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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
WISE AND OTHERWISE

It's on his bending knees q man ac-
quires baggy trousers.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
They are not fattening. "
A good way to make q slow horse
fast is not to feed him.
II is easiest to arbitrate after you
have licked your opponent.
A good thing may be cheap. but q
cheap thing is seldom good.
Il doesn't pay a merchant to let
the sheriff do his advertising.
Sometimes a man stops at a hotel
in order to avoid home comforts.
A lot of people pray as II they
thought the lord needed their advice
II a woman has a mirror In her
room there is where the carpet wears
out first
Beware OF the smooth individual
It's the rough cogs in the wheel that
do the work.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
HEALTH GuYeDS
For a sore toe. arst cut OF the. to

For a sore toe, hrst cut of the toe.
For sore feet select only the best
carpets.
For a child prone to commissions, try
the movies.
To secure smooth complexion.
use sandpaper.
Gray hair is 3 boon. 1t may be
dyed any color.
For indigestion, drink anything that
will divert the mind.
Before an attack OF appendicitis, ex-
anime bank account
For chills. hot air. for fever, ice;
for sweats. a maugle.
Don't Insist on keeping your health
all the time. IT'S stlngy.
Eliminate boils as soon as they ap.
pear, using scissors or Ale.
When germs are present, kill them;
saving yourself II possible.
All bad eyes should be replaced
with glass It is sanitary.
In sudden illness be sure to be fra.
grant of whisky. This will facilitate
police diagnosis.
The rest cure demands beds and
couches instead OF chairs, this being
the most recent discovery essential
thereto.
Nothing will break up a stir joint
like machinery. II, however, that
should fail. employ either boiling or
freezing.
An attack OF neuralgia may be
shortened by removing so much OF
the affected nerve. Repeat as often
as desired.
II you are deaf you are unfortunate
in not being able to enjoy necessary
noise But. fortunately. you do en-.
| Joy the unnecessary.
II the throat is sore. remove ton
sils: II sore, remove the larynx; II
that Is not sufficient, examine thor
oughly and operate on the nose, ears
or stomach, as preferred.-Judge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
Notice of Settlement OF Account

State of Oklahoma Beaver County. So.
IN THE COUNTY COURT
In the matter of the estate OF James H.
Starks Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Frank j. Lee
the duly appointed administrator of the estate oil
James II. starks. deceased has'rendered and pre-
sented for settlement and filed in said court his
final account and report of his administration as
such administrator and his petition for distribu-
ton of said estate. and for his discharge. and that
Monday the ith day of December. 1916 being
a day of the regular term of court to-wit. the
term. A. d.. l9l--. at 10 o'clock A. M at
the county court room In the city of Beaver In said
county of Beaver has been duly appointed by the
court. for the settelment Of said account and for
hearing said petition, at which time and place any
person interested in said estate may appear and
file exception in writing TO the account and con-
test the
In testimony whereof. have herennto set mS
hand and affixed the seal Of said court this sth
day of November 1916.
john A. SPoHN,
u-e li-ls 2t. County Judge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
Notice OF Sale of Real Estate Fret
From Liens.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an or
der of sale heretofore on the l4th day Of October
1916. made by John ]. Hildreth. Referee in Bank
ruptcy, |. the undersigned Trustee in Bankruptcy
for the estate of julius Tuxhorn. Bankrupt viii
on the 18th day of November. 1916. at the office OF
Howard w. Patton. Attorney at Law. Woodward
Oklahoma. offer for sale and sell to the highest
and best bidder for cash in hand. free and clear
liens. and subject to the confirmation OF the
Referee In Bankruptcy, the following described
real estate situated in the County of Beaver.
State of Oklahoma. to-wit:-
Lot Three and Four and the East half lof
the Southwest Quarter of section seven
Township. One. North of Range
Twenty-four. f. C. M. otherwise known
as the Southwest Quarter of said section,
Given this sOth day of October. 1916.
H. w. PATTON.
Trustee in Bankruptcy for the estate
u-2-ll-92 of Julius Tuxhorn. Bankrupt
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09

The polls shall be opened at O'Clock
a. m. and closed at o'clock p. m. on
said date. The number and location OF
the polling places and the persons VINO
follows:
Voting place: Court House.
Judges: II. L. Russell, j. q. Miles.
such officers shall also act as count
ers.
Witness my hand as president OF the
Board of Trustees of said town, aHlkeu
i'm the Town of Beaver, Oklahoma, thls
sth day of November. 1916.
II. II. LOOFBOURROW,
President
Attest: CLAUDE T. SMITH
(seaD Town Clerk.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
Publication Notice

