Osages Oil Wealth and Murders in Oklahoma
The Osage Nation in Oklahoma rose from poverty to immense wealth after oil discoveries in 1912 1918, triggering unprecedented perils. A wave of murders began in 1922 as white conspirators sought to seize Osage funds and headrights, prompting federal investigations and calls for sweeping Indian policy reforms. The article traces Osage history from ancient migrations to treaties and reserves, noting the 1870 reservation creation and 1906 division, then links wealth to tragedy and potential political change.
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Oklahoma
Congress
United States
Indiana
Gorrow
Jackson Barnett
Osages
Eyesight and Harmony in the Wild Detroit Scene
A brief Detroit News note reflects on eyesight and restraint amid wilderness scenes with wild ducks and hawks. The fragment hints at calm observation rather than protest or rant, tying nature to human perception in a concise, period voice.
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Dent
Yong
Detroit News
Clever police quip contends with car crash witness
A police officer questions a spectacled professor who witnessed a smash. The professor recalls the accident details only loosely and offers a riddle about a car number: the square of the number times itself has a cube root equal to the sum of its digits reversed.
Sounds Queer EH That Soft He Slipped On Sidewalk
Fragmentary report notes a man slipped on a sidewalk and fell without injury. The brief mentions embarrassment or odd phrasing but provides no clear details or names.
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Anenn
An Idiotic Life Betty describes a brother’s odd morning routine
Betty explains that her brother loses his mind every morning after waking from a cuckoo clock under a crazy quilt and gazing into a cracked mirror then beginning dumbbell exercises. The quirky habit illustrates his unstable state in a concise, dated dramatic exchange.
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Betty
Entangled Proposal Sparks London Humor
A humor piece riffs on courtship awkwardness as a family solicitor recalls proposing amid a lively dance. The narrator jokes about avoiding endless chatter of the Jolly floor and orchestra, turning awkward entanglement into light social satire.
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London
Shattered Romance in an Elegant Era Dialogue
An American Legion Weekly vignette features a colored maid being discharged with bitter humor about love and work. She laments lacking a family but asserting an engagement to be broke, highlighting class and race tensions in a terse exchange.
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American Legion Weekly
No Numbered Wives Corntossel Phone Call
A brief overheard exchange shows Corntossel insisting he is not a Mormon while attempting to reach his wife by telephone, with an operator asking for a number and the caller correcting the claim. The snippet captures a fragment of a domestic communication in a likely humorous or candid newspaper item.
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Corntossel
A Plea for Information from a Chemist Chorus
A fragmented verse asks chemists to investigate a carbonate mystery and to send a line with details on the compound and a place to dine. The playful plea blends chemistry and casual inquiry in a reader friendly tone.
Fragmented quote hints at film industry fallout
A garbled OCR segment hints at a male figure failing to sign another actress after five years, with a clipped exchange asking what happened and a crude remark about fat on a handgun. No clear names or dates are present. The text appears as an internal, unsourced dialogue fragment.
Language Fun in A Better Talker Tale
A Better Talker presents a classroom moment where a teacher prompts students to guess what Baluum did on returning home. In the dialogue, Robert guesses he traded off the ags for a par rot, illustrating a playful mispronunciation or puzzle-like exchange among children.
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Baluum
Robert
Unforgivable Wife Left Me Yet Returns
A terse dramatic exchange shows a husband asking for forgiveness for leaving, while the wife retorts with a firm stance that she will not forgive until she has returned. The fragment hints at a troubled relationship and unresolved feelings.
Fragmentary Dialogue Cites Wora Dora in Peculiar Exchange
A garbled OCR style exchange features names Wora Dora mum bled and mum words about being more red. The dialogue hints at romantic tension and cynicism but remains unclear and fragmented.
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Dora
Ivor
Pays for Luck in Japan and a Tyrant’s Heel
A quirky note on luck in Japan where the number eight is costly. A telephone subscriber pays 500 dollars yearly for the privilege. A tyrant is described as one who keeps people down and prevents self expression. The column also references Two of a Kind with Quiver and his wife as a matched pair, noting he composes while she creates.
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Great River
Lewis and Clark
Big Track
Arkansas River
Osage River
Vermilion River
Arkansas
Fort Clark
Kansas
City
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Fort Gibson
Danville
Kan
Uttle
Joan Mix ‘Stanley
United States
Custer
Washta
Japan
Quiver
Hoxton Transcript
Simplifying Pays The Good Work Of Simplification Continues
The article notes major reductions in shovel sizes from 223 to 127 and elimination of 4 000 varieties. It also reports trims in tack sizes from 485 to 185 and packing units from 428 to 127, highlighting a broad effort to simplify hardware inventories. A new 200 inch Moon map is in progress, to list every known lunar surface object with accuracy, using Mount Wilson photos and literature as references.
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Lunar
Mount Wilson
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Aids Gentle Regularity
Dr Caldwell promotes a laxative tonic for elderly bowels, noting constipation as a hazard of age. He claims the syrup pepsin gently helps natural movement without griping, keeps the system harmless and pleasant, and offers a large bottle at local stores to try.
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W. B. Caldwell
Olla
Dr. Caldwell
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