Railroads in Distress Amid Fire and Wrecks
A series of rail accidents disrupts Frisco lines near Francis and Ada. A defective rail derailed a switch engine injuring fireman John Colvin. a bridge fire on the South Canadian River forces Frisco trains to detour via Katy to Holdenville. Additional collisions and injuries are reported as wreckers work to clear tracks and assess damage.
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Frisco
Bers
John Colvin
Jim Boggs
C. R. Overly
Francis
Ada
Colvin
Overly
South Canadian River
Katy
Shawnee
Holdenville
Sasakwa
Murray Answers on the Constitution and Census Figures
William H. Murray states he delivered the first printed copy of the constitution to Governor Frantz on the day Secretary Garfield spoke in Guthrie and to other officials. The census reports Tulsa population at 7,588 with a 445.9 percent rise since 1900, and lists townships in Laforé County Oklahoma Territory with counts. A brief Milwaukee tragedy note ends the item.
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William H. Murray
Frants
Filson
Frantz
Garfield
Guthrie
Cromwell
Barnes
Deliver
Iowa
Lafiore County
I. T
Bokosche
Braden
Cameron
Cowlington
Howe
Kenneday
Milton
Brady Point
Summerfield
Talihina
Tulsa
Self made J M Humphreys rises in law career
A profile traces J M Humphreys from Ohio farm roots to Missouri teaching, Colorado mining, Nebraska law, and a swift ascent in Atoka Indian Territory. Delegates from the Seventh Judicial District request his nomination, despite financial sacrifice. Pittsburg reports James Laughlin Jr buys Zellwood Florida to modernize it amid town resistance.
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J. M. Humphreys
Ohio
Missouri
Colorado
University of Nebraska
Atoka
Indian Territory
Seventh Judicial District
Humphreys
Morris Seeks Sheriff Post Aiding Ada Territory
Eli W Morris Republican nominee for sheriff is the current US constable at Ada for three years. He has enforced in the 16th recording district catching many fugitives and horse thieves for sixteen years. Born in Titus county Texas forty years ago he moved to the Chickasaw Nation eight years ago. If elected he vows full dedication to service with no excuse for a lumber tariff. He cites forest preservation and tariff elimination as national issues.
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Morris
Ada
16Th
Eli
Pontotoc County
Morrie
Titus County
Texas
Washington
Council
Prospectors Claim Immense Lead Ore Find in Choctaw Nation
John and William Schneck of Joplin Missouri report a large galena lead ore vein five feet wide in the southeastern Choctaw nation. They traced the crop for about three miles but will withhold exact location until they secure rights on unallotted land.
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McAlester
John
Wm. Schneck
Joplin
William Schneck
Will Prosecute Strikers Over Telegraph Wires
Chicago Aug 27. Telegraph company officials threaten criminal prosecutions of railroad telegraph operators aiding strikers. Western Union plans widespread investigations with detectives in offices nationwide. Union leaders deny responsibility while noting general wire trouble persists amid partial work stoppages and nonunion operations. Gregarious delays mount as 2000 cablegrams from Mexico and South America head to Europe via Gaveston Texas.
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Chicago
Western Union Company
T. P. Cook
The
Western Union
Western
Cook
Wesley Russell
Order of Telegraph Operators
Postal Company
Senate
Pennsylvania
Capen
Rock Island
Union
Indian Shot By White Boy In Citra Tragedy
Sam Tobal an American Indian lies in a very critical condition after a seventeen year old white youth shot him twice near the heart following a dispute over a baseball game and a horse theft. M B Donaghey reports the incident occurring in Citra Monday afternoon.
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Citra
M. B. Donaghey
Mrs Curtis Opens Ada Temperance Rally in Open Air
The Ada rally centered on Mrs Nannie Curtis of Sherman with a sermon like address on prohibition. She argued the fight is between the home and church against the saloon and vice and urged support for the September 17 anti saloon stance. The crowd rose to show support as the meeting closed. Guthrie notes add election board actions and ballot printing contracts.
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Ada
Nannie Curtis
Sherman
T. B. Harrell
Baptist Church
Curtis
Carlton
Oklahoma
U G Winn Republican Nominee for State Senator in 28rd District
U G Winn a Republican candidate for state senator in Pontotoc and Seminole counties is profiled. Born in Missouri 43 years ago he grew up in Arkansas and Indian Territory before settling in Ada Oklahoma. He taught school practiced law and ran farming interests, serving as U S court commissioner and active in the single statehood movement and party councils. At the WeWoka convention delegates named him as their choice to represent the two counties in the first state senate.
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Ctate Normal
State University of Arkansas
Little Rock
Center
U. S. Court
Roff
Ada
U.S
Pontotoc
Seminole
Senate
Her Own Make Houston Post Phrase Book
A fragment from the Houston Post shows a dialogue about a woman claiming to help and a bemused man asking what she did. The readable lines display a rural dialect and a curious confrontation about assistance.
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Houston Post
Aged Squaw Dead Guthrie Apg 27 Sac and Fox
An elderly Sac and Fox individual has died in Guthrie with Apg 27 noted in the entry. The terse notice identifies the deceased and tribal affiliation.
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Guthrie
Apg
Sunday School Bodies Merge in Oklahoma and Indian Territory
After a three day session in Shawnee Oklahoma the two Sunday School Associations merged under the Oklahoma State Sunday School Association. Six hundred delegates from both territories and about 1000 additional workers attended the joint meeting with near full county representation in Oklahoma and most Indian Territory counties present.
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Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Oklahoma State Sunday School Association
Territories
Oklahor
Beating Charge Noted In Marshal Office Log
Marshal's Office notes a man named Enoch Jones charged after assaulting a fellow with a six shooter at Bebce Sun day. Jones wears a tra Center Goato Burris arrested for rand later.
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Enoch Jones
Dunham
Jones
Burris
Rand
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Railroads
Tyrola
New Mexico
Murray
Milwaukee Sentinel
Tillie
Pittsburg
James Laughlin, Jr
Zellwood
Orange County
Florida
Mr. Laughlin
James M. Humphreys
Eli W. Morris
Canada
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Detroit
Buffalo
Mexico
South American
Europe
Gaveston, Texas
Sam Tobal
State Election Board
Charles H. Filson
Jerome Harrington
Watonga
C. A. Galbraith
W. E. Verity
W. L. Chapman
Guthrie Daily Leader
Hobart News-Republican
George T. Robinson
Congress
Tom Ferguson
U. G. Winn
Ance
Winn
Pon
Totoc County
A. G
State
Arkansas
Rush Springs
Duncan, Center
Marshal's Office
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