Big floods sweep through Oklahoma rail lines hit hard
Guthrie and Tulsa report improved flood conditions but lowlands remain flooded. Cottonwood and smaller streams rise, stock drowned, cotton cargo washed away. Santa Fe rail line disrupted near Crescent and between Atoka and Sand Creek. Oklahoma towns including Jenks and Bartlesville face inundation and suspended rail traffic as Arkansas and Caney rivers rise multiple inches daily.
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Santa Fe
Chintrens
Denver, Enid & Gulf
Crescent
Cottonwood
Tulsa
Okla
Tulan
Arkaneas
Baderdek
Sand Creek
Vredigris
Atoka
Shady Mound Park
Jenks
Mand Valley
Arkanwad River
Kansas City
G. A. R. Notice for McKinley Poat G A R meeting
All members of William McKinley Post G A R are requested to attend Friday evening’s meeting for election of officers and other important business.
Bargain Bank Fixtures and Farm Land for Sale
A bargain sale offers a set of heavy solid bank fixtures including two windows a door and customers desk priced at 110 dollars. Also listed is 160 acres of farm land 34 miles from Mountain View Oklahoma with 70 acres in cultivation 40 acres valley land six room house good well fencing and a young orchard priced at 2400 dollars with a 6 year 6 percent financing option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Okla
Farmers & Merchants Bank
E. C. Sertuerr
Musical ladies aid program at Mrs Briscoe home
Mrs A. Be Bristow and four assistants hosted the Christian church ladies at Mrs Briscoe’s home. An afternoon of memory games, songs, and a Flower Puzzle sparked lively sociability with refreshments and witty maxims shared among about thirty attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanee River
Georgia
Johnnie
Joe
Annie
Laurie
Kentucky
America
Aunt Mary Probes New York Woman's Club Smoking Room
The New York Sun recounts Aunt Mary visiting a city club with her nieces and marveling at a smoking room and facilities. She remains impressed by the amenities though a sewing room lacks needles and thread, prompting questions about club rules and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mays
New York Sun
New York
Long Island
Brattleboro
Map project by Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission unveiled plans for a new set of official maps. A state map will show railways and public service lines while seventy five county maps detail property value and locations. Also planned is a Mid Continent oil field map and coal mines data with a mileage table for railroad stations.
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Guthrie
Oklo
State Corporation Commission
Official
Commission
Mid Continent
Chickasha
Ashport
Public Sales Offerings Near Anadarko and Gracemont
An Oklahoma ad listing multiple public sales includes C. W. Gallaher’s dairy cattle auction south of Anadarko on Tuesday December 8 offering 15 milking cows and 20 high producing cows plus Jersey heifers, a Jersey bull, ponies, horses, and a dairy outfit. On Thursday December 10 E Roush will sell 10 horses, 9 cattle, 9 shoata, farming tools, and household goods west of Gracemont. Also notes visiting buyers J W Johnson and J T Stauffer, lumber plans by R S Whitehorn, a big Western horse sale December 5 near the court house, and a Curiosity Shop listing for a sewing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Gallaher
Anadarko
Dee
Gracemont
E. Roush
J. W. Jonhson
R. S. Whitehorn
Stecker
Boon
Topley & Martina Horse and Mule Market
Court House
Stecker Tirentynis and Town Tradesmen Busy in Anadarke
Monday and Tuesday reports show Stecker Tirentynis and many locals including Andy Ticker John Green M E Whitton W W Blankenship Geo Ora Jono Floyd Collins Paul Bradley Jh Towman and others active in Anadarke. Notable events include contractor Andy Meeting arriving with G Ganglaugh Thos Townsend and Dest to work for Missouri Lumber Co and plans for a hardware store and harness shop by Dee 15 at Stocker. A humorous Kangaroo Court anecdote ends with Chief Baker and Judge Whitton saving Steeker from a pretend fire, both claiming credit after a steam mishap.
