Local notes and visits from Sasakwa area
Mr. McCool advances his barn project while residents prepare for the Sasakwa picnic. Dr. Pad berg is back on the streets after illness. J. R. Coulson of Weatherford visits his sister in town and plans to work as a druggist at Mill Creek. Commercial men, the knights of the grip, join the community in large numbers.
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J. R. Coulson
Weatherford
Texas
Our Town
Coulson
Mill Creek
Knights of the Grip
Local notes and social chatter from Sasakwa area
A crowded picnic drawn youth. Frank Blankenship and wife in Ada. Plans for daily mail from Francis to Allen via Black Rock. Local exchange and telephone system rumored. Church growth, baptisms at 5 pm. Mrs Davidson ill, Mrs Russell improving. Elberta peach specimens showcased. Buried treasure joke stirs townsfolk.
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Francis
Allen
Black Rock
Francis Gleans Significance From Friday Picnic And Town Reform
The notes cover a Sasakwa picnic drawing about three hundred attendees with lemonade served, local church and civic mentions, residents moving and health concerns in Baton Rouge amid yellow fever fears, and a detailed report on Indian Territory single statehood statistics including tribal land totals, allotments, and tax implications for Cherokees Creeks Choctaws and Chickasaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Cherokee Nation
Ada Judge Praises Sasakwa Picnic Success
Judge Farman of Ada reports a very pleasant Sasakwa Picnic and commends Sasakwa people for their first effort. He notes future speakers should be kept away from drink stains and fakirs to avoid straining his voice amid rowdy crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Farman
Ada
Sasakwa
Peachy Harvest Outsmarts Town Farm Yard Trade
Otto Morper delivers a bucket of Mulatto Chinese cling peaches to the News office. The peaches vary from turkey egg to teacup size with Edenic flavor. Grown by Chas Morper three miles east of town, he owns about 150 trees and sold sixteen bushels Monday and Tuesday. Morper is noted as a businessman with farm insight and bank balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Gang
Otto Morper
News
Garden of Eden
Chas. Morper
Morper
Good Crop Year in Kansas Promises Record Harvest
Reports to the Kansas Agricultural Department indicate a standout crop year with high quality wheat and strong corn prospects. Wheat yields are 12 to 30 bushels per acre with excellent quality, oats yielding 38 to 39 bushels per acre, and corn prospects described as potentially the best in state history.
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Topeka
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Corn
Kansas City smith finds son serving term in penitentiary
After a long search Roy Courtwright, a Kansas City blacksmith’s son, was found serving a two year sentence for stealing four sweaters at Springfield. The family had believed him kidnapped and had hidden their knowledge to protect their name. Efforts will seek a pardon. no change at New Orleans.
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Jefferson City
Roy Urtwright
Kansas City
Courtwright
Springfield
New Orleans
Uintah Reservation Homestead Registration Opens In Denver
Advices report orderly registration of applicants for Uintah homesteads across Utah and Colorado. The process began at nine in the morning and runs for 12 days with a drawing on August 17 to allocate land. Thousands line up, 5000+ strangers in Grand Junction, and 400 men slept overnight at the Auditorium.
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Denver
Col
Grand Junction
Vernal
Price
Provo
Utah
Uintah Reservation
William Wayback
Ouray
Yellow fever outlook improves as foci remain limited
New Orleans reports slight easing of yellow fever with only three of five newly noted foci above Canal Street in separate districts. Convalescents rise, non Italian cases yield to treatment, but Texas quarantine threatens river traffic and may halt passenger trade into Texas from New Orleans, with freight restrictions possible to follow.
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New Orleans
City Board of Health
Canal Street
Tabor
Texas
Louisiana
Ziegler will contest settled for 32.5 million
In New York a settlement of the Ziegler will contest was approved for 32.5 million. Mrs. Ma tilda Ziegler receives 1.2 million cash and 600 Royal Baking Powder stock valued at 1.2 million, while the four year old adoptee lh Ziegler gains the remainder of the estate.
