The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 268, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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TWO
Which costs most—
painting or waiting?
After your house needs painting, every
year you wait it will require more paint and
more labor to put it in good condition. And
every year you w ait, your house is worth less.
A little paint-money i. pood paint-insurance.
-THE BIRTH OK A \ ATIO.V A ifKAH AMI SODOM.
"The Birtti of a Nation," which'The o(d man sa: in the door of
LEAD and ZINC PAINT
rtWCtt C/t-LoN* - WfcARfc LONCIR
vs
1 played so sensational an engagement i
at the Overholser Theatre Thanks-
giving week, turning away hundred
i of people at every one of the five i>r
ftix final perforu^uices, returns to
mat idayhoiiKe Thursday night. April
j This time the engagement will
te for only half a week, closing Sun-
! uay night, due to the great demaLd
' for the attraction in other citie&
' w. ere contract* entered into last!
' summer must be filled before the
: end of Lhe theatrical season. As be-
I fore, there will be matinees every
day after the opening nigiit and the i
price* will be unchanged, ranging
from 25 cents to $2 night and 25
cents to $l at the matinees.
\\ hen "The Birth of a Nation"
played here last November, it was
comparatively new in the soirih, Ok-
lahoma City being one of the first ten
tent
eyes were
bent.
- day was v
ad his form well
with a cloudless
at and wa
by.
The
ep were grazing on pastures
And from his doo:
seen.
As on they moved
ClU;
Far down the slopt
tall.
From out the ten:
smoke
And naught that da
broke.
"Some strangers w
half raised.
ould be plainly
^ the shepherd's
of the mountain
went the curling
had the silence
feM and with self
Just as soon as your house us painting, come in and let
us show you how little it will cost you to use DEVOE.
We say "DEVOE" because it's absolutely pure.
That's why DEVOE takes fewer gallons, wears longer—and
costs less by the job or by the year.
And that's whv we guarantee Devoe without reserve.
Wirf's
SHAWNEE
Pain! and Glass
Co.
OKLA.
I cities below the Mason & Dijite line ! He threw his eyes and with patience
to see D. W. Griffith's mighty spec- gazed;
tacle of the Souchlar.d during the T>H they drew near, then he kindly
! d.irk days of the civil war and the spoke
still darker days of reconstruction And bid them stop 'neath some
j Since then the attraction has appear- : spreading oak,
t-d in every important southern city. And greeting them with a friendly
where it ha« scored Uie eame sort o: smile
sensational success it met witt He said: "You're tired, you must rest
throughout the north. I awhile.
Griffith ha* told by film and or- '
chestra the most thrilling historical I'll send to the flock and fetch some
story ever related by an American I meat
through The emdiurn of either the And have H cooked for you. friends, to
no el or the drama. He exhibits viv- eat
idlv tie march of Sherman to the sea, While .Sarah hastens and bakes some
the battle of Petersburg, the meeting^ bread;
of L«e and Grant at Appomattox the Our board Tor pilgrims is always
assassination of Lincoln, the hor- spread.
rors of carpetbag rule, and the resor-1
ation of the south througti the power- £ach had his ta<sk and no pains were
ful agency of the chivalrous Ku KJux 1 spared,
Kian. Accompanying the pictorial A°d soon the dinner was well pre-
spectacle k. a musical score of grand i Pared;
operatic calibre that interprets every | Hiey served with thanks, then the
movement and adds immeasurably to ' strangers rose,
Ite thrilling effect. The organizat ion j ^ut who they were
Krumbles
The New Whole Wheat
Food with the Delicious
Flavor ori^inaied Ly {he
KelloggToasledComFlakeCo.
v
JOBS KOI M>
Jones'
Smith proves available
j need.
I Several thousand Smiths are now
| being connected by the government
is the eame that played the Overhol-
ser before.
"Hello! That you I'ncle Sam?"
-Yes."
"'Well. I'm Jim Smith, of X-town. 1 I with several thousand Jones in about
want a job." | this way every months, bast Janu-
•What can you do Mr. Smith?" ary, 3,419 Smiths secured employ-
Sm^h [ells the kind of job he is ment In this manner. For the pre-
fitted for. I ceding eight months of l!flo, the num-
Uncle Sam runs through his rec j bers placed in positions by the gov-
orda. Then;— <•«* %
"Say, Smith, here's Jones who
wants s man and it looks as though
you are lust Ohe fellow for the place.
