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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-10

While you are nosing around drop in
and see me about your spring suit All
the latest novelties Best prices and
best tailored as well as fit guaranteed
Uncle webb, $50 Chickasha avenue.
3-S-s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-10

Try our soda fountain the next time
ours is so different Brownson Drug
Store. 3I0-2
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-10

According to Secretary A. +. Odons
Of the Plasterer's Union, sixteen new
members have been taken in. in the
past two weeks
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

rections on de bottle when 1t come. and
I say, "Yas'm."
30 bimeby de bottle come and II say
on de outside. Take one teaspoonful
ev'ry half houah. in water"
My goodness. what nuisance kind o
way O. takin' med cine Is dis year"
say to myself, but 1 followed directions
Jes' like she say. and I'LL de BAN tub
half full er water and stick de baby in
and make him swaller a teaspoonful er
de stuff.
And ah clare to goodnes' I hadn't
more'n got de kid dressed again when
another half houah was up, and I fol-
lowed directions some noah. Lordy.
how dat chill did carry on. must er
stuck him In dat water seben times TO
give him his medicine befoah de missis
got home
"Hab you bin gibin' de baby his med
cineT she say, fus' thing.
"Yas'm," ] say. 1T said give II TO
him in water, and I'm blessed ef ma
arms amt plumb outer joint duckin'
dat chile In de bafr tub"
Say, do you all know anybody what
wants q good nurse girl?
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
By.George Fitch

bile findings in trimming. II il also
necessary to the profit OF the business
that no hat of this year shall look like
any hat OF last year. This is avoided
by changing the snaps. We have al
ready had large hats. small hats, fiat
hats, bulbous hats, lop-sided hats. conf
cal, warty. umbrella shaped and drunk
and-disorderly hats. Two years ago
the velvet nosebag. shaped like a horse s
dinner bucket. had a great run, and last
year the inverted bath-tub was the
sensation of the season; while this year
the woman who does not possess a hat
that is a cross between a Greek helmet
and champagne bucket, may as well
consider herself socially extinct.
Millinery takes the place in many
families of books and pictures, and
fathers new overcoat. It is a tax
levied by style, and there is no chance
of swearing OFF the assessment. No.
body knows what next years hats will
look like. except that they will look
worse than this years hats. BY that
time we will have become accustomed
to this years hats, which Is the worst
thing about millinery. Just as you gel
used to It. 1t begins to hurt you In q
new place.
Copy dght, 1911. by George Mathew Adams.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

II see," said tho stage struck
routh." that our old pal Jack Lon
don is writing a playlet for that emf
nent thespian Mr.. Robert Fitzsim-
mons"
We'll what of itT' growled the
stage doorkeeper, there's q lot worse
actors running around loose than
Bob. and If Jack puts over one of
those rib snortin' things all cluttered
up with red corpusoles. don't See
any reason why 1t shouldn't go big"
Looks Like a Winner
80 you think It might gor' ventured
tho 8. 8. Y. who wanted to get the
doorkeeper into the high gear.
Might go?" snorted the s. d. X. 81
tell you 1t looks to me like winner
Bob 10 nobody's fool. and whatever he
does he does well. He hammered out
perfectly good horseshoes for q number
Of years before he hammered the title
away from q perfectly good Prise fight.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

er. And now. II he doesn't hammer out
success I miss my guess.
"Of course the pugilists are falling
more and more for the footlight stun
and 1t won't surprise me to see an all
star cast advertised, made up entirely
of ex-holders Of the heavyweight title.
And they could have a fine male chorus
made up Of the white hopes.
Believe me, that would make a show,
and Madison Square Garden wouldn't
begin to hold the audiences.
Il doa't know whether Jack will be
canny enough to work another black
smith shop scene in this and let Bob
hammer out dancing slipper for a
race horse, but 1t used to 60 big.
There With the Mittens
But along about the end Of the
sketch imagine that your Uncle Rob-
ert will be there with the mittens. And
| say, what Is the title OF this playlet?"
It's something about Birth
Mark" said the 8. s. Y.
And just to think" unused the 8. D.
X. all Of these years took them
things on Bob's wrists for freckles."
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Reddy Smith Chats on
The Way to Win

