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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
ITEMS FROM ChDk

Mrs. Zolly vickers' sister from
Texas is visiting her.
Word came to Mrs. Moffitt last
week that her sister who lives at
Blue is mt expected to live. She
left Immediately for her sisters
bedside.
There was singing at w. M. Duty's
Sunday right.
sunday school every Sunday at
1910.
Mrs. lnez Ross and little daugh-
ter OF Sulphur. Okla. are visiting
at Vince Alewtnes'.
Mrs. Ida Morgan is on the sick list.
MIR. and Mrs J. w. Morgan, Miss
Beulah Scott, and Dovie Cariker
visited Sunday al. Mr. Briggs
Miss Mary Scott spent Sunday
with Miss Pinkie Duty.
4 dark shadow was cast over our
community last Friday morning
when The death angel claimed one of
our hest loved ncighbors, Mrs. Bry-
ant Jones. She leaves husband
tour sous, ono daughter. and host
or other relatives and friends sad al
hcr going. yet the dear hope OF meet
Ing again in the better world. She
was for years member Of the Mis-.
sioniry Baptist church Tut,imont
was made in the Telephone. Texas
,cemctery
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
ITEMh FROM lOI.i,i.l,I

,lr aud Avs i |. Wilson Wis.
itcd in Mchlrst,r III thr early part
of This week
W. VI. l.c"ciaii N"lLnn B"ll and
John tulwcll attended the Scot
tish Rite at McAlect,r. returning
nom" saturday
NIr Hcz Culwrll attended jhr nal-
las Fair Sunday.
Mrs. B. M. Leecrafl and children
who have been visiting in Waco
Texas have returned home
J. l.. Wilson attended the Dallas
Fair Saturday and SUNDAY.
Mrs. j. II. Bell and grandson
Thomas Hamilton, Jr. wen, to Dal
las Friday tn visit relatives and at.
tend the Fair,
Mrs W y Davidson died earl,
Sunday morning and was buried
Monday afternoon, Mrs Davidson
was loved christian character ant
her loss is momrncd by many friend.
as well as relatives
Mi. Joe Hardy of sherman spenr
the weekend with the family of NJ
&. Murray.
SIR, Audrey licpp ui McAlrsr"i
Us visiting the family OF II Il W'l
hanson this week
G w. Colbert who is buying cot
ton II, kcrf"tnn, ONO. spent rh'
weekend with the home folks
Mrs. J B Potts motor"d Ia bu
rant Tuesday
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
FROM BENNINGTON

Mrs. Whirlow who has been quite
sick for week was taken to the
sanitarium Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Glover OF Mead are
spending the week with their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Tupman,
Mr. Keeling has been at home for
several days with an attack of op-
pendicitis.
There was no school Friday on
account Of the teachers attending
teachers meeting.
MIR. and Mrs. Tom LeFlore spent
the weekend with M. S. Smiths
family.
Rev. Butler OF Durant began a 70
vival services at tho Baptist Church
Sunday night. Mr.. Butler 10 {
pleasing speaker and his sermon
are pure gospel
The little child Of Mr.. and Mrl
Doss Pennington who has been 3
sick for the past several days die
Friday night.
Charley Hall Of Dallas visite
home folks over Sunday.
Mr.. Wallace Harvill and Mi
Frances Lloyd were married Sunds
night at Bokchito. These populi
young people have the best WISH
OF host OF friends In Bryan Coant
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
ITEMS FROM BLUE

Mrs. Lee Thorntoa, Of Bokchito
visited friends and Velatfves here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Corley and daushter
Cay. visited Mrs, Ballard at Pleas
ant Hill Saturday night and Sunday.
The Methodist meeting conduct
ed by Bro. Dyke closed Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Brooks OF
Tomlin visited Mrs. Brooks mother
Mrs. Renf-oe Saturday and Sunday
A large crowd attended church
Sunday night.
Roy Corley and wife visited rela
tives in Pleasant Hill the week END
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK
BULLETIN

Market compared with last Mon
day. Cattle steady. Hogs 15c lower
Sheep csc lower. Lambs SOC low
er
Beef Steers:
Good to Choice Fed 5000 800
Fair to Good Fed $500 1850 800
Common to Fair Fed 6.O00 1.15
Best heavy grassers. $500 $50
Common to Medium 4.000 $50
Feeders:
Good to Choice ....-.... 5000 $50
Common to Good .~.. 4000 $50
StOCkers:
Good to Choice ....---. $500 6.2S
Common to Good 1000 $50
Stock Cows and Heif. also 500
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
NOTICE or TAX sALR
Of Renl Property For De,issv,,.,
for the Henr 1870, H,rss
County. Oklnhona.

