Harrah News (Harrah, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 4
HA HRAH NEWS
The smallest weekly newspaper in Oklahoma County, but not tfte worst.
Harrah, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Thursday December 25, 1913
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A PAGE OF LOCAL NEWS
News Items Of The Week
Gathered For Our Readers
T. L. Richardson was a Seminole
visitor Sunday.
Harold Boggs was down from Jones
City Sunday, visiting W. T. Clark and
family.
W. L. Young was a business visitor
at Oklahoma City Saturday.
A. J. Radford is confined to his home
this week with an attack of la grippe.
Mrs. C, Beal was an Oklahoma -City
shopper Monday.
Charlie Martin was a business (?)
visitor at Oklahoma City Sunday.
C. W. Terry and Mr. Beckerdite the
Frisco agent at Jones City, were here
Friday night on business.
Albert Couch, county commissioner
of this district, was over from Luther
Friday attending to business matters.
W. T. Clark was in the City Tuesday
as a witne33 in the Navarre-Lanyon
case.
L. C. Grimes and family are in the
City today eating Christmas dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hollis.
Mrs. S. B. Harrison spent a few
days in the City past week the guest
of friends.
Mrs. Wm. Fisher and Miss Helen
Sinner south of town were Oklahoma
City shoppers Saturday.
Misses Virginia Clark and Bessie
Ferguson returned from Edmond
Tuesday to spend their holiday vacat-
ion with home folks.
Mrs. Walter Wilson and son Gepald,
returned the middle of the week from
Henryetta, where they visited a couple
of weeks with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fugate arrived
here Sunday to spend the holidays
with Mrs. Fugate’s sister, Mrs. Em-
erson Fees and family, northeast of
town.
John Beal, our affable depot agent is
taking a two weeks vacation, having
been relieved Thursday by C. B. Reeds
of El Reno.
A deputy United States marshal
was here Friday on some business with
the bondsmen of L. C. Grimes in the
Indian land cases.
A dance is to be held tonight in the
store building just vacated by Baber &
Hiatt. Everybody is invited ai)d a
pleasant time is anticipated.
Mrs. J:>hn Jodloski and son Eddie
left Monday for Breman, Texas., to
spend the holidays with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. George Munson and
daughter Alta, went up to the City
Tuesday, to spend Christmas with Ed
Force and family.
Frank Munson of Humbolt, Neb.,
who was called here two weeks ago
by the death of his father, left
day for his home.
Tues-
Number 48
JONES CITY Wim
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Other Interesting News As Re-
corded In The C. V. News
A fine baby girl was born Sunday j Good Farm for rent in the Kickapoo,
night to Mr. and Mrs. Frank ^ruta. | Inquire J. A. Taylor.
W. J. Lanyon of Gresham, Neb.,
father of our townsman R. J. is here
to spend Christmas.
A number of subscriptions
News expire .January t-.
are a year behind,
list on a cash-in-advance basis,
This is their first child and will no
doubt add joy and sunshine to their
lives.
A five inch snow fell here Sunday
night. This snow would have been
fine if had come a couple of days later.
What was the weather man thinking,
about, that he didn’t wait a day or
two?
Mrs. J. T. McGaughey and children
returned Friday from Shamrock, Tex-
as, where they have been conducting
a restaurant, having decided to quit
that business.
H. C. Stahl was here from Bellvue,
Ohio, a couple of days the past week,
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Schofield and family. He made a very
pleasant call at this office before leav-
ing.
Williams & company have made some j Anderson m
changes in their and added a meat j there, to take
shop. This firm is always digging
i Wm. McMullen, wife and daughter,
i Miss Blanche, left Wednesday for Roch-
ester, Minn., where they will consult
the famons surgeons, Drs. Mayo, con-
cernig the health of Mrs. McMullen,
who has been failing in health forsooae
time. It is hoped by her many friends
that an operation will not haye to be
resorted to.
J. L. Johnson, northeast oT town, is
enjoying a visit from his brothers,
George and Oren, who live at Mount
Pleasant, Mich. It has been 12 years
since J. L. saw his brother George
and 38 years since he saw Oren. It is
needless to say they are enjoying
themselves.
The case of Ilarrv and Anna Crum,
who were suing Chas. Abel in the
superior court in connection with the
sale of the Jones City telephone ex-
change to the Crums several months
ago. resulted in a hung jury Monday,
after the jury had been out since Fri-
day. The ease will have to be tried
again.
John Scott was out from the City
Wednesday and would you beleive it?
John is a candidate for sheriff. Has
his cards out and is passing them around.
[John is a good fellow, and would make
' a good sheriff if he could get votes
enough.
Tommie Whitford son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Whitford, sonthwest
Jones, will go to Stillwater the first
of the year, and re-enter the A, & M.
Collage.
Mrs. Minnie Scott and little daughter
from Brush, Colo , were here a few
days visiting her brother, B. F. Boggs
and family.
Killing At Luther
Jim Talor, a farmer was shot and
killed at Luther last Friday afternoon
by Will Arthur, son of W. J. Arthur,
cotton gin and mill man at Luther.
Young Arthur i3 road overseer at Lut-
her, and Taylor with others were work-
ing the roads. Differences came up
Thursday between the two men in re-
work should be
j gar to how a certain ------ ------
Dr. G. R. Griggs has purchased the j done, and when they met Friday the
Ward property on south Main street, j shooting took place. Arthur gave him-
With a few improvements the doctor 8eif Up immediately and said that h•»
will have a niee home. ! would let the facts be his side of the
The News failed to report last week j case Taylor leaves a wife and several
that H. Chancellor and family of the j children. ______
Star neighborhood had gone to Paris, Clerks Get Raise In Pay
and Cooper, Texas., to spend the hoh- j
d j The board of county commissoners
of Oklahoma county met Monday for
The Star folks were to have a Christ- ^ e of considering bridge con-
mas tree last night, and we feel safe ( tg but passed over until Tuesday
in predicting that it was a success m
every respect.
until
definite action in the matter.
The salaries of the employes of the
Uncle John Andersen was a business county treasurer’s office were increased
visitor at the City Saturday. Brother $io per month for the months of Dec-
’shop. mw "
ffions to the , arouna ana linpioving their stoie so as j ^he News man learns that he was , on ;^r‘., t*Lre_
“r :Tz*° “ke “• °l th::r_ rr'n„! 1 zu*, i™.
Anderson has arranged to put Mrs.
the Hayden snnitonum
treatments for rheu-
matism.
The News man learns that he was
ember, January and February; the in-
crease r.ot to effect County Treasurer
Baker n »r Deputies- i'tcCaferty and
Fightmaster. The increase was allowed
on account of the deputies having to
Wo must put
our
and
We
(Vnre-e M. Fowler returned Saturday : school house holding a pie social to
* * *—s been: raise funds for a Christmas tree. The
weeks, good people out there contributed libel-
! _ I *• C . . A---Un/I FkcUl* FkriKffTUlS
from
Mrs Jess Komeghen and children
therefore, we ask ; mi to pay up. VVc { . { th r for several weeks, good people out mere comnuum. t'VueVdav for Tribbcy, to b***
have trusted you for the paper, bu^now at.yinK at .he tome of hi. ally for a tree and had their Christmas | lef ‘r
this .log-gone trustin'- buaineaa wont l «e™ ■ Jrlh of 1 tree end entwt.ion.ent last mght. ChM.tmaaw.Uoe, mot
pay our landlady or the tax collector.
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