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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
$l.5O Crepe de Chine, yd. Sl.35

however after had Knocked at Mrs.
Allis' door. and She had greeted me
with her most winning smile.
"l'm SORRY not to be able To come IN
ior ,ca." and mir Graham i, feel
,ng a little upset and think ! ought to
stay with him
"Oh, hope he /, not IT." she SAID
"Oh, NO" responded, "bu, he doesn't
like to have mr leave him Men are
such babies, aren't they:
tried to speak lightly, Smlingly but
the maleyolent little Rlcau IN the other
womsu's eyes startled me
mo, would not call MIR Graham a
baby" she said slowly, "Pmrc the re-
verse"
10 my heated imagination there wa'
something sinister in her voice IN the
glcam oi her eve As wen, back to
our rooms ! wished heartily tha, the
unplca,an,ncSS winch | JFas sure the
ncNt day would bring forth, was over,
Copyright
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
This Man Willing
to Share Fortune

IA CROSSE. Wis rcb. 70 Morris
tarr. a man who believes IN the golden
rule and hro,hcrly love. viii hc
obliged TO fight hl, sister Mrs Emma
Rclnhard of Nelson Wis, IN court to
win an equal share ot their mothers
estate oi $2OOr0 ior VIII Earr oj Eau
Ddllc. WI, dl>mhcrircd brother Mrs.
Rcmharh objected 10 giving her brother
ANYTHING. while Morri, j, willing to-
lose large portion oi hi, share 10 sec
that VIII yet, q square deal W The
legal battle ,o decide the dispute /,
scheduled to begin IN cour, at Nina
fNulDrfDy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
KLEIN MACHINE SHOPS
TO HAVE NEW BUILDING

Wo.Nur brick and frame building
pl>lON feet, is to hc erected at lOO4 10
West Second street by J. h Klein Per
NIT ior the structure which will cost
$1,000 was ISSUED hy the building in.
>pcrtor's office thl, morning The
building will be used inr machine shops
and offices Tor the B Klein Foundry
and Iron company 1t will be completed
IH t,Vr 1
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
News Of Capture
Proves Premature

HAVANA, Feb ~ While news
paper, have printed stories OF the cap
mrc ot Camagucy city capital OF ca.
magucy province, hy government forces
under Colonel rulol and the report
we're scm.oiiicially confirmed It ap.
pear, that Colonel rulol IS not yet M
possession vt the city but is expected
lo arrive there
II is reported here tha, Gen Jose Nj
gucl Gomci, the rebel leader, is III with
q fever.
colonel Rc,ancourt left Man,anlllC
Saturday with large force TO attack
santiago, i, is said, and government
supporters expect that city to fall he
fore the loyal troops within the mex
lew dayS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
RUB RHEUMATIC,
ACHING JOINTS
AND STOP PAIN
Instant relief with a small
trial bottle of old "St.
Jacobs Oil"
Rhenmatl,m !, "naln" nnlN

rheumatism Is pain" only
Not one case IN fifty requires inter.
rll treatment, Stop dmgpine Rub
soothing, penetrating "St Jacob, OIL"
right into ,out sore. stiff aching Joints
and tclict comes instantly st lacnh' ,
Oh" is a harmless rheumatism iniment
which never dlSappoinI, and can no,
burn the skin
llmhrt up Out complaining Get
small trial bottle oi Old honest rs,
Jacobs Oh" at any drug store. and in
Just a moment you'll be free from rh,u
matte pam, soreness and stiffness
Don't ,uffet Relief awaits YOU IS,
Jacobs Or i, just as good ior sriatica.
neuralgia. lumbago, backache. sptains
ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
CHICAGO GRAND OPERA
MAY BE HERE IN FALL

/, Is probable ,ha, the Chicago Grand
Opera company will come 20 Oklahoma
CITY Tor a two DAYS engagement IN o.
,ober A representative vt the com
pany is in the city today looking over
The hcld The grand opera compan,
was IN Tulsa last year and the plan i,
tn have the Oklahoma engagement here
tins year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26