pere's uh OIL sayin'. Jimmie. sumpin'
uhbout II yu loose out de foist time.
don't throw Dc gag UP. but try 1t uh
sscon' time And say. dere's more
truth dan fiction in tiles stick. stick
stick till yu git dsrs-
I uster know uh feller. Jimmie. dat
had sum money saved tn buy uh house
He had bought uh lot In uh contry town
an after gittin' married he was goin'
tn build de house fur his bride.
Uh month after dey went in partner
ship she takes sick an lays IN bed fur
Ave weeks.
Mos Nv de money he had saved went
in doctor bills. An. 5es as she got
we'll. he los his position.
BY de time he foun' uhnodder one his
savin's wus all gone. Den his wife's
doctor SEE dat she has tn 60 to de
country ur else she'd die.
Wild his own hans he put UP uh three
room house an dey went dere tn live.
Fore long she got we'll an helped him
wid his wurk an yesterday dey started
tn put up uh house wild de money dey
had saved.
Happy! Say. Jimmie. yoo ought tn
geo dem!
But. dere's uh lesson in dat. Jimmie.
fur 700 an fur me, an dat's tu keep
up yure spirits no matter what hap
pens, an stick. stick, stick.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
ACCORDING TO MMY

ma sed. that's them now, and she
went down to opin the doar. and
wen she CAIN up again Mr. sherbern
was with her and he had q serl with
him.
Miss Strane
This is Miss Strane, my feeinsay,
Mr.. Tawker. Mr.. sherbern sed to pop,
and pop sed, howdoyoudo, awl in wun
werd.
I'll start the tawking mashine, sed
ma, aftir q vile. and she did, and 1t
startid playing. stcembote Bill.
That's a CRATE toon to danse to. sed
Mr.. Sherbern. Miss Strane and I
dansed to that at q party the othir
mite 1t makes a fine dip, he sed
Wat kind of a danse Is that, in the
name of Terpsickery, sed pop. and Mr..
Sherbern sed. Its the latest fashnible
danse, and I think It's the greatest
thing out. At the party the uthir mite
everybody sed Miss Strane and I did
; the dip bettir than ennyboddy else
thare. dident they, deer. And Miss
Strane sed, Yes, darling.
Show us how 1t goes, Sed ma. and
Mr.. Sharbern and Miss Strane got ur
| and moved back sum chares. and ms
tSTheu avn ote6fHDOto Bill aBen anc
! Mr.. Sherbern and his serl startid t.
| do funny danse. going up and down
| a hole lot insted Of moving errount
mutch.
If that's the latest thing in dansins
sed pop, the old fashined way is gocS
enuf for me. You both look as II yo,
had pane in the nee, he sed, kun
avn mothir, tern avn that peece ageI
and we will show them a reel danse
Mrs. Tawker and I ust to be konsid
! ired sum dansers.
So ma termed avn Steamboat BiI
agen and then he and ma startid I,
danse and it was mulch bettir thar
Mr. Sherbern and his gerl dansed..
o Slush
Nobody danses that way eny moar
sed Mr.. Sherbern, that's hopping. that
not dansing, is It deer, and Miss Stran
sed, No, darling
l sippose You awt to no. sed pop, bu
let me tell you. yung man. II you evi
lern to danse haff as well you'll b.
lucky. That thing you did was NJ
danse, 1t was a site, he sed, and II
fownd myself dansing that way I WOO,
go to a dockter and inkwire into tn
kondishun of my nees
Wood you. sed Mr.. Sherbern, I ses
We had better be going, we've her
enutf of the tawking machine, don't yo
! think so, deer, and Miss Strane sed
Yes, darling. and they went.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
A Baseball Conversation.

A letter received in this city tells Of
a conversation overheard at baseball
cipals were a young man and a young
woman.
do you know" said he. "a game of
baseball reminds me Of a household.
There is the plate. the pi,cher, the fouls
and the flies"
at reminds me more of courtship and
marriage" said the young woman.
with the diamond. the coaching. the
difficulty in getting home."-Indian-
apolis News.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

rockingham endeavored to outwalk
the fellow. yet here he was. blowing
hard, but walking fast. Pauncefoot
rockingham hated to be followed by
strangers. much less by a man to whom
he had never been introduced, and with
a mild oath he hurried on again.
After two more miles ne turned once
more. The fellow was still pursuing
him. Somehow or other rockingham
reflected as he tried to increase his
pace the mans face seemed oddly ia
miliar.
At the beginning OF the twelfth mile
Pauncefoot rockingham turned sharp
ly and allowed the stranger to catch
up.
We'll, what is it?" thundered
Pauncefoot Frothingham.
II beg yours" said the silly looking
stranger. But ] let you use one OF
my safety matches at the station. and
you absent-mindedly put the box in
your pocket Thank you, sir"'
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

