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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Col. caneman says when Bill El
lott goes up to the golden gate the
first thing he will Will be to strike
s.. Peter for chew Of tobacco.
Actually one Chickasha woman
claims that she half starved her fam
ily last month and at that her gro
Gerry bill was just the same.
I'VE don't have to travel in Europe, =
Isays the Lawton Constitution. That's
a fact, John, and by Heck, we Just
won't do it.
One way OF measuring modern cul-
ture is by the number of movie play
ers with whose middle names one is
familiar
ANOTHER difference is that grand
standing generally goes further with
woman than it does with a man.
In all probability the late sleeping
contingent will vote as unit against
the motion to advance the clock.
Etiquette by. laura Lean Jibby 1t
Is bad form for woman to bawI ont
her husband in public
Si Simp says he notices that it al
ways proves fatal when man com
mits suicide
Ben Johnson win never look very
happy til he gets even with Bob Muir
ray.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

unquestionably, the German naval
victory will have a tendency to pune
ture the pride Of the mistress &c the
seas il the British defeat was as bad
as il is pictured by the Berlin adyices.
The British version Of II makes the
Disaster less crushing but in the main
admits the heavy losses which the
Germans claim to have inflicted II
;l's was the long expected encounter
irwhich the British navy was to wipe
the Tentons, from the ocean. the result
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Not often IN the past has II been our
privilege % brag about Grady county
roads and hence It is particularly graf
flying to be able to bear testimony to
the fine condition OF the highways
leading west from Chickasha to Yer.
den and north to Mlnco. There are
other good roads in this vicinity but
We lust happen to know about these
two and we wantto commend the Of.
ficers who are responsible for the i'm
provement Of them While we still
have many more bad roads than we
ought 70 have Or can afford it Is a
fact that considerable progress has
been ghde during the past year. One
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Solitude does not make for elo-
quence.
Mandy said Bill timer the ulti-
mate denizen of Bitter Creek, where's
my razor? 1 need shave"
Enter then Ike Kidder, the arch en-
emy Of Bill ltner, a bad citizen from
across the range 4 9-inch bowie
flashed III his hand Bill clinched with
Ike ana the mountain cabin trembled
ito their struggle The table was de-
molished the stove collapsed, the
matutinql water bucket was overturn-
ed, Finally Bin secured the knife. AS
she pushed the dying Ike from its
blade
Behind the clock" said Mandy,
~You sure do" Judge
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03
SOUTH END OF COUNTY
IN FINE SHAPE, HE SAYS

T. p Whybark of near Rush Springs
was in the city this afternoon Mr..
Whybark is one Of the leading farmers
Of the southern end Of Grady county.
f{e stated this afternoon that farming
conditions in the Rush Springs sec
tion were good. He said that the far
mers Of that part Of The county would
raise a good corn crop this year and
that the cotton acreage would be
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03
EXPRESS PAcKAeETTEs
= : = = : : : . = : =

Sweet Spring and good old Summer
Time
Are quite worn out as themes for
rime.
What shall sing?" in grief cry,
And echo answers, "Swat the fly.g
When a man buys a handsome pres
ent for his wife, the only safe conclu-
sion to draw is that he has done some
thing to get in bad with his better
half.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Honestly, don't you think you ought
to have enough pride about yonr
home to Keep your yard and parking
moved? That is the very least thar
anybody can do toward making Chick
asha a pretty town When you go
home this evening look it over and see
" arass and weeds are growing tall,
making the place look like nobody
lives there. Unsightly parking and
neglected yards areaa disgrace to any
Town that makes even pretense Of
being progressive They tell the
stranger IN our midst that we are lack
ing in the first essentials of civic re-
spectability. Such things should not
be tolerated by public sentiment If
you are sinner in this respect, 80 to
the mourner's bench at once, or still
better, get busy with a scythe and
lawn mower
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03
Best Man Overlooked.

