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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04

Fancy Colorado Potatoes. pk aoc
llcliu,ropc llour AZ lbs 500
N,,c Cooking Onions. NJ N,c
Meadow Gold Nurrr N .lc
tu,,p.......... 4oc, 7Sc, $50
II lhs. Cane Sugar ........ 500
Peas, per can. ....... lSc, lsc, zoe
Corn, per Canu........ lsc, zoe
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04
Bulldlno Permits

Wehl and Btght i2S Wrst Tvclfth
street. frame addition, $500
West aud Bright. 1890 Norih Marion
svenue, one story frame dwelling s. ON0
lee Tomln. ?ot East Eighth street.
frame entnge s2J
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04

Lewis T. Leigh, 1880 East Eleventh
street
Catherine " Aldrlck 6i wears old.
NlulI West Tenth street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04

rlnnlng a watety iluld that
would mat her hair Iopeth.
e. Her hair all came out
and the eruption came ON
her cars So that she could
not hear anyone speak 10
her 1t itched SO We had
10 ne her hands q, night.
and she could mo-, sleep at
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04
0lrths.
Deaths.

Deaths.
LaRoy =, sullivan. year old son OF
w. n Sullivan. l5s East A avenue
Albert Little, Q months old, son Of
Frank Little. local hospital
Dr. Georg. Morse. 70 years old. Guth-
RE. Okla.
Eugene Leigh. 10 wears old. son Of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04
Cuticura Makes Most
Remarkable Hea|ment
Of Eczema on Little Girl
At a Cost Of SITS.

MY little girl broke ou, on her head
and iaoc IN hllster'. Her scalp was a
solid eruption and as red as could hc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04
Vital Statistic
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses.
Ross O. Dugiid q years old, md \di
Berger. IS years old, both of wichita
Kan.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04

Cut prices all the time Every
thing is sold as chcap on cheaper
than other grocer, charge DUAL
tN as good A. dnv one carries
YOU can alway, save money ct
this store Prices subject to mar.
kct changes
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-04
UP to the People

"AlI the people in this district are
IN favor OF voting for new schools when
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
MOST POTENT or WEAPONS
Nothing Devised by Humanity Is Able
to Stand Against the Assault
Of Laughter.

In ''The Mysterious Stranger"-the
just published posthumous book by
Mark Twain-that authority on humOr
declared that most men possess only
ga mongreI perception Of humor."
He elaborates his idea by saying
'aThe multitude see the comic side of a
thousand low-grade and trivial things
broad incOngruities mainly; gro
tesqueries, absurdities, evokers of the
horse laugh. The 10000 high-grade
comicalities which exist in the world
are sealed from their full vision.
"Will day come when the race will
detect the funniness of these juvenili-
ties and laugh at them-and by laugh
ing at them destroy them? For your
race, in it's poverty, has unquestion-
ably one really effective weapon
laughter. ...... ..s:-.. ...,
Power, money, persuasion, supplica-
ton, persecution-these can lift at a
colossal humbug-push it a little
weaken it little, century by century
but only laughter can blow it to rags
and atoms at a blast. Against the as.
sault Of laughter nothing can stand"
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
EuropeIs LARGEST Dam.

The largest dam in Europe has just
been completed near Barcelona, SPAIN
1t is built across the chasm through
which the Noguera Pallaresa river
flowed. Abutting on almost perpendic-
ular cliffs, the dam is constructed of
concrete, and measures $50 feet in
height and 700 feet in length. The
thickness IS 230 feet at the base, grad
ually decreasing to IA feet at the top.
The valley above the dam was bought
from the various landholders at cost
of near $1,000,000, and now filed with
water forms an artificial lake 15k
miles long and 81 miles wide. The
water that now passes through the
power house yields an electric current
of 10000 horse power. Later it will be
increased to 10000 horse power. The
water Is carried by a system Of canals
into an arid district, where 1t irrigates
a surface of nearly 100 square miles.
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
IS PATRON SAINT or BIRDS
Squirrels Depend on Asylum Inmate
for Their Supply of 5utternu.s
in Winter.

