Fire Wipes Out Bokhoma Town in Oklahoma
Idabel Oklahoma September 5 A devastating blaze leveled Bokhoma a lumber village sixteen miles east of Idabel wiping out most of the town including the Wilson Lumber Company holdings valued at 250000 in lumber ready for shipment Two hundred inhabitants were left homeless and without work only the Frisco station and a few negro shacks remained standing Telegraph and telephone lines were down and officials could not determine the fire origin or total insurance losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IHC
IHC Standar Weber
Columbus
Bettendorf
Steel King
Idabel
Bokhoma
Frisco
Wilson Lumber Company
Dallas
Tex
Wilson Company
Cation
Cured Fifty Years of Eczema By Hobson Eczema Ointment
A reader recounts long suffering from tetter or eczema and credits Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment with a complete cure. The testimonial notes relief after decades of distress and lists purchase options and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Ramsey
Pfeiffer Chemical Co
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Wisconsin State Fair Opens With Packed Exhibits
Wisconsin Governor and state officials planned a Wednesday visit as the Wisconsin State Fair opened with nearly full exhibition space. The event showcases machinery, live stock, and farm products, with a harness race meeting under the Great Western Circuit as a major attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilwaukee
Wis
Judge McKeown Presides in Updike Trial
District Judge T D McKeown sitting in Ada overruled a postponement motion and set the Updike murder trial for 1 30 pm Thursday in Oklahoma City. Updike had been pardoned earlier and faces the Christianson killing after a prior murder conviction and life sentence. Attorneys McAdams Haskell for the defense and Thompson Zimmerman for the state will appear. Judge McKeown to preside.
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Oklahoma City
T. D. McKeown
Ada
G. W. Clark
B. H. Updike
A. O. Christianson
Updike
Christianson
Oklahoma County
P. D. Anderson
J. J. McAlester
McAdams
Haskell
Thompson
Zimmerman
McKeown
Cotton receipts and prices hover as harvest nears
The Stratford Tribune notes this season’s cotton receipts reach 250 bales with prices from 12.75 to 13.10. The heaviest daily intake was Wednesday at 75 bales. A November sale is forecast with prices not far above 15 cents as continued dry weather matures the crop despite a fair yield.
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Stratford Tribune
Singer Sewing Machine Payment Plan in Ada OK
An Ada Oklahoma notice offers a Singer Sewing Machine on a buy now pay later plan with one fourth down in fall 1913 1914 1915 and 1916 and no interest. The offer appears under W C Williams and Aldrich Grocery.
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Singer
Hyde Trial Delayed to December for Fourth Time
In Kansas City the case of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde is postponed to December for more prep time. He faces charges in the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, motive alleged as inheritance. Swope died in 1909. Hyde's prior trials ended in life sentence, mistrial, and hung jury. An advertisement promotes HERBINE liver remedy.
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Kansas City
B. Clarke Hyde
Dr. Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Col. Swope
Mrs Russell Sage Celebrates 85th Birthday in New York
Mrs Russell Sage widow of a famed financier marks her eighty fifth birthday quietly in New York amid greetings from across the United States and abroad. She remains active in charity and philanthropy having given nearly 30 million dollars to public institutions in recent years including 10 million to the Russell Sage Foundation 2.5 million to Forest Hill Gardens 2 million to the Presbyterian church and school at Far Rockaway 1 million to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and 1 million to the Troy Female Seminary where she studied and taught before marriage.
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New York
United States
Russell Sage
Russell Sage Foundation
United States of America
Forest Hill Gardens
Jamaica L. I
Presbyterian Church
Far Rockaway
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy Female Seminary
Ada Receives High Marks in Health Inspection Report
Dr. Maha led a city inspection with state health official Dr Mabler noting Ada could rank at least 77 percent under Holland's Magazine rubric. Carrick will issue the official grade, which may adjust some points upward. The 1912 Texas contest saw Brownwood win with 89.5.
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Hursday
Mabler
Ada
Holland’s Magazine
Carrick
Brownwood
Great Revival at Steedman
In Steedman Oklahoma Rev W H Nettles led a large revival starting August 24 1913 with helpers Rev Caldwell and Rev Wooton. The event drew diverse worshipers who testified repented and many were saved including skeptics converted at the altar and even a death scare that ended in salvation. A Sunday August 30 gathering featured meals on the grounds and three services. The note adds a compress trial run for fall.
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Steedman
Chattanooga Hosts Grand Army of the Republic Encampment
Chattanooga expects 200000 visitors for the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Alfred B. Beers arrives to open headquarters at Hotel Patten, with reunions, parades, and battlefield tours through Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Contest for commander in chief features five states backing Kingman Gardner Cole Somers and Adams.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Army of the Republic
Confederacy
Gettysburg
Alfred B. Beers
Bridgeport
Chickamauga
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Wilder
Thei
South Dakota
Michigan
New Jersey
Indiana
Nebraska
N. H. Kingman
13Th
Wisconsin
G. A R
Washington Gardner
Sherman
Atlanta
Ralph D. Cole
East
New England
O. A. Somers
Col. C. E. Adams
Superior
Neb
14Th Army
Chickamauga Military Park
Snodgrass Hill
Thomas
Steedman
Lookout Mountain
Orchard Knob
Missionary Ridge
Kenesaw Mountain
Muffin Recipe and Make-Ahead Tips for Quick Breakfasts
A recipe for honey muffins uses 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup melted fat 1 egg and 1 cup water or milk. Dry ingredients are sifted three times then mixed with wet ingredients. Bake in oiled pans until muffins rise and brown. adds raisins or currants optional.
Graham Muffins Recipe Ad From KC Baking Powder
Recipe for Graham Muffins uses graham flour baking powder sugar salt egg milk and melted butter to bake soft light muffins. It advertises 88 more recipes with a certificate inside each 25 cent can and promotes The Cook's Book by Janet McKenzie Hill from Jaques Mfg Co Chicago.
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Janet McKenzie Hill
Jaques Mfg. Co
Chicago
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Weber New Bettendorf
International Harvester Company of America
Williams
Cts
Cleveland
Ohio
Ramsey Drug CO
Wisconsin State Fair
Texas Traction Company
Lancaster
Waxahachie
Ft. Worth
Cleburne
M. R. Fewell
A. G. P. A. Denison
Texas
Jas, P. Griffin
M'Keown
Stratford
Hyde
DR. Maha
Okla
W. H. Nettles
M. E. Church South
Caldwell
Wooton
W. H. Nettlas
San Ae
Graham
Steelman, of
Pattonville, Texas
Thedford’s
Thedford
Studebaker, Springfield and
Weber Wagons
Oklahoma
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