Territorial Notes from Oklahoma Territory and Adjacent Areas
A roundup of regional developments reports population figures, industrial plans, and public works across towns including Holdenville Chickasha Mountain Park Okmulgee Miamie Perkins Guthrie Muskogee Oklahoma City Granite Mustang Shawnee Ponca City Arcadia Hobart Moore Asher Medford and other locales. Notable items cover a shoe factory bettling plant rail and streetcar plans waterworks and clock projects, labor day observances, bank deposits, rail accidents and local fairs plus civic improvements and a rewards drive for cash purchases.
Tragic accident claims two year old near Willowvale
The two year old daughter of J A Harrison near Willowvale was playing in a yard when a wagon sideboard toppled by the wind struck and broke her neck causing death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Harrison
Willowvale
Cable Car Runaway Kills Gripman in Kansas City Incline
A cable car at Union Station in Kansas City ran away from a grip man at the Ninth street incline and crashed into a stalled train. Gripman W B Taylor died instantly and about twenty passengers were injured, with several serious. The incline drops from Pennsylvanian and Ninth to an elevated platform with cars crowded at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ninth Street
Union Station
W. Bb. Taylor
Pennsylvanian and
Three Prisoners Escape at Fort Douglass in Salt Lake City
Three inmates from Fort Douglass guard house fled by filing away steel bars and climbing from a window. A. E. Brown desertion sentence of two years, W. B. King desertion eighteen months, Harriman from the Twenty second battery same term, are at large as soldiers search the foothills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Fort Douglass
A. E. Brown
One Hundred
Barry Hearing Held Over Murder Case With Bound Over Status
The preliminary trial of W. M. Barry for perjury ends with bail set at 1200 dollars and the suspect awaiting grand jury action. The Mc Michael murder case testimony by Barry claimed an offer of 35000 to kill Mc Michaels, a statement prosecution showed to be false. Attorney Perkins identified the prisoner as Joe M. Berry, an ex convict from Georgia. Berry admitted the alias. No defense evidence was offered and the prisoner remains held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Lawton
Joe M. Berry
Georgia
W. M. Berry
Bridge Across Arkansas River At Grand River Mouth
A bridge costing 10000 dollars is planned over the Arkansas river just above the Grand river mouth. The project is backed by St. Louis capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas River
Grand River
St. Louis Capital
Waterworks Vote Passes in Geary Bond Proposal
Geary voters approved a $27,000 waterworks bond by a nearly unanimous margin with only three votes against. The project aims to secure a reliable water supply from nearby springs, enabling long term piping into the city. Following the decision, Rock Island plans depot and roundhouse construction. An Oklahoma case reports Bert Jeikammah, a Comanche, arrested at Lawton for forging two government checks worth 40 to 30 each, released on $100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Speer
Frank Speer
Daniel Holcomb
William Murphy
J. M. Ivy
J. M. Long
Rhea
Dewey County
John D. Carter
United States Court
Augusta
District Court
Jessie J. Dunn
Alva
Long
Grary
Rock Island
Guthrie
Bert Jeikammah
Lawton
Oklahoma
Smiley and Wife Held in Oklahoma Murder Case
William Smiley and wife with Charles Dixon are charged with the murder of Edward Winn and shooting Alexander Winn near Wildman Oklahoma. Deputy Chap man and eight miners escorted the prisoners to the Comanche county line amid mob fears. The couple is jailed in Lawton on first degree murder charges with no bail until trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiley
Charles Dixon
Lawton
William Smiley
Chapman
Wildman
Wichita Mountains
Chapman Hai
Edward Winn
Alexander Winn
Wildiman
Oklahoma
Comanche
Dixon
Winn
Wife
Ohe
Baptists Back Move to Establish Territorial Sanitarium
The Baptist church in Blackwell supports creating a territorial sanitarium to be run by the territorial Baptist association. The plan, likely to proceed at the September 2 general association meeting, centers on Blackwell as the site given its favorable location and natural inducements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell
Baptist Church
General Association of the Terrtory
Territorial Baptist Association
Oklahoma Bankers Plan Third Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City hosts the Oklahoma Bankers Association executive committee planning the third annual meeting for November 7 and 8 with a detailed program. The event precedes the American Bankers meeting in New Orleans, with a special car planned for bankers from Chicago New York St Louis and Kansas City departing November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Bankers’ Association
Otto Shutte
el Reno
H. W. Painter
C. M. Barnes
Guthrie
Ed. McKanna
Potean
W.S. McGiffert
Blackwell
FP. L. Boynton
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
American National Association
New Orleans
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
Creek Farmer Confesses to Wife's Axe Murder
James Hope, a Creek farmer seventeen miles west of Enfala, is jailed after confessing to killing his wife who joined a secret society. He says she defied his order and returned from a lodge meeting to be attacked at the door with an axe, severing her head. Hope is believed to be demented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hope
Enfala
Hope
Eufala
Married in a Buggy on a Highway Marriage
Ida Lee Watson and William Thornton were wed by justice James Roddy while riding in a buggy on a highway south of Columbia Missouri. Roddy officiated from the buggy with another man as witness as the couple sat in their vehicle during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ida Lee Watson
William Thornton
James Roddy
Roddy
Oklahoma declares Labor Day 1902 holiday proclamation
Governor Ferguson proclaims Monday September 1 1902 a holiday in the Territory of Oklahoma urging citizens to lay aside business and celebrate Labor Day. The proclamation extols labor as the source of blessings and promotes industry over idleness.
