The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-16
COUNTY ATTORNEYS
PRESCRIPTION HEALS
-LAME-WEAK GAS

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All night long Friday night, the mer
curry climbed up and ever upward in
the thermometers of Ardmorc. while
marching bravey beside the mercurial
column came the gas supply.
Saturday morning the sun shonc, the
breezes blew balmier and the gas famed
brightly in several thousand Ardmore
home fires, boiling Ardmore coffee pots
and browning Ardmore slapjacks and
Cherwise patronizing Ardmore home
institutions TO the queens taste.
Many and divers and numerous were
the words of praise which waited forth
on the chilly air Of Thursday evening,
when The Ardmoreite appeared on the
streets. carrying in it's columns the
glad tidings that both the city and the
county administration had decided the
Consumers Light and Power Company
would have to supply gas TO Ardmore's
promise -satiated public, or close the
door behind it.
SO, as soon as Ardmore, male and
female, had asslmiated this bit of
news. 1t dined off cheese and crackers
and dill pickles and ice water and went
to bed and wrapped the draperies Of
Its couch about ii and knew il would
have gas in the morning.
And 1t dld-pronto
In the meanwhile Prominent Citizen
was out. bright and early Saturday
morning arrayed, like Solomon in all
his glory, in one of those smiles that
0aft come OFF.
N1nd bn hn
and slapped him on the back and bought
him several hundred cigars and offered
: TO buy some ninety and two and a
half per cent whenever he Several
thousand of HIM met the aforesaid Nan
on the Street headed in the general al.
rection of Lee-Huckins county.
'W And Prominent Citizen stated that
he was with The Ardmoreite until the
crack of doom and the passing of all
things of mundane glory.
sic transit gloria unfulflled gasto.
morrow promises" shouted the first p.
G. the Man on the Street met Saturday
morning. The p. c. was picking mis-
teeth and wiping soft boiled egg off
the front of his shirt, and stated that
he had breakfasted like a lord on hot
cakes and hot coffee and boiled cackle
berries and hot, sure enough hot oat
meal.
Where are you going. my pretty
SCOUT asked the Man on the Street
OF another p. c., whom he slimpsed
scampering across vacant lots, doing a
combination two-step and chcnisa
Going back to watch the home fires
bun,' replied the p. c., adding If
;n application for a receiver can give
us all this gas inside of "a hours. :
rec iVer would give us a conflagrltion
in loss than 49,"
"Rring on your bill said the tLi:d
. y, g.. talking in the general diretticI
Ct the Consumers Company's sign
''.''lnP on your bill and tell Cam Rus
sc'l and the balance If the c0rpoia.oa
c anmssion that we don't care 4 tin
r. Gdler's damson just so long as you
give us the burning gas and not the
laughing brand"
Just little sunshine, just a little
rain; just little injunction suit MAKES
burn again" sang one well pleased
&C. who was headed toward the home
or Col. Sidney Suggs and the colonel's
well-stocked woodpile.
Speaking of Colonel Suggs." said
another p. c., reminds me that the
next time the gas blows out, if it does
not blow out pending the pendency of
County Attorney Browns dissolution
suit, am going to tie on to him. Why,
man, with an uncanny foreknowedge
OF the gasless cookers, the colonel has
laid in supply OF 'possum grapes suf-
ficiently large to feed half of Ardmore
for the greater part of the winter
The Gas Fire.
And then came the fire. What fire.
do you ask. Why, man alive, the fire
down at The Ardmoreite office. the fire.
which was caused when Il young gen
tlcman of tender years and cigarette
incliuatons dropped a slghted matcn
where 1t did the most good as it came
in contact with bunch of sewer gas
And wnen the fire had suffered the de
partment to dampen its ardor, some T
G.. maybe connected with the c. p. &
l. Company, called up and asked the
Man on the Street if he. individually,
had plenty Of gas, spelled in caps,
GAS, GAS.
DediCatOry.
TO this man, be he friend or foe, the
Man on the Street extends the hand OF
good.felowship and dedicates the fol
lowing gem:
n W. are sorry, Ardmore sorry
n That the chance we had to pass,
3 AnC we worry, Ardmore, worry
Cause we can't burn sewer gas
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