Ada Democrat Notes Local Civil Service Exam and Local News
The Ada Democrat reports a civil service exam set for April 9 in Wellston Oklahoma for a mall carrier. It notes resignations by W S Irwin as US Revenue Collector in Oklahoma and changes in local newspaper leadership with J E Williams relinquishing and Philip Stanford taking over. The Speermore State bank gains charter and a new building ready to open. A wagon incident near Bixby lifts sixteen hogs into the Arkansas river with rescues and dressings. Lon Thomas faces renewed convictions for cotton stealing in Mangum. Wagoner County plans to buy the Creek mission school site at Coweta with fifty acres for a county farm, noting the mission’s early role in Creek education.
Fire destroys rink and two buildings in Atoka
A skating rink owned by John Phillips in Atoka and two small adjoining buildings burned. The blaze started from an unknown cause in the Phillips building. Estimated loss is about $5,000.
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John Phillips
Atoka
Phillips
Kingfisher boards approves bonds for high school building
At a unanimous meeting the Kingfisher school board votes to issue bonds totaling 15000 dollars for a new high school building. The issue will be placed on the next election ballot. Stillwater passes an ordinance granting a franchise to L J Lampke and associates for electric street railway use.
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Kingfisher School Board
Stillwater
L. J. Lampke
New York
Street railway ties and rails laid on Chickasha avenue
Three blocks on Chickasha avenue have ties and rails laid as construction for the street railway advances. Five cars of ties and two cars of rails arrived with more material en route for completion.
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Chickasha Avenue
Chickasha
Dakota Avenue
Explosion Fatalities Near Bartlesville Nineteen Twenty Three
An explosion in the oil and gas field twelve miles north of Bartlesville killed two men and injured several others. Frank Harriet, an oil driller living near Bartlesville, is confirmed among the dead. the second victim remains unidentified.
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Bartlesville
Frank Harriet
Tulsa Merchants Targeted by Check Forgery Ring
Tulsa and Muskogee merchants report losses from a gang cashing bad checks. The Tulsa Retailers Association says bulletins from other towns warn of the scheme and protests are filed over checks cashed by local merchants.
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Tulsa
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Tulsa Retailers Association
Watkins Arrested in Muskogee for $1000 Pacific Express Theft
Lawyer Chris Bradley reports that Dave Watkins was arrested in Muskogee on a charge of stealing $1000 from the Pacific Express company during a shipment from a Muskogee bank to Council Hill Oklahoma. The money disappeared last November.
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Chris Bradley
San Francisco
Dave, Watkins
Muskogee
Pacific Express Company
Council Hill Oklahoma
Wheat dealer reports best prospects after three-day trip
L. Y. Lyons, a prominent wheat dealer, returns from a 250 mile three day auto trip around Enid area reporting best prospects in years. Fruit trees including peaches plums and cherries are in bloom with apples budding and outlook for abundant yields across varieties.
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L. Y. Lyons
Enid
Tragedy Near Braggs Ends in Self-Cull After Farm Attack
After shooting farmer Harvey Speers near Braggs, Dazler, described as a half breed, beat the victim to ensure death. He fled to the Greenleaf mountains, where a hastily organized posse surrounded him and he killed himself.
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Harvey Speers
Braggs
Will Dazler
Dazler
Greenleaf Mountains
Mandamus Seeks Guthrie Mayor to Call Second Election
Superior Judge Sandlin issued a mandamus directing Mayor Farqu arson of Guthrie to honor 696 petitioners and call a second election where voters may choose freeholders to form a commission form of government. The mayor had denied the petitions as insufficient.
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Farquarson
Guthrie
Sandlin
Enid Colonel Keeps 1860 Watch After 45 Years
Col B F Keck of Enid holds a rare 1860 watch bought before his Civil War enlistment. The timepiece remains in excellent working order after forty five years of use.
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B. F. Keck
Enid
Woman Burned While Burning Rubble At Bigheart
Mrs. John Bocock suffered severe burns at Bigheart when her clothing ignited as she burned rubbish in the yard. She was enveloped in flames before aid could reach her and her clothes were burned from her body.
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John Bocock
Bigheart
Last Voyage of the Sea Queen Under a Mad Captain
The yacht Sea Queen sails toward the Antarctic under Tuttle, a deranged captain. De Nova and Stephens discuss mutiny and loyalty while the crew splits for pesos. Secrets, danger, and a ghost hunt loom as authorities blur.
Adventurer Stephens Captains Sea Queen in Southward Quest
John Stephens a Massachusetts man framed as a provincial insurgent is drawn into a naval plot. He accepts a Chilean captaincy to seize a vessel thought to be the Esmeralda but captures Lord Darlington's yacht by mistake. The Sea Queen sails toward the Antarctic circle as Tuttle exposes the hoax and a treasure tale.
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Tuttle
Monsieur
Darlington
de Nova
Antarctic
John Stephens
Valparaiso
Chile
Bolivia
Stephens
Peru
Lord Darlington
Antarctic Circle
Donna Isabel
Sea Queen
Madman at Sea Threatens Ship in Tuttle Crisis
On the voyage, De Nova and Bill assess Tuttle as dangerously unbalanced. They fear his wild mutterings and erratic behavior threaten crew and passengers aboard the Sea Queen amid mounting tension and possible mutiny.
Ghost Appears in Chapter XV of the Sea Tale
In a yacht journey, Stephens learns the woman confides her love of the sea and sailor’s soul while reflecting on Lord Darlington’s yachting, noting his consideration and the couple’s distant London life as the chapter ends.
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Tuttle
Mr. Stephens
Lord Darlington
Mediterranean
London
Mabie Views Fate Tied to Character Over Circumstances
A says a man's fate rests in character rather than external conditions, affirming personal virtue as the key to destiny.
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Mabie
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Me
In Brookfield Missouri Mrs Saran Lovus writes that after two years of illness she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and felt much better. The ad claims the remedy cures female ailments including inflammation ulceration displacements fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration and offers free confidential advice from its Massachusetts office.
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Brookfield
L E. Pinkham
Saran Lovus Ignnonr
Livingston Street
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ynn
Mass
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