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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
FROM PRITCHARD

Plidays are over and school began
fay morning with good atten-
4.
F. and Mrs. Oscar McAteer and
Of Durant spent Christmas with
Lille Cummings.
kv. Butler of Durant filled an
fntment here Sunday, but on ac-
I Of the bad weather there were
few out.
Fn. Henry Kirk and her mother
w have been the guests of her
e. I. d. Pearcc during Christmas
s' 0. F. Cummings who has been
tlarksville, Texas, attending the
nal Of her neice has returned
ae Pcarce of Denison, Texas spent
a0Adays with his parents.
~ Dessy holland and Rossie
aeii, teachers of Pritchard have
NED home after spending a few
with their parents in Bokchito.
W. II. Hildreth from Blue
Texas is visiting her daughter,
H. l.. McCaslin this week.
and Mrs. ]. H. North made a
''ss trip to Bokchito Tuesday.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
CAUSE
TWO NORMAN DEATHS

rro. cd persimmons were given as
. ..,,,e of the death of two Norman
We .r last week, J. P. Hodges, SO years,
~ ~ and L. C. Parmenter, 68 years old,
Wv " Norman doctors. A few days ago
e., wont out to a farm that Hodges
w. w. cypecting to rent to Parmenter,
..d white walking over the farm,
:s"nd Z a grove of persimmons, of
shich ,J both ate freely.
m The ,iccts of the fruit, so doctors
,o,;eyc. was to pucker their digestive
.roan, in the same manner that green
0orsimn.,ns will pucker a PERSONS
rou,h. The persimmons were sup
M rO.ed to have been frosted before rip
p;ng.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
NORMAN MAN DISAPPEARS

Search all over Cleveland county
\ at other places in the state failed
Lead to the finding of Clark L.
|lsspy, Norman garage owner, who
rppeared fro mhis place of bust
Sunday, according to friends in
city Wednesday.
wo men called at the garage
bed by Hussey and Arthur Camp
about 10 o'clock Sunday morning
sought to rent an automobile, it
|ad Hussey is said to have refused
m because he had no automobile
liable. A few minutes later, it is
lIussey was requested by tele-
be to take some gasoline to an
Pmobile in the western part of
man. Hussey left with the gaso-
and was not seen since.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
JUNIOR RED CROSS
ACTIVE IN EUROPE

Garden seeds for Polish orphans,
milk for anaemic Greek babies, car
penters' tools for Czecho- Slovakian
cripples-these are only few Of the
gifts that young Americans are send.
Ing to the war-crushed children Of the
Old World.
Through the Junior Red Cross the
boys and girls Of the United Stat"s
are giving a fresh start in life to little
war orphans scattered all over Europe.
They have set up orphans homes in
France. school colonies In Belgium and
Montenegro, and day schools in Al.
bania.
They are sending dozens of Young
Syrinns, MOntcncsrins. and Albanians
u American colleges In Cons,ant.n0ple
and Beirut, and maintaining more than
q hundred orphans Of French soldiers
at colleges and trade schools. In or.
phanages and farm schools up and
down the, peninsula Of Italy there are
nearly 200 wards Of American Juniors.
Last winter thousand French chill
dren from the inadequate shelters of
the devasted regions were sent by the
Junior Red Cross to spend the cold
months In warmer parts of France.
At the same time five thousand little
Belgians were having hot lunch every
day at Junior Red Cross school can.
teens.
American SCHOOL children have al.
ready raised something like a mirlion
dollars for these enterprises, and they
are still hard at work.
In China, through campaigns Of ed.
Hcation. the Junior Red Cross Is help
ing to combat widely prevalent blind.
ness and cholera.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

