Missouri Floods Tighten Grip Across Northwestern Counties
Eleven believed dead as floods sweep through Missouri towns from Pattonsburg to Chillicothe and Trenton. Homes and barns washed away, crops ruined, and thousands of livestock lost as rising rivers threaten more communities. Rescue work hampered by swift currents and waterlogged roads, with city shelters and relief efforts already mobilizing.
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St. Joseph
Northwestern
Missouri
Pattonsburg
Chillicothe
Grand River
Trenton
Gallatin
Kansas City
T. C. Worley
Worley
An Old Time Sunday School Convention Recalls July 1909 Trip
A memoir of a July 3 1909 journey from Ada to Konawa for a Sunday School convention. Rev W J Shipman and the writer travel by rail, meet Mr H K Nettles, enjoy ice, fields, and a farm visit, then attend two hundred yards from the grounds where Rev Coggins Nettles Shipman Upton and Word of Asher speak. The day includes music by the Muse Brothers string band an ample dinner on the ground and a strong sense of unity and blessing for Sunday schools.
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W. J. Shipman
Konawa
Cooper School House
Ada
H. K. Nettles
Bro. Hickman
Father
Bro. Shipman
Bro. D. M. Pope
Muse’ Brothers
Cooper
Coggins
Center
Nettles
Shipman
Upton
Ada's Bright Future Boosted by Ada News Letter
A telegraphic letter from businessman E. W. Harden praises Ada Oklahoma's growth and planned city layout. The writer notes Sunrise addition, upcoming permanent buildings, street work, and a state normal site on rising ground, sharing booster enthusiasm from Ada boosters and a child placard along the Frisco line.
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E. W. Harden
Ada
Oklahoma
The Grave of Many Dead Men
In Muskogee Oklahoma on Boggy Creek a historic camping spot near Atoka and Stringtown yielded two human skeletons when a new steel bridge was built. Local lore ties the site to numerous unsolved murders by bands of outlaws, though no killers were ever identified. Convict labor built the bridge amid recurring fears of haunting discoveries.
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Muskogee
Okla
Boggy Creek
Atoka
Stringtown
Indian Territory
Bread Train Stranded By Wa bash Flood Blocking Rail
Report describes a flood near Chillicothe causing tracks to be impassable. A relief train from Gallatin carried bread and provisions but stalled four miles from Pattonsburg, with the Wa bash rail line blocked as the water receded.
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Wabash
Chillicothe
Gallatin
Pattonsburg
Millionaires Baby Elixir Promises Quick Cure
Advertises McGee's Baby Elixir as a cure for diarrhoea dysentery and all stomach or bowel disorders. Claims even a millionaire's baby with top specialists could not improve faster. Priced at 25 and 50 cents, sold by G. M. Ramsey.
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G. M. Ramsey
A Night Rider's Raid Ends with Dr King’s New Life Pills
A humorous ad warns night riders as dangerous but promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills. The product claims gentle cleansing of the system and relief from colds headache constipation malaria, priced 25 cents at G. M. Ramsey's.
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Dr. King
G. M. Ramsey’s
Daily News Want Ad Rates Offer Insertion Cadence
The Daily News details city want ad rates with a price of 1 cent per word for the first insertion and 0.5 cents per word for each subsequent insertion, describing pay terms and column usage.
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the Daily News
Doctor Wilson to See Patients in Shawnee Mondays
Shawnee doctor Wilson will hold office hours at Harris hotel on the second and fourth Mondays each month.
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Harris Hotel
Ancient cave bones reveal 100000 year old human remains
A Swiss cave yielded bones of ancient men who lived long ago when predators loomed. Modern readers, like A V Brown of Alexander Maine, note illness now threatens more than wild beasts. Brown credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. Free trial bottle available.
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Switzerland
A. V. Brown
Alexander
Dr. King
G. M. Ramsey
Ada Normal Architect Visits Ada
Mr. E. H. Sudhoelter, a Muskogee architect of noted ability and integrity, spent the day in Ada. He designed and will supervise construction of the Ada State Normal building and has directed Muskogee’s major school projects including the city’s $170,000 high school.
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Ada Normal
E. H. Sudhoelter
Muskogee
Ada State Normal
Ada
Sudhoelter
Contented Woman and Balard's Snow Liniment Ad
A packaging blurb proclaims a Contented Woman resides in the same house as Balard's Snow Liniment and claims it keeps the family free from aches and heals cuts burns scalds and rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and muscle soreness. Bottles sell for 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar through G. M. Ramsey.
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Balard
G. M. Ramsey
Botanic Blood Balm Advertised For Blood Skin Diseases
An Ada Oklahoma advertises Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a universal cure for blood and skin diseases including eczema scrofula ulcers and cancer. It promises sores heal and blood purified, with a sample offered free by mail and a $1 per bottle price through Blood Balm Co Atlanta GA. Local agent G M Ramsey is named in Ada.
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Express
Writing
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta Ga
Ada
Okla
G. M. Ramsey
Texas Department Store Upgrades With New Cashier and Ice Box
The Texas Department Store increases business prompting installation of a modern electric adding machine. They hire Shellie Wadkins of Galveston as cashier and accountant, an ex bank teller and expert. The store adds a latest made to order ice box for extensive cold storage of meats cheese and vegetables.
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Texas Department Store
Shellie Wadkins
Galveston
Tex
Vermifuge Advertisement from G M Ramsey
A period ad asserts children may starve due to worms and promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a quick corrective. It urges parents to use the product if a child is cross fretful pale and losing weight and notes sales by G M Ramsey.
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G. M. Ramsey
Adequate Advertising Defines Good Store-Keeping
A store owner notes that adequate advertising reflects solid store-keeping while inadequate advertising signals weak management even if other areas are strong.
Questioning Spotter Convictions Sparks Legal Debate in Lawton
In Lawton Oklahoma on July 7 Attorney Ellis argued before County Judge Wolverton that prosecutions relying on officer solicitation violate state law. The discussion centered on the spotter system for bootlegger arrests. The court urged the County Attorney Fair to halt further similar suits until a decision is issued.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Ellis
Wolverton
Fair
Sees Mother Grow Young With Electric Bitters
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine reports her 70 year old mother recovering from two decades of dyspepsia after using Electric Bitters. She credits renewed appetite sleep and vitality to the remedy. Available for 50 cents at G. M. Ramsey's.
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W. L. Gilpatrick
Danforth
G. M. Ramsey’s
The Brute in Human Kind
A Chickasaw Banner opinion column condemns brutality in institutions for the helpless. It cites abuses at a Missouri state insane asylum and Utah reform school, condemning officials and urging accountability for cruel punishment of inmates. The piece laments the erosion of humanitarian government and ends noting Grace Downard visiting Mollie Redmon.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Utah
Reform School
County official Sims sidelined by severe lumbago attack
The county court clerk and president of the city council, Hon. F. C. Sims IH, is laid up with a painful lumbago attack. Family and friends are not alarmed, but the condition is causing concern over how long he will be confined.
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Lumbago
Sims
Simpson Family Visit in Florence and Konawa
Miss Mary Simpson of Florence Alabama visits her brother Dick Simpson and relatives. Percy Simpson of Konawa travels to meet Miss Simpson during the morning visit.
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Mary Simpson
Florence
Ala
Dick Simpson
Percy Simpson
Konawa
Miss Simpson
Bill Mayes III Nearly Rested for Foot Sepsis Operation
Bill Mayes III known as Mr W M Mayes has stayed home a couple of days due to a required operation on his foot for sepsis. He accepted the pain and enforced rest philosophically.
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W. M. Mayes
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