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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
5
The marriage of Mr. J. B. Lucas Jr. and Miss Effie Griffing will be celebrated Thursday evening at the Griffings home in Atoka. They plan a honeymoon to the Colorado mountains and will be at home in Checotah by mid August.
Luncheon and dancing mark a Checotah gathering with out of town guests including Margaret Bungay Mrs Shel ton Crabtree Barden and Jim Pipkins. Miss Bertha Reed to entertain the club next week. Mrs McManus of Okmulgee stays with the Gaines at the Gentry. Kate Wood leaves for Sulphur Springs Texas after a visit with the Moncriefs. Joe Moncrief will spend the summer there. Ethlyn Hill Carolyn McCluskey and Virginia Ogden of Muskogee visited Checotah guests of Edwin Hill. A chicken broil at the Spaulding home near Council Hill drew Mrs A O Johnson Mrs Gentry and Lizzie and Mrs Grant Tuesday evening. A Needleye club forms in Checotah to meet Wednesdays, with Regena Thomas hosting this week and Evelyn Bell next week. Members include Freda Fraser Ilee Lear Cora Lee Gouse Rena Naron Amy Stevens Oleta Stidham Evelyn Bell and Regena Thomas. Mrs Herbert Wetzell and children arrived from Farmer City Ill to visit relatives. Herbert met them in Vinita. Mrs V Kingsbury arrived from Henryetta for a visit with home folks.
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan announced in Washington that he cannot live on his $12,000 yearly salary. He will relinquish duties to an assistant, lecture for a few weeks, and seek to gather earnings. The public is astonished while his friends are urged to raise a pot to avoid neglecting official duties during critical work in Washington.
Hon Geo A Henshaw a member of the state Corporation Commission visited the city Tuesday for Oddfellows home business and was invited to speak on the proposed amendment to article 9 section 9 of the constitution to be voted on in August He argued that the amendment should carry presenting strong points and instruction to the audience
A fine rain fell Saturday around 2 PM and persisted for several hours, totaling nearly an inch. East and south of Checotah received more precipitation. The weather later turned hot and dry with a need for more moisture, though no hot winds and cool nights are noted.
E. A. Merrill has resigned from Checotah Hardware Co and left for Stigler to take a similar job. Mrs. Merrill and children will join him next week to make their future home. They have resided in Checotah three years and leave behind many friends who regret their departure but wish them well.
Miss Frances Moore has been selected as the candidate from Checotah for Queen of the Muskogee fair this fall. If she wins she will receive 1000 dollars and distinguished honors. Moore is described as an excellent and worthy young lady and is urged to receive strong local support.
Base Ball preview notes Ft Gibson will travel to Checotah on Wednesday and Thursday for a pair of games with the local boys. The visiting team is described as one and excellent in the prep.
At the Majestic Friday night Duffy and Miller the Musical Two perform in a quality film program. Mr Newcomb and his Boy Scouts plan a week outing on the Illinois river next week and have arranged with the New Majestic for a benefit show to defray trip expenses. every ticket tonight contributes half the price to the Scouts.
The First National Bank of Checotah offers a premium of five dollars to the person bringing the first open boll of 1913 cotton to the bank. All cotton growers are urged to watch closely and strive to win this premium.
The ice cream social planned for last Saturday evening on the Gentry hotel lawn has been postponed to this Saturday evening. Everyone is invited to attend for a pleasant evening.
Checotah Hardware installed attractive new signs on the baseboard in front of their store on Gentry Avenue. The work was executed by Paul Parrott and demonstrates excellent workmanship.
Reverend Geo B Richardson has resigned the pastorate leaving the congregation without a pastor. An effort will be made to secure a successor in the very near future.
W W Johnson and Oswald Pickett suffered bruises after a runaway near Mrs Wentzell’s on South Second Street. Frightened by an approaching car, the horse bolted, throwing both men to the pavement. Pickett was dragged for over a block before he halted the lines, sustaining cuts and bruises. Johnson escaped with only scratches.
Farmers report strong profits from barley in the region. Plant in September, harvest grain in May, and expect yields close to oats with higher prices per bushel. Recommend sowing about one and a half bushels per acre, and applying 100 pounds of fertilizer on prairie land. Farmers praise the crop and plan broader adoption.
Revival meetings are in progress under a large arbor eight miles south and one mile east of Checotah conducted by Evangelist J. W. Chism. Singing is in charge of Prof. H. Nance. Everyone is invited to attend these services.
A city council approved the purchase of a street sweeper to improve rubbish removal. The decision, discussed in a recent meeting, confirms the new machine will operate on urban streets and support sanitation efforts.
Oklahoma leaders seek ten deceased state figures to honor on a marble tablet at the San Francisco World’s Fair. A referendum invites all state citizens to suggest Oklahoma pioneers who shaped the new state’s history. Proposed names include Sequoyah and Cap L Payne, among others, with living persons excluded.
Checotah Lodge No. 30 I O G B F mourns Noah G Turk. The lodge honors a charter member, husband and brother lost to the order and community. A sixty day period of charter draping is decreed as a token of sorrow for his widow and relatives.
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