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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17
Rapidly Mounting List

A rapidly. mounting death list mat
may exceed fifty. dozens of persons
injured and property damage as yet
unestimated are results OF tornado
that cut a wide swath across parts Of
Miller and Hampstead counties, ARK.
and Cass county, Texas, last night.
Reports coming into Little Rock 10
day from the storm area augmented the
extent of the damage and because OF
the paralyzed wire communication. Of
ficials We're of the 'opinion that several
days might. elapse before the full eN-
tent Of the destruction is definitely
known. .N>,--~-s.
Apparently the heaviest loss Of life
and property was caused in the two
Arkansas counties. In the rural see
tions of upper Miller county near Tex
arkana eleven persons are known e
have been lSiHef. and a large number
injured. -
Near Hope, in Hampstead county
press dispatches stated that from Is tC
20 persons We're Killed and scores in
jured by the storm which swept the en-
tire length of the county The storm
approached within few miles Of thI
town, according to reports here.
Prescott Is another town in the patti
of the destruction, reported torn t,
pieces
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17
Four Texas Counties Hit

At least seven dead were recorded in
the Texas area swept by the tornado
The Texas counties hit were Gregg,
Cass. Wood and Bowie.
Eighteen known dead were reported
in the district about Texarkana, which
lay just outside the path Of ruin.
The brunt OF the tornado fell on vii
lagos and remote farming communities
larger towns escaping damage.
Until wire communication is restore1
over the devastated region, the com
plete toll of dead cannot be accurate
ly estimated. Fears were expressed.
however. that the extent of the casual
ties might he increased with a complete
check.
Relief parties were at work today
lending aid TO the injured and home
less.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17

Exquisite blouses in over
blouse and tuck-in effects.
The overblouses are of navy,
blue, henna and grey, with
embroidery and braids
smartening them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17
DEATH, TERROR AND DESTRtC-
TION RODT ON WINGS or WIND AS
STORM SWEPT THR0IG GIL NIGHT

(Contnued from Page One)
ed 10 have been killed and three others
lost their lives in the town of Ralph,
in Tuscaloosa county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17

The tuck-in models are Of
white and flesh and are
made attractive by the use
of val laces and insertions
and filet. A fitting compan-
ion for your suit for just
1896!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17
.Tricotine, T will
Cords Piquetines.
richly lined.

These clever models, fashion
ed by the best of suit makers,
are in styles that will suit all
types-short women, tall wom-
en-, all women!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17

rOR a certain trim, active
type of woman, a chic,
well-cut suit is an essen
tial. That tailored look is
jealousy guarded in all our
Spring suits.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13

not important, but she could travel with her great-aunt, Mrs. Vining, who could serve as her guardian and teach her a vast deal about acting as an art and business. Also Polly decid- ed to give Sheila her own maid, Net tie Pennock, a slim, prim, grim old spinster, whose very presence adver- tised responsibility.
 "A Friend in Need' had the usual preliminary weeks on the road before it was submitted to New York, where it ran on Ito capacity until the sum- mer weather turned the theater into chafing dish Then the company was disbanded. <
 In the early autumn it was reor- ganized for road tour Of the orig inal company only four or five mem bers were ngaged-Sheila, Mrs. vining, Miss Griffen, and Tuell
 During the rehearsals Sheila had paid little attention to the new people. She had noticed that new man played the taxicab driver, but she neither knew nor cared about his name until the Leroy university epi- sode brought him to her attention as la hero.
 At the hour when Bret Winfield was being released from his cell the spe- cial sleepias car that carried the "Friend in Need" company was three hundred miles or more away and flee ing; farther. Late in the afternoon, when from sheer boredom Sheila was wishing it were a matinee day so that she might be at her work, she stopped Floyd FL don as he came down the aisle of the car. and said: 'I want to thank you for coming to my rescue from that horrible brute
 EIdon looked as guilty as if she had accused him of being himself the brute he had saved her from. He threw off his embarrassment with a careless shrug.
 sIt was nothing-nothing at all, I am sure."
 "It was wonderful Sheila insisted. Ut comes rather natural to me to slug a man from Leroy"
 "Yes? Why?"
 "I am a Grantham man myself. l was on our varsity eleven a couple of years.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13
CHAPTER I. The Launching.

