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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23
Runaway
June
BY George Randolph
Chester and Lillian
Chester.
Copyright 1915, by Serial Publi-
cation Corporation.

She gathered up the money with a
sickening sense of humiliation and took
the ticket he gave her and walked out,
feeling that she had been badly worst
ed, because she had no heart for this
sort of bartering. 1t dawned upon her
that there were worse humiliations
than accepting money from ones hus-
band, and yet She conquered the
weakness which sprang fiercely UP in
her, which made her heart cry In an.
guish for Ned. which made her long to
desert all this hideous struggle and fly
to his sheltering arms. No; she must
fight to the endl
But what was she to do next? Al
sign at the foot of dark, narrow stair.
way caught her eye:
"Girls Wanted to Sew Pants"
/. Labor. Honest toll. Slight as might
be the pay, was it not better, after all,
than the occupations In which she had
suffered so much? Timorously June
climbed the stairs, stopping at the first
landing for recurrence of that slight
cough which had come upon her.
An impossibly dirty man stood be.
hind long table on which were piled
huge bundles tied in rough paper.
"Well?' he said gruf1y.
II would like to sew some pants, II
you please, said June modestly.
"What?" The man looked at her,
astounded. "You want to sew pants?r
"Yes, sir" returned June
The man shrugged his shoulders.
"You go over to that woman there,
and she'll show you what's to be done
and how much deposit to pay" He in
dicated another table.
When June went down the narrow
stairs she carried as heavy a bundle
as she could conveniently lift, and her
scanty store of money was reduced to
a very small margin. Little as it was,
however, she had yet to make pur-
chase. In the first little store she
bought an inexpensive little plain black
Dress She had less than a dollar when
she stopped before building to which
she had been directed. On the door
post OF the stairway was a sign.
Rooms to Let"
June here engaged a mean little hall
bedroom from dumpy landlady.
Down Broadway tore the black cur
tained limousine, the observed Of all
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23
Whooping Cough Notice

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckIes as
the prescription othine - double
strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double >strength-from any druggist
and apply little of it night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. 1t is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beau
tiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back IL it fails to
remove freckles-Advertise
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23

odist Episcopal Church on Sunday
evening. The topic will be "An even-
ing With Great Hymn Writers and
Their Hymns" There will be special
music, vocal and instrumental. The
leader will be Miss Marie Smith.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23

ed to her feet. She was breathing so
hard that she wheezed. mo money!
Young lady, you'll have to get outv'
"Oh. no!' pleaded June. please"
She turned for one last word of ap.
peal, but the landlady's pitlless arm
was outstretched
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23

See Runaway June in motion pic
lures every Monday at the Victoria
Theater. The pictures each week por-
tray the episode published in the Tele-
graph the week previous-Advertise
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23
EPWORTH PROGRAM
.SbccinE to The TcIeprnth

Halifax, Pa, April 23-An inter
esting program will be rendered at the
Epworth League services of the Meth
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23

Runaway June will be shown in mo-
ton pictures every Monday at the
Royal Theater. Third street above
Cumberland. Be sure to see them
Advertisement.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
PRISON TRUSTY SYSTEM
IL MODIFIED BY WARDEN

Warden r. W. Dick Of the Okla
hcma State Penitentiary has an
ncuneed the following modified rules
for the honor. or truSty. system. to
be adhered TO in the future; Conviets
Who prove to the penitentiary Off
eisls thA, they deserve special privi-
lege will be designated as TRUSTEES
They will be allowed TO work either
OF the farm or on the public high
ways without guards. and when the
new trussy building is completed they
will be stationed there. inete4d Of
within the prison walls But here
after none Of the prisoners. With the
exception OF the nal carrier and the
freight man. will be permitted to
leave the prison exeept in gangs and
under the supsrvision Of a foreman
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
Pity POOR KANSAS

