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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-08-26
THE MERCHANTS $500 CASH PRIZE FUND

In launching this sanction and good win
OF every one fund created by the undersigned
TO the organization public private
Der OF between this ali in
uunuons In Ardmore the Indian
GRAND CASH s5oooo
wei worth effort
you get one vote There shall be
slider and merchant selling
be stricken from the list You
except at the store where
time Of purchase Statesmen pur
chase number OF
with his her selling number arm so issuing
The Merchants $500 Cash Prize You sha de
pos by
suing the voting tickets the key Of which custody Of the
all boxes count all
once each month No merchant Of the nd
contest shall
or organization On the sh
On Saturday each month tho mar
Merchants $500
to the cashier
be ' ~ 'F'u """
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Madden, Co r. It Dallas
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Drugs and Books. r Allen Csrseeman
F. j. Ramsey. Ctas TIotcbtIss IowsIst
ponler q bonner p b Tarver, Jeweler.
Coleman - Tauor
Furniture. Farihing 8 Cooner larors
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Hail Hills r l. sri'h. lveyman.
erocers. T,m .vtey Lverymar
NJ T. teker Grown TCilng
W. O. Kendall Miss Mllner
A. SklpWorh Ms Jnmca. Mllner
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by Cold Storage Market)
Tvs (gross( cwt. .$1.75 to $500
yves ........----...S .SS.OOW5.OO
sep. per head. -. .s2.00@s3.0O
gs (gross) 100 lbs. .s4.50Qs5.00I
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The Woodmen Circle

meets every third Friday night and
first Monday afternoon in the X. OF
P. hall. MRS. l. r. MASON, Guard.
MRS H. P. EvETTs, Clerk.
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The Modern Woodmen OF America
meet every Monday night In the X. of
p. hall. j.. F. SON. VIC
ERlETT DUNLAP, Clerk.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
CBy M. Felker.l

(By M. FTelker.l
following are the prevailing
paid for produce today:
eOe heat--NO. 2. 65c; No. /, zoe.
. ls-25c.
!. Ir-$75O.
h-5Sc.
, .nd h Potatoes-75c per bushel
ter-15@20c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

PHILADELPHIA. May 9.-Butter quiet but
steady; extra Western creamery. 22i1c; extra
nearby prints, %. Eggs firm and In good de-
mand; fresh nearby. Ice. at the mark fresh
Western, l6lzc at the mark; fresh southwest
ern, Ice, at the mark; fresh Southern. 154191zc.
Cheese firm and in fair demand: old New YORK
full creams. prime small, 14%Gl5c; old New YORK
full creams. fair to good small 14Q14!&c; old
New York full creams, choice large l4%c; OLD
New York full creams fair to good large lao
141zc; new New York full creams. best here,
12&c: new New York full creams. fair to good.
12d1211c
NEW YORK, May s.-Butter-Receipts. 2. S33
packages; the market was firm: State dairy. lIq
2lc; extra creamery, 22c creamery, common TO
choice, TQ21Iic. Cheese-Receipts Ass pack
ages: the market was steady; State full cream.
colored and white old, 13@14c; small coiored
new. 2kc; small white. new. 12hc; large coiored'
new. u&c; large white. new. uAc. Eggs-Re-
cepts, TO- $50 packages the market was nrm;
State and Pennsylvania, lie; Western storage
packed. lie: Kentucky. l6hc; Western f1rsts, l61i
Q1Ic; Southern. l51xq16c.
CHICAGO, May Son the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was firm; creamery, 10
G21c dairy. iihG1sc. Eggs Arm at 14hql4%c at
@l3lzc.
KANSAS CITY. May 9.-Eggs steady; fresh
Missouri and Kansas stock, 121zc, cases re-
turned new No. whitewood cases included, lSc
CINCINNATI. May Eggs steady at 14c.
Butter quiet. Cheese steady; Ohio fiat. lac.
ST. LOUIS May 9.-Butter quiet; creamery.
16d21c; dairy. 12Ql6c. Eggs steady at l3c.
LOUISVILLE May 9.-Butter-Common and
BOSTON, May Especial. Eggs firm at lie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