The proud lady in the new electric sedan chariot drew up to her curb iI a graceful sweep, but, like a new elevator boy, could not come to halt at the stopping place. As she struggled for position she heard the scream of a child in desperate terror. It inspired an equal terror, for it came from her own house. !. She had left her two children at home expecting playmate guests. Which of her beloved had fallen on the shears or into the fire? Which of the dogs had gone mad?
 While she stum bled up the steps she heard the outcry repeated and she paused. That voice was the voice of neither of her own children. The thought that a neighbours child might have perished in her home was al most more fearful still As she 'fumbled at the door knob she heard t, 9 thud of little falling body. She hastened to the door of the big living room. As she thrust back {. the hanging she stepped on the arm O. her own son. He was lying in a crumpled heap on the floor. Her daughter hung limp across the arm of a chair. At her feet was her young nephew in a contorted hudd1e. The son of a neighbor was stretched out on the divan. And, on the panther : skin by the fireplace a young girl w ,om Mrs. Tickery had never seen before lay sidelong, singularly beau- tisul in death.
 2. She pressed her palsied lips to her sons cheek. Thank God, it was still warm She bent to catch the words:
 Lea me alone! I'm dead!"
 She called to the girl in the chair:
 Dorothy! Dorothy"
 A tremor ran through the child, And then she snickered. But she did not look up.
 Half angry, half overjoyed, Mrs. Vickery rose and proceeded to the e,ry stranger on the panther skin. :
 And who are you, little girl? Don touch me, please. Eve just drowned myself in the pool here-if you please.'
 "Ch." Mrs vickery assented. Well, hadn't you better get up before you catch cold?'
 ~"But how can get up, if you please, until you lower the curtain ?"
 Mrs. vickery hurried to the win dow shade and pulled it down.
 The little girl scrambled to her feet.
 Now, ladies and gent'men, take A your curtain calls.''
 Mrs. vickery, realizing now that she was the belated audience at tragedy, pleaded meekly:
 Wont somebody please introduce me to Mrs. Siddons?' "Oh, how did yon know my name s was Siddons?" the stranger cried.
 ''Is it really? But I was referring z to the famous actress
 '.Oh, yes; I'm named after her. My middle name is Mrs. Siddons-of course, I mean just Siddons I'm a Hnyular descender from her"
 Dorothy broke in seriously enough now: Why, Sheila Kemble, how ycu talk! Your know you're no such thing. Your name is Kemble."
 My name is Kemble, yes; but if you know so much, Hiss Smarty Cat, you ought to know that Mrs. Sid dons' name was Kemble before she married MT. Siddons.''
 '.Sheila. What a beautiful name!' she cried. Its Irish isn't it ?"
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13
Copyright, 1916, Harper & Bros.)

"Oh, yes. ma'am. My papa says | that. if you're a great actor you have to have a streak of either Irish or Jew in you!" "Is your father the great Roger Kemble? And your mother, is she an actress, too?' ''Is my mother an actress? Why, Mrs. Vickery, didn't you ever hear of Polly Farren?' It would have been hard indeed to have escaped the name of Polly Far ren. Mrs. Vickery felt at first a pride in meeting any relative of hers. Then chill struck her. But Miss Farren isn't your moth er?"
 Indeed and she is. And I'm her daughter"
 And Roger Kemble is your fa- ther?'
 | Yes, indeedy. We're all each others" | Mrs. Vickery turned dizzy. | " see, when mamma married papa the old manager, Mr. Reben, said mammals name was a household word; she was worth $500 a week as Polly Farren and she wasn't worth s75 as Mrs. Kemble.'' l Of course, it was wicked money, but wasn't there a lot of 1t? Mrs. Vickery gasped.
 | And now what was this wonderful game where so many people got killed? Was it war or a sh1pWreck or-or what?" | Sheila exclaimed: "Why don't you know? It's the last act of Hamlet! v l "Oh. I see! Of course!' | "Gene was Hamlet, and he was awful good He read the silloloquy out of the book here. He reads very well. And Dorothy was his mother. Tommy Jerrems was Laertes. And Cousin Clyde, he was the wicked King"
 "But you were dead, too, sheila- Who were you?"
 "Why, I was Ophelia, O course.' | "Oh, but I thought Ophelia died l long before the rest' | "Oh, yes that's the way it is in the old book. But I fixed it up sos Ophelia only p'etended to die. She comes home in the last ack to sur prise everybody. And she sees every
 body lying around dead-and then she goes mad all over again and drowns herself in the big swim ming pool-or I guess it's a-a fountain r ar the ,hrone."
 "Oh, see," said Mrs. Vickery And was it you who screamed so at the end of the piay?"
 Well, I did my best. O. course I'm not very good-yet.
 Dorothy was so matter-of-fact that
 she would not tolerate even self-de- preciation. She exploded: Why, Sheila Kemble, you are so! She was wonderful, mamma! She went Pmad simply lovely"
 And Tommy Jerems added his posy: "I bet you could "a heard her yell for three blocks
 ''I bet I did." Mrs Vickery sighed
 then added, mainly for politeness sake:
 T wish could have seen the per- formance." It was Tommy Jerrems who ther proposed that Hamlet" should be
 enacted at his mothers house as 8 regular entertainment with a fixed
 price of admission.
 This project was hailed with riotous el.th usiasm, and at parting Mrs. Vick-
 cry, with an impulse of curious sub
 servience, knelt down, em mbraced Shei.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13