SO many Wild statements are made
conserving the results cf prOhibition
in Kansas. that the following infor.
rastion. furnished BY the Governor
and Attorney General of the State,
and published In the American Is
sue.~ will Be of interest:
PROHIBITION N KANSAS .
A half-million young men and wo-
ren in Kansas. over tWenty-one
years Of aEe. have never seen a sal
con in that State There Is not a
Kansas newspaper which publishes a
lquor advertisement. Since Kansas
adopted prohibition nlitsracy has
been reduced from as per cent 20 less
than ? Der cent There Is only one
pauper in every S.0o0 population
EiEhiy-sevea o. the los counties
have no insane. 50 no feeble-minded.
ard IS no inebriates. ThirSy-eiEN.
poor farms have no inmates. In July.
1911. fifty-shreo county jails we've
empty. and sixty-five counties had no
prisoners serving sentence The
county Jail az Hugoton had no pris-
orer for two and = half years. and the
county commissioners have rented
the building for a dwelling. Some
counties have not called a Jury TO
try a criminal case in ten years In
ore Kansas county there has not
beeo a grand jury called for twenty
five years In lSS0 the bank savings
deposits in Kansas we're thirty mil
lion dollars Today they ere two
hundred million dollars. kansas
stands firs; among all the states in
the per capita valuation OF assessed
property. During the panic OF 1897
Kansas sent fifty million dollars to
New York to relieve the money mar
ket. while her vet nsighbOr. Missou-
ii. sent nothing The death rate In
Kansas has dropped from u to the
l.0ee in 1850 20 seven and one-half
20 the l.00o. Kansas is the hezlthiess
State in the Union.
Do you not feel sorry for such
Statet II Is lacking in the luxnries
OF many other States. such as jsils.
the poor farms anu grand juries.
Kansas would have all these we're
she TO permit saloons TO return again
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN
IN LOCAL NARKET FOR PEANUTS

Since the publication In last weeks
News Of the story 10 the effect tia,
the Durant Cotton oil Company
would this year establish here a mar
ket for peanuts. which they would
grind With their cotton seed rsachin-
err. W. r. PendietOn. manager oi
the company. says that he has been
hesteged BY hundreds Of people want
iag to kaow all about the project.
snd that mOrc interest has been ev-
ineed in II than sny other business
enterprise ne has ever seen here.
The plan is finding much favor both
among business mes and the far
uers. and Il IL is 70 I'd that a good
steady market for peanut products
can be found. peanut raising and 9TH
er subsequent work up here viii
quickly become both a large and a
profitable adjunct TO our already
diversified interests
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

The latest crop report % the fed.
eral department % agriculture es,i.
mates Oki3hous's corn crop at iss.
eee.eon busheis. the largest in the
bistory of the SKATE. with the excep
tion o. the crop Of 1906. the yield fos
that year being l3s.eee.00e bushels.
Prices this year are higher. howev.
cv. and the 1915 cora crop Is likely
20 prove the most valuable CONNER
elally. whether the grain Is sold as
grain or marketed in the form OF live
stock. the State has ever produced.
The last few weeks have been exceP-
tionally favorable for cotton. and II
there Is no frost before the tenth Of
Cctober. the cotton crop in OklshOms
will be much larger than seemed pos
sible two months ago. The crop is
from ftwo to tour weeks late a.
compared with last year.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
p CENTS DESTROYS YOUR DAN,
DRCFF AND STOPS FALL
ING HAIR
save Your Hair. Make It Thick
WaVy and Beautiful
Try This.

Thin. brittle. eoloriesz anu scrag-
gig hair Is mute evidence o. a neg
lected scalp: of dandruff- that awful
ssurf.
ThsFe is nothing 50 destructive 70
the hair as dzndruff ID rcbs the
hair Of its lustrs. IT'S strength aud its
Very life. eventually producing a few
erfshness and itching OF the scalp.
Which IL not remedie1 causes the
hair roots 70 shrink. loosen and die
then the hair falls out fast A little
DanderiEe tonight-now-auy time
will surely save your hair
Get 95-esnt bostie Of KnoWiton's Is
Dzuderine from any drug store OF
toilet counter. and after the first ap-
pllcation your hair viii take on that
life. l0ssre and Iuxuriance which Is
SO beautiful Il wiz become w1vg
and fluffy and have the appearance
CT abundance. an ineomparable gloss
and softness: but What viii please
you most VIII be after a few weeks
use. when 5ou viii actually zee Ios
Of fine. d0Wny hair-neW hair--
growing all over the scalp
--Advertisement
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
FIRST MONTH SCHOOL RECORD