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Guthrire
Tom. Ferguson
Oklahoma
Commonwealths
I. Thompson
B. Ferguson
Territory of
Moonlight Work Starts on Katy Extension at Vinita
James Harmon, railroad contractor, lands a $25 000 grading contract for the Wybark extension with the Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Railroad. Night shifts begin at 1 a.m. to avoid heat, with 200 men feeding at midnight and work continuing until noon. A separate Oklahoma experiment station note warns against a corrosive substance sold as black leg cure, stressing vaccination as the proper preventive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
James Harmon
Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma Railroad Company
Wybark
Tulsa
L T
Harmon
Darkey
Woodward County
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Frisco Passengers Derail at Open Switch Country
The Frisco southern limited, southbound with many passengers, derailed at Edward Junction near Fort Scott after a spike was driven to open a switch. The train traveled about thirty miles per hour. The engineer and fireman were injured. passengers unharmed. Detectives investigate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Frisco
Southern
Edward Junction
Riot at Kentucky Penitentiary Leaves One Dead
In FRANKFORT three murderers Lafayette Brown Wallace Bishop and T Mulligan overpowered guards at Kentucky State Penitentiary for four hours. Bishop was fatally wounded Mulligan shot in the shoulder and Albert Ransom a black convict used by the desperadoes was hit. Brown and Mulligan begged for mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Frankfort
Lafayette Brown
Wallace Bishop
T. Mulligan
Bishop
Mulligan
Albert Ransom
Brown
Change of Life Testimonial From Los Angeles Reader
Mrs E Sailer reports relief from menopausal symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for six years. She praises the product and endorses Pinkham's guidance, noting charitable use in aiding mothers and urging others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Relief Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Sailer
Hill St
The Girl With The Giddy Bathing Suit Myth
A brief item notes a pattern about a girl described as giddy in a bathing suit who is not always present at the swim events. The feature hints at social distractions around a seaside gathering and fashion as a talking point.
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises White Clothes
Ad copy touts Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothing with a 2 oz package priced at five cents. A teasing caption quotes a theatrical manager saying “The jig is up” after a dancer asked for a raise.
Best Results in Starching and Foot Care Ads
The notice promotes Defiance Starch for superior results and extra product, along with Allen’s Foot Ease for easier fitting shoes. It cites endorsements and addresses from J. W. O’Brien of Minneapolis and Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy New York, dated January 6 1900. It adds a quip about girls who avoid work yet enjoy fancy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
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ADA
Holdenville
Chickasha
Mountain Park
Okmulgee
Miamie
Muskogee
Wagoner
Checotah
First National Bank
Nowata
North Fork
Red Rover
Greer County
Mustang
City Waterworks Plant
Giuthrie
Methodists of
Shawnee
U. N. A., Third Regiment
Island Park
RM. Palmer
Aktaha
Phoebe Prettyhair
Ponca City
The
Times Journal
Henry Perry
Davis
Robert White
Isaac Dawson
Arcadia
Oklahoma County
Mr. Cole
Medford
Pond Creek
F.M. Sheets
Hobart
Richardson
Moore
Santa Fe
Asher
Douglas, Utah
Barry
Allegen
M. Barry
GEARY
Baptists
Columbia, Mo
Waylard
Gov. Ferguson
Katy
E. Sailerg
Dean Mrs. Pinxnam
Berry
Undertaker
Piso
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
Othagche
Ower
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Ginners
N. & Sherman Machine RE CO
Okla
East Main Street
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