Notice Is hereby given tina, ~
on the first Monday In NoyemHss|
being November Z, 1921. / viii y
following described real es,a,s
town lots. lands and parceis n
in Bryan county. Oklahoma. -
Quent taxes Tor the year inn
chaser offering to pay the tss,
penalties on the same II eess1
the highest bidder. Ovnsrs =
real estate have two year ~
OF sale to redeem the sarns
l. 8, B0NNY
County Tree
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME
THIS WINTER

by planting Hyacinths, Crocus,
Freesia, Narcissus Bulbs. We
have them too your satisfac-
ton.
Their fragrance adds to the
beauty and restfulness of any
room where placed.
Call In and ask for prices and
method Of planting.
DURANT FLOWER SHOP
l27 N. Third Phone 939
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21

PURE-BRED big type Poland-C China
boars and gilts to sell at fArmse
rrfces. Pony Beal. Albany. Oh.
1-1.13.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21

Rum runners are making n.
waves wilder than ever.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21

POSITION WANTED-Young mar
attending school wants work out.
side school hours. Phone this Of.
flee. Ilva1
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-10-21

FOR sALE-14 Pure-bred. black
big bone Poland-China Boars ready
for service. Seasonably Iriced. See
or write o. F. sweeny, . miles g. W.
Caiera. Okla. 42wati
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
Virginia, Formerly
of Richmond, Writes
Letter From Texas

! Park Place, Texas.
Dear Aunt Polly:
formerly lived in Richmond but
| have moved to Texas. While in
Richmond l always love dto read
the Junior Palladium" and
thought that you would like to get
letter from me.
This is wonderful state. The
weather Is fine and there are birds
OF every kind making their nests
around here. We have the red
bird, black bird, quail, wren blue
bird, mocking bird and many other
kinds for our daily visitors.
We also have beautiful flowers
OF every kind. The prairie is COW
cred with Texas Stars" and the
roadside is pink with primroses.
These flowers have come out with
in the last month but we have had
beautiful cultivated flowers bloom
ing outside all winter.
l have my own little garden spot,
and we have been eating fresh
vegetables from it. We are getting
big, red, juicy strawberries from
our patch. My grandmother is
baking large, juicy pies from the
dew-berries which l gather daily.
From my savings l have bought
thirteen fruit trees. Among them
are peaches, pecan, lemon, orange,
plum, fig, pears and comquats. My
plum and lemon trees are bloom
ing. The lemon tree is a Ponarosa
and the lemons weigh two and
three pounds apiece.
Well, Aunt Polly, l guess you are
tired of reading my letter. Now
if you think your little readers
would enjoy this letter l would be
glad for you to publish it.
If you would like to hear from
me again, drop line to your ad-
miring little friend
VIRGINIA BOMELL,
Houston, Texas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY

Twenty-three years ago piece
of iron ore lay on the desk OF
Henre Becquerel a French scient
ist.
One day he saw that the light
from the radium had affected a
photograph plate. This discovery
thrilled the whole world. A scient-
ist began 20 Try to take this un.
known eleme ent from the ore.
Two years later Nine. Curie, a
French woman and her husband
succeeded in doing so. To get be
tween S and 7 milligrams of radium
from ton Of ore. we have to com
bine thirty tons of water and
tons of chemicals and then it has
to 60 through seven hundred TO
nine hundred processes.
If l wanted to carry 20 or 30
grams I would put them into a lead
container. This container is over
IL inches in diameter and weighs
48 pounds. 1t has a leather cover
and there is circle Of small holes
in the center, in which they put
the tube Of radium. They put
radium on watches and you could
have room ten by nine painted
by radium paint for $400 and it will
last ten years. They use the ra-
dunn to cure cancers. If they
could get all the strength from one
gram of radium at one time it
would raise the Woolworth build
ing in New York, 100 feet in the
air.
There are in the world today,
three ounces of radum and it takes
a thousand milligrams to make a
gram and 28 grams to make an
ounce.
1t is valued at $4,000 an ounce
and the next most valuable mineral
costs only $3.50 an ounce.
LEWIS WILSON,
Grade B, Joseph Moore
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
STORIES OF OLD
. RICHMOND TOLD
IN STORY HOUR

