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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

is'Alhyl 1thsAabl'sI's
Just business suggestion, that We
put our thinking machinery in oper-
alton. Is II not most important
and serious request for one TO ask the
voter 10 give him an office-so i'm
pOrtant a one as the one OF "commis.
sioner" where five men are 20 manage
the city OaXesJ revenue derived from
approximately Sj,OOOOO0 worth OF
taxable property and 10 manage the
municipal affairs Of 1900 people?
Does II not require much brains, much
experience? A success, business
man Of unquestioned ability and ac.
mplishmcnt6, man with an even
temper? not eXci'ablc, with "A long
business head, one that has made n
success, a reader OF human nature, a
builder, buyer, a seller, a worker,
boss, one that smiles and never
frownB have only the kindest
thoughts OF each OF the five men in
office. II Is as much TO their inter
est as It Is 10 the balance OF us 10
have at the present time, only the
tried and the essence OF business
ability, and with a voice as II one
alone, would It not be we'll for us to
unanimously elect Mr.. Kirk Dyer a
commissioner, Mr.. p. c. Dings com
missioner, Mr.. J. r. Pennington for
mayor.
Every one OF these men are sue
cess. and could with, little sacrifice,
make our city blossom and bloom
like the roses in "Sharon's Grove"
Like the tree that draws the water
from the earth and cmits It through
the leaves that the leaves may grow,
just so these men could draw our
uaXcs) city revenue and with their
ability and never-tiring efforts emit
through each individual here in our
dear "Old Ardmore' an enthusiasm
that will be far greater than our
most sanguine expectations. and our
city will grow like the vine that came
from the bean that belonged to Jack.
f. Pluribus Unum,
O. l.. DENIES.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
First and Foremost,

my wife has a great deal to say to
me about her first husband"
Nonsense; your wife was never
married before"
81 know It. That's what makes her
reflections so painful Puck.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
PRIZE STORIES
In The Red Book Magazine

Perhaps you can write story as
deeply human and as dramatic as
"Cyrus Athens Clear Call" which
leads the February Red Book, now
on sale.
If you can, send it to US for e.
animation.
We must have stories as good as
The Coming Home Of Madge's
Johnny" by Seumas MacManus;
stories as ingenious as "The Other
Half of the 1000 Bill" by Charles
Battell Loomis; stories as heart
touching as Wonder Days" by
George Allan England; stories as
big in motive as The Tunnel" by
Ella w. Peattie; stories as whimsi-
cally funny as "Anne and | and
Algernon," by Emery Pottle.
All of these are in the February
issue.
In a word, we must secure, buy
and publish from Is to 20 such
mastery stories each month.
Over a million Americans de-
mand such stories of The Red Book
Magazine and they spend in dimes
and nickels over half-a-million dol
lars each year to read them.
The Red Book Magazine has been
given this great order by the An eri-
can people and it must fill it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
The Red Book Magazine, Chicago
Editorial Department

generations of us."-Houston Chron-
icle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

and, falling to find him, went down
to the public square and offered re-
ward OF s. TO whoever would bring
him back A half-witted fellow VINO
heard the offer volunteered to dis
cover the whereabouts of the horse,
and, sure enough, he returned in half
an hour leading him by the bride.
The owner was surprised at the ease
with which his half-witted friend had
found the beast, and, on passing the
s. to him, he asked: Tell me, how
did you find the horse" To which
the other made answer: Wal,
thought to myself, where would go
If | was a hoss and ! went there
and he had. Kansas City Journal.
Ethel (fnding the sermon tedious
and thinking it high time for the col
lection) oh, mother, do pay the
man, and let's 90 home, ,"-Exchang
Traveller Gin haste)-Am | in time
for the next train to Mudbank, por-
ter?
Porter-Plenty of time, sir, 1880
tomorrow morning.-Exchange
Employer-Are you a married man?
Applicant-No sir; scar on my face
came from being knocked down by
an automobile Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
4 young man once carried a lady
some flowers. "Oh, aren't they beau
tiful!" she said. and there is a lit
tie dew on them still" Yes STAN
mered the youth, there is a little
due on them, but it will be paid to-
morrow. Baltimore Sun.
How many ribs have you, John
N.Y." asked the teacher of physiology.
81 don't know, ma'am," giggled
Johnny, squirming around on one
foot; I'm so awfully ticklish never
could count m.''-Womap's Home
Companion.
why do you scorn that young
man."
Because he talks only OF love in
a cottage"
And he has the right idea. What
you save on the house you can put
into the automobile. Washington
Herald.
Young man." said the farmer, Il
must say you've done heap O. talkin'
about your family tree. Anybody
would think You owned a whole tim
ber yard. Come out into the lane
minute"
The youth in golf clothes accom-
panied him. Pausing by a weeping
willow, the farmer said: Il want you
to take particular notice Of this
what for"
That's our family tree. That's
what has heightened our ideals and
stimulated our energies. That has
furnished switches for four or five
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
His Excuse.

