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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-30

ing carefully and cleverly drawn
During his performance. Mr.. Fsmonde
executes the manual of arms used
IN the cos. and this like the rest of
his performance is absolutely ac-
curate
Newest Ideas I'm Jazz.
Jazz 'e the hokum ~ rnusic and
fust as there is n refued and artistic
hokum. so IS there a refined and az
tistic tam There is Just as much
difference in jszz ~ there is between
ourlesqOe and trayesty, Among the
rost artistic dispensers Of refined
iszz is Ann Hesley and Ray Mont
eon3ery who with the Five Gafoolas
offer fifteen minutes Of iazz. Gafoolas
is the name Miss Healer and Mr..
Montgomery have given their jaza
hand They themselves has jazz both
l7 their feet and vocal Chords.
Two Great iaughmaLc
ON he SAME hi.l will he Herbert and
Dennis y team Of comedy acceniri,
0Gos who haze a diversified diversion.
"a tumble Of nonsense. melody and
good dancing They ara a droli team
Of funmskers and the act In which
they arr appearing this season IS the
best they have ever presented.
Nontemba and KNAPP. rollicking
pair ot knoekabouts. have a great
laughing net Each ~ the team il
e speeisltv artist Of exceptional ability
as u laugh cettcr The act ts descrih-
of monkeys aith their tails chopped
or
Spectacular Musical Sport.
No less pretGntlous is the lis, Of Of
rer.urs announced for the latter half
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-30

Baked Honey Custard.
Beat three eggs slightly, taking care
not to make them foamy. Add slowly
one-fourth cup honey. two cups scaId-
ed milk, one-ejeht teaspoon powdered
cinnamon and three fourths teaspoon
salt Bake In Guns which should be
sci IN q nAn Of wafer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-30

SMART AMERICAN AND
FOREIGN FEaTI RES ON
LYRICS WEEKS pROGR AM

Sprightly vaudeville viii continue
Its gay SWAY 81 the Lyric this week.
two exceptionally attractive show
having been assembled. There is ug-
usual interest IN the engagement of
the Edward fsmuude company. which
is featured on the BIZ for The FIRST
half OF the week. because OF the an
pearance in the cast Of The Prop
vile Recruit If Henry w pcmber-
ton. former cr9m3tie leading man and
movie" star who IS a native Rich
mond boy and a grad uatc Of the hieh
school His accomplished wife. katn-
leen Penn 5fFton r. also of the cast Of
The PropviiJe Recruit
The stage necessarily reflects con,
ditlons. Consequently II was only ma
tural that he world war should re
suit In any number Of war plaNlots
and plays Here however. is one that
is different II ia The FropNiile Re-
crutt' and - excelientIy played by
Edward Esmonde and company This
var sketch 10 in no senKe Of the word
propaganda. II eXpounds no cause
II heralds 10 moral f. teaches moth
ing 1t hasn't patriot appeal Of
any sort. il Is intended solely 70
provided amuFement and it succeeds
admirably IN it's intention II Is a
little comedy with the military com
bDNifs tEt raUNaEA On @fIfE the PIC
ture !s painted
Comedy and T'athes..
"Propville IS a small town some
where in TIE United states and here
the government has established n re-
eruting office To this recruiting Of
fee. comes an old soldier Because
Of wound received ia the Civiy war.
he suffers an Illusion that he Is stIll
only twenty five years Of age and
Therefore eligible for nelitary ser
vice, Despite tho fact OF being old
and infrm he lsists that he he per-
mitted to do his hit and the comedy.
Of The Propvilie Recruit il the ~
fort OF the old soldier IN convice the
recruiting officers of his eligibility
There is an occasional tinge ~
ratllos, but the sketch is genuinely
HUMOROUS
Mr.. Esmonde Is the old soldier. al
Though eighty years Of age. believes
himpef but twenty-five fits per-
eeFmance is character gem. the
baftk Of the spirit and the aesh. be-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25
PLAN FOR
BIG MEET
OF LODGE

