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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
WOMEN'S PART IN WAR.

Shall we say that women contrib
ute only the bandages, the socks and
the kits? No, they contribute
the fighters What sort of soldiers
will the women of the present day
contribute to the nation and the
world? Can they hope to be ca
pable mothers or efficient wives if
they are enfeebled and broken down
by the diseases and weaknesses of
the sex?
An affection confined to women
must have its cause in the womanly
nature. There is no doubt that a
diseased condition of the delicate
womanl yorgans, is in general re-
sponsible for feminine nervousness
and an undermined constitution.
The use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription makes women happy
by making them healthy. There are
no more crying spells. "Favorite
Prescription is for inflammation
and female weaknesses. 1t makes
weak women strong.
DR.. Pierces' Fayorite Prescrip-
tion is and has been for nearly 50
years just the medicine. 1t is not
a secret prescription, for its ingre-
dients are printed on the wrapper;
its temperance medicine, a gly-
ceric extract from roots. (Adv.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
OKLAHOMA and TEXAS NEWSNOTES

ed campaign to raise a mile OF
pennies to buy baby bonds. 1t is
estimated that S4,4S0 pennies will be
required and the children will earn
them by her own efforts.
Picher women are actively en-
gagged in improving the streets OF
the town. A committee of the wom-
en- is cooperating with a commit
tee from the commercial club in
laying out and building sidewalks.
The women by a benefit perform
ance raised a fund for this purpose.
Fifty residences, nine business
houses and three-story brick ho-
tel, modern in all its appointments,
are under construction in Quapaw.
In six months this towns popula-
ton has grown from 800 to be-
tween 5000 and 1000. 1t is To-
Gated in rich mining district.
Records OF the sale OF automo-
bile license tags for last month
show it the biggest January in the
history Of the highway department.
Receipts totaled S16,275.l2.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
GRAHAM NEWS.

(Ardmoreite Correspondence.
Graham, Okla, Feb. 2O-Hollis
Nauls was taken to the Hardy San
itarium Sunday, where he under
went an operation for appendicitis
Monday morning.
Homer Burrow is Ill of the
measles.
Miss Josie Canon, who is teach
ing at Pooleville, visited here Sat
urday and Sunday.
Miss Eva Lee Hutson who has
been i'll, has resumed her school
work.
J. a. Burrow made a business
trip to Ardmore Saturday.
J, R. Hutson, Tom Overstreet
and G.. A. Gurley made a business
trip to Ardmore Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. J. T. Barnwell and
Tom Barnwell Jr,, visited relatives
lin Overbrook Sunday and Monday.
Mamie Hickey of Oil City has
been visiting here the past week.
Elgin Rozzell sustained broken
collar bone while playing at school
recently.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

the dozen until she makes the one
right
While he was talking to me, one
of his administration staff came fly
ing up to him and whispered in his
ear. Mr.. Klinger excused himself,
l had heard a sort of uproar under
the grandstand. Now il strangely
quieted. Mr.. Klinger came back
with a sparkle in his eye, but said
nothing. | heard later that at tea
in the Klinger canteen one OF the
mask scrubbers had declared she
couldn't see anything wrong in the
Germans torpedoing hospital ships
weren't they filled with wounded
who were going to be soldiers
again? In an instant a mob Of in
furiated women was booing the poor
creature, shouting "Hout with the
I'm sympathizer" Mr.. klinger
heard the story in the silence that
his disciplinary methods compel,
ordered the woman paid and dis
missed, and in two inmates she was
outside with her hat and money in
her hand, no job, very sorry,--a sad
der and wiser woman.
Mr.. Klingcr can on sight tell the
department a girl works in. Each
department wears a smock, or over
all apron, of different color Some
OF the girls and women are of veal
thy families, and work to be doing
their share toward the success OF
the war. con the whole, said Mr.
Klingcr, "they are a more intelligent
lot than the girls that used to work
for me in Boston. But they haven't
as much ambition. They get $ll8
a dozen for sewing masks. Most OF
the girls do an even two dozen 4
day. They could do more, but they
want just enough money for their
expenses, theilr war saving certih-
Gates, and a cinema. They want to
keep up a comfortable average. The
American girl wants more money
to spend, and she will work much
harder.
The other anti-gas factories were
not SO spectacular as Mr.. King
er's, nor as large. Each factory had
its corps of government inspectors
dressed in flaming red, select wom-
en- who examine every 'dopcd"
stitch in a mask to make sure it is
alright, give the breathing tubes
a vacuum test for leaks, put the
tilter-cannister under air pressure in
yats of water, to make sure they
do not leak, and finally examine ey-
cry part OF the assembled mask. The
inspectors are under X. +. officers
detailed at each factory.
After the war this British anti
gas mask probably will become
equipment OF miners, fire fighters,
and workers likely to be near chem
ical explosions. 1t will be another
case OF some good coming out Of
the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
Soup Lore of Alsace.