Saturday afternoon, April 2, q
large crowd OF children appeared at
the library to hear stories-the
nevertold-too-often kind of King
Arthur and his knights. Joseph
Moore school acted as host. Pic.
lures of these knights and their ad
ventures and guests-as they ap
peared TO be in the fancy OF i'm
aginatiOn of different artists-were
shown TO the junior listeners. Mrs.
Mary Girty told the stories, taking
the pla.e of MisA Caroline Girty,
who was announced earlier as ths
story teller for that day. Mrs. Girty
also will tell the stories Saturday
April 8. instead OF Mrs. Grosvenor,
as announced. The subject will be
Richmond stories, and st. Andrews s
school will be the has.. Saturday,
April Is, Mrs. Helen Griffis will
tell the egends Of the towers.
The children of Joseph Moore who
were the hosts for the King Arthur
story hour were: Emma Rickels,
Roma Mabey. Alice Moelk, Eloise
Cloud and Catherine Rckels.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
OVER IN ENGLAND

In England there were some
children who were poor and did
not have enough bread to eat. One
day there was a man brought. some
bread. When the children heard
that the man was in town, they all
went running down to get some
bread.
All of them got near the biggest
loaf of bread but one little girl
who took the smallest loaf of all
Then she went home to her mother.
When supper was over, the two sat
down to eat.
The mother went to cut the
bread when a gold coin dropped
out
THAT is not u.s." said the mother,
you must take it back to the man."
But the man said it was Ill right.
She kept this up till her mother
and she had lots of money.
ELIZABETH HOLT.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
SOM e TlMEPIECE

Once a farmer hung his vest on
the fence which contained a watch
A calf came along and chewed up
the vest. In later years when the
good old COW was butchered, the
watch was found lodged between
the lungs. When she would
breathe the movement of the lungs
would turn the winder and there
fore wind the watch. The faith.
full old watch never lost but four
minutes time in seven years.
FREDERICK T. SHERA
Grade A.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
CHILDREN PRESENT FAIRY
PLAY IN LONDON HIPPODROME

Aladdin" the ever popular
fairy story was given in pantomime
by English children recently in the
Lone.>1 Hippodrome with great
success. Chinese was spoken-not
always easily understood, it is
reported-and all the important
parts from the little emperor down
to the most important slaves were
taken by children. Only the most
subordinate parts were taken by
grown ups in this performance. A
regular adult company has given
several performances of Aladdin"
recently in the Hippodrome.
All the actors-mostly actresses
though enjoyed their parts thor
oughly.
After the show, the children.
wearing the fine costumes which
had been made for them, sat down
to 4 lavish banquet on the stage
The performance will be repeated
soon, and the money given to some
charitable enterprise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
A Letter About Something of Interest
to Boys and Girls of Richmond Schools
A LETTER ABOUT SOMETHING

A LETTER ABOUT SOMETHING
1t Is very nice to know what Is
going on about you, Is 1t not? 1t Is
sensible, too, for people, all of US,
and that, Of course. includes the
boys and girls, to know what Is hap
pening and what is being planned
for the future of their city or coun-
try. You have probably heard
some talk about home rule for
Richmond, but perhaps you do not
know exactly what that means.
kindly agreed to tell US what Is
meant by home rule for Richmond
as he tells 1t to his juniors at
home--Ed.
(See Story
The Letter
have been asked to tell you
children something about home
rule for cities. Home rule simply
means freedom Of the city to man
age It's own affairs instead of hav-
Ing to go TO the state legislature
for the privilege of doing what it
wants to do for itself. The priv
tlege OF home rule develops In the
people of a city, a spirit of COM
munity strength and pride and a
feeling of confidence to do things
and manage their own affairs in
the way best suited to their own
needs, just as you boys and girls
do in your student government Or
ganizations in your schools.
Home rule means that the city
can frame it's own system of city
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
TWO BOYS BUILD HOUSE
OUT OF SCRAP LUMBER

