Love and duel bloom in Exposition barracks tale
In Manila era tones Lieut Fogarty courts Senorita Lola while rival ex-officer Cervillo resents his advances. A public kiss sparks a threat of violence as Lola’s eyes reveal a dangerous interest and Fogarty faces a duel over honor.
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Exposition Barracks
Lieut
Fogarty
Howard
Sam
Luneta
Stanhope
Titié
Ani Madre
Ito Cervillo
Lola
Calle Las Vegas
Teatro Libertad
Panama
Senor Teniente
Cervillo
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A verbatim fragment shows a Manila street scene with a cochero driving through dark alleys to a somber old city building. A senorita laughs, and an officer remains silent as a driver awaits orders. The officer is fatally stabbed with a poniard in a scene described in coarse dialogue.
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Old City
Teniente
Maiden's Laughter and the Lover Come Today
Poem by Phobe Cary compares nature’s laughter and birdsong to a awaited lover arriving today. The speaker anticipates union, while wind and rose imagery heighten the mood of imminent return.
Anaesthesia Without Drugs From Java Observed
A London Chronicle report by Dr. Steiner notes Java Javanese hospital practice where carotid compression by fingers induces stupor as an anaesthetic. He suggests ancient roots for this method and its possible historical use in surgery. Louise Kossuth Ruttkay death reported. she was Louis Kossuth’s sister and long-time American resident, aged over eighty six.
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Steiner
Java
London Chronicle
Sourabaya
Kossuth
Louise Kossuth
Ruttkay
Buda
Pesto
Louis Kossuth
Joseph Ruttkay
Austria
Lugland
Brussels
America
Turin
Substitutes for Fuel and the Tea Party World View
The New York Evening Sun notes Elliott Woods faces coal shortages in Washington and lists comic substitute fuels. It parodies a plan to unite Russia Japan England with France Italy and Germany, and ponders if Lord Rector Andrew Carnegie is behind it all in a satirical social political frame.
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Elliott Woods
Washington
Senate
Russia
Japan
England
France
Republic
Italy
Germany
Andrew Carnegie
New York Evening Sun
Leaky Udders Raise Milk Hygiene Concerns Says Cornell
A Cornell University Experiment Station note explains how teats that leak create ideal conditions for bacteria to grow in milk. It warns dirty bedding and swampy pastures increase infection risk and advocates discarding diseased cows and clean stalls to improve milk quality.
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Cornell University Experiment Station
Milk Adulteration Probes Hit Pennsylvania Farmers and Milkmen
Pennsylvania food inspector Robert Simmers halted about forty Allentown milk suppliers and collected samples of cream milk and skim milk. Tests showed some samples contained formaldehyde and others possibly boric acid salicylic acid or bichloride mercury. He warned prosecutions for adulteration, noting farmers may be more culpable than street sellers. He also cited Easton findings including glue in skim milk colored to resemble cream used for ice cream.
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Robert Simmers
Pennsylvania Agricultural Department
Allentown
Mr. Simmers
Easton
Allentown Leader
Clean milking needed to prevent milk spoilage and flavor
E. C. Jacobs argues milking must be clean and thorough to avoid dirty milk. He urges brushing and wiping udders, dry milking with clean hands, prompt straining, and immediate separation to prevent cowy flavor without relying on patent aerators or pasteurization.
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E. C. Jacobs
Farmers buy ball bearing churns in Wyoming county
The Tonawanda Review reports farmers bought $7 ball bearing churns and paid $200 for territorial rights. Agents added a chemical to cream, producing butter in two minutes, but buyers cannot churn effectively in two hours. The scheme allegedly netted $2,500 from the county and warns that cheap shortcuts to wealth fail.
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Tonawanda Review
Wyoming County
New York
Exponetiv Ae Agricultural Press
Oklahoma territory to compel Caddo county to levy separate schools
The attorney general notified that Caddo county commissioners refused to levy a separate schools tax for colored children. County Attorney Herbert D. Crosby will start mandamus proceedings to force the levy. An order directs action against the county commissioners to provide the compulsory separate schools in each district as upheld by the supreme court.
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Caddo
Gurariz
Caddo County
Oklahoma
Herbert D. Crosby
ANS de Roberts
Comantniienaae
Ok‘thoma
Supreme Court
Dragged by Pony Ends in Ralph Boucher's Death
News from Shawnee reports the death of Ralph Boucher, four teen miles east of the city, after his pony dragged him following a stirrup snag. The frenzied horse raced until exhaustion, and Ralph died shortly after the incident. Neighbors express sympathy for the Boucher family, early settlers in the area.
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Ralph Boucher
A. T. Boucher
Ralph
Court in Session at Pawr PawneEE Docket Grows
The November term of the district court convened with Judge B. Hainer presiding. Forty-one federal prisoners were brought from Guthrie for trial, bringing county jail inmates to sixty and crowding capacity.
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Pawr Pawneee
B. Hainer
Guthrie
Immigration Increasing in Shawnee Area
Immigrants arrive daily in Shawnee shifting to South Pottawatomie county as buyers purchase land at eight to sixteen dollars per acre. Most come from the Missouri valley states with others from Illinois Ohio and Texas traveling via Santa Fe and Frisco to reach this point.
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South Pottawatomie County
Missouri Valley
Illinois
Ohio
Santa Fe
Frisco
Woman Found Dead with Infant Nearby Shocking Guthrie Tragedy
Mrs. Cora Dresher, a young married woman, was found dead in her bed near Ponca with a bullet wound. Her 15 month old baby was nursing at the moment the shot was fired and the bullet grazed its cheek, staining the infant's face with its mother's blood. Two brothers nearby heard the shot and found the scene.
