South Pottawatomie Progress. (Asher, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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SO. POTTAWATOMIE PROGRESS.
H. R. Putnam, Editor and Pub.
Entered us second-cla" mutter April 1. 1911.
lit the pod office id A'her, Oklahoma, under
the U-t of March 3. 1ST!'.
Issued once a week at Asher, Ok.
Subscription $1.00 tier year.
Copy for advertising and all correspondence
should reaeh lids office not later than Tuesday
«\ euhur each wtvk.
We are not getting as many of
those letters regarding features
of the Progress you like the best
as we expected. Don’t he bash
ful. Send in your letters. If
you don’t find any tiling commen-
dable about the paper tell us the
faults. We want several more
before we commence to print
them and award the pens. < >ne
writer signifies if we would come
out for Woodrow Wilson we
would be perfect. How can we
come out for Wilson or any other
candidate and keep up our policy
of neutrality in politics:'
We are going to put on one of
the biggest and best contests
that has ever been put on by a
newspaper of our size. We are
doing this in the dull season be-
cause we believe in practising as
we preach. The timid merch-
ant says “Oh, 1 can’t advertise
now. Its too dull.” The same
merchant said last summer “Oh,
I can’t advertise, because I have
more business than I can take
care of.” We claim that the time
to advertise is when business is
dull, then keep on advertising in
order to keep your competitor
from taking your business away
from you. The fact is, the time
to advertise is always “Now.”
We are putting on this contest
because this is one of our ways
of advertising. A fine Piano will
be the grand prize, but there will
be numerous other prizes, any
one of which will pay well for the
work done to win it. We also
have in mind a plan of giving to
•
our subscribers coupons that
will he redeemable in valuable
merchandise. These things take
a little time, and we are not quite
ready to announce the coupon
plan, hut you can go to work on
the piano contest at once.
On nil sides of this point then'
are operations in oil. According
to the geological survey we are
directly in the oil belt. Some
morning we will wake up to find
that some enterprising set of in-
dividuals has been at work and
put down a hole that will make \
millionares of themselves and
put every property owner in this
section on easy stroo. Some
day, we said, we will find this so.
Hut wjll it be the we of this gen-
eration? Nay, nay, Pauline; we
fear not. It takes push and am-
bition nowa days to iret even
that which is rightfully ours, and
while we are sitting here mourn-
ing over the good things that
might have been ours hut are |
not, some other town is raising a j
fund of its own and is attracting
men with capital and ambition
who are joining forces with them,
for men with money and ambi-
tion like to go where there is
something doing. Is there no
way to wake this old town up?
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
Of T1IK
New York World
Practically a Daily at the Price i
of a Weekly.
No other Newspaper in the world gives
so much at so low a price.
The great Presidential cam-
paign will soon begin and you
will want the news accurately
and promptly. The World long j
since established a record for ini- 1
partiality, and anybody can af j
ford its Thrice-a-Week edition, j
which comes every other day in !
the week, except Sunday. It will
be of particular value to you now.
The Thrice-a-Week World also
abounds in other strong features,
serial stories, humor, markets,
cartoons; in fact, everything that j
is to be found in a first-class daily. !
The Thrice-a-Week World’s
regular subscription price is on ;
Jy $1.00 per year, and this pays
for 156 papers. We offer this
unequalled newspaper and TiieJ
Progress together for one year
for $1.50. The regular subscrip-1
tion price of the two papers is j
$2.00. You get 20H papers for :
$1.50. Progress, Asher.
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Piano
Voting
Contest
P*^1IK 1‘IKKillKSS is going to give a nice piano to the lady who
secures the largest number of votes in this contest. * That
* is a prize worth working for. but that isn’t all we are go-
ing to do. 1 here will be a nice gold filled watch and several other
prizes for those1 who fail to win the piano.