Superintendent o. z. Paris Of the
public schools gives out the foEow-
ing figures concerning the first
UOnth's school:
The sotzl enrolment for the first
month was 1.1s0 pupils. Of which
SIS we're boys and 5sl were girls.
The average number Of pupils
present per day was LII. Of which
number 5t3.s we're boys. and SIS 2
were girls. This made the average
percentage OF attendance ss-I. which
Is very high record. The bays per
esntage Of attendance was s55. and
that Of the girls vas s6.s.
out Of the l.ls0 pupils enrolled
there were only twenty-nine eases o,
tardinsss for the first month. four
teen boys and fifteen girls being re-
ported late for that period OF time
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
NJ. o. a G. MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS HERE

The NJ. o. 4 C. company is doing
= great deal Of improving all along
their lines and Teeently have been
working on their tracks both ways
oct OF Durant
Last week they started 10 improT-
ing their Industry tracks. and now
have 4 gang OF men working on these
tracks. Strengthening them Up. put
ting rock ballast under them. and
otherwise improving the traekage in
the yards here.
They have been at work on the
tracks going TO the compress. Short
q Haynes. and the Durznt Grain q
Elevator Company. and when they
get through they xill have as good
local tracks as any OF the other
roads doing business In the city.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
TURKIsH-AMERICAN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Considerable misunderstanding
has arisen this week between the
United States and the Turkish gov
eminent over the alleged mzssacres
and atrocities committed By the sol
6ssrs Of the Turks among the Armeu-
ians. and this government notified
the American Ambassador zt Con
tantinopie 10 advise the Turkish gov
ornment that unless such atroSitiesc
ceased the result would ca break
in the friendly relations between
Turkey and the United States
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
NAY APPOINT W. p. DASFoRD

No appointment fer = new state
Engineer wil Be made az this time,
as was forecast By Governor VIII
iams several weeks ago. w ?. Dan
ford. % Durant. the incumbent. vill
held the office for some time and
nay be made the regular engineer.
He was first appointed assistant and
vas given the place A. principal in
order that economies might Be effect
ca BY saving the wages o. an assist
ant The Highway Department has
done well With N(r. Danford as en-
gineer. and he will continue in Office
for the time being.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

The -HoIier-Than-Thou attitude
and lack OF sympathy on the part oi
many worthy folks nay be 1ttrfbut-
ed to provincial
1HE SEVERITY ism. They hold
or The themselves super
sTNCo GUID" iOr 70 others not
as good as they
are. eecaus they have had no exper-
ienee- They have never suffered
nrefore they cannot resist throw
ing in lecture Eith their aims They
simply are not human.
A v-iter IN the Western ChEistian
Advcc-te scores this tendency when
he says: -One Of the most remark
abe thi7gs about certain GOOD peO-
PIE Is heir severity in telling With
their low meu- Particularly is
this true with certain class OF men
and women whO Iei what might be
called protected ives. They have
neEUr known from actual experience
what poverty. siekuess. disaster. or
disgraCs mean. bet they are almost
devoid OF sympathy IN dealing vith
tneIr reighbOrs ~h0 have had one
on more OF these tAIngs to contend
with
TO give a gsrnent and lecture to-
gether. to pry into the last detail Of
family life before gfviAg charity to
insiauate openiy or ooVertlF that ey-
cry applicant for aid Is an impOster.
60 make the helpless poor feel like
crimiaais-these Are the crimes %
which many good people are guilty
Some day. i, @sg be. We viii ali
BE old. and it msT - that many Os
us wili De- poor. 50 iet Is east lit
ale brad and sympathy on the water
so that il may e0se back TO Us In
eass We need IL %
After all. as soaae eGigrammatist
has reminded "a. there is SO much
bad in the best Of rs. and 50 much
eCod IN the worst a us. that u ill
becomes the best OF rs to speak Il
Of the worst Of Us little more
ehaEitF all around. a little more o.
the uiik Of human kindness. a little
more understanding and sympathy,
and the world wiH w1g more easily
along its orbit
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
MANY LAND surrs SETTLED