State OF Oklahoma Beaver County. 80.
In the District Court in and for said County and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09

For the above PROPOSE
tion.
Against the above
nronnSilion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09

The Bide-a-Wee club were enter
tanned at the home Of Mrs. w. q.
Stranathan Wednesday aftern o n I.
Members present were: Mesdames
Leonard, Carson, Lsughrin, LOOT
bourrow. Healy, Davis and Stranathan.
Mesdames Hill and Tack were guests.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
WEDDING CEREMONIES

In the old service books the
bridegroom promised to take
his bride not only "for richer,
for poorer" but also "for fair
or. for fouler."
It was formerly the custom
for rings to be distributed at
weddings. At an Elizabethan
wedding over $4,000 worth
were given away.
Formerly no wedding. rich or
poor, took place without the
happy pair being escorted to
and from the ceremony with
music.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09

It's on his bending knees . man &C
quires baggy trousers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09

Life is never so sweet but what lit
tie taffy gives ii better hayor'
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09

shall the Town of Beaver, Beaver
County, Oklahoma, incur an Indebted
ness by issuing it's negotiable COUPON
bonds In tho aggregate principal sum
of SI7. 10000 to provide funds for the
nurpose of constructing and equipping
extensions to it's Water Works system
now owned and controlled exclusively
by said town, said extensions ana
e0uipment To be likewise owned ana
controlled exclusively by said TOW u
and to levy and collect an annuaistaX IN
addition to all other taxes upon all the
taxable property In said town, sum =
Client TO pay the interest on said bonds
as IL falls due and also to coaSttutu q
sinking fund for the payment OF the
principal thereof when due, said londs
to bear interest at the rate Ct s'N pSI
cont per nnnum, payable somi annually
and to become due within Twenty-Five
wears from their date
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

soul.
.IIe draggcd Mary to the center OF
the ro0m-that flaming poker In his
hand. lie forced her to her knees
struggled TO gct to them. hut | was
weak-dazed hall conscious because
of a blow CA the head. 1t was all Jast
a nightmare 20 me. But heard Mary
scream and scream and scream. aud
them Saw-the poker bnrn into my
ehild's forehead. | smclltd the seoreh-
ed flesh and from somewhere got the
strength to leap upon him aud then
the door was burst open and-Mr.
LangdOn came In.
"He-he had been worried about us. ="
she painted her voice breaking now.
and, coming back 10 the house. heard
the cries. My husband rushed nj him
and they fought. Then suddenly Mary.
who had been lying in moaning little
heap ON the floor. wrlthed got to her
knees TO her feet-and before could
stop her, began 10 dance wildly about
the two men, laughing and shouting
aud singing. And then, while we stood
there appalled,, even Dan sobered by
it-She ran ene-ont of the house and
into the street.
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03
This Episode will be shown the Theatre this

desi@iI1na dali with Indifference o.
ravaged by tears. But they meant
nothing 70 Lanudon for heart and
brain alike were speeding ON ahead Of
him to chat distant narrow room
where Mary waited
At the cell door he halted and quick
iy removed his hat, nnhidden tears
sprfDging to his eyes. for Mary was
kneelmg like little child. her head
in her mothers lap, and the elder We.
man was praying aload:
And God give us strength 10 60
through fhis day and grant justice Ia
this. my cbildr'
Justice dear God. justicer' echoed
Mary. And 40 artistry of the great
actress could have given to that sim
pie prayer the poignancy that a great
faith and a great sorrow gave to it.
Then they spied Langdon, and Mary,
jumping up. gave a cry of joy and ran
into his arms. He beId her tightly.
and the actress in her yould hay. APP
plauded if she had known the effort
that lay back of his CHEEKY greeting.
his word of hope and the te3der smile
with which he put into her hand white
roses to pin against her dark frock.
Il think we had better 90 on into
court now he said rs she drew the
blossoms through her belt. The men
are waiting, and its about time, you
know
For an instant Mary shuddered, and
clung to him with closed eyes.
If | could only be there without go
ing across that awful bridge" she sish
ed Somehow the people are less
terrible when they are sitting down
and keeping quiet.
Il know, dear know" said Lang
don sadly I wish to Sod | could
spare you but it's really only their
way of expressing sympathy, and III
give you a happy thought to say to
yourself when You cross today. just
look straight ahead and say over and
over: To-day Philip begins my defense.
Today we will begin to prove my limo
cence.
Then you think Mrs. Page.
THE state will undoubtedly rest its
case this morning" he answered grave
". Our chance is coming now"
"Oh. then l shant mind anything =
cried Mary and, kissing him, lifted her
lovely head.
And now the end was almost come.
The last witness for the state was
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