Preparatory to the state meeting
of the A. o. U. w. lodge, which will
be held here from Feb. 70 to Id in
elusive the local lodge is starting a
campaign for members and by the
date for the state meet, hope to
have cne of the largest classes
ready for initiation that has ever
been taken into the lodge at one
time on any other occasion.
The local lodge has been divided
into two squads for the purpose of
conducting the membership cam
paign. The two divisions will be
known as the Reds and the Blues
and the division which secures the
greatest number of candidates for
initiation will be banqueted by the
losing team. The members expect
to increase their membership at
least two hundred and make it one
of the strongest locals in the state.
The state meeting will begin on
Feb II and will remain in session
for three days. 1t is estimated that
at least three hundred delegates will
be here at that time from all parts
OF the state and is considered as one
Of the largest meetings that viii be
held in Chickasha this year. A drill
team with a national reputation Will
be sent here from the grand lodge
headquarters and the delegates from
one town have sent word that they
will bring a band with them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25

Hammer why mere ism
these crossroads"
Madam, my name is Hezeikak VIII
liams," said the man as he approaches
her horse and brought his hand dowl
upon his neck with a vigorous swa
and killed a horsefy.
"And mine is Sarah Blackwell, bu
what has that got to do with it?"
''Well, madam | am a widower, yol
see"
''And am a widow, but that ism
answering my question as to why
there isn't a guidepost here to direct
strangers. 1t seems to be the most
shiftless county in the state"
"The county is all right" he smiled
II have been living here more than
twenty years, and vow have nailed
a new guidepOst up here every year.
'But what has become of themT r
was her irritable demand. "Are you
going to tell me that this horse look.
ing over the fence has eaten them w
as fast as plantedT
''No, ma'am, amt. They are pulled
up By the roots whenever a youni
man around here gets hilarious anc
goes buggy riding with his girl. Il
there was a guidepost here, which we
both can see there amt, what towr
would you look for?'
''Why, Berea, of course"
"Oh, Lord, woman, Berea has beer
in front of your nose and only three
miles away all the time you have beer
sitting here. SO you are going to Be
rea, eh? I have lived there myself
since it was a town of four hundred
people, and if you follow me you won
lose your way. I heard the other day
that woman from Ryefield was think
ing of buying the Clixton place. L
don't happen by any chance that yoJ
are the woman?"
! ''Yes. it happens bE,a good many
chances that 1 am + have bough |
the place and am how on my way oveI
for it,"
"Shooi That's right next door t.
me, and l am glad of it."
1t is needless to say that in due
time both safely arrived in Berea, ant
while the widow went about closinl
the transaction, and making ready tt
move over from Ryefield the following
week. Hezeikak turned his old hors,
into the pasture and went in to sup
per to astonish his housekeeper by say
ing;
We'll, Betsy, I have seen my secont
wife this afternoon"
"Was that the woman driving tn,
buggy behind yours as you cam,
along?"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25

fEHMnr"
struction OF the following bridges,
viz:
One so IT. steel span located be
tween Sections 9-16, ~, R w, or
one 55 IT. concrete arch, located be-
tween Sections 9-l6, z NJ, R. 6 w.
One So IT. steel span, located be.
tween Sections 1880, N, R. W.
or one 55 it, concrete arch, located
between Sections 1880, 3 NJ, R. w
One 80 IT. steel span, located be-
tween Sections 95-9N-R5 and 2-SN-
r s w, or one 40 IT. concrete arch,
located between Sections S5-9N-R5
and 2-SN-R s w.
Proposals must be addressed to
the County Clerk and be accompa-
Lied by a certified check Of some To-
cal bank. and payable to the County
Treasurer of Grady County, Okla,
to be returned to all unsuccessful
bidders as soon as contracts are
awarded
The certified check shall be per
cent of the amount of proposal. The
successful bidder will be required to
furnish a satisfactory bond to the
Boar dof County Commissioners in
full amount of contract price condi-
toned for the faithful performance
of all terms and provisions OF the
contract.
Plans and specifications will be on
file in the office of the County Clerk
The Board of County Commission
ers reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
(Signed} r. S. COX,
(SeaD Bounty Clerk.
25-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25
A Widow 5
BirdsE1ot
By C. B. Lewis


/ Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
One summers afternoon. woman
sat Mt a country crossroads she had
been there about fifteen minutes. Had
she been man there is no telling
what she would have said, but being
woman, and widow ut that, she
had to be content with saying:
"Drat such a neighborhood to
goshen"
Half a mile away on the lowland
was farmers wife chasing a goose,
While on the left hand, looking over
the roadside fence with one eye half
closed. was an old lame horse. The
farmers wife and the goose were too
far away. But the widow was shaking
her face at the horse and getting
ready TO tell him what she thought Of
{ a crossroads without guidepest when
man driving a horse and buggy ap-
peared half mile down the Hillsdale
road.
Ii was HeZeikak. widower and he
was in no hurry to get married again.
Neither was his aged equine in
hurry. To prove that he wasn't, he
stopped every two or three minutes to
see if he could reach horsefly. These
sudden stoppings threatened to send
the driver over the dashboard. but
they did not break the tune he was
whistling.
Nearer aud nearer the crossroads
came Hezekiak with his ancient rig
as the widow watched him. and while
he was twenty rods away, she NUT
tered:
He looks like a half fool, but may
be he knows enough to answer a plain
question"
whoa !" exclaimed Hezeikak, as he
came opposite. "Are you waiting here
for anybodyT
Il should think wasr snapped the
widow. Il have been waiting about
two hours for some one to come along
aud iell me in The name Of old Aunt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25
NOTICE TO coNTRAcToRs

Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the County Clerk OF
Grady county, Oklahoma, until two
o'clock p. M, Tuesday, Feb. .. 1918,
and will be opened by the Board of
County Commissioners, for the CON
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25

The anclents lacked buttons--one
wonders, indeed, how they got along
without them-but evidently they pos
sessed studs of modern pattern, such
as those with which we fasten our
cuffs and collars. And, in truth, aShey
did even have kind of button Though
not sewn op), which fastened garments
with pin and hook exactly in the
way our brooches and clasp pins oper-
ate.-Exchange.
mxpresa wAnG 1aa SrIns reaRltN
,doscribe for the Daily Express,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25

,doscribe for the Daily Express,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25

Hxprssa wans Aaa erms reasltA
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-25

Remember with service we give you pric
trade where your dollar will buy the most
We can get your groceries to you for less
one item OF your purchase, have man
as follows / 10 10 blocks, 1Oc; II 10 to Is bloc
zoe and up
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
rHE CROPS 81 si,,,s.

Some CrO5aa's 1.pSna RI = f1,o NAV NH -
drives ~ IOWA fam 'f,.,d... ST.
"some oroi,a.. .a.,,,it. I ~. $50 -
far.n ,,,. ,.,.,v 9, %, y, d. -, -.
admits that hi 1nixht hav., haan ,,,or.s
some crona.,, s.vs ,,,s 1,nrsr y = =
ana HE cr,,, 81 &, s. 800.
everyva,er.. s;is,,aa cron sn,,,. 49,.
The rh,et en-, /. s,,.,,.,..,, ,rn q,
Hons and soo mi,,,on. o,,.r We shan
have SIS 90 ott, ;bu.be,. for srnort -
our allies this year Z a,e.,nst ~. nnna-
90 aa.t wear fsar.d... .r,,, ). 81.
Anstralta hal {, .,,rnln. !; - ,th.oa =. ~
ests az 800 az, ooo b,,.ha,. ~ 49,,
tine shows an Increase e 1ao ooo no
Pit t6at il vnnr; {. mi, q ~. /. "a .,,,ha ],
We kat.ers and ElInd.nh,,; p, g, h
s Corn IA rov. =, : - n, MO- |. . ,. -.
Altosether 4 4 ~. I. a. .h.,,. 80.
cent Ahv All ovar +h. q. !.
SonaIi5tv g. .f,rs = a. 49,, 49,, ..,. 49,.
az hist wear ,tf .raS +h,,. n,son- 80.
u woo,Ia "a 10 800 al -. sI...-
itns; vorH. ss.rnss ,co,n 800 ..,, ~. 80. -
feeding value WIN be t,,,c ! that !, Ia.
year a.
The loat crop Is 10000 900 nu.bel.
.s,, ~. :
jbushAls zhe4ter 4h.n r
81 ooo al, :, ,re =. !. ,..t 80. :,
goes into b,..d ,r..aad !, 49, 49,. -.
tine 4 po+.to.. s,i,, j, 'A.s
20 ON o.,o lac. .han los.
10. L ,,,.. -, 49,, -
;,,,,,ra.n4 W. 49,, as
=, ,,.o,a 49,. az. -, =, isu
/. des,,nataa -, 49, - 10y 'tvp
= us. ils'u Wy the ad.tective prod
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