A house from scrap lumber-ev-
cry detail just like they had laid
out in their plans before hand.
Oscar D. Willis, 10, and his
brother Bobby, s, have a right to
be proud of what they have done.
They drew up the plans, cut the
lumber, and did all the carpenter
work themselves.
Bobby Willis has made his play
mates envious by making chairs,
too. He takes box boards and
builds real chairs so solid and sub
stantial that they are really useful.
Oscar and Bobby are the sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. O. D. Willis, 18th
street, Huntington, Indiana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09

government and direct 1t in the In
terest OF progress, economy and
safety always keeping In mind the
general welfare Of Its people. I'm
der our present state constitution
not a thing can be done by oul
cities without the specific permis
sion given by law passed by the
state legislature,
Surely the good and responsible
citizens OF Richmond can come
nearer telling what they need
than the members Of the state leg
islature, meeting once In two years
at Indianapolis. But you must re-
member that we cannot have real
home rule in Indiana until we
change our state constitution so as
to allow 1t.
What you are learning these
days about a change in the form
Of our city government from a
mayor and city council system to
Commission form or Business
Manager form is step in the right
direction and goes as far as we can
90 at present, since the state law
now gives cities the right to choose
the form of city government they
want, and since these two plans
provide city government more re.
sponsible to the people than what
We now have, 1t is a step toward
home rule.
HARLOW LINDLEY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
SOCIETY

Charming indeed was the chill
dren's party given at the Country
club Saturday afternoon, April 2,
from to s o'clock, for the children
OF the club members. Games were
played for an hour after the guests
arrived. After four O'Clock the 2u
pills in dancing of Miss Elizabeth
Kolp together with Miss Marjory
Robinson, elocutionist, entertained
the guests for about an hour in a
delightful manner. Marjorie Robin
son, dressed in a fluffy dress of
white organdie with pink ribbons,
gave recitation, "Hush!" in a
very pleasing manner. Louise and
Margaret Jenkins,-Louise, a can
airy bird, dressed in yellow with
feathers around her head and at
her wrists, and Margaret, black
bird In a suit similar to her sisters
of black tarleton.-danced an in
terpretive dance, 1.-THE Dance of the
Birds" This represented the biros
flying to the pool, drinking and then
flying away again. This was dane
ed to the music Of Sparklet by w,
B. Mills. THE New Easter Bon
net" an interpretive dance, was
given by Bette Taylor, who appear
ed with her new Easter hat in a
large bandbox, into which she dis
appeared at the end of her dance.
She was dressed in pink with slip
pers and stockings to match and
danced to the music of "A Mus
ette," by Francisco D'Orso. Dress
ed in yellow crepe de chine and
wearing wreaths Of spring flowers
and with her hands full Of flow
ers, Martha Ann Gennett danced
Spring Flowers. The music for
this was"A Love Song" by A. Hen
self. Polka Caprice, the last num-
ber, was danced by Jean Grotten-
dick and Ellen Bartel, who wore
dresses, one OF blue, and one of
pink tarletan, and wreaths of flow-
ers. This beautiful dance was ac,
companied by the music Of "The
Turtle Dove" by Franz Behr. AL
though no individual encores could
be given because Of the lack of
time, each little dancer gracefully
bowed to the people in the audi
ence in appreciation Of their ap-
plause, and then all of the dancers
tripped out together and danced
a final little dance around Martha
Ann Gennett. After this program,
dancing and games were enjoyed
and then the children were served
with ice cream and cake. Favors
Of caps, balloon whistles, serpen-
tines and balls Of confetti were Civ,
en- the guests. About sixty five
children were present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09

The pledge of allegiance to the
American flag, which all school
children know was written by Mr..
James B. Upham, a member Of the
Perry Mason company, publishers
Of the Youths Companion. This
pledge was was first officially em.
ployed on October 21, 1892, when
the public schools all over the
country celebrated the four hun.
dredth anniversary of the landing of
Columbus.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09
NOTICE TO SCOUTS
OF TROOP NO. 5

All scouts of Troop 3 are asked
by Scoutmaster Wilson to bring
their money or their unsold seeds
to the regular scout meeting. on
Monday evening, April II.
By last Monday evening, April A.
APT packages of seeds had been
sold by the scouts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-09

