Territory Notes Highlight Fires Elections and Rain
The vast territory reports a Heneyville fire celebration on August 22 and Pauls Valley plans a big basket picnic on the 20th. Ardmore tax levy rises to 3.20. Choctaw reports fire quality lead discovery. Stillwater man killed and Jeff Self wounded. Rock Island hoax denied. Jupiter Pluvius brings rain to Muskogee. Real estate tour by Minneapolis agents. Sulphur improvement payments of 80,000 authorized for reservation owners. mass move-out notices issued to reservation residents.
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Muskogee
C.N. Hastings
Rock Island
Chickasha
E! Reno
Chickasha Express
Tinsman
Alex Posey
Eufaula Journal
Virgil Winn
Posey
Mr. Winn
Journal
South McAlester
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Oklahoma Indian Territory
United States
Churchill
Goverment
Sulphur
Interior Department
Denison Driving Park Fair Opens Sept 12 1903
The Fifth Annual Denison Fair and Driving Park event promises major upgrades in premiums and purses across all departments. Officials tout a standout racing card with entertainment second to none in the Southwest and extensive advertising during the picnic visit.
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Denison
Sulphur Visitors List Includes Local Residents
Sulphur visitors noted since Saturday include Jack Ray W A Alexander and wife miss Olive Warren G W Henley Sherman Carter miss Margaret Couch Jne Andrews Allen Blackburn and family Dave Jackson Pete Rollow A D Timberlake Orville Snead and Niey One Mires We
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Jack Ray
W. A. Alexander
Olive Warren
G. W. Henley
Sherman Carter
Margaret Couch
Jne Andrews
Allen Blackburn
Dave Jackson
Pete Rollow
A. D. Timberlake
Orville Snead
Niey
Mires
Mrs J J Ross Dies After Brief Illness at Ada Hotel
Mrs. J J Ross, 34, died Sunday at the Commercial Hotel after eight days of illness from stomach hemorrhage. Husband in Colorado until hours before her death. she leaves a son and two daughters. She came to Ada March 1 to help manage the hotel with sister Mrs J G Coburn. Remains shipped to Hannibal Missouri for burial. mourners include J J Ross and four relatives.
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Commercial
J. J. Ross
Ada
J. G. Coburn
Colorado
Messrs. C. D
S. G
Harry Eby
Ross
Hannibal
Eby
W. L. Stocker
Judge Eby
J.J. Ross
Political tensions rise over tariffs and party unity
The article describes a divided party weighing tariff policy as a major issue. It notes internal disagreements and calls for responsible sentiment to resolve differences. General Lee views the tariff as a central factor shaping the political landscape.
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Tori
Sdst
Sia
Sblem
Democrato
Ne 8
Lee
Meteor Falls in Chickasha Firelight in Thunderstorm
A meteor struck in the north part of Chickasha Oklahoma Territory during a severe thunderstorm. It lit the town with a blaze of sparks knocked Mrs Sarah Sibley down and stunned her, wrecked telephone lines, and left a charred eight by eight foot patch where it landed. Residents reported the event as a meteor strike and a possible second in two years.
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Chickasha
I. T
Sarah Sibley
Largest Chinese Jiant pepper on display at News Office
Mr. W. H. C. Lee delivered a gigantic pepper to the News Office last Monday. The Chinese Jiant variety measured 124 inches in circumference and was grown in Mr. Lee's garden.
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W. H.C. Lee
How to Stop a Periodical Under Postal Rules
The guide explains that to discontinue a paper or magazine and stop bills one should mark the periodical with Refused, write your name and address on it, and send the marked copy to the post office. Acting Postmaster A G Joyce of Dallas notes the U S method works by the post office handling the rest.
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A. G. Joyce
Dallas
United States
Cooke County Goes Dry After Bitter Prohibition Fight
Special to the Ardmorite Gainesville Texas voters decisively backed prohibition as Cooke County went dry. Despite gains for antis in Muenster Lindsay and Gainesville the county majority favored prohibition by about 181 with estimates up to 224 as six boxes awaited results. Antis vow to contest the election amid a heated campaign and a public event by Rev George Sexton.
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Gainesville
Tex
Cooke County
Texas
Muenster
Lindsay
Prohibition
George Sexton
Methodist Church
Train wreck blocks northbound line near Frisco bridge
A south bound Frisco freight derailed near the bridge two miles north of here at 4 30 this morning blocking the northbound passenger service for eight hours. A motorist reported eight late arrivals. No further details are available.
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Ratia
J. Tay Ang
Frisco
Lee Day At Sulphur Draws Big Rural Crowd
Sulphur August 8 1900s Sulphur Chautauqua marks Lee day with an immense turnout from across the territory. The program opens with a band concert and a Killes Campbell Austin lecture, followed by a strong musical program. Gen Lee arrives late afternoon from Davis aided by E E White president of the association.
Court schedule for Indian Territory terms 1902 to 1904
United States courts in Indian Territory announce term dates for Northern Western and Central districts. Listings cover Vinita Tahlequah Miami Nowata Pryor Creek Salislaw Claremore South McAlester Atoka Durant Poteau Antlers and other towns with dates from Oct 1902 through May 1904.
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South McAlester
I. T
United States
Indian Territory
Northern
Vinita
Tahlequah
Miami
Nowata
Pryor Creek
Salislaw
Claremore
Muskogee
Wewoka
Okmulgee
Eufaula
Sepalpa
Wagoner
Sapulpa
Central
Atoka
Durant
Poteau
Antlers
Atashe
Spirit of the South speaker defends lynching at Chautauqua
John Temple Graves of Georgia argues that lynching is a crime but justified by the crime of criminal assault. He calls for eliminating the crime by racial separation as the remedy, saying the problem is not prevent lynching but destroy the provocation.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
John Temple Graves
Georgia
South
United States
Stonewall selects five Pontotec county representatives
In Pontotec county the five representatives were elected at Stonewall on Wednesday. Two tickets competed the Byrd Progressive party and the National party with the former winning by a handsome majority. The successful candidates are listed.
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Pontotec
Stonewall
Byrd
Progressive Party
National Party
Voters Polled as Tischey Filmore Johnston Dealey Noted
Citizens Tischey 54 Isaac Filmore 36 Newton Johnston 52 Joe Dealey 54 are listed among names in a polling note describing a good vote count.
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Tischey
Isaac Filmore
Newton Johnston
Joe Dealey
Head end Collision on Dallas Katy Division
A serious head end collision occurred on the Dallas division of the Katy at 8 309 last night injuring seven people including passengers.
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Dallas
Katy
Ambitious Buildings Rise as Street Grows
Fragmentary notes describe substantial buildings going up on a Main Street area, including ongoing construction and references to two go stories or stone structures. Mentions Henky and Biles and expresses gladness at progress and larger rooms.
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St Main
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Territory News Notes
Heneyville
Polsey
Ardmore
Com- Co
Jack Adams
Stillwill
Jeff Self
Aight
Dan Trarvey
Owls
J. A. Chandler
Gack Fork Mountains
U. S
Geo. Hovey
Haileyville
New State News
Wybark
C. O
Jupiter Pluvius
Times
Barett
Goes Feild
Denison Fair
Clark Drug Co
C. J. Warren
United States Court
Graves
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