Natural gas mains laid from Tulsa toward Chandler area
New state news reports gas mains extending from Tulsa to a point west of Chandler with large crews at work. Lincoln county work faces rough terrain and discipline challenges in laying the lines. John Wise of the Vinita commercial club gathers photographs for Jamestown exposition stereoptical exhibits. Four black prisoners escaped Muskogee jail. two face murder charges, escape via coal chute window. W M Cross, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, ill with heart disease at Claremore and may quit campaigning. An Ada man touts seven Boston terrier puppies born July Fourth as patriotic contest contenders. The note ends with a remark on Geronimo and Dutch Reformed church association.
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Tulsa
Chandler
Lincoln County
John Wise
Commercial Club
Vinita
Jamestown Exposition
W. M. Cross
Claremore
Bank of Carlton Incorporation Granted with Capital Stock
Articles of Incorporation granted for the Bank of Carlton with $10,000 capital stock. Incorporators include J. D. Henderson and Clyde Kerwood of Carlton T. J. Kerwood of Darrow and Mrs. W. A. Dorey of Homestead.
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Bank of
Carlton
J. D. Henderson
Clyde Kerwood
T. J. Kerwood
Darrow
W. A. Dorey
Homestead
Guthrie Woman Delivers Nineteenth Child at 39
A Guthrie woman aged 39 has just given birth to her nineteenth child. Mrs. Raidt was married at 15 and her first child arrived at 17. Thirteen children survive, the eldest being 22. The president’s special attention should be called to this case as the husband is credited more than the average wolf catcher.
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Guthrie
Craig County Republicans Convene at Vinita for Tulsa Delegates
The Craig county Republicans held a convention at Vinita selecting delegates to the Tulsa Republican convention at a future date and adopting resolutions urging opposition to the constitution and declaring against nominating state county or township tickets.
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Craig County
Vinita
Tulsa
Farmers unions unite with Muskogee labor groups for Labor Day celebration
Farmers unions join Muskogee labor organizations in a grand Labor Day celebration. The event brings together farmers and workers to honor labor achievements and community unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Unions
Territorial charter filed for Hastings co op association
A territorial charter is issued for the Farmers Union Cooperative Association of Hastings with capital stock of 25000. Incorporators listed are F. M. Boydston J. D. Moore and E. T. Bentley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union Co-operative Association of
Hastings
F. M. Boydston
J. D. Moore
E. T. Bentley
Verden Set to Incorporate as New Oklahoma City
Publication notice announces Verden will soon be incorporated and become a city. The town is presented as thriving for its size in Oklahoma with notable surrounding countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verden
Oklahoma
Mayor Scales Recovers and Resumes Duties After Surgery
Friends report Mayor Henry M. Scales has recovered from surgery at St. Anthony's hospital and is back attending to public and private duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Scales
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Rates Cut by ICC in Roswell Railway Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that several class and commodity rates to New Mexico points including Roswell Artesia Hagerman and Carlsbad from Kansas City St Louis Galveston and Denver were unjust or excessive. Reductions include flour from 47 to 42 cents per 100 pounds wheat from 45 to 40 cents, lumber from 45 to 38 cents, salt from Hutchinson Kansas from 35 to 80 cents, and apples alfalfa and alfalfa meal from New Mexico to Fort Worth adjusted to 45 cents for apples and 3 cents for alfalfa.
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Oklahoma
Prouty
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roswell
New Mexico
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Hutchinson
Kan
Fort Worth
Deputy Lilly Quells Stroud Mob After Lynching Attempt
An attempted lynching near Stroud ended when Deputy Sheriff J W Lilly knocked down the mob leader with a rifle butt and threatened to fire. Degsey Skelton and Thomas Cook were captured, with Skelton jailed in Chandler and Cook held in Stroud. Wilson and his wife suffered injuries but are expected to recover.
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Stroud
Degsey Skelton
Thomas Cook
Wilson
J. W. Lilly
Skelton
Lilly
Chandler
Cook
28 Years a Fugitive Arrest in Hobart for Missouri Murder
W F Davidson, alias Frank Drinkard, arrested in Hobart on a 28 year old Missouri murder charge. Macon county Sheriff H N Graves and Deputy Sheriff Poole seized Davidson as he worked as a carpenter. A Missouri sheriff confirmed the case and sought requisition papers before extradition.
