roberts, less than 100
of these failing organs. And it is ,nr yards south of the gin was sav-
d.«d t. *| ■i,»Pfe *« ”t ed. al30 the seed house little mom
once and see! Sold by Orient Drug Co. than 100 feet to the West which
caught fire and the wall burned
through was saved.
_ Three of the bales of cotton
When you want the best waaV*.
g^d ^rade ofSMeAlester Egg press where the #re i. thought
Goal tor Winter
and Nut Coal that we sell cheap-
er. Coal has advanced at the
mines and good coal is scarce.
Buy your winter’s supply now,
’Phone us your orders.
Tinsley & Moore.
W**h‘rt«re
NAP(IK»Lj
to have started. A wagon stand-
ing under the suction and be-
longing to Oscar Russell waa
also destroyed.
This is the first fire Blair has
had. It has often been predict-
ed that when fire gets a start in
the business part of town it will
make a clean sweep, and from
tne way fire flew Tuesday morn-
For Sale
Alfalfa hay; will deliver in
5-bale lots at 35c a bale to any i: -... .
part of town. Also one Jersey in« * looked as though that
H - ” ■’ time had come.
male calf eight months old, thor-
ough-bred Burkshire piggs, eith-
er sex; one gqod second hand
cultivator, one set work harness,
one lister-plan ter. Will sell
gtoek or implements for cash or
good notes.
;f. M. L. PoRTWOoa
DICTIONARY
Stop That Cold
To chock early ooifls or Grippe with "Proventic*"
jneunV sure .Meat for Pneumonia. To stop a eolrt
with Prevent i«-s is safer than to Vet it nm and be
obliged to cure it afterwards To te sun-, lr.
▼entics will cure ev. n a d.vply s.-»t,-d cold, but
tak.n early—at the sneiwo rtaz^ht^bnwl^or
We have received notice from
T. W. Jackson to send his paper
i to Duke, which indicates he has
| changed his place of residence.
Mr. McClure of Claude, Texas, |
was Ke*e Monday for a short;
v sit and to accompany Mrs. Me-;
Clure home, who had been visit- •
ing Mrs. Dillingham several (
weeks. j
hl’rt1,'fl these »-arly co!ds_ That t surely tetter.
chilly, if you sn.ssr,-. if yon ache ell °Jer^,hf1,lv‘
Prevcntlca. Promptness may also gave half your
usual *irkn>-*s. Aud don « form-t ymir chil.1. if
th-reis feverishn. sa. niirhtor day. Herein prob-
ably li.-* Piwntlcs' xr.-at.-st efhciency. bold Jn
5e'To,T: for tb- pocket, alaoteate
Preveutics. Insist on your dru««i»u sit m* yon
President Helps Orphans
Hundreds of orphans have been help-
ed hy the president of the Industrial
and Orphan’s home at Msoon, Ga.,
who writes: “We have used Electric
Bitters in this institution for nine years
It has proved a most excellent medi-
cine for stomach, Kver and kidney
J troubles. We regard it a* one of th*
best family medicines on earth.” It
invigorate* the vital organs, purifies
the blood, sids digestion, creates appe-
tite. To strengthen and build up thin.
complaint*.
Drug Store.
Only 50c at the Blair
Farmers Attention
Owing to our misfortune in
losing our gin hy fire, wo will ^ _ ___
not be able to gin any more bolls weajc children or run-down peo-
for you blit will still buy them pje It has no equal Beat for female
at the highest market price.
Thanking you for your pat-*
ronage for this season and hop-
ing to do more business with
you next season, we are,
Yours truly,
Blair Gin Co.,
J. H. Roberts, Mgr.
The Orient Drug C<k has pur-
chased the stock of hooka and
stationery of Jack Fletcher. Mr.
Fletcher will put in more post-
office boxes and arrange to leave
the house open all hours.
The U. C. V. Camp meets
every Saturday afternoon in the
Huling building.
Preventics
ORIENT DRUG CO.
WashiMtM lace Gave Up
to three cod tors; vu kept in bed fer
five weeks. Blood poison from a spid-
er's, bite caused large deep sore* to
cover hi* leg. The doctors failed, then
“Bucklen’s Amica Salve completely One 3-in. Bain wagon, 1 set of
cured me." wrilea John V\ ash mg ton of Jjarness> J lister. One 6D-tooth
Bow-nil*. T« F,r Jr1*: harrow, one Spanish Go^rvU.
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