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Caddo County Oklahoma - Newspapers

Submitted by:  Sandy Miller
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ANADARKO AMERICAN

February 25, 1915
Thursday

Personal Paragraphs
Geo. Sherritt of Stecker was in the city Monday.

J.J. Phillips of Verden was over Thursday last.

Mrs. N.J. Cruse of Hinton was down Tuesday on business.

M.E. Monsell, our county surveyor was a business visitor to Lookeba
Tuesday.

W.C. Webb of Apache was a county seat visitor Thursday of last week.

Mrs. Morris Leonhard went over to Chickasha Thursday last to visit a
sick brother.

Mrs. Ray, who is confined to her home suffering with smallpox, is
reported better.

Mrs. D.J. Peacher of Ft. Cobb, after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. A.
J. Coppage, returned to her home Tuesday.

Stand up for Anadarko. Buy "Big A' and "White Dove" flour and give
encouragement to one of Anadarko's big industries.

Mrs. John D. Pugh, Miss Elsie Pugh and Master Doyle Pugh spent the week
in the capital city, guests of State Senator John D. Pugh.

Harry Ballinger spent the latter part of the week with home folks,
coming over from Norman; where he is attending the State University.

A vote cast for Fred E. Goodwin for city clerk will be a vote case for
one of Anadarko's deserving young men and one who will give good
service. ADV.

A vote for Paul Kaiser for mayor is a vote for one of the progressive
citizens of the city. He will give the city a good administration of its
affairs. ADV.

After an extended visit with the families of F.J. Eccleston and J.J.
Coggins, Mrs. John Gannor and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, returned Tuesday
to their home in Topeka, Kas.

There has been a slight change in the management of the Robinson hotel.
Mr. Robinson has taken charge of the rooming department and the dining
room will be operated by W.W. Cole and wife.

Do you know that Milne, of the C.O.D. grocery, has a fine line of
groceries that are fresh, clean and reasonable in price. Try an order
and you will be pleased with the manner in which you are served.

Madame Smith and Mrs. Earle Grammar have returned from a buying trip to
Kansas City. Mrs. Smith will soon have on display some of the latest
creations in millinery, and it wil pay you to see them.

SINGING CONVENTION
The Caddo Co. Singing Convention No.2 will meet at Sugar Creek Chapel
three miles south and two miles east of Binger on the second Sunday and
Saturday before in March. This is the first anniversary of our
convention and we want to make it the best. All invited.
Bertie Weems, Sec.-Treas.

March 4, 1915

DEATH OF MRS. PFAFF

End Come Sunday to Beloved Wife of Fredk. Pfaff

Mrs. frederick Paff died at the family residence, 602 West Oklahoma
Avenue, Sunday afternoon, Febuary 28, aged 33 years, 8 months and 6
days.

And so there came to a close the life of a good woman whose death is
mourned by a husband of less than a year and a host of friends who
sorrow deepy over the absence of her whom they loved so tenderly.

Mrs. Pfaff has been a sufferer for many months, but she bore her
suffering patiently, and when she finally realized that death was
approaching she resigned to the inevitable, and like the sweet and
patient woman she was, told her husband and friends of the things she
wanted done, arranging who should be the pall bearers, what songs were
to be sung, and expressed the hope that when death came it would be on a
Sunday, and requested that she be laid beside the first wife of her
husband. Her wishes in every particular were carried out, and God was
good in that her death did come on a Sabbath afternoon in the presence
of her devoted husband, her sister and other relatives.

The funeral was held tuesday afternoon at 230 o'clock, Rev. S.V. Fait,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, preaching the funeral sermon. The
services were held at the church, and that edifice was filled to
overflowing with friends who istened to the minister as he reviewed the
life of the deceased with an eloquence which touched his hearers.

The floral offerings were profuse, attesting the esteem in which she was
held. The choir was composed of young men who had been pupils of the
deceased, and the pall-bearers were Oscar Orme, J.F. McDavitt, V.W.
Haskell, Dyke Ballinger, I..E. Cox and W.H. Bishop.

Interment was made in the Anadarko cemetery, the remains being followed
to their final resting place by a large coacourge.

All the business houses were closed during the funeral, and as a mark of
respect to the dead, who had been a teacher, the schools of the city
were dismissed.

Owing to the fact that the editor of the American was compelled to be
away most of the present week, we will be unable to publish a
biographical sketch of the deceased, but will surely do so in next
week's issue.

March 11, 1915

Biographical

The following is a brief sketch of the life of Mrs. Frederick Pfaff,
whose death we chronicled last week.

Grace E. Thomas was born June 22, 1881 in DeWitt county, Illinois. Later
her parents moved to Bourbon county, Kansas where Grace Thomas grew to
womanhood, and where at the age of 20 she graduated from the high school
of Ft. Scott. After graduation she took up the work of teaching, first
in her home county later in Illinois and New Mexico, coming to Caddo
county about five years ago, teaching one year in the country then in
the schools of this city until her marriage to Mr. Pfaff in June of last
year.

Just previous to her marriage she had undergone an operation in a
hospital in Bloomngton, Ill., returning to Anadarko to take up her
school duties, closing her career as a teacher at the end of the school
term to marry Mr. Pfaff.

It was shortly after the wedding that the cloud appeared whcih cast a
gloom over the home life which seemed to have started so well for a long
stretch of genuine enjoyment of each other's society, for it became
apparent that the operation had only stayed temporarily the ravages of
the dread cancer which was slowly but surely eating away the life of the
wife. Visits to different sanitariums and skilled surgeons were without
avail. they could not sae her, and so they came back to the dear home,
the woman to patiently await the summons of her Lord, he husband to hide
his grief and redouble his love and devotion. the days glided by, and
the sick woman felt the great waves of love and care tendered by her
relatives and friends, which served to banish in a measure the sadness
of the inevitable.

And so she died, mourned by a husband whose devotion was beautiful to
behold; by relatives who loved her for her devotion to them and by
friends who loved her because of her gentle demeanor and sweet
disposition.

March 25, 1915

Represents Frank James' Estate

Hon. C.H. Carswell, one of the leading attorneys of Caddo county, has
been retained by Mrs. Frank James, wife of the one-time famous outlaw,
and who is the execetrix under the will of the late Mr. James, to
represent her in the matter of that part of the estate of the decedent
which is in this state. Mr. James owned a fine farm in the south part of
Caddo county and had other interests elsewhere. We are glad to see one
of the attorneys recognized in this way and Mrs. James is to be
congratulated on having selected Mr. Carswell, who is one of the best
lawyers in this part of the state.