Oklahoma items reflect growth and tragedy in 1900s era notes
In Kingfisher court convenes as Presbyterians report church completion near Lawton and Muskogee prepares waterworks. Wynnewood seminary nears finish. Enid plans a shoe factory. Lexington forms a biweekly dancing slab. Hartshorne bets on a $10 000 Hotel Harts horne. A 50 member bachelors club thrives in Sweetwater. Wewoka court house updated. Purcell loses a hand to dynamite blast. Perkins man McCollins killed boarding a moving Santa Fe train. Carrie Nation ends visit. Woodson retires at 63. Pioneer Telephone formed with 900k stock. Lehigh to build Atoka to Coalgate interurban. Trimm dies kicked by a mule. Anti-Horse Thief meeting draws 900 delegates. Jim McFarland slain near Wewoka. J Warren Reel builds a unique three-story residence.
Farmer leases land to salt company near Manzum
A farmer near Manzum leased a farm portion to a salt company for nine years at five dollars annually and will receive a royalty from a client company operating on the site. A new bank has formed at Quinton, a line town on the Fort Smith and Western railroad, twenty five miles east of Junieta, Crowder City.
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Manzum
Pew
Quinton
Fort Smith and Western
Junieta
Crowder City
Golconda
Enterprise
Prookin
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Prisoner Care Contract
The Kansas supreme court rules the Oklahoma Kansas prisoner care contract legal. If void, it would free all prisoners in the Kansas penitentiary. Mustang commercial club aids M. E. people to build a church there. Vinita land office opened for four months then to move to Tahlequah permanently.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kansas Penitentiary
Mustang
M. E. People
Vinita
Tahlequah
Rock Island Finds Large Gravel Deposit Near Asher
The Rock Island reports near inexhaustible gravel deposits about four miles southeast of Asher and plans to open tracks to the site. The gravel is large and clean and suitable for ballast or roofing uses.
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Rock Island
Asher
Ardmore Bonds Sold At Premium To Oklahoma City Banker
Ardmore waterworks and school bond issue of 175 000 was sold to M L Turner a banker from Oklahoma City who paid a premium of 6310 1036 10 percent. Kiowa county steel bridges arriving for placement. A Cleveland man raised two crops on the same vines this year. B B Meadows of Maidlrow I T is a pensioner of both Mexican and civil wars. There are 649 voting precincts in Oklahoma and 800 000 ballots needed for coming election up 74000 in two years. Edmond Normal President Umbholtz salary raised from 2400 to 2600 annually. B B Gotten near McLoud arrested by Shawnee National Bank on mortgage property disposal charges.
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Ardmore
M. L. Turner
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Creek Nation Auditor Reports Strong Finances and Tax Revenues
Creek Nation auditor H. C. Fisher submitted the annual report to the Creek executive department. The report shows total revenues of 95 to the U S subtreasury in St Louis, with royalties and taxes contributing to a favorable year. Expenditures include Creek war pensions and indigent relief, and the treasurer urges continued financial discipline as the nation’s economy remains strong.
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Fleher Viarra
H. C. Fisher
Creek Nation
Creek Executive Department
United States
Court House
St. Louis
J. Blair Shoenfelt
United States Indian
H.C. Fisner
South McAlester Bonds Waterworks Sewe rs Approved
South McAlester voted overwhelmingly to bond for 8150,000 to build waterworks and sewers. The total vote was 50 percent with seven votes against. The central ward backed the bonds 215 to 0. Campaigns favored franchise supporters, and $90,000 was pledged for a modern hotel. Forty buildings remain halted awaiting the result. stores closed for three hours to aid the cause.
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South
Mcalester
Friends of A
Fred McIntyre
CHICKASAW LAND VALUATION PROCESS BEGINS IN OKLAHOMA
Dawes Commission and Woodward nation representatives led by Gov Johnson Gov Moseley and Attorney McMurray met repeatedly to set land grades for the Choctaw nation. Prices will be fixed jointly by the Dawes Commission and an Indian government representative. A joint commission will determine valuations before land allotment and land office establishment.
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Vinita
Woodaw Nation
Gov. Johnson
Gov
Moseley
Attorney McMurray
Dawes Commission
Land Office
Wife Arrested in Texas Border Murder Case
Depute U S Marshal Charles B. Rhodes brought Mrs Caroline Barron to custody on charges of murdering her husband Calvin C Barron near Westville I T. The couple traveling to Texas camped by the Shiloh schoolhouse when an ax struck the sleeper in the head. No witnesses to the killing exist and two papers found on the victim note a Crawford county Arkansas marriage and a certificate of travel.
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Charles B. Rhodes
United States
Caroline
Barron
Calvin C. Barron
Westville
I. T
Texas
Shiloh
Calvin Barron
Caroline X. Bell
Crawford County
Arkansas
C. W. Smith
Independent Land Ownership for Indians after Half Century
The article outlines federal plans for Indian land allotments ending tribal ownership. It notes near universal progress toward individual ownership, with Secretary Hitchcock guiding years of effort. It cites about two thirds of 240000 Indians expected to become independent landowners holding grazing and farm plots.
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Jediane
Washington
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Interior Department
Indian Bureau
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Sam
Senate
Spain
Five Civilized Tribes
St Louis and San Francisco Railroad 1902 Annual Report
Frisco shows total mileage operated 414.24 miles with 787 miles of sidetracks and switches. Gross earnings reach 21,620,882 while operating expenses total 13,472,470 and other charges 6,068,093. Net earnings and miscellaneous income amount to 8,345,672 with surplus for dividends of 2,277,487 and 1,452,197 carried to profit and loss. Dividends declared totaled 805,281.
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St. Louis
Yoakum
San Francisco
Land Department
Santa Fe Acquisition Shortens Route From Shawnee
Capitalists meeting in Tulsa reportedly decided to purchase the Red Fork to Shawnee and Pauls Valley line with approved survey work from Red Fork to Muskogee and from Owassa to the southern Santa Fe end near Wichita. The Muskogee Southern may become a Santa Fe line, running to Shreveport. The new alignment would parallel the Missouri Kansas Texas line from Muskogee to Tulsa, cutting 64 miles between Muskogee and Tulsa and shortening Shawnee to Kansas City by 87 miles and to St. Louis and Chicago by 110 miles.
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Muskoeee
Tulsa
Santa Fe
Red Fork
Shawnee and
Pauls’ Valley
Secretary of the Interior
Muskogee
Owassa
Wichita
Virdigris River
Muskogee Southern
Shreveport
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Shawnee
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Surveying New Townsites AreMORE Progress in Chickasaw Nation
A corps of surveyors is surveying and platting Hewitt Dixie Loco Velma Alma and Harrisburg. Each town may have a forty acre townsite. Work is progressing rapidly and more towns remain to be platted in the Chickasaw nation if weather holds.
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Hewitt
Dixie
Loco
Velma
Alma
Harrisburg
Chickasaw Nation
Dawes Commission Urges Cherokees to Enroll by Oct 31 1902
Final notice from the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes demands proof of birth for all children born on or before Sept 1 1902 be filed at Muskogee I T by Oct 31 1902. Names not enrolled by then will not be eligible for tribal property distribution. Muskogee Oct 14 1902 by Acting Chairman Tams Bixby and Commissioners.
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Congress
Five Civilized Tribes
Commission
Tams Bixpy
T. B
Snakes and cattle chased by a moving herd tale
Kansas City Journal recounts Gen Milton Moore and ex Private Alexander Mahlstrom discussing Central American snakes. They describe snakes as timid around caravans and cattle, with an anecdote of Moore firing on a rattler that fled into tall grass after multiple shots.
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Milton Moore
Snake Society
Alexander Mahlstrom
Missouri
South America
Woodfellers
Plains
Kansas City Journal
Choctaw Nation Sees Commission Change In Court Action
Appointed by McCurtain Loun McAcerver B S Smiter presents a commission as successor to T W Hunter with Green McCurtain named by the Choctaw nation chief. Chairman Sterrett will wait for directives from the interior department before recognizing Smizer as successor. The chief’s recognition by the interior is anticipated. Also: reports of Mrs L W Bryan’s Galveston disappearance debunked. no truth to claims she and daughter were in Galveston. Mr Bryan offered rewards and searched the coast.
