The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1905.
NO. 47.
We Have Placed on Our Bargain Table,; [ We Have the Exclusive Agency
hi the center of the store, ONE HUNl)RF.l)
PAIRS OF SHOES, representing all grades of
shoes, from $1.50 to S3.00, in Ladies' and
Misses' sizes, that will he sold at the low
j
j, price of SI.25. Of course a few sizes will
i he missing, but the majority of people can get
: a fit. These shoes we consider to be ONE OF
j THE BEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED. . .
For the ROYAL WORCESTER and
CRESCO CORSETS, the two best Cor-
sets on the market. They sell at Si.00.
Ladies please call at Corset counter and
make a trial purchase.
Also have an excellent line at 50 cents.
Full line Summer Corsets at 25, 35 and'50c.
style.
For a short time we wiiS make special low prices on Silk Shirt Waists. We will sell regular S4.00
White Silk Waists at the low price of $3.00. Regular $6.00 Silk Waists at $4.50. Special low prices will
be made on Ladies' Silk Underskirts until sold. Description of these Underskirts cannot be made in de-
detail. But Set us say a saving of 20 per cent will be assured to each purchaser.
. . . SEE OUR LINE OF . . .
Black Mercerized Skirts,
Which we are selling at $!.oo. We have
better ones at $1.25, $1.50 and Si.75.
.Every skirt is guaranteed made in first-
class manner.and a fit its assured ....
IT
LOW PRIBES WILL
... IN OUR . .
REIGN
HAND BAG DEPARTMENTS..
Will sell every J?ag fit. reduoed prices to make way
for our New Fall Lilies. Sen the now things in
Side Combs, Hair Clasps and Back Combs, which
we are selling at 10, 15 am' 25 cents.
We Have a Full and Complete Line of
Glassware and Tinware,
At the lowest possible prices. If you
need anything at all in Tinware or
Glassware, you will do better at our
store. Yours for business, .......
THE BIG RACKET STORE.
CASHION BRO8.. PROP. HENNESSEY, O. T
Doix't Eat Bananas Nov .
5'ou may catch yellow fever if you
v®at bar. an us. This is the opinion of
•some of the wholesale commission men
•who deal in frail.
"I think that people ought to cut out
eating bananas for a while, at least,"
•said one commission man this morning.
"I don't believe it is sale. All the ship-
ments of bananas which come to Topeka
•either come from New Orleans or Mobile.
"iSome of us who are in the fruit busi-
ness got together the other day and dis-
cussed the situation and wondered if we
had not better give up the sale of ba-
nanas. That is practically the only
tfruit which comes from around the
'fever district. Watermelons and other
*fpuit and produce either comes from
California o: else from Oklahoma and
Uho Indian Territory. There is no shut-
down in the shipments of fruit, and we
* are receiving them right alon^. Banar.-
as are the only tiling which come from
*around the gulf, and I think it wot.Id
">bo wise if people would cut that fruit
*cut for a while."
•Another wholesaler said: "I don't
believe there ic-much danger from the
-sale of bananas. We are not selling
imany now because we believe that it
isn't a good thing until the feeling and
• excitement about yellow' lB\er has died
ot:t. The-onlv way it afTects the fruit
trade is that there is considerable risk
about it for the importer. The ships
are usually detained out in the harbor
from five to six days for quarantine pur-
poses, and by the time they reach the
wharf they are overripe and a loss bo-
cause they can't bo shipped. This is
the only way it afTects the local market.
There is no trouble in shipments of
other kinds of fruit and produce."-—
Topeka Journal.
Get Rich Quick in The Southwest.
A railroad man running in and out of
one of the recently "boomed" home
stead sections on the Rock Island line
through the Texas Panhandle bough
two lots, about throe years ago, lor $15.
00. Inside of 12 months a site was want
ed for a Presbyterian church and the
lucky landholder disposed of his plat for
$">00.00. This money ho immediately
■invested in neighboring lots, which he
later sold at just four times what he paid
for them. The man who bought the
lots last referred to sold them the same
day be bought them at 100 per cent pro-
lit and an opera house is now being rapid-
ly erected. Real estate transactions take
place rather hurriedly sometimes in the
rapidly growing Southwest, and some
body cleans up a fe\ hundred each time
the land changes owners.
