Oklahoma and Indian Territory notices and plans
Oklahoma dentists adjourned to meet next year in Shawnee after a two day session. Wetumka census lists 1,500 residents. WeWoka forms a 38 member commercial club. Guthrie hosts C E convention June 16 to 18. Hartshorne elects P W Maloy grand chancellor. Enid to host Sunday school session May 19 to 21. Indian police to take charge of seized lumber and sell at auction. Muskogee council approves three new school buildings at 25 000 each funded by bonds. two white and one color. Oklahoma City depot plans collapse. Santa Fe proceeds with new depot.
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Oklahoma Sunday School Association
Enid
City Council of
Muskogee
Wagoner Forms Fourteen Piece Brass Band
The city endorses a fourteen member brass band and has hired a capable instructor to lead the project.
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Wagoner
Shawnee Opens Brotherhood Division for Locomotive Engineers
Shawnee establishes the sole division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the territory with twenty eight charter members admitted at its inception.
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Shawnee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Territory
Oklahoma City firms absorb Chickasha Wholesale Grocery
The Williamson-Hassell-Frazier Company of Oklahoma City has absorbed Chickasha Wholesale Grocery. Earlier it purchased the Shawnee Wholesale Grocery Company. The Confederate veterans reunion for Indian Territory at Durant was postponed from July to August to avoid harvest conflicts.
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Chickasha Wholesale Grocery Company
Williamson-Hassell-Frazier Company
Oklahoma City
Shawnee Wholesale Grocery Company
Indian Territory
Durant
Chickasaw Per Capita Payment Begins Disbursement
The Chickasaw per capita payment has begun with an estimated $200,000 to be disbursed before the program concludes.
Rumors of Three-Story Hotel in Madill and Towns Rising
The report notes Louisiana capitalists may start a three story brick hotel in Madill. A new town named Russell is laid out south of Muskogee along the Muskogee Southern railroad line. An attempted post office robbery occurs at Atoka. Purcell nears completion of waterworks. A new ice plant and electric lights promise metropolitan progress. Machinery is bought for a new gin at Spokogee.
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Louisiana
Madill
Russell
Muskogee
Purcell’s
Aéa's Wholesale Grocery Incorporation Report
Aéa's wholesale grocery company has been incorporated with capital stock of $50,000, of which $25,000 is paid up.
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Aéa
Oklahoma City arrest linked to Webb City horse race fraud
Harry Wasser was arrested in Oklahoma City on charges tied to a fake foot racing scheme at Webb City Missouri last fall. E R Hobbs of El Reno, who lost 6000 dollars in the races, identified Wasser as a gang member.
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Harry Wasser
Oklahoma City
Webb City
E. R. Hobbs
el Reno
Oil Discovery Near Enid Sparks Farm Lease Boom
Oil has been found at ninety feet on John Ingmire's farm near Gember, sixteen miles east of Enid. A company, backed by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad, plans to bore 3,000 feet. Adjacent land is leased at 200 dollars per acre.
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John Ingmire
Gember
Enid
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Oklahoma Export Company Organized in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Export company is organized in Oklahoma City with capital stock of $.00,000. Its purpose is to handle the surplus grain and flour of all mills in the two territories.
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Oklahoma Export Company
Oklahoma City
Purcell Promised One Game With Oklahoma City Club
Purcell's ball team has been promised a single game against the Oklahoma City club when the latter club has an open date. The arrangement hinges on availability and would mark a notable intercity clash for the team.
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Purcell
Oklahoma City
Mail contract awarded to Dave C. McCraig
The contract to carry mail from Walnut to Pensacola, I. T., has been awarded to Dave C. McCraig of Walnut. The announcement names McCraig as the successful bidder and outlines the award location and route.
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Walnut
Pensacola, I. T
Dave C. McCraig
Bond Granted In Edmond Poison Case
Joseph Carter released under $500 bond before Probate Judge Goodrich after earlier $1000 bond under review while examining Miss Scott's stomach in a recent poisoning death.
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Joseph Carter
Edmond
Scott
Goodrich
Bank of Stigier Incorporation In New Muskogee County Town
The Bank of Stigier with capital stock of 25000 is incorporated at Stigier a new town to be built on the Muskogee Southern railroad in the Choctaw nation south of the Canadian river.
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Bank of
Chickasaw Lands Allotment Info Restricted by Muskogee
The Tishomingo land office has received orders from Muskogee to withhold further details on the Chickasaw allotment and related information.
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Tishomingo Land Office
Muskogee
Chickasaws to Receive Per Capita Payment From Government Fund
Indian Agent Shoenfelt and staff are distributing about 216000 in currency to the Chickasaws at the capital building within two weeks. Chief Clerk Wisdom procured the money in St Louis and it is secured in a local bank. The funds stem from the incompetents and interest accounts tied to lands settled in 1838 and later distributions under Governor Douglass H. Johnson helped thwart fraudulent heirs.