United States Attorney D. II.
LinebAugh al Muskogee this week
made the announcement tAzt his Of
flee has practically closed up al the
land suits brought in behalf OF tho
Chiekasaws and Creokees. eutting
down the ist Of pending land suits
By about s.s09 eases. There we're
some s9.6s0 suits on the docket
The remaining suits are 70 clear IL
ties 10 allotments OF Choctaws. and
Greeks. and some Of the Seminoles. In
the cases settled. decree vas taken
responsive To proeonfess0 orders b.
dismissaIs. and b the cooperation
of those claiming title 20 lands in
volvsa- The work this wsek DTze1i-
szDg eotaple.sd the 5000 suits that
'wesc bFougEs in Ilshalf OF the aliot-
tees Of the tWo tribes
The govsrnment invited these Who
had been sued 10 come in and aid AR
Linebaugh in clearing cEruded titles
and in bat few instances was il nee
essary 10 take Judgment By default
The remaining cases Will b
pushed TO eompleti0n." Mr. Line
tzugh said. with all speed in keep
ing With careful coneluSiCns-~
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

The Durant High school football
team went to Armstrong Academy
last Saturday and played a game
With the indian team. which resulted
IN no score for either side. The game
vas characterized as good and clean
all the way through. and was a good
exhibition 70 football The lineup
OF the loeal eleven was as follows:
ROBBERS. right end and captain; Tin
GaIl. right tackle: Helbaeh. right
guard: Dyment. center: Taekett. left
guard: Helbaeh, left tackle; Gumm.
left end; Lydsy. quarter; Rushing.
full back; Durham. left half; Ma
lone. right half: substitutes. P. Rob
eIts for Hamilton. Tackett for Rob
erts. and Guyton for Tackett. Little
field. Armstrong. referee; Hampton.
Durant. head lineman; Whitney and
GoOeh. timekeepers; quarters IL Ia
minutes
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
SAYS PRoPERTY DAMAGE TO
ARDNORE II OVER 81 800. .o0o
c. c. NcCarty ArrraiScs Damages q
stricken City.----Says Real Con-
ditions rherc Cannot BE
Appreciated UnicSs Sccn.

The real conditions In Arimore.
ss a result Of the awful explosion on
Monday. september the 27th. cannot
be realised unless actually seen. says
C. c. McCarty. Of this city. who spent
several days there since the disaster,
and Who. upon request. acted ss one
% the appraisers ~ ;he actual dam
aee done TO property.
Nr. NeCsrty says that he made a
careful Investigation o. the parts Of
the city damaged By the explosion.
and estimates the damage 20 b
about as fellows;
West Of depot. on Main street.
damage 20 buildings and con-
tents. taken together ssss.Soo
Business district. ives, o. depot.
but of Of Main street. business
houses. and contents. as
as vel ............. .f2is.ooQ
Residence district. vest Of depot.
but of Of Main street. ineiud-
ing churches and school build
inEs ........-........ si6S,ooo
Main street. east Of depot. prop
etty and goods .--.... .s9e .00o
All property off Of Main street
east o. depot. houses and the
goods contained therein Sl25.eoo
Total loss ..........si .si.s0AOoo
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
Durant. Okla

aud took a drubbing al the hands OF
the Hugo High School team by the
score OF 2s to 6
Durant was not able to score un-
IN the last quarter. when Shuler got
one across their goal line. Hugo had
made two touehdowns In the first
quarter. one in the second. none in
the third. and one in the last quar-
ter. and had Durant beat before she
ever made touchdown.
The following was the Durant line
Up for the game: )
Durant right end.
sller. right tackle.
costley. right guard. q
Yarbrough. center.
Blanton. left guard.
Hayes. left tackle.
Taylor. left end.
Morgan. right half.
Nolen. left half.
Shuler. full.
FARRELL. quarter.
Substitutes. Shilling for Morgan.
and Garner for Miller.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
COUNCIL ORDERS WALKS nru.r