You'd better talk to him. Walt a
minute and I'll connect you with
Jones.''
Smith and Jones talk. I'sually
Mr.Wtnt-And-Gut.lt
—Hert'sMr.'Gets-It'
The Hew Flan Corn Core That's an
Sore as the Rising Sun.
"Glad to m+nt you!" says th* razor
to the corn. "I'll bleed for you!" says
the corn to the raxor. feasors and
corns love each other. Corns love to
Nothing to stick to the actually replace the goods we are
«W1iv. O Wliy, 1)I<1 I Do Itf
for Me After Tl>l —If ■
be cut. plckod. frouved. salved, plan-
terrd and Jerked out. — they urow
faster Mr. and Mr®. Went-mid-Cut-
It realize it now,—they ut e "Geta-It '
instead—it's the wonderful, simple
corn-cure that never fails. Stops
rain. You apply It In - sec-
onds. It dries at once, the corn
Is doomed.
stocking or press on the corn, n
means good-night to plasters, salves,
diggers, razors and toe-bundling. You
can wear smaller shoes. Your corns
will come right off, "clean as a whis-
tle." Never inflames healthy flesh
The world's biggest selling corn cure.
"Gets-It" is sold by druggists every-
where, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by
IS. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111.
iiold In Shawnee and recommended
a* the world's best corn remedy by
Owl Drug Store. Crescent Drug Co..
C. R. Harryman. F. A. Reynolds &.
Son.
eminent were: May 3.4%; June, 4,-
646; July, 6.036; August. 6,767; Sep-
tember. 5,405; October, 5.006: Novem-
ber. 4,lo6; December, 2,170.
The department of labor, commerce, 1
interior, agriculture and the poet of-
fice cooperate. The direct manage- j
m< nt is in the hands of the division
of information, U. S. immigration ser-
vice, department of labor. It is the i
I Vian of uniting the jobless man and j
| the man leas Job which was originated I
by President Wilson two years ago j
and now is in full working order,
j Though the telephone is actually '
usf-d but little, a network of facill- i
tiiee and a series of "switch-boards"
are provided through which the gov-
ernment men at the government j
"central" are able to say promptly
to the man who wants work or to the j
man who has work to give, "HereV
your party." The plan involves in in- j
telligence service national in scope; j
Chat reaches employers and the em- i
ployees alike; that reflects every
slight fluctuation of the demand for
labor, skilled or unskilled; and that i
is sufficiently minute in operation to |
report and give wide circulation to|
every case of man less job and Job
lees man.
FOR SALE.
We own a three room house and
three lots, corner at 417 South Broad-
way. Shawnee. Okla. We will sell
for $350.00; will take $20000 down
and make monthly payments. Any-
body desiring to purchase same write
us at 506 American Natl bang bldg.,
Oklahoma City, Okla. SAWYERS &
ABEL. 42-ll-6t
WOMAN GIVEN
TWO DATS
To Make Up Her Mind for
Surgical Operation. She Re-
fused; Cured by LydiaE.
Pink ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pa.—"One year ago I
was very sick and 1 suffered with pains
in my side and back
until I nearly went
had suffered forfour
years before this
time,but I kept get-
ting worse the more
medicine I took. Every month since I
was a young girl I had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. I saw your advertise-
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of a woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was im-
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so I sent my husband to the
dru^ stor« at once for a bottle of Lydia
E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound.and
believe me, I only took four doses be-
fore I felt a change and when 1 hud fin-
ished the third bottle I was cured and
never felt better. I grant you the priv-
ilege to publish my letter and am only
too glad to let other women know of my
cure " —Mrs. Thos McGoNIGAI , 3432
Hartville Street, Phila., I'a.
not a mortal
knows.
They tj'ood a minute or two an dtalked
Of things we never may know, then
walked
A few steps farther and stopped and
told
| Glad tidip'- new to the man so old.
I The woman sat in the tent and hear
And pondered deep in her heart each
word,
Then trembling she spoke the best
she knew
"Surely the message cannot be true."
The men refreshed by their pleasant
rest
Turned 'round and looked to the east
and west,
Then cast their eyes toward the
Jordan plain
And started oui on their march again,
crazy. I went to 1 iie old man moved by a sense of fear
different doctors and ^or those he loved and to him were
they all said I had dear >
female trouble and j over the valley the gathering
would not get anv| gloom,
relief until I would And a glimpse of the city's
be operated on. I doom.
