Washington Notes Highlight Broad Federal Action and Royal Death
Highlights from Washington show Senate committees backing a 175000 dollar federal building in Chickasaw and an 185000 dollar omnibus bill for McAlester Lawton and El Reno with increased Enid Guthrie funding. The Senate passes a large pension appropriation and the railroad rates rule. Royal succession follows King Edward VII’s death with George Frederick, Prince of Wales, next in line.
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Chickaswa
Senate
House
McAlester
Lawton
el Reno
Enid
Guthrie
Five Civilized Tribes
O. E
Congress
Indian Affairs Committee
Curtis, Brown
Borah
Overman
Stone
Treasury Department
Maine
Havanna Harbor
National Cemetery
Arlington
Census
United States
Greater
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Frank Williams
J. H. Green
John Anderson
Columbus
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Hilliard
Edward VII
England
George Frederick
Prince of Wales
Railroads raise passenger rates in New England by 12 per cent
The report notes a 12 percent increase in prevailing passenger rates across New England starting in June. Attorney General West says funds for a Sulphur school project cannot cover interstate building inspections. A Tonkawa preparatory school project seeks bids for a 50000 dollar building and a 15000 dollar gym, opening May 21.
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New England
West
State Board of Public Affairs
Tonkawa
Albania
Montenegro
Tibetans Rise Against China in Pekin Dispatch
A Pekin dispatch reports a Tibetan uprising against Chinese forces with thousands said to have died in attacks on a garrison. Other items note new phonographic clocks from Chaux de Fonds, papal support for calendar reform, a Paris elephant protection group, and a Tyndall memorial slated for Bel Alp.
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Pekin
Chaux de Fonds
Rome
Paris
Friends of the Elephant
Prof
Tyndall
Swiss Alps
Bel Alp
Villa Lasgon
Claim to Have Found Black Roses In Washington Patent Bid
Dennis Tapple of Savannah a key ring maker claims a 15 year effort yielded a black rose now sought for patent in Washington He says he has been offered 100000 for the secret and is awaiting higher bids once patent protection is secured
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Dennis Tapple
Savannah
Washington
Tappie
Imported Camembert Boxes From Abroad Hit by Duties
About 2 000 empty Camembert cheese boxes arrived in New York on a single steamship. Duties were charged on the printed matter on the labels and another duty on the imported boxes. A New York trade journal notes the boxes are printed in state and sold as coming from abroad.
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New York
Sheep as Land Cleaners on a Country Place
Country Life in America notes the value of sheep for land cleaning. Angoras excel but ordinary breeds work well when kept to the task and provided in sufficient numbers, eating pasture grasses and especially weeds and bushes to reveal a smooth lawn.
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America
Enthusiastic farewell gesture at provincial assemblies
A native schoolmaster in the empire, moved to a high state of enthusiasm by December assemblies, amputated a finger and with the stump wrote eight characters praising the delegates from his district as they departed.
How Far Can You See The Farther Vision Tests
The article notes the star Alcor near the Great Bear as a test visible with the naked eye and mentions Arabs calling it the Test star. It cites Humboldt records of Indians seeing a human figure 18 miles away in white, possibly the longest sighting on earth.
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Earth
Humboldt
Heavens, How Their Feet Hurt Parade Column
John YW. Baftery, now in Helena Montana, recalls writing a Chicago G A R national encampment parade column for the Saturday Evening Post. He sought a fresh angle beyond veterans and flags and returned with a line about the veterans' feet aching.
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John YW. Baftery
Helena
Mont
Chicago
Saturday Evening Post
Move to Protect Falkland Seals and Penguins
Government of the Falkland Islands tables two bills to regulate the seal fishery and preserve penguins. Previous foreign sealing disrupted rookeries, nearly exterminating seals and denuding penguin populations. Legislation aims to stop indiscriminate slaughter and protect dependent fauna.
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Falkland Islands
Falklands
Legislative Council
Continuance Granted in Hearing on Admission Denial
In the case before the court, a continuance is granted affecting the proceedings. Depositions in the former hearing are denied admission of certain evidence or party statements.
Pierce Must Be Present Fight Renewed In Oklahoma Oil Case
District Judge Garber set May 23 for continued hearings on Attorney General West's bid to dissolve Waters-Pierce Oil and Standard Oil relations. H. Clay Pierce may testify for the defense after a deposition dispute and a court order for his appearance. Attorneys sparred over deposition suppression and the division of Standard Oil interests, noting price disparities between Kansas and Oklahoma oil grades.
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West
Oklahoma
Enid
Okla
Garber
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
H. Clay Pierce
Mexico
Pierce
St. Louis
H. S. Priest
Waters-Pierce
H.enry Pierce
Supreme Court
Priest
Standard
Kansas
Waters-Pierce Company
Elegant church rising in Stroud Oklahoma
A modern church is under construction by the Christian denomination in Stroud Oklahoma. When finished it will be one of Lincoln counties most modern church buildings reflecting contemporary design.