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W. F. Davidson
Hobart
Oklahoma
Frank Drinkard
Macon County
Missouri
H. N. Graves
Graves
Poole
Mr. Davidson
Davidson
White
Comanche County
Frantz names delegates to Chicago conference
Governor Frantz appointed Oklahoma delegates for a National Civic Federation session on combinations and trusts to be held in Chicago September 23 to 26 1907. The list includes H H Howard John H Mosier Emery Foster W C Tetrick B A Parmenter Robert Lowry W W Noffsinger Robert Forest David B Marum N O Stephenson Henry Bullew and H A Russell among others.
Governor Frantz backs indeterminate sentence plan
Guthrie reports Governor Frank Frantz says he will urge the first state legislature to pass an indeterminate sentence law. Under this plan a judge would assign a prisoner to an indefinite term, enabling early release for first offenders and those with good prison records.
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Guthrie
Frank Frantz
Federal authorities take over Osage lynching case
United States marshals and federal prosecutors investigate the hanging of Frank Bailey at Osage station Osage Indian Reservation. Six arrests reported with charges to be presented before US Commissioner Ed Gray at Pawnee and bonds arranged as needed.Judge John Embry directs evidence gathering for potential federal indictments by Pawnee grand jury in October.
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Guthrie
Frank Bailey
Osage Station
Osage Indian Reservation
John R. Abernathy
United States
John Freeman
Wiley Haines
John Embry
Isaac Taylor
Pawhuska
John W. Scothorn
Osage
Pawnee
Embry
George W. Wheeler
Bailey
Abernathy
Therisoners
Ed ‘Gray
G A B Officials Protesting Railroad Fare Bias
Oklahoma Granda Army of the Republic leaders condemn railroad rate discrimination against union veterans seeking lower fares than those offered to Confederate veterans a month earlier. They urge rail officials to grant reasonable return-trip concessions and stopover privileges.
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Granda Army of the Republic
Department of Oklahoma
The
A. R
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Southwest
Oklahoma City
William H. Hornaday
Lawton
M. M. Duncan
Oklahoma
Richmond
Cotton Declared Permanent King in Oklahoma
Colonel John Fields of the Oklahoma Farm Journal asserts cotton will be the permanent king in Oklahoma, signaling strong agricultural prominence and lasting crop dominance in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fields
The
Oklahoma Farm Journal
Oklahoma
Logan County Farmer Wins First Oklahoma Case Before I C C
Guthrie Oklahoma W O Mitchell a Logan county farmer won a suit before the interstate commerce commission. The case the first filed from Oklahoma with the commission. The Santa Fe freight rate on grain from Guthrie to Gainesville Texas is 20 cents per hundred and to Fort Worth Texas 22 cents. Mitchell is a wheat grower who ships his own crop and filed the complaint after feeling freight rates held him up.
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Logan County
Oklahoma
J. C. Cc
Guthrie
W. O. Mitchell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mitchell
Gainesville
Texas
Fort Worth
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Sheriff Thompson Removed From Office in Oklahoma Case
Lawton report states Sheriff Jim Thompson of Caddo County was summarily removed by District Judge Gillette for short accounts with the county. The county commission board found Thompson owed the county nearly $5,000 and sought removal, which the judge granted.
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Lawton
Jim” Thompson
Caddo County
Gillette
Board of County Commissioners
Thompson
Oklahoma constitutions filed as state election proclaimed
William H. Murray filed the proposed state constitution with Secretary of Oklahoma Territory Charles Filson as Governor Frank Frantz issued the September 17 election proclamation. Murray joked about sending the document unseen, while Filson formally received and filed it, noting a vault for safekeeping.
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Guthrie
William H. Murray
Charles H. Filson
Oklahoma Territory
Frank Frantz
Filson
State of
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Murray
Eight Oklahoma Residents Among Columbia Wreck Survivors
Eureka Cal. Aboard the steamer Columbia near Shelter Cove 249 passengers were aboard when it wrecked after colliding with the San Pedro. Seventy seven are saved with eight Oklahoma residents among the rescued while others perished or remain unaccounted for. Survivors include Robert H. Ewart of Oklahoma City C. H. Martindale of Guthrie E Rockwell and wife of Guthrie J Brotherton of Muskogee C L MeKey and Fred rs of Enid.