John Amos Comenius, a native Of
the but recently made INDEPENDENT
country Of Czecho-Slovakia, made
what is thought to be the first pic.
ture book for children.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-22

and serious study over a period of
years to fit myself to give a lecture"
.U paused here; rustling silence at
the other end of the 'phone.) You
see. Miss President, there are other
things to consider besides merely CIV
ing a lecture. In addition, Miss Pres
ident, If my lecture Is worth the while
to your Circle, take it that 1t must
have some sort of value to you, other
wise you would not ask me for it.
Therefore, you should be prepared to
compensate me for it. Something is
worth more than nothing, and you are
offering me nothing for something. ]
hope that you won't take what I have
been saying amiss. but we Catholics
have not yet learned to appreciate
ourselves. We belittle our own under
takings by putting them either at
zero value (nothing for something) or
so little above zero that even bare
footed Franciscan's toes would be
frostbitten. / will be pleased to lee
ture for the MISUNDERSTANDING Brown
son Literary Circle for one hundred
$500 +
dollars and my expenses" H
Miss President alphabetically admit
ted everything, and said that she
would report to the Executive Com
mittee. AS far as DR.. Blank knows,
the Executive Committee has neither
megaphoned nor>even microphoned the
result of its deliberations.
Catholic authors and lecturers in
general know only too well DIR.
Blanks experience. The result has
driven most of the best Catholic tai
ent from the Catholic field. We are
asked to lecture and to write for a
pittance or thank you; but the
butcher, the baker and the candlestick
maker are icily cold to mere graft
tude. The paradox is that when a
non-Catholic is asked to lecture for a
Catholic Society, or write for a Cath
Ollie publication, he demands and gets
a generously fat honorarium. But it
seems that a constant lenten diet is a
good enough fare for Catholic authors.
Either our people don't appreciate or
Catholic writer's are not worth appre-
citation. There is some truth in the
first horn of the dilemma, some in
the second with exceptions) and
there is also more truth in the Cath
olic habit of asking for everything on
a charity basis. 1t is poor habit for
literature and lectures, and breeds a
race of anemics.
DIR. Blanks conversation over the
phone with Miss President is a
speaking example for Catholic authors
and lecturers to take to heart. Until
they rise to a proper appreciation of
the dignity and value of their profess
sion, they will remain underpaid un-
derlings.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-22
A BOYS EPiGRAM.

Il
Mrs. Russell Sage taught school In
her youth in Philadelphia, and Phi
ladelphia woman, who was once her
pupil, said the other days
Il remember Miss Slocum, as she
was then called, a very intelligent,
cheerful, industrious young lady and
great favorite with all of us.
"She had a way of hammering home
an idea with an apt anecdote that we
girls enjoyed hugely. *
"One day, in impressing on us the
importance Of perseverance, she said
that she knew little boy who was
a remarkably fine skater.
"She watched the youngster, one
winter afternoon, do the front and
back role, the grapevine. the glide,
and other feats of tremendous diff
Guilty and, finally overcome with enthu.
siasm, she patted him on the back and
said:
How on earth, at your age, did
you learn to skate SO magnificently ?
BY getting up every time fell down
was the boys simple answer"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-22
AN AWFUL STORY.

There was once an awful little girl
who had an >"awful' to everything
She lived in an awful house in an aw-
full street in an awful village, which
was an awful distance from every 9th
er awful place. She went to an awful
school, where she had ali awful teach
er, who gave her awful lessons out of
awful books. Every day she was so
awful hungry that she ate an awful
amount of food, SO that she looked
awful healthy. Her hat was awful
small and her feet we're awful large.
When she took an awful walk she
climbed awful hills, and when she got
awful tired she sat down under an aW-
full tree to rest herself. In the sum-
mer she found herself awful hot, and
in winter awful cold. When it did not
rain there was an awful drought, and
when the awful drought was over there
was an awful rain So in this awful
state, if she does not get rid of her
vulgar way of saying awful about
everything, am afraid she will, by
and by, come to an awful end.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-22
"ovERLooKlNe' SMALL BILLS.

People who let small bills run are,
at heart, dishonest rather than care
less. They apologize by saying it was
an oversight" but meanwhile, pet
ty injustice was done.
A hardworking dressmaker COM
plains bitterly that rich women often
owe her small sums and think moth
ing of putting her off three or six
months. A carpenter once told us that
he made'a special price for Jones, be-
cause it was doing work twice over to
work for Jones-you did the job and
then you did as much again in work
ing to get your pay. The reputation
for neglecting small bills probably
hurts mans reputation among his
neighbors more than any other form
of meanness. Yet with what little eff
fort the habit of paying promptly
might be acquired-and followed In
the end it is economy.