yards somebody is making q vast
Willing enough to take what the gov
ernment would offer he doesn't cot
ton" to the idea that he shall sell his
logs cheap that some, one else may
make huge Erofit-if 1t be sofas a
patriotic proposition. He wants to
know, and ne has a right to know
Now Smith and all the, Smiths and
Jones and Browns and Robinsons and
Johnsons il America have precisely
that same feeling. They are willing to
come across .or the government but
they want to know that somebody isn't
getting rich off their sacrifice. !, 1t is
the one thing that stands most in the
way Of universal and complete CO.
ordination of patriotic effort.
1t is the same in the food con-
serva.ion. The patriotic family is
ready and willing to go without but it
wants to know that somebody isn't
hoSsing down what thcy save. So
in bonds and in Red Cross and all
patriotic activities. They want to know
that all are bearing their share of the
burden. And nowhere is this Feeling
so deep and strong as in conscription.
And, analysed it is but the demand
for the square deal. Il
The Stacker and tine profteer--and
the protiteer is a slaclser-are most de-
structive of patriotic morale. They
are not many comparatively but they
are in sufficient numbers TO en,barass
war activities In all lines and prevent
q complete coordination and adjust
ment OF patriotic endeavor! There
seems but one method that appeals to
them. They must he made afraid.
People want to know about these
matters. They have a. right to know.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
(By David cory1a

Awake. awake! It's early morn,
i1ont stop to wink your eyes or yawh,
The morning glories are open again;
And the grass is wet with the dewey
rain.
Hurry and dress for the day has be-
- gum
And the sky is bright with the merry
sun. ssJS
This Is the song the graphophone
sang all by itself. and of course the two
little rabbits woke up and pretty soon
they were dressed and ready for break
fast. And then they went out to the
barn to see the little pig they had
brought home with them the night be-
lore. as told you in the last story.
Well, when they reached the barn
and unlocked the door they found the
Old Red Rooster sitting on the wheel
barrow telling his favorite story to the
little pig. And as, don't believe he
ever told it to you, I'll let you peek in
thru the door and hear what he says:
Il Once upon a time, not so1very long
ago." the Old Red Rooster began, there
was 9 motherly old hen who sat on
thirteen white eggs And after she had
Kept them warm for maybe twenty lone
days and q half. thirteen little chickens
came out Of the shells. and one of them
was me. Well. day by day we grew and
grew until, by and by, I was able to
crow. but not very we'll not nearly as
well as can now, and then the old
Red Rooster tapped his wings and said,
Cock doodle do" and woke up the
old owl who got dreadfully angry. for
he had been hunting. for mice all night
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always wslcor,.

IN Visitors Always Welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE, No. 100, A. 2.
and A. Special communication FRI
day, Aug. 2, Z: 80 p. m. Work in second
degree. B. Z. English. w. NJ; John w.
Wells. secretary.
slGNET CHAPTER, No. 50, r. A. N.
Stated conHccation Monday evening.
August -. Business session. 1880
o'clock. Ira Davenport, II. p. John w.
Wells, secretary.
STATED AssEMBLv. King Solo
mon Council Ne. %, R. Z .. NJ, Mon
day. Aug. %. 1913. $500 p. m. Regular
business. I. Forbes. recorder: George
Gregory. I. II
Special cepeiavs. 81. Aldsmsr Cons
mardsry. No. 80, x. r, Tuesday Aug.
8. 8 p. M. School instruction. Mem
hers are requested 10 Be present. j. E.
Frederick commander; I 4. Forbes,
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81. o. e.
A-Resular needing Wednesday eve-
ming AnE. II, O'Clock for business
Mrs. Archer Walton. secretary; Mrs.
Cora Wiley. ". n.
a. ~ . IL 4 al
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
made expensive II there Is discrimin-
ating tax on undistributd profits
THE PROFESSIONAL BEGaAR.
ECedar Falls Rscord.l