/ Dan was too drunk TO be told he had
a daughter"
| could not 20 To the parties and things
! like other girls. And | suppose my
own horror kept building and blending
with hers -until-that-day
She broke of. and now Langdon was
on his feet. "A red spot of color in each
| cheek and his hands nervously clutch
ing scrap of paper as he asked
sharply:
What day do you refer to. Mrs.
Page
ITO the 10th of June ten years ago. =
she answered.
"Will you tell us why that day is so
clearly remembered asked Langdon.
Because" she answered deliberate.
". that was the night of Marys first
wild attack"
Il object shouted the district attor.
ney. but the judge frowned.
This seems TO me TO be particularly
relevant 10 Mr. Langdon's somewhat
curious defense" he said. Il win let
the question and answer stand"
win you tell us" said Langdon.
what brought on that attack and
what you know of Il? Don't tell 1t 10
NE. but to the jury, who We're not
there
Il understand she said softly, and
Langlon sat down, overwhelmed by
his own reeolleetions of that terrible
night and wondering where the frai
little woman was getting the strength
for the ordeal.
ut was early evening"" said Mrs
Page, turning to the jurors. Philip
Mr. Langdon-had come to ask Mary
TO go to a ball game with him. for they
We're friends even then" she explain.
ed tenderly. And while they were
standing on the porch my-my -hus-
band came home-drunk. He saw the
two 80 them and aecosted them, using
| improper and insulting language. He
/ didn't mean it-he didn't know what
| he was saying-but it was terrible for
| Mary. ana she urge1 Philip to leave at
once. | heard them-anl heard Dan $
words-and | ran out 10 help, leaving
the poker thrust into the hot Goals of
the range. for | had been fixing the
fire.
we've got Dan into the house and
ON to Il soea in the Kitchen ut last,
where he lay babbling about James
Pollock, with whom he had been drink
ing aud who was aiso-or who had
tried to be-a friend of my daughters.
Again the whispering muunur of eX.
element swept through the room, but
died of its own accord
Dan slept for long time. and when
he woke up he wanted more TO drink.
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

called to the stand, and Langdon drew
a deep breath. Unless some one was
called in raba6tal lie knew that now
the final stone was TO he laid in thai
carefully buat tower of evidence
against Mary Page
The police had sworn thar they saw
Mary threaten James Pollock with
revolver in the park thai afternoon.
Employees of The theater had testified
T. her fear Of his attentions, her own
maid had been forced to admit with
faltering tongue that her mistress hid
cried out that be WAS devl,.and she
wished lie was dead. Walters and i'm
Vulnerable patrons Of the Hotel Re
public. reveiiing In the publicity. had
told gloatingly of having seen Mary
Page drunk apparently. reel from the
cafe on the night of the murder aHl
20 directly to the artero0m where
.ames Potiock was waiting And now
he last uan was on the stand-the no
.el detective VINO. together with Lang,
ion himself. had found the dead man
with his living but unconscious COM
lalinn.
TIE monotonous questions of name
aud axe and occupation were rattie1
or swiftly enough, aud then the detee-
live. with the ease OF one used TO ties
tinlony. gave a brief resume Of how he
had first been called by the head wait
er, to whom complaints bad been made
of the riotous behavior OF big supper
party from enc OF the theaters.
1T was pretty noisy bunch. be
said coolly. But they didn't seem to
be doing any harm. 50 | just stood al
the door watching them, and presently
James Pollock came IN.
sHe was in evening dress, he con
tinued, land he called beiihop and
gave him message. pointing out TIE
Young lady who was sitting at tue
head of the table with the noisy par
ty."
WAS that young lady Miss Pager
asked the district attorney. indicating
Mary with a jerk of his head.
1T was said the detective firmly
.sThen Mr.. Pollock went down TO what
we call the little gray room and. going
ia. shut the door The bellhop started
into the dining ROOM but almost be-
fore he'd taken step the young lady,
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