Thurston-I always rise at five.
You, like other sluggards. lie abed
till 7:30, don't you?
Parry-Yes; l have no weight on
my conscience. as some people have
to disturb my slumbers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

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!: morel,e may be had a, the ::
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
Wlso Man.

Wlse Man.
II am going to take her to the ball
game this afternoon"
But thought you didn't care for
baseball?"
II don't: do you suppose | would
take her TO anything wanted to
watch?"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

The want ads will rent that house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

You couldn't get the truth out OF
some men with stomach pump.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
s. a
NUPFUNNYII
MANS0LUMN.
Tie ssddest vC-d.
i seems 70 ne
We spell it
Sung
j. BENJAMIN MlseTe.

i your mother oO-g1t four tzs-
ke;s O. grapes. the dealers price Be-
ing 4 quarter a basket, 1ow much
money would the purchase cost her
asked The new teacher.
You never can tell answered
Tommy, who was =. ne head Of his
class. Mas great a; bargaining, -
Ladies Home Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31
Must Have Flunked

Z thought you said he WAS a col.
lese MANI"
so he is"
Rats! He don't know an inshoot
from a drop"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

Lillian B. Hill, the well known
writer Of humorous advertisements,
said a. one Of the conventions dinners
in Denver:
Advertising lends itself to almost
any Imaginable purpose For instance
a, Sea Beach, the other week, con-
fectioner found himself with great
number Of stale tar.s on hand. He
rid himself OF these tarts, and all OF
his fresh ones besides by inserting
the following advertisement in the 10
cal press:
"Personal-A young man Of agree
able exterior and ample means de-
sires 70 form the acquaintance Of a
lady. Object matrimony. Beauty and
wealth are not so much in requisition
as a good character and an amiable
disposition. Young ladies' who may
feel inclined TO look with favor upon
this Young man are hereby asked 70
call at Dough's confectionery an At
lantic avenue at three o'clock this az
ternoon and as a means OF identifi-
cation, TO purchase and eat a tart.
"A few minutes after three that
day Doughs tart shelves were quite
A certain man living in New En-
bare. e."-Terre Haute Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

4 bachelor was holding forth on the
training Of children waen one Of the
company, z father, said:
And now, pray tell rs, what DO
you know about children. anyway
A good deal, re,lied the bachelor
In fact, have an expert knowledge,
since for many years was a child
myself Uncle Remus Magazine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

/ Many visitors to the southwestern
! states and Mexico have amused them
selves by watching the queer motio4s
of jumping beans" the seed vessels
of plant, each OF which contain the
pupa of an insect whose spasmodic
movements cause the bean to hop and
roll about
More remarkable are the jumping
cocoons" found in South Africa. The
cocoon is formed by the mother in
sect and is very hard. The pupa when
ready to emerge must cut its way out.
The front of its head has a sharp.
chisel-like edge. and by driving this
against the inside of the shell it grad
ualIy makes q hole. The violent mo-
tons of the pupa within cause the co
coon to leap so that one has been seen
to spring out of a small glass tumbler.
st. Louis Republic.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04
Saved Storage Charges.