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Eureka
Cal
Columbia
California
Shelter Cove
Oklahoma
San Pedro
Robert H. Ewart
Oklahoma City
C. H. Martindale
Guthrie
Southwestern Irch Works
Northwest
E. Rockwell
J. Brotherton
Muskogee
C. L. MeKey
Fred Rs
Enid
Excape
Oklahoma Growth Highlighted in Collier and Everybody's
Illustrated articles promising to showcase Oklahoma amid rapid growth. Early pictures of the new state and Oklahoma City have been sent to New York for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier’s Weekly
Everybody’s Magasine Illustrated
Oklahoma
New State
Oklahoma City
New York
Deadly Pere Marquette wreck shocks Michigan excursion
A Pere Marquette passenger train carrying Ionia shop employees and families to Detroit for an annual excursion collided with a westbound freight near Salem Michigan. Officials blame the freight crew as 31 people died and more than 70 were injured. The crash left two locomotives overturned and six passenger cars wrecked, with surviving coaches used to transport the dead and injured.
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Michigan Sales
Mich
Plymouth
Pere Marquette
Iowa
Detroit
Salem
Ionia
Michigan
Plymeouth
Negroes Held After killings in Sasakawa Holdenville
Deputy Marshals Grant Cowan and L. B. Shawhan brought Ned Cudjo John Street and Joe Barcus to the federal jail in Muskogee charged with murder. A mob claimed to have lynched the trio near Sasakawa and Holdenville amid bitter race tensions after a store robbery and the officers’ deaths.
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Muskogee
Grant Cowan
L. B. Shawhan
Ned Cudjo
L. P. Dixon
John Street
Joe Barcus
Marshal Morrison
Sasakawa
Holdenville
Spaulding
Oklahoma Pleasure Seekers Camp Near Wichita Mountains
Thousands of visitors from Oklahoma cities converge on the Wichita Mountains near Lawton for summer camping. They enjoy boating, fishing, bathing, and mountain excursions while sightseers visit Fort Sill and nearby landmarks such as Heyl's Hole Medicine Bluffs Apache mission and the Craterville dam. The Wichita Mountain club hosts many guests at its reserve land with log cabins and amusements.
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New State
Tmwton
Fort Sill
Heyl
Oklahoma Doctor Leaves for Denver Postgraduate Study
Dr. A. D. Young of Oklahoma City departs for Denver to pursue post-graduate work in nervous and mental diseases under eminent neurologist Dr. Pershing. The 000 club board meets Friday at the Chamber of Commerce to finalize business and accept members and funds.
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A. D. Young
Oklahoma City
Denver
Pershing
000 Club
Chamber of Commerce
Lynching of Frank Bailey After Railroad Brakeman Shot
Report from an Oklahoma town describes Frank Bailey a negro tramp hanged by a mob after shooting Frank Kelly a brakeman of the M K T railroad. Bailey was captured an hour after the ambush and hanged near the Katy depot with a telegraph pole rope as onlookers watched through the night.
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Katy
Frank Bailey
Frank Kelly
Kelly
Oklahoma City
Osage
Bailey
Muskogee Wins Interstate Commerce Suit Over Discrimination
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in favor of Gulf Cotton Compress of Muskogee against the Katy railroad. The ruling reopened the Muskogee cotton compress and found discrimination caused by shipping cotton through Muskogee to a competing facility in McAlester. The case, heard last February, marks the IC C’s first Indian Territory matter. The Second item notes The First Bank of Okeene increasing capital stock from 10 000 to 25 000.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Territory
Muskogee
Gulf Cotton Compress Company
Katy Railroad
Katy
McAlester
Lesser Goldman and Company
Indian Territory
J. C. Clements
J. S. Harlan
Commission From
First Bank of
Okeene
Territorial
Autos barred for rural mail routes amid weather doubts
The Post Office Department bans automobiles on rural routes. Superintendent Spilman says autos unreliable in all weathers and roads, risking late or missed deliveries. About 50 of 37,000 carriers use autos, drawing farmer complaints about irregular mail and frightened horses.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Rera
Spilman
Rural Delivery Bureau
Muskogee Tulsa Rivalry Reaches Acute Stage
Vague read of a bitter rivalry between Muskogee and Tulsa escalates with local job losses and financial strains. The text hints at a Muskogee telephone project and a neglected clerk losing work as Tulsa inherits funds, suggesting a regional political or economic clash.
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Muskogee
Tulsa
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ADA Democrat
NEW State News
Geronimo
Dutch Reformed Church
Frantz
G. A.B
Sheriff Short
Murray Jollies Filson
Wichitas
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