1t ha, been decided 10 call puhli,
meeting at NlralUstown. ireland, to dr,
cusS 9hc alyi,abllty of erecting 4 corr
mill in that district 10 be run ON CO.
operative lines
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
The fact that figured fabrics are in
high fashion will present difficulties
to the average woman that she
should take measure to avoid

to the average woman that she
should take measure to avoid
NEW NORK.-Ihc manufacturers
ul material, seem 20 have gone quite
Ircn1lcd over figuring They have put
circles, stripes and blocks over man
plain surfaces. H. however. they were
content with such simple gcomctucal
figures, the average woman would not
have to worry. bu, they have gone tar
aicld m their search tor intricate, sym
buhc, Oriental figuring that make a
fabric beautiful IN itself but almost
impossible for a garment
Fabrics With Landscapes.
Imagine, # YOU want to dream abou,
ab,urdlty, an evening gown of Chinese
blue hrocadc, the whole surface COY.
cred with a landscape design tcatu'
ing figure, IN active po,turcs. Mean
dcrlug down the length oi a woman $
figure are gardens, lakes, goldfish
bending women and birds ilying acroN,
cloud ilccked ,kic, Now, really, could
ab>urdlty go farther,
Should this piece OF fabric be dis
PLAYED as curtain. a table cover a
drlpcry for a mautcl that holds one
or two superb Chinese ornaments the
world would applaud but to cup ny
such fabric into an evening gown
for a slim woman !, reaching the
I l.. ( Al.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
new YORK BOARD
PROPOSES FOOD
PRICE EDUCATION


NEW YORK. Feb 10 A campaign
OF education against hight food prices
was extended today through several
avenues TIM, plan was adopted by the
board of health alter an investigation
to ascertain Just how much suffering
existed among The poor hy the MAYORS
food supply committee lava, indor,ed
by Governor NM,md8 who summed
up ms view Of a." situation by SAYING
the people have simply got 10 cat what
they can afford to cat
Million Circulars Out.
The tood supply committee sent to
homes throughout the city by means ot
public school children, q million cir
cularS urging citizens to cat rice ~
stead OF potatoes, onion, and cabbage
George W pcrkin,. chairman OF this
committee. said that New York might
expect only Sigh, reductions IN food
price, unless the people made up their
minds 10 adopt substitutes for cNpcn-
,Nc foodStuii> Enough rice /, avail
able at low price. he said. to- afford
rclict until legislative action can be
taken
Public Hearings,
On Wednesday, /, was announced.
public hearings viii begin at Nbau
on the Wicks bill creating a state de
par'mcnt oi food, and market,
A number at retail grocer, n1o
joincd consumers IN the boycott against
potatoes, onion, and chickens and
agreed not % sell these articles
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
$3.50 Fancy Taffeta Yard $l.9
$3.50 Paisley Satins, va. $2.79

We place on sale TIN, iavorlc OF fashions
,ikcu weave, a. iuchc, wide, in quite a
variety oi magnificent designs in Paisley pat
term, Splendid for trimmings and combined
garments, a regular $3.50 value at yard s279
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
Novelty Silk Faille, yd. $1.29

Is very specially priced INDEED You
will find large assortment OF beautiful nov
city effects on light and dark grounds Spring
styles generously employ these in the making
OF dresses combinations. trimmings and for
millinery purposes Full 70 inches wide al
,,,,I O. m
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26

New novelties in stripes OF every character
Extreme and moderate In tone and color, as
tor the materials. it, OF supreme quality and
worth SIS, the yard at sl.29.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
Wanted to Fight, But
Feared Was Too Old

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Anxious TO
fight, but fearing that his age would prove
a bar To his enlistment for service, Thomas
j. Walker, 4i0l Mcpherson avenue, st.
Louis, In Swritten 10 Major General
George Barnett, commander of the United
States marine corps.
Walker wrote: II am sixty-one years
old, healthy, active, temperate and relia-
bic. | wis hto offer my services in some
capacity-shorc, river, deep sea, or other
wise
The recent rush in recruiting has
brought any odd types Of both sexes
ia the marine corps recruiting stations.
Like Walker. many have expressed a will
lingness to "do their Bit wherever duty
calls, whether it DC ''Shorc, river, deep sea,
or otherwise"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
Amusernents


The Quality Pictures Corporation NOV
ings picture version of S~hakespeare's "Ro
meo and Juliet is being shown at tn
Queen theatre. Francis Y. Bushman, de
clared to be the best looking man in tn
movie world, and Beverly Bayne, take tn
respective roles of Romeo and Juliet. Owe
three months were consumed in the actua
work of photography in this play, and tn
cost Of production amounted to upwards 0
$25O,OOO. The film will be shown contin
uously today, the final showing ~startinl
ut 9 o'clock and concluding ut IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
Offers Prizes to
Advertise Flour