"Of course, we hope that the best
man will win
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum alb
sent-mindedly, But what chance is
there? haven't even been mention.
ed as favorite son. Washington
Star,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Of the best things that has been done
Is the letting Of contracts for system
attic dragging Our information is that
the state highway running east from
chickasha Is IN good shape and the
Improvement Of the Ninnekah road
VIII soon be completed after which
the Middleberg road viii be tackled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03
OKLA. DELEGATE DIES
By United Press.

BY United Ffess.
Chicago, June S.-A. y. Woods,
regular Republican delegate from the
Fifth Oklahoma district, died in Wes-
ley hospital while the contest OF his
seat was being heard
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03
: A STOLEN SMILE FER TWO.
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lo1e.
He-You used to say there was
something about me you liked
She Yes; but you've spent it all
now Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Miss Harriet Embry resigned her
position as stenographer for Gilkey-
Jarboe, leaving for Kansas City last
night.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Patronize home lnelstry. Csc the
Express Want Ada
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Weasel words is T. RS latest
shot at Wilson It seems that the Col
onels mind is so constructed that he
Just can't help mistalSing epithets for
arguments failing which he has in
common with many men Of smaller
calibre
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

AS usual the "faYorite sons" are do
ing an immense amount OF flurtering
in the pre-convention furry in Chica-
go but il is a pretty safe guess that
they won't get more tllan lool.in
when the final count Of noses comes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Py the way, you read about the
great naval battle first in yonr home
PAPER. The news came too late ~
the day to get into the early editions
of the outside afternoon papers tnat
come to Chickasha
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-03

Ben Johnson viii never look very
happy Til he gets even with Bob Muir
ray
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
SERVICE In ARMY
MAY BE FORCED
Defense Act Gives President
Power to Draft Men Into
Militia During Peace

Washington, Sept. 2s. = In a recent
issue the Suffragist. official organ of
the Congression Union for Woman
Suffrage and the New Woman's Party,
calls attention to provision of the
recent National Defense act, which, it
contends gives the President authority,
without an actual declaration of war;
to draft all able bodied male citizens
into serice to execute the laws of the
Union. suppress insurrection ana repeI
invasion.
Inquiry at the War Department re-
suited in confirmation of the view ex-
pressed by the Suffragist. 1t was said
there that the provision of the act to
which attention is called in the Suf-
fragist was to be interpreted in the
literal way in which it is construed by
that publication. The provision of the
act reads as follows;
Provisions of Act
'If for any reason there shall not be
enough volunteer enlistments to keep
the reserve -battalions (of organized
militia )at the prescribed strength, "a
sufficient number of the unorganiZed
militia shall be called into the service
of the United States to maintain each of
such battalions at the proper strength.
the unorganized militia is defined as
composed of all able-bodied persons be-
tween the ages of 1S and AS years. That
law provided that such persons coulu
be called into the service for the pur-
poses set forth in the Federal ConStitu-
ton "to execute the laws of the Union,
suppress instruction and repel inva-
sions." Under the provision of the new
National Defense law, as 1t is inter"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
GUNNERY GOOD,
NAVY TESTS SHOW
Atlantic Fleet Making Remark
able Record, Especially
With Heavy Rifles

Washington, D. c., Sept. 29.-Pri-
vate advices from commissioned Of
ficers in the Atlantic fleet show that
much of the criticism that has been
directed at the United States Navy
because of its failure in the past to hit
targets with shells from big guns will
he eliminated by the results of the
battle practice now coming to a close.
1t Is learned that exceptionally good
results have been obtained by shooting
at such small targets as obsolete tor
pedoboats at comparatively long
ranges, and during the recent maneu-
vers it was officially reported that the
Pennsylvania, with q broadside of
twelve guns, hit target with five
shells at q range of eleven sea miles.
Officials of the Navy Department hear
that the Utah, steaming at full speed,
hit one of four obsolete torpedoboats
with the third shot at range of four
miles. In a few minutes one end of
the target started down, the stern rose
and the vessel plunged to the bottom.
When Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt heard of the tests he
said that he had suggested q much
more difficult type.
"I have proposed to several officers"
he said. that instead of anchoring
obsolete vessels to be shot at. we get
up a good head of steam and start
them directly toward the battleships.
AS soon as the obsolete vessels are
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
Fourth of Harvard and
Yale Men Fail to Marry

