Cherokee Nation Passes In Tulsa Remembrance Night
In Tulsa at the Brady hotel prominent Cherokee Indians gathered to mark the Cherokee Nation ceasing as a tribal entity at midnight. Former Gov. Charles N. Haskell spoke on tribal history as Cherokee leaders and families, including W. C. Rogers, recalled eight decades of Indian Territory residence amid a roof dance led by Ruth Tate Brady.
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Tulsa
Brady Hotel
Osage Reservation
W. C. Rogers
Indian Territory
Charles N. Haskell
Ruth Tate Brady
Yeager Death Casts Shadow Over Waxahachie
Wire reports P A B Yeager died in Mineral Wells Texas after weeks of illness from kidney tuberculosis. Funeral and interment planned for Waxahachie with Masonic rites. A fuller notice will follow after editor returns from the south Frisco.
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Anson B. Yeager
Mineral Wells
Tex
Waxahachie
Texas
South Frisco
Five Trapped In Burking Mine Fire At Williamson WV
Five miners remain trapped in the burning mine entry at Williamson while twenty others who normally work the shaft escaped to attend saloon closings. Authorities fight the blaze as rescue efforts continue with limited hope.
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Williamson
W. Va
West Virginia
Cloudburst in North Dakota Causes Severe Flood Damage
The Heart River flood in Mendan South Dakota floods heaps of merchandise after a cloudburst causing about 20000 dollars in damage. Bismarck also reports damage around 50000 dollars. Trains stalled due to washouts as merchants salvage soaked goods.
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Mendan, S. D
Heart River
Bismarck
Fire destroys Brinlee home in West 18th Street bungalow
At about 4 a.m. a fire gutted the four room Brinlee cottage on West 18th Street. Origin and cause are unknown as Mrs. Brinlee was away and Mr. Brinlee out of town. Firemen faced a roof blaze before containment was possible.
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Willard Brinlee
West 18Th Street
Rebels Take San Luis Potosi by Constitutionalists
San Luis Potosi fell to General Torres and his Constitutionalists with heavy Federal losses as they retreated toward Aguas Calientes. Dispatch from Rebel headquarters confirms the capture and ongoing military movement.
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San Luis Potosi
Torreon
Torres
Aguas Calientes
Baby shows improvement amid community notes
The column reports Mrs George Ray's baby gradually getting better after a long illness. It also covers local events at Parish Chapel and Center, visits by residents, political candidacy notes for County Commissioner, and plans for a singing event and protracted meeting.
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George Ray
Ed Walker
Childen
Walnut Grove
Conferences to settle breach between Villa and Carranza in San Pedro
From El Paso on July 1 the peace talks between Villa and Carranza representatives begin at the historic Macero Palace in San Pedro. The meeting aims to mend the breach but is not expected to heal it. Villa aims to declare himself absolute head of the revolution or start an independent revolt. Natera, though appointed by Carranza, has sworn allegiance to Villa.
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el Paso
Villa
Carranza
Macero Palace
San Pedro
Natera
Via
Royal funeral to be a grand spectacle at Vienna
Vienna reports Kaiser Wilhelm will join the funeral for the assassinated Archduke and wife with a large entourage but King of Spain and other monarchs will not attend due to strain on Emperor Franz Joseph. The funeral is described as the city’s most impressive spectacle.
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Vienna
Kaiser Wilhelm
Spain
Franz Joseph
Gore to Visit Ada for Political Outreach
B. H. Frick reports a Katy train conversation with Senator T. P. Gore who said he will be in Ada within a few days to tend to his political fences.
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B. H. Frick
T. P. Gore
Katy
Ada
W. A. Wimbish
Masonic Hall
Ardmorelle
Fleeing Mexico fears widen after Carranza Villa split
Laredo reports Americans prepare to flee as the rift between Carranza and Villa deepens. Monterey sources indicate Mexicans returning to their interests fear instability and danger for travelers, traders, and settlers.
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Laredo
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
Monerey
Uccess
Constitutionaigt
Rain Dampens Pontotoc County and Ada Crops
Sheriff Duncan reports a good soaking rain in Pontotoc County reaching Oakman and Fitzhurn with lighter traces to Ada. Rain improves prospects for crops while a Clara Barton Memorial Nursing Training School plans move forward in Washington as a Red Cross founder memorial.
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Duncan
Francis
Oakman
J. A. Hart
Fitzhurn
Ada
Clara Barton
Washington
American Red Cross
Oklahoma Cotton Crop Report Shows Decline From Last Year
Government bulletin dated July 1 notes that the cotton crop condition on June 25 stood at 79.6 percent of normal nationwide. Texas at 74 percent and Oklahoma at 79 percent, down from 89 percent a year ago.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Prohibition Vote Delay Presses to August in House
Washington reported that the House Rules Committee postponed action on the Hobson National Prohibition Amendment until August due to lack of a majority. The delay pushes the vote on the measure into late summer.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Federals Flee in Wild Panic Near Aguas Calientes
Desperate federals abandoning supplies flee Zacatecas survivors chased by Villa's cavalry near Aguas Calientes. Nearly a hundred captured Colorados have been executed. Dr. S. P. Ross reports return from St. Louis hospitals.
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Zacatecas
Aguas Calientes
Villa
Fighting at Mostar Dominates Budapest Dispatches
Budapest June 30 More than two hundred killed or wounded in Mostar Herzegovina as Christian Servians clash with Mohammedan Groats amid Hungarian rule. Mostar burning and similar outbreaks reported in numerous towns. Dispatches warn hundreds may perish as conflict continues.
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Budapest
Mostar
Herzegovina
Gas franchise election yields 343 votes for MacThwaite Oil
Voters approved a gas franchise with 332 in favor and 11 against. Ward results show broad support across districts. MacThwaite Oil and Gas Co. will start plans, drawings, and surveys though project start dates remain undetermined.
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Mac-Thwaite Oil and Gas Co
Wooss
Tomer
MacThwaite
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