Jefferson Bee The government is
evidently preparing to stop the prac-
tice OF begin Particularly by cripples.
This action Is taken to prevent fraud
or the part Of lame ducks who may
30 about the country cls.iming to have
been manned an>on the hattie front. AS
a matter Of fact folks should out out
the begsar anyway. Ore man, minus
arms. who male Jefferson the day the
Great Lakes hand was thera stepped
into Smiths hardware that event ns
and asked Mr. Smith to take his
small change" and give him Bills
therefore. Mr.. Smith found his shirt
pocket loaded down With sI2 Of more
in cash. The men wanted. the bflls
stuck IN the pocket Of his shirt, a
large receptacle which lie had speciaf-
~ for the purpose, and riich was 4
foot or more deep. This pocket seemed
to the hardware man 40 be TANNED
with currency. 1t AZ. a sure thing that
2 lot OF people use poor Judgment in
helping beggars. In evidence given by
q banker before q government 1nvesti-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
Billy Bunny and His Friends

, and was tired out.
Wen. AL was saying Continued
the Old Red Rooster. when : gssw: big
made up my mind TO - tn. vose4.
50 one day . LEFT thc old farm and
started On BY myself ana after . vhiIe
Iicahe TO .Bnnnyvine, where = mt Mr..
Lucky Lefthindfoot. and. ~ hired We
TO take care of.his little garden and
NOW the grass in the summer time
and rake up the leaves in the autumn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW u, !.

Smith in this instance owns and
conducts the ayinterset News. He also
owns a lot u black walnut trees.
Black walnut IS in great demand for
snnstocls. Smith is willing and ready
to sell his walnut at any price the
government may set. He mad been
told by purchasers that the govern
mont needs the logs and that it Is
his patriotic duty to sell them. Incl
dentally he had been offered SO a
hundred board feet for his logs. So
he wrote to TIE proper place for in
formation and found that the govern
anent is not laying black 'malnut tor
setting a price on logs, 1t wants the
lumber all right but is buying gun
stocks and not humber. =.
Smith is pretty we'll convinced that
when dimension lumber Of the com
mon sort sells for $3.50 at the lumber
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
KINGS BY COMPARISON.

The car of all the Russias made u
pitiful spectacle in his death, if reports
be true. This ruler who g'ibly proposed
to sacrifice the last moujik" in war
is related to have been in almost COM
plete collapse when he met his end.
He was unable to walk and had to be
supported. Arrived at the place of ex-
ecution he was propped or tied to a
post while the rifles ended him.
When a car dies like that it arouses
speculation as to how the rulers who
create wars would meet danger and
wounds and death If they were to lead
instead of order from security. Mil
lions Of men have gone bravely to death
under the voice of the IIohenzollerns.
Not one scratch or pin prick has
touched the kaiser and his six sons
They have kept their own skins safe
There is a plain suggestion of cow
hrdice in the manner In which they
have avoided all danger. Would they
meet death groyeling AZ did the car?
What of such leadership? There
have been kings that sought the post
OF danger and whose war spirit led
where the czars and kaisers of today
send brave men forward to battle by
telephone and telegraph. Once none
was at to be king or emperor who
feared to die.
Beside the German peasant who died
on the slopes Of Douamont or dying
today upon American and French and
British hayonets how despicable the
"all 'hiEhests'' and the ''hochgeboren"
seem. And beside the brave moujiks
dying fightfnk In their ranks. betrayed
by grafters. iA-oficered and badly led
In Galicia, how contemplate is car
sroveling in the dust when his time
came to face loaded rifles,
& And how different the brave sons of
an expresident OF our common democ-
racy. no Drawer or better than two mil
lion other sons of the American democ-
racy. appear under this light.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
RIPPL-ING RHYMES.
.BysW alt Macon
The FLIES.


thnp ppt b Mo,s lust what think the
f6 long sad fought the
between the
me n hard earned mon that should
is done
pasent cage Crushed them hns rage
punished sprained
We
hopIessy
counted nineteen million des
swating stick, scost
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
Federal Tax Proposals.

Earlier appearances that the house
committee on ways and means was
hopelessly welded to its unsound and
unpopular original tax proposals are
giving way to signs OF sanity and
moderation. The committee has not
Yet seen its way to distinguish be-
tween excess profits and war profits
1t adheres to its original plan OF
meansuring the excess profits tax by
invested capital, but it has increased,
the exemption. and moderated the:
maximum tax Public utilities whose
rates are fixed by regulation are to
be made a specia1 excenfion tn tra