Cambridge, Mass, Sept29.-Twenty-
two to rs per cent. of the men grad
uated from Harvard and Yale in forty
years have not married. according to
statistics compiled by John C. Phillips.
a Harvard graduate. Moreover. Mr..
Phillips has ascertained that of the
number who did marry 10 to 2s per
cent. of them are childless.
The average number of children per
married graduate Is two and per grad
uate is one. President Elliot. of Har-
ward. discussing one of the causes for
decrease of families. declares that 1t is
"a preference on the part of both men
and women for freedom from care and
responsibility and for passing pleas
ures rather than solid satisfaction"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29

tia reserves to serve for the period of
the emergency. not exceeding three
years. unless sooner discharged"
The provisions of this enactment
have never been taken advantage of by
the Government 1t is held at the War
Department that a specific order or
other act of the President is necessary
to draft the National Guard and organ
lied militia into the Federal servlc.
and that this course will not be adopted
by the President unless it becomes nec-
essary to send the guard organizations
into Mexico. the resolution having been
construed as giving the President au-
thority to employ the State organiza-
tions outside the territorial boundaries
of the Union The National Guard or
ganizations now on the border or held
under Government orders in State mob
fltzation camps were mustered into SER
vice under the authority contained IN
the Constitution. 1t is believed here
that there Is. no likelihood that even il
the Mexican situation should assume Ii
phase that you'd require more troops
the Administration would resort to the
Defense act The Government still fav-
ors the principle of voluntary enlist
ment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29

preted at the War Department, the
ranks of the present National Guard
Service by President Wilson in connec-
ton with the Mexican trouble, may be
recruited by drafting any bodied
than 40 years old, in order to recruit
National Guard units to their required
strength.
to this authority to fill the ranks of
militia regiments that are still held in
State mobilization camps because they
strength required by the War Depart
ment. Since the Mexican situation be-
came. less acute, National Guard re.
degree. But should the danger of nos.
tilities with Mexico again become
acute the President would. haXe the
right to fill up the ranks of militia or
ganizations by drafting.
Calls 1t IA Joker
The Suffragist in it's issue calls the
provision of the National Defense act
a Joker" and points to it as introdue-
tary regulations" 1t acknowledges
that throughout American history
naf nto fb the
war had been declared, but contends
that the enactment in the National De.
fense act is new departure Ela lin time Of
the ground that the action of Congress
was improper because no opportunity
was given TO the women OF the country
to express themselves in the matter
and that it reveals to them their
pitiable political helplessness."
There has never been any doubt of
the right of the President to draft the
militia for the purposes set forth in
the constitution, but it was regarded as
crisis last June to enact special joint
resolution in which Congress expressed
the opinion" that IAN emergency now
exists which demands the use of troops
in addition to the regular army of the
United States" and the President was
authorized by the resolution to draft
members of the National Guard and of
the organized militia of the. several
States. Territories and the District of
Columbia and any and all members of
the National Guard and organized mill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
Does Your Husband Drink?
Druggist Tells How TO Cure
the Liquor Habit at Home

or any liquid. 1t is harmless, taste-
IYess Y odorless and cannot be detected,
You can use 1t without the Knowledge
OF anyone. A lady who recently tried
It on her husband reports: my hus-
band was on a spree when got the
powders, and he usually stays drunk
from three to four weeks at a time.
AFTER putting the powder in his coffee
Tor four days, he sobered up and has
not taken drink since and says he is
through with it forever. He also com
planned that whisky did not taste the
same. I shall not tell him what did If
but / am grateful for this help and T
shall recommend it whenever possible"
NOTE--A leading druggist when
shown the above article saidi eyes.
teseum In a very remarkable remedy
for the drink habit. 1t is harmless won
derfuiiy effective and Is having an enor-
nous sale. 1 advise everyone who
wishes to destroy the liquor habit to
give 1T n trial." 1t is sold In this CITY
by III. @ Kennedy, and all other first
class druggists, who guarantee 1t to do
the work or refund the 'money.-Adyer-
tisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29

