Harriman plan eyeing Topeka to Denison railroad link
The Kansas City Star previews a Harriman owned expansion uniting the Missouri Valley with the Gulf via a Topeka Kansas to Denison Texas line. Construction to begin within sixty days and push for rapid completion. The route may pass near Ada and reshape Midwest rail access.
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Topeka
Denison
Ada
Shawnee
Kansas City Star
Harriman
Kas
Texas
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Missouri Valley Territory
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri River
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Harriman Lines
Illinois Central
Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf
Omaha
Kansas City
Union Pacific Lines
Statehood Conferees Reach Tentative Lease Plan for Oklahoma Lands
Washington reports a tentative agreement on Warren amendment substitute allowing Oklahoma school lands to be leased to highest bidders. Beveridge suggests McGuire proposed basis. next meeting may expose key controversy. Interior Dept drafts oil land leasing rules to stop corporate subleasing in Indian Territory. The President hints minerals may be purchased and leased to bidders. Indian Territory residents in DC parse the message for future policy.
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Washington
Beverige
Beveridge
McGuire
Oklahome
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Hitchcock
Standard Oil subpoenas issued to St Louis officials in monopoly case
Sixty five St Louis residents including railroad traffic officials and Standard Oil employees are subpoenaed to testify in Chicago on May 10 about sales rebates and railroad rates. Prosecutors aim to prove Rockefeller control of roads in the West and Southwest and that Standard Oil used favored rates to gain monopoly power.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Rockefellers
Westland Southwest
Ob Rockefeller
Indian field parties to hear applications for removal
Since the Curtis bill passage there is a surge of mixed-blood Indian removal applications. A field party begins May 14 with an itinerary across the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from McCuntain to Durant and Ada to Ardmore with June dates listed. The Ada Volunteer Fire Company elected officers and ordered regulation firemen hats. Prickly Ash Bitters advertised for kidney, liver, stomach, and bowel health.
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Muskogee
I. T
McCuntain
Poteau
Talihini
Antlers
Garvin
Hugo
Durant
Atoka
South McAlester
Chickasaw Nation
Uncle Sam Will Resist Old Railroad Land Grants
Washington May 9 The Federal Government will oppose the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway effort to seize vast Indian Territory lands under the Union Pacific grant. Attorney General Moody filed in the Supreme Court an answer disclosing Kansas has no substantial interest and that the railroad is the real party. the United States is the proper defendant, with no jurisdiction other than the railroad.
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Washington
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Indian Territory
Union Pacific
Moody
Supreme Court
Kansas
State of Kansas
Secretary of the Interior
Dawes Commission
United States
Young Men Charged in Fatal Sulphur Cider Joint Stabbing
Ten men are in the U. S. prison at Ada awaiting preliminary trial for the murder of a 19 year old who ran a cider joint in Sulphur. The victim was found stabbed in the heart with head and arm injuries after a night of heavy drinking. an Indian named John Hickman and nine Santa Fe construction crew members are in custody. Deputy U S marshal Dero Duncan delivered Hickman Murphy and Bryant. others were captured later. About fifteen to twenty witnesses expected for the next Friday hearing.
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U. S
Ada
Sulphur
John Hickman
Santa Fe
Kahn Boen
Arthur Aires
Scottie
Rabbitt
Kelley
Collins
Hobo Ryan
Tom Murphy
Bill Bryant
Dero Duncan
Hickman
Murphy
Bryant
Cummings
Chapman
Million for Choctaws and Chickasaws disbursement announced
A million dollars for Choctaws and Chickasaws will be paid at the Muskogee Indian agency starting June 1 and continuing through the summer. About 25,500 per capita receive 85 dollars each, with this being the second such payment from town lot funds plus coal and asphalt royalties. The list of pay towns across both nations is detailed, and guardians or executors must submit guardianship and estate details for minors and deceased beneficiaries.
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Muskogee
Lota
Dana H. Kelsey
Choctaw Nation
Smithville
Shabel
Garvin
Valiant
Fort Townson
Hugo
Antlers
Tuskahoma
Talihina
Wister
Poteau
Spiro
Stigler
Kinta Crowder City
South McAlester
Calvin
Hartshorne
Wilburton
Kiowa
Atoka
Caddo
Durant
Bennington
Boswell
Coalgate
Wapanucka
Chickasaw Nation
Tishomingo
Madill
Kingston
Colbert
Mill Creek
Sulphur
Roff
Ada
Stonewall
Mansville
Ardmore
Marrietta
Davis
Pauls Valley
Purcell
Lindsay
Chickasha
Marlow
Duncan
Comanche
Ryan
You Cant Afford to Miss It News Souvenir Album
Ada life story album promises many pieces from homes and institutions with street and farm scenes. See the manager soon for inclusion details before Tuesday.
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Ada
Souvenir Album Advertising Draws Local Inquiries
The News reports growing interest in its Souvenir Album enterprise as citizens visit the office seeking information and many subscribe for space. Readers with homes or businesses are urged to feature them in the elegant, invaluable souvenir.
Statehood Conferees Hold Short Session
Washington May 9 statehood conferees met two hours but did nothing. They are said to be marking time until the rate bill clears. Discussion covered the Warren amendment and a portion of the New Mexico bill. A meeting is planned for Thursday.
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Washington
New Mexico
Fine Lodge Building Planned at Durant by Keen
Architect G H Keen develops plans for a three story brick hall in Durant for the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Estimated cost is about fourteen thousand dollars.
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G. H. Keen
Durant
Mars inhabitance view prompts editor debate
A professor cites correspondence with a magazine editor who says Mars habitation is the sole view with popular interest. The exchange centers on whether Mars hosts life and how readers respond to such questions.
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Mars
Doctors and Firemen Hold Conventions in Oklahoma City
About 800 physicians attend the Oklahoma State Medical Association meeting in Oklahoma City. President W. Berry of Watonga presides as sessions feature welcomes, committee reports, and talks on tuberculosis and case reports. The day includes a banquet. Separately, the Oklahoma and Indies Territory Firemen's Association holds a three day session led by G. S. Bible of Norman with a welcome from Mayor Meesenbaugh.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Medical Association
W. Berry
Watonga
A. K. West
Renderea
Oklahoma and Indies
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