concerts. There's nothing but vanity
and vexation Of spirit about an enter.
tainment Of that kind. It's advertised
to start at Q certain hour. say eight
O'Clock. and you are credulous enough
to think that the specifications will be
lived up to. You break hume strap
to get there In time, and when you ar
rive. at ten minutes to eight. you fnd
you're the first one there. You sit
around waiting for an hour or two, and
people walk on your feet and sit down
on your hat and make things unpleas-
ant as possible.
"By the time the curtain goes up,
yOn are wishing you had possessed
sense enough to stay at home. But, be-
ing there, and having paid for the priv.
ilege, YOU determine to hold her nozzle
agin the bank, rs 1t were.
"The entertainment usually Is
opened by talksmith. The man who
makes a few remH rks always looms up
at such entertainments. and should he
taken to Jail for obtaining money un-
der false pretenscs. When lie has
said all that he can think of. the art
lists begin to dish M the music. It
may he elegant music-it usually Is.
But you can't enjoy 1t in comfort. for
the gentleman with the large splay
foot. in the seat directly behind you,
persists in heating time with that organ
until he drives you frantic. If you turn
around and dot him in tho eye, you
will be elected from the building.
"'Thpn Won will find that the woman
with shrilI, carrying voice. who has
heard better singers, sits right In front
Of you. and she keeps on talking In a
maddening way. The Inst concert !
attended had n fine cOntraltO who sang
some stcm-winding songs of the kind
we all like. But the woman with the
Sllrill voice was right In front Of me.
and ! could hear her saying: Really,
you should hear Margaret Reyes or
Christine Miller sing that selection;
this woman is impossible as n vocal
ist.'
"Then man WITH II hectic voice
and n name that he imported without
payin" duty on IT. stood up and whin-
nicd like doggonc zebra, and we were
expected to believe that hc was sing
ing Il NeapOlitan song. ] never heard
anything that filed my nerves the way
that voice did. 1t recalled the halcyOn
days when my father used to sharpen
bucksaw with rasp. Well, when
he finished his first number, the aT-
plaus" was frantic. and he reared up
applause was louder than ever, and he
whinnird something else. They kept
that blamed pirate there for half an
hour. and I don't know when ] suf.
fered so much.
"The hall was OverhPnted, and I was
damned in the middle Of n row Of seats
SO ! couldn't get out without climbing
over number Of ladies and gentlemen.
We were kept there for three hours,
and when l got out swOre by my
Sunday hat I'd never 20 to another
public concert.
"Next day bought n phOnograph
and lot of records Of the kind ! like.
and now enjoy my music. ! start 1t
when l get ready, and quit when am
tired. No punk singers are rnrored.
No Windy Jims introduce the singers
with a few pertinent remarks. II a
singer disploases me. stop the ma
chine and throw the record into the
alley. You'd better tear up your con.
cert ticket and come and hear my mu-
sic MILL"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
RANK AT SPERRY ROBBED

The state Guaranty Bank at Sper-
r. ten miles north of Tulsa on the
Idand Valley Railroad, was robbed
h approximately $4,000 by three un-
masked bandits who escaped in an
Lutonlohile.
The Sheriff's office at Tulsa was
Lotificd and a posse composed of
|ryera automobiles of armed men
|tartcd in pursuit.
II was believed the robbers were
|eading toward the Usage hills.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

more nDcral uan
that"
"YOu'1l break
yourself up in
business II you 80
around wasting
your substance In
that fashion," re-
piled the hotel
keeper. But you
will ave to
hunt up another
victim. Since I
bought a phono-
graph and n bunch
Of records ! have
quit going To
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
HAD FATAL KICK

eeath at Jacksonville, Florida,
.nday of Carter w. johnson,
(sso salesman, shortly after he had
drink of liquor, was not due
alcohol poisoning, but re-
rom taking a stimulant "too
=. .or his diseased heart" accord
X, report Of a chemist. Relatives
on had suffered from heart
Tor several years.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
BALED MUSIC

SeTHERE'S goin- to be great con.
L cert Mt the opera house to
night" said the retired merchant, land
II you'll go along with me. I'll pay
your way and buy you five cents worth
OF peanuts. I'm sure nothing spuld be
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
Hard Hit.

"What's wrong. old man? You look
blue"
"Had scrap with my wife this
morning."
"Oh, don't let a little thing like that
worry you. A thunderstorm clears the
atmosphere, you know"
"Yes, but that doesn't help a man
who's been struck by lightning" -
Boston Transcript.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

tor says h 9
W r Q n c he'd his
back so he'll be
in bed for several
days."
Disasters Of
that sort usually
happen to the
graybeard W h o
tries to demon.
strate that he
isn't any older
tn0n ne was fOrty
years ago." COM
mented the village
patriarch. Elm
a | W Us Elm z
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
READY FOR BIG SHOW

rooms and legislative
are now cleaned thoroughly,
furniture in place and ready for
opening of the eighth legislature
|hc capital next Tuesday. Jani-
for several weeks have been mov-
Offices out of committee rooms.
offices have now been located in
fes halls and other odd corners
be building.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
Economy.

