J. M. Hursh made a business trip
to Petrolia this afternoon.
James A. Maddox, traveling representative of the Dallas News
is in the city.
M. Davis, a prominent insurance man of Seymour was here today
on business.
George Wigham returned today from Harrold, where he had been
on business.
Jo A. P. Dickson, a prominent real estate man of Seymour, was
here on business today.
Mrs. C. J. Hursh left this afternoon for Dundee to visit Dr.
D. Meredith and family.
Judge S. H. Hodges of Corpus Christi,
arrived in the city this afternoon to look
after business matters.
Mrs. George L. Mater returned this
morning from Kell, Oklahoma, where
she had
been visiting Mrs. W. D. Hyer and family and Mr. and Mrs. O.
H. Maricle.
P. C. Maricle came in last night from a ten days
visit to relatives and friends at his
old home in Mill Shoals, Illinois.
Mrs. J. C. Cunningham and little son
of Childress arrived in the city this afternoon
and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Curry and family.
Ed. Orr, representing the
Continental Gin Company, who will
make this city
his headquarters, has arrived here with
his family to make this city his
home.
Mr. Orr succeeds R. C. Malone as the representative
of the gin company at this place.
Mr. Malone having been transferred to Abilene, where his home
is.
T. M. Sims, the barber, who has
worked for L. H. Lawler for the past two and one-
half years left town today for Frederick, Oklahoma,
where he goes to seek employment.
Mr. Sims has a lease on a building and
will return to Wichita Falls and open a first
class shop the 1st of May and
he hopes that his many friends and customers
will
remember him at that time. His family will remain in this city.
Wichita Daily Times -January 10, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Kemp of
Sedalia, Mo. are in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J.
W. Parker. Mr. Kemp is a brother of Mrs. Parker
J. A. Kemp, who went to New York city ??? ten
days ago on a business trip is expected
to return this week in time to be present at the Chamber of Commerce
banquet tonight.
O. P. Morse of Medina, Ohio, arrived
here yesterday for a visit to his brother, G.
W. Morse. It was the first time the two brothers had met in twenty-five
years.
Seth Mayfield formerly of this city,
but now located in Fort Worth, where
he is
connected with the engineering department of
the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad, was
in the city today on business.
Wichita Daily Times -January 13, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Several articles too dim to read
Mrs. I. A. Bartlett,
nee Miss Bertha Wilson, of Abilene,
is in the city
visiting relatives.
Messrs. C. H. Clark and A. C.
Henson of Iowa Park were transacting business in the
city today.
Messrs. James Dodson and E. Rexford,
two of the pioneer citizens of Burkburnett were
here on business today.
Mrs. Ed. Perry and children arrived this
morning from Kell City, Oklahoma where they
had been visiting relatives.
F. Sebastian of South Dakota accompanied
by W. H. Holder of Iowa Park, whom he is
visiting were in the city today.
R. L. Combs, a popular knight of the
grip with headquarters at Fort Worth was in the
city today calling on his trade.
Henry Br??? One of the
prosperous farmers who live
near Iowa Park, was
transacting business in the city today.
M. B. Griffith, traveling representative for the R.G. Dun
insurance agency in Dallas is
in this city, looking after business.
Mr. Frank Jackson, Sr. of Carrolton, is in the city visiting
relatives.
Mrs. E. L. Wehritin? of St. Louis is in the city visiting her
mother, Mrs. Flint Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilcox of
Abilene were here today on their return
home from
Eastern Tennessee and Virginia where they had been visiting relatives.
R.I. Burgess returned home today from
Frederick, Oklahoma where he had been to look
after work on the new depot for the Wichita Falls and Northwestern
Railway Company.
Mr. J. J. Bates and family of Tishamingo,
Oklahoma arrived in the city recently and
have decided to make Wichita Falls
their future home. Mr. Bates has rented the old
Pickland place from Stearns & Elliott.
A.R. Fain of Richardson of ?? Georgia
arrived in Wichita Falls yesterday for a visit
with his brother. J. G. Fain, the real estate man.
He has sold his property in Georgia
and may decide to locate in Wichita Falls.
J. A. Kemp, president of the Wichita Fall Railway,
the Wichita Falls and Northwestern
and the Wichita Falls and Southern
left today to represent the interest of these
railroads at the hearing of the ??? proposition by the state
railway commission.
Wichita Daily Times -January 14, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. George Myers of Jolly was shopping in the city today.
Mrs. Levi Carey of Thornberry was among the visitors in the city
today.
J. F. Johnson of Petrolia was transacting business in the city
today.
Mr. S. L. Cox left this afternoon for Nocoaa where he will visit
relatives.
Commissioner E. A. Dale of Iowas Park was transacting business
in the city today.
M. J. Talbott, one of Petrolia's enterprising citizens, was here
today on businss.
W. R. Houston, traveling salesman for the Murray Gin Company
of Dallas is in the city.
George Knight, one of the leading
citizens of Iowa Park, is in the city attending
district court.
Dr. R. H. Maricle left this afternoon
for Kell City, Okla., to visit his son, G.
H. Maricle and family.
Messrs. P. P. Langford and A. Newby made a business trip to Burkburnett
this afternoon.
J. G. Hardin, a prominent citizen
of Burkburnett, was transacting business in the
city today.
Mrs. J. A. McSpadden of this city
left this afternoon for Holliday to visit her
daughter, Mrs. T. B. Wilson.
Mrs. J. F. ??? returned last night after a two week visit with
relatives at Den????.
C. P. East??? ??? the city today on his way to Fort Worth.
C. A. Allingham of Harrold, vice
president of First National bank of this city, was
here today on business.
Mrs. Annie E. Bulloch and little
son left this afternoon for Roby, Texas,
where
Mrs. Bulloch goes to look after business matters.
Miss Maud McKecham of Henderson, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. D. Peeler
of this city, returned to her home this afternoon.
Wichita Daily Times -January 15, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Ex-Senator Decher of Quanada was in the city today.
M. Davis, a prominent business man of Seymour, was in the city
today.
J. A. Owens, Sr. of Olney was doing transacting business in the
city today.
J. H. Price returned from Detroit last night where he had been
on business.
J. F. Preston, formerly of this
city but now of Halsell, Texas
was in the city
on business.
Sheriff John Branch of Wise county was in the city today on official
business.
Rev. H. A. Goodwin left this afternoon
for Higgins, Texas where he will begin a
revival meeting.
Homer McGregor, a prominent merchant of Petrolia was here today
on business.
General J. E. Roller
of Harrisonburg, Va., is in the
city looking after
business interests.
Mrs. H. P. Nichols of Petrolia
was in the city today, the guest of her friend, Miss
Eddie Lee Brooks.
W. D. Jordan, federal cattle inspector
with headquarters at Quanah was in the city
today on businss.
Judge C. B. Felder and family are in
Kaufman, Texas, where the judge is attending to
legal business.
Miss Annie Miller of Hereford, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. E. W. Morris,
of this city, left for home this afternoon.
W. Y. McCune, auditor and secretary of the
Wichita Valley railway company, left today
for Austin on business for the company.
Mr. G. M. Callahan, the blacksmith,
presented this office today with one
of his
beautiful calendars, for which he has our thanks.
J. C. Cunningham, one of the popular passenger
conductors for the Denver on the north
end, is in the city in response
to a telegram from his wife,
who is visiting
friends here, announcing the serious illness of their little
baby.
Mr. R. J. Harris and daughter,
Miss Annie May of Fredrick, Okla., were in the city
today. Miss Harris will become a student at St. Mary's Academy
of this city.
Mrs. T. H. Huggins and children
of this city who have been visiting Mrs. Huggins
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Guilahorn, of this city left for
their home this afternoon.
Mr. Arthur Johnson and sister, Miss
Elivia of Donovan, Ill., after a very pleasant
visit with the families of Messrs. Gus
Byman, Will Frieberg and other relatives left
for their home this afternoon well pleased with Texas.
Arthur B. Huff, driver for the Wells Fargo
express here, yesterday made his first run
as an express messenger, going from this city to Abilene over
the Wichita Valley.
Rev. S. J. Thomas of Goodnight,
Texas, was in the city today en route
home from
Terral, Oklahoma, where he had been conducting a very successful
revival.
Conductor C. N. Roberts of the
Denver was in the city yesterday looking after his
property interests here. He has let to
Cox and Snyder, contractors, the contract for
a handsome five room dwelling on
Austin avenue between 8th and 9th streets, which
will cost in the neighborhood of $2,500. Work on the building
is now well under way.
Wichita Daily Times -January 16, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Judge A. H. Carrigan left this afternoon for Throckmorton on
business.
Mr. J. C. Doneghy returned this morning from a business trip
to Burkburnett.
H. P. Davidson of Seymour was in the city today en route to Dallas
on business.
Frank Cauble, Eschiti's popular postmaster,
was in the city yesterday visiting
relatives.
H. D. Holley of Burkburnett was transacting business in the city
today.
Mr. T. G. Stearns, one
of the prosperous farmers
from Beaver Creek was
transacting business in the city today.
C. B. Gorman, formerly of this city,
but now of Fort Worth, is in the city attending
court and shaking hands with his old friends.
Mr. W. C. Evans of Leonard, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Ira Willis of this
city for the past week, returned to her home yesterday.
Mrs. Craig Boyd of Amarillo, who has
been visiting Mr. Boyd's relatives in this city
for the past month, returned to her home this afternoon.
Mrs. J. A. McSpadden, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. B. Wilson
of
Holliday, returned this afternoon to her home near this city.
Mr. W. H. Holder and family, who
have been living in Iowa Park for several years,
have returned to Wichita Falls and will again make this city
their home.
E.W. Russey, one of the wide awake real
estate men of Seymore, was in the city today
on his return home from Bowie,
where he had been to pay the last sad rites to his
mother who died in that city recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hilburn, who reside two miles northwest of
the city are in receipt of
a telegram dated at Chicago, announcing
the marriage of their daughter, Miss Pearl
to J. Stuart Blackton, a wealthy
business man of New York. They will be at home at
1826 Church avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. after January 25th.
E. B. Carver of the Club ranch, was here on business today.
Wichita Daily Times -January 17, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Miss Ina Adams has gone to Iowa Park for an extended visit with
her friends.
C. S. Whitesides, a prominent business man of Seymore, was in
the city today.
J. T. Williams, a prosperous farmer
from Dundee, was transacting business in the
city today.
Judge C. B. Felder returned last
night from Kaufman, where he had been attending to
legal business.
Miss Hattie and her brother, Master George
Miller, of Fruitland, are in the city the
guest of their friends, Misses Celia and Ruth Stayton.
District Attorney P. A. Martin of Graham arrived
today to be ready for the opening of
the criminal docket in the district court next Monday.
Mr. E. W. Morris, who is suffering
from an attack of rheumatism; will leave tonight
for Marlin, Texas, in hope of gaining some relief at that health
resort.
Mrs. S. A. Gorman, of Randlett,
Ok., is in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J.
W. Henderson from Charlie, where she
had been to see her daughter,
Mrs. J. M.
Fraubion, who has been dangerously ill with
typhoid pneumonia, but reports her
danger and is convalescing rapidly.
Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas, January 18, 1908 Personal
Mention Column
Attorney W. T. Allen of Burkburnett was transacting business
here today.
Seth Mayfield,??? for the Fort Worth and Denver, is in the city
today.
J. A. Brown a prosperous farmer from Thornburg was in the city
today.
H. P. Davidson of Seymour was in the
city today on the way home from a business trip
to Dallas.
Joe Huggins returned this afternoon from Childress where he had
been on business.
Mrs. A. P. Kerr and daughter, Miss Carrie, left this
afternoon for Dundee to visit Dr.