Young men with meager salaries
! evolve financial mnkeshifts abhorren'
to the moral and physical sensibilitie'
of their opulent elders. Said ont
young sprig of boarding house gentil
fty to another who expected TO seek
new quarters upon his return from a
two months trip on the road;
What are you going to do with an
this personal truck that is clutterins
up your room? 1t will cost you any
how a dollar month for storage.
Not the way I am working Things
said the man who was going away
81 have purposely refrained from pay
ing board for four weeks, and the land
lady will hold my stuff. OF course
shall square up when come BACK
and get it again. and in the meantime
she win give if free storage. New
York Times.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

On nearly all street corners even in
the largest metropolis of Europe may
be found relics of the middle ages and
of the earliest times. Take, for in
star 1e. the wooden image of "a shoe,
which every cobbler hangs out above
his door. 1t goes back for its origin
to the Rome of the pre- Christian era
In the ruins of the lava buried cities
of Herculaneum and Pompeii many
shop signs of stone and terra Gotta
have been discovered. the forerunners
of those that for centuries adorned
the highways not only of Europe. but
of the new world Among them was
the emblem of the shoemaker's trade.
Cupid carrying dainty pair of wo-
mems shoes. But the Romans did not
stop there They used the image Of
goat to indicate the diaries. that Of
mule driving a mill to point out the
bakers shops and a bush of evergreen
to direct the thirsty traveller to tay
ern. This particular sign gave rise to
the English proverb, Good wine needs
no bush.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04
The View From, an Aerop!ane.

! 1t is a great surprise TO the unini-
.ii.ted to see how uniform the surface
of the earth appears when viewed
from great altitude Although indi-
vidual objects are hard to identify.
such things as rivers. lakes and rail
roads are easily recognized by their
contour. direction or some slight indi-
viduality or characteristic which can
readily be shown upon map, espe
chilly If the maps are made or correct
ed by men who fly above the earth
and get an accurate and literal birds
eye view of its surface Objects
which seem to loom up with the great
est clearness to one standing on the
surface of the earth appear very diff
ferent and quite insignificant when
viewed from above. while "A patch #
eolored soil which would not be mo-
iced at ali by n person standing on
he ground is IA most valuable laid
mark to the air sailor. Columbian
iagazine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04
The Better J lob.

The Inquisitive Guest i suppose
now. you would like to get jon IN
a restaurant patronized by mnlionalres
where you'd get big tips, The Obse
auious Waiter-No, sir. Ia rather nave
a Job in restaurant where fourhush
ers on ,s12 a week salaries bring th'
girls they are trying to make nj
with.-Toledo Blade.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04
Work and Worry.

Worry wears out more people than
work does" said the ready mace phil
osopher
"Of course it does, replied Mr.
Growcher, for the simple reason that
so many OF MS would rather put in our
time Worrying about work than doing
it, Washington Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04
TUBERCULAR RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN.
Christmas Seals VIII Be Sold for Els.
tablishment of Hospital.

