June
J.L. Campbell bought a lot and warehouse from R. L. Pace, “across the street from Rockwell Bros.” He remodeled the building for his tin and plumbing shop.
A.J. Vaughan moved his stock of “furniture and household goods” to the old Masonic Hall which he had recently purchased.
A.K. Bass bought the home of H. T. Chiles and Mr. Chiles bought the residence of Mr. Bass.
R.L. Pace sold 35 acres between the railroad track and the cemetery to Mr. Scribner for $83 per acre.
J.O. Hartzog and Andy Gravitt leased the Caddo Opera House for the summer. They planned to install electric fans and show “motion pictures”.
W.E. Thedin purchased two lots west of W. L. Driver in the “north central part of town”.
J.H. Franks was helping to fill in a few gaps left along north Buffalo Street by putting a sidewalk in front of his home. A.M. Robertson and A. F. Manning did the same. Meanwhile, sidewalks were being added to south Main Street in front of the residences of W. H. Ainsworth, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs. Hauer, Amos K. Bass, A. J. Vaughan, Mrs. Hull, C. W. Hill, Sam Heath, and C. A. Bilbo “as a convenience to those going to the depot”.
The “Baxter Phone Line” residents raised $500 for a new school and church building to be erected on the northwest corner of the pasture of Mrs. Lorena Robinson. It was named Plainview.
E.O. Allen built a home in the Chiles Addition and sold it to T. M. Parker. He promptly began work on another one.
Work was progressing on the addition to the Tribal Bank building being completed for the Mason’s lodge room.
Amos Bass made extensive improvements in his building occupied by W. F. Dodd. He raised the old floor by adding eight inches of cement, he installed a new awning, and he added a sidewalk along the west side of the store. During this time the Corner Drug Store was “considerably torn up” but customers survived.
Mr. Bass was also supervising B. F. Pinson’s work on his two bungalows replacing the old Baptist Church. G. A. Crossett moved into one as soon as it was completed.
Once the old Smith Barber Shop was removed (in May) by Mr. Howe, Mr. Smith relocated to the Siegel building vacated by Mr. Campbell and his tin shop. The old barber shop became part of John Schneck’s garage on Arkansas Street. (Yes, it was like musical chairs.)
E.O. Allen began building a home in the Bungalow Addition.
The salary of Caddo’s postmaster was raised from $1,500 to $1,600 due to the “increase in business”.
The directors of the school district met and voted to order an election for a bond issue of $20,000 to build an additional school building to relieve overcrowding.
July
The Knights of Pythias met in their “castle hall in the McCoy building”.
Ben Siegel was planning new awnings and raised sidewalks for the Smith Barber Shop and Thompson’s Tailor Shop.
Sidewalks were completed in front of the businesses of S. R. Heath, Caddo National Bank, J. H. Franks, Mrs. Homer, R. L. Pace. R. Wilkowisky, Hogan Bros. and the Baptist Church. J. L. Boland and H. T. Chiles completed the walks in front of their homes.
E.O. Allen put the finishing touches on his new home in the Fair Grounds Addition.
Howe & Cossart were completing their new building on the south side of Buffalo Street.
A.B. Rutherford’s home on west Buffalo Street was nearly finished, and W. W. Maytubby in South Heights was also near completion.
The Masons were moving into their new hall in the Ainsworth building.
Work was finished on Mr. Bass’s second bungalow and J. P. Mason moved into it.
The marble fixtures for the Oklahoma State Bank arrived and the bank moved into its new quarters, “probably the most expensive building of it size in town”. Craghead Bros. did the carpenter work and George Bartley did the decorating.
Mr. Jackson and Mr. Isaacs, from Durant, moved into the W. T. Smith building and opened a “tailoring, cleaning, and pressing” business.
C.A. Bilbo bought out E. O. Allen’s interest in the Phillips Company.
S.W. Maytubby moved into his new home in South Heights.
More cement…W. D. Harrison, Dr. Long, Baxter & Hartzog, Mason Drug Co., Phillips Co., R. E. Zeigler, McCoy, City Bakery, Moore-Rappolee.
August
Braudrick Bros. opened their meat market in the Baxter building.
W. H. Glasscock leased the garage of Bloom & Schenk and was making preparations to open an auto business with “an expert mechanic in charge”.
Mr. and Mrs. Huffman went to St. Louis to buy fall merchandise.
Art Wright added a large brick oven to his bakery.