"Here Is a fine tonic which will
quickly bring back your husbands ap-
petite"
"Dear me, doctor I've been getting
along so fine with my market money
since he lost his appetite. ."-B0st0n
Transcript.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
GAY OLD MEN

SSCAM JAGWAY was trying to be
~ funny. this morning." related
the horse doctor. "He saw some boys
turning handsprings, and undertook
to show them how the trick used to be
done In the halcyOn days, and the doc.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
OF Course.

OF Course.
"You made a big howl that you were
out for civic betterment"
I'VE did,"
"Yet your program consists solely
Of getting your crowd into Office"
swell, amt that civic better
ment1"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
WICHITA FALLS HAS
A CHRISTMAS KILLING

John Regan, 90 years old, n chauf-
feur, was shot and killed at 1890
o'clock Christmas morning in his room
Mt hotel in the heart of the busi-
ness section of the city and but a
half block from the Union Station.
Sewell Fields was arrested shortly
after the shooting.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
The Compromiee.

"Does your wife object to your
playing golf7"
mo. we've made a compromise"
''That so3'
yep. She's perfectly willing to have
me play the game. but she insists on
my not talking about It after I get
home"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

666 Is prescription for Colds, Fever
and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy
remedy we know.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
New Rich.

well, what's on the tapis todayr
asked the social secretary breezing In.
II hadn't noticed" answered Nav
Hoptoad. "Maria, did you spill any,
thing on the tapbr
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
British After Trade.

British After Trade.
British merchants are planning ex-
hibitions in large cities Of China to
recover their commercial position Lost
during the war.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
Passing of the Pipe.

1t is not only Sir Robert Baden-Powell Of
England who regrets to see the younger gen.
Grafton almost wholly given over to the Gig
aret Pipemakers in this country have Be-
marked the lessening demand for their pro-
duct for about five years they say, and some
Of them are inclined to blame it on the war
The cigaret's virtues are told in big type
on every billboard. But few there are to sing
the song of rare contentment when the old
stove is packed and drawing and alight
Indeed the tobacco men themselves have
seemed to sense the difference-their cgaret
appeals are to youth, their pipe appeals to
middle age.
A man can't grow friendly with cigaret-
their is something flip and impersonal about
it. And if the new and increasing flock Of
smokers is going to ignore the pipe how likely
are the solid joys OF meditation that it offers
to be forgotten in a generation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
Tom Edison as a Cobbler.

There was function il New York the
other evening on the anniversary of the per-
fecting Of one OF the major creations of Thomas
A. Edison. The great inventor was there and
an address he had prepared was read by his
son. During the reading Mr.. Edison, Sr., took
out his jackknife, pulled OF his right shoe and
proceeded in full view Of the audience to trim
loose bit Of leather from the sole.
Il went over to New York to buy a pair OF
shoes and found they were asking SIS pair, "
he said. Il did not object to the price, but the
toes were all pointed and wanted a broad
toe ] went down to Cortlandt street and in a
cellar noticed a lot of shoes. l saw a pair
that struck MY fancy and bought them for S.
have been wearing that pair Of shoes for
nearly a year."
Tom E0ison's mind never dwelt much on a
matter of mere appearances. II it had done SO
the world might still be getting along without
the incandescent lamp, the talking machine and
a number OF things that are now considered
household necessities.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
With Other Editors
The Wife Ought to Know.
Detroit News)