''The patron saint Of birds and squir
rels" is happy. And though he is sixty
years old and has been a patient of
the state hospital for the feeble-mind-
ed for 36 years, his hair is brown and
wavy, his eyes are bright and spark
ling and his health is good. He has
been in the institution more than half
of his life, but his life seems to be
more sane than the lives Of the thou
sands who have outstripped him in
the life race-and have become
wrinkle-cheeked, blear-eyed and hard
fisted.
Albert Gentle has forgotten the
world, says the Milwaukee Sentinel.
He was entered in the hospital in 1880
because he loved the small animals
and food Of the forests. He has been
there since, spending most of his time
gathering nuts or communing with ma,
ture, never expressing the slightest de-
sire to get back to the outside world,
Last year I picked 27,500 butter
nuts for my squirrels" he said. 81
need Just that many to feed them all.
They get so hungry In the winter time.
1 make so many of them happy.
must be here always to care for them"
He said it quietly, with dignity. I'm
aginatively he somehow emerged from
the character of an old simpleton,
clothed in an absurd, rusty frock coat,
trousers of another day and general
appearance of Washington Irving's
schoolmaster and became the sancti-
fed keeper of a great trust. What
was more important than caring for
those little animals?
''Most people do not know how i'm
portant it is that we should always
think of the tiny bits of life that God
has put on this earth," he said slowly.
'Often they do not think Of each
other" ae-4-.. ..f- ...
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
OLD FAv0RITES TURNED DOWN
Boys No Longer Make Heroes of Cow,
boys, and Girls Are Abandoning
Their Paper Dolls.

In his love of romance Prof. Thomas
Stockton Baker finds the American boy
has discarded his old heroes and
turned away from his favorite pirates
and Indian fighters. The kingdom Of
boyhoOd is ruled by the Adventures
who navigate the sea in submarines
and sweep through the clouds in air.
planes. Under the influence of the
war in Europe the workings of the
Juvenile Imagination have undergone
a swift and dangerous change.
After all, it is not surprising that
the healthy, alert yOungster should in
vest with fancy events that he hears
his elders daily discuss and should
live them over in his hours of play.
If the ideals of piracy are essential
to the moral training of the young,
some day another popular play may
help to safeguard the future welfare
of the race. ..-.., -....t ...... .,,...
1t is not yet time to despair because
high power motOrcars and undersea
boats and flying machines occupy the
attention Of the normal boy in his idle
hours. 1t would be really painful if
he were devoting his time to unravel-
ing the tangled skein of old world
diplomacy and determining the exact
terms of peace on which the belliger-
ents shall agree. i sa-.7 ii uvs.
AS for the American girl, have any
of our eminent psychologists expert
enced a sinking of the heart at the
thought that she may abandon her pa
per dolls and amuse herself by play
ing at Red Cross nursing and muni-
ton making? If she does, will she re-
cover or head straight for eternal per-
dition, like her little brother whose
mind runs to the mechanics of war;
New York World.
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21

One of the prominent merchants of
this place has a two-year-old grandson
who is quite popular with everyone
who knows him, and among his adj
mirers is a minister of the locality
Recently the minister met the little
boy in the street and accosted him by
'Hello, Old Sportr' The child said
'"'Lo" and passed on. C92lr .080 % .
l1t The next day the minister came into
the grandfather's store where the lit
tie fellow was with his grandparent.
Seeing the minister he said to him:
"LO, Ole Port p The grandfather
heard the boy thus accOst the clergy
man and reproved him for his seeming
disrespect of the cloth, when the little
chap defended himself right manfully
by replying: "'E call me ole port"
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
Phonograph Station Announeers.