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Shoenfelt
Indiana
Pnt
Wisdom
St. Louis
Sub-Treasury
Congress
Chickasaws
Indian Department
Douglass H. Johnson
Interior Department
Johnson
Monopolistic Salt Company Case Ends in Court
The Federal Salt Company organized in New Jersey in 1900 and built a California monopoly raising prices from two to eight dollars per ton to between 30 and 35 dollars. A February 28 indictment led to the successful termination of the suit, with other counts mirroring the case.
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Ems Breedee Cake
Federal Salt Company
New Jersey
California
Ex-Gov Harris to Open Ten Acre Rock Quarry Near Troy
Ex-Gov R M Harris of Tishomingo has filed on the Ten Acre Rock allotment and will soon operate a quarry with about twenty men. The site, surveyed earlier, ran out 110 acres and features a very fine granite. The rock lies about one mile from Troy, promising a significant local impact.
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Troy
R. M. Harris
Tishomingo
Cherokee nominating Cookson and Coon for Cherokee chief tickets
The national party nominates Levi Cookson of Illinois district Cherokee nation as principal chief and Wolf Coon as assistant chief. Cookson, a Cherokee senate member and quarter Cherokee, and Coon, a full-blood, lead the full-blood Cherokees. They opposed last year’s ratified treaty. Election in August will mark the end of tribal government on March 4, 1906.
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Vinita
Levi Cookson
Illinois
Wolf Coon
National Party
Cookson
Coon
T. M. Buffington
Downing
Muskogee Council Approves Jail Site Purchase Adjacently
Muskogee city council accepted a contract to pay 96,999 for a site intended for a new federal jail. The jail’s construction is planned to start immediately with a projected cost of 30,500.
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Muskogee
Special election on issuance of funds
The notice concerns a special election to authorize the issuance of funds totaling $16,000 at a 5 percent rate. Details indicate a municipal or local government proceeding with ballot action and required voter participation. The document outlines the ballot question and financial terms for approval.
Sequoyah's Old Home Sought for World Fair Attraction
Fort Wayne editor J.8 Helen leads a movement to transport Sequoyah's historic home to the world fair as a featured attraction in Indian Territory. Sequoyah is credited with inventing a syllabary used in writing the Cherokee language.
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Sequoyah
Louis Musxocee
Hel4en
Fort Cubeon
Ave
School Land Frauds Reported Involving Secretary J J Houston
Rumors whirl for weeks about alleged financial improprieties connected to J J Houston secretary of the school land board. The report details charges and official conduct tied to the board and related land transactions.
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J. J. Houston
School Land Board
Guturie
Rural Free Delivery Routes Expansion Plans
The Postmaster General describes staged growth in rural delivery routes. Current petitions demand 10 808 new routes with 19 000 to be added next year bringing total to 37 000. Estimated eligible routes reach 38 000 leaving 11 000 for 1905. By seven years the service should be self sustaining.
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Caotien Anggerne Gb
Op Hil
United
Secretary Faces Probe Over Land Department Practices
J. Houston, secretary of the school land department, is under investigation for alleged irregularities. Governor Ferguson has begun inquiries and potential removal hinges on findings. Leases in the new country are said to be poorly recorded, with profits running into thousands. The secretary denies any involvement with a supposed combine and offers to produce records.
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J. Houston
School Land Department
Ferguson
Callout at Denver strikes workers across city
In Denver Colorado over a thousand laborers walk out including 200 cooks 500 waiters 500 butchers and 160 bakers as Pure Food's council leads a strike. Nearly all restaurants close with clerks and stationary engines potentially joining. Dispute stems from bakery and gra sers refusing to contract with the union.
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Denver
Cot
Pure Food’s Council
End of the Bonaparte Line Reported in Warsaw Death
Auicia Rinzinska, last of Napoleon Bonaparte’s grandchildren, has died in Warsaw. The obituary notes her status as the final surviving descendant of the imperial family and places her passing in the context of European royalty.
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Bonaparte
Auicia Rinzinska
Napoleon Bonaparte
Warsaw
Siamese Twin Fishes Hatched at New York Aquarium
Three pairs of Siamese twin fishes hatched at the New York Aquarium marking a notable creation in aquatic science. The event highlights the institution's breeding program and attracts interest from researchers and visitors alike.
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Yor Equarium
Strikes Turmoil Hits Mobile & Ohio in Jackson
In Jackson a strike on the Mobile & Ohio railroad escalates with one killed, two trains wrecked, and business disrupted. Chief Gaston tames rioters at union station. Will Yarbo shot on a locomotive. Sheriff Mayo arrests three. Guarded property and possible state militia deployment feared.