made by milliners. The milliners
say millinery is hats. In a dispute OF
this kind we should always believe the
dictionary.
Millinery Is the art OF doing up 30
cents worth Of ribbon and straw with
500 worth of gall and selling the whole
thing for S1l5.45 II Is one Of the three
best known methods Of getting money
from a man; fattery and robbery being
the other two. Millinery doesn't attack
a man until he has contracted matri-
mony Then, however. 1t takes entire
charge of the situation, and usually
doesn't allow the other two methods
a look-in.
The prime object Of millinery is to
decorate women. Some women are
nretty enough to become greatly be-
loved in a sunboEnet. Others require
ten Paris hats a year to get by. Sore
hats are very beautiful indeed, but are
not given chance Their owners In
sist on going with them and spelling
the effect. It is not possible for a
woman to obtain a hat that will hide
all but her most beautiful feature. This
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

Yuns waftir sherbern and his feein-
say 10 k,,ming erround for a vile this
ssvuing. ma ssd to pop aftir suppir
last mite. I met them avn the streat
this aftirnoon and told them to KUN
srround sum eevnins and We wood play
the tawk1ng mashine for them, and
they sed they wood KUN erround this
sovning
Eny moar bad news frum the frunt
sed pop. I always did think that
yung Waltir Sherbern was the eriginil
modil for q dunkey, and I'm not stuck
avn meeting eny girl hes going to
marry, but as lawng as you invited
them I Suppose We will han to let them
in.
Jest then the doar bell rang, and
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
A SophiStry.

Man-You are a fine boy. and some
day you may be the President OF the
United States.
Boy-Don't you believe It; that's what
they used to tell Billy Bryan.-Chicago
Journal.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

with In fact think ought send cards
with the wedding "Pese directions with each gift
adds the of oddities for
that after while nobody will understand them the
inventors.
Cook ws that given double boiler two fry
ing broier and she cook anything plain
dinner to o of French has turned her at
anybody to meal With them.
The Sound of Your Latch Key
But love bit of the shiny aluminium and porcelain
and If can't them look them and minds
that future kitchen of with its blue and white walls and
shining of and and the midst of big
apronbuing about armed with and listening all the time
straight into when the welcome the front
doorand If don't know how cook whole dinner the
deru newangled whpper and
Inayonnaise maker with complicated mehan
shall least the brolers and that's something
And long our kitchen" where the things
hung and dinner that odernothing else
te not freight charges houghless gifts from girls who
search for the odd and thing regardless u
y for the practical housewife of who the
the bride of today.
= Bully Place for a Garage
But enough kitchens cooks and howeraer ALL they
incident; the the " that have found
house that think will do You has bully place the
yard where build garage That be- but has
for den and g" telephone booth built whether
It has stationary tubs and dry cellar and if there closets
laughed leter-just bit, then cried lleus
with the the vision mind house hunting house
hunting like the house. take We
clothes in the need be and wahtub in the phone
Nothing really bring about
wedding day, and let us go home'-at last H
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
ENGLISH Joke FOR TODAY

witness called in a case at West
Ham described himself as q "spotter."
and explained that the occupation was
''the taking out OF spots at laundry"
What. then. We would ask, Is the desig-
nation Of the individual who puts the
spots on at the laundryr-Punch.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Some ReciprOcity.

Mother-You have accepted George?
Why. you know very we'll that don't
approve of him.
Daughter-That's all right. mother.
Neither does he approve of YOU
Tit Bits.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Wanted: Malaria.

Mike-Pat. there's only wan thing will
cure malaria-tnat's whisky and quiz
nine.
Pat (anxiously)-Nvhsre kin We get 1t?
Mike-The' whisky and quinine?
Pat-No, malaria.-Tit-Bits.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Blunders Of Love.

The sculptor completed the Apollo
Belvedere.
My model was what every girl
thinks her beau looks like" he ex-
plained.-New York Sun.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Future Looked Bad.

Mrs. Reno-Freed Ito small daughter)-
My darling, I want to tell you a secret.
Your mother is going to be married
again next week.
Daughter-Oh. mamma! And after all
the trouble we had with papa!-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Had Little Secret.