Iron cotton ties: sl.o5: Hemp Irvine: SC. Bagsing.
5496izc. Recsipts-Flout. 5000 brls; wheat. U.s.
900 bu; corn. 81 O0C bu: oats 80 600 blu. Ship
ments-Fiour. 5000 brls :. wheat. 5000 bu: corn.
1900 bu; oats. 5000 bu.
LOUISVILLE. May 9-wheat-No red and
longberry, I3c; No red and longberry. 1c:
Apples-sun-cried. 4%d5c per 10 for large and
bright and 4diIsc for medium. Peaches. 2hQ3c.
Beans-NortheTn hand-picked. s.. per bu; Indi-
ana new beans. 81. 2512.50 per bu- Hay-Choice.
In car lots, on track $TG17.50: clover, sl3dlS so
Straw, S4S.50. Clean ginseng. s4d425 per 10.
bu New cabbage. s. per crate. Peppers. 50. IS
per crate
KANSAS CITY. May s-wheat-May. eskc;
July. GIN qe25sc; cash No. hard. 6sd6sc No. 8.
oeqt'c; No. 4. 6iG64c: rejected, 57Q61c; No.
red SIC; No. s. 6Sq6.izc. Corn-May. Ssc; July,
SI%aS'tsc; cash No. mixed, 4O1zq4lc; NO; z
bu; corn. $500 Blu; oats. 5000 bu.
CINCINNATI. May s.-F1our dull. Wheat
nrm; No 2 red, 75laa76c. Corn Arm; No
mixed, 461xG47c. Oats steady; No mixed SSlz
aSic Rye quiet: NO 2. SIC Lard steady at
at slo.75. Whisky-Distillers finished goods quiet
on the basis OF sl.3o Sugar steady.
MINNEAPOLIS. May s.-wheat-Cash. 7siec;
May .!$sc; July, 7s%c on track. No hard,
1850; No. northern. 7aisc: No northern, 7Iizc
No northern, 76Q76ikc. Flour-First patents.
4lSq4.25; second patents. 81 05d4-15: first clears,
sSqSIV second clears, s2.45q2.5o Bran nisher;
in bulk. Nl.75612.
DULUTH. May 9.-wheat-To arrive, No
hard, ls%c; No. northern. 75&c; May, NO 1
hard. lsAc: July, 771ac; September s0ssc. oats
To arrive and on track. Sac: May. S3lzc.
MILWAUKEE. May s.-Barley steady; No. 2.
sc; sample. 44Q53i1c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
No. "13" and the White House.
Golfers Weekly

To those who are Influenced by the old
superstition of sitting down to table thir-
teen in number, an invitation from the
President to dine at the White House off
the new state service OF china, manufac-
tured by the famous firm of Wedgwood.
may well be looked at askance. Whether
Intentionally or by accident the mystic
number is curiously repeated :n the crest
and even in the transaction by which the
service was ordered. Any one who visits
the st. Louis exposition may observe the
former. as the service Is TO be placed there
on view. To begin with there are. of
course, thirteen stars and thirteen bars in
the shield. representing the original thir-
teen States OF the Union. In one claw the
eagle grasps thirteen bolts. and in the
other an olive branch upon which there
are thirteen leaves and thirteen berries.
The pinions of the eagle. too, have thir-
teen feathers, and IL will be found that
there are thirteen letters in the motto .'E
Pluribus Unum." Further. there are thir-
teen letters in the Christian names OF the
President and his wife-Theodore and
Annie-and thirteen letters also IN Stafford
shire, the county In England In which the
Wedgwood ware Is manufactured, but per-
haps the most significant fact of ali In
this respect is that the service was de-
livered on Friday. the 18th OF February of
this year.
Under these circumstances IT would seem
to require only party Of thirteen to make
any one sensitive of such matters search his
mind diligently for excuse to absent
himself from the table
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

Jeanette L. Glider. in Booklovers' Magazine.
took friend TO Paris once for three DAVIS
She had never been there before and she Aid
not know when she might go again. and she had
only three days.
You will see more in three days than you will
forget in thirty years IL you leave IT to me
we went. end l fully proved my case The
arst night went TO the Theater Francais
the second 10 another taeater. and the third we
gave to a dinner party. Instead OF trying TO see
ali the pictures in the Louvre look her 10 see
NY fayorites among the Titians velasouez and
Muriiios. We did not waste time in looking at
miles and miles of stone gals" but worshiped
a, the shrines OF the Venus of Milo and fha
Winged Victory. We gazed with awe into Napo-
lson's tomb nd let the little old man at The
scor of Sotrc Dame swish US with holy water
We lounged along the quays and bought old
Rocks for twice their value. walked in the
Shadows of the walls OF the Sorbonne. We drove
a. the Bois and we lunched and dined al res
,aurants that the tourist knows not OF. At the
End of the third day we went back to London
Twas IL not worth while 10 have spent three
DAYS in Parish asked.
1T feel equal 10 writing a book on the man.
ners and customs Of the Parisians.'' was the
reply.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

