Davis News 1906 Mar - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Deborah 19 Nov 2006 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Crossett, Davis, Ellis, Lindsay, McClusky, Prince, Ryan Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1547 The Davis News, Wednesday, March 8, 2006, Page 2: "100 YEARS AGO: There's a reason for all these strangers in town. There's something doing in Davis. Visitors say Davis shows more sign of life than any town in this country, CROSSETT wrote. Merchant D. F. ELLIS left for St. Louis to buy a big stock of spring and summer goods for ELLIS & McCLUSKY's store. The merchants agreed to close their stores at 7 p. m. (except Saturday) from March 1 to Sept. 1. T. H. SLOVER moved into his new house (still standing on North Third Street). It is a handsome dwelling of modern design and must have cost $4,000 or more. If you can't help, don't pull back. We can get along very well with horses that won't pull, but when they go to pulling back they need attending to, editor Fay CROSSETT wrote. L. A. DAVIS bought J. C. LINDSAY's half interest in the wagon yard on West Main Street for $1,165. The new brick hotel was being painted on the outside. The new brick hotel was being painted on the outside. One dispatch says 'statehood is practically assured.' Another says 'there will be no statehood.' Which will you take? CROSSETT wondered. 'For the past two or three years the price of a shave in Davis has been 10 cents. The barbers didn't feel that they were becoming bankers fast enough and recently had a caucus resulting in the price of a slave being raised to 15 cents,' CROSSETT wrote. The grocery store of W. D. RYAN changed ownership and became the property of PRINCE & Co. S. H. DAVIS, 'the father of our beautiful little city,' announced for mayor." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm