Judge Ryan letter on Choctaw funds distribution in 1903
The interior secretary discusses a June 27 1903 letter about distributing Choctaw and Chickasaw funds from townsite sales. It cites the 1898 act requiring annual division to tribes, notes imperfect rolls, and affirms withholding payment until enrollment and conditions are complete.
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Judge Ryan
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Treasury
United States
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Oklahoma Peach Export Plans Open Market Growth
The article notes Oklahoma peaches have a distinct flavor and face pros and cons for long hauls. Prices in the English market stabilize, affecting profitability of shipping. Mr. Taylor aims to ship sixty car loads this season, with a car to Cleveland and another to New York, signaling a developing peach industry in Oklahoma County and surrounding areas.
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Taylor
Oklahoma
Jones City
Cleveland
Ohio
Harrah
New York
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma cotton seed quality outlined by state official
Secretary Thoburn of the territorial board of agriculture warns that poor seed selection mirrors cotton seed planting. He notes ginners often sell early seed to oil mills, while later frost damaged seed reduces vitality. Breeders urge picking the best seed to increase yield and improve staple quality.
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Thoburn
Territorial Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Test Oil Inspection Law Under Oklahoma Proceeding
Guthrie reports a legal test may arise from thirty barrels of condemned coal oil at Weatherford to challenge Oklahoma oil inspection law. Inspector Ashton condemned the oil shipped by Richardson Lubricating Company of Quincy Illinois, part of a larger sixty two barrel lot previously stored after failing to pass requirements.
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Guthrie
Weatherford
Oklahoma Oil Inspection Law
Ashton
Richardson Lubricating Company
Quincy
Ill
City and Railroad Agree on Cemetery Crossing in El Reno
El Reno and Rock Island reach an agreement allowing tracks to cross the unplatted section of the city cemetery. The railroad pays $1,500 condemnation compensation to the district court clerk as the matter awaits appeal in the territorial supreme court.
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el Reno
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
Territorial Supreme Court
Barbecue and Picnic Planned at Pauls Valley Event
Arrangements are under way for a large barbecue and basket picnic at Pauls Valley on August 20. Reduced rates will be available from Gut hie to Gainesville Texas. A live bird shoot and a firemen's tournament will be featured as the day’s entertainment.
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Pauls Valley
Guthie
Gainesville
Texas
Muskogee West District Bar Admits Ten New Members
For two days the following gentlemen faced questions from Hon. Pliny Soper and William Mellette as ex-Judge John R. Thomas presided for bar admissions in the western district. Nine others were rejected, including three colored applicants. Admitted were J. Garfield Buell, C. E. Gidney, Robert Lee Gordon, W. O. Ritterhouse, E. A. Demeules, N. J. Gubser, Arthur T. Murphy, J. W. Severly, W. G. Robertson and R. J. Dabbitt.
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Muskogee
Pliny Soper
United States
Northern District
Indian Territory
Vinita
John R. Thomas
William Mellette
J. Garfield Buell
C. E. Gidney
Robert Lee Gordon
W. O. Ritterhouse
E. A. Demeules
N. J. Gubser
Arthur T. Murphy
J. W. Severly
W. G. Robertson
R. J. Dabbitt
May Move Quarantine Lines In Oklahoma To East
At a live stock sanitary board meeting in Guthrie a resolution urged livestock owners to follow Texas mange rules. It notes misunderstandings in Beaver and Woodward counties about cattle movements and says the proclamation does not affect cattle not exposed to scabies or mango. Cattle inspector R. H Hahn and federal inspector Dr. L J Alien will investigate, with a possible quarantine shift to the eastern limits of Logan, Noble and Oklahoma counties.
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Logan
Noble
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Livestock Sanitary Board
Texas
Beaver
Woodward
R. H Hahn
Territorial Cattle Inspector
L. J. Alien
Federal Livestock Inspector
Santa Fe Railroad
Notice to Move on Sulphur Indian Reservation
Department of the Interior issues notice to former owners on Sulphur Reservation Arkansas Oklahoma Territory that upon payment of improvement warrants they have ten days to remove or arrange temporary occupancy. Failure to comply may be deemed trespass as government takes title to improvements.
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Sulphur Indian Reservation
Ardmore
Sulphur
Churchill
Department of the Interior
U. S. Reservation
Sulphur, I. T
Secretary of the Interior
Fry Sues Geary Sanitarium Over Loss of Wife's Eye
In Watonga a case to be tried next term is Fry versus Geary Sanitarium. R. D. Fry seeks 65000 dollars damages alleging his wife lost an eye while patient there due to alleged carelessness by the sanitarium.
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Sues Sanitarium
Indians Guard Silver Source in Kickapoo Country
Indian silversmiths in this area claim the metal used in their work came from a ridge between the Deep Fork and the North Canadian river. They say discoveries occurred on Kickapoo allotments but refuse to disclose exact sites, fearing government or white interest would seize it.
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Stroud
Kickapoo
Deep Fork
North Canadian
Mastodon Found At Hobart During Well Digging
Laster and Son Marable uncovered parts of a mastodon skeleton at ten feet while digging a well in Hobart city limits. A three foot tusk and five inch diameter were found with vertebrae fragments, suggesting a monster, with plans to exhibit the skeleton at the street fair.
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Hobart
Laster and Son Marable
Guthrie Holds Statistics Mission Across Territory
Herbert R. Sands representing the department of labor and commerce in Guthrie gathers statistics from every county and principal towns for the new department led by Secretary Cortelyou.
