Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory Seen Certain
Washington reports say statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory is practically assured. The failure of administration bills and the Foraker amendment threaten a strategic retreat, with House leaders likely to accept the amendment to advance statehood while the President weighs a deal for a half loaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territories
Washington
Dallas News
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Long
Burkett
Warren
White House
House
Senate
Hamilton Dill
Foraker
Oxfahm
Ada Ordinance Creates City Treasurer Office
Ordinance No 98 establishes the City Treasurer position in Ada, elected April 3 1906, with duties to collect and separate city funds, require warrants for disbursements, quarterly reports to the council, and a ten dollar monthly compensation plus a ten thousand dollar bond. repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect April 3 196. Passed March 5 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
W.C. Duncan
J. F. Warren
E Warren
Night Watch Ordinance Establishes City Patrol
Ordinance 99 creates the Night Watch to patrol streets from evening to dawn in Aja. The Watchman may arrest violators, is deputized by the city marshal, sworn by the mayor, and paid fifty dollars monthly. Appointed by the council with a five hundred dollar bond. in force April 3, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Aja
W. C. Duncan
J. I. Warren
General Schofield Dead in Florida Civil War Commander Passes
Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield U S A retired died at 8:20 PM after a morning cerebral hemorrhage in St. Augustine Florida. His wife and young daughter were at his side. He was the last surviving Union army commander from the Civil War.
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St. Augustine
Fla
John M. Schofield
Schofield
Quest for Civil War Treasure Near Willow Springs
Vinita Chieftain recounts a cask of gold buried during Civil War era near Willow Springs. After a battle at Fort Gibson, one outlaw survived and later died in Fort Leavenworth prison, reportedly revealing the grave site. Workers have searched with no results. a local youth will lead a renewed excavation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Fort Gibson
Willow Springs
Vinita
Fort Leavenworth
Widow Springs
Horrid African Show Describes Aponos Giant Dance
The piece claims a southern African country hosts the Aponos who dance palm wine months, featuring the ocuya giant dance on stilts with wicker heads and monkey hair. It notes children’s reactions as playful amid the spectacle and mocks European horror at the display.
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Africa
Equator
Aponuos
Roman's artificial leg oldest ever found in Capua tomb
The Royal College of Surgeons museum holds the oldest known artificial leg from a Capuan grave. Described by the British Medical Journal the bronze leg attaches to a wooden core with iron bars and a belt of bronze. No foot remains and three painted vases lie at the skeleton's feet, dating to about 300 years B C.
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The
Royal College of Surgeons of England
British Medical Journal
Capua
No Actual Campaign Details in Newark Snippet
A terse Newark News quote exchanges barbs about a fictional senate run by an older man. The dialogue emphasizes that wealth or influence matters, not achievements. The piece centers on mockery of political power and voice rather than concrete actions or candidates.
Difference of Opinion on Wedding Attendants
A light comic note on choosing roles in a wedding, where the best man, bride, maid of honor, usher, and family each have differing views. The piece uses a playful voice to suggest how attention and opinion shift among relatives and friends.
Realism in Art Quips on a Purple Cow Cartoon
A Puck quote jokes that realism in art is a girl with a red parasol making a purple cow rage driven by exaggerated perception. It playful critiques color emphasis and viewer expectation.
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Puck
Boy Lets Petition End Knickerbockers For Long Trousers
Ellsworth B. Cregier, a 15 year old Chicago student, collected 50 signatures in the Nordica building demanding long pants for him. He claims ridicule at Lake View High School for wearing shorts and secured his long trousers after presenting a petition to his parents.
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Chicago
N. Banks Cregier
Ellsworth B. Cregier
Knickerbockers
Ellsworth
Lake View High School
Fauntleroy
Nordica
Fullerton Avenue
Cregier
N. B. Cregier
Mars Life Beats Earth in Flammarion Vision
Paris author Camille Flammarion envisions life on Mars as more agreeable with lighter gravity longer years and climates that endow Martians with greater intellect and progress. He notes weather predictability on Mars contrasts with uncertain Paris forecasts and argues Mars may host an older, more advanced race as observations improve.
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Paris
Camille Flammarion
Mars
Flammarion
Earth
Frost King Kite Lifts Man in Bell’s Tetrahedral Flight
Professor Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh Cape Breton reports his Frost King kite lifted Neill McDearmid 30 feet, supporting him in air as if fixed. The device uses 1390 tetrahedral cells covering 752 square feet silk and a 440 square foot surface, total lift including crew and gear reaching 288 pounds.
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Halifax
N. S
Alexander Graham Bell
Beinn Bhreagh
Cape Breton
Frost
Neill McDearmid
Walter Archer Frost
Keenan
Wis
Susan Winifred McCurdy
McDearmid
Imports in 1905 Reach Record Appraised Value
The 1905 total of merchandise appraised by U S customs at New York, under Appraiser White, was 705 million 11,497 dollars, up 72 million 5 hundred thousand from 1904. Major items included sugar 71 million, wool and woolen goods 64 million, coffee and cocoa 60 million, precious stones 37 million, cigars and tobacco 15 million, wines 11 million, and 1,054 automobiles valued at 4 million.
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Whitehead
United States Customs Orice
New York
Eccentric Demand Sparks Family Dispute Over Allowance
Mrs Burke Roche faces pressure from her father who says he will cut her inheritance unless she shows him more respect and adheres to a $60,000 yearly living allowance. The aging parent’s demand highlights a clash over authority and spending.
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ADA News
Otis B. Weaver
M. D. Steiner
Tainty
General Schofield
Roman
London Medical Museum
Old Man Hinkbones
United States Senate
Newark News
Boy
Prof. Bell
Campbell-Harriss Lumber CO
Smith Lumber Co
Ada, I.T
A.l.nettles
M. L. Walsh
General Merchandise
East Main Street
3. C. Ball Orpington
Plymouth Rock
T. R. Hill
L.T
Aldridge & Mkeown
Aldridge & Rinard
Main Street
Aldridge & M’keown
Ind
Rees
Suru
Beervreens
Aleve Sc
W. X. Wellborn
Prop
Ark
N. F. Donelson, Magr
Arkansas
Monumental & Cut Stone Co
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Clare Drug Company
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