The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-25


Sept. 1912, Sterling Fair
sept. l0-lS-Kingfisher County Farm
ers Institute and Fair, Kingfsher.
Sept 1O-1S-Greer County Fair, Man
Sept 15-17-Caddo County Fair. Ana
darko
Sept. l6-1s-McClain County Fair.
City.
Sept. 16-19-Balne County Fair, Wa.
Sept. l6-2O-Pawnee Fair, Pawnee.
sept. 16-2O-Pawnee County Fair
Sept. 16-2O-Pittsburg County Fair.
McAlester.
Sept. 16-1O-Pottawatomi County Fair,
Shawnee
Sept. 17-2O-Sterling Fair, Sterling.
Sept 25-27-North Lincoln County Fair,
Oct. 1-4-Jackson County Fair, Blair.
Oct. 14-16-Tulsa County Fair, Broken
Arrow.
A 2-year-old child ate heads off Of
matches and died from the poison,
according to the Lawton Constitution.
The Guthrie Leader says that with
ninety-stall bathhouse and an eighty.
stall roundhouse Guthrie will be able
to accommodate several thousand new
people.
According to Leslie Niblack, Sidney
Suggs, in refusing to stay abolished,
gave accent to his accordion-pleated
proverb, 1.-The smoke goes up the chin
ney just the same"
The Bartlesville Examiner says
many a man kicks on having to pay
81 per lesson for his daughter to learn
music yet will pay $50 unhesitat.
ingly to learn how to play poker.
The Hugo Husonlan says that if you
have an idle moment and you do not
know what to do with it, just go out
and tell some visitor that southeast
Oklahoma is the garden spot of the
world.
Commenting on story that there
are 125 cases of spiral meningitis in
Bartlesville, the Examiner says it is
news to the people of Bartlesville, as
there has never been but one case in
the town since its organization.
A Blaine county boy, with 90.
caliber rife, went after the COWS.
While STOPPING over the weapon was
discharged, the bullet entering the
boys stomach, inflicting a wound
from which he died.
The Altus Democrat tells of a local
family going to a show one night,
when by remaining at home they could
have witnessed an illuminated one,
| The house burned down during their
absence.
A girl is being held in the Watonga.
Jail, charged with dealing in wet
horses" Three young men called to
pay their respects to the young lady
and requested of the sheriff permits
sion to enter the bastile. Once in
side the sheriff closed the jail door
and informed the young men to con.
slider themselves under arrest as &C.
completes.
The Watonga Republican tells of an
Indian pitcher sulking during the
Fourth of July ball game The In
dams mother went on the diamond
and upbraided him for quitting, and
ordered him back in the box The
Republican says the Indian went
back. hung baseballs like neckties
around the necks of the Geary bats.
men, and won his game, 10 to l."
A committee from the MuskogeS
commercial club procured list show
ing ten men were on the payroll at
the city waterworks, and slipped
down to the plant to see what they
were doing The Times Democrat says
the committee found one man on the
job, and he was sitting under a shade
tree reading a newspaper.
Okmulgee boasts of a stage door
Johnnie" and according to the Daily
Democrat, an actorine of a local show
accepted the young mans invitation
to meet him at the stage door, after
the show, and then proceeded to beat
him up with an umbrella
About fifteen Omaha Indians, men,
women and children, have been visit
ing the Indians around Ponca City.
The city marshal OF Butler Okla,
is highly indignant because the city
council suggests that in view of the
fact there are no arrests to make,
he be street commissioner or run the
pump station, thereby becoming use
full as we'll as ornamental.
Twelve coyotes were pulled from
their den, according to the Carnegie
Herald, by means Of fish hooks at
tached to the end Of pole.
The Wellston News tells of a girl
drinking three swallows of glass Of
fly poison under the impression IL
was water. She is still alive.
A scientific shark says, taken in
the same quantity, beer is less injur-
ious than coffee" which causes the
Hobart Democrat to remark:
But whoever heard of a bunch of
Oklahomans opening a keg of coffee
and disposing of it in an hour?