"Oh!" said Sheila; "sit down. won't you? Been on the stage long, MT. FL don?'
 The stage manager isn't listening ? This is my first enga cement "Really?" was the only comment Sheila could think of.
 At last there came Wednesday When Tuen went on with his work only with the aid of drugs, and at the end of the evening performance
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13

being just dull and bored to death.
 Sleila was one of those wild-bird na-
 lures that l had. The safest thing for her is freedom and lot of work and admiration and a chance to act The stage is no paradise, the Lord knows, but the first woman that ever knew freedom was the actress. Would it break your heart, Roger, if oul little Sheila went on the stage?" Kemble followed slow cloud of smoke with the soft words: My mother was an actress. And
 my wife is an actress
 We could save Sheila the hardest part of it''
 Then that's settled" Kemble laughed. And as soon as we've got
 her all prepared and established on her way to big success she'll fall in love with some blamed cub who'll drag her to his home in Skaneateles.' ,
 Probably But she'll come backr' Polly laughed.
 "All right. And now, having writ ten Sheila's life for her to rewrite let's go to bed.''
 That was tremendous week fo1 the children of Braywood. Sheila rev. eled in her opportunity and had an audience everywhere she went. All the while Eugene, the youne
 Shakespeare, wrought upon his play for Sheila, and on the last day worked till breakfast and his play was ready
 After he had gulped his second glass
 of milk he made haste to Clyde Bur. bage's house, and when Mrs. Bur. bage came to the door peeled his cap from his burning head with: "Is Clyde at home, Mis- Burba ge?" When Eugene learned that Clyde
 was abroad he made as if to depart then paused and with violent care lessness mumbled:
 T don't suppose Shefla is home either"
 "Sheila? Oh, no! She and her fa-
 ther and mother left on the midnight train.''
 ''1s that so?" said Eugene, as cas-
 ually as if he had just learned that all his relatives were dead, or that he had overslept Christmas He tried to make a brave exit, but he was so forlorn that Mrs. Burbage forgot to smile. Then she went in- side, shaking her head and thinking the same words that were clamoring in the boys sick heart: "Oh, Sheila! Sheila!' i,
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13

he was taken to a hospital for an operation for appendicitis The next morning, as EIdon was leaving his boarding house to call on TUen, he was astounded to see Batter son at the foot of the steps I'm looking for you,'' said the stage manager "TuelFs dead" "NoI My God!''
 tf :.
 (Continued Tomorrow)
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13
CHAPTER III. Ship Ahoy!