D. Meredith and family.
Miss Torbett, who is teaching school at Jolly was shopping in
the city today.
M. A. Forgy, editor and proprietor of the Archer
Reporter, was transacting business in
the city today.
Mrs. Nannie White returned this afternoon from Fort
Worth, where she had been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ben Robertson.
Miss Evelyn Rountree, accompanies by
Miss Alta Davidson of Henrietta arrived in the
city this afternoon. They are guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rountree.
Mrs. Robert Kerr of Colorado Springs,
Colo., who has been visiting relative
in
Archer City, and Mrs. A. H. Carrigan
of Wichita Falls, left this afternoon
for
her home, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. I. W. Hart.
Dr. J. F. Lane, assistant corresponding
secretary of the home mission board
of
the Southern Baptist convention of Atlanta,
Ga., is the guest of W. F. Fry, pastor
of the Baptist church, and will occupy the pulpit of that church
tomorrow morning.
Leonard Baker, an enterprising young
business man of Amarillo, passed through the
city today en route to Austin,
where he will be married to Miss Adeline Speegle of
that city tomorrow. Both of these young people formerly
lived in Wichita Falls and have
many friends here that will wish them prosperity and happiness
through life.
Wichita Daily Times -January 20, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. A. Fisher of Electra is in the city attending district court.
Earl Apple of Iowa Park was here today attending district court.
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Judge R. E. Hendry left this afternoon for his ranch near Mabelle,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Gillis of Iowa
Park were in the city today the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Holder.
Joe K??? a prosperous farmer who lives near Iowa Park, was here
today on business.
Hard Butler of Ft. Worth, one of the Wichita
boys of long ago is in the city visiting
old friends.
Miss Daisy Clayton left this afternoon for Sherman to visit friends
indefinitely.
Allie Dodson one of the leading citizens of Burkburnett, was
here on business today.
Frank Emanuel, manager for the Mayfield
Lumber company, of Iowa Park, was here on
business today.
Miss Ethel Wright of Henrietta is
in the city and will become a student
of the
Wichita Commercial College.
Mrs. Annie E. Bullock, returned yesterday
from Roby, Texas, where she had
been
adjusting business matters.
Messrs. Stafford, Helm, John
Raborn, Sam and Robert Bellah of
Dundee, were
transacting business in the city today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bradford had
returned home from Henrietta, where they had been
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Russell.
Mrs. Ethel Bentley, of this city
left today for Amarillo, where she goes to accept
a position as stenographer in one of the railroad offices in
that city.
Mr. H. W. Norwood, one of Vernon's prominent
merchants, visited his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. J. M. Norwood of this city yesterday. He left this afternoon
for Frederick.
Wichita Daily Times -January 22, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Postmaster Rodgers of ??? was here today on business.
J. L. Brooks of Burkburnett was doing business in the city today.
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Judge S. P. Huff of Vernon was
in the city today en route to Whitesborough to see
his mother.
J. B. Winfrey, a prominent citizen
of Iowa Park was transacting business
in the
city today.
Mrs. G. D. Anderson spent Sunday in Fort Worth
with a sister-in-law, who is seriously
ill.
A.R. Duke of the firm of Rock
& Duke left this afternoon for Frederick, Oklahoma
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Barwise of Electra
who have been visiting relatives
in this
city, returned to their home today.
Mrs. L. D. Rhodes and little daughter
left for Clarendon this afternoon where they
will visit Mrs. Rhodes' mother.
Mrs. L. M. Boyd, who has been
visiting relatives in Groesbeck for the
past two
months', returned to her home in this city this afternoon.
Mr. W. P. Fry, pastor of the
First Baptist church, left this afternoon for Abilene
to attend a pastor's conference. Rev.
Fry will make talks before the conference upon
"The Pastor in His Study" and "The Pastor Among
His People."
W. H. Cousins, a prominent drug
man of Munday, was in the city today and informed a
Times man that he would locate in Wichita Falls
in the near future, provided he could
secure a suitable business location. Mr. Cousins
is a young business man of push and
energy, of which Wichita Falls has many, and he would be
a valuable acquisition to this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Joyce are visiting in Petrolia.
W. W. Johnson, one of the pioneer
residents of Wichita Falls???? "The
rest is
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Wichita Daily Times -January 23, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Most of this paper is unreadable:
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Henderson and
children of Austin are here for
a visit to Mr.
Henderson's mother, Mrs. M. T. Henderson
and his sister Mrs. A?? Bruce Smith and his
brother, Mr. N. Henderson.
Mr. C. J. Shomaker of Thornberry
who went to Fort Worth a month ago with his son,
James for treatment by a specialist,
returned this afternoon. He reports his son's
condition greatly improved. It will be
remembered that his son had his back broken
some time ago, caused by a bale of cotton falling
on him and his friends here will be
glad to learn that there are still hope for his recovery.
Wichita Daily Times -January 24, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. A. Kemp returned last night from a business trip to Chicago.
Miss Jessie Moore left this afternoon for a visit with friends
at Dundee.
Rev. R. F. Fisher pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church of this city, left for a
trip to Dallas, where he went to confer with
the architects who are drawing the plans
for the proposed new church for that
denomination in this city. Arrangements will be
completed for the building of the church in
the near future, it is expected, and work
on the building will begin within a few weeks, according to the
present plans.
Wichita Daily Times -January 25, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. H. Huggins of Kell, Okla., is in the city meeting old friends.
R. H. Brown of Groom, Texas, is in the city visiting relatives.
J. A. Lowry of Holliday was transacting business in the city
today.
Mrs. A. C. Henson of Iowa Park was among the visitors to the
city today.
J. W. Scott, one of Burkburnett's thrifty farmers, was here on
business today.
Robert L. Hull of Charlie is in the city visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hull.
Judge J. D. Stine of Henrietta was in the city today en route
to his ranch near Byers.
Miss Hesta Ziegler left this afternoon for Holliday to visit
her sister, Mrs. Lee.
L. C. Denny, a prosperous farmer who lives near Iowa Park, was
here on business today.
Mrs. Rosa Barry of Abilene is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M.
A. Marcus of this city.
Mr. W. D. Powell of Fort Worth is visiting his sister, Mrs. I.
H. Mahaffey of this city.
Mrs. W. C. Sherrod is ill at her home on Bluff avenue with a
severe attack of the grip.
Mrs. L. T. Allman of Iowa Park, who has been
cisiting Mrs. W. F. Ehiert of this city,
left for her home this afternoon.
Judge S. P. Huff of Vernon was in the city today,
en route home from Whitewrite, where
he had been visiting his mother.
Rev. W. W. Melton of Bellevue was in
the city today en route to Thornberry, where he
will fill his regular appointment tomorrow.
Miss Mecede McKinzie, stenographer for
Anderson & Patterson of this
city, left
this afternoon for Bowie to visit relatives.
St. Clair Sherrod is home after
a trip to Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he went
in
the interest of the Wichita Broom Company.
J. M. Bryan of Thornberry was here on business today.
Mr. C. Dean, a progressive and
prominent farmer from near Petrolia, was in the city
today and paid the Times a pleasant and appreciated call.
H. A. G??? superintendent of the
Fort Worth and Denver railway, with headquarters
at Childress, is in the city looking after business matters.
Mrs. T. C. Stephens of Iowa Park, who has been visiting
her friend, Mrs. S. J. Ashmore
of this city, returned to her home this afternoon, accompanied
by Mrs. Ashmore.
Rev. W. L. Livingston, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Vernon, Texas, was a guest
of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Dalton last night. He left this afternoon
for his home at Vernon.
Mrs. C. B. Googer left yesterday
for Vernon, where she will reside in the future,
Mr. Googer having accepted the position of
foreman of the Vernon Hornet, a bright and
newsy weekly paper published by J. Ray.
W. F. Fry, pastor of the First
Baptist church, has returned from Abilene,
where
he attended a pastor's conference. The
regular services will be held at the church
tomorrow. Attention is called to the
fact that the evening service will begin at
7:30 o'clock instead of 7.
Dr. D. T. Sumnerville,
presiding elder of the Fort Worth
district of the
Methodist Episcopal church, stopped off
here yesterday while en route to
the
Panhandle, to confer with the members
of the church here concerning the proposed new
church building. He left on an early north bound train this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Boddy and Miss
Kate Patterson of Henrietta are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Patterson of this
city. Miss Patterson will return to Henrietta this
afternoon.
Mrs. Walter Allen, with Miss Norma
and Jack are visiting friends and
relatives
in Texarkana and Benton, Arkansas
Wichita Daily Times -January 26, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. B. Bell of Iowa Park was here on business today.
Ed. B. Carver and family of Archer city, are visitors here today.
Miss Jenie Levy of Paris, France, is the guest of Mrs. Hubert
Hopkins.
Ed ??? of Katy is in the city doing business.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S Scruggs of Seymour were among the visitors
in the city today.
B. E. Fuller, one of Clay county's progressive farmers, was here
on business today.
Clabe Burnett, a prominent cowman of Ringgold, is in the city
transacting business.
G. W. Harrison, one of the prosperous
farmers from Thornberry was here on business
today.
Charles Swenson, one of the prosperous farmers
from Charlie, was transacting business
in the city today.
George L. Moore, the popular Katy
passenger agent in this city, has returned from
a business trip to Fort Worth and Dallas.
Mr. Ben White, of King & White, accompanied
by his mother, left today for Fort Worth
to visit Mrs. Ben Robertson, Mrs. White's daughter.
Engineer J. W. Field returned last
night from Olney where he has been
with the
surveying corps of the Wichita Falls
and Southern and is now confined to his room in
this city with a severe attack of the grip.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lory of Union Grove, Wisconsin, are
in the city, and will likely spend
the greater portion of the winter
here as the guests of Judge
J. J. Lory, a
relative of theirs.
Major and Mrs. Robert Cobb left
yesterday for Amarillo where the
marriage of
their daughter Virginia Leome to Mr.
Henry C. Harding will take place at high noon
tomorrow. Mr. Harding is a prominent
Panhandle cattleman. Following the ceremony the
couple will go to Denver to spend
their honeymoon. Later they will be at home in
Amarillo.
G. R. Decker, a prominent farmer from the Bowman neighborhood,
was transacting business
in the city today.
Rev. J. A. Stafford, pastor of the Tenth Street Methodist
church ????? to officiate at
the burial of ????? wife of the Methodist minister
at that place, who died last night
after a short illness with lung trouble.
Wichita Daily Times -January 28, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Bob Waggoner of Vernon was a visitor here today.
Mr. and Mrs. George Myers of Jolly were in the city today.
E. B. Carver of the Club ranch was here on business today.
Prof. O. H. Maricle of Kell, Okla., was here on business today.
J. F. Johnson of Petrolia was in the city today en route to Henrietta
on business.
County Commissioner Dale of the Red River district, was in town
today on business.
E. W. Edwards of Gainesville has accepted
a position in the office of the J. C. Hunt
Grain Co.
Mrs. L. B. McMurtry of this city
is in Fort Worth, visiting her daughter, Mrs. D.
W. Harcrow.
A.G. Martin of Addington, Oklahoma, is
in the city, the guest of his friend.
O.
P. Maricle.
Mrs. L. D. Rhodes returned yesterday
from Clarendon, where Mrs. Rhodes visited her
mother.
J. Lee Jackson, of the Panhandle Implement
Company of this city, made a business trip
to Holliday this afternoon.
Robert M. Waggoner, a prominent citizen
of Vernon, is in the city visiting
his
brothers, Messrs. T. J. and J. L. Waggoner.
Messrs. S. P. Hawkins and
M. Dodson, two prominent citizens
of Burkburnett,
were transacting business in the city today.
Wichita Daily Times -January 29, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. J. E. Stratton left today for Dallas, where she will visit
relatives.
Mrs. Blake Williams has gone on a visit to friends and relatives
at Weatherford.
Mr. W. H. Suddith returned last night from a visit in ??? and
other Oklahoma towns.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berger of Wynn,
Ark., who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C.
H.
Hardeman for the past week, left yesterday for their home.
Mr. P. C. Davis of Flandreau, South Dakota,
is in the city, the guest of his friend,
Mr. Al Richolt. The latter learned
his trade under Mr. Davis, and this is the first
time Mr. Richolt has had the pleasure of meeting his old boss.
Wichita Daily Times -January 30, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Miss Suzie Field, vocal instructor in
Simmons College at Abilene was called home
here yesterday on account of the
illness of her father, J. W. Field. Mr. Field's
condition remains practically unchanged today.
Wichita Daily Times -January 31, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Dr. J. A. Deakins of Iowa Park was here today on business.
H. D. Holley of Burkburnett was transacting business in the city
today.
Rev. T. R. Bowles left this afternoon for Byers to conduct his
regular monthly meeting.
Attorney C. C. Huff and Frank Kell are at Guthrie to attend the
Eschiti-Kell hearing.
Mr. J. N. George of near Iowa
Park, was in the city today and called and paid his
respects to the Times.
J. R. Brummett, a prosperous real estate man of Henrietta,
was transacting business in
the city today.
Mack Taylor returned last night from a month's visit
at his old home in Linden, Texas.
He reports a delightful trip.
J. L. McConkey, manager for the
Farmers' Union Warehouse Co., of this
city left
this afternoon for Fort Worth on business.
Major and Mrs. Robert Cobb returned
this morning from Amarillo, where they attended
the wedding of their daughter last Tuesday.
O. P. Morse, after a three weeks
visit with the families of E. B. and G. W. Morse,
left yesterday afternoon for his home in Northern Ohio.
Presiding Elder Howard of the M.
E. Church South of the Vernon District was in the
city today en route to Seymour to hold quarterly conference.
George L. Moore, agent for the Katy at this place, informed
a Times reporter today that
he had shipped thirty cars of cattle
today from Abilene and Stamford over his road
to St. Louis Markets.
R. E. Montgomery, the original promoter
of the townsite of Wichita Falls, who is
now living in Fort Worth, stopped off here yesterday morning
for several hours while en
route to British Columbia, where is he going to look after business
interests.
Mr. and Mrs. Samp Nichols of Seymour
were in the city today en route to Duncan,
Oklahoma, in response to a telegram announcing
the death of Mrs. Nichols' brother-in-
law, Mr. J. Q. Cables, which occurred in that city on the 30th
inst.
Judge Henry Sayles of Abilene is in the city today.
Mr. J. E. Adams, warehouseman for the Katy here, is reported
quite sick with the grippe.
The friends of Mrs. W. W. Mann
will be glad to learn that she is convalescing from
a severe attack of la grippe.
Loyd Wilson, head clerk for O. W. Bean & Son
after an illness of one week, is again to
be at his post of duty.
R. S. Hill, one of the tonsorial artists at
B. C. Williams' barber shop, is suffering
from a severe attack of la grippe at his home, 510 Lamar ave.
Ira Wills, of the Coleman-Lysaght-Blair Grocery
Company, who has been confined to his
room with la grippe for several days, is able to attend to business
today.
Mrs. T. M. Sims, who has been quite sick with the grippe, is
now convalescent.
The condition of Mr. J. W. Field is reported as greatly improved
this afternoon.
Wichita Daily Times -February 5, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Postmaster Rodgers of Jolly was here on business today.
Mayor T. B. Noble is visiting his old home in San Augustine,
Texas.
Mrs. A. C. Henson of Iowa Park was among the visitors to the
city to day.
Mrs. Homer McGregor of Petrolia is in the city, the guest of
Mrs. R. F. Simpson
E. H. Thomas, one of Kell City's thrifty business men, was here
on business today.
S. T. Scaling, one of Dundee's
staunch citizens, was transacting business
in the
city today.
J. L. Norris, a capitalist of Fort
Worth, was in the city today en route to Goree
on business.
Mr. M. Scott and family of this city
will leave in the morning for Marlow, Oklahoma,
to visit relatives.
H. D. Holley, one of the wide-awake citizens
of Burkburnett, was transacting business
in the city today.
W. C. Brown, after visiting his
family in this city for a few days, returned
to
Petrolia this afternoon to look after his oil interests.
R. M. Comer, traveling salesman for W. H. Baker
of Winchester, VA., and well known to
many of our people, was here today looking after his trade.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Barlett of Abilene,
who have been visiting Mrs. Barlett's mother,
Mrs. T. H. Wilson, of this city, left for their home this afternoon.
Mrs. J. E. Wood of Byers was
in the city today en route home from Anson, where she
had been to pay the last sad
rites to her brother, Rev. J. L. Simpson, who died in
that city last Sunday.
H. A. Allen and wife arrived from
Waco yesterday and will make this city
their
future home. Mr. Allen will succeed D. P. Duncan
as secretary for the Wichita Mill and
Elevator Company.
Mrs. J. L. Mears, who has been quite sick with la grippe, is
convalescing.
A. J. Haddix, the photographer, is on the sick list, having an
attack of the grip.
Mr. Tom Hickman reports that there are four
cases of smallpox in his family, but that
all are getting along nicely. Mr. Hickman is quarantined away
from his home.
Mr. C. H. Smith is able to be up again, after a siege of the
grippe.
A telegram received by Mrs. A.
H. Carrigan from her husband, Judge Carrigan,
who
was called to Hope, Ark., last
Sunday to attend the bedside of one of his sisters
who died before he arrived there,
states that another sister is very
low with
pneumonia, and that but small hopes are entertained for her recovery.
Mr. A. Dickinson, one of our oldest citizens,
who resides on the western edge of the
city, is very sick with pneumonia.
His condition, however, is not thought
to be
dangerous.
Wichita Daily Times -February 6, 1908 Personal Mention Column
A. N. Henderson returned today from a business trip to Archer
City.
Mrs. Z. T. Apple of Iowa Park is in the city visiting her son,
S. H. Apple and family.
Mrs. W. L. Yauger of Iowa Park was among the visitors in the
city today.
H. L. Morton of Olongapo, Philippine Island,
is in the city visiting his father, Rev.
J. W. Morton.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Fehr of Denison are in the
city visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Snyder
and other relatives.
Mrs. J. K. Fount Le Roy left today for Fort
Worth where she will visit with relatives
for two weeks.
Messrs. A. L. Thornbury and R.
E. Sawdon, two well to do farmers
of Thornberry
were transacting business in the city today.
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Mr. W. H. Balica, one of the
prominent citizens of Wichita Falls,
now of San
Antonio, passed through the city this
afternoon en route to Farmington, New Mexico,
to visit his daughter, Mrs. T. D. Skeen.
Mr. and Mrs. O.L. Clark were in
the city today on their to Wichita
Falls from
Llago, Texas, where Mrs. Clark has been in a sanitarium.
While there Mrs. Clark gained
fourteen pounds in weight and is much improved. After a
short day at home, Mr. and Mrs.
Clark will probably go to San Antonio
to ?? until Mrs. Clark's health is fully
recovered.
Mrs. J. A. Stafford, wife of the pastor
of the Tenth street Methodist church is very
sick with a severe attack of the grip.
On account of the illness of Mrs.
Stafford the Junior League social announced for
tomorrow night at the Tenth Street Methodist church has been
indefinitely postponed.
Mr. S. C. Campbell, who has been
quarantined at his home for the past two or three
weeks, owing to smallpox in his
family, is again at his desk
at the Coleman,
Lysaught, Blair Company. His little daughter has entirely recovered.
Wichita Daily Times -February 7, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. W. A. Thompson left this morning
for a week's visit with relatives near Archer
City.
Prof. J. F. Ellis returned to Archer
City this morning, after a short business trip
to this city.
Leon Slaughter, who has been with
Robertson's drug store for several months, left
today for Bonham, where he goes to accept a position.
R. V. Penwell, formerly employed
at Ralph Darnell's will take Mr. Slaughter's place at Robertson's.
Wichita Daily Times -February 8, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Will Gardner of Jolly was in the city today.
Seth Mayfield of Fort Worth is in the city today.
Alex Kahn will leave tonight for Oklahoma City.
District Attorney P. A. Martin left this afternoon for Fort Worth.
Mrs. J. R. Clopton returned today from a visit to her son in
Dallas.
Mrs. R. H. Smith left this afternoon for Guthrie, Okla., to visit
with friends.
R. P. Neeley, general freight agent of the Denver, was in the
city today.
Master Roy Green of Bowie is visiting his friend, Jerome Stone
of this city.
Miss Laura Bell of Iowa Park visited
with Miss Aliene Waggoner of this city between
trains today.
Howard Mahaffie left today for Henrietta to spend Sunday.
Mrs. James Fooshee of Nocona arrived
last night for a visit with John Fooshee and
family. Mr. Fooshee is expected to arrive tonight.
Messrs. E. Goetze and Henry Brockrelder, two of Wichita
County's prominent farmers, of
the Clara neighborhood were in the city today and paid the Times
an agreeable visit.
Supt O.E. Mears and Roadmaster J. N. Porter of the
Wichita Valley, returned today from
an inspection trip over the line from here to Abilene.
Miss Minnie Ellis and Miss Emma Haynes, teachers
in the Iowa Park public school, came
down today to spend Sunday with relatives and friends in this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Strange of Wynnewood,
Oklahoma, arrived here last night and will
make this city their home. For the present they will
live with Mrs. Strange's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. White.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hudson of Manono,
Oklahoma, arrived here today to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Hudson's sister. Mrs.
T. I. Boone, which will take place from the
residence of D. W. James, 211 Scott avenue, tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Wichita Daily Times -February 11, 1908 Personal Mention Column
V. E. Stampill is at Dallas on business.
Mrs. Eugene Sherrod has returned from
Portland, Arkansas and is now packing
up
her household goods in preparation to go to
Lehigh, Oklahoma, where her husband has a
position as a court stenographer.
Mrs. America Bowman of Roswell, New
Mexico, and her granddaughter, Miss
Belle
Terhune, returned to Iowa Park today,
after a short visit with Miss
Terhune's
brother, Milton Terhune, paying teller at the First National
Bank.
General Attorney C. C. Huff, Auditor
M. M. Murray and Stenographer Sanders of the
Wichita Falls and Northwestern, left
for Guthrie yesterday, where Attorney Huff will
investigate the orders recently passed by
the corporation commission of Oklahoma,
affecting the Northwestern, and may file a motion
for a rehearing of the Eschiti depot
question.
Mr. C. J. Shumake of Thornberry returned last night
from Fort Worth, where he had been
to visit Mrs. Shumake and his son, James,
who, a few months ago sustained a fracture
of his back and was taken to
Fort Worth and placed in a sanitarium in the hope of
effecting a cure, or at least some
relieve. He reports that his son has
gained
considerably in flesh since he was
taken to Fort Worth, and shows other signs
of
improvement in his general condition, but is still
unable to use his lower limbs. Mr.
Shumake, however, entertains great hope
for the recovery of his son, whom he says
shares in this hope and is very
much cheered and pleased with the treatment he is
receiving.
Wichita Daily Times -February 12, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. B. Self, city marshal of Seymour was here on business today.
Sam Shaw of Petrolia was transacting business in the city today.
J. C. Hunt left this afternoon for Petrolia to look after his
oil interests.
Mrs. T. B. Smith and little daughter
are visiting Mrs. Smith's parents at Guthrie,
Texas.
S. T. Scaling, a prominent stockman and farmer
of Dundee, was transacting business in
the city today.
Miss Lula Adams returned this morning
from Iowa Park, where she had been visiting
friends.
J. C. Burney, credit man at the Coleman-Lysaght-Blair
Company, returned yesterday from
a week's visit to his family at Fort Worth.
Frank Colier, of the firm of Colier
& Hendricks, left the first of the week for St.
Louis and Chicago to buy goods for the spring and summer trade.
Mrs. C. N. Buchanan of Peoria, Ill.,
who spent two or three days with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. C. W. Beavers of this city, left this morning for her
home in Illinois.
Judge J. H. Barwise left today
for Fort Worth to visit his son, J. H. Barwise, Jr.,
and family, and attend the meeting of the Knight Templars, of
which he is a member.
Dr. Robert L. Miller left this afternoon
for Dundee to see Mr. T. A. Helm, Sr., whom
he reports in a very critical condition, and we regret to say
his recovery is doubtful.
Pike Gentry, after an absence of
thirteen years from this city in Nebraska,
has
returned and will again make Wichita
Falls his home. Mr. Gentry is a
brother of
Mrs. W. H. Dammering.
Judge A. H. Carrigan arrived last night from Hope,
Arkansas, where he was called about
ten days ago by the death of
a sister. After his arrival another sister was taken
seriously ill, and on that account Judge Carrigan
remained until it was believed that
she was out of danger. Will Carrigan,
who accompanied Judge Carrigan to Arkansas,
remained there for a longer stay.
Mrs. Rosa Barry, who was the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Morris Marcus for two weeks
past, left yesterday for her home
in Abilene. She was accompanied by her
little
granddaughter, Adelle Marcus.
Wichita Daily Times -February 13, 1908 Personal Mention Column
S. T. Webber of Sherman, Texas is in the city.
Miss Bertine White of Bonham is the guest of Miss Sibyl Kemp.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bachman are happy over the arrival of a fine
baby.
Tom Waggoner, a prominent business man of Fort Worth, was here
today.
T. H. Clark, one of the leading business men of Seymour, was
in the city today.
J. F. Johnson, a prosperous farmer who lives near Petrolia, was
here on business today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Prescott of
Frederick, Okla., were among the visitors to
the
city today.
Dr. R. L. Miller returned today
from Dundee and reports the condition of Mr. T. A.
Helm somewhat improved.
A. H. Brady, an enterprising young business
man of Decatur, is in the city, the guest
of his friend, W. P. Bonner.
F. L. Emanuel, manager
for the Mayfield Lumber Company
at Iowa Park was
transacting business in the city today.
Mayor T. B. Noble returned last
night from San Augustine, Texas,
where he had
been visiting the old folks at home.
J. S. Foster of Seymour
passed through the city today en
route home from
Frederick, Oklahoma, where he had been on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Perry and children
of Eschiti, Oklahoma, who have been visiting
relatives in this city, returned to their home yesterday.
M. M. Mayfield, general manager for
the Mayfield Lumber Company, with headquarters
at Dallas, is in the city looking after business interests.
Allen H. Chambers, a citizen of
Wichita Falls fifteen years ago, is in
the city
shaking hands with old friends. Mr.
Chambers is now State manager for G. A. Beeman
& Co. life insurance people, with headquarters at Dallas.
Wichita Daily Times -February 14, 1908 Personal Mention Column
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Wichita Daily Times -February 15, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Sanford Wilson of Archer City was in town today.
J. L. Powell is transacting business in Electra today.
Mrs. J. C. Ziegler left this afternoon for Holliday to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Lee.
Henry Ford, one of Holliday's staunch citizens was here on business
today.
J. A. Lowry one of the well-to-do citizens was transacting business
in the city today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gough of Seymour were among the visitors to
the city today.
J. E. Parkey, a prominent cowman of Archer County, was here on
business today.
C. E. Swenson, a prosperous farmer
from Charlie was transacting business
in the
city today.
Messrs. Bob Dickerson and Lon Bennett, two business men of Seymour
were here today.
Albert Clasbey returned from Arlington
yesterday, where he had been attending the
Carlisle Military Institute.
Mrs. O. E. Maer and little daughter, Miss Marion have returned
from a three weeks visit
to relative at Columbus, Mississippi.
Dr. Hanson and wife
of Vernon passed through the city
today en route to
Frederick, Oklahoma, at which place they will reside in future.
M. F. M. Tidewell left
this afternoon for Paris, Texas,
in response to a
telegram announcing the death of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Walker
of that city.
Mrs. Walter Allen and children returned
home last night from Texarkana, Hot Springs,
Ark., and Sherman Texas where they had been visiting relatives
and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Von de
Lippe were among those from this city who heard Kubelik,
the celebrated violinist, who played at Fort Worth Wednesday
night of this week.
James L. Dobbs of Waleir, Texas,
is in the city visiting his brother, John Dobbs,
and other relatives. Mr. Dobbs has accepted a position
with the grocery firm of King &
White and will make Wichita Falls his future home.
Wichita Daily Times -February 17, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Judge Scurry made a business trip to Byers this afternoon.
Bates M. Thatcher of Dallas is in the city visiting relatives.
J. A. Preston of Halsell, Texas, is transacting business in the
city today.
Mrs. L. B. McMurtry has returned after a visit with relatives
in Fort Worth.
Judge A. H. Carrigan left this afternoon for Throckmorton on
official business.
John C. Thomas, the Holliday merchant, made this office a pleasant
call this afternoon.
Bob Watkins, county assessor of Clay county, was transacting
business in the city today.
Mrs. J. Walt Smith and little daughter,
Miss Agnes, of Kell City, were visitors to
the city today.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Holley of Burkburnett are in the city,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.
S. Skinner.
E. B. Stevens of the firm of Nutt, Stevens
& Hardeman, left this afternoon for Nocona
on business.
Mrs. Russell Eakin, nee Miss Hattie Helm
of Nocona, passed through the city today en
route to Dundee to visit relatives.
P. E. Kerr, traveling salesman for
Padgitt Brothers of Dallas, was visiting
his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kerr of this city.
Mrs. W. P. Collier left Saturday
for Childress in response to a telegram announcing
that her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Jones was quite sick.
W. W. Robertson of Dalhart, formerly
of this city, came down yesterday for a few
days visit. He is thinking of again locating in Wichita Falls.
Miss Kate Patterson of Henrietta who
has been visiting her brother, H. B. Patterson
and family, of this city for the past week, returned home this
afternoon.
Messrs. George and W. D. Clapp
left Saturday for Hattiesburg, Miss., in response to
a telegram announcing the serious illness
of their father. At this writing
no
further information could be obtained as to his condition.
Miss Matha Matheny is visiting her friend,
Mrs. O. R. Dunn, nee Miss Maggie Brothers,
of Fort Worth.
Miss Pearl Fitts, who has been connected with the
Gainesville Register, passed through
the city today on her way to Seymour.
While here she made a pleasant visit to the
Times Office.
Wichita Daily Times -February 18, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mr. and Mrs. Homer McGregor of Petrolia were in the city today.
R. H. Joyce returned this afternoon from a business trip to Henrietta.
V. G. Skeen left Sunday for St. Louis to buy dry goods for his
store.
Mrs. A. J. Stanger of Petrolia was among the visitors in the
city today.
Judge C. V. Terrell of Decatur was in the city yesterday, the
guest of Dr. R. L. Miller.
Mrs. George W. Eagle left this
afternoon for Vernon to visit her daughter, Mrs. C.
B. Googer.
J. H. Osborne, a prosperous farmer who lives near
Thornberry, was transacting business
in the city today.
Dr. Walker was called to Electra this afternoon
for a consultation with Dr. Mouper in
a pneumonia case.
J. W. Campbell, one of Holliday's
enterprising citizens, was in the city today and
made this office an appreciated call.
W. E. Skeen and Miss Mattie Harding left
this morning for St. Louis to buy dry goods
and millinery for Mr. Skeen's store.
W. E. Rock, Jr., left yesterday
for St. Louis and other dry goods markets to select
the spring and summer stock for the firm of Rock & Duke.
Rev. J. B. Bowen, traveling evangelist
for the Christian church, with headquarters
at Seymour, was in the city today
en route home from El Dorado, where he reports a
very successful meeting.
A. J. Robinson of Davidson, Oklahoma,
who was recently appointed chief engineer for
the Wichita Falls and Northwestern and Wichita Falls
and Southern, to succeed the late
John W. Field, was in the city today.
John J. Clark of Thorpe, Texas,
a dairyman and breeder of fine
Jersey cattle,
accompanies by his brother, Prof. Lee
Clark of Iowa Park, is in the city today in
conference with local parties concerning
a proposition to place 500 head of Jersey
cows here for dairy purposes.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. T. Scaling of Dundee, who had
a severe case
of diphtheria, we are glad to state is convalescing nicely.
We regret to state that information
obtained today from Dr. R. L. Miller is to the
effect that the condition of Mr. T. A. Helm Sr., of Dundee is
practically unchanged.
Wichita Daily Times -February 19, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Rev. J. V. McCall of Gainesville was in the city today.
J. W. Field of Kell, Oklahoma was in the city today.
Charles Humphries of Burkburnett was visiting relatives in the
city today.
Joe Boylers, one of Archer county's progressive citizens was
here on business today.
Floyd Baker of Fort Worth is in the city visiting his sister,
Mrs. J. W. Clasher.
Ed Foster, a thrifty stockman and farmer from Ch??? was here
on business today.
A.W. Powell, one of Wichita county's prosperous farmers, was
trading in the city today.
J. B. Evans, a prosperous farmer
from near Iowa Park was transacting business here
today.
Mrs. S. W. Bunch left today for Texarkana
where she will visit relatives and friends
for an indefinite time.
Dr. W. W. Swartz and family left this afternoon for
Byers, where Dr. Swartz may locate
in the practice of medicine.
J. W. Nutt of the firm of
Nutt, Stephens & Hardeman returned today from a ten days
visit to his old home in Bellville, Texas
Alex Rahn returned last night from
Chicago and St. Louis where he
had been to
select spring and summer stock of clothing.
S. R. Adolphus, an enterprising young
farmer of this county, was in the city today
and while he was here, paid his respects at the Times.
Mrs. R. S. Shelton of Southshore,
Ala. is here for a visit with Mrs. M. E. Huff and
her brothers, Messrs. R.E., T. A., and C. C. Huff.
Wichita Daily Times -February 20, 1908 Personal Mention Column
George T. Darling made a business trip to Electra today.
Rev. J. W. Morgan of Iowa Park was transacting business in the
city today.
Misses Budding and Hughes have returned from the millinery markets.
W. W. Gardner, one of Jolly's enterprising citizens, was here
on business today.
Abe Marcus has quit the road and has again taken up his residence
in this city.
City Marshal Harrison Schwiendt of Henrietta was in the city
today on official business.
Jack Skeen has been appointed local representative
of the Great Western Life Insurance
Co.
Mrs. N. M. Greathouse, who has
been visiting her friend, Mrs.
W. A. Bennett of
Seymour, returned home today.
Miss Daisy Clayton left this morning
for Louisville, Ky., where she goes to take a
course in music and visit relatives.
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of
H. B. Patterson and wife, who has been quite
sick for several days, is much better today.
Miss Willie Dean Jourdan has recovered
from her illness and returned yesterday to
Sherman to resume her studies at Kidd-Key college.
W. H. Knight of Bisbee, Arizona was in the
city today meeting friends. He is visiting
his brother, George Knight, of Iowa Park.
Mr. C. P. Fowler, who has been
confined to his home for the past three weeks with a
severe case of grip, is able to be at his place of business today.
Mrs. W. R. Gibson and daughter,
Mrs. S. J. Ashmore, left this
afternoon for
Springtown, Parker county, where they were called
by telegram to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Gibson's father, who died yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of Pike county,
Illinois, and also Mrs. John Phebus, from
the same place, arrived here today on
their way to Thornberry, where they will visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Stephenson.
Wichita Daily Times -February 21, 1908 Personal Mention Column
E. B. Carver of the Club ranch, is here on business today.
Ben Robertson of Fort Worth is in the city visiting friends.
John Park, one of Eschiti's wide awake business men, was in the
city today.
J. A. Lowry, one of Holliday's staunch citizens, was here today
on business.
Judge M. F. Yeager attended a meeting of the county judges at
Dallas yesterday.
Joe Wolfe, a prominent farmer and cowman of Charlie, was here
today on business.
C. B. Toney, a popular knight of
the grip, came in today to spend a few days with
his family.
J. Lee Jackson of the Panhandle
Implement Company left this afternoon for Electra
on business.
M. Dodson, one of the pioneer citizens
of Burkburnett, was transacting business in
the city today.
W. E. Thomas, a prominent lumberman
of Kell, Okla., was among the visitors in the
city today.
J. M Hursh, of the firm of Kerr
and Hursh, left this afternoon for Petrolia to look
after business matters.
Rev. T. R. Bowles left
this afternoon for Burkburnett to
fill his regular
appointments tomorrow and Sunday.
Rev. O. J. Hammersand of Decatur was in the
city today en route to Holliday, where he
will preach Sunday.
Miss Juliet Williams will leave in the
morning for Coco, Mexico to visit her brother
for the next two months.
Henry Brockreider, one of Wichita county's
substantial farmers who lives near Iowa
Park, was here today on business.
George Sylvester, a prominent
dry goods merchant of
Kell, Oklahoma, was
transacting business in the city today.
Mrs. A. J. Wyatt and daughter returned to their home at
Mabeldean this afternoon, after
a visit with J. M. Bland and family.
Misses Teresa Bentley and Maude Ragsdale returned
yesterday from Petrolia, where they
had been visiting their friend, Miss Edith Blackstock.
Wichita Daily Times -February 24, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Rev. E. Deffner left this afternoon for Clarendon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cobb are visiting friends in Fort Worth.
M. Staude, a popular knight of the grip, is in the city calling
on his trade.
Miss Annie Gabb left this afternoon to visit relatives and friends.
Judge P. M. Stine of Henrietta was in the city today transacting
legal business.
C. H. Clark, a prominent business man of Iowa Park, was here
today on business.
M. J. Talbott, a prominent stockman
and farmer who lives near Petrolia, was here
on business today.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Patterson left
this afternoon for Fort Worth, where they will
visit with friends for a few days
Mrs. H. C. Brazille and little daughter
of Temple arrived in the city this afternoon
to visit Mrs. F. E. Curtis, Mrs. Brazille's sister.
G. R. Decker, one of the prosperous
farmers from the Bowman neighborhood,
was
transacting business in the city today.
Mr. A. C. Middleton, a prominent stockman from Muskogee,
Oklahoma, is visiting with W.
L. Dillard and wife of this city.
W. H. Davis of Savoy is in
the city. Mr. Davis formerly lived here and
has many
friends who would welcome his return to Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Holloway of
Petrolia were in the city today on their return home
from Kansas and Nebraska, where they had been visiting relatives.
Miss Maud Cottrell of Iowa
Park was in the city today
on her return from
Burkburnett, where she had been visiting her sister, Mrs. H.
D. Holley.
E. E. Bowerstock of Ratton, New Mexico, formerly
a resident of this city, when he was
an engineer on the Fort Worth and Denver,
is in the city prospecting for a location,
with a view of returning to Wichita Falls to engage in business.
V. G. Skeen returned last night from a trip to St. Louis and
Chicago, where he purchased
a stock of goods for the spring and summer trade.
Wichita Daily Times -February 25, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Walker Hendricks and Frank Jackson visited friends in Bowie Sunday.
Frank Jackson and John G. Gilbert will make a business trip to
Dallas tomorrow.
W. A. Bennett one of the leading business men of Seymour, was
in the city today.
Mrs. Laura Ballow of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the guest of
her brother, J. B. Marlow.
Messrs. Geo. Knight and Ralph Hines, two of Iowa Parks' business
men, were here today.
Miss Lena Mattock, of Nocona, has
taken a position in Nutt, Stevens and Hardeman's
store.
A. A. Honaker, one of Electra's
staunch citizens was transacting business in
the
city today.
Mrs. Clarence Roberts, who has been
the guest of friends here, returned to her home
in Fort Worth today.
M.M. Clifford, of the Denver office force here,
is taking a vacation of several weeks
and left this afternoon for Fort Worth.
M. J. Davis of Farmersville,
Texas, was in the city yesterday
visiting his
brother, Sheriff Davis, and meeting his old time friends.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Davidson of
Seymour were in the city today on their return home
from Dallas, where they had been visiting relatives.
Miss Nell Connell of Fort Worth and Miss
Ethelyn Gardner of Valparaiso, Ind., are in
the city visiting their schoolmate, Miss Francis Lysaght.
Mr. W. F. George, of near Iowa
Park was transacting business in the city today, and
while here called to renew his subscription to the Times.
W. E. Skeen and Mrs. Mattie Harding have returned
from the Eastern markets where they
went to purchase stock for Mr. Skeed's store for the spring and
summer.
Mr. T. J. Taylor, president of
the Farmer's Bank and Trust Company has an attack of
grip which has kept him from his place of business for the past
three or four days.
Mr. George Davis of North Texas Furniture and Coffin
Company, who has been confined to
his room for the past week with grip, is able to be out again.
Wichita Daily Times -February 27, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Huff returned this afternoon from a visit
to Fort Worth.
E. A. Fancher, one of Seymour's enterprising citizens, was in
the city today.
S. A. Pitzer of Abilene was in the city today en route to Vernon
on business.
M. C. Scott, traveling representative for Farm and Ranch, is
in the city.
Mrs. J. P. Moore and children left today for Bellevue to visit
Mrs. Moore's relatives.
Mrs. D. Meredith of Dundee is in the city visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kerr.
Editor A. M. Forgy of the Archer
City Reporter, was transacting business in
the
city today.
T. F. McClure, State cattle inspector
with headquarters at Stamford, was in
the
city today.
Mrs. Carie C. Jones returned
yesterday from Fort Worth, where
she had been
visiting relatives.
H. F. Cauble, one of the leading
merchange of Eschiti, Oklahoma, was a
visitor
here yesterday.
Mrs. Beulah Boggess will arrive here
on Saturday next for a visit with her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Bush.
Alex Kahn returned this morning from
Eschiti, Oklahoma, where he had been looking
after business interests.
Mrs. George W. Eagle, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Googer
of
Vernon, returned home yesterday.
Mrs. S. A. Garvin, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.
W. Henderson
returned yesterday to her home at Randlett, Oklahoma.
W. H. Featherston, vice president of
the W. B. Worsham Banking Company of Henrietta,
was transacting business in the city today.
T. L. Fox, traveling representative for
the J. I. Case people of Dallas, is in the
city looking after business for his company.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Weidman and son left yesterday
for Chicago, where they will visit
for a week or more and from there
will extend their trip to points in Indiana. They
expect to be away from home about one month.
J. H. McClure, city assessor and
collector of Henrietta, was among the visitors in
the city today.
Mr. A. Zundelowitz returned last night from
Dallas, where he accompanied Mrs. Z., who
has gone to San Antonion for a visit to friends.
C. M. Andrews, dispatcher for the Fort Worth and
Denver of this city, took a rest from
his labors today and spent the day with friends in Childres..
C. W. Hawley, the popular
vinegar salesman out of Dallas,
was in the city
yesterday calling on his trade and visiting his sister, Mrs.
W. J. Nolen.
Mrs. M. G. Scoville of this city,
accompanied by her sister, Miss Suzie Field, of
Abilene, left this afternoon for Kell,
Oklahoma, to visit their mother, Mrs. J. W.
Field.
E. J. Crites of Lawton, Oklahoma, formerly a resident
of this city, came in last night
to look after some business matters, returning to Lawton this
afternoon.
Mrs. G. L. Moore, leader of the Christian
church choir, requests that all members of
the choir meet at the church for practice at 7:30 on Friday evening
of this week.
Quite a jolly crowd composed of Messrs. Milton Erwin
and wife, S. J. Ashmore and wife,
Mr. R. O. C. Lynch and several others whose
names we were unable to obtain, left this
morning for a two days hunting and fishing trip on Little Wichita.
Wichita Daily Times -February 29, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Jno. W. Darden of Byars was a visitor in the city today.
Augus Beyering of Charlie was here today on business.
Oscar Bash of Texico, New Mexico is in the city visiting relatives.
E. B. Stonecipher left this evening for Sunshine on important
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shaw, of Petrolia were among the visitors in
the city today.
Mrs. E. B. Weaver of Archer City is in the city the guest of
the St. James hotel.
S. Edwards, a prominent grain man of Seymour, was in the city
today.
T. H. Kemp, one of the leading business men of Olney was here
today on business.
Sheriff Joe Powell of Archer City, was transacting business in
the city today.
Attorney R. W. Hall, of Vernon, was attending to legal business
in the city today.
Andy Evans, one of the well-to-do
farmers of Wilbarger County was here
today on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holloway of Petrolia,
are in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Rountree.
Messrs. M. G. Talbott and W. B.
Walker of Petrolia, were shaking hands with friends
here today.
Mr. A. L. Thornberry, one of Thornberry's
substantial citizens, was transacting
business here today.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hendrich returned
this afternoon from Denison where they had been
visiting relatives.
Mrs. I. K. Fauntleroy and little
baby returned this afternoon from a visit
with
relatives in Fort Worth.
Miss Beulah Robertson left this morning
for Dallas to witness Ben Hur and to make a
short visit with relatives.
Mrs. W. S. Burch who has been visiting
relatives at her old home in Texarkana, Texas
is expected home tomorrow.
Mrs. E. C. Bowen and children left this
morning for an extended visit with relatives
in San Antonio. Mr. Bowen accompanied them as far as Fort Worth.
J. A. Kemp made a business trip to Olney yesterday.
C. A. Allingham of Harrold and vice president
of the First National Bank in this city
was transacting business here today.
Mr. R. H. Joyce left this afternoon
for his ranch near Lakeview, Texas, where he
will remain for the next month looking after business matters.
Miss Cornell of Fort Worth, and
Miss Gardiner of Valparaiso, Ind., who have
been
the guests of Miss Francis Lysaght for several days left for
Fort Worth this afternoon.
Wiley Wyatt returned this afternoon from Fort Worth,
where he had been to secure plans
and specification for the erection of
a handsome new building now under construction
on 7th street.
Mr. J. W. Nutt of this city has sold his residence
property on 10th street to Mrs. N.
C. McIntyre, who will take possession
of same March 1st. Mr. Nutt and his estimable
family will leave in the morning for their old home in
Beeville, Texas, where they will
reside in the future. During their stay in
Wichita Falls, they have made many friends
who regret to see them take their departure from our city.
Messrs. Walter Allen and R. B.
Wise have leased the building formerly occupied by
the Coney Island restaurant and have ordered new furniture,
and on or about the 20th of
March will open up a strictly first class restaurant.
Wichita Daily Times -March 3, 1908 Personal Mention Column
S. T. Scaling of Dundee was here on business today.
Hon. W. E. Forgy of Archer City was over today to attend to some
legal matters.
W. W. Craig left this afternoon
for Olney, where he expects to remain for the next
month.
J. D. Cooper, one of Wichita county's
substantial farmers, was transacting business
here today.
E. H. Thomas, hardware merchant of
Kell, Oklahoma, was among the visitors in the
city today.
Mrs. T. B. Smith left this afternoon for Seymour, where
she will visit with friends for
a few days.
W. L. Dilliard returned today from Oklahoma City,
where he had been in the interest of
his candy factory.
George Byers, one of the pioneer
citizens of Byers, Texas, was looking
after
business matters here today.
P. C. Maricle left this afternoon for Childress on a prospecting
trip. He is hunting for
a location for an ice plant.
W. K. Perry and son of Kell,
Oklahoma, who have been visiting relatives
in this
city, returned home this afternoon.
Messrs. J. H. Howell and J. E.
Parker, two of Petrolia's enterprising citizens,
were transacting business in the city today.
J. M. Faubion, one of the progressive
farmers from Charlie, Texas, is in the city,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holloway of Petrolia,
who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Rountree of this city, returned to their home this afternoon.
Messrs. W. H. Francis, Joe Wheat, E. L. Carter
and Will Bascom of Seymour were in the
city today on their return home
from Fort Worth, where they have been
attending
the Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bryan left this afternoon
for Kansas City, where they go to attend
the marriage of Mrs. Bryan's sister-in-law,
Miss Maude Bryan, to Rev. Phipps, which
event takes place in that city next Thursday.
J. R. Carrico and wife, yesterday
deeded to the trustees of the First Methodist
Espicopal church two lots at the
corner of Seventh street and Lamar avenue.
The
consideration for the transfer was $2,350. The lots
were purchased as the site for the
handsome new church which is to be erected by that denomination.
Wichita Daily Times -March 5, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. George Myers was shopping in the city today.
Mrs. J. T. Lively of Seymour was among the visitors in the city
today.
Mrs. J. Lee Jackson of this city is visiting relatives at Houston,
Beaumont and Jasper.
V. P. Woolly, a prominent business man of Sweetwater, was in
the city today prospecting.
C. W. Word, one of the prosperous farmers from Charlie, was here
today on business.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. James of
Olney were among the many who
came over on the
excursion today.
Mrs. J. P. Moore and children, who have been
visiting relatives in Bellevue, returned
home today.
M. Davis, one of Seymour's enterprising citizens,
was in the city today on his return
home from a business trip to St. Louis.
Attorney J. H. Barwise of Fort
Worth arrived in the city this afternoon and is the
guest of his sister, Mrs. A. H. Carrigan.
Captain R. D. Hall, one of the
pioneer citizens of Wichita Falls, but now of San
Angelo, is in the city shaking hands with friends.
M. E. Meredith of the Lake Creek
community, was a visitor to the city today
and
reports that prospects for a splendid wheat crop in his neighborhood
is very flattering.
Mr. Dean Howard, who has been making his home
at Aspermont, Texas, for the past year,
we are reliably informed will return
with his family to this city in a few days and
will again make Wichita Falls their
home, Mr. Howard having been appointed sexton
for the Riverside cemetery. They have many friends here who would
welcome their return.
Among those from this city who attended the
meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
and the Rebekahs were Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Seeley, B. F.
Crawford, John A. Fooshee and Jack Simmons. Most
of them have returned and report that
about 3,500 were in attendance and
that there was not a building in Fort Worth that
could accommodate the crowd. The next meeting will be held at
Galveston.
J. G. Hardin, one of the leading
citizens of Burkburnett, was transacting business
here today.
Hubb Diggs, a popular knight of the grip out
of Kansas City, is here today calling on
his trade and meeting old friends.
Wichita Daily Times -March 6, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. Sam Walker, from near Charlie, was shopping in the city
today.
Mrs. J. L. Powell left this afternoon for Day Station to visit
with relatives.
M. J. Tollett, one of
Petrolia's trustworthy citizens,
was here today
transacting business.
Mrs. Bettie Smittson, of Liberty, Tennessee,
is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs.
W. P. Collier.
J. C. Hunt has been looking after his interests
in the oil field at Petrolia the past
few days.
Miss Mary Neal, an attractive young
lady from Jolly, Texas, was shopping
in the
city today.
Joe Bowers, an extensive farmer
from Holliday, was here today looking
after
business matters.
Ed Foster, an enterprising citizen
from Charlie, was here today attending
to
business matters.
F. L. Emmanuel, manager for the
Mayfield Lumber Company at Iowa Park, was here on
business today.
Mrs. Mary Bohannon and son, Charles,
of Velma Oklahoma, are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas W. Scott of this city.
A. P. Wilson and Joe Huggins returned last
night from Fort Worth, where they attended
the Odd Fellows' Grand Lodge.
Dr. W. P. Keller of Petrolia was
in ??? his return from Fort Worth, where he had
been attending the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Unreadable
W. ????? traveling representative of the Consolidate
National Bank of New York, was in
the city today, the home of his
brother, B. R. Hyatt of the Farmer's Bank and Trust
Company.
A. P. Gibson, formerly county treasurer
of this county, but now engaged
in the
lumber business at Hereford, is in
the city visiting his mother, Mrs. W. R. Gibson
and sister, Mrs. S. J. Ashmore.
Mrs. W. A. Boggess, who has been visiting
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Bush, for
the past week or more, left today
for Cotulla, Texas, to join her husband who is
conducting a revival meeting at that place.
Mrs. W. H. Dameron of this city is visiting relatives in Iowa
Park.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church will hold a
market on Saturday, the 7th, at King
and White's grocery store; beginning at 10 a.m. Come and get
your Sunday dinner.
Wichita Daily Times -March 7, 1908 Personal Mention Column
R. M. Vaugh of Harrold is visiting relatives in the city.
Judge C. B. Felder is transacting business in Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford of Holliday were shopping in the city
today.
Judge Edgar Scurry returned last night from a trip to Michigan.
R. E. Sawdon of Thornberry was here today looking after business
matters.
Mrs. A. H. Sheldon of St. Paul, Minnesota, is the guest of Mrs.
T. R. T. Orth.
Jerome Ruch of Kell, Oklahoma was in the city today on his way
to Iowa Park.
Gus Byman, one of Wichita county's solid farmers, was here today
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Burks, who live near this city, were among the
visitors in town today.
A. M. Forgy, proprietor of the
Archer City Reporter, was transacting business here
today.
F. P. Warren, one of Wichita county's
leading agricultural men, was here today
on business.
Messrs. Henry Brockreider and W. J. Mannering
of Iowa Park were transacting business
here today.
J. P. Bryan, formerly proprietor of
the Glen Rock Hotel of this city, but now of
Dallas, was here today.
Mr. J. A. Wallace and family of
Kell City, Oklahoma, arrived in the city today and
will make Wichita Falls their future home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Womack of Iowa Park, accompanied
by Miss Johnnie Arnold, were among
the visitors in the city today.
Dr. C. B. Pickle of Kaufman,
Texas, stopped off here today on
his way to
Burkburnett, Texas, where he expects to reside in the future.
P. H. Pennington returned yesterday from
a trip to New York City and other Eastern
points, where he purchased stock for his store here.
Mrs. S. E. Fisher of Rhome, Texas who
has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. McAbee of this city, returned to her home this afternoon.
B. P. Hatcher, who has been in
Tampico, Mexico, for the past six
weeks for
rheumatism, returned home this afternoon and reports that he
is entirely cured.
Mr. George Gardner of Henrietta who
has charge of George Clapp's shoe shop in this
city during the latter's absence, left this afternoon to spend
Sunday with his family.
The State penitentiary contractor of
Huntsville left this morning with
Fisher,
Brooks, Clark and Davis, who were convicted
at the last term of the district court in
this city.
Carl Boller, an opera house architect
of Kansas City, has been in town for several
days. Mr. Boller is one of the architects who will submit
plans for the new opera house
here. A committee will go to Fort Worth next
Wednesday to meet with the architects to
select plans for the building.
Mr. J. A. Terhune and lawyer Methla of Wichita
Falls left Tuesday night for Carlsbad,
N. M., to attend the trial of
Moses Lewis for the murder of Leland Terhune
last
July. Mr. Mathis goes as one of
the prosecuting attorneys in the case. - Iowa Park
Register.
Wichita Daily Times -March 9, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. A. Kemp returned last night from a business trip to Denver,
Colorado.
W. A. Carrigan returned Saturday night from his old home in Hope,
Ark.
Judge S. H. Hodges of Frederick, Oklahoma, is in the city attending
to business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Grounds, of Archer City were among the visitors
in the city today.
Miss Sazie Field of Kell, Okla., was in the city today
the guest of her sister, Mrs. M.
G. Scoville.
Sanford Wilson, one of Archer City's enterprising business
men, was here today en route
to Henrietta on business.
J. Walt Smith, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of this city
returned this
morning from Kell, Oklahoma, where he had been visiting his family.
Rev. W. W. Melton of Bellevue, was in
the city today on his return from Thornsberry,
where he had been to fill his regular appointment last Sunday.
Presiding Elder Roach of the Bowie
district was in the city today on his
return
from Archer city where he had been holding quarterly conference.
Dr. R. L. Miller made a professional
visit to Dundee this afternoon to Currie Smyth,
son of Mr. F. D. Smyth who is very low with blood poisoning.
J. T. Roberts, traveling freight agent
for the M. K. & T. with headquarters in this
city left this afternoon to look after the company's interest
at Childress.
Messrs. Sam, Tom and Jack Huggins
of Amarillo, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Huggins of
Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Huggins
of Kell, Oklahoma, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller of
Fruitland and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Sullivan of Fort Worth were among
those from a
distance who were here yesterday to attend the funeral of Dr.
R. Robertsch.
Wichita Daily Times -March 12, 1908 Personal Mention Column
L. M. Frey is spending a vacation of several weeks at Antelope.
R. H. McDavid who is now connected with the
Archer City office of the Club ranch, was
in the city today.
J. B. Winfrey, one of Iowa Park's
solid citizens, was shaking hands with friends
here today.
Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Blair and Miss Francis Lysaght were passengers
to Fort Worth today.
Col. Pete Randolph left this morning for Fort Worth to attend
the live stock show.
August Mertens, a well to do farmer from Iowa Park, was a visitor
in the Falls today.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rountree
left this afternoon for Petrolia
to visit Mrs.
Rountree's relatives.
Mrs. Erette Pardue of Quanah, who
has been visiting her nephew, R. Moore and family
of this city, returned to her home this afternoon.
Messrs. Jim Wilcox, Sam Cowan,
B. H. Hodges and Judge Lewis
of Archer City
were transacting business here today.
Mrs. Heath Allen accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. C. I. Johnson and baby
of El
Paso, Texas, are in the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Yates.
Miss Bertha Word, an attractive young
lady of Seymour was in the city today on her
return from New Orleans, where she had been visiting relatives
and attending Mardi Gras.
Mr. Dean Howard and family, who have
been residing at Aspermont, Texas, for the past
year, returned to this city yesterday
and will again make Wichita Falls their future
home.
Mrs. M. E. Williams of Denver,
Colo. Was a visitor in the city today on her return
from Beeville, Texas, where she had been prospecting.
She bought property there, where
she will make her future home.
Miss Jessie Moore has severed her
connection as saleslady for V. G. Skeen and has
accepted a position in the millinery
department of Mrs. R. E. Clopton's at Rock &
Duke's. Her vacancy at Mr. Skeen's
store has been filled by her sister, Miss May,
formerly saleslady for Ferguson & Tankersley.
J. W. Huggins of Isadore, Oklahoma, was in the city today.
J. A. Fisher of Electra was here on business today.
Rovert E. Sawdon of Thornberry was here on business today.
B. N. Ferguson, one of Iowa Park's trustworthy
citizens, was transacting business in
the city today.
Mrs. P. P. Langford and little
baby are in Huntsville, visiting Mrs.
Langford's
parents. Major and Mrs. Hyatt.
The $15,000 in city hall
bonds were received today from
Austin, where they
were registered. These bonds will bear
four per cent interest. Mayor Noble has a
prospective purchaser in view.
J. T. Roberts, traveling freight agent
for the M.K.& T. railroad company,
has
purchased the C. B. Googer property,
at Gus Scott avenue from George W. Eagle and is
moving into same today.
Wichita Daily Times -March 14, 1908 Personal Mention Column
H. D. Holley of Burkburnett was transacting business here today.
E. B. Carver of the Club Ranch is in the city today on business.
Jos. Stephenson of Thornberry, was here on business today.
J. T. Montgomery and Ralph Darnell went down to Fort Worth yesterday.
William Huff from the Big Pasture country is in the city visiting
relatives.
Mrs. W. E. Sanders of Chillicothe is in the city
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.
P. Hatcher.
Capt. McMurray, a popular knight of
the grip, with headquarters at
Louisville,
Kentucky, was in the city today.
Messrs, J. G. Hardin and Monroe
Dodson, two enterprising citizens from Burkburnett,
were transacting business here today.
Mrs. L. A. Barlett, nee Miss Wilson of Abilene is in the
city visiting her mother, Mrs.
T. H. Wilson at 121? Tenth street.
R. C. Malone of Abilene stopped
off here last night for a short
visit with his
son, Charles, while en route home from Fort Worth.
Mrs. P. H. Pennington and little daughter
returned today from Delhart where they had
been visiting Mrs. Pennington's mother.
Jim Stearns left this morning for
Cleburne, where he goes to serve the
Santa Fe
railway company in the capacity of operator.
Col. Geo. Mellersh of Dallas, who is
said to be the oldest Knight of the Grip on the
road today, is in the city calling on his trade.
Mr. R. H. Joyce returned today
from his ranch near Memphis, Texas, accompanied by
his niece, Mrs. J. L. Crosby and children.
Mr. J. B. Craig and sister, Mrs. Ellen
Williams, who have been visiting relatives in
this city during the winter, left today for their home at Bells,
Tennessee.
Rev. W. W. Robinson, formerly pastor of the
Methodist church at Byers, but now pastor
at Hedrick, Oklahoma, passed through the city today on his way
to Byers.
Mr. W. P. Brooks, who left here
about four months ago to accept
a position as
head engineer for a large milling
plant at Fort Worth, has returned to this city
and will accept his former position at
the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company as head
engineer.
Mrs. George Myers of Jolly was shopping in the city today.
Homer McGregor, one of Petrolia's pushing business men, was here
today on business.
Mrs. W. L. Dilliard returned this
afternoon from San Antonio, where she had been
visiting relatives.
David Rogers, the dry goods and
grocery merchant of Jolly, was in the city
today
buying supplies.
J. E. Walker, formerly a citizen
of Wichita Falls, but now of Belton, was in
the
city today en route to Dalhart on business.
Messrs. C. Dean and J. F. Johnson,
two prosperous farmers who live near Petrolia,
were transacting business in the city today.
W. R. Lee, a prominent business
man of Seymour, was in the city today on his return
home from a business trip to Fort Worth.
W. M. Meredith of Sabo, Oklahoma,
who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. Meredith, near this city, left for his home this afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. Davis and little daughter,
Annetta, left this morning for Litchfield,
Illinois, in response to a telegram
announcing the serious illness of Mrs. Davis'
father. A later telegram to Mr. Davis stated
that his wife's father died in that city
this morning.
A. J. Bush will spend a few
days next week in preaching at Burkburnett. There will
be preaching each night, beginning on Monday, the 16th.
Wichita Daily Times -March 16, 1908 Personal Mention Column
M. C. Clark of Gainesville was in the city today.
E. A. Dale of Electra was in the city today.
Mrs. Levi Carey of Thornberry was a visitor in the city today.
T. H. Barwise of Electra was in the city today visiting relatives.
Mr. J. T. Brooks of Mangum, Oklahoma, is in the city visiting
his family.
Miss Cora Estleman returned Saturday night after
a several months visit with relatives
at Dallas.
Mr. J. N. Bryan, one of the well-to-do
farmers from near Thornberry, was trading in
the city today.
B. N. Ferguson, one of Iowa Park's influential
citizens, was transacting business in
the city today.
Mrs. John W. Field of Kell City,
Oklahoma, was in the city today
visiting her
daughter, Mrs. M. G. Scoville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Faunleroy returned
this afternoon from Fort Worth where they had
been visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mapes left
yesterday for Urbana, Ohio, in
response to a
telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Mapes' brother, Mr. J.
H. Kunkel.
Col. A. Windle, editor and proprietor
of the Iowa Park Register, was transacting
business in the city today and made the Times office a pleasant
call.
Wichita Daily Times -March 17, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. T. W. Roberts left this morning for Dallas.
J. S. Schultz of Seymour was among the visitors in the city today.
Miss Myrtle Hurley of this city is visiting with relatives at
Gans, Okla..
J. I. Powell returned this afternoon from a business trip to
Ellis county.
John Brooks of Burkburnett was transacting business in the city
today.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Stearns of Beaver Creek are in the city visiting
relatives.
Ed. Foster, a prominent farmer from Charlie, was transacting
business here today.
John G. Gilbert returned this afternoon from a business trip
to Weatherford.
Dave Avis left this morning on a pleasure trip to Fort Worth
and San Antonio.
W. T. King, proprietor of the King
hotel at Petrolia, was transacting business here
today.
Mayor T. B. Noble and wife left
today for Fort Worth to visit Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Morrison.
W. R. Estell, a prominent stockman
from Archer county, was transacting business
here today.
P. J. Bedell, traveling representative for
the John Deere Plow Company of Dallas, was
here today in the interest of his company.
W. I. Vickers, a pioneer citizen
of Wichita Falls, but now of Dallas, was in
the
city today shaking hands with friends.
Charlie Smith returned home last Saturday
from Newman, GA., where he had been on a
six months' visit to relatives.
W. W. McDowell, formerly a dry goods merchant of this city,
but now of Gainesville, was
in the city today shaking hands with friends.
Judge A. H. Carrigan, who was called
to Hope, Arkansas, by the death of his brother
last week, has returned to Graham to reopen court.
Mrs. R. H. Joyce left this afternoon
for Petrolia in response to a phone message
saying that her niece, Mrs. Albert Taylor, was quite sick.
J. B. Duke received a letter today from his
son, R. L. Duke, at Channing, in which he
said that he was now able to sit up and was improving nicely.
County Attorney Greenwood is transacting
business in Austin. He will also visit his
old home at Seguin before returning to Wichita Falls.
James Bailes, one of Seymour's enterprising
citizens, was in the city today en route
home from Fort Worth, where he had been attending the Fat Stock
Show.
Mrs. P. E. Kerr of Chillicothe
who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Crowell, near this city, returned to her home this afternoon.
Messrs. J. W. Harding and Ed. Grogan,
two prominent business men from Byers, were
visitors in the city today on their return home from Fort Worth.
Wichita Daily Times -March 20, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Judge Henry Sayles of Abilene is here on business today.
Mrs. Mattie Bateman of Electra was transacting business in the
city today.
J. W. Scott, a progressive farmer from Burkburnett, was here
today on business.
S. H. Edwards, an agricultural man
from Eschiti, was among the visitors
in the
Falls today.
E. H. Thomas, editor of the Kell City Enterprise, was in the
city today on business.
E, M. Gillis, one of Iowa Park's staunch citizens, was here on
business today.
Mr. Joe Bowers of Holliday was in the city today looking after
his business interests.
A. H. Fowler, an Alabama man, purchased
551 acres of the 6666 ranch last week and
will locate on the land.
W. P. Ferguson of Bells, Texas
was in the city today on his return home from
his
ranch near Holliday.
Miss Bonnie Skinner has accepted a
position as cashier for the dry goods firm
of
Nutt, Stevens and Hardeman
Messrs. J. G. Hardin and
E. Rexford, two prominent citizens
of Burkburnett
were transacting business in the city today.
Rev. A. J. Bush returned from Burkburnett
today, where he had been conducting a
meeting and reports good success.
John Daggett, a live stock commission
merchant of Fort Worth, was in the city today
en route to his ranch in Archer county.
John McCloskey, foreman of the 6666
ranch, was in the city today on his return from
Fort Worth, where he had been attending the fat stock show.
Col. B. V. Arnold,
traveling representative for Texas Farm
and Ranch and
Holland's Magazine, is in the city rounding up delinquents.
E. S. Hendricks and family of Vernon
who have been visiting relatives in California
for the past three months, were in the city today en route home.
Mr. B. F. Coughlan, formerly manager
of the Wichita Mercantile Company of this city,
but now of Guthrie, Oklahoma, was in the city today transacting
business matters.
W. O. Davis, chief clerk to Superintendent
S. M. Gaines of the Southwestern division
of the railway mail
services, was in the city yesterday
to examine three
applicants for positions as postal clerks.
N. A. Cropp, formerly of Temple, Texas, has
accepted a position with the Wichita Mill
and Elevator Company, succeeding D. M.
Perkins, who has been given another position
in the service of the same company.
Wichita Daily Times -March 21, 1908 Personal Mention Column
W. E. Skeen returned today from a business trip to Fort Worth.
J. M. Underdown left this afternoon on a business trip to Munday.
E. W. Brandenburg left this afternoon for Bowie to visit his
mother.
Mrs. H. B. Patterson and daughter, Elizabeth, left today for
Fort Worth.
Clabe Burnett, a prominent cowman of Ringgold, was transacting
business here today.
W. D. Barger, a prosperous farmer from Charlie, Texas, was here
on business today.
Mr. W. S. Miller, foreman of the Times job room, is visiting
friends at Childress today.
Mrs. C. J. Hursh left this afternoon
for Dundee to visit her granddaughter, Mrs.
D. Meredith.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stephenson of Thornberry were among the visitors
in the Falls today.
Judge A. H. Carrigan has finished
court at Graham and is home for a few days visit
with his family.
Jot Smith, an enterprising young business
man of Dundee, was transacting business
here today.
G. L. Grogan, of the Grogan Lumber
Yards Company at Holliday, was
in the city
today transacting business.
L. F. Wilson, a capitalist of Kansas
City, was in the city today en route to his
Archer county ranch.
Mr. J. D. Peeler and family left this
afternoon for Henrietta, where they will visit
Mrs. Peeler's relatives.
M. Davis of Seymour,
was in the city today on
his return home from the
cattlemen's convention in San Antonio.
Attorney Tom Whitely of Hamlin, Texas, was in the
city today, the guest of his friend,
Mr. J. T. Young.
Cashier Clyde Thatcher of the Farmer's
Bank and Trust Company, is confined to his
home with a severe attack of rheumatism.
S. N. Lawler was in today from
Burkburnett, looking after business matters.
He
reports that Burkburnett is growing rapidly and that prosperity
prevails there.
J. M. Darrah, a prominent business
man of Big Sandy, Texas, who has been visiting
his friend, Captain J. H. McCauley of this city, left for his
home this afternoon.
Sidney Welsh, president of the First National
bank of Bellevue, was in the city today
on his return from his ranch in Archer county.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Palmer and
daughter, Miss Avis, who spent
the winter at
Corpus Christi, arrived here last night
for a visit with relatives before going back
to their home at Hereford.
Mrs. Ed. Howard and son, Leslie,
have returned from Wolfe City, where Mrs. Howard
was called to the bedside of her sister, Miss Era
Maloney, who was quite sick, but who
is now thought to be out of danger.
Judge Hanna, attorney for the Texas
Central Railway Company with headquarters at
Stamford, was transacting business here today.
Messrs. W. A. Ritter and C. F. Doan, two prominent
cowmen of Chillicothe, were in the
city today on their return from the Cattlemen's Convention at
San Antonion.
Wichita Daily Times -March 24, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Mrs. H. D. Creath and baby daughter of Burkburnett were visitors
here today.
Mrs. M. G. Scoville and baby were passengers to Kell, Oklahoma,
this afternoon.
Mr. J. P. Bryan of the Bryan Land Company, is transacting business
at Fort Worth today.
W. J. Powell of Harrington, Oklahoma,
was in the city today attending
to some
business matters.
Mrs. P. E. Kerr went to Dundee this afternoon,
where her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Meredith,
is quite sick.
C. W. McCune returned today from a trip
to Dallas, where he was called on account of
the death of a friend.
Miss Suzie Wright, a charming young
lady of Byers, is visiting her sister,
Mrs.
Will Mhoon, in this city.
Mrs. M. S. Skinner has returned
from Austin, where she have been
to attend the
State Sunday School convention.
Mrs. Maggie Stark and Miss Tenna Morgan of Iowa Park
are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Dameron of this city.
Mrs. H. D. Holley of Burkburnett
who has been visiting Mrs. M. S. Skinner of this
city, returned to her home this afternoon.
Mrs. S. A. Garvin, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.
W. Henderson,
returned yesterday to her home near Randlett, Oklahoma.
J. H. Hatcher arrived this afternoon
from Hydra, Oklahoma, where he
was called
from Tampico, Mexico, on account of
the illness of his wife, who is now slightly
better. Mr. Hatchers is engaged in the
real estate business at Tampico and speaks of
that place in a highly eulogistic manner.
Dr. George W. Truet, who was detained
in Dallas by the death of two members
of
his congregation, was unable on this
account to preach at the Baptist
revival
meeting last night, arrived this afternoon
and will preach tonight. In his absence
Rev. W. F. Fry preached
last night and delivered
a sermon which was
characterized by its deep earnestness.
Attorney L. H. Mathis is attending court at Tyler, Texas, this
week.
Wichita Daily Times -March 25, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Ed. Suddith, who has been quite sick for several days is better
today.
B. W. Butler, living near this
city, who has been seriously ill for several weeks,
was reported to be slightly better this
morning. Mr. Butler suffered an attack of
heart trouble during a fire at his home some time ago and has
been ill ever since.
Wichita Daily Times -March 26, 1908 Personal Mention Column
W. D. Bentley returned today from a trip to Dallas.
J. G. Hardin of Burkburnett was a visitor to the city today.
Marshall Barwise of Electra is here today for a visit to relatives.
W. W. Jackson is able to be out, after an illness of several
days.
Charlie Clark of Iowa Park was transacting business in the city
today.
O. H. Maricle and Kemp Perry of Kell City, came over today on
business.
R. B. Gray, who has been spending several months at Tampico,
Mexico, arrived home today.
Mrs. D. Meredith of Dundee, who
has been quite sick with diphtheria, is reported as
some better today.
Mrs. C. B. Googer of Vernon arrived this
morning for a visit with her parents, G. W.
Eagle and wife.
S. P. Hawkins of Burkburnett was
in town today. He says wheat in his neighborhood
is beginning to suffer for rain.
E. P. Smith has moved his family
here from Georgia and has opened up a carriage
repair shop on Ohio avenue near the yards of the Minnetonka Lumber
Company.
The following will go to Petrolia
this afternoon to assist in the initiation of six
new candidates for Odd Fellowship: J. B. Marlow,
E. B. McHam, Alex. Glass, John Young,
J. T. Brooks, B. F. Crawford, J. E. Russell and Mr. Boxwell.
Dr. Charles S. Hale, formerly of
Stephens county, has located in the city for the
practice of his profession, and is having
a neat residence constructed on the corner
of Eleventh street and Holliday avenue.
His family will join him here in about two
weeks.
Wichita Daily Times -March 28, 1908 Personal Mention Column
T. W. Delaney of Burkburnett was
in the city today and paid the Times a pleasant
and appreciated call.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hesler are entertaining a new baby boy at
their home on Ohio Avenue.
Among those who went from this
city to the Bailey rally were Judge Scurry,
R. W.
Carter and H. C. McGlasson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Norwood of Cimeron,
Oklahoma, are here for a visit
to Mr.
Norwood's parents, Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Norwood.
Verne Clopfon, who is attending school
at Dallas, is at home for a visit to
his
parents, and is accompanied by his friend, Willard Wiggly.
Mr. J. W. Butler, formerly of Thornberry,
but now a citizen of Walter, Oklahoma, was
here today. He reports that Walter is growing rapidly in population.
W. C. Heath and wife are the
happy parents of a bouncing baby boy, who has arrived
at their home at the corner of Travis avenue and Eleventh street.
Mr. W. S. Jones, managing
editor of the Commercial
West, published at
Minneapolis, Minnesota, was in the city today and
this afternoon went over to Olney in
a motor car. He is gathering statistics
for his paper, which is one of the leading
commercial papers of the United States,
and will probably spend several days in this
city.
Wichita Daily Times - April 4, 1908 Personal Mention Column
Thad Shaw, a popular drug salesman of Dallas, is in the city
today.
Tom Mankins, a prominent cowman of Archer county, was here today
on business.
Henry Ford, one of Holliday's staunch citizens, was here today
on business.
Clane Burnett, a prominent cowman of
Ringgold, Texas, was shaking hands with friends
here today.
Sidney Webb, a capitalist of Bellevue,
was in the city today en route to his ranch
in Baylor county.
Rhea Logan, one of Archer City's
business men, was here today en route to Seymour
on business.
W. H. Ellinger of Henrietta was in the
city today en route to Petrolia to look after
his oil interests.
Monte Hart, one of Archer City's
enterprising citizens, was transacting business in
the city today.
Mrs. W. J. Clasbey left this afternoon
for Amarillo to visit her mother, Mrs. F. B.
Baker, and other relatives.
Miss Sazie Field of Kell City, Oklahoma, is here
to take part in the praise service at
the Presbyterian church tomorrow night.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weidman and son,
Stanley, returned this afternoon from a six weeks
visit with relatives in Chicago and Indiana.
J. T. Harding, a prominent citizen
of Bryan, Texas, was in the city today on his
return from a business trip to Fort Worth and Sherman.
W. Y. McCune, auditor and secretary for the Wichita Valley
railway company of this city
is transacting business in Fort Worth.
Mr. W. A. Smith, of Odessa, Mo., arrived yesterday
for a visit to his brother, Mr. J.
C. Smith, whom he had not met for over twenty years.
Luther Puryear, one of the leading
business men of Dundee, was in the city today on
his return from Archer City, where he had been attending court.
J. A. Green, traveling salesman for
the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company of this
city, with headquarters at Vernon was transacting business here
today.
Messrs. Nelse and Ole Anderson who have
just completed the dam for the Wichita Falls
and Southern railway company near Archer City, were
attending to business matters here
today.
Wichita Daily Times - April 8, 1908 Personal Mention Column
R. P. Webb of Alvord was transacting business in the city today.
Mrs. T. B. Smith left this afternoon for Seymore to visit relatives.
W. H. Taylor of Holliday was among the visitors in the city today.
George Byers, a resident of Byers, Texas was here today on business.
J. A. Lowrey, one of Holliday's
enterprising citizens was transacting business in
the Falls today.
Messrs. Stalford Helms and Jos. Smith,
two young business men from Dundee were here
today on business.
Miss Jennie Belcher of Henrietta arrived
in the city this afternoon and is the guest
of her sister, Miss Connie Wills.
Ed. Gardner, one of Wichita county's
progressive young farmers, was attending to
business matters in the city today.
Mrs. M. I. Jordan of Clarendon, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Heath,
of this city for the past two months, left for her home this
afternoon.
H. L. Liberman and son of Olney
were here today on their way to Lawton, Oklahoma,
where Mr. Liberman is going to
look after business matters. He reports plenty
of
rain in the Olney
country and fine crop prospects.
He believes that the
differences between the railroad
and the citizens of Olney will
be adjusted
satisfactorily to all parties concerned
and that Olney will soon enter upon the most
prosperous era the town has ever known.
Wichita Daily Times - April 10, 1908 Personal Mention Column
R. C. Malone of Abilene is
in the city.
Sheriff L. Craddock of Seymour was in the city today.
Judge Felder returned this afternoon from a business trip to
Graham.
Mrs. E. M. Suddith is confined to her home with a severe case
of neuralgia.
Miss Fay Trueblood of Dallas is in the city visiting friends.
S. Edwards, a prominent grain man
of Seymour, was transacting business in the city
today.
Miss Mary Childress of Abilene was
in the city today en route
to Amarillo to
visit friends.
Rev. T. R. Bowles left this afternoon
for Blue Grove, where he will
fill his
regular appointments Saturday and Sunday.
Fred Crumpley returned last night from
New Hope, Texas, where he had been to pay the
last sad rites to his father, who died recently.
J. W. Hopper and E. E. Stanley of Barwell,
KY, arrived in Wichita Falls yesterday on
a prospecting trip and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Mask.
Mr. William Grant, accompanied by Mrs.
Whaley and Miss Hettie Slaughter of St. Joe,
Texas, were in the city today, the guests of Rev. J. A. Stafford.
Dr. J. J. Dalton, Miss Kate Haynes and W. H. Bachman went
to Chillicothe this afternoon
to attend the meeting of the Amarillo Presbytery, which convened
there this morning.
The Dundee town council at a recent meeting caused a proposal
for a committee to draw up
a scheme bearing upon the municipalization
of the milk supply of the city, but it
was defeated by 23 votes to 3.
Wichita Daily Times - April 13, 1908 Personal Mention Column
J. T. Waggoner left yesterday for his ranch near Iowa Park.
W. E. Forgey of the Archer Reporter is in the city on business.
A. H. McDavid of Archer City was among the visitors in the city
today.
T. H. Kemp, one of the leading real estate men of Olney is in
the city.
A. J. Weeth of Iowa Park was in the city today en route to Decatur
on business.
Mr. J. H. Huggins of Isadore, Okla., was in the city transacting
business today.
S. T. Scaling, a prominent farmer and stockman of Dundee, is
here on business today.
Joe Bowers, an extensive farmer and
stockman for Holliday is in the city looking
after business matters.
Monroe Dodson, a prominent citizen of
Burkburnett was transacting business in the
city today.
Sanford Wilson, one of Archer City's
staunch citizens was looking after business
matters here today.
Mrs. M. E. Williams of Clarendon
is visiting her sons, Jesse and C. M.
Doke and
their families of this city.
Miss Frankie Lee, who is teaching
school at Day Station spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives and friends in this city.
Messrs. S. N. Lawler and Jno. Brooks,
two of Burkburnett's progressive citizens
were transacting business here today.
Miss Emma Haynes, one of the teachers in the
public schools at Iowa Park spent Sunday
with her sisters, Misses Kate and Jodie Haynes.
J. T. Speakers, with the Wichita Valley railway company
of this city visited relatives
and friends in Dallas yesterday, returning to his post of duty
today.
Mrs. Russell Eakan of Nocona, who
has been visiting relatives in Dundee,
passed
through the city yesterday en route home, accompanied by her
father, Mr. T. A. Helm.
Miss Lillian Redding, who is teaching
school at Maybelle after a pleasant visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H.
Redding of this city, returned
to her school
yesterday evening.
Miss Fay Trueblood of Dallas has
returned to this city and her friends will be glad
to learn that she accepted her old position as one of the sales
ladies for P. H. Penning
Co., and will make Wichita her home again.
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