Many young boys and girls IN Browns
Vile arc manifesting great interest IN the
announcement Of the Armadillo Mills that
il will offer prizes To the boy or girl IN
Brownsville who sells the most Flavo flour.
the mills product, during the month OF
April. The first prize will be a watch val
ucd nj $40, or a ladies' wrist watch, Of a
beautiful and small design, valued at $40.
The second prize will be one American
Eagle, solid gold signct rim. engraved free,
or one solid gold diamond and pearl, la
VALERIE. valued at $40. To the one sell
ing the third largset amount Of Flavo
flour, the company will give n fine Russia
leather belt with a gold patent clasp
buckle, or one silver combination vanity
case. coin purse and card case, the third
prize 10 be valued nj 50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
CLARK GOES TO KANSAS UMlvERSIT'

LAWRENCE. Kan. April 3.-All doubt
that George 'Potsy' Clark, former foot
ball star at the University of Illinois
might not return to the University Of Kan
sas here ~ assistant coach next year has
been dispelled by the annouHeement tina
he had been r~e-cneagcd. Clark has beer
here since last fall a. a member Of thu
football. basketball and track staff. III
will have entire charge Of the freshman
baseball tcam this spring. IL was pre-
%viously reported that he was going 4,
Winona assembly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03

other points in the valley, is on the rapid
increase. AT present about two hundred
acres of land under this canal system are
planted in citrus fruit, the oldest being only
four or five years old. The results have
been all that was ever predicted.
The largest single orchard il that Of the
Pomelo Gardens, which is meant to be a
commercial citrus fruit growing concern.
The president is Mr.. William Lingenbrink.
They have forty acres planted in citrus
fruit, consisting OF grape fruit and GRAN
ges. Twelve acres are planted in one sort
of orange, known n the Lu Gin Con or
ange. A it, name might Indicate, it IL
named for a Chinaman who produced it
first in Florida, and i the only orange
which for the last forty years has receiv-
ed u medal from citrus fruit societies. Ii
i "A cross between the Mediterranean sweet
orange and the California Valencia Lake
orange, and seems admirably well fitted
for this soil and climate. 1t j. a very large
fruit, of exceeding sweetness. and has Il
very thin skin. Probably it, greatest point
Of advantage i that ii does not drop off
when ripe, hut will continue to cling on in
an unimpaircd condition from one 10 two
years.
One sees some very fine citrus trees in
the vicinity Of Mercedes. Mr.. +. +. Evans
has some which are the pride Of this see
ton. He showed me one grape fruit tree
only five years old which had attained a
truly remarkable growth. He showed me
another tree from which in its fourth year
was obtained. If one can count IN sew
cnty trees to the acre M this price. a few
acres Of grape fruit will be found to be Il
veritable gold mine.
The two froSt~ sof last winter Of course
injured the citrus industry 10 some extent,
and may perhaps have some effect in tenn
porarily diScouraging this industry. How
ever. the people who have given it most
study in this section are of the opinion that
this will be slight. and that there j. no real
reason for it. In the first place, they
point to the fact that this was a very un-
usual freeze. the first in a great many
years. Then they point out that the injury
% older trees was very slight. and in fact
after n tree is three or four years. old, the
frost injured only the crop that year. and
does little on no permanent injury 10 the
tree. Then, too, the people were totally
unprcparcd for a frost few had heaters or
~mudee pots. a. they should have done. OF
course. il is expensive having plenty of APP
~paratus and oil on hand all the time, and
for that matter, citrus raising j. an cx-
penSive business: but like other farming,
il j. Il thing that has 10 be done right to
pay. and the returns are certainly very
high when it j. properly managed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03


Later Irish dramatists will be dissected
1t the session of the Learners Club at the
Learners Public Library at four o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. John Millington
Synge, particularly his s'Playboy of the
Western World and 'Riders to the Sea-.
will be discussed under the leadership of
Miss Virginia Mullen.
%
The Self Culture Club continues its
Shakespeare course Tuesday afternoon at
ple home Of Mrs. James A. Graham with
further work on "As You Like It." Miss
Amy Erb is to conduct the session. The
meeting viii be called at 3 AS.
= o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Dittmann, who
we're quietly married ut three o'clock Mon
day afternoon, left on the four o'clocl
tram for a trip through San Antonio, Dial
taS and Houston to last a week. Returning
tlf Nttmanns will make their home unit
The comp elton Of their own on Harder
Heights with Mrs. George j. Head, sister
o. Mrs. Dittmann, in West Brownsville.
%
State Senator Odell Of Fort Worth, 2
friend Of years standing, is the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Graham. Senator
Odell, the Grahams' and Mr.. and Mrs. j. c
George dined at the French Restaurant il
4atamoros Sunday and spent the after
noon at the Country Club. The senator vii
remain here a few days.
O.
The Woman's Guild of the Episcopa
Church of the Advent met Monday after
noonat the parish house in monthly bus
mess session. Plans for improvements il
the parish house were considered. Tn
bazaar committee reported som aprons lef
from last Saturdays sale. There are il
the hands Of the president, Mrs. X. B
Creager, and may be bought from her. An
other apron sale is planned. n
o
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presby
terrain church met Monday afternoon il
business session. The annual Easter sal
of the society was set for next Saturday
Il will be held throughout the day at tn
Hat Shop, on Elizabeth street. Fancy nee
die work and delicatessen will be sold. !
committee with Mrs. ii. nj. SHELTON a
CHAIRMAN Will oversee the sale.
3
Reverend John nj. Moore, secretary o
the home missions board Of the Souther'
Methodist church, and Presiding Elder 7
r. Sessions addressed a meeting of tn
Woman's Missionary Society of the Meth
odist church Monday afternoon. Mrs r. /
SteIl presided and introduced the speakers
Rev. Moore commended the work of tn
society in the local religious field. Tn
Woman's Missionary Society almost alon'
m the past year paid off a heavy churcl
dtbt. Yesterday the payment next to tn
final payment was reported, leaving onl.
two hundred dollars to pay of a debt tina
originally was counted in thousands. Rev
Moore and Elder Sessions both were un
sraring of praise of the women for thi.
record which they deem remarkable unde
existing conditions.
o.
= Among Mondays visitors in Brownsville
vas Miss Leona Osborne of R~aymondville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
3,OO0-ACRE CANE PLANTATION
MERCEDES NEWEST INDUSTRY
Contained from page ~

n its issue of March II, the Country Gen
leman carried a story, with elaborate sta
istics, of the crop records of Mr.. Wcte-
grove.
Mr.. J. III. Wetegrove came TO Mercede..
rom Austin about four years ago, where
ie had been engaged in the trucking bus
ness. He soon built a small proceeding
liant. with capacity of about a ear a day,
md from the first has paid great attention
o the care with which his truck is packed.
II first he bought ninety acres, but he later
increased this to a hundred and thirty. Two
ears ago he combined with Mr.. William
Borcheldt, who owned "A hundred acres, and
Mr.. c. A. Carlson, who owned forty acres.
making two hundred and seventy acres in
III, and incorporated the whole under the
,ame Of Wetegrove & Co.
$4,000 SALES FROM 270 ACRES.
This season this company has received
rom sales and deposited in the bank $25.-
100, and in addition has a good many car
Dads which lave not been paid for and al
% several thousand dollars in express
shipments which have not at yet been paid
,ver. A conservative estimate places the
total sales 30 far at 100000, and the sea
son is only about half over. This Is a truly
remarkable showing for less than three
hundred acres of land.
This company ships by refrigerator car,
in car load lots, using the preceding plan
to cool the produce first. These mixed car,
are then sent north, a large number of then
going to st. Louis. They are usually con.
signed TO some commission merchant, thu
company having one in each city to which
is ships, but occasionally car load lots ar
sold here 4. o. b.
Some remarkably high prices have beer
paid for their ears. One ear METER 81 1924
another S1.l4S and another $l,467. Th'
The average paid for a mixed car l. over
J thousand dollars. In on instance IA sole
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
THEATRE.

Sensation and excitement will mingle with
love and adventure in the reflections OF !;
stirring screen drama, "The Boy Girl"
with Violet Mersereau, star of the occasion,
at the Dreamland theatre today when
sBIuebird Day" is again made a special
occasion. In this offering Miss Mersereau
plays two characters-her own blondly
beautiful self as a girl who has been
brought up as a boy. Sidney Mason will
be her leading man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03

IN the downward path, with drink as his
sehiclc. Years before his wife had gone
With another man who gave her her much
lesired opportunity to return TO the stage.
Dorothy Winton's child cries continually
or her mother. and would not be com
orted. Becoming desperate, Winton, un-
bile to bear the child's grief, takes her to
IN old governess of his, instructing that
he care fer the child, he To send her mon
". The child j. to be told that her par
ents are dead.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03