Boston Transcript: He is as cheerful
as sausage soup.
The weather clears off like flour soup.
You have dished out your soup and
now you must eat it.
You marry? Why, you don't know
how to make water soup
She must have had gigle soup today.
(Of girl who cannot stop laughing).
If l did such a mean thing I should
have to eat it with my soup every day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
MORE VALUABLE ON PLAT
FORM THAN AT FRONT?

That it is an open question wheth-
cr man who is qualified to fight,
write and speak and instruct is more
valuable in one capacity than an
other, is shown in letters which
have been received by the Okla
homa State Council of Defense.
Chairmen OF county councils in
commenting on the recent speaking
engagement Of Lieut.. Paul Perigord
have declared that he could not pos
sibly be of greater service in the
trenches or at the training camps
han he has been on the platform
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
Motto for month: "No 'Dud'
Lessons
MARION BAKER,
MYRTLE BLACKWELL,
Teachers.
Hoxbar School, Morgan Township

Hoxbar School, Morgan Township.
Pupils enrolled rs.
Pupils neither tardy nor absent
II.
Average attendance 40.
Pupils with highest standings dur
ing month: Gladys Rash, Edmon
Lamb, Minnie Lamb, Emma Brown,
Hattie Cox, Maud Allen, Tilda
Morris and Louisa Morris.
The following pupils have pur-
chased war savings stamps: Della
Cox, Houston Cox, Ermon Jones
and Juanita Adkins.
MOLLIE cox and
JESSIE ALDRIGE,
Teachers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

PupiIS enrolled, IU4.
Average attendance, 43.
Pupils with highest standings
during month: George Truitt Jen-
ME Smart, William Upton, Walter
Martin, Allie Smith, Roy Truitt
Tommie Upton, Clarence Tate, vi
nita Garrison, Marvin williamson
Marie Cross and Lorene Franks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
Ardmoreite's Monthly Report
of Carter County Schools
Pleasant Hill School, Morgan
Township.

Pupils enrolled for month l8.
Pupils neither tardy nor absent 4.
Average attendance IS.
Pupils with highest standings
during month: Eula Beard, Foy
Heron, Wilton Ford, Jewell Beas-
ley, Curtis Gayler, Vera Mayrant,
Gladys Beasley and Cortess Heron.
Motor for month: Never give
up
MATTE W. POSEY,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

in Oklahoma. The same has been
said in other states of Perigord' S
speaking comrade. Lieut.. Hector
MacQuarrie, who will speak here
Friday night at the convention of
the Oklahoma League OF Young
Mems Democratic Clubs.
Those who had read the officers
book, "EIow to Live at the Front" ."
have an insight into the character
of the man who has never failed to
arouse young men to enthusiasm
and action. The book is a personal
talk to the American soldier. be-
ginning with the first weeks in the
training camp during which the
man will first come in contact with
the discipline and the need of fit
ting into the great machine. The
reader is then taken to the front
and for the Americans benefit the
author dissects, in keen, inter
resting manner, the characters Of
the Tommy, the poilu, the French
people whom one meets behind the
lines and the English as a whole,
that the soldier man may feel at
home whether he be in the midst
of fights or on leave. The author
does not bother to describe battles
nor atrocities nor any of those
things which have been presented
in newspapers, books and on the
screen so often, but he takes up the
points that have not been touched
regarding the soldiers life and gives
straight tips that are certain to be
of value.
The same course is followed in
his public addresses, which contain
facts which the American public
should know.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
TEXAS.

What is said to be one OF the
highest priced hogs ever brought to
Texas was purchased by Charles s.
Uhl, and placed on his farm near
Wheatland, Dallas County. The
hog is a two-year-old Duroc, weighs
900 pounds and cost $500.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

W, f. Connor, - years old, after
~ years with the Wabash railroad
has retired as travelling passenger
agent. lie will be retained on the
payroll OF the company. lie has
lived in Dallas thirty years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

Arrangements are being COM
pleted for the replanting Of palms
in Galveston. For the first time
in many years the tropical plants
there suffered from cold weather.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