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Loun McAcerver
B.S. Smiter
Green McCurtain
T. W. Hunter
McCurtain
Emef
Sterrett
Interior Department
Smizer
South McAnister
L. W. Bryan
Galveston
Mr. Bryan
Agitation Grows for Full Title to Allotments in Territory
Movement gains steam as four major railroad systems plan to lobby Congress for permission to let Indians sell part of their lands to settlers before 1906. Industrial interests nationwide aim to back the effort with support from eastern lines and manufacturers. Hunter faction Choctaw senate members join McCurtain council. others remain distant.
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Indian Territory
Congress
Choctaw Senate
McCurtain Council
Man Escapes Police During Ryan Court Narrow Courts Face
The civil docket at Ryan finished with three jury trials two verdicts. John Bonner the only criminal in fifteen indictments escaped from Deputy Brock at the courthouse. Bonner fled down Main Street through a crowded sidewalk as Deputy Parker fired but did not hit him.
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Duncan
Ryan
John Bonner
Brock
Court House
Bonner
Main Street
Parker
Violent Mob Attacks Langford Establishment and Feud Overreach
A mob of about 200 in Langford Kansas wrecked Rizmans joint injuring property by smashing twenty beer cases and ten whiskey kegs and tarred and feathered a woman. The report notes Indian Territory’s harsh publicity with the Ten Spot prison car on the Katy line returning prisoners from Fort Leavenworth. Other railroads bid for contracts.
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Langford
Kans
Rizman
Indian Territory
Katy
Fort Leavenworth
Meeting at the Crossroads of Love in Atlanta Constitution
A man recalls his courtship as he and Sally walk toward a life together. He wrestles with confessing love until she speaks of conviction and he reveals his heart. The speaker frames the moment in a sentimental Southern tone from the Atlanta Constitution.
Demonstration Too Effective In Temperance Lecture
Two maiden sisters attend a temperance talk where whisky poured into water causes lively animalculae to swim. The scene ends with one sister asking for whisky and the other preferring to drink the creatures dead rather than alive.
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Mary
Is Mr Depew in a First Class Risk
An insurance agent asks to see Senator Depew and jokes that the company would refuse him as a risk unless he takes his legs with him when he leaves. The office attendant says he is out and the remark targets the senator's visible legs.
True Success in Life
The San Francisco Chronicle argues many live with wealth and influence yet lack true success. It praises the patriot who sacrifices for country and community, strengthening the state and easing lives, even at the cost of personal advancement and pleasure.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
Kept back pain warned by kidney pills claim cure
An advertisement asserts kidney and back pain stem from kidney trouble and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a universal remedy. It quotes Mrs. Adam Guntle of Crawfordsville Indiana praising a prior cure and offers a free trial by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y with a 50 cent price at drugstores.
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Bright
Dean
Adam Guntle
South Plum St
Crawfordsville
Ind
Mia Guntle
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Perjury rise after oath law repeal in New Jersey
A New Jersey report notes a marked rise in perjury since the oath required kissing the Bible was repealed. The item also advertises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used at the Children's Home in New York.
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New Jersey
Mjother Gray
Mother Gray
New York
Iess Allen
Olmsted
Lekoy
Beulah Corley and the Gallant Quest for a Fine
Roswell Field reports from Chicago on Beulah Corley who, drunk in a doorway, offered to marry any man who would pay her fine. The crowd, and city, show little gallantry as the fine likely goes unpaid and she faces the bridewell. The note adds a brief item on Berlin's first female barbers.
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Chicago
Knights of Old
Beulah
Dialect Snippets Sparkling Quips From Various Authors
A collection of humorous dialect lines and mock quotes from figures such as Johnny Crapaud Yawcob Spieler and John Lockney. The pieces poke fun at weather, language, and regional speech with playful, satirical tone.
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Johnny Crapaud
Greenland
John Lockney
Bryan Boru
Goshall Hemlock
Reuben Yank
Detroit Evening News
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