Covert cloth. like serge. has a per-
manent place in the scheme of things
to wear The whole story of the styles
in coats and skirts has never been told
In any season until something Is re-
corded Of this material.
A coat for all-round wear. made OF
n dark tan covert cloth, Is pictured
here. 1t is cut rather full and would
hang In straight lines IL IL were not
held In by a narrow. machine-stitched
belt Of the fabric. Cartridge-beit tucks
and machine stitching on the collar
and belt are echoes of military modes.
Together with the machine-stitched
pockets at the sides. they vouch for
the good style of this model.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-03
pITTmANN THEATRE.

asThe Harbor of Happiness" is the Of
fering today at the Dittmann theatre. John
Winton, q noted author, is going swiftly
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-24
Ripping Rhymes
pN WAL MA SON
PLAYING THE GAME.
BY WALT MASO

The men .whn'vc studied things like
t:t,sc. who'vn studied them forty ways
SAY We can help things Ger the seas by
having Sundry mcatlHss days. They say
"clt nu, tho wheaton bread. ono day Q
week mid eat corn ronc: imp up less
sugar when you're fed and help 10 make
tho focman Croan." It Isn't much to
ask, Eadzooks, and 10 refuse them were
a Shame. so, let's instruct our gifted
cooks 70 read the rules and play tho
game cnt rooetcr once r. week.
which braces mo to play my harp: again
| gn down 10 tho creek md lhriat cod
or carr When TO the table I rcphir. In
Su!.mn state. three times n day, and see
LOAF Of white bread there. I sternly
order Il away. I say TO nephew, aunt
and nice" eco slow on butter and on
lnrI: the allies now are needing grease
We must not rat Il ny IN" yard. The
government is mos; polite: II asks US
kindly to r"tr"nch. and help our own
nl"n in the fight. and okn tho British
and tho French. Yet SuE!" th"ro are
VII" give no hood. who laugh polite rn-
quests 10 sc"rn: thry don't PROPOSE to
curb their greed. and live on hens and
FISH and corn. They hang around In
every town. you'il SOC them everywhere
you look: and Uncle Sam is writing
down their surnarncs In his ,ittlc book.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-24

In another column OF this sencer will found mp
Of Of
reveals gratifying financial condition. and The
recommends careful scrutiny and reflective study by tho
if a
justification
on
Republican Sustained by
FuudGsneral Revenue which the the States
~ . . .,, ,d ,, -, ~, roraro, ohr - o NON, ~, mai,
nance
actual balance of SHEETS that the will fin
present
quarter million providing
m current wear appropriations for buildings and land carried forward from
lisa
10000 from liquor license the State has in two years turned
s31527S and has
buildings and land repairs and improvements The
possible levy exceed and oneha
or
dollars
the audit that IF the surplus to be used the levy could BE-
of the States indirect the levy for The
present year. onehf that 1915
could have beenma five
results notable achievement the
Virginia which inclined vigorous
economy
by Vicious Deuo
othe naturally show
an increase
the country these factors
the Der capita expenditure
things increase population and the natural
expansion policies Of thu
Republican party efficiency
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-24
OVER HERE

tpara phrase Of George n. Cohan's
over There" written for the Boy
Scouts vf America by
oliver IErrfnrdD
johnny yet tn" mon. E"t the mon. get
the mon.
Helm Ia down III" Hun. down tho Hun.
down the lIun
Money talks. lot money shout.
Turn yuur pnrk.;s inside out
Hurry, buy Il bond. buy bond. buzz a
bond.
N:lr them over yond. over yond', over
yond.'
I@, your gold flow IN a stream.
L., them hear Tho EaGie's scream!
Over hero. Civ" cheer
Tell tho nrls over thcrs not tC fear:
That the ranks are swelling. ana the
Scouts arr yelling.
And tie bonds are selling. over here:
Mover fear. never fenr,
W. are 81! on The job over hcrs.
Tell the Kaiser h"rl be wiser
When he rnr,'tH thn troops He are
raising over here.
Johnny dig the dough. dig the dough.
dig the dough.
Let your dollars 60. don't DO SLOW. lei
I'm 20.
Help to give the Teuton fits.
Tu, tho Kaiser on tho fritz:
Nuke tho Trutons roar. then some
more, then some more.
Help to win tho wnr, win tho war, win
the war.
Do your bit tho bond to float;
Get the Kaisar's goat!