Christmas Seals Will Be Sold for Els.
tablishment of Hospital.
At meeting of the executive
committee of the Texas Anti-Tuber-
culosis Association in Austin, Fri
day, it was decided to establish a
hospital home on the Gulf Coast TO.
children afflicted with tuberculosis
of the bones and glands.
1t was reported to the committee
that there was practically no provis-
ion in the state for these children,
and, in fact, that little had been
done throughout the country in the
way of special hospital provision out
side of the Sea Breeze Hospital Ia
| New York City This institution was
| made famous a few years ago b.
Smiling Joe's" campaign for funds
| for new hospital building
| A medical member of the commit
| tee described this form of tubercu-
losis to lay members as consumption.
of the bones 1t was stated that most
of the hunch-backs were cases of
tuberculosis of the spine and that
most cases of hip disease, resulting
in shortened limb. were tubercu
losis of the hip. Enlarged joints were
also attributed in many cases to
bone tuberculosis The positive state
ment was made that this form of the
disease was not contagious. Physl-
clans frequently find that the chit
dren of consumptives are afflicted
with tuberculosis of the bones
The treatment given at the Sea !
Breeze Hospital on Coney Island, /
New York, was described The lit
tie patients spend practically all Oh
their time in the open air and much
Of their time, when the temperature
permits. in the water. as the instit,i-
ton is only few yards from the
beach. Salt water and sea air, COM
,ined with skillful surgery. brings
wonderful results. 1t WAS pointed out
o the committee that the Texas
iulf Coast was. because of its mild
r climate, permitting sea bathing
Practically all the year round, an
zeal lpCdliOH lOI SuSIi al lubtIlul4Cl
nd the prediction was made that
ures could be effected here as
aadily as in some of the famed san
oria of a similar nature on the .
lores of the Mediterranean Sea
embers of the committee express
| their belief that Gulf Coast towns
ould vie with each other in offer
G inducements to secure the loca-
on of the sanitarium.
To secure funds for the erection
purchase of a building and for
q maintenance of the institution y
I'd for it's other work the associa
On will soon place on sale, in every
wn in Texas the 1912 Red Cross
hristmas Seals and the organize
on plans to sell 100000 Seals in
exas between now and Christmas.
The Red Cross Christmas Seals z
re sold every year at one cent each. .
he seals are placed on the backs OF
etters for weeks before Christmas
nd on Christmas gifts and packa-
es Business houses buy them in
arge quantities and use them on ,
leir mail, on monthly statements
nd on pay envelopes. One membe !,
the committee told of an instance :
here a long overdue bill was pa11 i
December of last year, because
g debtor was so pleased to find the
tile message of Christmas cheer
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

and good will attached to his state
ment.
The Association is organizing
committees of ladies' in every town
in the state to take charge of the
sale of seals Mail orders for seals
have already been received at the
Association's office in the state cap
itol building at Austin
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

First Deaf Mute-So when he heard
the report he got furious about H.
Second Deaf Mute-Furious, Why he
was so mad that the words be USED
almost blistered his fingers. - EX-
change
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

Curious.

Mayme-S Sure | used to 90 with him.
Did you tell him | was going 10 be
married? Grayce-I sure did. Mayme
Did he ask how soont Grayce- NO;
he asked how long Toledo Blade.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

My liberty leaves off where the
rights OF another begin Victor Hugo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-28
MARRIED AT FREDERICKSBURG

A quiet but pretty marriage was SOL
emuized in the Mary Washington Hos
pital in Fredericksburg at high noon
Wednesday, July Goth, when Miss
Mary Ridout Green, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Marshall Green, be-
came the bride OF Rev. Robert Albert
G-iesser, of Buffalo, N. Y, who is an
Episcopal missionary at 500 Chow. The
bride was becomingly attired in white
messaline yelled in chiffon, and was At
tended by Mrs. Ivan Marshall Green,
as matrou OF honor. Rev. D. II. Lewis
chaplain OF the Miller High School,
vas best man. Rsv. H. H. Barber,
OF Trinity Church. oftfciated. 1t was
the intention o; the couple to be mar
ried in st. Paul's Church, Alexandria,
but owing to the serious illness OF the
brides brother their plans were
changed, and the ceremony was per
formed at bis bedside in the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griesser left i~mediately
for an extended trip sailing on Septem
Der 9th from San Francisco for Soc
Chow. Only the immediate members
OF the two families were present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-28
POLICE HAD fine OUTING.
Two Boats Required to Bring Excur-
sionists Back TO City. Misprinted
Tickets Cause Some Confusion

Two boats were required to bring the
crowd from Marshall Hall last night
which attended the annual excursion
OF the police force. The first left the
river resort about 9:45 o'clock and the
last at ILLS. On the first trip col
lision between the Charles Manchester
and small motor boat vas aSerted
only by the quick movements OF both
boats. 1t was past midnight when the
last boat arrived at this city. Some
embarrassment was caused the po-
lice yesterday. morning when they
we're compelled to turn down
some would-be excursionists who
we're not supplied with the proper
tickets. The dilemma vas caused by
some boys obtaining about 500 mis-
printed tickets which had been thrown
on a trash pile. The tickets turned
down did not have the word Justice"
stamped upon their backs while the
good tickets did. The excursion was
one OF the largest ever going from this
city. No trouble was experienced at
Marshall Hall and pleasant day was
spent by the police and their friends.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-28
NEWS OF THE JAY.