The invention by which names of
stations are to be announced auto
matically by phonograph on the Liver
pool tramways viii no doubt have a
future if the name can be uttered in
such a way as to be fntelligible. The
defect Of the phonograph has always
been the metallic twang which OBJ
scured the most familiar words and
voices. Was it not a phonograph oper-
ator in one of o. Henry's stories who
promised to, give his celebrated imi-
tation of a Sousa march being exca-
waited from a tin mine T'-London OBJ
server. ?" 80 tt''
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
Use Powdered Coal for Gas.

The complete substitution of pow.
dered coal for oil tar and producer
gas in metallurgical and other fur
naces is foreseen by c. J. Gadd, engi-
neer of the American Iron and Steel
company. His experience has shown
that when slack coal is dried, pulver.
lied until SO per cent of it will pass
through a sieve of 200 meshes to the
inch, and then burned in the furnace
its combustion is completed while it is
still in suspension, aud it yields a tenn.
perature as high as that obtained
from producer gas.
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
BRIDE OF AN AUSTRIAN PRINCE
Popular Washington Belle Is the Lat
est to Figure in an Interna-
tionaI Romance.

The latest international romance at
Washington, which eliminated recent
ly by the marriage of Miss Catherine
Britton of that city to Prince Alfred
zu ohe-Schillingfuerst of the
AustrO-Hungarian embassy, has had
sufficient element of mystery to de-
light capital gossips. From no less a
source than the august imperial head
of the united Kingdoms, it appears,
came the opposition to the marriage
of the young prince, bearer of one of
the prOudest names of the Viennese
court, to the American girl who was
mot born" The recent death of
Francis Joseph, and the accession to
the throne of the young archduke, who
had not so very long ago made a love
match himself, changed the tide of for
tune for the young pair in America.
The prince is twenty-seven and his
bride is twenty-four. Immediately
upon his arrival in Washington a year
or two ago he began to pay her atten-
ton. There were rumOrs of q mar
Fiage, then the young prince was sud
denly detached from the embassy at
Washington and assigned to San Fran
cisco for the compilation Of a consular
report there. There was a reason, and
this was said to be imperial displeas-
ure at Vienna. The new American
A. princess shortly after the outbreak of
the war went to Paris as a war nurse
with Miss Mona McAdoo, daughter of
the secretary of the treasury. She
has been very popular belle in Wash
ington society. eirir95atr li1
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
TraveI to Sea to Shawn.

'9l Eels spawn in sea, according to all
old authorities, but moderns have been
inclined to doubt it, because no one
had seen them on their trayelso Seien-
lists have been on the watch in Geor-
rgia, and sent the following dispatch
recently: millions of Ceels, recently
passed through Flint river on their an
nual pilgrimage to the Mexican gulf,
where they will spawn during the win
d ter. They travel entirely at night
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
sheep.KiIIinu poas Cunning.

According to Rev. DIR. Andrew
Schriver, the sheep-killing dog will
travel long distances in search of prey,
and after the slaughter will go to the
nearest brook and by the light of the
moon comb the telltale fleece out of his
paws, carefully pick his teeth, wash
his jaws and then come into public
view with an aspect of supreme inno-
cence.
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
The Substitute That's Needed.

A Norwegian chemist has discovered
a substitute for coal. 1t is not a sub
stitute for all coal, only for some of
it, because it cannot be made in
enough quantity to take the place of
coal. That is interesting. What the
consumer wants is not substitute for
coal, but substitute for the cOaIbfl.-
st. Louis Star. ..r. Id. e.. .......t
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
Took the Opposite course..

