Live burial ruse fools Oklahoma cattle king in 1906
In Seminole county Oklahoma a cattle trader John Evans faked his death to avoid penitentiary time for grand larceny. He lay in a coffin in Earlboro while his hired man confessed the scheme and Evans fled to New Mexico under the name John Wilson. Sheriff Dotson pursues him.
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Wewoka
Seminole County
J. A. Evans
Evans
Little River
Sasakwa
John
John A. Wilson
New Mexico
John Evans
Wilson
Marlboro
Dotson
Death of Oklahoma Lawyer Fielding Lewis
The Honorable Fielding Lewis former assistant attorney general of Oklahoma died at his home in McAlester after ten days of illness. A popular jurist and News friend, he had recently been in Ada defending a case for R. R. Johnson against the Ada Oil Cotton Company. Lewis reportedly contracted the fever while traveling from Holdenville to Ada and was urged to return for his client’s defense but did not recover.
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Evans
Indian Territory
Kansas City
United States Grand Jury
Wewoka
Oklahoma
Leavenworth
Fielding Lewis
McAlester
Ilness
Judge Lewis
Commonwealth
Lewis
Ada
R. R. Johnson
Ada Oil @ Cotton Company
Holdenville
New Bank Commissioner Named for Oklahoma
Muskogee on November 12 reports the appointment of A. M. Young as state bank commissioner to succeed the resigning Smock. Young, a former cashier of the Muskogee Bank of Commerce, will take office January 1. The Bank of Commerce traces back to a bank and trust company in which Gov. Haskell had interests.
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Muskogee
A. M. Young
Smock
Guthrie
Mr. Young
Young
Muskogee Bank of Commerce
Bank of Commerce
Bank and Trust
Gov. Haskell
Okmulgee Riot Fatal Clash Ends with Eight Dead
Eight people died and ten wounded in Okmulgee after a confrontation at the St. Louis and San Francisco depot escalated when Jim Deckard and a posse clashed with officers. Sheriff Edgar Robinson and Assistant Chief Henry Klaber were killed, two Chapman brothers also slain, and Deckard perished as his house burned after he opened fire. Governor Haskell considered further mobilization as streets remained tense.
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Okmulgee
Jim Deckard
Edgar Robinson
Henry Klaber
Chapman
Steve Grayson
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Lice
Kinber
Deckard
Klaber
Robinson
Chapman Brothers
Negores
Gilbert Reed Reported Visiting Ada With School Plans
Ada readers learn Gilbert Reed, longtime Hird crossroads teacher, visited home folks on Saturday and announced a Thanksgiving box supper at his school to raise funds for an organ. Professors and Ada residents are warmly invited to attend the event at the Hird crossroads schoolhouse.
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Gilbert Reed
Hird
Reed
Hirdcrossroads
Ada
Two Colford Sisters Practice Law in City
The Misses Colford, born in Halifax and educated locally, have practiced law in the city for years with their uncle Clarance Colford. They studied at Washington College of Law and earned LL.B. in 1903, two masters of patent law from George Washington University, and are admitted to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and the Court of Appeals. They belong to the Washington Legal Aid Society.
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Ford
Supreme Court of the United States
Colford
Clarance Colford
Bond Build
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
Washington Legal Aid Society
Not Entitled to a Jury in Police Court Case
Guthrie Oklahoma November 12 In an opinion to the police judge of Ada Attorney General West holds that under the Oklahoma constitution and laws a person who may be prosecuted in a police court is not entitled to a trial by jury.
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Haskell
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Alexander
Guthrie, Ok
Ada
West
Oklahoma
More Prosperity Promised
Clarinda Iowa November 11 W C Brown vice president of the New York central lines says the country will enter an era of greater prosperity. He notes that the morning after elections more than 100 telegrams released railroad supply orders worth 31 million dollars for the central lines and other railroads have or will refer 60 million for equipment and materials for extensions and rolling stock improvements.
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Clarinda
W. C. Brown
New York ‘Central Lines
New York Central Lines
Tibave
Sale of legal blanks at the News Office
Local News Office advertises legal blanks for sale. The notice invites attorneys and candidates to purchase forms and templates used for official filings.
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Legal Blacks
Chinese Emperor Dies Amid Illness and Court Turmoil
Pekin reports the death of the emperor at 5 PM after a prolonged illness. The dowager empress in poor health collapsed upon learning of the monarch’s death. Pu Yi, age 3, was placed on the throne as heir presumptive with Prince Chun as regent following the dowager empress finalizing succession.
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Pekin
Ilness
Tse Hsi An
Dowager Express
China
Pna
Pu-Yi
Prince Chun
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia Dies in Paris
Paris confirms the death of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia an uncle of Emperor Nicholas from pneumonia. He had lived in Paris since retiring as supreme director of the navy a post he held for twenty four years. The report notes his long residence and the cause of death.
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Paris
Grand Duke
Alexis
Russia
Nicholas
Navy
Princess de Sagan Faces Possible Divorce Again
Reported in New York on November 14 that the Princess de Sagan formerly Anna Gould is headed for divorce from Prince de Sagan after a troubled period with her second husband. A denial was issued but authorities say a formal petition by Count Boni Castellane seeking custody of their child spurred the separation move and a suit by the princess followed.
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New York
Princess de Sagan
Anna Gould
de Sagan
Count Boni Caste
Haas Committed Suicide in Jail After Heney Shooting
In San Francisco on November 14 Morris Haas killed Francis J. Heney yesterday and then shot himself in the county jail. Reports say the pistol was hidden in his shoe or passed to him by a friend during confinement.
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Heney
Haas
Rose Medicine Co Ad Claims Universal Cure all Ailments
An old advertisement from St. Louis touts E. W. Rose Medicine Co product as healing every form of ailment and skin or scalp issues. It notes distribution through Gwin-Mays & Co and promises broad efficacy and health benefits.
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E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
Gwin-Mays & Co
Watchful care for infants with worms explains White's Vermifuge
A historical note urges parents to monitor babies for worm infestations and warning signs such as yellow pallor and flatulence. It promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as the guaranteed remedy with no adverse effects, sold by G. M Ramsey.
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G. M Ramsey
Guaranteed Cure for Pimples Advertised by Rose Medicine Co
An ad promotes Zemo a clean external liquid claimed to cure pimples blackheads and other skin blemishes. It promises results in two to six bottles and directs readers to write for more information from Rose Medicine Co St Louis with distribution via Gwin Mays Co.
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Cam
Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
Gwin-Mays & Co
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Frisco
Farr
Grayson
Gilbert
Czar
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Rset
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G. M. Ramsey
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Francis J
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