Real estate firm named Russle & Profit noted in Ada column
The Ada Democrat reports Okenee real estate firm Russle & Profit. Bids opened at the Treasury for a public building in Enid. Carney district approves $10,000 school bonds in second election. John Vreeland, 15, fatally shoots James Satterfield in Minco yard. Satterfield described as a half breed Indian.
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Treasury Department
Enid
Okla
Carney
John Vreeland
James Satterfield
Satterfield
Minco
Miners Hold Roosevelt Convention in Wichita Mountains
The Wichita Mountains miners held a convention at Roosevelt with speakers from across the state. In McAlester a boiler in the city pumping station exploded, scalding engineer Pratt who is hospitalized and may lose a leg.
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Wichita Mountains
Roosevelt
State
McAlester
Pratt
Governor Grants 60-Day Reprieve for Lawton Murder Convict
Governor Haskell has granted a sixty day reprieve to John Hopkins of Lawton who was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to hang on May 3. The third annual state conference of charities and corrections met in Muskogee last week with nearly 300 delegates attending. Woodward city council awarded American Light and Water a contract to install thirteen miles of sanitary sewers at a cost of $63,500.
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Haskell
John Hopkins
Lawton
State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Muskogee
Woodward
American Light and Water Company
Line shift makes Beckham official Texas resident says commissioner
Beckham county official Gietcen discovers he now resides in Texas after a state line move one mile east. Tulsa guardian Lewis P. Partee sues St. Louis & San Francisco railroad for $25,000 damages claiming the death of William McCain.
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Texas-Oklahoma
Gietcen
Beckham County
Texas
Lewis P. Partee
Tulsa
William McCain
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
McCain
Attorney General Rules Legislator Ineligible For Capital Commission
West, in an opinion to Senator E. T. Sorrell of Milton, holds that a legislature member cannot be appointed to the proposed state capital commission. The ruling centers on eligibility and official appointments within state government.
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E. T. Sorrell
Milton
West
State Capital Commission
Perry mass meeting calls for school bond issue
Citizens at Perry adopted resolutions urging the school board to immediately seek voter approval for a 25000 bond for a new high school and a further 5000 for equipment.
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Perry
Ferris cites fire loss per capita in southern and western states
Congressman Scott Ferris writes to State Insurance Commissioner Lasater noting reports from the southern and western states show fire losses averaging 3.66 dollars per person over the past year.
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Scott Ferris
Lasater
Osage County Set to Surpass State Richest Status
Osage Journal editor J. A. Knight predicts Pawhuska based Osage County will reach a population of 10,000 within two years and asserts the county will become the richest in the state.
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J. A. Knight
The
Osage Journal
Pawhuska
Osage County
Attorney General Rules Board Regulates Small Town Drug Sales
In an opinion to the state board of pharmacy the Attorney General states that the board has authority to regulate the sale of medicines and chemicals in towns of 300 inhabitants or less at country stores. The ruling concludes the law leaves the board control over these matters.
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State Board of Pharmacy
West
Painters End Lock-Out Reopen Oklahoma City Job Site
After a 36 hour lock-out by master painters in Oklahoma City over nonpayment of the wage scale agreed with the painters' union, the crew has resumed work.
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Oklahoma City
Painters’ Union
Tragedy as Teenager Buried in Freshly Dug Cistern
L York, 17, son of Thomas York of twelve miles southwest of Aiva, was lowered by rope into a recently dug cistern about 25 feet deep to remove dirt. The walls caved in, burying him.
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L York
Thomas York
Aiva
York
Oklahoma church extension fund gains charter after Nashville conference
Following a Nashville conference visit by N L Linebaugh the Oklahoma Church Extension and Missionary Society receives a $30 000 appropriation charter. Funds will support building Methodist worship places in the south and further religious work.
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N. L. Linebaugh
Methodist Church Conference
Nashville
Oklahoma Church Extension and Missionary Society
South
Oklahoma Court Refuses AG West Appeal in Tegeler Case
The criminal court of appeals denied Attorney General West's request for a new hearing. The court had recently granted Rudolph Tegeler a new trial. Tegeler faces murder charges in Oklahoma City for the killing of James R. Medows and was sentenced to life in prison.
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Criminal Court of Appeals
West
Rudolph Tegeler
Tegeler
James R. Medows
Oklahoma City
Fires at Tuttle Cause $4000 Damage
Two fires at Tuttle caused about $4000 in damage. George Lowry, a farmer, was seriously burned in the first blaze while attempting to save his property.
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Tuttle
George Lowry
The Sea Queen’s Icebound Collapse and Escape
In a brutal gale the Sea Queen battles wind lashing seas and a dense fog. Ice drives damage, wrecking the bow and forcing a perilous abandon ship. The party evacuates with two women and a handful of sailors into a lifeboat as the yacht sinks, with danger and doubt lingering.
Adventurer Stephens Captains Sea Queen In Treasure Quest
John Stephens a Massachusetts adventurer marooned in Valparaiso joins a perilous voyage to seize a Chilean vessel. A mistaken capture reveals a private yacht with Lady Darlington aboard as a gold treasure hunt unfolds amid mutinous crew and eerie visions.
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John Stephens
Valparaiso
Chile
Bolivia
Sephens
Stephens
Peru
Lord Darlington
Tuttle
Antarctic Circle
Donna Isabel
Darlington
Sea Queen
de Nova
Lady Darlington
Lieut. Sanchez
Sanchez
McKnight
Sea Queen Returns Homeward Bound Amid Snow and Tension
On the Sea Queen across a stormy voyage Captain orders a stern crew into line while Lady Darling ton, hidden in the chart-house, awaits the voyage’s end. She confesses relief at nearing home yet pledges not to forget their bond, stirring tension about future ties.
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de Nova
Mr. de Nova
Zey
Celeste
Anderson
Lady Darlington
Mr. Stephens
Yacht Meets Disaster in Arctic Night
Narrative recounts three perilous days at sea as a yacht battles raging wind and grinding ice. The account blends days and nights into a single, chaotic sequence of survival amid sleet snow and ice for life at sea.
Tolstoy Plea for Justice in Work and Fairness
Tolstoy argues justice requires taking no more than given and urges people to weigh their own work against others. He warns individuals may be unable to work and must rely on others, so strive to give more than you take to avoid injustice.
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Tolstoy
An Improvement in Phonograph Reproduction
A man boasting shaggy eyebrows explains a phonograph with Italian grand opera records. He claims rubbing garlic on the record before playing makes reproduction absolutely perfect, prompting curiosity from a man with a purple nose. Henry Drummond quotes on love and living abundantly conclude the piece.
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Illinois
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Western Canada
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Ottawa
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Kansas City
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Henry Drummond
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