II was Garrick who first gave voice to .
present day altruism Of the stage, that comedy
is serious business" Now comes Mrs, Charlie
Chaplin, in her eagerness to tell the world her
divorce troubles, to bear out the philosophy.
She presents the slapstick comedian as q
sonber, serious, nerve-racked and altogether
gloomy and morose gentleman who did nothing
but sit around in majestic silence and think.
He used to walk about the town half the
night saying he had to think" she tells = lis
tenine world; "he never did anything but
think"
And well he might. Consider the weight
Of care ON his fraii shoulders: How to make q
sad world merry Well may we picture him
! in his nocturnal meanderings musing over the
work of the day, perhaps stopping from time
to time to lean against friendly lamp-post
to soliloquize on his art
Il fear am losing my aim," we can imagine
him saying; to-day l had to try three times
before hitting Julia full in the face with that
custard pie Which makes me think, must
speak sharply to that baker about the poor
quality Of pies he is turning out for me. There
has not been half enough goo in them recently
to create the proper touch Of art. And l must
take up with my director that last cripple
they had for me to kick downstairs. He did
not look sick enough to raise a laugh. mus,
not allow my art to deteriorate'
Assuredly the world will sympathize with
the careworn comedian who suffers under suct
burdens for only one million dollars a year
We insist that the heartless press agent make
it two.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
Pro6teering in Money.
New York World.


Whether certain Wall street banks have
been charging unduly and unnecessarily high
rates for call money on stock exchange COL
lateral is question with Comptroller Of the
Currency Williams which he purposes to have
answered Charges of this sort have been
prevalent for some time. They ought to be
sifted
When stock speculation a year ago was
passing all rational bounds there we're reasons
OF good public policy why every discourage
| ment OF high money rates should be applied
But in spite Of the fact that this market was
thoroughly liQuidated months ago, the squeeze
on call loans has continued right along to the
ura' rule that the lower go market prices the
more plentiful and cheaper becomes call
money.
| This, as Mr.. Williams points out, has much
broader application than to the speculative
clement of Wall street. Its effect is to make
legitimate and urgent railroad loans more and
more expensive to float and costly to the roads
to carry. Thus bank profteering on call money
in the market from day to day opens the way
for bank profteering at the expense Of the
railroads on long time loans.
situation which is compelling the road
to pay their bankers per cent and even NOR,
on such loans merits public inquiry. Their,
commission may have something to say whel
its approval Of new security issues at and
per cent comes to be asked
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16

Nsrnsllf1 md Saper-NeFnallty.
The various self-tests Of heart
efIiciency which have described in
the foregoing talks serve the pur-
pose of showing you whether your
heart is a. good as you think 1t Is.
They will help to rid your mind Of
that banality Of mo organic dis
ease." II your heart fails to pass
these tests l have described, it Is
functionally inefficient and a heart
which il functionally inefficient Is.
Of course, organically diseased. l
am sorry that the artificial and il
logical distinction between social
ed functional" and organic" dis
ease Of the heart, particularly has
been so freely suggested by the
medical profession in the past, for
this unwarranted distinction has
only led to unwise negligence or
procrastination on the part Of the
patient whose heart disease hap
pened to be dubbed merely func-
tional." When q heart does not
function normally, it is high time
to take care; whatever may be
possible to accomplish in the way
Of prevention and of cure should be
sought Immediately.
AS usual, the upshot of it all, as
so many disgruntled readers have
complained, is that / abuse the
reader, jolly him along, get him in
terested, tell him just enough to
worry him, and then turn him over
to the family doctor. In the case
of functional heart inefii cheney, if ]
can accomplish such a result by
fair means or foul, l shall feel that
my preaching is worth while. This
is health department. and not .
clinic. Our theme is normality and
how to preserve it. The diagnosis
and treatment of disease is no con.
Germ of ours. My aim as headmast-
er OF this department is not to at
tempt the work rightfully belonging
to the readers physician, but to dc
my durndest to keep people out Of
the physicians hands-a short
sighted policy, which the regular
medical profession has always fol
lowed.
Suppose a youth or young adul
| finds his heart efficient, according
to the self-tests in the preceding
talks, and that he contemplates en-
/ gaging in athletic activities, as al
amateur or professional athlete
particularly in contests of agility
strength or endurance. Suppos,
the high school boy or the colleg'
man contefnplates taking part il
! track races or in football. Hi
| heart must then be developed t,
| enlarge its reserve power; tn
heart muscle must be strengthened
and usually enlarged, by intelligen
physical training, just as the mus
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16

vert,cn q ssnetAins ysu ho,d deaf3
Thoss Who iransl6ts prosperity n taElns 4
dslI.rs, mansions. a1tomohiaas. acrss. stAekt
M bonds, may y right TO them that y
prusperfty.
But those who translate It in terms ct chill
dreu ars right, too. And who. ave thu grabbed
old bachelor. the greedy miser. the envious
xlutton, will refuse to admit that these human
evidences q prosperity are the hest q I'll!
Further, this prosperity u not only the stepping
stone to heaven for those now living. but Il the
very foundation stone to posterfty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
The Right Hand Turn.

ues Moines has followed the example OF
lns Angeles Philadelphia and a number Of
otAef cities in adopting the right hand turn"
70 aplye Its traffic difficulties. BY this system
vehicles are not permitted in certain districts,
under any circumstances, to turn to the left.
This often means a good deal Of extra tray
cling. violating the well known prediction of
sAmeyicans to adopt the shortest possible
course between two points, For instance, II
ne wished to drive an automobile from in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
What's I'm A Name?
b.
MILDRED
MARSHALL


mother of Meleager. 1t persisted
as a feminine name in ancient
Greece, but is now more often used
to designate genus Of mallows,
or rather to allude to their heal
ing power.
1t comes to us through literary
channels and maintains its some
what isolated state. never having
descended to anything like com
mon usage.
AS Althea is a rare name. SO ia
her talismanic gem, the star sap
phire. 1t, is jewel which prom
Uses her great achievement along
artistic lines and protects her from
evil. Saturday is her lucky day
and s her lucky number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16
Prosperity.

ellison Gardner, author OF "A New Robin
son Crusoe." Just published. visits mythical
island village. He sees homes Of the inhab-
itants and
I'm every house entered beheld
great numbers Of children, and, indeed,
other evidences Of prosperity"
Do you get that? "Other evidences of pros
perity2 Is that the way you look upon chill
dren, especially upon the children Of others?
What, pray, is prosperity If it isn't the pos
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-16

clos Of the leg must b Aeyeloned
for running or those Of the aldo
men and chest for breathing. The
heart Of the trained athlete Is A
enlarged heart (hypertrophy Of the
heart, as doctor might say). 1t
Is, Of course, NO more efacient Tor
maintaining circulation under or
binary conditions than IL =, func-
tionaily efficient heart, which 70
not SO developed; but It can meet
the unusual demand on reserve
power which q severe athletic CON
test makes upon the heart muscles.
Now, the question is. may high
school boy or a man under 81 safely
acquire this athletic hypertrophy
of the heart by rigorous training
and then suddenly cease athletic
activities about Thanksgiving
time? -
Simple Anatomy.
Do the nerves, controlling the
stomach, liver, kidneys. heart and
lungs, center in the spinal column!
CIV. J. b.
Answer-No. They center In the
brain, the nerve trunks, passing up
Tor down. through the neck, with.
out entering the spinaf column.
+ Spinal Adjustment
Your tumbles have done wonders,
! putting SPINE back in place after q
| fall downstairs which had caused
displacement. |, too, say roll on.
roll on" and I mean to Keep on roll
ing on. (Mrs. d. E. M
Answer publish your tesla
! monial merely to counterfeit an oc-
! casional one from some dignified
person who declares she well nigh
broke her neck trying to turn her
! first somersault.
The Best Doctor.
Urinalysis showed that have an
abnormal amount OF acid In my
system and the doctor, who is rated
as the best in the city, diagnosed
my symptoms as rheumatism. Yet
YOU tell readers that rheumatism
is not a disease. What is 1t, a
habit? &c. T. P.)
! Answer am afraid the dag
nosis of rheumatism is habit with
some doctors, especially such al
would conclude from urine analysis
that a patient ha stoo much acid in
the system. They might as proper
" conclude that we are going to
have fair weather next Tuesday.
am not supposed to give away the
secrets of the trade, cumberland
but when a doctor is diagnostically
up a tree, rheumatism is very rest
full. However, it is immateria
what name may be applied to ths
trouble, so long as the effort to dis
cover and remedy the cause is MOI
. sidetracked by the name.