Mistress (after the quarreD-Norah.
you may stay until get another girl.
Norah--I intend to-. It's only right
some wan should tell her the kind of a
woman ye >N.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

have seIaped the baks of all reformers hosy Didn't
Ratchet super;or to be bskv W Bottle S Dsn ;sm "c entv
Bryan Democracy tryin
citizens of this that had
they'd be a whole lot happier?
And the suragettes have suferin they
that sphere the home accordn the
latest but the milk the back of
swing door wherever the district dogcatcher
pal clock president gon' be voted for
Few Remarks On Elevating
Amt elevan the Belle balance yourself the
while enthusiastic mob of five thousand
rar much noise they hear everything
what burstin' a back tooth trying tell 'em?
elevatin' the o locked pune turin the
of city in the ribs with hatpin because he refuses
make before Equal Rights Many
Fights Club?
Women Belle They don't know why and they
poby wouldn't they could but they ought It's all right for
woman place home mindn the babies she
had she wouldn't need babies to help the time
many block that the day in seepn and come to life
II o'clock sharp night.
Yep, Belle, ought Never mind why it's nobodys
the quicker
noble and nspirn right ballot quicker they'll forget
register g.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Our Nurse Girl
SAYS, Yes Indeedy'

All don know nothin' bout doctorin'
babies. nohow, but de missus she tell
me she goin' out and jes' to foller d.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
The Peculiar Part.

Peculiar chap. very. His wife is boss
in his house"
whats peculiar about thatT"
He admits it."-Louisville courier
Journal.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Pauncy Pursued; Or,
More Than Eleven

Pauncefoot rockingham bit his eye
brows with vexation and turned again.
The silly looking man was still fol-
lowing him.
For seven miles had Pauncefoot
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

is why some hats come clear down to
the chin.
The millinary art Is very complicated.
other hat that has ever been made. This
necessitates the use of flowers. vege-
tables, fruits, ribbons. birds, cats. os-
triches. insects, small animals. lizards,
lingerie, grass straw, hay, leaves, .Cb-
ster claws, sharks teeth and autoTo-
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Vest Pocket ESSAYS
The Author of Siwash College Tales
Drawn for The Washington Times.

OBODY knows why they call It
millinery. The dictionary says
millinery consists Of articles
made nv milliners The mfllinerS
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
NJ A ME ELLIS Ellie
The Suhragettes Are
Breaking Out Again
WOMEN OUGHT TO VOTE

tn the chestnuts and the musical comedies and
the latest in hats, Belle, the ,sufragettes
breakin out again.
/ think the suffragettes are misunderstood,
Belle. People wrong in classn' em with lady
tightrope walkers The suffragettes tryin' to
demonstrate that there amt any difference after all,
between maxim the dough and mixin' it, and if the
men are allowed to put ballot to
elect tax collector, they ought to, too; not be-
cause they want to, understand, but because they
want to be entitled to.
The suffragettes, Belle, are tryin to elevate
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
THE REAL LOVE LETTERS
That He Received
Telling the Plans
lOF HIS BRIDE TO BE

EAREST: There is thick fog tonight and it seems
to have shut the house into little world Of its
own world of silence and hazy light and
dreams.
The sort of world I wish you were here to
share with me. For it is time for love, for con-
fdences and forgetting the hurly-burly Of the
mighty city that lies all around.
The fog has, in fact, hung over US all day but
in spite of it Margery gave kitchen shower
writing this from the midst of miniature hard
ware shop.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-10
Prominent Calhoun Teacher FayorS
MLGraW.

We are ia receipt of "A letter
from Homer Write. Of Minnora.
who is now attending the Glen
vile Nsrmal School, in which ha
says: Il would MOI forget to tax c
the opportunity of expressing my
approval of McGraw as one of
the u, S. Senators to be elected
Several other letters of a pri-
vate nature have been received
by US expressing the desire that
orr representative vote for Nc
GraW, and we believe that a
majority of Calhoun's Demo
Gratis favor McGraw's election.
Outings 4 3 4c yd and up at
Chenoweths.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-10
c. a. JARVIS.
DEALER IN
Negotiable Paper. Ac-
counts, Pronlissory
Notes, Judgments
Etc,
CHANTS VILE. " VA
CHANTS VHLE.
County Court Proceedings.

County Court met in regular
session at the court house Mon
dap. Gran Johnson. the newly
elected member, took his seat
An organization for the ensuing
year was effected by the election
of lack Stump. President.
+. w. Hall, of Arnoldsbury.
and ". G. Brooks, of Big Bend
were granted permission to apply
to the Governor for commissions
as Notaries Public.
Roscoe F. Lockney, who has
been previously commissioned ,
Notary Public by the Governor
appeared, gave bond, and took
the oath required.
Dudley Lutz, constable of
Center district. rendered his res
lgnation as such. which was ac-
cepted by the Court.
Joe l.. Francis was awarded
the contract for keeping the Coun
ty poor farm for the next year
for the sum Of $500. and gave
bond as such agent.
Court adjourned Wednesday.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-10
THE TOWN ELECTION.

