The Nocona News. (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1920 Page: 4 of 4
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THE NOCONA NEWS, FRIDAY DECEMBER 118T, 1120.
COURT 0. K.’S HAIR FULLINGTo Our Patrons and Friends
Riley had themisfor-
Uncle JohnNoel Hunter eame down from of getting run over by a cow a
Burkburnett to pend the Holidays |few da>’s since and was ,a,d UP for
with home folks. |a time-
and children
another year
No-109-YEAR WINE IS FOUND
and family
Beal place,
Mrs. New-
and children
last week to
her mother,
other Nocona
made harness and sad-
in and examine their
sure that you will buy.Miss Lois Taylor of Bellevue is
visiting her cousin, Miss Ola Paine.Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Fortune and
family came up from Dallas to spend
Christmas with Nocona relatives and
friends. 'Jim Antram came over from Hollis,
Oklahoma, to spend the Holidays with
'name folks.
and
OakFletcher Cummins came down from
Oklahoma City and visited Nocona
friends this week.R. G. Atkins and daughter, Miss
Velma, spent Christmas in Denison
.and Sherman.George McElroy has been helping
ouf the local postal force during the
Holiday rush.Roy Flournoy came in from Olathe,
Kansas, last week fo a Holiday visit
vith Nocona folk.Uncle Joe Bryant of Mor.iagU'
a Nocona visitor Wednesday.
Philadelphia.—It was his love
for music which led to the ar-
rest of Jacob Kats, twen^-four
years old. Katz entered the
Emanuel Lutheran church here
shortly after midnight and
found the poor box which he
emptied of Its contents, $3.
Then he found the new organ.
Katz had musical talent and he
ran his Angers over the keys.
Then he became so absorbed In
the Instrument that he forgot
where he was. pulled out the
diaphone nnd thundered away.
The strains awakened the pas
tor. Rev. Rudolph Nieder, who
lives next door, and he called
the police.
Buck Biter couldn’t forego the op-
portunity and had to come up from
Dallas to spend Christmas with
cona relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hill
have moved to the Ray
cn the south side, from
man’s place over on the north side.
Lynn, Mass.—A hair-pulling match
between a wife and another womnn
who is found with the husband Is per-
fectly In order from the spouse's view-
point, according to the ruling of As-
sociate Justice Edward B. O’Brien of
the District court here.
He was called upon to render a de
cislon at the trial of Mrs. Lilli.in
Miner, a divorcee, charged with as-
sault with a revolver upon Mrs. Cath-
erine Curtis, the wife of a Boston po
licemnn. Although it was chnrgcc
that Mrs. Curtis made the first move
tn the hostilities, the Justice said:
“I think the wife Is Justified In re-
monstrating, even to the extent of
pulling hair, and If such a case came
before me for trial I should rule In
favor of the aggrieved wife.”
j Mrs. H. J. Justin, and
relatives.
D. Z. Ferguson, a prosperous
substantial farmer of the Post
Prairie country, wat a best town busi
ness visitor Wednesday.
The W. S. Thurston Hardware com
pany are now giving real bargain;,
or. their hand
dies. Come
stock. We are
Mrs. R. B. Price
spent the Holidays with relatives at
Marysville.
Wife Justified in "Remonstrating''
With Rival, Massachusetts
Judge Rules.Mr. and Mrs. Oren Benton of I
Omaha, Nebraska, are visiting No-,
cona relatives.
Mrs. J. M. Senter
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Humphreys cam« UP from Da,las
visited relatives at Ennis, Texas, for ^pend Christmas with
the Holidays.Mrs. H. P. Vaughan and son, Berk-
I 'ey, spent Christmas in Dallas. Berk-'
! 'ey also visited some three days at
Judge Chas. F. Spencer of Wichita ’ D Mrs- Vaughan will return
Falls was a Nocona business visitor, home the first of next week.
Tuesday.
IfM'AI A Mil IH'llQflMA! I I still have some West Texas lands
iAll 17 1 Iji• Mi*i i.iL and town lots for sale or trade. List
" | ycur trading property with me for
j quick action. R. B. Price, Nocona,
' Texas.
I I I N the Spirit ol the Holi-
I—I days let us join in under-
standing, confidence and good
will as we cross the threshold olLove of Music Traps
Robber of Poor Box :ROBBER OFFERS VICTIM $10
Man
hii<:
a
ROCKING CHAIRS!
HUNTING NOTICEto
a
buy.
CAFE FOR SALE OR TRADE
of
WORK WANTEDThe Good Luck Cafe for sale or
30t2
STOCK FARM FOR SALE
and Mrs. W. O. Nix of FortTO SPORTSMEN!
We Wish for You, A Happy
and Prosperous New YearBoth Boys and Girls From 10 to 16 Years of Age.
B. MARCH
-I
The Home Tailors
The W£NCff£5T£* Store
Telephone No. 304
hauling of auy kind.
J. D. Sigman, Nocona.Home for sale.—Six room house,
•utheast front, three lots. For price
.see Lee Sanders. Nocona, Texas. 21tf
Subscribe for The Nocona New*
to-day. Costs only $ 1.50 for • year.
fol
epi
Send The Nocona News to a frienc
to-day. If you have no friends send
The News to some icquaintance and
make a friend.
The W. S. Thurston Hardware com-
• any fully realizes the condition of
the country, and have reduced their
prices to suit the times.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris R. Lunn have
; jt their guest, this week, Mrs. Perry
•Conn of Van Wert, Ohio.J. E. Hicks of the Tyler Commer-
cial College spent the Holidays with
i is aunt, Mrs. E. B. Peters.Mr. and Mrs. Harris R. Lunn re-
turned home Monday from a weak’s
visit at Oklahoma City.
Judge W. T. Russell and Tax As-
issor Lee Husband of Montague
p ere Nocona vis-tors Tuesday.
Miss Bill Gentry came in from
X alias Thursday night to spend
hristmas with home folks.Little Miss Anna Burton Lewis
was forced to celebrate Christmas in
bed sick, but is now getting along
nicely and able te be up.
Hon. Wallie Hagler visited Ring-
* ••old Monday in the interest of the
Home Tailoring establishment,
Miss Florence Gentry returned
from Wichita Falls, Where she had
^pent a few days with relatives, Sat-
urday night.
Claude L. Gass, cashier of the
Ringgold State Bank, was a Nocona
"usiness visitor Tuesday.
250-22 Cartridges
500-22 Cartridges
Case Unearthed by Excavating in
Ruins of Old Building
in Florida.NOTICE TO AUTO OWNERS
AND TAX PAYERS
We will run an excursion to the
Famous Rio Grande Valley, January
5th, 1921. To the land of milk and
honey, where they raise two or three
money crops a year, get their mois-
ture by telephone, no failures, no
boll weevils, no moisture to cheapen
their cotton, gather their cotton and
corn in July, plant a fall crop hat
will pay for the land. Vegetable
crop now ready to harvest. They get
the big prices. Alfalfa makes ten
tons per acre, corn 60 to 100 bushels
per acre, sea island cotton makes
1 1-2 bales per acre. We will run
an excursion each Wednesday from
now on. You owe it to yourself and
family to see this country, before you
buy or make another move. For
further information see or write R.
B. Price, Nocona, Texas.FINAL FIGURES ON HOW
THE STATES VOTEDIf you want your auto license re-
newed or taxes paid, see Lee Sanders,
the Montague Mail carrier, he will be
glad to see to it for you. 30t3
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grimsley
emphis, Texas, spent the Holidays
ith Nocona relatives and friends.
E. E. Porter of near Bonita was
r Nocona visitor last Friday and
; easant caller at The News office.
Tell the news to The Nows—our
phone is 87—call us—w“ -y f appre-
ciate very much.
Stock farm of 200 acres, southwest
of St.
Smith,
Port St. Joe. Fla.—A case of choice
wine, believed buried over 100 year
ago, was excavated by workmen en
gaged in dismantling the ruins of at:
old building in Port St. Joseph, item
here, which was deserted In 1840.
lowing a virulent yellow fever
demlc.
The wine was hurled In what
been the cellar of the house.
And Thank You for Your Patronage
of the past, and respectfully solicit
your business of the coming New Year
Cable,
the policeSemi-official but complete figures
of the popular vote in the recent
presidential election show that Sena-
tor Harding- polled 7,507,677 more
votes than Governor Cox, according
to Cappers’ Weekly. Debs, the So-
cialist candidate, polled 910,477 votes.
The Farmer-Labor party received
242,160 votes, and the Prohibition
candidate 177,957 votes.
The total vote cast. 27,101,673,
Harding’s vote .16.639,378
Cox’s vote 9,131,701
Mr.
Worth were the guests of his sister,
Mrs. J. A. Messer and family during
the Holidays.
Rocking chairs, dressers, and cedar
chests at the W. S. Thurston Hard-
ware company’s are going at big re-
ductions. Remember that they have
only six of those high grade Axmin-
ister Rugs, at prices that will
you
Jo for sale. See J. E. C.
Nocona, Texas. 20tfHas Crossed Another River.
Cincinnati. O.—William o'ltiignn
aged sixty-six. gardner :it the l.udlo"
lagoon, who several yeurs ugi> tr
to walk across the Ohio on «<>«•!«*>
shoes lie had made, is <!e:i<t hr r»
When he tried h!s river- vnlkiic* •
he succeeded tn making half the
ney.
Steubenville, O.—Daniel
pottery worker, reported to
here that H robber, who had held him
up while he was on his way home in
a suburb, offered to give him $10 after
the highwayman discovered that he
was penniless.
Cable said that the robber leaped
upon, overpowered him, and then went
through Ills pockets. Finding no
money. Cable said, the highwayman
reached into his own pocket, pulled
out a roll of bills and offered to give
him $10, saying: “Here, brother, you
need It worse than I do."
Cable said he was too surprised
accept the money.
To each one buying a Wincherter for the Next Two Weeks will be
Given Free, with a
Single Shot Rifle
Repeating Rifle
I All pecan, bird hunters or. other
hunters and trespassers please take
notice and do not trespass on any of
I my lands, as such are liable to prose-
make cu,''on-—T. M. Hoben, Nocona. 21tfLaborer Gets $150,000.
Anaconda. Mont.—From a laborer’s
task nt the Washoe ^melter to the
possession of $150,000 was the realiza-
tion here recently of Claude Sheuma-
ker, who received a telegram from an
Eastern broker advising him'' that he
had realized tills fortnne on the sale
of oil stock. Sheutnaker immediately
drew his earnings, purchased a rail-
road ticket and started East. Slieu-
maker conceived the idea of buying oil
stock while in the army. While serv-
ing overseas with the Twenty-third di-
vision he was wounded. His original
Investment was $300 of back army pay.
He Intends purchasing a ranch in Ore-
gon, lie said.
"You Need It Worse Than I," He Says
to Holdup on Finding
Penniless.
I want to break your garden or do wj]] trade for ]and or city property
,„i;„„ Phohe or see of equal value.—Phone 163, 26tf
Come in and buy while the buying is good. If you want a High
Power Rifle or Shot Gun, we’ve got them too.
T. H. Field Company
Place of Pleasant and Profitable Shopping.
States.
Rep.
Dem.
A>bama. .....
74,690
163,254
Arizona............
37,016
29,546
Arkansas........
69,874
105,618
California
624,922
229.191
Colorado........
173.248
104,636
Connecticut...
229,238
120.721
Delaware............
52,858
39.911
Florida................
44.853
90,515
Georgia............
41,081
107,162
Idaho.................
88.321
46,576
Illinois........
1,420.480
534,395
Indiana............
696,370
511,364
Iowa......*........
634,674
227,921
Kansas............
369,195
185,477
Kentucky........
452,480
456,497
Lpuisian.........
38,588
87,519
Maine................
136,355
58,961
Maryland........
236,117
180,626
681,1.13
27&.691
Michigan......
762,865
233,450
Minnesota......
519,421
142,994
Mississippi...
11,5/6
69,277
Missouri........
727,162
574,999
Montana........
109,430
57,370
Nebraska........
247,498
119,608
Nevada............
15,479
9,851
N. Hampshire
96,196
62,862
New Jersey....
611,670
258,229
New Mexico....
57,634
46,668
New York....
2,367,187
771,774
North Carolina
232,806
305,447
North Dakota
160,072
87,422
Ohio............
1,182,022
780,037
Oklahoma...
243,415
215,520
Oregon ........
143,592
R0,069
Pennsylvania
1,219,515
530302
Rhode Island
107,463
55,062
South Carolina
2,632
68,040
South Dakota
109,785
35,657
Tennessee......
219329
206388
Texas..............
115,640
280388
Uttk____________
•1355
58380
Vermont.........
68,212
20310
Virginia...........
17,458
141,670
Washington...
ttijr
84JM
West Virginia
Ml,007
2M.7M
85, Ml
17,420
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The Nocona News. (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1920, newspaper, December 31, 1920; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1205685/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.