It was not without struggle with her parents that SheiIa had won her way to the stage. She objected to spending time in acquiring an educa- tion, and probably would have had little had her father and mother not forced it upon her.
 But her cry for work could not be silenced forever, so eventually she was given a chambermaid part in her parents company where for two sea- sons she was given the benefit of their wisdom.
 Then their manager brought over from Europe a Well-tried success that suited Roger and Polly to T, but in cluded no role for Sheila. She sim ply could not play the fat old dowager, and she simply would not play the laconic housemaid. The time had come for the family to part.
 Roger managed to get Sheila an en- gagement with Reben's production of "A Friend in Need" The part was
New Britain herald., 1921-07-13

Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red ti,:s, handsome pound and half pound fin hunidoTs and in ths pound crystal glass n u mid or Uith sponge H1oiStener
 ton.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08
HIGH COST OF TALKING.

ConbresSWoman Alice Robertson
has appealed to congress to stop talk
ing and save money"
Right dead center shot.
There must lie a great surplus Of
wind IN congress when a woman deems
ii eXpedient to appeal to the men to
talk less at the expense Of their coun-
trymen.
The congressional estimates that
one week Of congressional talking
costs the country nearly ten thousand
dollars in printing bills, and that only
covers a part Of the expense.
And yet there are two sides TO even
this question
If our distinguished congressman
were not talking us poor in Washing
ton they might he talking us to death
at home.
We hate to part with our money :,
bat We are determined to cling TO life
Let 'em talk in Washington.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08
AN IMPORTANT DECISION

\ very important decision WAS re-
Gently made by the Secretary of the
Interior involving the disposition OF
an Indian estate valued at something
like $4,000. 1t was a probate case
known as the Shorty Thigh case,
which was probated sometime ago be
fore Joseph Coursey, Probate Exam
iner at Rosebud, Wherein be rendered
a decision giving the entire estate to
collateral kindred OF the allOttce An
appeal was taked to the Secretary of
the Interior, and the case was ho.lv
contested by both sides, and the recon
mendation Of the examiner was
reversed by the Secretary of the Inter
ior, and by the decision the Examiner
was directed to amend the records SO
as to show that Nancy jackson of
Wooi, South Dakota, was the sole and
only heir Of the entire estate of
Shorty Thigh, deceased. Nancy
Jackson was also declared to be heir
to half Of the estate of Alice Pine
Bird by the same decision. The
property involved in this decision in
cIude- a half section of land in Greg
ory county near Bonesteel and several
thousand dollars IN cash, which is on
deposit at the Rosebud Agency.
The entire question at issue was
whether or not child born out lof
weIIock had any rights to heirship Of
its parents. During lis life Shorty
Thigh, the father Of Nancy Jackson,
appeared before Boss Farmer j A.
Renuick. at Wood, and made a written
statement, acknowledging Nancy
jackson as his daughter and Louise
Little Kills, the mother Of Nancy
Jackson, who was present at the time,
also made statement corrOGOrating
the statement Of Shorty Thigh, and
stating that he was the real father of
this daughter, and these statements
were fled for record at the Rosebud
Agency, and which statements no
doubt had considerable bearing on
the rendering Of the decision as stated
above, by the Secretary Of the Interior
sustaining the contention Of Mrs.
Jackson. O ID, Olmstead of Winner
represented the collateral heirs, while
w Fl. Backus Of Winner looked after
the interests of Mrs. jackson in this
case.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08
ATTORNEYS FOR SIOUX INDIANS
BLACK HILLS CLAIM RESIGN

representative of the law firms
.of Charles + IIughe, who had the
contract for prosecution Of tile Slack
lIius Sioux Claim before the Court Of
Claim, met with representatives Of
all the Sioux Tribe, at omaha last
week to perfect final arrangements
for handling this case
It is reported That the attorneys
handed in them csignation ON this
case effective in six months ana gave
as their reason that the law author
izing the presentation Of the ease bc-
fore the Court Of Claims IS defective
and that they could not handle the
case satisfactorily under this law.
another report intimates that the
agreement drawn up by the attorneys
was objected TO by various delegates
as too favorable to the attorneys and
la large number Of the delegates ob-
jeetcd which probably was the reason
for the attorneys quitting the case.
In any event it will doubtless be
necessary for the Indian delegates TO
consent TO their withdraw and for
the Secretary Of the Interior TO ap-
prove it just as was done in the case
Of the contract
If tile firm Of Charles Z. Hughes
has hnally withdrawn from the case
it is to be hoped that fully as com
petent a firm can be secured There
is no question as to.the merit Of this
Claim in the minds Of people familiar
With the history Of Indian affairs and
if the case is properly handled the
Sioux Indians will undoubtedly be
awarded a large sum Of money. TODD
County Tribune
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08