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Stroud
Okla
Lincoln County
Bridge for Cimarron Woodward Oklahoma
Woodward and Woods counties plan to advertise bids for a Cimarron river bridge on their line. The 1100 foot structure is projected to cost about $12000 and was prompted by citizen petitions in both counties.
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Woodward
Okla
Woodward and
Woods
Cimarron River
Hard to parse remark from Offalgood and Sunnycuss exchange
The text records a quirky dialogue where Offalgood claims he never acts hastily and regrets it later while Sunnycuss jokes about misplacing a cigar end. The fragment hints at a playful street conversation without a clear newsworthy event.
Shawnee Development Company promises booming Shawnee growth
Shawnee Oklahoma, once a brush pile city of 25 000, now hosts a meat packing plant with 1500 jobs a cotton mill employing 600 and state universities enrolling 1000 students. It advertises unprecedented profits for investors of all means and urges buying property now before rapid price increases. Descriptive literature available from Shawnee Development Company which is not a real estate company.
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Great Southwest
Shawnee
Shawnee Development Company
Oklahoma
Tuberculosis Causes Reassessed By Dr. Park Findings
At the sixth annual meeting in Washington on May 2 and 3, Dr. William H. Park argued that pulmonary tuberculosis is rarely caused by bovine sources such as milk or meat. He noted that only about ten percent of cases involve stomach and internal organ infection, usually from contaminated matter. Park supported his view with extensive pathology work aligning with Dr. Robert Koch's conclusions.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Washington
William H. Park
New York City
Department of Health
Park
Robert Koch
Deaf and Dumb Asylum Appears on Armory Building
A playful scene unfolds as a guide spells out Def en dum on the Twenty second Regiment armory at Broadway and Sixty-eighth street, prompting a youngster's question and an amused aunt to learn the phrase means a deaf and dumb asylum.
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Regiment
Broadway
Sixty-eighth Street
Guide
Bishop Stringer Eats Boots in Arctic Trek
Bishop Stringer and a missionary companion journeyed to Herschel Island and back to Dawson City in the Arctic. With supplies exhausted they ate muckalucks and moccasins made from raw sealskins, soaked and toasted. the bishop says the food was real good, especially the mucka lucks.
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Stringer
Herschel Island
Arctic Ocean
Dawson City
Deaf state convention planned in Oklahoma City
The annual state convention of the deaf will be held in Oklahoma City July 30 31 and August 1. The change was announced by Guard S Price of Sulphur secretary of the association. The organization began July 4 1909 with 40 charter members and aims to advance the deaf throughout the state.
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Oklahoma City
Shaw
Canada
United States
Manitoba
Ochewan
Alberta
Sormer One Land Companies
Immiath
Ottawa
J. S. Crawford
Ninth Street
Kansas City
Fire Devastates Beaver City. $100,000 Loss
A blaze swept Beaver City destroying the entire business section and the county jail. The fire caused an estimated loss of $100,000. Local authorities investigated the cause and coordinated retirement of emergency units.
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Kansas Town
Liberal
Kan
Beaver City
Tulsa Suffragists Plan City Club to Spur State Work
Will form a local suffrage club in Tulsa within thirty days to organize similar groups across Oklahoma and later send delegates to a statewide suffrage organization this fall to push for full state rights.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Suitor Proposes Partnership to Marry Daughter
A brief exchange shows a suitor asking to marry a daughter but the father questions financial support. The suitor suggests they pool resources and "chip in together" to meet the obligation in a domestic note from Pick-Me-Up.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars Annual Sale Noted
A brief item highlights the famous Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar annual sale with a large figure 9 500 000. The adage Never say die is quoted from Spurgeon.
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Lewis
Spurgeon
West Opinion Recommends One Ballot for Guthrie Election
Attorney General West says the June 11 special election should print two propositions on a single ballot and that voters qualified since July 1, 1908 need not register in first class cities beforehand. The opinion was addressed to the secretary of the state election board.
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Guthrie
Okla
The
State Election Board
West
How Is Your Appetite Today
An old advertisement extols loss of appetite as a sign of weakness and recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to restore nourishment. It claims the product stimulates gastric juices for improved digestion and lists conditions it supposedly helps, including poor appetite heartburn flatulence indigestion and malaria.
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Hostetter
New Light System in Operation at Wapanucka OK
The new city electric light plant in Wapanucka Oklahoma has been completed and placed in permanent operation by the management on Monday night.
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Wapanucka
Okla
New City
Hoo Hoos to Meet in Tulsa May Fourteenth
The annual convention of Hoo Hoos, an organization of lumbermen, will gather in Tulsa on Saturday May 14. Several hundred lumbermen are expected to attend as the group promises a lively social event.
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Tulsa
Okla
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American Medical Association
St. Lupuis
Florence
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Southern Pacific Railroad
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Curtis
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Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing
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Main Street
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Velie Vehicles
John Deere Plow CO
Cimarron
Offalgood
Sunnycuss
Shawnee, Oklahoma
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Carter
Allen
Western
EEF
Paxtine
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Pyramid
Louis Dejonge
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St.Paul
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