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———— —MgMBB gauRsawjwsaraiiKS'i KasggBS ros
His Appreciation i
The Business Man thoroughly appreciates his
ohecking-aecount. Those who do not kuep
such an account miss many of its advantages.
We are always glad to explain the workings of
a tdTecking-uccounltotlho.se who arc not 1h-
aiiliar With them.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
HENNESSEY,
OKLAHOMA.
SLOT MACHINES OUT.
Hennessey Saloon Keepers Throw Out
the Machines and Card Tables
All slot machines and card tables
were taken out of the Hennessey saloons
Monday. The doors loading to the
saloons from the two pool rooms in town
were closed up and the pool rooms made
separate from the saloons.
While the saloon keepers were not
ordered to remove the slot machines and
card tables, thqy were given a "tip,"
we understand, that such orders were
contemplated The "hint" was taken
by the proprietors.
There seems to be an idea prevalent
that all the Hennessey saloons will bo
put out of business just as fast as the
respective licenses expire. The refusal
of the county commissioners a couple of
weeks ago to issue a license to the Con-
nor saloon, is thought to be the first
step in this direction. Connor has ap-
pealed to tho district court, however,
and his license may be issued.
The Merchants' bar is advertising a
t'quit business" sale, and it is supposed
that this saloon will not apply for a new
license. Oeorge Stieglit/. has a whole-
sale license, which does not expire for
almost a year, and ho can con tin no as a
wholesaler.
W. W. Parks, proprietor of the Dia-
mond saloon, announces that he will
not apply for a new license. His pres-
ent license expires some time in Oc-
tober.
The temperance element are feeling
good over tho prospocts of the lid being
put on in this town, and if it does go on,
they will sit on it and keep it down
ComnuinicaiJon.
To the editor of tho Phi.- -1 )i m<h i<at:
In your issue of July 28, I notice an ar*
tide taken from tho Kingfisher Star, to
the effect that I had been sued for di -
vorce I y my wife, Ilannah A Best. The
item says that my wife and I had lived
happily together lor twenty-seven years.
1 wish to say that tho facts in tho case are
that instead of hiving happily, the re-
verse i true. Mrs Hest also charges
that I had become Involved with another
woman. I wish lo refute this charge,
as it is not true. My home life became
unbearable to mo, and I am living apart
from my wife. I make those statements
in order that I may bu set right with
tho public. VV. A, IJjvr.
"Struck Oil."
Tho production of the play, "Struck
Oil," by Kingfisher talent, at tho opera
house Tuesday night, was greeted by a
crowded house, and everybody got their
money's worth. Tho talent was made
up entirely of Kingfisher people, with
tho exception of Miss tirace Flanders,
of St. Louis, who got up tho play, which
was under the auspices of the local
Hebekah lodge.
Several of those in tho cast are well
known in Hennessey, and when they
appeared upon the stage were greeted
with hearty applause, Itol Blackburn.
G. I). Moss and Emmett Pemberton,
whom our people know so well, were
applauded when they first made their
appearance.
The play was well presented, and ev-
eryone taking part showed more than
ordinary ability. There were several
pleasing specialties between acts, one
of which was a song by Miss Grace Ral-
stin of this city, songs by Miss Coke,
and a burlesque duett by True Love
Herman and Clarence Stool.
Taken altogether the entertainment
was first-class, and should tho King-
fisher troupe come to Hennessey again,
a larger audience will greet them.
d, W. SMITH, PRES'T. A. C. RICHARDSON. VICE PRES'T
C. C. SMI TH, CASHIER. W. P. GRIFFIN, ASS'T CASHIER.
GLEN R. SMITH, SECOND ASS'T CASH'R.
iitui <y u mui Uliuli
UK HENNESSEY,
OLDEST BANK IIS KINGFISHER COUNTY.
I C You ili sire to make.your mark in this world, or to be comfort-
II able in your old age, you must save a partjof your earnings
There is no dishonor in true oconomy; iu fact, it is next to crimiutil
to spend all you earn, when others are dependent on you.
FAKMEKS <a MEKCHANTS BANK.
Central State Normal School.
