Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: Oklahoma Historical Society
Newspaper Page Text
Muskogee Cimeter. n, n. twins, zdiu MUSKOGEE, OKLA. A friend in need often turns out to be a uueful "double." Did Methuselah lfvo on aour milk, or buttermilk, or what? Wall street will never got over that taste for humping the buinpH. It Ih evident that C'uhUo'h' physician Is no longer preHcrihlng real and unlet. There are 1,507 wafiecf ell lea In China where there Ih neither a foreign nor Chinese pastor. Helen Could might be good onough to remember that the prince doesn't want to marry her. Sometimes I'arls would pilfer that London should bombard It with shells lather than touilsls. The Hollow lOailh Exploring club ought to be able to get Information at almost anv tile works. Hy this time the tools are wonder ing whether to take 'em off or wait until the lock the boat .season opens In view of family objections, could Prince Hello be persuaded to take the millions without Insisting on the lady9 California Is pi educing file largest crop of lemons the state has ever had, but she Isn't going to hand any to the hI1oib. Tbero aio limes when China must be tempted to wisli that .Japan would get Involved In trouble with some 1 emote country. Judging by the peekaboo waists ap pearing In the fashion pictures, the politics of the summer will bo ex tremely radical. Somo people talk too much to ex press one thought on the principle of the man who digs up the- whole yard lor one angleworm. To be sure, the price oTTnoat is go ing up, but the mackerel are coming, and the price of vegetables will bo get ting cheaper every day. A San Francisco rat having chowod off the signature of a last will and testament, the courts decline to follow suit and ratify the document Cubans are restive under tho order prohibiting cock and bull lighting. This Is about tho best authenticated cock-and bull story in existence. Miss Helen Gould has beon com pelled to curtail her charities, but LI mo. Anna does not proposo to re duco the extravagances of make be lieve royalty. A Paris "museum is having difficulty in llnding room for the dlplodocus giv en it by Andrew Carnegie. Tho ob vious thing to do is to store syllable or two somewhere else. Thoso who think Japan can't go to war because of the lack of money for got that the American revolutionists put up a light with a paper issue worth no more than a continental. The flrsiTpaTrof spectacles wore mado In 128f, and probably that Is tho dato when man ilrst started saylug that ho couldn't read a BubscripUou paper because he'd left his glasses home. Tho kaiser, though ho 11 mis It Im possible to make ends meet on $1,000, 000 a year, probably wouldn't bo In terested In tho curront discussion whothor a man can afford to got mar ried and raise a family on $12 a week An owl How-out of a burning chlm noy at Covorach, Cornwall, England, with Its feathers on Hie, and porched on a hayrick near at hand. Tho result was that tho rick was completely do Btroyed, and soveral Blacks of straw laroy escaped. Don't Poison Baby. FORTY TEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP PROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has "been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them " poison." The definition of " narcotic " is : "A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, hat ivhich in poisonous doses produces stupor, coma, convul sions and death. " Th& taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under tho names of "Drops," "Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," etc. You. should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CAST0RIA DOES NOT CON TAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. J. W. DInsdalo, of Chicago, 111., says: "I uso your Castorla and lidvlso Its uso in all families whero thero aro children." Dr. Alexander E. MIntIo, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "I havo frequently prescribed your Castorla and have found it a reliable, and pleasant rem edy for children." Dr. J. S. Alexander, of Omaha, Neb., says: "A medlclno bo