Mrs. Sarah Menezes, an attorney
OF Dallas, has been admitted to
practice before the federal bar by
Judge Edward X. Meek. Mrs. Men
ezes is the third woman attorney
to win this right in Dallas. The
other two women were Mrs. Lillian
Ayellhe and Miss Frances Hexamer.
Federal aid to the amount of $55.-
OOO has been granted Bexar Coun-
ty, part to be used in repairing the
San Antonio-Austin post road from
San Antonio to the county line.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

Bristow, it is estimated, has about
as many worthless days as any town
Of its size in the state and the coun-
Gil has issued an order to rid the
place OF them. 1t is estimated that
OF the present tax on every dog was
paid into the town treasury it would
amount to several thousand dollars.
A Tulsa oil contractor and ex-
police officer recently lost a 500
bet by two pies. He went into a
restaurant and announced that he
wanted eight pumpkin pies. His ca
pacity was equal only to six and he
cheerfully paid the wager and am
blcd off.
Two hundred tracts of land. com
prising 32,l60 acres, were sold at
auction at Pawhuska, netting the
Osages $l,305,l00.
The children in the Baptist Sun
day school at Commerce have start
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20

Auto thieves reaped a big harvest
in Oklahoma in 1917, nine hundred
automobiles, nine-tenthS of which
were OF the "inconspicuous kind"
being stolen during that period.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
OKLAHOMA.

The patriotic farm census that is
being taken throughout the state
shows that there is an average OF
less than one blood SOW to the farm
and that there are fewer COWS than
were shown by any state census
yet taken. The seed condition is
also said to be critical, in many sec
tions there is not sufficient guam
tity on hand to supply the amount
required by the farmer.
The Sowell poultry farm, two
and one-half miles east of Durant,
is among the largest poultry farms
in Oklahoma. 1t gives free range
for more than seven hundred breed
ing birds and Specializes in five
breeds. Single comb white leg
horns, single comb Rhode Island
reds, single comb white rocks, rose
comb white Wyandottes and rose
comb white Rhode Island whites.
]. r. Ellinger, who for several
years has made his home in Musko-
gee, calmly awaited death in the
lobby of Fort Smith, Ark, hotel,
when told by a physician that he
could not live until morning. FL
linger was a victim of tuberculosis
and pneumonia. He brcathed his
last an hour after the doctor told
him he could not survive.
Through the efforts of the Cham
Der of Commerce the extension
school of mines will be established
March 5. The purpose Of the school
will be to replace the men who have
been drafted with skilled miners
and in that way to keep up the pro-
duction.
Auto thieves reaped big harvest
in Oklahoma in 1917, nine hundred
automobiles, nine-tenthS of which
were OF the "inconspicuous kind"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-20
Camp School, Graham Township.

MATTE W. POSEY,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
Corbett's Daily Letter On
 Great Sport Topics
rx JAMES J. CoRBETT.

CORBEITs
 Kansas City, before a crowd of 12VQO which went into spasms of delight over the way Gotch conquered the man who. Europe had boasted, was "the greatest wrestler in the world"
 As was lis almost invariable custom. Gotch assumed the offensive from the outset. I.urich showed some skill and great strength during the first 10 min utes of the bout. But by that time the fierce, merciless attack of the American began to make it's impress. Even though fighting defensively Lurich couldn't fol- low the pace set by Gotch and after IS minutes and 10 seconds of graphing, Lurich fell victim to Gotch through q combination arm lock and toe hold.
 The second bout lasted only five min utes and s seconds. Gotch simply toyed with the Russian. picking him up and then slamming him to the mat with ease. After one of the Hops, Gotch bounced upon Lurich, secured a double nelson-and the show was over.
 A few days later Gotch announced:
 T nave been wrestling almost con- stdHiiy Aoi Hcaiy II years. or more than five have been champion and as such have done all that the public has asked of me. I have met every man who wanted crack at me-and I have defended my title successfully. Now am through with the game that has brought wealth and fame to me, and plan to spend my remaining years on my farm in Iowa.
 And Frank Gotch went back to the farm. Once afterward the public call to him return to activity on the mat became so strong that he decided to attempt comeback but while in train ing he broke leg-and that caused him to go back to his farm and stay there.
 Gotch was champion-a real cham pion. He ranks as the most marvellous wrestler in the history of the world Over svcep of II years he hattled tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
(From beginning to end of career)
 Total matches Won Los