OIL CITY, May s.-Credit balances. s153; GER
tifcates no bid. Observation-Disclosures SIS. 81:
brls: average 1904 brls Lima g. 59 brls; aver
age, 69sl5 brls. Runs-Pennsylvania. 34e brls
average. 1858 brls; Lima. 6s624 brls; average.
81. 752 brls.
NEW YORK. May 9.-Petroleum steady: re-
fined New York, S.35c; Philadelphia and Balti-
more, $500; Philadelphia and Baltimore, In bulk.
soc. Rosn steady; strained common to good
$2a2.05. Turpentine firm at 4sQ49l1c.
SAVANNAH. May s.-Turpentne firm at 46c
Rosn firm; A. B. c. d, E, $40; F. s1.75; G.
$780, II. s2.25; j, s2s5 X. 50: NJ 1910; N. 50. Is
WINDOW glass. 1925; water white sS.45.
WILMINGTON, May 9.-Spirits turpentine Arm
at 45ixc. Rosin-Nothing doing. Crude turpen-
tine quiet at 81 rs and $3.50 Tar firm at 81 e5
MONTPELIER, May 9.-Crude petroleum
strong: North Lima. s1.16; South Lima and In
diana, Sill.
CHARLESTON. May 9.-Turpentine quiet al
44I1c bid. Rosin quiet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
. TESTING TYPEwRITERs.

New York Times.

New York Times.
Every typewriting machine made in the
United States Is given trial by the United
States government. There Is an unwritten
invention and mechanics. All the various
departments in Washington and every navy
yard throughout the country are supplied
with the latest production OF the typewrit-
ing maker. The trial given each type Of
machine is an exhaustive one. and con-
unues until the machine is so far gone as to
auction under sealed bids, with the count
less other auxiliaries Of department or bu-
reau that arc put up at auction at regular
periods.
1t is claimed that no favoritism is shown
In these experiments, although certain
types which have been In use for years In
the various departments are more extern
Sively patronized than those or which COM
paratively little is known. The machine of
one company is found In nearly every de-
partment and at every navy yard, and also
said to be due to the fact that it is a SUI
perior machine and Its service has never
been found wanting. At the navy yard in
Brooklyn there are six machines of the one
make in addition to dozens of others that
are on probation or fully tried. machine.
unless unusually bad, is never condemned
until it breaks down absolutely, and even
when more or less satisfied that the make
of the machine is not of the best, the heads
of departments invariably give the inventor
or maker another chance by buying a Sec
Some manufacturers have been known to
offer their machine free in the hope that
they might receive more consideration at
the hands of government employees but
these attempts at influencing those who de-
eide upon the machines have always failed
In the majority of the departments regular
reports as to the advantages, disadvan-
tages, usage, duration of service and other
details are furnished from time to time by
those who operate the machines. These
reports do not apply to those machines that
are made by firms whose workmanship has
been under observation for years. The
newer makes only come in for an earnest
subject of investigation.
At the auction sales of typewriting ma
chimes discarded by the government the
prices received are frequently so low as TO
cause general surprise on the part of those
who are not aware that there was such
sale until it had taken place Machines
have gone for S. and even g. One sold at
the latter price two years ago was resold
for a better figure to a Manhattan business
man. who has had IL steadily at work ever
since. II is still in frst-class order.
The government has no room or Official
patience to keep damaged or worn-out
typewriting machines. and this is one of
the chief reasons for their occasional sale
at what may seem low prices. The govern
ment does not invest in machines Of for
eign make, but will buy for experimental
purposes and final adoption IL found to be
serviceable any new make put on the mar
ket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
CUBAN SOCIAL CUSTOMS.
The Restrictions Much Greater than
I'm This Country.
Correspondence Boston Transcript.

Correspondence Boston Transcript
Until Americans came there was no call
Ing liz the day time That was all done in
the evening. / have heard several Cuban
ladies say that they had never made a call
in the afternoon previous to our arrival.
Some of them are now adopting our way
OF making the first call on the newcomer
But many still wait until the stranger calls
on them. The most Americanized are fol-
lowing our custom in this as in other
things.
man visitor alone, as the idea OF chaper-
onage Is as strict as ever. IL does not seem
TO occur to most families that young people
would enjoy talking to each other without
including all of the members of the family
in the conversation. Young people become
better acquainted at dances than any place
else. girl does not even receive her fance
alone. The whole world knows that the
couple are engaged. for the windows are
thrown open so that all passers-by may see
the lovers sitting side by side. with the
doing chaperone near by. A girl does not
go any place with a man without an ac-
companying chaperone: in fact, she usually
goes with some of her people, and he Joins
them on arriving there. Ii is the same
after she becomes engaged. only then She
does not go. to any entertainments unless
her fianoe Is also going AS for the friend
women in our country they are unknown.
and the thought of them is not looked on
with approval
Marriage does not bring much more free
"A
young married woman does NOT go on the
street alone. She does not dance with any
man other than her husband or a near
relative. nor does her husband dance with
other ladies' Should she chance to meet a
man acquaintance on the street, he would
not turn and walk with her. 1t would en-
barrass her II he did. Nor would a Cuba
woman go on the street with a man other
than her husband or a relative, even were
he a guest in her home.
Not long since two ladies. whose hus-
bands are Cubans. CHANGED TO be calling at
the same house that American gentle
man was paying mis- respects. AS they all
left at the same time the gentleman of
fered 10 drive them home In his carriage.
his way leading him in that direction. The
offer was accepted. Unfortunately, the
carriage was overturned and the occu
pants had to finish their journey on the
electric car. Ever since then the husbands
have been very uneasy lest the accident
should be mentioned in the papers. Should
this be done many CRITICISMS would be
made In native circles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

