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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
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Old King Coal

This is the hungry furnace door
that eats. up coal and calls for more.
This is the coal for eighteen bones,
so full of slate so full of stones, or
other grades for twenty plunks, but
likewise full of clinker chunks, that
go in through the furnace door and
leave it hungry as before. These are
the ashes dead and white to be scrap
ed out both morn and night. This is
the bard in these hard times who
spends his dollars and his dimes, OBJ
tanned by writing Rural Rhimes, for
bum black diamonds long on slate,
which sail in toward the furnace
CRATE and leave it still insatiate. This
is the shovel full of hicks with which
the bard performes his tricks and
puts in many weary licks; the poker
too and exc the shaker, which worry
that old rhyming faker till he says
words not right nor wise for one who
hopes that, when he dies, he'll find in
Peter kindly feelings and have an end
of furnace dealings.
BOB ADAMS.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
SCRIPTURE
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] Corinthians 10: IL

SVIutiudHS lO' 10
Though I speak with the tongues
of men and of angels, and have not
charity, am become as sounding
brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though l have the gift of pro-
phecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have
all faith, so that l could remove
mountains, and have not charity, |
am nothing.
And though ! bestow all my goods
TO feed the poor, and though l give
my body 10 be burned, and have not
charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up
Doth not behave itself unseemly
seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re-
joiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

not be accepted as an alibi. It's got
to be just plain breathe or the cop
gets the gate.
These new tangled hair cuts for
men make a fellows noodle look a
good bit like a cabbage after the
lover leaves have been trimmed off.
Some heads look so much, like the
cabbage that it's easy enough for the
barber to be mistaken.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

tFrom Democratic Press Bureau
Bulletin
Newspapers are filled with ac-
counts of what congress is going to
do for the people If we look back
ward over the past year, our conf
dence will be none too much aroused
in the way of hope for the best.
at++
What has become Of the old fash
ioned man who once declared that
a republican administration was an
indication Of business government i?
Also have you noticed tina, none
of the big republican publicists are
calling on President Harding % he
n candidate for second term?
The Daily OklahOman insist, mat
until the republicans do something
for this nation. there is little cause
to fear & republican being elected
Governor of this State The tate
ment is based on sound argument,
but still the Oklahoman must be
forced 10 admit that the republican
national administration has done a
plenty To this country. If the rcpub-
licanS should nominate a candidate
brave enough to stand on what the
federal administration has done to
the country, his very audacity ought
to give him peculiar standing
s~s,
The republican love feast PROPOSED
for Oklahoma City was not prOpos-
ed because of a general holiday busi-
ness rush Congressman Manuel
Herrick of the Eighth district want
ed to make speech and tina, was
sufficient reason for having the
meeting called off
There is truth in the idea that
there will be new party algnments.
1t is possibly true that there should
be a great party to oppose demo-
NiotS' put thS lSpupllSdhS HaNt just
fizzled out on the job. 1t was orr
ginally a party of expediency and
this playing to the moment has about
cleaned the republican party off the
map. The old protective tariff idea
is about dead, except with a few
manufacturers who made millions
out of the dclusion II is perhaps
possible that the republican party
will have to die. as did the wings,
the knownothing and the others
which opposed the great principles
of jefferson and Jackson As presi-
dent, Mr. Taft went under without
even real struggle; yet he is a
bigger man than Harding What car
be expected of the latter when the
crucial trial arrives?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
CARRIED THEM OUT

The managing editor wheeled his
chair around and pushed the button
for the office boy.
Here" he said to the youthful fac
totum, ARE a number of directions
from subscribers as to the best way
to run a newspaper. See that these
ideas are carried out"
And Jimmy, gathering them all
into the editorial waste basket did
so.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
POTEAU is RECOVERING

Poteau is recovering from the epi-
demic of smallpox which brought
about a quarantine of about every
thing in that city. Church services
have begun again and schools rae in
operation. During the epidemic every
home where there was smallpox was
guarded by the city.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
A SWELL SHINDIGGER, YOU
KNOW

She--"What does Jack mean when
he says slide slippery heel?
He-"That's his slang; he means
that you shake a wicked hoof,"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
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THE OFFICE CAT
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Bill Spivens says If
the grocer will spend a
little time loafing
about a filling station,
he will learn why his
patrons can't pay.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
OLD BLUE LAWS

In superstitious days, 'tis said,
Hens laid two eggs on Monday
Because a hen would lose her head
That laid an egg on Sunday.
Now our wise rulers and the law
Say none shall wash on Sunday,
So, tcity) folks must dirty 60
And wash them twice on Monday.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Lawyer: so you want divorce
from your wife. Aren't your re-
lations PLEASANT"
Client: "Mine are. but hers are
the most unpleasant lot | ever met"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

China, as we understand it, doesn't
object to the open door but she
doesn't want Japan standing guard
over il
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

A press dispatch says a French
man has succeeded in making gold
out Of lead. But we don't advise
you to take stock in his company.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Another thing we don't understand
is why conceited folks seem to get
along just about as well as the rest
of US.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Mr.. Harding seems to fear that
some potential presidential timber
is lurking in the agricultural bloc in
the senate.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

You can make some people believe
anything. Some people, for in
stance, believe saxophone is a mu-
sical instrument.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

II has just been discovered that
1921, when added together. make
10. No wonder we had 50 much bad
luck last year.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The begger may spend your money
in riotOus living, it is true, but think
of how much clear conscience you
can get for q dime.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Talking movies have been invented
according to a recent announcement
Now let the chap who has been read
ing the titles keep silent.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

And, too, a continuous conference
on the limitation Of armaments will
add somewhat 10 the cost of our
armaments.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Debs says he will war on war. But
he had better keep his mouth shut
if the country gets into another war.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Christmas comes but once a year,
and sometimes it takes until mid
summer to get through paying for it.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Another reason for thinking the
world Is growing better is that jazz
music is going out Of style.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

We don't suppose it makes any diff
ference, but we would like to know
what has become of the war between
the Greeks and the Turks.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

An optimist is one who still car
ries corkscrew on his keyring.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

They will never sing a hymn of
hate in the concert of the nations if
it Is organized as it ought to be.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

There is little hope for the man
who boasts about how much he
knows.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Farmers have been burning their
corn for fuel, but the coal men will
never eat their coal,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The income tax payers say they
are entitled TO sympathy, but some
how they don't get much of it.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Really, you know, men had dull
time of it before short shirts and silk
stockings came into fashion.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Airplanes are now the tails that
wag the dogs of war.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The term, limitation or ornaments
turned out to have a different mean
ing from what most of us thought,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

We can understand why man will
get drunk, but can't understand why
he will brag about it.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The French dove of peace screams
defiance at the whole world.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The average girl thinks she would
make a dandy central figure for a
tooth paste advertisement.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

If you want a real busy job, start
to chasing an idle rumor to its
source.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Some pedestrians are just about as
careless as they say automobiles are.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The Russian Gar had a bad gov.
ernment, Of course, but he did moi
let his people starve to death by the
thousands as the bOlshevists are do.
ing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

A scientist says fish think. Some
suckers don't.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Let us all hope that Eugene Debs
will take the trip to Russia that he
is talking of And will like it SO
well there that he will decide to re-
main
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

The German mark is no longer a
factor in the worlds markets.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Sometimes an officer locates a
moonshine still by beating around
the bush.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Another way of getting into
trouble is to buy your Christmas
presents on the installment plan,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

One cure for radicalism is to gel
into the income tax paying class.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Now that we no longer have to
pay war tax on soft drinks, what
will become of the pennies?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

4 subscriber writes? "What is
home without cat?"
This bird must be married
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Well, women have had the ballot
for nearly year, and they haven't
wrecked the country yet.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
SHE'S LEARNING