O Lord!" he cried in his inmost soul.
"Hide me in thee while the billows
roll
O leave me not till thy fury turns
Keep me in thee while the city burns.'
Then walking on by the stranger's
side.
In conversation with them he tried
To move the angel this time to rave
The wicked town from a fiery grave.
IN VOI'K OWN BACK V \HI>.
>VE CANNOT
giving you in our sale for your dol
lar, but we must raise the cash.
Frankel Broe. 14-tf
CHICHESTER S PILLS
TIIE DIAMOND HBAND. A
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S010 BV DRUiGISTS EVENVttHlRf
Who Smoked
his first"SwEET
Cap" the day that
P.T. Barnum came
to town ?
STEP RIGHT INSIDE
ny store where our demonstrators are
proving the purity of SwiitCapoiui paper
byactual burning test. You'll be interested
APORAL
""Fresh carrota in your own back
yard
Mav fill your table needs,
: And please the eye all summer, too,
Where erswhile flourished weeds.
j 'V%lose to your house, spade up and
j rake
A twleve-inch strip of ground;
Three inches back from either edge.
Plant carrot seeds around.
"The featherly leaves resemble ferns
To make the spot more bright,
Add poppy or nasturtium seeds.
Twill bring sustained delight!"
—Woman's Home Companion.
COMB SAUE TEA IN
HAIK TO DA KKK> IT
It\ Grandmother's Kedpe to keep her
Locks lhirk. Glossy, Iteautii'iil.
"O Lord will thou not the city spare
If thou canst find fifty righteous
there,
Then on his knees with a sigh fell
down;
And breathed a prayer for the wicked
town.
"Be p.itient, Ix>rd let me once more
speak.
And for the city thy favor seek.
Perhaps there are forty who have not
bowed.
To Baal, nor walked with the wicked
crowd.'•
He stood a moment in silent dread,
Then tor the city once more he plead
If ten are faithful to God in pray*
O wilt thou then not the city spare.'
The Ix>rd replied #,,I will show them
grace
If ten good people are in the place.
Then left off speaking and started
down
The mountain side toward the fated
town.
The sun was set and the twilight
gray—
Fast fading told of the close of day.
The people reveled by pleasure
charmed;
Nor seemed to be in the least alarm-
ed.
Two angels stood at the city gate,
Wihere for an entrance they had to
wait.
They had a message but no one knew
Their errand there and their friends
were few.
But one was there and in accents low
Said; "Come with me to my cottage go
You must not sleep in the street to-
night;
I'll care for you 'till the morning
light."
j Ix>t led the way
street.
thru the crowded
The old-time mixture of Sa^e Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray,
I streaked and faded hair is grand-
: mother's recipe, and folk* are again
using it to keep their hair a good.
even color, which is quite sensible, a*
we are living in an age when a youth-
ful appearance is of the greater ad-
vantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have The angels followed with weary fe<^
the troublesome task of gathering the And entered in and refreshments
sage and the mussy mixing at home. found;
Ail drug stores sell the ready-to-u*e But soon the people were gathering
i product, improved by the addition of' round.
! other Ingredients, called **WyeUi*s Moved by suspicion the angry crowd,
Sage and Sulphur Compound" for Stood at the door and together vowed:
about 50 cente a bottle. It \& very 'That they must know what the
popular because nobody can discover angels meant—
it has been applied. Simply moisten They must tell why they were ttiither
; your comb or a soft brush with it and sent."
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at & time; by morn-.The good man spoke and for safetj
'in? the gray hair disappears, but what I he said.
delight9 the ladies with "Wyeth s But crowded hard by the door to
Sage and Sulphur Compound, is that. break
beside* beautifully darkening the hair It open and out the strangers take,
after a few applications, it also pro-
duces that soft lustre and appearance The strongers thought of the one who
of abundance which is so attractive led,
Thin ready-to-use preparation is a Theta- wary fofrm to that humb e
delightful toilet requisite for th<*e j And had great trouble their way to
who desire a more youthful appea -. shed;
ance It is not intended for the cure. iThev spok* the word and the cro* 1
mitigation or prevention of disease. was blind,
VERY once in a
while you find a
family in which
some member does
not care for breakfast foods.
This is just the person
you should get to try
KRUMBLES—the most
appetizing and delicious whole
wheat food that ever appeared.