own pure bred stock to about a dozen
of his neighbors, supplying that nuns
ber of chicks to each family every
Spring. In the contract 1t was agreed
that no other breed of chickens should
be kept on any farm where the pure
bred chickens were established, and
also that no male birds should be kept
on their farms. The eggs from these
1000 or more hens in the neighbor-
hood fiocks were bought at a stipu-
lated price and collected three times a
week, and were used to help supply
his special egg and poultry trade.
This plan is proving more satisfac-
tory than carrying a stock of several
thousands hens on his own farm,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29

under way the crews can abandon
them. The targets can make twenty
or twenty-five knots an hour. so it
would be real test for the battleships
to figure out their range and sink
them, especially in night practice.
Some officers disapprove on the
ground that it would be dangerous to
attempt to get the crews Off but they
could leave the torpedoboats just as
soon as the ships had been started
toward the battleships. AS it is now,
1t is impossible to tow target faster
than six or eight miles an hour
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
Free Prescription Can Be Filled At
Any Drug Store and Given Secretly

Fl. ]. Brown, 400 West Superior Ave-,
Cleveland, Ohio. was for many years
confirmed drunkard. His friends and
relatives despaired of ever redeeming
him. His sister sought the best medi-
cal men in Europe in the hope that she
might find something which would cure
him. Finally she was recommended to
an eminent chemist who gave her
private formula (the same as appears
below and told her how to use it. She
had 1t filled at the drug store and gave 1t
ling. In a few weeks he was COM
pletely cured That was over eight
years ago and he has not touched a
drop since. He now occupies a position
of trust and is enthusiastic in his ef-
forts to help others overcome the liquor
habit. He feels that he can best do
this by making public the same for
mula which cured him. Here is the
prescription: Go to any first class drug
store and get IA Tescum powders. Drop
one powder twice day, in coffee. tea
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
A FUNNY ADDITION SUM

How many apples did Adam and Eve
eat?
Some say Eve s and Adam Pa total
of 10 only.
Now we figure the thing far different
ly: Eve 8 and Adam also-total 16.
We think the above figures are en-
tirely wrong.
If Eve s and Adam 50, certainly the
total will be 90.
Scientific men, however, on the
strength of the theory that the ante
diluvians were a race of giants. reason
something like this: Eve 81 and Adam
S2-total 163
Wrong again. What could be clearer
than IL Eve 81 and Adam S12 the total
was 500?
I believe the following to be the
true solution: Eve 814 Adam and Adam
1924 Eve-S93S.
Still another calculation is as fol-
lows If Eve S14 Adam, Adam S1242
oblige Eve-total 82,056.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29

put in to help buy the chandelier"
mot a cent will I waste in such a
manner" replied the old gentleman.
IF you all needed it, things might be
different, but 1 dare say If we had had
one there's not a young lady in town
could play on it." = The Christian
Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
DIDN'T HAVE ANY USE FOR TT

An old church member came in one
morning just as the pastor was taking
a collection to buy much needed
chandelier.
well, Brother B." said the
preacher, addressing the old man who
had just come in, how much will you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-29
sPECIALTIEs IN "CHICKs"

Farm and Fireside tells of an egg
farmer who has worked out a unique
plan. 1t says:
Another egg farmer with 1000
layers worked out plan of supplying
from 100 to 200 baby chicks of his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
DAVENPORT WOMAN
ESCAPED KNIFE

