Wright Aeroplane Tragedy at Fort Myer
In Washington on September 17 a Wright aircraft crashed during a test flight. Orville Wright survived with injuries while Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge died from a fractured skull and severe head injuries. The accident followed the failure of a left propeller blade during a five minute flight. Ambulances rushed both men to Fort Myer hospital as spectators watched.
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Wright
Lieut
Selfridge
Fort Myer
Dayton
Woman shot by jailed suitor in Texas tale of elopement promise
Katie Kennemore lies wounded in a Paris Texas hospital with gunshot injuries to her arm and side. She identifies a man calling himself Judge Dick as the assailant who had vowed to marry her. Officers seek Dick while a hospital aid and a nurse confirm the patient’s account of an attempted murder and a staged accident.
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Hugo, Ok
Paris
Tex
Katie Kennemore
Charles Copeland
Oklahoma
Hugo
Durant
Texas
Howland
Paving Case Muddle In Oklahoma Court Ruling
Guthrie Oklahoma records discuss the Oklahoma City paving case and its emergency law feature. The supreme court declines to intrude on legislative domain and emphasizes that Section 58 of Article 4 defines emergencies and limits. The legislature designates what counts as an emergency bill and real estate provisions are barred.
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Guthrie
Supreme Court
Oklahoma City
Parisian Millinery Opens With Variety of Hats on Display
Miss Lessel, proprietor, opens the Parisian Millinery in the Cox-Greer-McDonald Co. building with Miss Davis as assistant. The formal opening runs today and tomorrow as hats in Gage Fish and Elzee styles attract shoppers. The shop shows large and small sizes, colorful decorations, plumes and bows, with reasonable prices.
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Miss Lessel
Gage
Fish
Elzee
Oklahoma Supreme Court Voids Brook Bill For Muskogee
The court rules the Brook bill invalid for cities of the first class in Indian Territory. Muskogee remains under prior leadership with H. T. Martin as mayor and Charles Kimsey as police chief until 1909 elections. Pauls Valley faces the same implication for its March election.
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Guthrie
Indian Territory
Supreme Court
State of
Muskogee
Foraker Cornered In Ohio Political Firestorm
Ohio politics center on Senator Joseph B. Foraker as a former Standard Oil attorney. Reports say he aided a fifty year Cincinnati streetcar franchise bill, with tension between Taft and Foraker rising as party leaders reposition speakers. The dispute touches Hearst correspondence and Ohio election maneuvering over presidential electors.
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Foraker
Hearst
Standard Oil Company
Price
Archbold
Ohio
Aaron E. Price
Athents
Taft
Cox
Cincinnati
New York
Charles Dick
Arthur I. Vorys
Iron Bar Pierces Boy at Country Club Accident
Sherman Watson, 20, was fatally injured when a heavy iron rod pierced his abdomen after a hayrake ran away. He was dragged from his seat and impaled, then pulled the bar free and staggered a short distance before collapsing. He died later at St. Anthony's hospital after surgery by Dr. Lea Riley.
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Oklahoma City
Sherman Watson
Watson
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Lea Riely
Louis Granger
Democratic Ticket Nominates Chanler for Governor in New York
Rochester N Y September 16 The Democratic convention nominates Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler of Dutchess County for governor with a platform opposing Gov Hughes and pledging support to the Denver ticket The ticket is approved by most delegates except for the state engineer general surveyor post Wilmington Delaware September 17 William J Bryan campaigns across Delaware charging the steel trust funds the Republican party and denouncing alleged gatekeepers of suffrage who sold their votes in the current race.
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Rochester
N. Y
Hughes
Denver
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Dutchess County
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
William J. Bryan
Republican Party
Steel Trust
Railway magnet for Bryan
Chicago September 17 M B Ingalls longtime Big Four president and current board chairman is to take an active role in the democratic national campaign He is expected to work earnestly for the election of Bryan according to statements at headquarters in the Auditorium annex
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Chicago
M. B. Ingalls
Big Four Railroad
The
Road
Auditorium
J. G. Johnson
National Advisory Committee
Ingalls
Bryan
Railroad reformer to join business group in city
A noted railroad reformer is expected to join in the Bryan and Kern Business Men's association efforts. He will work alongside Nathan Straus to promote transportation and commercial reforms within the city business community.
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Nathan Straus
Bryan and Kern Business Men’s Association
Slayings Pursuit Tracked To Arkansas City
Oklahoma City reports the killer of Mrs. Harry Pearson is still at large and was traced to Arkansas City where authorities aim to arrest him soon. Pearson was killed north of the city yesterday afternoon and $200 in diamonds were taken. Before dying she said the man tried to lure her to flee with him, then shot her and fled.
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Oklahoma City
Harry Pearson
Garrison
Arkansas City
Oklahoma Dispensary System Stays Legal Says Officials
Ex Chief Justice John H. Burford and attorneys say a federal appeals court ruling on liquor traffic does not affect Oklahoma. They argue Oklahoma constitution allows the state to engage in any private business, including liquor handling.
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Guthrie
United States Court of Appeals
Richmond
Oklahoma
John H. Burford
Requests Postoffice Moved Ardmore
Ardmore Ok September 17 congressman Charles D Carter of this district made public a letter to the postoffice department advising no more rent checks be sent for the postoffice building and asking removal of the office from his building as soon as convenient. Carter held a ten year contract from 1903 to 1913 but his election to congress makes it invalid.
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Ardmore
Charles D. Carter
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Presbyterian group settles $100000 suit over Kendall College site
Compromised in Muskogee Oklahoma on September 17, the United States sued the United Presbyterian Mission Society to recover Kendall College's site for $100,000. The Presbyterian Association agreed to pay the Creek Nation.
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Muskogee
United Presbyterian Mission Society of the United States
United States
Kendall College
Presbyterian Asson
TAFT AND BRYAN TO MEET IN CHICAGO BANQUET
W H Taft and W J Bryan will attend the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet on October 7 in Chicago. Taft may also speak at Galesburg Illinois that afternoon, with a local committee inviting Bryan. A special train would be needed for Taft to be present at both events.
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Ohio
League
Taft
Foraker
Chicago
W. H. Taft
W. J. Bryan
Chicago Association of Commerce
Dixon
Republican Speaker’s Bureau
Galesburg
Ill
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
The Late Filing In Guthrie Supreme Court Denies Appeal
The September 16 Guthrie report notes the Supreme Court denied the appeal in a late filing case. The decision affects the involved parties and potential further actions remain unclear in the available text.
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Guthrie, Ok
Suprem Court A
Ten-year-old dies of hydrophobia after rabies bite
Shawnee Oklahoma September 17 one of sixteen Tecumseh residents bitten by a rabid dog has died. James Cole aged ten died after treatment at a Pasteur Institute in New Orleans for more than six weeks.
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Shawnee
Tecumseh
James Cole
Pasteur Institute
New Orleans
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Sible
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Hamilton
Standard Oil
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Pany
League of Republican Clubs
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State Election Board
Prohibition Party
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E. S. Stockwell
J. E. Brewer
Lee Tucker
J.H. Medaris
Lahoma
P. L. Nichols
Okemah
J. E. Disch
W. R. McKnight
Roosevelt
York
Big Four
Ture
South Carolina
Taft- and- Bryan
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DR. Lee
ADJ
Europe
Harris Hotel
Font Building
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Co. S. Aldrich
East Main Street
Nacr Katy Railroad
Scotts
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