Philip was after her in moment
But it seemed hours before could
crawl 70 the door. and / Mary
disappearing down the street and
heard James Pollock make az INSULTING
tarHt THEN / was knocked down by
my husband who rushed hy me With
m oath.
When | got M again Mr.. Iangdon
was ont Of sight. ana Ian aud James
Pollock were lying huddled IN the path
struggling TO get TO their feet"
Her voice cropped now and she I'm
ished quietly. firmly.
Three hours later Philip brought
Mary home-wrapped IN his coat. Her
aiehtsowu was in ribbons: her feet
were torn and hlo0,,y where she had
danced and ran over stones and stumps
IN the weeds near our home. Her
hands were bruised from Switching al
trees ana TO Rs hy the way. She was
la torture with the burn on her fore
heed hut she was quite sane And.
Your honor. She he'd no recollsetion of
ANS thjng that tad happened after she
saw her father advancing with the red
hot poker
fNeNt inatallment Mary's Hadness.1
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

present
Somehow" Mrs. Page continued.
the years passed. and Mary reached
sixteen. but each of those increasing
years bad increased her fear of drunk
enneSs. She was even afraid of her
father. and because we We're tCo poor
Tor her To have pretty clothes she
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

Il heard Jcaae5 Pollock make an in
suting saant."
( had sent Mary 70 ted. aud | was
alone with hin. / tried 70 reason with
him. but he forgot was his vile. lie
was insane WITH that awful thirst. He
ordered me TO bring him the bottle OF
whisky ont OF his cabinet. and when
| wouldn't he-he beat me- He threw
me down and kicked me and struck me
with a chair. And, though | tried To
keep back a cry that would rouse Mary,
she-she heard and came running Gown.
poor child, ia her little nightlress.
'She screamed and ran forward and
dragged at her father. Trying pjtiful-
~ to protect me-and at last-he turn
ed-upon her.
She shuddered and buried her face
In her hands--her eyes tear blinded
and her mouth distorted with the an
guish Of memory.
And fhen--he saw--the poker-l
had forgotten-still thrust into the fire
and be dragged 1t out
A quiTering moan like vocal echo
to her mental agony slipped from
Mary's lips, and dropping her head.
she sobbed aloud.
Please go on. Mrs Page said Lang
don warningly. and though the moth
er yearned toward her daughter. she
took up her story again in voice that
rose word by word into poignant cry
straight from mothers anguished
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03
LOVERS LAST FIGHT FOR LIFE.
States Case Against Famous Actress
Almost Complete = Young awyer
Fights Final Hopeless Battle.

Almost Complete = Young awyer
Fights Final Hopeless Battle.
With a shudder of aversion Langdon
dragged his eyes away. The notoriety
Of it was almost as bitter TO him as
the awful oYelShadowing fear. He
hated to think that Mary 5 name should
be dragged M the mud Of common Cos
Sit Is an actress who had shot a mil
Haua.re in the antegoom of a huge
hoiel while Just outside the door, amid
hu-der sud music ana lights, the
greet world INDUCED in supper dane
In He hated the thought that his
iofefor Mary had become a spicy NOR
sel 20 lie rollcd-on the toagues Of the
gen lal pablie, but, after ali, what he
had 10 bear was pidfully small com
Pared 60 the burden on Mary's own
silH shoulders.
Iae car drew up Mt the curb, and as
Lal2don leaped out somebody shouted
harsalg:
Here's Langdonr And the whole
ihroae Of men and women came surg
'nS toward him. sweeping him into the
current Of u wave of humanity. Jos
ting and staring. they flung thou
sand questions at him. pulled at his
arms and pressed against him until at
last the Improbable doors changed be
hlnd him. leaving him GREATNESS with
feeling of being bruised and battered
Mentally as well as physically.
The quiet of the prison was almost
IKE peace for the moment. but he
Knew that beyond that pool of silence
IA which he stood another clamorous
tAfons surged about the door or the
court and filed the room itself-thou'
sihds of them. some men and many
women. voraeious for sensation, glut-
sed with the lure of this tremendous
siaseay that was being played for
tAem by living puppets The law had
indeed discovered the secret that every
'neatrical manager signs to know
what the public wants
with word or two to the officials,
iAnsdon went hurfiedly down the
eehoiAs corridors to Mary's cell, past
row after row of m0notonous barred
e'9is. freEs Nehind which faces peered
81 with iae cusiosty faces, savage
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