The City Council took a long leap
IN the line Of civic improvement at
the regular meeting held this week
when Il was voted 10 compel the lay
Ing OF standard concrete sidewalks
on every street. where they are not
already down. In that portion of town
west OF the Katy and north OF the
Frisco Tracks The resolution pass
ed. gives property owners thirty DAYS
in which to comply. after which the
city will lay the walks and levy tax
against the property to pay the ex-
Pense. with eight per cent interest
added.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
J. NJ LEGGEFT ACQUITTED
AT IDAIsEL or MURDER

In he case Of J. "a. Leggett. eharg-
ed witb murder in connections with
the killing OF Hiran ssrAwn. Al Ida
hea On July :. the iuEy saturday AZ
ternoon returned \ verdict Of not
guilty The jury vas out but q few
minutes and the verdict vas reached
en TIE iIrst ballot The case had been
an trial for tWo weeks and had at
1traerrd statewide Interest Strawn
sFesfded in Dallas Texas. up to fivs
months ago. whea he moved TO Ok
1shoma-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
TOOK SHOTS AT pRowLER

Night Cop Berry took five shots
with his 'fOrty-some-Odd" at a sup
posed ear-thief Tuesday night. but. 50
far as is known failed 10 any bodily
harm to the intended victim. Berry
saw the fellow in the act OF attempt
ing to break into a car north OF the
Katy station
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
TO NY FORMER PATRONS AND FRIENDS:

is With pleasure
future
nsr
satisfied the
my store
trading place
clothing, furnishing goods, shoes and
it, having the cash to
cities
sell right giving
saving made Because Ell
bookkeeper
for In the in business here
tried treat right proud of the ad
and OF the friends 1t
- ~ 'as-7l'
KY place OF business
aL4ay De stocked With surprising bargains
taken In partner Mr. Nathan
experience IN the mercantile business. can voch
Ana noT IN conclusion. favor me by calling at
store and getting before YOU do en
shopping. It viii pay do So 80 ~ s W
sincerely
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

Editing e newspaper Is a pleAsin Z
business II you can stand il. II sub
scribers want TO bawl ont snyboty.
the editors the
EDITING A goat II the town
NEWSPAPER Is laEsing behind
and people Won't
get ont aad make things hum-if's
because the town paper j. on the
bum.
II business is bad-jt's because
the editor wants too much money Tor
his advertising space
II business Is good. advertising
hasn't anything to 90 with *; but
conditions are risht
II We print what pleasSs people
that Is our duty. ARd ne deserve no
credit
II we print what displsases people
we are 4 Crouch aud a erePe-hanger
and doat deserve sae patronage OF
the public
II We print the news as il actually
is-pe0ple viii call Us over the tel
ePhone and tell Us TO stop their pa
Ter.
II We gzrbie il. they will tell Us
that we are subsidized By the cor
por1te interests
Editing a newspaper Is a pleasing
business
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

Uncle Henry Speaks was uD form
caEera Monday. M Speaks has Just
returned from an extended trip In
the West
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

NORMAL SECOND TEAM BEATEN
The Normal schools second foot
bal team went to Hugo last Friday
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

Legal blanks at the News office.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08
NATHAN DAAIB
THE SURPRISE STORE
Siegel & Dame Proprietors
Dry Goods, Clothing, Gents Furnishings, Shoes
and Groceries


caddO, okla. October 5. 1918.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-08

KNOCK out that pain
IA at once. II is un-