you tried to uplift the
~ Yes replied the manager. "But
while / was perimenting in the high
er realms Of thought, the public rushed
away to the nearest underworld
drama" -lssanii
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30

sui g1ugno che ii avrebbero Ian
ciate migliaia di italiani, ed hal
mplOrato un giuI1 d'Onore.
Davanti al giuli d'onore
81 presentano le persone onorate.
moi ii riteniamo un disonorato ed
indegno di neanche nominare la
parola onore. CT contentiamo pc
70 che tn ii giustifchi suIla TO
gna, con dichiarazioni pero del
lie persOne da moi menzionate. Sc
clio non farai, rimarrai sempre: !:
ladrO di francObOlli; asSaSsino
della tua prima mOglie che CHA
mavi con nOmi da triviO; simula-
tore di debit fifth per non pa
gare quelli reali; martiriZZatOre
della secOnda mOglie; uOmO di
tango che hai scacciata piu vote
tua mOglie di casa; che hal sciu-
pata nei pOstribOli la sua dOte
truffata al fratellO; che hal ricat-
tata la Italian Cooperative Bank
ing Association; che, cOndanna-
to, ii sci rifiutatO di pagarla; che
hal truffatO circa 2 mila dOIIari a
Teti; che non paghi
mai laffittO di casa; che non pa
CHI grOssieri; che vivi di accattO-
che hal presO OrO tede-
SEQ per fare una campagna con-
trO PItalia; che non hal pagatO
gil Undertakers che hannO sOt-
terratO lie tue vittime; che hal
truffatO anche ora cOlOrO che a.
vevanO cercato di aiutarti. I'll di-
fenderai, degenerate?
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30
COLPI DEL LADRO DI FRANCOBOLLI
81 infrangonO d tOnte allie rOcGhe grantiChe
ASSASSINO DIFENDITI

lie occupazioni per la prepa-
razione dele accoglienze ALA
Missione Italiana, han fatto IL
tardare di una settimana Pusci-
ia di questo giornale. Del resto,
moi non dobbiamo dar conto ad
abbonati 0 ad avvisanti e faccia-
mo il cOmOdo nOStro.
II ladro di francobolli, mel nu-
nero 9 della sua cloaca, dice che
il Grande Venerable (osso trop-
po duro per i suoi denti) pen
dente il suo appello contro la ci-
tazione del contractor che ave-
vano costruito il fabbricato al n.
906 Carpenter St., vendette 10
ed aggiunge che i cOntrat-
tori non sOnO stati mai pagati.
Vigliacco, falsario della veri-
ia! Ad ogni tua insidia moi CON
trapponiamo un muraglione CO.
81 granitico che neanche le pale
del tue alleato, il
Kaiser, potranno penetraTe.
Sc non ci trovassimo di fronte
ad un avversario sleale, iITespon-
criminale, avremmo fatto
anche a memo di rispondere a
quest'altra canagliesca insinua-
zione, contentandoci di sapere
che, siccome Ponesta del nostro
Grande Venerable rasenta 10
scrupolo, lie inside delPassasino
della prima moglie non avrebbe-
70 potuto tangerlo. E non ci sa-
rebbe state bisogno di risposta,
perche, Sc Passistente usciere di
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30

conciliazione che tIeffava j 6 SOL
di della citazione 10 ignora, tutti
sannO che quandO un contratto-
re, pr mancato pagamento, met
te il cosi dettO lien Su un fabbri-
cato che ha costruito, questo
non puo vendersi, ne mutuarsi in
qualsiasi forma, Sc egli non vie
ne prima pagato.
Neanche questa elementarissi-
ma disposizione legale ha impa-
ratio il degenerate mel tempo in
cui ha lavorato nelle banche tia
liane? 81 vede che egli era bene
esercitato ad un affare solo: ALA
sottrazione del francobollil
In Ogni modo, mel dubbio che
qualche ingenuo potesse credere
ale diffamazioni del degenerate,
abbiamo richiesto ALA Corte di
Common Please, No. l, copia del
Certificate di soddisfacimento,
che pubblichiamo qui sopra, dial
quale 81 rileva che contrattori fu
rOno pagati fin dial q gennaio
1916, da un ammo e mezzo ia, cioe
da quando Giuseppe Di Silvestro
riEunzio al diritto di un secondo
appello.
Vigliacco: che cosa ne pensi
di quest'altro tue colpo fallito?
* * =
Ed ora a moi. Vuoi 0 non vuoi
dirci il tue bene stare?
Hal rigettato il nostro invite
di pTesentarti ad un pubblico CO.
mizio per esimerti dale sputazze
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30