y traffic. lodging drays ana
clamorous trolleys ON its way
toward the grim building where so
many tragedies are staged by the
law" the young attorney felt his heart
sink into engulfing waves of doubt and
fear.
For the first tine since the beginning
of the trial he had lost his buoyapt
hope, his tremendous faith in his abili-
IL to prove Mary Page innocent and if
need be to snatch her from cell by
the sheer power of his love.
The evidence was so overwhelming.
SO irrefutable. And Mary herself vi
terly unable to explain those last trag
ic moments. He knew she couldn't
remember-couldn't explain. But the
Jury would not be convinced. He re
allied that.
over and over in his brooding mind
he saw again the tragedy of that night
when the body Of James Pollock, the
clubman and wine agent had been
found with a bullet III its heart and
beside 1t the unconscious figure of
Mary Page. Between them had lain
that revolver with its one accusatory
empty chamber. the revolver that
Mary herself admitted she had carried
That Mary was innocent he had new
er doubted His love was too great to
admit of doubt, but he was a lawyer,
and now he saw only too clearly that
his defense might prove unconvincing
In hn Of IN
first. that Mary had hated and feared
James Pollock, who forced his atten-
tons upon her; second, that she had
carried the revolver hidden in the front
of her dress when she went into the
anteroom where Pollock was waiting.
and. third that the shooting had oc-
Cured directly after the door had clos
ed upon the two of them.
If he. Langdon. had only been five
minutes earier-that was the acid that
ate into his soul. If he had only reach
ed that door five minutes sooner per
haps that fatal shot would never have
been fired.
He wondered irritably why it was
that the public. and that portion of 1t
that comprised the jury. couldn't see
how improbable it was that Mary
would have ruined her career in such
a fashion. however much she hated
Pollock. 1t was inconceivable that
girl who at the falling of the curtain
at II o'clock had touched the goal for
which she had striven and been hailed
as the greatest star of the century
could have killed a man of her own
accord at midnight and watched the
dawn come from a cell in the Tombs.
He knew how much her career had
meant to Mary Flow close to her heart
was the triumph and the fame, and to
lose it this way
He sighed heavily. then, realizing
that they were approaching the TomGs
and that to the world at least he must
be the confident attorney he straight
enel his shoulders and forced smile
to his lips
Close To the curb two women were
listening while third read aloud from
the early edition of an afternoon pa
Per Shipping the menotony of her
tones by calculations and questions.
From his car Langlon could plainly
see the huge headlines two women
We're reading:
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03
First Episode
MARY'S DEFENSE

u S Philip Lapgdon's car threaded
IA its way through the heavy
I traffic. lodging drays ana
= - .-l..-........... -. =. -,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-26

Sunrise, 7:1I; sunset 4;Z5.
Felix Meyer, 10, 1919 Broadway,
shot in cheek after family quarrel.
.Frank~Kantz, bFother-in=law, held.
Coroner investigating death of
Mrs. VIM. Bell, 3713 N. Trip av., on
abortion report.
Fire attacked R. c. Brayne's gro
Gerry, 24O9 n. Halsted. Damage,
Bernard McGinnis, 90, 1901 w.
47th, deadfrom gas. May be suicide.
Edward DobIer, Columbia hotel,
31st and State, may die. Hit by car
at 4lst and Halsted.
Dwight Wheaton, 4s4s Wentworth
aV., found dead. Cause unknown.
Police have woman's slipper, size
10. found at Adams and Western.
Emil Kasparek, 2To5 w. 18th, re-
pair man for phone company, killed
bT IL" at Menard aV. crossing.
Eric Peters, 1865 Carroll aV., shot
by two robbers when he. resisted.
May live,
]. c. Paley, 1853 w. Jackson blvd,
lost 81 to two bandits in front of his
home. VI
Over $50 children from Lake Bluff
orphanage cheered by Christmas
dinners in Wilmette homes.
Winnetka children, gave birds a
feast. Put pans Of crumbs in streets.
Paul Martin, son of millionaire,
who ran away from Yale to start
work, home for Christmas.
Patrolman Victor johnson, e29
F. Fletcher, TO resign from force and go |
back to Sweden.
M. J. Glade, 141 S. Euclid aY., Oak
Park beat wife and child on Christ
mas, police say. Arrested
Michael Igoe and Henry Freeman,
asst Q. S. att'ys, to resign for private
practice.
Charles Hall, 1912 Wells, suicide. |
Gas. No reason known.
Co.., AndrnyTrc dE8 9 S+a+n Ioe+