LONDON. May s.-The offerings at the wool
auction sales to-day numbered 3S001 bales.
There was a large attendance, and in all Sec
tons there was free buying. Merinos were in
fair supply and the competition for them was
spirited. Several parcels were bought for Amer
lea. Cross-breds which comprised nearly one
half the offerings. were mostly sold for home and
the Continent. but few were taken for Amer
lea. The offerings for next week comprise SO. 200
bales. The following the sales in detail: New
South Wales. 1.s00 bales; secured. slzdQ1s lid;
greasy, 5Adn1s 3D. Queensland, 1900 bales;
secured. lsa1s Cd: greasy 7dals i,kd. Victoria.
1000 bales; secured. lodgls IND; greasy 6dg
Is Id. South Australia. 900 bales; secured, is I'd
ais Cd: greasy. 6dqls West Australia 100
bales: secured. Is 1iedd1s AID: greasy 6AQlOd.
Tasmania. % bales: greasy uledqls Id. New
Zealand. 6.2co bales: secured, sladq1s 1od; greasy.
5%dd1s I'd. Cape of Good Hope and Natal. 700
bales; greasy. 5A@I0d. Buenos Ayres, 800 bales .
secured. 7ladd1s 1lad. The arrivals for the next
series number 5s.773 bales, Of which $500 bales
have been forwarded.
ST. LOUIS. May s.-Wool steady; medium
grades and combing. 15I1sisc; light fine, 4ql7c;
heavy fine. 10d13c; tub-washed, 1sQ211zc
NEW YORK. May 9.-Wool firm; domestic
fleece, 2Sq32c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
GRAINS DULL BUT FIRM
WHEAT CLOSES AT THE TOP, WITH
A QUARTER-CENT GAIN.
Corn and Oats Add Minor Fractions to
Fridays Prices-Hog Products
Steady at Mixed Changes.

CHICAGO, May s.-The usual Saturday
dizziness pervaded the grain and provision
pits to-day and prices in general were
firm, wheat closing &c higher, corn &c
higher and oats up &c. September provi-
sions closed from a shade lower to TIC
higher.
Trading in wheat was small, but there
was a continuation of yesterdays bullish
sentiment. Opening prices were firm on
small receipts, unfavorable crop reports,
firm cables and on talk of possible war in
the Orient. July was unchanged to &c
higher. at 721ac to 725sc, and during the first
halt of the session price fluctuations were
confined within a narrow range. There
was a lack of outside orders and about the
only trading was of an evening up char
acter over Sunday between local traders.
The estimates of large worlds shipments
for Monday caused some selling later In
the day and the market eased of, July de-
Ginning TO 72ssc. but fair cash demand and
bullish crop advices soon brought prices
back to the opening figures. July closed
at the high point. at 72%c, gain Of NC.
Clearances of wheat and -four were equal
to $4,000 blu. Primary receipts were 237, 900
blu. against 292.500 a year ago. Minneapolis
and Duluth reported receipts of LA cars.
with local receipts of fifty-four cars-none
Of contract grade-made a total Of It's cars,
against ISL last week and TIA year ago.
Corn was dull. but the market was firm
the greater part Of the day. Favorable
weather brought out considerable selling
by local traders, but the offerings were
readily taken by two of the principal longs.
Receipts were larger and the cash demand
good. July closed &c higher, at 45c, after
selling between 455s@45%c and 45c Receipts
were 264 cars, eighteen of contract grade.
Oats shared in the general dizziness, and,
aside from the early buying of May by a
prominent commission house, the market
lacked any feature. Local sentiment was
still bullish on crop advices, but complaints
from the country were fewer in that re-
spect. The close was steady, July sc high
err at 32l4@S2asc, after ranging between
32lsc and 32asc. Receipts were ITO cars
The feature in provisions selling by
outsiders, together with small offerings by
local bears. There was some covering by
shorts late in the day. which caused bet
ter tone in the situation. September pork
closed 7lzc higher, at $167211; lard was up
sc. at $9.0712, while ribs were down shade,
at s9.271zQ9.3O.
Estimated receipts for o-morrow-Wheat
80 cars; corn, 240; oats, 145; hogs, 81, 900
head.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
AT NEW YORK.
Grains and Cereal Products Quiet, but
Generally Steady.