do, egli solo quel mostro di ami
ma di coIpo, abusando della
longanimita del present., osava
inneggiare ALA vittoria di Fran
ceSco Giuseppe, vittoria che a
vrebbe libadito le pesanti cate
ne al polsi del noStri fratelli ed
avrebbe Iitolnato soto il giogo
dellAuStria generoSe provincie
italiane.
Son cose che fanno ribrezzo
Sentirle raccontare e sembrereb-
be quasi impossible che la pla-
centa di una donna italiana sia
stata feconda di una simile lor-
dma. Ma Questi avvenimenti RI
montana ad appena due ami ad-
dietro tutti possono facilmente
aSSodaIne Iautenticita.
Un'altra sera, in un bar mentre
egli SciOglieva uno del suoi Soliti
inni all'imperatore degli impicca-
ii, un giovane operaio, diSgusta-
to fremente, 10 afferro per il
colo e gielo su'inSe con le dita
di felTo. E forSe quel giovane a.
Vrebbe compute quella sera un
alto di solenne giustizia ed un
alto umanitalio, liberando il
monde dall'essere piu lmido che
Pabbia mai ammOrbato; ma di-
sgraziatamente qualcuno 10
strappo ALA morsa formidable
ed anche per quella volta il vile
sfuggi al meritato castigo.
Mile altri eSempi potrebbero
citarsi a dimostare che la caro-
gna vendutasi al barbari, assoI-
veva linfame e libuttante man
dato col masSimo zelo.
Un'altra volta, pure mel Risto-
rante Palumbo, il capitano del
piroscafo Ancona, disgustato per
lie sohte sconcezze del degenera-
to, dichiaro in pubblico che non
10 schiaffeggiava e non gil sputa-
va sulla faccia per riguardo al
locale, ma 81 litiTo proteStando.
Parecchi mesi dopo ci feri 70
recchio una straziante notizia:
7 "Ancona", il bello e celere pi-
roscafo cosi caro- al nosui emf
grant,, era state silurato ed af-
londato mel Mediterraneo, trasci-
nandosi negli abissi centinaia di
n.adIi e di bambini Innocent.
AIinfamia teutOnica, dinanzi al
la Quale soldati di Attila 81 tra-
mutano in cortesi cavalieri ed in
eroi gil antichi saccheggiatori del
mare, tutto il monde civile scop-
pio in un uric di imprecazione e
di protesta.
Solo il difensore degli artist
da strapazzo, del negl'ieri marti-
lizzatoIi di nfeici fanciulle, del
magnacci, solo costui magnifco
pubblicamente la nuovissima ge-
sta, beneauguando ancora una
volta ALA vittoria tedesca, ALA
vittoIia di un popolo, secondo lui,
degno di dominme il monde.
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30

quale Spesso e volentiem livolge-
va linsulto che 81 ia ale donne
da tliVio.
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30

