Commercial Club Elects New Officers In Ada
A large Ada gathering approved reports and an industry noted for securing Indian payments. Officers were elected unanimously: J W Hays president, J B Tolbert vice president, J W Dean secretary, W G Broadfoot treasurer. A seven member Ada interests committee was appointed. Denison report describes a robbery and chloroform attack on Miss Winfred Doyle near the Katy rail yard.
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Commercial Club
Holley
Ada
Byrd
Muskogee
Broom Factory Enterprises
Otis B. Weaver
Choctaw-Chickasaw Land Office
Messrs. Weaver
Conn
J. W. Davis
Davis
J. W. Hays
J. B. Tolbert
J. W. Dean
W.G. Broadfoot
W. H. L. Campbell
Denison
Tex
Winfred Doyle
John Doyle
Katy
Couple’s Marriage Certificate on Union Pacific Train
A newly married couple rode a train and, absorbed in the moment, the groom handed the conductor their marriage certificate when tickets were requested. The conductor quipped that it’s good for a long journey but not on the Union Pacific.
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Union Pacific
Calls Extra Session of the Creek Council
Porter chief of the Creek Nation dispatches notices summoning the house of warriors and the house of kings for an extraordinary Creek Council session to appropriate funds for schools and other council governed needs. The report also covers U S Senate action on statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and Oklahoma Central Railway progress remarks by President Dorset Carter.
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Muskogee, I. T
P Porter
Creek Nation
House of Warriors
House of Kings
Creek Tribe of Indians
Creek Council
Oklahoma City
Dorset Carter
Oklahoma Central Railway Company
This City
Washington, D. C
Carter
America
Tahiti and Tuamotu Islands Hit by Cyclone
A cyclone struck Papeete and Tuamotu islands on Feb 7 8 causing about one million dollars in damage in Tahiti and likely similar losses in Tuamotu. Seventy five buildings including the American consulate and French government building were destroyed in Papeete with suspected heavy loss of life in lagoon areas. Americans suffered major losses and await U S aid as money and food are urged. winds reached 120 miles per hour.
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Papeete
Tahiti
San Francisco
Society and
Tuamotu Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Tuamotu
United States
Meridian
Rockport Letter Sketches Growth Plans and Sea Life
A Rockport resident writes Ada News about local pride and upcoming jetty work. He notes deepening harbor potential, cites a waterways chairman’s praise, and describes a coastal boat excursion with friends to Mustang Island Tarpon, observing jetty activity and gulf life while joking about hunting rules.
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Old John
Ada
America
Bro
Cicero
Judge Baulden
J. W. Collins
Gulf
Rockport
Texas
Winchester
City Council Sets April Election and Officials Pay
At a Monday night meeting the city council approved ordinances for the spring election to be held on the first Tuesday in April. The move includes naming elected officers and updating duties and compensation. The city marshal’s salary changes to 65 dollars a month with no fees except in civil cases. The Oil Mill Company received approval to build a water pipeline along a street north of town. Bills were approved and officers’ monthly reports accepted.
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Oil Mill Company
Reed and Harrison offer Peter Schuttler wagons
Promotion for Peter Schuttler wagons by Reed and Harrison, promising satisfaction. Text is incomplete with garbled letters following the ad copy.
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Peter Schuttler
Reed & Harrison
Indian Attorneys Flooded With Petitions Under Dawes Rules
South McAlester I T March 5 Attorneys for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations face hundreds of petitions daily under Dawes Commission rules as West Martin and Dillard Perry cases guide enrollment. Over eight hundred petitions recently filed for about 2,500 people. since Jan 2, over 1,500 petitions affect roughly 6,000 persons.
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South McAlester
I. T
Dawes Commission
West
Martin
Joe
Dillard Perry
Citizenship Court
Perry
Secretary of the Interior
Judge Clayton Odds For Federal Judgeship
The Evening News reports on March 6 that Judge Clayton is likely to apply for the eastern district judgeship when the new state is created. The paper notes he has reasons to believe he will receive the appointment.
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South McAlester
I.T
Clayton
Statehood
the Evening News
County seat bid sparks talks among Coalgate Durant Atoka
Committees from the Commercial Clubs of Coalgate Durant and Atoka meet to redraw recording district lines so each town could be a county seat. The plan reportedly has support from Judge W H Clayton and Choctaw Nation politicians.
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Coalgate
I. T
Durant
Atoka
W. H. Clayton
Buried Treasure Rumor Sparking North Field near Conway
A sensational report from Conway Iowa Territory describes digging near the Black Schoolhouse where a magnetic needle disturbance during a land survey led locals to search four shallow pits. An old hunter of Indian lore and blazing on three trees are cited as clues while a nearby forest fire is said to have destroyed an old cabin.
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Conway
I. T
W. H. Allison
Attorney Hocker
Purcell
B. M. Grant
Five Tribes Bill Delayed by Indian Appropriation Action
Washington March 6 The Five Tribes bill sent to conference Monday will not be taken up by the committee until after the passage of the Indian appropriation bill, which will probably be Thursday.
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Washington
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Oklahome Central
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Texas Coast
Ada News
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Neck of the Water
Waterways Committee
Uncle Sam
John Rinard
Cicero Smith
Birmingham
Ala
The
Age-Herald
Meridian, Miss
New York
Forty-Second Street
Metropolitan Railroad Company
West Forty-Second Street
Hudson River
Thirty-Fourth Street
Crosstown
Consolidated Gas Company
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