• Notes will count at the rate of 1,000 for every dollar paid on
subscription to the Progress; 500 for each 50 cents, and 250 for
each 25 cents. Each candidate will he given 1,000 votes free to
start with; a sort of a “nest egg.’ All subscription money paid
in after this date, whether for subscription due, renewals or new
subscribers will be allowed to count if voted within one week from
time of payment. If payment is more than seven days back we
cannot count it unless a voting ticket was issued by tiiis office at
time of payment. Money collected must be turned in weekly and
voting tickets will be issued which may 1h* held and voted later if
so desired.
• Nominate yourself or vour friend now. It will cost nothing
and 1.000 votes go with the nomination. Get an early start.
7X1 Piano?
Job's Comforter.
Boss Politician—I’m sorry, Swagg,
but (he investigators are hot on your
trail
Officeholder (bltteily)—That's cold
comfort.
SEED Eicadquartcrs
250 Bushels of Finest Seed
Ever brought to Oklahoma. Seed Corn, Oats, Potatoes. Every-
thing for Field and Garden. We also have another car of Feed,
and can supply your wants in that line.
W. W. Kenmore
Almost Lost His Life.
S. A. Slid, ul Mason, Mich.,
will never forget his terrible ex-
posure to a merciless storm. “It
gave me a dreadful cold,” he
writes, “that caused severe pains
in my chest, so it was hard forj
me to breathe. A neighbor gave
me several doses of Dr. King’s
New Discovery which brought
great relief. The doctor said I
was on the verge of pneumonia,
but to continue u ith the Discov
ary. I did so and two bottles!
completely cured me.” lTse only ;
! tiiis quick, safe, reliable medi
cine for coughs, colds, or any
throat or lung trouble. Price 50c
and A'l.(K). Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by lira n d e n 1> u rg
j Bros., druggists.
| —-—_ l
Unusual Case.
"Gryson Is the most secretive man
I ever saw."
"He certainly Is a close mouthed
person. \\ hy, If he knew a chorus
girl and she tripped out on the stage
j with 19 other chorus girls, and Gry ,
son was sitting In the front row or
In a box with several friends, he
wouldn't tell anyobdy he was ac-
quainted with that girl.”
AWFUL THINGS.
A Couple of La/s.
The rain and the hen have their work.
As everything earthly nuiet;
The hen gets busy and lays an eg*.
While the rain Is laying the dust.
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And There Are Othere.
Dandertne—Do you like Raymond!
Elcaya—Well, the more I think of
him the less I think of him.—Harvard
Lampoon.
Twenty-Six Easier Than One.
The letters of the alphabet
We never In our lives forget;
But strange to say. our memories fal
When wltte gives us one to mall.
He Always Gets There.
It must seem strange when It snows.
To the man who motion lacks;
It matters not how slow lie goes,
He can't help making tracks.
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^ MONEY RAISING SALE A
At M. J. MUNOY'S.
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First Autolst—1 met your friend
Jlmpsoti when 1 was uptown this aft-
ernoon.
Second Autolst—Did he say any
thing to you?
First Autolst—I should say he did
I came near running over him.
Described.
“What sort of chap Is Wiggins!"
“He means well!”
“Bay no more!"
See These Bargains
No. H Nickel Trimmed Coolt Stove was
No. 7 Cook Stove
1 Heating Stove
1 Chillis Bed—oak
1 New Commode oak
Butter Moulds
1 Baby Buggy
1 Childs Rocker
1 Sewing Machine goes a
LeGear’s Egg Producer
Capitol Stock Food cures all manner of
$15.00 now $10.00
was
was
was
was
was
was
was
7.50 now
8.00 now
7.50 now
<1.50 now
25 now
5.00 now
1.50 now
6.00
6.00
6.00
1.75
15
2.50
1.00
7.50
25 and 50c
diseases in Hogs,
Cows, Horses and Poultry.
_ M. J. MUNDY.
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Putnam, Henrietta. R. South Pottawatomie Progress. (Asher, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1912, newspaper, February 15, 1912; Asher, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc858981/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.