SHE'S LEARNING
Say, Madelon, this liver's some-
thing awful said Buddy.
Il ver' sorry, mon cherie," answer
ed his French bride. l spick tomor-
row wiz re liveryman.
Bill Spivens says even if a man is
bad at figures he may enjoy looking
at good one.
When it comes to curing heart
troubles preacher usually has more
success than a doctor.
Bill Spivens concludes that declar-
ing peace is next door to declaring
dividends.
Out in Wisconsin there is a move
ment on foot to change the name of
Run River to Volstead River. Better
rleave well enough alone. Should they
change the name to Volstead the riv-
er might go dry.
The onion was the first wireless
telegraph,
The Goat-Getter says, business is
in the bum-the Go-Getter says,
business is on the hum"
An anonymous contributor sends
us the name of a friend of his whom
he characterizes as human squash,
We couldn't decipher the name and
therefore came to the conclusion
that the writer must have been u
pumpkin.
SPEAKING OF FURNITURE
June Bride-I would like to buy an
easy chair for my husband"
Salesman-"Morris"?
"No: Clarence"
Bill Spivens says the idea that two
can live as cheap as one was proba-
bly, started by tape worm.
I'D LIKE TO BE
Id like to be dictator of
AL! women's styles, my dears.
I'll guarantee they'd never change
In seven million years!
Not every woman who is a devotee
TO the racket" plays tennis No love
game for those danes.
Rivers had come home and was
stumbling over things in the dark
hallway.
What are you growing about
dear?" called Mrs. Rivers from the
floor above.
Il am growing" he answered in
his deepest bass voice, "to drown
hte barking of my shines"
Nv hen modern girl says she
hasn't anything fit to wear to church,
she doesn't mean what the old fash
ioned girl did
, We read lengthy article the
other day, headed How to Kill Rum
A description of the old fashioned
and popular way of killing it would
only take two words. drink it,"
JOSH WISE SEE:
1t is easier to recover from an ILL
ness than from a bankrupt friend.
Re careful whom you trust.
The nations agree to scrap battle
ships and Will Hays says the post
office ought to be taken out of poll
tics. The millennium may be around
the corner.
Bill Spivens says three things in
this world are always unexpected
triplets.
WHO WOULDN'T
Id give my wife lands and gold
If she would not, alas! alack!
! Each night her small feet, icy cold
Plant in the middle of my back.
Youngstown, Ohio, now has an of
ficial "cop sniffer" whose duty it is
to get q noseful of all police breaths
every four bells. Absence of a
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

England didn't know what reaI
trouble was until she got her Irish
up.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Say, Madelon, this liver's some
thing awful" said Buddy.
Il ver' sorry, mon cherie," answer
ed his French bride. l spick tomor-
row wiz re liveryman.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Some people would never be abl,
to start conversation if weather
had not bee invented
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Bill Spivens says even if a man is
bad at figures he may enjoy looking
at good one.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Youngstown, Ohio, now has an of
ficial "cop sniffer" whose duty it is
to get a noseful of all police breaths
every four bells, Absence of
hoochful aroma. giving place to
cloves, onions, peppermint, or other
modes of breath camourflage, will
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

When it comes to curing heart
troubles preacher usually has more
success than q doctor.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
WHO WOULDN'T

Id give my wife lands and gold
If she would not, alas! alack!
Each night her small feet. icy cold
Plant in the middle of my back,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Well, if women do roll their stock.
ings, is it anybody's business but
their own?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

II - !: y n 81 :; y d n u u u u !.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Bill Spivens concludes that declar
ing peace is next door to declaring
dividends.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03
RUDE RURAL RHYMES

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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

