Floods Cut Through Oklahoma Railroads and Towns
The Oklahoma flood report shows rising rivers and widespread damage across Guthrie Tulsa Muskogee Bartlesville and surrounding areas. Rail lines including Santa Fe and Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf suffer washouts and suspensions while towns face inundation and property losses. No deaths reported yet but extensive agricultural and industrial damage noted.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulan
Arkaneas
Baderdek
Sand Creek
Vredigris
Atoka
Santa Fe
Shady Mound Park
Jenks
Mand Valley
Arkanwad River
Kansas City
G A R Notice for Members of McKinley Poat Post Meeting
All members of the William McKinley Post G A R are asked to attend the Friday evening meeting for election of officers and other important business. Dated notices call for prompt participation and quorum.
Bargain Bank Fixtures and Real Estate in Oklahoma
A bargain set includes heavy solid bank fixtures two windows a door and customers desk priced at 110 dollars. Mountain View Oklahoma Farmers & Merchants Bank at 258 Mountain View offers sale details. Also advertised farm 160 acres 34 miles from town all tillable with 70 acres cultivated 40 acres valley land a six room house good well fenced and orchard priced at 2400 dollars with terms 6 years at six percent.
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Mountain View
Okla
Farmers & Merchants Bank
E. C. Sertuerr
Evening of Music and Memory at Mrs Bristle Bristow Home
Mrs A B Bristow hosted a ladies aid gathering at her home with Merdames Platt Cox Livesay and Popejoy assisting. The event featured a musical memory game with questions and answers, followed by refreshments and sociability. Dozens of guests enjoyed verses pro and con lines and moral maxims interspersed with songs and quotes.
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Swanee River
Aunt Mary Shows Interest In City Women’s Club Smoking Room
The New York Sun recounts Aunt Mary visiting a city women’s club with her nieces in Brattleboro style, admiring the smoking room and dining, while puzzling over sewing room needles and thread. The elderly visitor’s reactions reveal class and conduct tensions as the younger women watch.
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Mary
Mays
New York Sun
New York
Long Island
Brattleboro
State agency to publish new Oklahoma map system
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reports a major map project. County maps will show property value and location of railways pipelines and utilities. A statewide map will detail oil fields coal areas mines and rail distances to improve public service data.
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Guthrie
Oklo
State Corporation Commission
Official
Commission
Mid Continent
Chickasha
Ashport
Public Sales Offer Dairy Livestock and Horses near Anadarko and Gracemont
An auctioneer announces multiple sales: C W Gallaher south of Anadarko on Dec 8 offers 15 milk cows with four soon to freshen, 20 cows averaging strong Southern Oklahoma quality, 12 Jersey heifers, one Jersey bull, plus ponies, horses and dairy outfit. On Dec 10 three and a half miles west of Gracemont E Roush sells 10 horses, 9 cattle, 9 shoats, farming implements and household goods. Additional notes include a trip by J T Stauffer visitors, a lumber plan for R S Whitehorn, and a big Western horse sale Dec 5 at Topley Martina market. A sewing machine is for sale or rent at Curiosity shop.
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C. W. Gallaher
Anadarko
Dee
Gracemont
E. Roush
J. W. Jonhson
R. S. Whitehorn
Stecker
Boon
Topley & Martina Horse and Mule Market
Court House
Local dignitaries and tradesmen at Stocker and Apache dealings
Monday morning at Anadarke and Inulin sees Stecker Tirentynis and allies like Andy Ticker John Green M E Whitton W W Blankenship Geo Ora Jono Floyd Collins Paul Bradley Jh Towman and I unit with plans for a hardware store and Missouri Lumber projects Myers on a business trip to Apache. A contractor Andy Meeting arrives with carpenters G Ganglaugh Thos Townsend and Dest to build offices sheds for Missouri Lumber. Horse trade and grocery trips to Apache continue with B C Blankenship. In Seales house Judge Whitton presiding over a Kangaroo Court misadventure ends with a mistaken fire alarm and Chief Baker dousing a stove pipe, both claiming credit for saving Steeker from flames.
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Anadarke
Andy Ticker
John Green
M. E. Whitton
Andy Meeting
Stocker
G. Ganglaugh
Thos, Townsend
Mr. Dest
Missouri Lumber Company
Seales House
Judge Whitton
Kangaroo Court
Wm. Baker
Fire Department
Baker
Steeker
High School Building Plans in Chickasha Oklahoma
Plans were made in Chickasha for a $35,000 high school building with construction to start once the contract is awarded. The text then meanders into unrelated historical musings on Mohammedan history and a vivid anecdote about a traveler and an Albanian chief with religious dualities, concluding with reflections on a Greek monk and a medieval chapel.
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Chickasha
Okla
Marlow
Mohameeoy Ow Gehen
Adellin
Beatonie
Muhammedan
Emall Orthodos
Christhay Chapel
Oyster opener debunks fattening shells myth at Saddlerock
A sardonic oyster opener explains that feeding Saddlerocks cornmeal or oats never fattens them. He notes shells stained by grain are common and that oysters swell only with water, not by feed, comparing water uptake to swelling a sponge. He adds he wants water in his oysters, not more in his beer.
Not Fully Equipped Campaign Funds Delay Sentiment
An observer fears public sentiment lags with the campaign. Senator Borgham replies to delay addressing the matter until funds are raised, noting sentiment is valuable but cannot fund the campaign.
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Borgham
Carriers Ask Better Roads Resolutions Adopted in Hinton
The Caddo County Rural Mail Carriers met in Hinton Oklahoma and adopted resolutions urging improved roads. They call on state legislators to support the good roads bill and to transfer road oversight from overseers to township trustees.
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Hinton
Okla
Dee
Caddo County
Ooeration
Seasion
Oklahoma
State Association
History Club Meets At Mixx Reena Monsell Home
History Club members gathered at Mixx Reena Monsell’s home at Tenth and South Boundary with Miss Lula Miller leading and many present. Readings included Poe quotes and a Lincoln autobiography sketch. papers on Causes of the Civil War and Effects of the War were discussed, with a committee to plan English literature for next period.
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History Club
Mixx
Hamilton
Miller
Daniélle
Wallis
Komiek
Oyler
Dan Cupid musical comedy charms theatre crowds
A musical comedy titled Dan Cupid plays to strong audience appeal at the McAninch on Thursday December 1. The production satirizes foreign nobles wooing heiresses to settle debts, delivering discreet yet appealing chorus and an instant hit with theatergoers.
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Dan Cupid
Alleged Robbers Caught in Oklahoma Post Office Case
Dee 8 Lon Sheaves and Ben Lindsay were arrested in Chickasha Oklahoma charged with robbing the Addington post office on November 7. Sheaves was captured at Ninnekah and is jailed. Lindsay is reported as executed.
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Chickasha
Okla
Dee 8
Lon Sheaves
Ben Lindsay
Addington
Sheaves
Ninnekah
Lindsay
Farmers Bankrupt Petitions Filed in Chickasha Oklahoma
Debtors C. M. Grant and W. H. Cecil filed bankruptcy petitions with referee Richardson. Grant, a farmer, shows $15,000 indebtedness while Cecil of Lindsay reports $7,000. W. H. Hope, a Hope merchant, seeks adjudication in the matter.
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Chickasha
Okina Dee
Preacher Arrested in Quarrel Over Trespassing
Lawton Oklahoma December 3 Rev G B Alleon of Sterling is under arrest charged with shooting A H Stewart a farmer. The wound probably is not serious but the incident stems from a quarrel over trespassing hogs and other farm matters.
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Lawton
Okla
G. B. Alleon
Sterling
A. H. Stewart
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