The Messenger. (Earlsboro, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914 Page: 4 of 4
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Houston B. Teh^>». a member of the
i»ti«>:afure f?cja the T".b'ec,-'h
lr^-. cut biz ‘l'-ca: -rftJi •> ~rr?c? f
• •’ife while in a 3f*mi-delirious gfgte
,,nd*hl* death Is likely Harris was
N< ffcring from pneumonia.
Thoroughly making his clothing
wth kerosene oil, S. J Lampton. a
i-ioneer citizen of Madill, set fire to
h mseif and received horns from
iioh he died within s few hours,
’.impro” had carefully planned his
• icide. ha vine hid the coal oil on a
.cant lot which he made the scene
nf the tragedy.
1 to hundred and fifty-nine cases
•< e included in the docket for the
' guiar May term of the Rogers coun
district court, which convened In
i aremore 0n Monday. Wav 4. Twenty-
x of th^>s» are criminal cases, ln-
' tiding three for first degree mar-
-'•>r The term will conrlnue through-
out the greater part of the month.
Perhaps the most thorough organ-
isation ever placed behind a good
mads convention in the southwest, is
•orking out the details of the Ozark
trails convention to be held at Tul?a
®y 26 and 27 Indicative of the'ex-
nt to which the Tulsa committee
his gone In interesting the general
i iblfc in this meeting is the fact that
lyor F-ank M V ooden has written
t ’rsonal letters to the mayors of 2?o
. flea requesting the appointment of
i “legates to the Tuisa convention.
Tom Flippen, Tulsa negro, dM
■ 'I'm knife wounds received in a fight
i,h Smith, another negro
Srnifh has been turned over to rhj
mnty authorities.
A student at th“ law department
.' the state university at Norman
as appein'ed serretarv of the state
•ganizatinn of the Toung Men's
1 emocrstic clubs. Orel Bushy re-
*ive8 the appointment as surress-.r
1 Thomas Waidrep of Shawnee. who
*centlv resigned as secretary of the
• ate organization to run for repre-
mfative.
uW ,r- Kpi‘J' Orowder postmaster,
hargd with killing James Ba-es,
-7 marshal, is ia the hespitai suf-
^nng. doctors say. from a fractured
uxtt 1* rCSUU °f the tr'xn
1 'atea gun.
VfcAltster'3 new r*,ooo Carnegie
hrary was ded.cated last week h»b
<T P Robbins formerly editor of the
•ws-Ca*.tal, now editorial writer on
'• ^ia Democrat, deiiv
td the principal address.
' Holmes of Sayre was elected
. esident of the Oklahoma Reran
eweier. association at the Okiaho-
a, City conyention last week,
olmes was secretary-treasurer of the
ganization during the past year
The city council of Altua has re-
‘ived a proposition from B. J. Waugh
mrmeriy a weil known democratic
olitician of Oklahoma, representing
i oil and gas syndicate of Tuisa to
■ pe natural gas to that city if giVen
* franchise.
The (o'enial Knickerbocker Trust
’ of New York has underwritten
e and a half miiHon dollars in two-
ar notes for paying ofT receivers'
' rtincates and current debts and
•king the Orient railroad out of the
1 'ceivership.
RE^fNGTON - BOWLES f:fi
120 East Main Street, Shainree, Oktefccn'a.
New Eirm, New Drug Stcre, Beritifil New Seda
Fountain, Our Prescription Department is in
ch2rge of a Registered Pharmacist. Send l>s
your Mail Orders. We are in tne same build-
ing with H 0. Bailey, the Jeweler.
OBTAIN RESULTS
Do \our Trading At The
FARMERS
trading store
Shawnee, Oklahoma.
POLAR KE^iTflOUrT
Each Sask Guaranteed and at wholesale price
40c Coffee for 35c
C ountry Club, per pound,______ 35c
Alter Dinner Coffee, per pound,_______ 35c
A FEW SPECIALS
Swans Down flour, package._________ 25c
3 Cans Best Iowa Corn,___________ 25c
3 Caus Fancy Tomatos___________ ~>$c
3 Cans Green Beans________ __ 25c
5 Pounds Fancy Japan Rice_________ 25c
6 Cans Pet Cream_____________ 25C
3 Pounds Ready Cut Maccaroni______ 2'c
3 Pounds Raisins_____________ 2;c
7 Bars Lenox Soap___________ 25
7 Bars Silk Soap______________ 25c
Pounds Granulated Sugar
farmers
TRADING STORE
Successor to the Eurke Grocery Co.
Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Florists who gathered from a'l are
' °nB of the 9tat* Pruned a permanent ___
HSS 7 *■
on J W Furrow of Guthrie wag ^"ls snnnor *♦• e----- - *
I iwhuska has f„uf , . *®ent ir
Or> »arnon» ^U8t fimabed another
ucoljgists state that- »
m:re road^uilding material^n h”
other county i„ the state.' any
'£.•«* dental, parlors
posited the first day. ’ °’000 de' :sT*8u5ME0 "* SHAWNEE OKLA stvr. ru*.
Dr- Jchn 'V. Duke of » I M! "Am ov«*H,CK*r ns,
oially announce,! h- ‘ Cutbrle for-
'lemocratic n0minatCandidaCy f°T fe-n
nor. nomination for gover 1 WoH. $ J
7* of J"ee,h *5.00: Upper and Lower, both *10 «
_ 'vy Beet Set of Teeth Made no- 11——___
.ooTa\ro,T„bMr"*r!”‘ - —
recently. ' SpeciaI «lecUon
I from^hurnf r2S^dr when ** ^
nil with which She Ls kin
Are exploded. 8 klndllDS a
neinrmKTn?/hhe!(1 3t an Tnc,iaa -chocl
of the nfeVe ^ f°rty'nine members
«.r. <riba,
wt« oWferthe°rtownd Pl3Ced in di£Cereat
;rT
and iaST,°f agTi0,,ltural Products
and 1.1S4 bales of cotton.
The fire less in Muskogee during
the month of March was on'y n 075
•a h0„!h tt„, were ,0,lrfe'n>y«-
hreatening property carrying insu-
ance of SS2.300. * ur’
The 19-months’-old child of J r
trow. a mechanic, was instantly killed
by an Oklahoma Union Traction Co
car at Tuisa. It s head was complexly
severed from the body.
TntE- Lo°Per’ *Icrk. of Muskogee
?u:ltvyo'81nCe- s£atehood- found
guilty of neg.ect of office by a jury
and removed from office. His convic
•non is the third obtained in a month
against officials.
Major Winfield Scott, state com-
mander of the United Spanish War
Veterans has issued an order making
Adjutant Walter A. Dayton, special
T™erv-° or?ani*e a camp of Span-
ish War Veterans at Fort Sill.
.Three Bristow banks have com-
bined deposits of *356.858. It is aa
serted that the First State bank of
that town is the largest state bank-
y* ''rJe*t" Upper and Lower, both $10 01
jlv«r Fiifinf. Pa
-leaning Sll/i
•xtractmg ’vW,
Act worn suA*A»ireeo
AAiNcess cxtsactiom
Lsoe eon St am Cmvkawci
POTTAWATOMIE CO.
M0MMEXT WORK'S
—Dealer in—
High grade monumental Works.
Iron Fences and Lawn Furniture.
PRICES RIGHT
First Class Workmanship and Best
Material, is our motto.
Call and see us.
132 North Bell. Shawnee, Okia
°VER 65 YEARS’
EXPERIENCE
Trade Marks
Designs
t r v v - Copyrights Ae.
Anyone «end!ng a jkeo-h *nd denertntl.m nut
qnlrSly aarvrtnm mtr oimi - ii fr»* whether an
Intention ia pr-jhehly ptientehle. Inmman-”
Co,u errletljrco.nl,lentlaj. H.INQBOO* onPuc^u
»«iit free. Ol.toet em-n.-y for eecunne paten,*
’ tlentii taken thr-man Muna 4 Co. rncelta
*P<cvil rvitUt, without ohArare, lr* the
Scktuific flnifrican.
A handso-nely innetrafed tr«eklr. Ij,r»»e* rlr-
enlAU.,11 of any soientliJo I* >nrnaL Torme i: •
*«Yi:aiai **■ ne*»Oeilen,
MUNiN <S Co.3S,D-—-t. n8W yor*
Branch Offlce, *525 T v’iihtugt,)^ 0. G *
m the school auditorinn, Fri-
day, at 2 P. M., May 15th.,as
follows:
ing institution in the state. It has ! c
lien Jolly Lads and Lassies
- — “UV acaic. It flla
deposits of more than half a million
and combined assets of *638,000.