The tantalizing flavor of Krum-
bles is due to our special method of
cooking and toasting, which brings
out the full richness of the Wheat
— a flavor never known before in
all the thousands of years people
have been eating wheat
In the WAXTITE package — 1 Oc<
Look for this signature.
i ' s
a*.<y-
uWrUR
Krumbles fl
All Wheat
Ready to Eat
city with panting
The morning broke and the fiend of
death
Stood over the
breath—
The fire had kindled and blaze and
smoke;
With threatening tones of vengeance j
spoke.-
Make haste! get out to the mountair
go"
The sky is red and down below
The people wait for the fiend of
death,
To yield their lives to its fiery breath.
Slowly he rose at the sharp command
And. guided bv the angel's hand.
He fixed his eyes on the mountain
height-
Nor turned aside in his hasty flight.
The sun was up and -ature smiled
On valleys, brooks and forests wild
And there where wisdom had cried so
loud,-
Death wrapped its dead in a fierj
shroud.
Well I must close, I cannot speak
.More of that scene for my heart grows
weak—
I'll leave those things in the hands
of God.
And try to walk where the just have
trod. By Rev. J. A. Ward.
O-
tried y.tutors kii ey
KtMEDIES BUT ONLY 0>E
PROVED KE1.J VHEE
It is with great pleasure that I
write these linee of praise for your
ond«iful kidney and bladder rem-
edy. I had kidney trouble so bad
1 became very much alarmed. 1 had j
tried various kidney remedies i heard j
of but without relief. 1 was about
discouraged of ever being helped,
when, one day 1 picked up a book con-
taining testimonials of people who
had been helped and cured of their
kidney trouble by the use of Dr. Kil-
mer's Swamp-Root, so 1 decided to
try it and I know 1 owe my present
gcod health to the wonderful curative
power of Swamp-Root. I sincerely J
pe my word6 will be the means of \
restoring many other sufferers of kid-
ney and bladder troubles to good
health.
Very truly vours,
B. J. PBNSTBRMAKHR,
1491 Roycroft Ave , Lakewood, Ohio, j
Personally appeared before me this j
18th day of October, 1915. B. J. Fen- \
stermaker, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and iu fact, i
Wm. J. KljOTZBACH,
•Votary Public, j
letter to
llr. Kilmer a Co.
Hinirhanipton, N. Y.
Pro Te \> hat Snuni|>-K<>ot Will Do Kor
Yon.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., I
Binghampton. N. Y., for a sample size j
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
Information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing be sure
and mention the .News-Herald. Regu-
lar fifty-cent and one-dollar ixe bot-
tles for sale at all drug stores. Adv
>0TICE. SVe have just received a large Jine
AJ union barber shops have raised j of new and up-to-date ladies', misses'
all 36c prices to 35c, to take effect; and children's slipper sa.t Cohen's
May 1st. 18-llt ! 20-3t
CLEANING,PRESSING, DYEING^
REP"AIRlNG,ALTERATlONS.
Laoies'
REMODELING
A SPECIALTY.
NATIONAL
DOT ct[A uK> won
129 H M0ADWAV
rtfONE 1'
HAT WORK
ACCORD EON, KNIFE. AND BOX PLEATING-*
SHAWNEE
Business and Professional Directory
E C. SUnard. J. H. Wahl. c R Ennis
STANARD, WAHL & ENNIS
Attorneys at Law.
Rooms 1 to 6, Over Conservative Loan Company.
OKLAHOMA PIANO CO.
Pianos and
Organs.
115 North Broadway.
LAMBARD HART
Realty and Investment Co.
REAL ESTATE
Loans and Insurance
SHAWNEE OIL MILL
Manufacturers High-Grade
Cotton Seed Products. Mills
at Shawnee, Ada and Cal
vin, Oklahoma.
LONGMIRE DRAPER CO.
Undertaking1.
Day Phone, 105.
Night Phones, 139 and 70.
J. D. Lvdirk. D. 0. Eprerman
LYDICK & EGGERMAN
Lawyers.
Rear National Bank of
Commerce.
PICTURE FRAMING
See MOORE PACE
FURNITURE CO.
HARRY JOHNSON
General Blacksmithimr. Rubber Tires. Awnings and Sleep
ing Porches a specialty.
Phone 459 123 N. Broadway
111
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