John BonSer was taken TO an Oma-
ha hospital last Thursday for an op-
Grafton for "prostitus' a kidney dis
ease in which there is no passage.
Mrs. Bonser and VIM. ogden took
him to Rosebud, Wednesday night
after breaking down their car and
having to let John walk about seven
miles. The Rosebud doctors were un
able to give him relief without a very
delicate operation and advised his go
ing TO the Valentine hospital and
they in turn sent him to Omaha
specialists. John had just been to
Government D.. Eidelman the day
before and had a bug removed from
his ear so he seems to have more than
his share Of trouble Todd County
Tribune.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08
A BIRTHDAY PARTY

Last Sunday, being Mr.. Halls
birthday, his wife decided to give him
a surprise, and invited several Of their
friends and neighbors to come and
spend the day. The day was ideal
and nearly all of those that had been
invited assembled at the Durril home
and then proceeded to Mr.. Halls
place together, He was very much
surprised to see SO many cars coming
al! at the same time. Then all went
down to the creek, where there was
plenty of shade, and spent the day
a bountiful picnic dinner, consisting
.of salads, sandwiches, pie, pickles
cakes, fried chicken and lemonade was
served There were about 20 present
They were the Mitchell, Essngton
and Hutchens families, Miss Anna
Durlin and Messrs. Hal Durrin, Allis
Moore and Murray. Everyone ate all
they desired and then spent the day
visiting, while the young folks swung
and bad jolly time.
In the afternoon cake and ice cream
was served and no; in skimpy dishes,
either everyone had all they could
eat There was such plentiful sup
ply Of food aud ice cream they had
enough left for supper, SO they all
voted to stay for supper and finish
the day. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall and
Miss Irene did all they could to make
every one feeSat home and have good
time, Here's hoping that some one
else may have a birthday and cele
brate it in the same manner. 1t is
these social meetings that make life
worth living We live too much for
self alone in this pioneer country and
forget that we haye neighbors that
enjoy company once in while. The
day was somewhat saddeled by the
fact that Mrs. Cleaver OF Wood was
very sick aud unable to be present, aS
the Cleaver family had been invited
to be there. One VINO WAS THERE.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08
WHAT THE 0UlJA BOARD REVEALED

One evening the past week a party
o3iriends gathered for social even
ing v hen some one produced an Ouija
board, for the entertainment OF those
peesent There were numerous ques
tions asked aud the board was work
wall Here are few revelations that
might De ol interest ia our readers
if they have ,aith in the ouija:
The railroad will be built to Wood
i'll the year 1924; Wood will be the
terminus OF the road for a period OF
three years; the road will n,v.r be
built to White River, bat it Will be
extended from Wood to Westoyer.
Wood is TO have paved streets within
three years, and city water within two
years; the town is to be Incorporated
as a city April q, 1923; Wood will
have population Of 200 in 1924;
the county will he divided and the
new county OF "Rosebud" created Of
which Wood will be the county seat
oil will be discovered in the Bad
Lands near Wood within two years.
Now those who have faith in the oc
cult powers Of The ouii1, may derive
considerable consolation from The
above information.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08

Mrs. Ray Rankin entertained the
Ladies Aid society at her home i'm
Butte Valley yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. Il. Moore, south Of town
is enjoying visit from her sister
Mrs. John Barrett of Leon, Iowa,
who arrived week ago last Saturday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-01

Worry over what may happen breaks
more men than what happens.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-01
MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FOR CHILD'S BOWELS

Even sick child loves the "fruity'
taste Of California Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or If your child
Is listless, cross, feverlsh, full Of cold
or has collie, teaspoonful will never
fall to open the bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly it works all the constlpa.
tion poison, sour bile and waste from
the tender, little bowels and gives you
well, playful child again.
Millions of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea.
spoonful today saves a sick child to.
morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine
California Fig Syrup" which has di.
rections for babies and children of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother! You
must say california" or you may get
an imitation fig OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES