SHAMROCK BROGUE 2-26-1916
HIGHNOTE ARRESTED
Col. Rufe Highnote, the man with 19 notches in his gun who made Shamrock
his headquarters until recently is in the toils of the law at Tulsa
on a criminal libel charge. As the Brogue understands it, Col. Highnote
was organizing a detective bureau there, having recently left Shamrock
for that city. In an article in one of the Tulsa papers, Highnote is
charge with libeling Harry Stege, the Bertillion expert, by uniting
Stege in the article with him in the organization. Stege then swore
out a warrant for Highnote’s arrest and upon failure to give bond,
he was placed in jail. It is said there are also other charges against
the many-notched-gun man.
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The Wolftones of Shamrock, just organized, will be one of the main features
of St. Patrick day celebration in Shamrock. Will any man dare stop on
the tails of their coats?
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Walter R. Eaton of Shamrock, one of the founders of the town, stands
out conspiculously as one of the real workers in the special legislative
session.
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John Farris has his big store open for business two doors east of the
Killarney theater on Tipperary Road.
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BLARNIES
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The first Easter millinery opening in Shamrock is to be at Miss Hamil’s
on Tuesday, March 7, on Dublin avenue back of the Citizens bank.
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C.W. Tate has his garage open and doing business on Fourth street just
back of the townsite office.
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J.F. McFarland and J.W. Jones of Oklahoma City carpenters who have been
working for the Gypsy company here, will locate in Shamrock permanently.
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Denny Cawley returned Monday from a trip to St. Louis to lay in a stock
of clothing and he visited also at his former home in Fairview. He will
open for business this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wickham have opened the Almeda rooms, on Third street
near Terry avenue, opposite the Tri-State Livery. Mrs. Wickham will
have charge, coming here from Drumright, where he is the principal dairyman.
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Wanted—Present whereabouts of Charles Feeley is wanted. Communicate
with Ben C. Conner, First National bank building, Tulsa, Okla.
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H.B. Granlee’s Depot café was opened for business Sunday
with Fred Hudson in charge as manager.
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Mrs. “Larry” Post, wife of the freight agent of the Sapulpa
& Oil Field road is now in Shamrock and they are living in the Dallas
Lovett cottage on Fourth street near Dublin.
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Mrs. Charles Hansbro of Cushing was here over Sunday visiting her son,
Ira Hansbro, stenographer at the depot for Superintendent Granlee.
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J.D. Main manager of the Cragin Lumber yards here and family are living
in Norton’s new bungalow on Fifth street and Bantry avenue. Mr.
Norton has erected two cottages on his lots.
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Miss Marjorie Hunter who with her mother has a boarding house in the
field south of Shamrock, was a visitor in the city Saturday.
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Mrs. W.W. White and daughter, Miss Stella White formerly of Oilton,
have a boarding house on the Oglesby lease south of Shamrock.
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Mrs. Nallie and Miss Grace Tate of Drumright were visitors here Saturday.
The latter is the daughter of C.W. Tate, the Fourth street garage man.
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Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Davis who moved here from Depew, are now located in
their new home, near the corner of Bantry and Sixth street.
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Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Baker are living in their new home on South Blarney
avenue. He is the Gypsy Oil company’s superintendent in Shamrock.
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B.J. Dye a well known driller in the neighboring oil field has completed
a neat cottage at the corner of Fifth street and Bantry avenue.
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H.C. McMillan, formerly of Tulsa, is installing a 240 electric light
plant on Terry avenue between Second and Third streets.
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Charles La Pearl of Oklahoma City known nation wide as a balloonist
is making Shamrock his headquarters at the present time.
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Stokes Jones of Drumright was here Thursday to meet his sisters, Mesdames
Harry Ekdahl of Bristow and Samuel Winters of Mississippi who are visiting
him.
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Ed T. Egan, chief of detectives at Tulsa where he has lived for twenty-four
years, visited Shamrock during the past week and has ordered the Brogue
sent to his Tulsa address.
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Mrs. Roberts Rhodes of the Oklahoma Natural station is visiting with
relatives in Missouri.
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W.A. Taukerseley, a brick building contractor, and A.A. Erath, a heating
contractor, were here from Sapulpa Monday, bidding on the Shamrock school
construction job.
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J.M. Martin has leased his feed yard, corner of Bantry and Second street,
to Albert Stevens and Glenn Snodgrass, and has given possession.
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Elmer Edgell, field foreman for the Oklahoma Natural Gas company has
returned from a visit with friends in West Virginia.
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The members of the Shamrock school board are having a deep well drilled
on the school yard on Fifth street between Cork and Bantry.
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Bert Billings of Guthrie and Joseph Stone of Mobile, Alabama, were here
Monday to bid on the school house construction job.
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D.M. Richardson, the contractor on the Killarney theatre says the building
will be ready for the opening performance on March 5.
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John Blankin of the Blankin Brother’s garage had his right hand
severely burned recently while vulcanizing a tire, the gasoline was
turned over and enveloped Blankin’s hand in flames.
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Ben Bennett, the teaming contractor, has taken over the business of
G.W. Couper, who has returned to old Mexico with his family. Bennett
gets the Couper stables and outfit on St. Patrick avenue.
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The school board let the contract Monday to Ed L. Quimby of Shamrock
to build the brick school building for which $15,000 bonds were voted
in December. Mr. Quimby’s figures were $10,875 with Bert Billings
of Guthrie the next highest, $2551 above Quimby. A.H. Mott of Tulsa,
the architect, will also superintend the construction. The heating bid
was not awarded.
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Master Ray Walker of Drumright visited here Thursday with Frank Glease.
With his father John Walker, he returned recently from an automobile
trip to Frisco and back.
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Dr. C.T. Wright, who located here from Inola, has completed his business
building for a drug store on the lot recently purchased on Tipperary
road, near Dublin from “Bill” Schwake.
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Postmaster Jack Thompson and F.E. Carroll of Wellston spent Sunday in
Shamrock. Mr. Carroll rented a building here and will engage in business
in Shamrock.
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E.B. Ham entertained the following ladies from Stroud Sunday: Mrs. E.
B. Ham, and daughter Miss Nina; Mesdames Marry Allen, C.F. Cory, Earl
Lumm, R.L. Henderson, John Grant, Greenwood and Snow, and Miss Morrow.
Mrs. Oller is one of the pioneer settlers in Oklahoma.
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George Griswold has taken a place with the Sapulpa & Oil Field railroad
as timekeeper for the construction gang.
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Roy C. Franklin and family of Perkins have been visiting his father,
W.C. Franklin, and family on Sixth street. They like Shamrock and may
locate here.
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Roy Maxedon of the Maymax had been in Oklahoma City the past week purchasing
a soda fountain for the postoffice lobby.
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Ted Gordon engineer at the Oklahoma Natural Gas station, spent the past
week in Tulsa with friends.
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The Mike Eneff café on Tipperary Road next door to his baker,
was opened for business during the past week.
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J.P. Coulter, working here with the telephone construction force, has
just completed homesteading a claim of 320 acres in Alberta, Canada.
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Allen Robertson, the hardware merchant has his new building under construction
near the corner of Dublin and Tipperary. Mr. Robertson has been critically
ill but is able to be out again.
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Mrs. T.L. Padden, wife of the chief engineer of the Kellyville station
of the Oklahoma Natural Gas company is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Dan Sullivan, at the Shamrock station.
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(THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT THE IRISH WOLFTONES—THE
FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT OF THE ARTICLE)
RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED
When the Wolftones of Shamrock were organized here during the past week
Patrick Clancy was chosen as president; Michael O’Neill, vice-president;
P.J. Sullivan, secretary and Frank Glease, treasurer. The membership
list is growing daily and the organization expects to arouse great interest
in the battle of diplomacy that Ireland is making to gain independence.-------
The Irish men and woman of Tulsa organized a similar body to the Wolftones
on Wednesday evening. The Wolftones designated P.J. Sullivan to represent
them at that meeting, and a copy of the resolution that was passed by
the Wolftones was also sent to the Tulsa meeting to be read together
with an invitation for all the Irish men and woman of Tulsa to attend
St. Patrick Day celebration here on March 17.-(MORE OF THIS ARTICLE
IS AVAILABLE, THIS WAS THE ONLY PART THAT LISTED NAMES)
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BLARNIES
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Mrs. C.M. Sarchet came over from Tulsa to spend Sunday and Monday at
the Brogue editorial offices.
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Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Fleming and children, of the Okla lease north of town,
were called to Bartesville, Monday by a telegram announcing the death
of her sister, Mrs. Van Erden.
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Messers R.A. Blackburn, Elmer McCollough, Jack Schickram and Ray Gayley
all of Drumright, were visitors in Shamrock over Sunday.
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Earl Frame of Depew is in Shamrock assisting in the Harrington, Pettegrew
& company general store.
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Gustave Harmuth, the feature photograph man of Drumright, was a visitor
at the Brogue office Monday.
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H.G. Fisk who will be the “Movieman” at the Killarney theatre,
has opened an electrical work office at the theatre, being an experienced
workman.
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Panorama pictures of the railway yards and industrial center of Shamrock
were taken during the past week by W.C. Sills and will soon be exhibited.
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Messrs, Owen and Gillespie of the Red Cross Drug store are planning
to hold a reception and “house-warming” when they open their
business formally.
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(FIRST LINE UNREADABLE think it might be someone of Blankin) garage
had a narrow escape, Thursday, when the Green Lizard—Justice Lake’s
car---turned turtle on Tipperary road, because of a wheel breaking.
He was caught beneath the machine but escaped injury.
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T.B. Hollis the veteran stone contractor was an ealy day settler in
Kansas during the border day warfare, when the pro and anti-slavery
men were fighting for possession of the new territory.
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S.W. Anderson of Tulsa, father of Harry Anderson, former mayor of Oilton
has been here the past week the guest of Andy Dignal at the Club café.
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Webster R. Stewart of the railroad engineering corps, has a letter from
his father at Bangor, Maine, stating that the Bangor papers have had
extensive accounts of Shamrock and the Brogue in their news columns.
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“Happy” Edwards of Oklahoma Natural’s meter corps
will read a paper before the next state gas men’s convention at
Tulsa on the “orifice meter.” Mr. Edwards is well known
in the Shamrock field.
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Dr. C.K. Roberts, the Shamrock dentist was a former league baseball
player, an outfielder in the Wisconsin-Illinois league for several years.
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Bert Billings and William Shearer of Guthrie carpenter and brick contractors,
have been here the past week, bidding on several jobs of brick and stone
business houses.
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W.F. Parker, one of the Killarney theatre owners and Truman Dunn were
here from Oilton during the past week. Mr. Parker will locate in Shamrock
in the realty business.
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Aaron Drumright and W.W. Metz the main boosters of Drumright, were here
Saturday taking their first view of Shamrock.
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Bristow Record—Mrs. Stanley Delano and baby of Shamrock arrived
Saturday for a visit with relatives.
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O.S. Gould head meter man in the Shamrock district for the Oklahoma
Natural Gas company, is entertaining his mother, of Olean, NY.
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Attorney George H. Ringham of Drumright was a business visitor in Shamrock
Saturday.
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THE OILTON FIFE
The disastrous blaze at Oilton during the past week wiped out the south
side of Main street, the best business block in town, and Phil Hall,
the clothier, Henry Fulton; the well known civil engineer, and twenty
other business and professional men were (UNREADABLE) Two days later
the Ed L. Dunn (UNREADABLE) the residence district burned to the ground.
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