The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-01
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO
TODAY IN AROM0RE

ing up to Buck Gardenhire this af-
ternoon and tell him that II years
ago today he went to Gainesville, he
might give you a smile and wonder If
you were "nutty," and then before he
had time to get his breath, you were
to tell him that Hon. Lee Cruce went
to Purcell, (you see they were calling
him Hon. Lee Cruce" at that time,
as they do now on the same date,
you could hardly blame him if he
for an insane, but but both of these
citizens of the city did that very thing
just seventeen years agO today, and
that particular date happened to be
on Monday. Here is another, Joe
NJ. London, proprietor of the book
store, ruralized in the neighboring
town of Gainesville" and then the
scribe added that there was some au-
thority for the statement that he
took sugar in hisn," not so bad on
the first day of the year, eh?
Listen to this, will you, there was
one lady in the city who was becom-
ing annoyed at the persistoncy of
the advertiser who tracked up her
floor when entering to leave a dodger,
and contributed letter to the press
in which she deplored all such meth
chase goods from the merchants who
used the newspaper as a means of
advertising and plenty of space" too,
no name signed, merely Lady Citizen
of Ardmore," wonder if she was a
newspaper mans wife?
On this date Bert Foster was shy
"one gray horse about eight years
Old also one sorrel stallion with four
white feet and white face" that he
seemed to be willing to give a re-
ward to the person who would return
same. You'll have to ask Bert wheth-
er he ever recovered them or not.
And while on the subject of horses,
there was a "woolly horse" on the
streets of Ardmore that was attract
ing considerable attention, the wool
was as fine as ever seen on the back
of sheep, and "as white as the driv-
en- snow"
This is how one person qualified
his new years greetings, "a bright
beautiful new year. May it prove a
happy, prosperous one to all who are
deserving Of such blessings" Rather
guarded in his speech this party?
Morris Zuckerman went to Purcell,
and Governor Guy returned to Davis.
Sam Greenwood was making spe-
cialty of short ORDERS" and ]. E.
Dooley returned TO Van Alstyne, Tex.
l. r. Best found a pocket book at
the Texas wagon yard containing
money and was looking for an owner
Che wouldn't have much trouble in
finding one for such property in this
good year of our lord).
Green & Co., advertised that they
would kick the bottom" out of holi-
day goods, and meant business" in
viting everybody to be at the kicking
at the corner drug store.
Marshal McAlester appointed f. W..
Lester, an old confederate soldier,
as guard at the federal Jail, and ]. W..
Cox of Lampasas, Texas, opened up
stock of general merchandise un-
der the Central Hotel.
Lon Frame made a get away for
st. Louis on this date. 1t seems that
he had a hard time bidding all his
friends fond adieu," ask him about
1t, he hasn't forgotten.
Now, listen to this. 'B. NJ. Bynum,
the bookkeeper for w. F. Whiting
ton. did not treat his friends exactly
right, etc" Well, the fact of The mat
ter is he gave then the slip, went
to Sherman and married Miss Effie
Willis, returned to Ardmore and
lived happily ever after
John Scanlon on this date had as
his guest Ben Wheeler, an old time
news butch" on the Santa Fe, and
DR.. c. II. Mccoy returned from Paris
where he had been called on busi-
ness.
Had you been a subscriber of the
paper. you could have read this: Any
one wanting a sick nurse, for ladies,
apply to Mrs.------- Al.
How would you like to have "a sick
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