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New York
William Ziegler
Ziegler
Giegrich
Supreme Court
Gaynor
S. Matilda Ziegler
Royal Baking Powder Company
New York State
New Jersey
Connecticut
Trestle Gave Way Killing Two At Onaga Kansas
Two workers died and three were injured when the upper deck of a trestle collapsed during unloading on a 60 foot high fill for the Topeka and Northwestern line six miles south of Onaga. The accident occurred as dirt cars were run out to dump and make the grade.
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Onaga
Kan
Topeka & Northwestern New Railway
Here
Rock Island Official Transferred to Des Moines
It is learned that C. W. Jones division superintendent of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, located here, will be transferred to Des Moines Iowa at once. His place will be filled by J. B. Smadsey of Des Moines.
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Rock Island
Des Moines
Topeka
Kan
C. W. Jones
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
J. B. Smadsey
Des Meines
Rumored Standard Oil Interest in Kansas Territory Deals
Pittsburg reports whispered talks of a new alliance between oil majors and large private interests in the Kansas and Indian Territory, aimed at Standard Oil influence. The Mellon group financed J. M. Guffey Petroleum and controls that concern, with no official confirmation from A W Mellon or R B Mellon. Opinions vary on whether Standard Oil will eventually direct the combination.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Indian Territory
Standard Oil
Mellon Interests
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company
A.W. Mellon
Mellon National Bank
R. B. Mellon
Colorado Cloud Burst Delays Rock Island Line
A Colorado Springs flood blocks Rock Island tracks as a 100 foot wide cut fills with water and the line remains out of service. Eight to ten feet of sand bury the rails for nearly a mile while Denver routes handle traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
Rock Island Railway
Denver
Monument Creek
Santa Fe Files Answer in Rebates Contempt Case
The Santa Fe Railway filed its answer in the federal contempt proceeding over rebates in Kansas City on Monday afternoon. Affidavit from E P Ripley states the answer's statements are true to his belief. Arguments likely to be heard in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
The
Santa Fe
Gardiner Lathrop
E. P. Ripley
Williams Visit Declared Nonpolitical Courteous Stay
Copenhagen August 2. It is officially announced that Emperor William's Visit is devoid of political significance and is solely courtesy to King Christian. No political conferences will be held during his majesty's stay. He will bid farewell to King Christian Wednesday after luncheon on the Hohenzollern and depart for Schwinemund that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Copenhagen
Emperor William
Christian
Hohenzollern
Schwinemund
Johnston for single state one state of two territories
Governor Johnston of the Chickasaw nation says he will not participate in the proposed Chickasaw state convention. He supports single statehood for the two territories and notes no strong Chickasaw interest in separate statehood. He plans no mass meeting and will return to his home in Emet after a brief trip to Hot Springs.
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Muskogee
I. T
Douglas Johnston
Bixby
Muskogee Phoenix
Johnston
Congress
Porter
Hot Springs
Emet
Cassidy Plans Ada Citizenship Move for Rev Mike Cassidy
Rev. Mike Cassidy of Denison nears becoming Ada Territory citizen after trading his Denison farm for J H Cantrell's North Ada property. The deal includes a six room house and eight residence lots. Cassidy hopes to move by September 1 and will depart Denison tonight until relocation.
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Mike Cassidy
Denison
Ada
Indian Territory
J. H. Cantrell
Mr. Cantrell
North Ada
Cassidy
Rev. Cassidy
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Papa
J. W. Denton
B. B. Hams
Main Street
Barnard
Frank Blankenship
Hello
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Lucy Reber
Addie Oliver
Frank Akers
Sawa
Addie Akers
Gaarlan McPherson
H. A. Kroeger
K. H. Ward
Sulphur, I. T
Jim Davidson
Christain
Bro. Denton
Prof. Hendrix
Baton Rouge
Board of Health
Lacy Primm
Mrs. Elkins
Mr. Cornstalk
East Maintreet
Mr. Fiser
J. M. Walsh
North
Bolin
Mr. Henson
Ardmore
Five Civilized Tribes
Wewoka
St. Louis
Oklahoma & Southern
Interior Department
Ogm IO Oe
Farge
Agricultural Department
States Prison
Utah Reservation
Mellons
Rockefeller
Colorado
W.R. Threlkeld
Miller's Drug Store
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