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Guthrie
Cora Dresher
Ponca
Clarkson store and post office destroyed by fire
The Clarkson store and post office were wiped out by a fire of unknown origin. Owner and postmaster E. D. Silvernail was awakened by exploding powder cans but could not save the building as the roof collapsed. Stock loss estimated at about 3500 dollars on property belonging to J. P. Fix.
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Mulhall
Clarkson
E. D. Silvernail
Zot
J. P. Fix
Governor Ferguson Offers Reward for Sam Morley Capture
Governor Ferguson posts a one thousand dollar reward for the capture of Sam Morley the killer of Jacob Hartman of Cleveland county Morley escaped from Sheriff Smith at El Reno authorities say Morley is still at large and a manhunt is underway with Foster and Smith leading the pursuit.
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Ferguson
Sam Morley
Jacob Hartman
Cleveland County
el Reno
Smith
Kay County Postmasters Meet to Map Nine Districts
Kay County postmasters gathered in Blackwell to plan county description for free delivery. A five member committee was formed to draft a map dividing the county into nine districts. It is reported that the M K T railway branch from Wybark to Cleveland may extend to Arkansas City Kansas.
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Kay County
Blackwell
Postmasters’ Association of
Wybark
Cleveland
Arkansas City
Kansas
Francis G Meyers Led Treasury Coin Division
Francis G Meyers chief of the New York treasury coin division and a world famous gold coin expert died. He reportedly handled more gold and silver money than any other man, with estimates totaling about eight billion dollars over twenty five years of service without a single counting error.
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New York
Francis G. Meyers
New York Zub-Treasury
Treasury Department
First Divorce Granted to Indians in Lawton District Court
Everetta and Luther, Comanche Indians, were involved in the district court case. Everetta claimed she was whipped at the Red Store in January and May of last year. Luther offered no defense and listened as the proceedings moved forward.
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Lawton
Everetta
Luther
Red Store
Mission School
Soca
Habeas Corpus Suit Moves to Supreme Court
Ira N. Terrell, an Oklahoma inmate serving a life term for murder in a Kansas prison, files a federal habeas corpus action in the U S Supreme Court claiming the Oklahoma to Kansas prisoner transfer contract is illegal and seeking release. He previously pursued a Kansas Supreme Court case but cites delays and now appeals to the high court. Terrell also notes prior service in Oklahoma's legislature.
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Oklahoma
Supreme Court
GoTube
Roberts
Kansas Supreme Rourt
United States Supreme Court
Sheriffs Seek Back Pay for New Oklahoma Counties
Sheriffs Jim Thompson of Caddo and Painter of Comanche have gone to Washington to urge the Interior Department to authorize back pay for office expenses incurred by officers in the three new Oklahoma counties after opening the Kansas Iowa and Comanche Indian reservations. They cite the case of Mrs. Frank Smith widow of the Caddo sheriff who was killed by the Casey gang and is awaiting her husband’s unpaid back salary.
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Interior ‘Department
Jim Thompson
Caddo County
Painter
Comanche County
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Kiowa
Comanche Indian
Frank Smith
Casey Gang
Lawton Plans Two Brick School Buildings
Lawton city schools superintendent Prof. A T Howell returned from Guthrie where he presented to the governor plans for new school buildings. The governor suggested using 35 000 or 40 000 of lot funds. The school board approved preliminary designs for two brick structures a two story high school with a basement costing about 25 000 and a smaller eight room building with a basement around 15 000.
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Lawton
A. T. Howell
Guthrie
Howell
City Council Forms Committee On New City Hall Funding
The Shawnee city council appoints a committee to confer with the city attorney on securing funds to build a new city hall with offices, city court, council room, jail and fire stalls. Plans have been under discussion. burning of the old jail hastens action as prisoners are now guarded in the city hall rear room.
Frisco Rail Project Advances to Coalgate Route
President Jones confirms contract let for immediate construction of the Frisco line from this city to Coalgate. Grading will start January 1 as Frisco engineers prepare a final fifteen day survey of the route.
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Coalgate
OxLaHoma City
Jones
Frisco
Frisco Engineers
Doctor Shoots Fellow Physician In Pawnee County Home
Dr Elsenfelt a Lawson area physician was shot and seriously wounded at his home by Dr Vanmeter of Lawson. Vanmeter and his son Verdie Vanmeter were arrested. A prior dispute over alleged trespass with Vanmeter is noted.
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Qne
Pawnee
Elsenfelt
Lawson
Pawnee County
Vanmeter
Verdie Vanmeter
Farmer Emery Degroat Dies After Blunt Head Injury
Emery Degroat a farmer four miles west of Kingfisher died from a head injury after being found unconscious on Main street. He had been drinking with several men, one suspected of striking him down. The coroner will hold an inquest and possibly an autopsy. Degroat leaves a wife and three children, moved from Minnesota two years ago.
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Emery Degroat
Main Street
Degroat
Minnesota
Secret Greer County Marriage Revealed in Cheyenne
Friends say Miss Matilda Curi-800 of Mangam and Robert Byrd a wealthy Greer County stockman were wed in Cheyenne eighteen months ago and have kept the nuptials quiet. Byrd is noted as an expensive land owner.
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Greer County
Gutmiik
Matilda Curi- 800
Mangam
Robert Byrd
Cheyenne
Mayor Ross Ordered to Appear Before Judge Gillette
Lawton mayor Ross was served with papers to show cause before Judge Gillette in Anadarko district court why he should not be removed from office. Details are unclear as the suit concerns alleged noncompliance with law.
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Ross
Lawton
Daily Papers
Gillette
Anadarko
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