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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
3
A London Lancet writer surveys artificial aeration in beverages noting its modern origin and vast industry. He cites Poha water, seltzer, and potash water, with millions produced yearly and tens of thousands employed. The piece examines health effects of carbonic acid drinks and the teetotaler habit shift toward soda beverages.
The French government tested at least sixteen submarine designs with mixed results as experts debate optimal sizing and armament. While progress improves handling and orientation, serious sighting challenges persist and overconfidence has cost lives in the Bizerta disaster. England and Germany trail with different approaches.
A balloon railway in Salzburg Austria runs up a mountain with a large captive balloon attached to a steel roadway fixed to the slope. The balloon lifts by hydrogen for ascent and ballast water aids descent. A circular car seats ten, wires regulate movement under the engineer’s control.
The column lists church fund drives in Crooked City, a Checotah driver reimbursed for his horse, Chickasha sidewalk plans, a Santa Fe expansion to Sulphur, and Okemah school board contracts for brick and stone buildings. It notes a Katy freight wreck near Denison with no detour, Paull Valley hotel and school costs, and a Masonic hall funding. An arrest ties to the Emmet murder, Chickasha Star sale, Pawnee sheriff raid on gambling, and Commercial Club efforts in Hadenville. Indian youths killed on tracks near Sterrett, fruit trees in Haskell, and a proposed Pantist Association headquarters at Sulphur. Local events include a state fair near Wetumka and a political delegate selection schedule for August.
A fire destroyed three structures in the town today, totaling about 1600 dollars in value. The heaviest losses were to Thomas Ker, H G Malut, and R L Martin, each reported with varying sums and no insurance coverage.
Miss Trene Yeager of Tulsa has been chosen to represent Indian Territory at the national W C T U diamond meda contest to be held in Boston early in October. Yeager, 18, attends an oratory school in Columbus Ohio.
CHICKASHA, I. T. The Bank of Comanche reopened this morning after closing its doors on July 28. Depositor Dennis Flynn is reported to have arranged the reopening.
William Frazier aged 24 was acquitted at Stillwater on a murder charge in the death of 15 year old Will Madget in Marena. It was proven the gunshot was accidental while the boys played with a weapon. Both youths were Black.
Ardmore I T reports the Artesian hotel at Sulphur, regarded as one of the Southwest’s finest, was formally opened with a banquet and ball last night. The hotel cost $100,000 to build.
Chickasha promoters announce a new townsite named Norway laid out south of Chickasha. Several business lots have already been sold and construction has begun. The location is described as at the center of a rich farming belt in Oklahoma.
A severely diseased child with eczema covering most of his body improved after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within ten days to two weeks signs lessened and within ten weeks the boy was completely well. Statement by F Hohrath president of C L Hohrath Co, South Bethlehem, Pa, June 5 1905.
In 1808 Napoleon envisioned a portable library of about a thousand small duodecimo volumes. The system featured morocco bindings, leather-covered transport boxes, and green velvet lining. A catalog would let the emperor locate works quickly, with a set distribution across religion epic poetry drama other poetry history and novels plus historical memoirs to reach the total.
French explorer M Cambananaire was separated from his party in Cambodia and wandered alone for eight days. He survived by drinking marsh water, enduring solitude in the jungle before rejoining his companions.
A wry quip notes that public judgment differs from private truth as a wife tells neighbors a man failed due to honesty while privately she knows the real reasons.
A physician reports relief in fifteen cases of childhood constipation using Grape Nuts. He cites natural bowel action, predigested nutrition, and improved teeth from chewing firm food, urging parents to start healthy eating early and refer to The Road to Wellville for more detail.
In a Sunday discussion, Twenty one of the United Mine Workers of America debated miners political leanings. It was argued the foreign vote would divide between the two major parties with Italians, Poles, Lithuanians leaning Democratic, Germans Republican, and about 1000 foreign votes expected in the city and nearby coal towns.
SOUTH McALESTER Oklahoma Territory The Methodist church ships its gospel tent to Wilburton for a revival led by Rev S F Goddard. Methodists from across the country will attend. Captain A S McKennon, a leading prohibitionist, plans to attend a Oklahoma City conference between the church federation for temperance and the anti saloon league. He expects prohibition to spread across Oklahoma and notes pre constitutional party plans exist though no ticket will be fielded. pledges will be sought from other candidates.
The final wolf drive in the big pasture will occur on Thanksgiving Day with J A Mangan arranging the event. He says preparations are nearly complete and over ten thousand spectators are expected as fences are torn away and cattle driven out. Joann Abernathy will captain the hunt, and invitations have been sent to President Roosevelt, with Governor Frantz and other Oklahoma officials slated to attend.
Tulsa reports the formation of an anti-horse thief society drawing arrests after two ponies were stolen in broad daylight. William Hunnycuott Jim Dakota and a man named Age, described as a negro, were taken into custody on charges of stealing the ponies from a matching rack on Boston Street.
Deputy United States Marshal Ben C. Collins was assassinated last night at about 9 30 near his pasture gate 200 yards from his home near Nida Durant. Marshals from here with bloodhounds joined the search and began investigations after the report of the killing.
Walter Davis, an utermarried citizen owner of an orchard three miles southeast of this city, shipped 2,500 bushels of Yoice peaches. He expects the pear and apple crop to net a thousand dollars or more this year. Chickasaw Indians have shown strong interest in fruit growing with many fine orchards nearby, and corn alfalfa and peach orchards are favored in the region.
The N. S. Sherman Machinery Co. reports the waterworks and electric light plant in Wynnewood Oklahoma will be ready to turn on the lights August 10. The date coincides with the Anti-Horse Thief association picnic and barbecue.
Postmaster A C Helmic to be removed from the service. Clay Cross, editor of the Skiatook Sentinel, likely to be named his successor.
In Checotah I T R Y Budd harvested a 4000 bushel peach crop this year. The entire harvest was purchased by Ro Martin of Farmington Arkansas.
A chaotic report describes a fire during a storm flood at the Forts Supply site. A west building suffered a shining attack and was completely destroyed, with a landmark referenced as the old fort. Details are sparse and partially garbled.
A Olympia resident recounts six years of back pain from a cold illness cured by Dean’s Kidney Pills. She notes urine became clear and regular after a week, and six boxes ensured lasting relief. Also mentions Defiance Starch and a Carmen Sylva quote.
Dion Boucicault is described as the son of a French refugee who fled to Ireland and married an Irish girl. He was given the name Dion in honor of his father's friend, Dr Dionysius Lardner, a noted British writer on physical science, reflecting a blend of French heritage and Irish upbringing.
Pushy advertisement proclaims Hunt's Cure as the ultimate remedy for itching skin diseases. Claims a single application ends all scratching, with one box guaranteed to cure any one case and a bold assertion of saving more people from the Old Scratch than any other agent.
A garbled passage cites a woman delaying self awareness until she outdoes a neighbor in some act. It mentions Lewis, Binder 4, and Peoria in a social satire frame, reflecting local character study and gendered vanity themes.
Icelandic fishermen have begun using motor boats in their trade, while automobiles and motor boats have also appeared in Helsingfors Finland. Directions printed on Defiance Starch packages instruct how to stiffen collars and cuffs with gloss or domestic finish, 16 oz for 100, sold by good grocers.
Fanny Davenport made her New York debut at Barton's Chamber Street theater on February 23, 1857. The program featured a verse of The Star Spangled Banner in a ballet of young dancers. The theater was run by BE Davenport and Harry Watkins.
A reader letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female trouble. The writer, Mrs Wilson of Cincinnati, says after nine months of suffering she improved after five bottles and views it as a splendid female tonic. The message lists symptoms of female weakness and urges others to try the remedy.
The German government plans to widen the Kiel canal from 60 to 130 feet and surface width from 130 to 350 feet. The proposed improvements are estimated to cost nearly 50 million dollars due to the growing size of war vessels.
Sargent's pictures are scarce with only three offered recently. Christie's saw a head of a girl in a red shawl bring 750 dollars, Ellen Terry's portrait fetch 8,000 and later 15,000, and a half length portrait of a lady sell in 1903 for 685 dollars.
For twenty years Cheatham's Chill Tonic has remained in the field because it actually cures chills and fevers. Unlike other remedies that fade away, this tonic promises little and delivers more. One bottle is guaranteed to cure any one case.
The French government pensioned Francois Gerominat, longtime guardian of the Bastile column. He left Corsica sixty years ago to serve in the grenadiers of the imperial guard, fought in Algiers and Rome campaigns, and in 1870 with Bourbaki. He was captured and taken to Darmstadt and later became concierge of the Bastile.
Esperanto gains advocates but English remains dominant worldwide. German railway officials and Antwerp authorities push English study, Japan requires English for schoolchildren, and English use broadens in Britain, India, Australia, Canada, the US, and Africa, limiting other languages' prospects.
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