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 The only defeats Gotch suffered were: 1902 by Dan Mcleod and Farmer Burns; l9o3 by Tom Jenkins; 1905 by Tom Jen- kins ftwice,; 1906 by Fred Beell. Tn 1903 he failed to throw Emil Maupaus in a handicap match His other failures in handicap matches were: 1898 Joe Ros- CTS; 1908 Charles Olsen; 1909 Stanislaus ZSysz.So; 1912 Henry Ordeman (three at tempts).
 Through all the years of his life Frank Gotch commanded the respect and ;he admiration of the sporting world. He was clean in every fibre of his beinS- His character was unassailable. Though showered with praise such as few men ever have received. he remained modest and unaffected. He made close to si,- (oo,c0o through his athletic proWess-out not one dollar of it was spent in riotous living. The gilded cafes never housef Frank Gotch. Scandal never tainted his name.
 His home in Humboldt, Ia.-a town of little mere than 1000 inhabitants- always appealed to Frank Gotch as tho most wonderful place in the world. After his mat triumphs, enthusiastic admirers usually Wanted Frank to go with them to some gay place to celebrate. Blu. Gotch always refused-and always hurried back to the seclusion of his little Iowa town.
 Frank Gotch was a phenomenal wresr- ler-and remarkable man. He stood al- ways for what was clean, and it is to the everlasting regret of America that death came to him so early. thus removing from this earth model for every living American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11

saved the eX-Milwaukean from defeat
 In the second frame, Duncan led off with double to left and scored on Red Smiths smashing single over second. Jansen was walked after two were out. Slapnicka hit terrific line drive to center that Leach tried to catch on the fly, but the ball bounced over his head, and Slap made the circuit behind Smith and Jansen. The other Baron tally came in the fourth, as the result of Smiths walk, Berns SIS sacrifice and Jensen's smash to center for two bags. In the next frame. Duncan doubled in the groove after two were out, and Clark followed with single to center, but both were left on base when Smith skied to left. The Barons never threatened in any but these three innings.
 The Lookouts were easy in the first couple of frames. but they got busy in the third. After Phelan had flied out, Bob Higgins singled past short, Mer- ritt hit a fly to Bernsen. Leach rocked the center field fence With three ply swat, scoring Higgins. Graft walked. On the double steal Leach scored when Jansen threw late to Smith. Jacobs ended the rally by whiting. Flagstead led off with two -bagger in the next frame, but was left on base. In the fifth, with the bases full and only one out the Look outs scared the bleacherites, but Dun can caught Jacobs fly to left and threw Merritt out at the plate. com pleting the double and ending the in- ming.
 Leach and Graff singled after two were down in the seventh, but Green. who hit for Jacobs, was a strike out victim. The last Chattanooga run came in the eighth as a result of Flagstead's three-bagger. followed by Graham's sacrifice fly that Southworth caught with one hand while running backward. The catch was one of the prettiest seen at Redwood in many day and Bill was forced to doff his lid on returning to the dugout. Slap nicka grew wild in the ninth and walked two men after one was down, but Jansen caught Graffs line drive and doubled Higgins off second, ending the game.
 The contest was filled with spectacular catches and great stops. Eddie McDon- aid contributed a fancy stop and throw on F'lagstead's grounder in the second. Jansen made a nice stop and throw, nab ping Higgins at first on his hot roller to short Jacobs rivaled Southworths s catch when he grabbed Eddie Mcdonald s liner to deep left while running with his back to the ball.
 Moley announced after the game that Jesse Altenberg had received notice to report to his local exemption board on June 24 for army duty. The chubby pilot stated that he would alternate with Red Smith and Dixie Walker in covering the center garden assignment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
Rumble of Thunder

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 Why does thunder rumble? The path of lightning flash through the ai- may be several miles in length. All along this path the sudden expansion of the heated air--a true explosion gets up an atmospheric wave. which spreads in all directions and even tually registers upon our ears as thun- der. Since the lightning discharge is almost instantaneous. the sound wave is produced at very nearly the same time along the whole path. But the sound wave travels slowly through the air Its speed is approximately i090 feet per second Thus the sound from the part of the lightning's path that is nearest to us reaches us first, and that from other parts of the path afterward. according to their distance Intermittent crashes and booming ef- feets are due chiefly to~irregularities in the shape of the. path.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11

By JAMES ] Edtor,s Note: This is the final or series of articles which MT. Corpett is writing concerning the career of ehe late Frank Gotch, who went to his grave inc undefeated heavyweight wrestling champion of the world)
 Frank Gotch decided upon perinansi's retirement in midsummer Of lsiz. nu' carly in 1913 George Lurich. m,gn,y russian who had conquered potn faasA- enschmids and Zybszko, came to thAs country and insisted that Gotten gise him a chance at the title
 Gotch did-and the American maoe the rorowne1 Russian look like a novice- The march was putSon April l, l9l3' Tn