Emily Steve, 5 years old, was sitting
on the back porch OF her mothers
home at Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday
trying to settle quarrel between Char
lotte, blue-eyed, golden-hared doll,
and Peter rag doll, when Charlotte
slipped cut of her arms and tumbled
into the yard below, where a man was
chopping wood Emily scrambled
down to recover the little wax toy. She
thrust chubby hand toward it. just
as the swinging AK completed its jour
ney, chopping off her hand. Then she
grabbed for Charlotte with the other
hand, and got her. Now as she lies in
bed she won 7ers what all the fuss is
about, seeing she saved Charlotte.
Another heat wave has arrived in
Paris aud this, complicated with the
extreme humidity, is parboiling that
city.
Blueheld, w. Va was sited yes
terday morning 10y midsummer frost.
The thermometer registered far down
in the fortles shortly after midnight.
Carrying large rattlesnaks for over
mile in a dinner basket before he dis
covered it, Noah McCluskey, OF Bear
Run, near Wilkes-Barre, Pa, was
frightened badly yesterday when he felt
sudden commotion in the basket and
heard the angry whirr Of the rattles.
McCluskey is foreman for Albert
Lewis, the lumber king, and be was IN
specting lumber tracts. He carried his
luncheon in basket, and after eating
part OF it, placed the basket in some
underbrush. When he started home
he swung The basket over his arm. A
mile along tho run he felta connection
in the basket, dropped it, and was sur
prissd to see large and angry rattle
snake roll out. He killed the reptile
after hard fight. 1t was4 feet long and
had six rattles.
James Harper, shot through the
windpipe and abdomen iu the bloody
feud fight in Magofiin county, KY,
Tuesday, died Wednesday. Rnd'!y
Whit was shot five times by his
nephew, Leck Whit. in the same tight,
Leck Whit was killed outright and
Buddy Whit is dying
On the aviation field near Morgan
town, W. Va. Wednesday evening,
Ralph Kindcrman, an amateur aviator,
while engaged in i fight in a mono
plane invented by himself and Ben
Garrison, fell TO the ground from a
height OF rs feet and received severe
injuries, but is expected to recover.
The machine was wrecked.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-28
SPEED LAW VIOLATIONS.
Few Automobiles Conform To ke-
quirements On City Streets--Nol
Difficult To Secure Conviction.

Thot a serious accident on King OF
wasb;noton streets which will cause
the dealt, OF some person is believed
bv many citizens of Alexandria to be
the only thug that will wake the au.
thorities to the necessity OF having the
state law on this subject observed.
Complaint after complaint has been
made, the grand jury has take official
cognizance OF the danger. the judge Of
the Corporation Court has spoken very
clearly as to his intentions, the police
board has had the matter brought to
their attention and yet no serious steps
have been taken to put stop to the
speeding except in isolated cases.
The state law says that automobiles
shall not be operated through the
streets OF the city at greater speed
than twelve miles an hour unless there
is city ordinance to the contrary.
There is no law on the subject on the
city books and consequently the state
law will govern the speed OF automo-
biles in Alexandria.
A representative Of the Gazette made
some observations on King street with
in the past few days and finds that not
one out OF ten machines come within
the law. Taking the block on King be-
tween Royal and Pitt, one of the most
congested blocks in the city, more than
a dozen automobiles we're timed To
conform to {; speed of twelve miles
an hour the run from ROYAL to Pitt
street should occupy between fourteen
and fifteen seconds, to be exact 14.5
seconds OF the dozen machines noted
one big car covered it in seven seconds
or at the rate OF twenty-four miles per
hour, another in nine or at the rate OF
twenty miles while the balance took
from ten to twelve seconds for the
block. Evidence such as this is easy
to secure and there should be no
trouble for the police to make convic-
tons.