^ Dr. C. T. Rogers, secretary of the
e ection board for Muskogee county
rLdf^a rman ,°f the democra«c city w- -tvrwin Keys.
S25.000 damgelTgaiSifF V^rneT 1 Dlal°e"-Colnr Fairies— R. 2.
W D, Hume and E. H. Ford, alleging
malicious prosecution growing out of
j election cases.
ected oresident.
Governor Cruce was sustained oy a
ecision of the supreme court in hij
-fforts to prevent the 1912 text book
• doption from becoming effective rn
-n opinion written by Justice John B
lurner, the court reversed a judgi
c.ent of Judge J J. Carney of th\
•'klahoma county district court ln
He case of the state board of educa-
• ion against W. H. Wheeler and Co,
There wm be no election on the
' >2Tt r*" 0t Co™™'*slon.r ot
ublic Safety R. H. Warren of Law
T' “ the Uw and °rd»'r Hague
vbfch was agitating the recall move
!ent' a:led ta *<*cure the nece.isary
* per fnt ot the roters to sign the
ne petition. Only 133 signatures
*ere secured, while J95 were necea
n«ry.
•* >•*
Mrs. Work was in Shaw-
nee Saturday.
j* j» jt
this spring-. Dealers in fancy
poultry will he interested.
j* j* j*
Jim Fore was here from ... — — — duudi
Wew'ika a few davs ago. L "Ilsses Tessie and Nettie UitT For twenty years the peopi*
•* m * ! Merritt were in Shawnee the £ *S? s"ct!?n of the state hav« tried
S- D. Moulton has complet- ** of the week. ' j ITS eacl ^^1^°
cdbPOleet of cement walks c„.. ^ •» -« . .. ‘
Room 1.
Recitation—What A Bab v
Can Do. Erwin Keys.
525,000 damages against^ *Eburner' 1 UlaI°^—Color Fairies— R. 2.
LT.Huine and E- H. Ford, alleging Recitation—On Saturday Ev-
....... us pr08ecuuon growlD* out ot ening, Ella Starks.
As a result of an interest awak°n°d
! "nd, proraoted by both farmers Ld
i busin«s men of Wayne for better
roads, about one hundred men with
some thirty teams met en mass last
eek, putting in two days- work. They
hope to continue the work until im-
provement is effected on all roads.
! Af7r r0bbins Bine freight cars o'
merchandise valued at *2.000. R0v
.ales was shot and instantly killed
and Ira Brown died later bv a shot
through his stomach by Special Offi-
cer H. L. KIper at Tulsa. The shoot
mg occurred in West Tulsa, about a
half mile west of the Frisco depot in
that addition in the freight yards
The extension of the Missouri Paci-
fic railroad from Hardtner. Kan., to
Buffalo, the county seat of Harper
oounty. probably will soon be a re
. ------- cement walks ^ u '* * *
m fro,,tofArTnce- ^
Mrs. J. F. Only and daugh L°ad SaturiV- I
ter were Shawnee visitors the Urb Mielde .■* ■ cv ’"* ** ~‘-
last of the week. , *. “"as m ^•la"’*) Pledges amounting to *13 ^ ,n
nee the last of the week. J
U ° .Nfayruder was a rec A program will be given by' ?T1 v. m'
ent Sennnol visitor. the pnpils of R„ams f and 2,! ~~
DriH—My Favorite Flower,
Room 1.
Recitation-No Kiss.R. Boyd.
Autumn Leaves, Room 2.
Concert, Strawberry Pickers
7 girls, Room 1.
Recitation, Edna’s Beau. Toe
Gibson. J
Recitation,Hard Up.R.Houtz.
Song, Dollie and Joe, room 2.
Concert, Wynken, Blynken
and Nod, room 1.
Gypsy Bahies, Lydia and D.
J- Bryant.
Recitation,His Prayer,George
White.
Song, Butterfly Dance,room 1
Dialog, The Union, room 2.
Recitation, 1 h e Telegraph
Office, Ruth Odel.
^mg a Song of Summer Time
room 1.
Recitation, Little Torment.
Recitation, A Passenger for
Sleepy Land, L. Ingram.
Song, Sweet Bunch of Daisies.
Claes of 1914, room 1.
! Song, Vacation.
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Resch, Francis X. The Messenger. (Earlsboro, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914, newspaper, May 7, 1914; Earlsboro, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860565/m1/4/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.