Mrs. S. T. Oliver of 1926 East High
Street, Davenport, Ia, was so i'll that
her physicians told her she must go to
a hospital
An operation appeared necessary.
Her case had been diagnosed, she
says, as gall stones.
She was able to move about but lit
tle-to go any distance was torture.
She sent for Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy Then she wrote:
Il am greatly obliged to you for
your wonderful remedy. l had been
very bad with gall stones and the doc
tors said 1 would have to go to the
hospital. Last February sent to you
for treatment, and when received
It l could not walk block.
Il never have had a pain since
took the first dose. ! fell off fifty
pounds, but have gained 1t back"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No, more distress
after eating, pressure of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee not salts
factory money viii be returned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
Mrs. J. Burrows of Alexandria, on the
Way to keokuk Saturday After
noon, Meets With Distress
ing Accident.
SHOULDER WAS INJURED
Brought to keokuk and Treated by
Dr.. Frank EroWn-DauGnter
Also Thrown, But
Was Unhurt

Mrs. J. Burrows, of Alexandra, Mo,
and her seventeen-year-old daughter,
were thrown from a buggy about 100
o'clock Saturday afternoon on the
AleXandria-Keokuk road below the
lumber yard while coming to Keokuk,
when the horse became frightened at
a Stone e Webster motor truck and
bolted.
The daughter was not injured in
the fall, but Mrs. Burrows struck her
right shoulder and it was severely
bruised and lacerated. Workmen at
the Harrison Box factory stopped the
horse after it had run about two hun
derd yards and also rendered assist
ance to Mrs Burrows and her daugh-
ter.
The injured woman was brought to
Keokuk and taken to the office of DIR.
Frank Brown where her shoulder was
dressed. No bones were found to be
broken upon examination, but the in
jury was a serious one. Mrs. Bur-
rows was taken back to Alexandria
late in the afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
nan Anuck With Rifle

CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-One man was
killed and two seriously wounded to-
night, when Ira J. Meltzer, proprietor
of a State street shooting gallery, ran
amuck and emptied a sixteen shot
rifle into the crowd within and pedes-
TRANS outside his gallery at State
and Van Buren, streets, in the heart
of the loop"
Meltzer began shooting after a
quarrel with Charles Bender, As. who
was shot and wounded three times as
he stood in the doorway of the place.
The next bullet struck and killed
Peter Winarski. "a, bystander, and
the next seriously wounded August
Luecke, 35, who was standing in the
street. Other shots went wild over
the heads of pedestrian at the
crowded corner
Meltzer was .overpowered and cap
tured by police. Pearl Simon, a young
woman employee of the gallery also
was held
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
Another Rehearsal Today.

| NtSItiSi nShSdi lo0oys .
| There will be another rehearsal OF
the chorus under the direction of
Charles Stewart this afternoon at
| o'clock in the First Christian church
1t is important that every member OF
| this body attend this meeting.
Every member of Scoville'S party
is in Keokuk now.
A telegram was sent to Charles
Reign Scoville Friday afternoon by
DR.. F. C. Beardsley, stating that be-
cause, of the condition of the ground
in the tabernacle it would not be
possible to comm ence the revival
services until Wednesday, DR.. SEQ
vile made no change in his original
plan to arrive in the city Saturday
night, but suggested union services
in three of the churches.
1t was found that there was con-
siderable snow and ice in the taber-
nacle, and that even after this was
taken out, the ground was not in con-
dition to make any kind Of a footing
until after it had been dried out.
I'VE felt that to allow people to
come into the tabernacle and to walk
through this wet ground and sit with
their feet on the cold ground would
result in an epidemic of grippe and
colds and possible pneumonia" said
DR.. ,Beardsley in explaining the de-
lay. 1--WE thought that we would real
ly be performing a service to the
community to wait until the ground
was in the proper condition and there
was no danger to our health. While
it was suggested that cinders might
be placed on the ground, and then
sawdust, it would not have helped
matters since the cinders would only
have held the dampness. The ice and
snow have all been taken out of the
tabernacle, and the floor is being
dried as rapidly as possible