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Guthrie
Herbert R. Sands
Department of Labor and Commerce
Washington
Mr. Sands
Cortelyou
Reno petitions to move troops from Fort Reno to Fort Sill
Hi Reno, Oklahoma, authorities petition the War Department to abandon Fort Reno and transfer stationed troops to Fort Sill as reports indicate the post will be vacated. The Fort Reno quartermaster has issued an order related to the change.
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Fort Reno
Reno
Guthrie
Hi Reno
Okla
War Department
Fort Sill
Officials face scrutiny over sun dance witnessed by Mooney
Superintendent Seger reports a government supervised sun dance in which Indians were tortured for observation. Professors Mooney and Dorsey stood by as a dancer was mutilated for pay, while the Carlisle alumnus organized the event. Commissioner Jones seeks action from the interior secretary. Mooney denies paying for torture and will be questioned.
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Seger
James Mooney
Bureau of Ethnology
George A. Dorsey
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago
Jones
Mr. Seger
Professor Mooney
Professor Dorsey
Dorsey
Carlisle
Secretary of the Interior
Mooney
Ada officers pursue Chandler killer Charles Williams
Deputy Marshal Brents and City Marshal Coach of Ada arrest Charles Williams who was sought in Chandler for the killing of Wesley Hayes on January 28. Sheriff Bill Tilghman transported the prisoner to Lincoln county. Marshals to receive a reward for the capture.
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Brents
Ada
Charles
Williams
Chandler
Wesley Hayes
Bill Tilghman
Lincoln County
Railway men warn of tidal wave of migration this fall
Railway workers predict a large influx of settlers to the territory this autumn signaling a major demographic shift. The claim highlights pending migration as a key issue for regional planning and development this season.
Race clash at McAlester waterworks dam sparks fight
A tense confrontation occurred at the waterworks reservoir in McAlester last week when about thirty workers, including white and colored men, clashed over labor disputes. The fracas escalated into a race driven confrontation before security intervened.
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South
Mcalester
Miles retires as Army chief and urges citizen soldier ideal
General Miles announces retirement from active service on August 8, 1903. He praises officers and soldiers for courage and patriotism, and urges continued devotion to government principles and national unity. He notes the army as defender of liberties and emphasizes citizen soldier ideals for future welfare.
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Army of the
Trains Collide as Wallace Brothers Circus Train Wrecks
In Durand Michigan an airbrake failed on the second Wallace Brothers circus train causing a collision with the leading section. The wreck killed 21 people and injured more than a dozen as the Grand Trunk yard incident sent shock through Ponca City which is supplying stone for Colorado culverts.
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Wallace Bros.’ Circus
Durand, Mich
Wallace Brothers Circus
Grand Trunk
Riots at Nicolaieff Costly, Bar Bread and Depot Attack
The Standard reports a Nicolaieff strike by factory hands leading to serious disturbances. Twenty killed and sixty wounded with a mortally wounded police officer and a scalp wound to the governor. Bread and provisions were brought up, tramcars overturned, and a depot attacked. Cossacks from Odessa helped quell the riot without firing by the governor. Franco Belgian works closed, 5000 workers laid off. port under local control.
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London
Standard
Kieff
Russia
Nikolaieff
Odessa
Shot at Mountain Park in Oklahoma Killing of Brown
Oklahoma City report says Geo. S. Bailey shot and killed a man named Brown during a fight at Mountain Park. The dispute reportedly centered on a proposition to move NeeSee old Atts.
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Brown
Geo. S. Bailey
Oklahoma City
Snyder
Mountain Park
Geo
Bailey
Inventor’s Booby-Trapped Bed Becomes a Cautionary Tale
A quirky inventor describes a bed device that automates waking and breakfast tasks. A millionaire tester, trying it improperly, is tossed and burned by the mechanism, wrecking the inventor’s home and ending his experiments. The tale ends with the inventor admitting no further creations since.
When Cows Are Brave Fire Survival Tales From Firemen
Firemen note animal behavior during blazes. Dogs remain calm and search for exit air while horses panic in burning stables. Cats crouch and hide from light, birds stay still, parrots silent. Cows and dogs often find exits. rodents escape without trouble.
Varying Whims of Fashion and a Princess’s Reversal
The Princess Chinquilla daughter of the late Lone Star Chief of the Cheyennes attended a reception in native rank attire. A bystander asked if she wears it in New York she says not now she wore it when first arriving East but people laughed and she swapped to the ordinary street style she remarked she laughed at women’s hats and imagined chiefs preferring such head dresses.
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Chinquilla
Lone Star
Carlisle
New York
New York Times
Tracy Hog Farm Fame Sparks Boneless Bacon Quip
At Hon. Benjamin F. Tracy's Tioga County farm famed for prize pigs, visitors are toured among the herd. A curious guest asks which Tracy hog supplies boneless bacon, a remark echoed from the New York Times.
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Benjamin F. Tracy
Tioga County
Tracy
New York Times
Evening Star Poem Tribute to Campbbell Love
A fragment of verse praising the evening star as a gentle bringer of peace and romantic memory. It laments absence yet keeps lovers’ vows alive, invoking pastoral images of fields and cattle, with a note of celestial tenderness attributed to Thomas Campbell.
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Star of Love
Thomas Campbbell
An Especially Fast Horse and the Baxter Street Clothier
The death of Harris Cohen reveals his wealth was lost in business. A street rumor claims Cohen spoke of a horse he bought and spoke of a bull that compared to that animal. The anecdote reflects wartime era betting talk and the colorful talk of buyers and sellers in horse racing circles.
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Harris Cohen
Baxter Street
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City and Railroad Agree
Western District Bar
Ponca City
Colorado
Milsionaire
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