valuable and beneficial for children as your Castorla Is, deserves tho highest praise. I find it in uso everywhere." Dr. J. A. McClollan, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: "I havo frequently prescribed your Castorla for children and always got good results. In fact I list Castorla for my own children." Dr. J. "W. Allen, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I heartily endorso your Ca torla. I havo frequently prescribed It In my medical practlco, and hav always found it to do all that is claimed for it." Dr. C. H. Glidden, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "My experience as a prac titioner with your Castorla has been highly, satisfactory, and X consider it an excellent remedy for tho young." Dr. H. D. Bennor, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I havo used your Cas toria as a purgatlvo In tho cases of children for years past .with tho most! happy effect, nnd fully endorso it as a safe remedy." Dr. J. A. Boarman, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castorla Is a splen did remedy for children, known the -world over. I uso it in my practice and havo no hesitancy, in recommending it for tho complaints of infant! and children." Dr. J. J. Macltey, of Brooklyn, N. T., says: "I consider your Castorla an cxcellont preparation for children, being composed of rollablo mediclnea aud pleasant to the tasto, A good remedy for all disturbances of tho digestive organs." v CASTORIA ALWAYS Ueara the signature of teoh't ALCOHOL 3 PEH CENT. AVcgelablc PrcpamlionTorAs similalingilicroodandRciJiiIa llngllic Stomachs amlBowclscf I lv J ffetvA f iTnP! Promotes DiicsUonheerTul ncss and ltest.Conlalnsnei(lcr Opiuiu.MorpIiinc nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. KtpfoMDrSU'SiLmam hiyi&ar Sedm jUx.Sbyui Jkppttmht- . JllCarhnck Z& norm it f u- Ctanfkd Stpr htouTjaM flan flarcr. Apcrfcrl Remedy forConsflpa- lion , oour aiouiacu.Luauiiuij Worms.Coiwulsioiis.Fcvcnsli miss amlLoss of Sleep. J lac Simile Signature oT NEW YORK. iijJii'f.i.u.u.ir.i GENUINE 2L&tfffl& iuarantccd undcrtnc ioc .Exact Copy of Wrapper. yammmmmmmmBBBBommm When tho Lord makes a fool, tho dovil givos him a tonguo. Lire. IF YOU USI3 HA hi, 1II.UI3, Got Hod Cioss Ball Hlue, the boat Ball lilue. Largo 2 oz. package only G cents. Ho that despisoth small things will perish little hy little. Emerson. Smokers nppiecintu the quality value o Lewis' Sinirlc Hinder eijur. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, l'coua, 111. Wise women get their rights wlthoul talking about them. Mr. Wlnslow'rt Soothing Hrrnp. Kor children tot'tlilim, hoUuiih thuKunu, reduces In OiuuimUlou.aUuymialn.curutfUlnileoUu. USouIhuUo. A good life is tho readiest way to procure a good name. Whlchcot. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years- THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET. NCf YORK CITY. PBBBBSkCW. 1 I I I Jl. W.!BPBBHHri Cf V ftV kJ T w'vnvrigiting L- s vzjF8 .mLti& a "Sbb" O aWaaaW., H m fci vifwmmK'.ri w Q VV,&1 1 ft V. ML wtSrv J . N JOkHf&r' Jixcluttvelv SHOES AT ALL pnirrs. pan everV jruorn nrTUrriMMV. uru nnvc unurM uicr iNnr.MILDRCN. iIcq, W. L. Douglmu mrnkmrn mndmelim moroQto v men'm$2.BO,$3.00mndS3.50hoam than mny.oihm manufacture Mtha . V?F world, bmoaumm thay hold thalr ahapa, fit battar, waar longar, and VI I riniinli A onH CR Rill PriffA Shnni Rannnt Rn Fnunlled At Anv Price art- iAU'riO V. W. U Donclan name and prlro Ib tsunped on bottom. Tiilcr Wo NiilivtUiite. Sold 1 tlS&It "Voc deaieriVverjrwl.cro.0 Shoes malic, I twin .WiTsocU'M-i Stated CalaloK Ireo to liny address. j A.. ! U l-AN, iiroch.tou, Mass. IDII 1P NO MONEY TILrtUftlED iJrlJLJI?sJi r DRS.THOftNTOW a MIWOfl-toJoQAK 3T.KAM3A3 ( ron rutc uxus. TmuTucentimLl with tuuot nomrnm am Caaai DUU5U QTY. MO. Malaria Makes Pale Blood The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHIIJy TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. You know what you are taking. The Jorraula is plainly printed on every Dottle, snowing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults and children. 50c. ih