Mescal ceremony ends in tragedy on Osage prairie
Sabra Cravat and Sol Levy escort her son Cim from a Mescaltepee after a peyote rite leaves him dead. They carry Cim home as dawn breaks over Oklahoma, Sabra reflecting on loss and future plans, while Sol steadies her through the morning.
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Mescaltepee
Big Elk
Yansey
Sol Levy
Sabra
Joe
Joe Yellow Eyes
Sol
San End
Stump Horn
Osage
Cim
Prairie
Oklahoma
Colorado School of Mines
Geology
Yancey
Wildcat
Panhandle
Cimarron
Crook
Cibola
Coronado
Erv Wissler
Erv
Sloat
Oklahoma oil boom devastates prairie life and towns
Narration portrays Oklahoma during a frenzied oil rush as Sabra Cravat and others strike it rich while farms and roads transform into oil fields. Freighted wagons, brutal traffic, and ghost towns rise as early frontier life collapses under modern wealth and danger.
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Fred Sloat
Crook Nose
Wahoo
London
Charvet’s
Bear Creek
Temple of Justice
Osage
Oklahoma City
Sim Neeley
Keogh
Oklahoma statehood described as wedding moment
The passage frames Oklahoma’s path to statehood as a bride awaiting her wedding day, with paternal government presenting a star and the Union as the groom. An unexpected guest at the altar symbolizes a stark, breath-taking encounter embodying wildest dreams of independence.
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Oklahoma
Union
Mills As Center Of Ozark Community Life In History
In the Arcadian Magazine an article recalls mills as social hubs in former times. Generations traveled long distances to mill and camp while waiting, with slow burrs yielding two to three bushels per hour and ample chances for mirth, games, and exchanges. Fights occurred but fairs held. Weekly Saturday night closures created fish traps and Sabbath auctions. Mill floors hosted dances to Buffalo Girls or Old Dan Tucker, preserving a once vivid rural social routine. Detroit News.
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Ozark
Arcadian Magazine
Dan Tucker
Detroit News
Properly Southern States and the Mason-Dixon Boundary
The original Mason Dixon line defined the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland and later marked the divide between free and slave states. Southern states include Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. The Mississippi River remains the eastern boundary of Missouri, while the Missouri River divides the state.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
Delaware
Mississippi River
Preacher Looks at Women’s Dress from Revelations
A dusky clergyman addresses Brethren and sisters in Capper's Weekly, promising a sermon on the current style of women’s wearing apparel inspired by a text from the Book of Revelations.
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Capper
Bowles Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Pain Relief
An advertisement touts red pepper heat as the key to easing rheumatism neuritis lumbago and chest colds. The Bowles Red Pepper Rub allegedly penetrates under the skin to relieve inflammation and pain with use. Sold by all druggists in convenient jars.
Mutual Affection of Teacher and Pupil in Modern Schools
Senator Moses recalls changes in education and notes students feel a renewed joy in school life. He quotes a pupil who humorously says he was glad to see the teacher as she was to see him.
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Moses
Johnny
Budapest Lieutenant Files Broad Civil Suit Campaign
Lieutenant Arpad Miroczy of Budapest has filed more than five hundred damage suits since the war. He targets his former commanders including a captain major and colonel, all his generals the minister of war six judges twenty-three detectives and forty-two lawyers in a sweeping legal push.
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Arpad Miroczy
Budapest
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Edna. Ferber
Edna Ferber
WNN Service
Tracy Wyatt
United States
Wyatt
Wyatt Oil Company
Wyatt Oil Companies
Tracy
Mills
McKesson ‘Product
WYETH
Garfield
Chicago News
Jayne
Jaynes
Kansas City
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