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Anadarke
Andy Ticker
John Green
M. E. Whitton
Andy Meeting
Stocker
G. Ganglaugh
Thos, Townsend
Mr. Dest
Missouri Lumber Company
A. OK
Dee
Seales House
Judge Whitton
Kangaroo Court
Wm. Baker
Fire Department
Baker
Steeker
High School Building Plans Adopted in Marlow Oklahoma
The community of Chickasha Oklahoma reports plans for a $35,000 high school building in Marlow with construction to start once the contract is awarded. The article then veers into a lengthy, disjointed narrative referencing religious figures, travel, and anecdotes about Mohammedan and Albanian leaders, concluding with unrelated musings on liberal beliefs and Christian monasteries.
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Chickasha
Okla
Marlow
Mohameeoy Ow Gehen
Adellin
Beatonie
Muhammedan
Emall Orthodos
Christhay Chapel
Oyster opener mocks cornmeal fattening riposte
A saddlerock oyster opener ridicules the notion that cornmeal or oatmeal fattens oysters. He explains real oysters only swell with water, comparing the process to water entering a sponge, and asserts he wants water, not extra content, in his oysters or beer.
Not Fully Equipped
An observer warns that public sentiment is not with them while Senator Borgham downplays concerns, noting sentiment matters less than campaign funds. He says public feeling is valuable but cannot balance the campaign budget, implying finance precedes action.
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Borgham
Carriers Seek Better Roads Resolutions Adopted in Hinton
The Caddo County Rural Mail Carriers met in Hinton Oklahoma and adopted resolutions urging improved roads. They urge legislators to support the good road bill and transfer road work from overseers to township trustees.
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Hinton
Okla
Dee
Caddo County
Ooeration
Seasion
Oklahoma
State Association
History Club Sees Growing Interest At Home Meeting
Young people show rising participation in the History Club as Miss Lula Miller leads a session at Mixx Reena Monsell home at Tenth and South Boundary. Members read Poe quotes and autobiographies of Lincoln while papers on Causes of the Civil War and Effects of the War are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
History Club
Mixx
Hamilton
Miller
Daniélle
Wallis
Komiek
Oyler
Dan Cupid Musical Comedy at McAninch
A review praises Dan Cupid as a beautiful musical comedy that lampoons foreign noblemen attempting to wed heiresses to clear mortgages. It commends discretion in presentation and the chorus, marking it a quick theater hit before the December 1 show at McAninch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
Alleged Robbers Caught in Chickasha Oklahoma
Lon Sheaves and Ben Lindsay were arrested and charged with robbing the Ad dington post office on November 7. Sheaves was captured at Ninnekah and remains in jail, Lindsay is said to be in custody.
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Chickasha
Okla
Dee 8
Lon Sheaves
Ben Lindsay
Addington
Sheaves
Ninnekah
Lindsay
Farmers File Bankrupt Petitions in Chickasha and Lindsay
Debtors include C. M. Grant a farmer owing 15000 dollars and W. H. Cecil a Lindsay farmer with 7000 dollars in debt. W. H. Hope, a Hope merchant, seeks adjudication as U S. bankruptcy proceedings proceed before referee Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okina Dee
Preacher in Trouble in Lawton Arrested for Shooting
Lawton Oklahoma December 3 Reverend G B Alleon of Sterling is under arrest charged with shooting farmer A H Stewart. The wound is not serious and the incident arose from a quarrel over trespassing by hogs.
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Lawton
Okla
G. B. Alleon
Sterling
A. H. Stewart
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Arkansas
Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Norh
Bartlesville
Spot Cash
Epollons Cash
Ian
Tato
Aunt Mary
J.T. Stauffer
Council Bluffs
Clyde Leach
Texas
Fifth and Main Street
Myers
Apache
Cox
Robi, Ballant
Roy Allen
C. W. Blankenship
Apache Taraday
Hiler
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