The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-27
INDIAN TERRITORY NOTES.

W. W Hansen, a blacksmith OF
Chickasha, has invented an adding
and subtractlng machine, and has al
ready secured patent papers. He
claims that the machine will work per.
fectly and can sold for half the
price Of other adding machines.
4. .
coalgate had little touch Of heay.
On the other night when the beautiful
poem, Paradise end the PERT" was
dramatlzed and presented by the
school children Of the town. All the
children looked like angels and fond
parents forgot that they we're ever
anything else.
According to the Chickasha Express
a negro boy who had been converted
and Joined the church the Sunday be-
fore was up In police court for steal.
ing coal The boy pleaded guilty, but
attributed his fall from grace to the
fact that he had not yet been bap-
tlzed Upon the advice OF the city at
oorney sentence vas suspended until
the prisoner could be baptized
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The young ladies Of the o. r. r. c.
Club gave an apron social at weleet.
ka recently and invited their young
men admirers in 20 SOW hens on
aprons. II is said that one young
man sewed the hem around
the entire circumference Of a girl In
sixty seconds and got the first prize
The young man who sewed the apron
TO bis trousers 20: the BOBBY prize
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The manager q - Weleetka Amer
lean tried q investigate the interior
OF his gasoline engine the other day
with the aid OF lighted match. lie
now has q couple OF black, swollen
eyes. great fakes Of parchment are
peeling OF the editorial nose, and ne
has several crazy quilt patches OF
hairless Uranium tc rent You cannot
get him within ten feet OF gasoline
engine now.
'rhe Okemsh Independent maintains
a very high moral standard and refus
es to publish city court news except
where subscribers hear about sucn
happenings and demand their publ.
cation. The editor explains his posi-
tion thus:
The mayors court has been In ses.
sion several times in the past week
but 10 blazon forth in the newspapers
reports from these sessions does more
harm to town than good, and conse.
quently we do not mention them un.
less requested TO do so by some OF our
subscribers"
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J. r. Guerin, an old soldier Holden
Vile. has fallen into a fortune ci
$4,000 by the merest accident About
ten wears ago some one filed on a
piece Of land In Minnesota In Geurn's
name, but the old soldier made no
attempt 10 secure possession OF the
land Two years ago he secured the
services OF White n Baker, attorney
OF Holdenville. and upon investigation
they found that the land had been soli
TO mining company for $1,000, 900.
After threatening 10 sue for posses
sion n compromise was effected where.
by Geurin secured $4,000 and the law
arm a fee OF $4,000
The Bartlcsyille Enterprise relates
the following: Discussing the sci
ence and practice d grating, a resi-
dent OF Bartlesylle told OF the method
OF a buyer in big city department
store. This buyer was at the head
OF the shoe department When the
salesman had displayed his samples,
the buyer, sitting at his desk, wrote,
seemingly carelessly, on a sheet OF
paper on the desk, THE price isn't
just right he said. as he wrote, and
I don't quite like the styles. and more.
ove- we've got about all the stock we
can carry, anyway and he continued
90 write over and over again the word
money Presently the salesman took
tho hint'Theres per cent in II for
you.' he said to the buyer When the
buyers methods were discovered
and he was discharged he owned
block OF fats"
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This story is taken from Editor
Kylc's paper the South McAlestcr
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