Christmas comes but once a year.
and sometimes it takes until mid
summer to get through paying for it.
w.
China, as we understand it, doesn't
object to the open door but she
doesn't want Japan standing guard
over il
Another thing we don't understand
is why conceited folks seem to get
along just about as well as the rest
of us.
-":@-
And, too, a continuous conference
on the limitation Of ornaments will
add somewhat 10 the cost of our
armaments.
You can make some people believe
anything Some people, for in
stance, believe saxophone is a mu-
sical instrument.
Mr.. Harding seems to fear that
some potential presidential timber
is lurking in the agricultural bloc in
the senate.
tut
II has just been discovered that
1921, when added together. make
10. No wonder we had 50 much bad
luck last year.
-:':c-
The begger may spend your money
in riotous living, it is true. but think
of how much clear conscience you
can get for a dime.
-@&3-
A press dispatch says a French
man has succeeded in making gold
out Of lead. But we don't advise
you to take stock in his company.
-@@@-
Another reason for thinking the
world Is growing better is that jazz
music is going out Of style.
It'd
Debs says he will war on war. But
he had better keep his mouth shut
If the country gets into another war.
Talking movies have been invented
according to a recent announcement
Now let the chap who has been read
ing the titles keep silent
-&1@
We don't suppose it makes any diff
ference, but we would like to know
what has become of the war between
the Greeks and the Turks.
-@@@
The Russian Gar had bad gov
ernment. Of course, but he did not
let his people starve to death by the
thousands as the bolshevists are do
ing
It'd"
Let US all hope that Eugene Debs
will take the trip TO Russia that he
is talking Of And will like it so
well there that he will decide to re-
main.
--,.~.~..-----
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

France seems to think nations
have conscienccs, AS some individ-
uals are supposed to have.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

-0Ds @
England didn't know what real
! trouble was until she got her Irish
up.
- :SeH-~~-..s. 49,
Well, if women do roll their stock
ings, is 1t anybody'S business but
their own?
You have noticed, of course, that
fast girls hardly ever catch a bus
band
Who got stung when the Irish re-
public sold its bonds for German
marks?
This is election year, and hope
springs eternal in the politician
breast.
Some people will never get out OF
debt so long as these are stores that
sell on credit
-%sN3-
a trade note says there is a short
age Of plumbers. But they are prob
ably on the way.
a%..
France seems to think nations
have cOnscienccs, as some indvid-
uals are supposed to have.
-@@@
Some people would never be able
to start conversation if weather
had not bee invented,
| -. .>.,---
Well, women have had the ballo,
for nearly year, and they haven't
wrecked the country yet.
| = :%N---
Now that we no longer have to
pay war tax on soft drinks, what
will become of the pennies?
| -@S%-
Another way of getting into
trouble is to buy your Christmas
presents on the installment plan.
-@4~S-
We can understand why a man will
get drunk, but can't understand why
he will brag about it.
| -%sSS
The average girl thinks she would
make a dandy central figure for a
tooth paste advertisement.
| -%S:I>
Really, you know, men had a dull
time of it before short shirts and silk
stockings came into fashion.
-S3S-
The term, limitation or ornaments
turned out to have different mean
ing from what most of us thought
-1.N9-
The income tax payers say they
are entitled 10 sympathy, but some
how they don't get much of it.
&:%S-
Farmers have been burning Their
corn for fuel, but the coal men will
, never eat their coal
Il -@SS@
They will never sing hymn OF
hate in the concert of the nations il
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-03

You have noticed, of course, that
fast girls hardly ever catch a bus
band.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-11
NEW TEAM FORMED
SHOWS MUCH CLASS


Grant Anderson of the Monon-
gah Glass has organized a class B
baseball team, and is now ready
to meet any class B teams of this
section, either at home or abroad.
In the lineup of Anderson team
will be found several City League
stars as well as many others who
have played with the Classics in
the last few years. Grant was
former manager Of the Monongah
Glass team
The team will try to book
twilight games for the local park
on an average of two to three
games a week, they will also play
on Saturday and Sundays
They would like to hear from
the following teams, RivesvilIe,
Watson, Kingmont, Middleton,
Bentons Ferry, Everson, Montana,
any of the Church League teams,
or any other. class B team want
ing games. For games call
1881 between and 4:3O
o'clock. s&
With the many stars already
signed up the team should be
one of the fastest in class B in the
county. Grant says after he gets
his boys going he will try to book
a game with the Monongah Glass
team s Si al "A 5$