Tale il protagonista di QueSta
storica novella, scritta allo scope
di inchiodarlo per sempre ALA
gogna, ALA vigiha di una grande.
magnifca, vibrante manifesto
zione di italianita. La malavita
coloniale aveva dunque riesumato
il piu sinistro arnese, l'individuo
piu abbietto e piu vile che aveS-
Sc mai disonorate lie nostre colo
ME.
Di amino pravo, di istinti per
versi, inclinato al VIII piu tulpi:
senza eSperienza, senza ingegno.
senza coltura, una vera tabula
raSa, una bolla gonfata da una
meZZa doZZina di imbecilli che
avevano con lui molti punt di
contatto. Nei momenti frequen-
ii di megolamania alcoolica, egli
era Solito affelmare enfatica-
mente la Sua onesta, la sua indi-
pendenza, la sua colTettezza
scrupolosa, il suo valore ed il CO.
raggio giornaIistico.
F. dubbio, assai dubbiG Sc le
millanterie di questo soldato
smargiasso in miserable aInese,
servivano per soffocare in quail
che modo j latrati della coscien-
"a per traTe in inganno gil in
genui.
Ad ogni modo la gotta apollo
gla quasi giornalmente da lui
stesso intessutasi sui suo lmido
fogliO, o nei Iistoranti, nei bars
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-31
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
SOLDIERS COMING HOME-HEIP
THEM SECURE WORK.

Pierre. Jan. 31.-The state depart
ment of immigration has contracted
with the federal department of labor
for an active cooperation in conduct
ing a free employment office
throughout the year. Up to this time
it has. been possible. with the funds
allowed, to maintain the office only
for securing and distributing harvest
help.
1t is expected to have an office
where any employer may secure help
in any line. the trades, household as
well as on the farm. Any person
seeking employment may get the
service of the office. The plan con
templates eventually the operation of
employment offices in various parts
of the state as demand may appear.
There will be opportunity and Ii is
hoped to supply employees desired to
ing industry of the state except the
twine plant at Sioux Falls. The fed
eral office al keep a connection with
other states and direct across state
lines and through its wide distribu-
ton can give a wide service.
In the near future the state guards
will be home and many of them will
be without employment. Adjt. Gen.
Morris estimates there will likely be
400 of them to look for new employ
-
ment and that they will be here about
March l. The immigration depart
ment will be glad to hear of any po-
sitions open and will promptly adj
wise the men as they arrive in the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-31
HOLLOW HORN BEAR
son or sIOUN CHIEF TO ATTEND
WILSON INAUGURAL.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Henry Hol-
low Horn Bear. son of an Indian
chief whose likeness adorns the most
recent issue of SIS treasury notes, is
coming to Washington to take part in
the Inauguration of President Wilson.
Writing from ST. Francis, S. D.,
the Indian has asked for information.
He wants to know what he must do
to get an invitation TO participate in
the parade.
My father, Hollow Horn Bear,
was in Washington four years ago."
he writes. but he is dead now. /
have assumed his duties, and |, too,
want 10 help inaugurate President
Wilson"
Col. X. n. Harper, general chair
mar of the inaugural committee, will
write the South Dakota Indian that
he will be given a warm welcome
when he IN TO Washington, and
will be allowed to occupy a prominent
section in the inaugural parade.
Hollow Horn Bears father is said
to have died from a cold contracted
while in Washington at the inaugural
of President Wilson in March, 1913,
and in New York at a monument I'M
yelling.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-31
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
SENATOR STERLING WOULD DO
AWAY WITH THEM.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Senator
Sterling's amendment to the rules Of
the senate. doing away with execu-
tive sessions and affording more
"pitiloss publicity" which is now be
fore the rules committee for consid-
GRAFTON and report, is complete as
follows:
All proceedings of the senate when
acting upon nominations shall be in
open executive session, except when
the senate by a majority vote shall
otherwise decide. Upon a motion for
a secret executive session upon any
nomination each senator shall be en-
titled 10 speak once for five minutes
only. If the senate decides that any
nomination should be considered in
secret session. then all information
communicated to or remarks made by
a senator when acting upon such
nomination concerning the character
or qualifications of the person nom
mated. also all votes upon such NOM
nation, shall be kept secret. If in
any ease charges shall be made
against a person nominated. the COM
mittee may in its discretion notify
such nominee thereof, but the name
of the person making such charges
shall not be disclosed. The fact that
a nomination has been made. or that
1t has been confirmed or rejected.
shall not be regarded as a secret.