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Jackson
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Gaston
Union Station
Will Yarbo
Mayo
Mobile & Ohio
Cairo
Ill
Rising American Oaveman and Harlem Trials Contender
Fernand Demorvelle, son of a former New Orleans police commissioner, will represent the Young Men's Gymnastic Club of New Orleans in the trials of the American oarsmen on Harlem to vie for selection. The young athlete bears a poetic name while seeking a place among elite rowers.
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Fernand Demorvelle
New Orleans
Harlem
Trainmen Vote Strike Over Great Northern Double Headers
Trainmen on the Great Northern demand the end of double headers. President Hill refused concessions and a systemwide vote was taken to order a strike if road officials persist. He warned those striking would face financial losses regardless of outcome.
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Great Northern
Hitchcock backs Oklahoma statehood after trip
Secretary Hitchcock spoke in Oklahoma advocating immediate statehood. He said conditions across the territory were remarkable and prosperity was evident and that residents were entitled to statehood. He noted the interior department has little to do with Congress and promised to recommend statehood upon returning to Washington.
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Hitchcock
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Congress
Washington
Family feud ends with stabbing during street fight
Lawton J. P. Phillips a bolting Republican candidate for city attorney injured after a street fight with his father in law F. M. Bates. Phillips was stabbed twice in the abdomen and considered in dangerous condition after the clash in the street.
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Lawton
J. P. Phillips
F. M. Bates
Phillips
Lockout Planned by Building Trades Unions in Philadelphia
Major labor conflict looms as all building trades unions reportedly back a lockout against any group aiding striking journeymen carpenters in Philadelphia. The Central Labor Union pledges full financial support, with an initial 25 000 dollars aid. 25 000 workers could be affected soon. Frank Dnoffy travels to Indianapolis to coordinate, stating the fight must be won at all hazards.
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Philadelphia
Piitap
Spain
Masters’ Association
Central Labor Union
Frank Dnoffy
Indianapolis
General Office
New Deed and Lease Forms Rolled Out for Creek Cherokee Lands
Indian Territory offices announce a revised deed and lease system for Creek and Cherokee lands. New forms classify leases by class including coal oil gas and require bonds affidavits and officer acknowledgments. Printers work through the night to supply the demanded forms as parties rush to submit deeds with certified checks.
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Indian Territory
Muskogee
Secretary of the Interior
Judge Kaymond Urges Turning Suspects Over to Courts
In Okmulgee the grand jury was urged by Judge Raymond to act firmly against begging in Indian Territory. He warned that every able person should earn fair wages and criticized those who neglect their families, insisting law be applied fully.
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Kaymond
Raymond
Grand Jury
Okmulgee
Oklahoma town sought incorporation and paid for papers
Citizens of Okarehe paid $125 to Spink to file papers for incorporation. He prepared documents for the commissioners court but adjourned the case after the townspeople withdrew, while Spink reportedly earned more from others and left. Judge Raymond ordered exhumation of Eliza Thomas’s coffin to prove a violent death at Eufaula last February.
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Okarehe
Okarele
Spink
Commissioner’s Court
Spinks
Board of County Commissioners
Okarche
Raymond
Eliza Thomas
Eufaula
Orders Russia to Evacuate Manchuria Note to Prince Ching
Victoria British Columbia advices report that Britain and Japan issued a joint note to Prince Ching demanding Russia evacuate Manchuria promptly. The note warned that any secret treaty or delay would force both powers to act to secure evacuation and protect their interests.
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England
Japan
Prince Ching
Victoria
B.C
Orient
Russia
China
Manchuria
Laundering the Baby's Clothes Advice
A reader urges caution in washing infant garments at home using only Ivory soap and under a mother's directions. It warns that strong washing powders and impure soap can injure babies and criticizes careless handling of little garments.
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E. R. Parker
Choctaw Per Capita Payment Deferred
The long deferred $40 per capita payment to the Choctawsa, due on the 4th, has been postponed. The delay causes hardship for the poor Indians and leaves them displeased with the situation.
Farmer Drowns in Barrel Near McLoup
John Wilkins a well to do farmer from Butler county Iowa living four miles north of here died by his own hand in a water barrel near the smokehouse. He was about 88, recently despondent, leaving a wife and two sons. Two fishermen named Barto and Provence were arrested near Shawnee for illegal fishing in the North Canadian river after a fight with officers.
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Pottawootomie County
John Wilkins
Here
Mr. Wilkins
Butler County
Iowa
Barto
Provence
Shawnee
North Canadian
Hardware Dealers in Oklahoma invited to join state association
The Indian Territory Hardware and Implement Dealers Association held a session and adopted a resolution inviting hardware dealers of Oklahoma to join. The next session will be held in Lahomesa City where the union will be perfected.
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Hardware Association
Laura McAlgster
Indian Territory Hardware and Implement Dealeral Association
Hardware Dealers of
Oklahoma
Lahomea
City
Post Office Tied With Social Demands Window
Fragmentary note mentions a post office tied to social demands window and a line of people waiting. Details are unclear but imply a queue and public service link.
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Mnosense
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