NEW YORK. May 9-Flour-Receipts.
34,s27 brls; exports. 9,231; inactive but
steady. Winter patents, $3.70G4; winter
straights. sS.50@36O; Minnesota patents,
s4Q43O; winter extras. s2.S0q3.1O; Minnesota
bakers, S3.20Q34O; winter low grades $3.50
Q2e0. Rye -four steady: fair to good 81 so
Q33O; choice to fancy, $3.25Q3.45. Cornmeal,
quiet: yellow Western, $685. city, s1.04:
Brandywine, sa.4OQa.55.
Rye steady; No. Western, 591kc (. O. b.
af1oat; State, 56Q59c C. /. t. New York. Bar
ley dull; feeding. sic C. 1. f. Buffalo; malt
ing. 52Q5Sc C. /. f. Buffalo.
wheat-Receipts, 191, 100 bu; exports, 2o9.-
66i Spot steady; No. red. S24c elevator,
S2Ac f. o. b. affoat: No. / northern Du-
luth, s7%c f. o. b. affoat; No. hard Mani
toba, size T. o. b. af1oat. Options opened
firm cold weather in the far Northwest
higher English cables and covering, but
later yielded to realizing by the room ele-
ment: closed steady. with May 1ac net
higher and other months net unchanged:
May, S17sQs2ssc. closed at S24c; July, mo
q ll,i6c, closed at TIC; September log
Corn-Receipts, $3.50 bu; exports $50.
Spot steady; No. 2. 53lac elevator, 52sa f. O..
b. afloat: No: 2 yellow. sac; No. white.
54c. Options had steady opening on the
cables, but fell off under promising crop
news. together with fair movement West;
closed easy and lsQ7sc net lower: May,
54I1@545s. closed at 545s; July, 51%G5l&c,
closed at 515sc; September closed al 5Oasc.
Oats-Receipts, $4,000 bu; exports, Isis
bu Spot dull; No. 2. 3S14c; standard white,
Ale; No. 8. 37l4c; No. white. 3S1sc; No. 3
white, 3Skc: track white 3S045c. Options
dull and barely steady; May closed at Ale.
Hay steady; shipping. 7OQ75c; good to
choice, $101.15.
Hops steady; State, common to choice.
1902. 17d24c: 1901, 15@lSc; old. 6d10c: Pacific
coast. 1902. 1S922lzc; 1901, 15q17c; old. 6Q10c.
Hides steady; Galveston. 20 to % lbs, 1Sc;
California, q to % lbs. 19c; Texas dry. "a to
80 lbs 14c. Leather steady: acid. 2462511c
Beef quiet; family. S11.50d12.50; mess, sea-
TO- beef hams, s20I2l50; packet. $lO5OG11
city extra India mess. $500. Cut meats
irregular; picked bellies, S9.25@l0.75; picked
shoulders. So: picked hams, s1l.50a12 Lard
easy; Western steamed. $3.50; refined easy;
continental, 500: South American, $40 80;
compound, S7.621S@S. Pork steady; family.
SIG; short-clear. s1S.5Oa2o.25: mess. SIS. 259
1915.
Tallow steady; city g2 for package), SIC;
country packages free). 51k15asc. Cotton
seed oil steady; prime yellow, 43d4315c.
Rice quiet: domestic. fair to extra 4H6
47sc: japan nominal. Molasses quiet: New
Coffee-Spot Rio quiet; No. invoice SIC;
mild quiet Cordova. 724G12c.
Sugar-Raw nominal fair refining 3-16c:
centrifugal. 90 test. 11-16c; molasses sugar.
&c Refined steady; No. g. 4f0c; No z 4S5c
No s. 4.3oc; No. 9. 4.25c; No. 10. 42Oc: No IL.
4.l5c: No. IL. 4.10c; No. 13, 405c; No IA. 4c:
confectioners A. 4.55c; mold A. 5O5c: cut.
loaf 5 4Oc: crushed. soc; powdered 49Oc:
granulated, 4S0c; cubes, 5.05c.