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Newspaper
Anadarko Daily Democrat
Location
Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
4
A fashion note describes girls coats in rough linen trimmed with bright red turkey cotton. Styles include high military collars, box plaits, green and bright green fabrics, and various trims, with emphasis on cooler fabrics for warm days and fashionable details like turned edges and ribbons.
The article notes heavy net and long popular net lace as suitable for afternoon gowns. It describes how lace lends itself to tunics and draped modes, praising their suitability for elegant styles and current fashion.
A garbled rattling piece describes a chaotic hoodoo joke spreading through a rural editor’s office. Images of broken presses, magical remedies, and courtroom satire unfold as the editor endures a wild sequence of magical pranks. Ultimately the paper prints as usual, illustrating newsroom resilience.
Opening night at the new Diet rich opera house next Monday features Emery Musical Comedy Company with strong crowd turnout despite rain. Electric Park opening yesterday drew praise from managers Massergrale and Hoyer for attendance and performance. The Governor's Daughter at the Auditorium attracted over eleven hundred in the afternoon show with the company lauded for staging and looks. Press from Iola Daily Record calls the musical comedy snappy with a romantic plot, strong specialties, and stylish wardrobes. shows repeat tonight and tomorrow with Wednesday a bill change.
The Chicago R I and Pas railroad lines a new town between Apache and Anadarko near Highland gin with a siding and a ready cotton gin. About 26 acres have been platted for business and residential lots with open lot sales set for Monday October 12 and Tuesday October 13. Steoker has contracted to deliver thousands of bushels of corn. Baldwin and Gibbs Co. Anadarko offers information and pricing for early buyers. Mrs H G Harvey returned from Wichita to visit her daughter Blanche at Mt Carmel Academy with positive impressions of the school.
Local items note Mrs. Killy visiting in Binger and Lookers while Max Goldman enjoys business and leisure in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Nettie Hatchett plans to move from Grace mont to Anadarko, and Mrs. J E Mingue visits her sister Mrs. Hugh Graham in Apache. L A Edie assists Ben Rugeell in preparing a new gallery in Chickasha, Wesley Childe travels to Chickasha to help maintain circus order, and Mr. and Mrs. Morrison of Ft Cobb join A L Morrison of Carnegie in visits. Ella Connelly seeks adminstratrix duties for O O Connelly estate. Fred Pfaff and son Richard travel to Oklahoma City for two weeks to visit Mrs Pfaff's mother. The Ladies of the M E Church plan a regular meeting at Mrs. R R McKnight's Thursday at three.
To the State Pair Mr and Mre Pfaff Mrs W H Campbell Mre Walt Ellison Mrs B T Beast and Clyde Keeler are noted as aight seers at the State Fair with local participants observing terms and roles.
A regular communication of Anadarko Lodge No. 1 A F and A M will be held tonight at 7 30. Business of importance expected and good attendance urged. Raneall Livesay Master Born Hume Secretary.
A quirky, fragmented note contrasts distant sun exhaustion with moon canal stoppage against a comic claim that Champlain's Lumber Company offers the best lumber in town. The speaker asserts shed supply and mentions a low price by an ill-formed manager name.
Mise Alice Hastings spent Sunday with an Anadarko friend. Mrs B B Ties went to Ponca City for the Woman's Home Missionary Society. Mr and Mrs W L Shultz left east for northern California to reside. Shultz’s River side Indian School ties noted. An eastbound Frisco freight derailed near Kunkel mill delaying trains about 35 minutes. No injuries. Estrayed two brown mares about 14 hands, star on forehead, brands ls on shoulder and hip. Five dollars reward for each. notify J L Montgomery, Under Sheriff, Anadarko Oklahoma.
In the city today 214 if G. A. James of the new town Stecker transacts business. Ford promotes his meat as first class and urges customers to choose his groceries for quality.
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