The town elec ton held Thurs
day resulted in the selection of
the following municipal officers
for the ensuing year:
Mayor, Boyd Il. Sutler
Recorder r + Mollohan.
CouuciImcn. G.. A. Jarvis Asa
Harris. Bernard Marshall. j.. NJ
Williams and W. J. Mathews.
The foregoing is splendid set
of men, most OF whom have
been tried in this capacity. and
made good. " The new mem
Der on the council, Bernard Mar
shall is an excellent young man
and will make a splendid officer.
His Honor Mayor Stutlcr is well
known to most Of our readers.
being the bright young editor
Of the Grantsville News. and II
ne makes as good a Mayor as he
is an editor, he will be one of the
best officers the town ever had.
Here's to a successful admins.
tration,
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2sth Year. Whole No 141O
POLE TERRELL PASSED AWAY y HIS s)sE
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.

n. Il. Farrell, aged 6s years.
Il veteran Of the Civil war and
q well known resident OF this
cit. died 1t the family lone
Yesterday morning at 4:3no'c,ock
alter a protracted illness of =
complications of diseases. Mr..
Farrell was q captain OF the
Eleventh West Virginia i,,fant-
ny and received ~ 9,,o.y.
able discharge.
The survivors are four cauyh.
ters; Mrs. G. K. Petit, Pitts
burg; Misses Katherine. Beatrice
and Minnie Farrell, Of this CITY
and two sons, b. II and Cassius
Farrell. rhe funeral Will be
held this afternoon at2 o'cle.k
IRON the residence at lit Seven
tn and Half street, and will be
held under the auspices OF the
Masonic fraternity. Fey. J. W.
Francis. Of the FIRST Presov!eri-
an church of which church the
deceased was a member. viii CON
duct the obsequias and inter
meht will be made in the Mt
Oiivet cemetery. Sentinel.
Mr. Farrell vas formerly =
resident Of this county. having
at one time been county and cir
cult clerk, and he h&d many
relatives AMI friends here.
Just a few more Ladies Suits
yet AT Ghenoweths to close at
less than half price.
MoundsyiIle. The Moundsv;llc
Penilcntiary is now being con
ductcd by NJ. l.. Brown. oil Nor
gantoWn. the newly appointed
warden. Warden ]. L. Mathews
who resigned several wee..s aga.
has moved his furniture fram the
big penal institution to the Or
chard. where he has rented y
house. He willreside in Mounds
vile until the summer. when he
Will return To Huntington. bis
former home.
Mr.. Brown. the newly appoint
ed warden, was fermcr bust
ness man of Morgantown. For
several years he has been con
nected with a number OF banking
institutions.
The conVicts of the penai iAsti-
futon presented Warden ilst-
theWs With a handsome watch.
Mrs. Matthews win : diamond
brooch
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-10

commencing January 9TH and Continuing
Ten Days Only

We find ourselves with too many shoes a, this sea.
son Oh the year. and with our spring line coming in
tn very snort Whle, we are compelled make room
for them We have several ousapd MOI; ~ ~
consisting OF BATTLE AXE and STAR BRAND Goods
winch we are cleaning up at great sacrifice price
Our many customers know what meaning Tho ,i.vo
words convey and as you will see they viii readily tko
their shoes they need '| vi
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THE TIME

no buy real estate Is Just ahead OF great
Industrial development such as Morgan
towns new railroad, which IFS about 20
bring new factoric and trp ua-. coal
field around Che city and double Il. pop.
uation, thus creating an nomous de-
maud and sure to bring COON enormous
profits to those lucky pmchu uno 1rc
prudent enough io got in' on lh, pres
cnt low prices
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our MOTTO
/He IIobe Reall1 en-.
MorgantoWu, w. Va


A s''ray angler ua 0line op "a
scottish lcch ou tou e uc. d.s
io ha' been rouso,ne bmsril uon
his farf and forgetting guile prr
.ntIy NE asked Che gilic if there vas
Guy place in the boat on which ~
ftf.fo q match. "Yol might try my
throat said The alic IT'S dry
enough Fishing Gazette.