The fall term of the Central State
Normal School opens Septembor 5th.
The registration of students will begin
Friday, Sept. 1st.
Board and room may be secured in
private families at lr<;m $2.50 to 50
per week. Students can secure a room
and board themselves at an expense of
from $1.25 to $2.00 per week. Tuition
is free in all studies except instrumental
music. Teachers attending here have
the advantages of the training school
free.
For catalogue and farther particulars
address the president,
F. H U.MUOLTZ,
Central State Normal School,
Edmond, Ok la.
T pon suspicion that there was gamb
ling going on in Hennessey, the authori-
ties Saturday night, visited two or three
places where there was thought to be
gambling, but nothing of that nature
was found Tne parties who were sus-
picioned wore informed that no gamb-
ling would be tolerated in this town.
A W. West lake has bought the <>. If.
barber shop, and has placed F2d Kaincy
j in charge of tho business.
The Eclipse.
The partial eclipse of the moon Mon-
day night attracted considerable atten-
tion in Hennessey. Tho eclipse went
on about 0 o'clock and expired at forty-
oue minutes after 10.
According to tho report of the United
States naval observatory at Annapolis,
the partial eclipse placed the eastern
section of both North and South America
in I ho complete shadow, or umbra, as
astronomers express it. The penumbra
or part shadow extended over the west
em parts of America. The weather
conditions were ideal for a perfect view
of tho eclipse. It was observed that the
earth's shadow first struck the moon
slightly to the left of tho lowest possible
portion of the sphere. The shadow
traveled in a circle slightly upwards to-
ward the centre and then on to the right
side of the orb. At its climax it cov-
ered less than half tho moon's entire
surface, causing that celestial body to
cast a weird light over tho earth in this
i region
j There will bo a total eclipse of the
j sun on August oO, the first for many
| years. Ii will be only partially visible
here, as tit- line of totality will bo but
120 miles in diameter, and will run
diagonally through tho northern parts
of Canada and Labrador, then crossing
the Atlantic ocean and striking Spain
just south or the Pyrenees mountain
chain. The lino will cross the Mediter-
ranean sea and pass through Tunis and
eastern Africa. The eclipse hero will
begin before sunrise and end about 0:iH)
o'clock.
G/w March of a New Idea.
It is announced that Victoria, the last
of the Australian States to grant full
sulfrago to women, lias at length ac-
corded it. This is a fresh illustration
of the tendency of anew idea to run
through a series of neighboring com-
munities, as tho measles will run
through a whole family when one child
catches it.
New Zealand led oil' by giving women
tho full ballot in 1 MM. South Australia
did so in 1805, West Australia iu 1000,
and Now South Wales in 11)02. In 1003
Tasmania and Queensland followed, like
sheep over a wall; and the last remain-
ing Australian State, Victoria, has now
fallen into line.
A similar series has boon observable
wit h municipal sulfrago in (iroat Britain.
In 1800 that right, was granted to tho
women of England- in 1881 of Scotland-
and iu 1808, with practically no opposi-
tion. the women of Ireland were given a
vote for ail otl'cers except members of
Pari lament.
The course of events n our Own coufi®
try has been much the same. The first
American state to grant full suffrage to
women was Wyoming, in 18(19, and tho
three other states that have since follow-
ed the example all lie close to Wyom ing^
in a block, and all bordering upon
one another.
Ivjual sulfrago evidently does not lead
to iIn dreadful resells prophesied by
its opponents, or wo should not find that
t he communities nearest to those whoie
it prevails aretheones which successive-
ly adopt it. Alice Si one Blackwell.
Wants ller Husband
Waukomis, (Mela., Aug. 15. A Mrs.
Copeland would like very much to locate
her husband, whom she thinks has either
met with foul play or is trying to beat
her mil of some money. Mr. Copeland
sold his farm recently anil altogether
had about $2,500 in cash when he
started for home. Ho never reached
there, however, and has never been seen
or heard of. Mrs. Copeland asks that
this notice appear in all rfce papers. It
j might be stated that $500 of the money
b"ion::«'d to Mrs. 'opeland, for which
i she heut vVorked very hard.
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Fisher, A. C. The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1905, newspaper, August 18, 1905; Hennessey, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc98478/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.