Lawton Oklahoma Letter Describes Cordell Area and Oklahoma Growth
From Lawton Oklahoma on April 21 discussions cover Cordell Wachita County farming prospects cotton corn wheat alfalfa and land sales. Prices range 8600 to 10000 per section or quarter. They bought fourteen town lots in Cordell with Major Stribling taking two and praise the growing country. Mentions weather snow wolves jack rabbits and maturing crops alfalfa wheat corn and oats. Notes workers wages blacksmiths bricklayers painters and general laborers, with Lawton population around 14000 and Fort Sill nearby. Geronimo reputedly present and Indians foreseen at the Great Pasture decrying wild conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Dendy
Lawton
Oklahoma
Tilan
Cordell
Wachita County
Frisco
Horace
Sam Byrd
Comsmon
Jack
Fort Hill
United States
Geronimo
Trix
Devoe Advertises Paint Quality From Raleigh to Merkel
A letter style ad from W Devoe & Co claims Devoe paste white paint outperforms other brands. It cites examples: Edwards in Raleigh used 30 gallons, left 19. a Monticello painter used 20 gallons instead of 25. Pratt’s house in Merkel Texas got two coats. The note touts Devoe as the whitest paint and references J W Boll and dealers.
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B. Edwards
Edwards & Broughton
Raleigh
N.C
W. W. Carroll
Monticello
Florida
Anya
Devoe
Jones & Rodgers
W. Devoo & Co
New York
Bandits Stop North Coast Limited. Engineer Killed
Masked robbers halted the North Coast Limited near Welsh's Spur, 15 miles east of Butte, and killed the engineer as they attempted to uncouple the express car. Three robbers then fled with a shipment reported as $100,000 in currency from Seattle, Portland, and Spokane. A sheriff with bloodhounds is en route to the scene. no entry was made to the express or mail cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Kitlng
Thaw Trustees Audit Reveals $439,534.46 Legacy Due
Four trustees' accounts under William Thaw's will filed for audit in Pittsburg. Harry Kendall Thaw receives the second largest sum, about 360,000, excluding income from bequests. The direct legacy shows $439,584.46 due him, with income totaling $93,903.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Premature Suggestions on Theodore Roosevelt Retirement
The text speculates on Roosevelt's retirement and proposes various improbable options such as a life office as prime minister, life Senate seat, university president, New York city roles, a rural retreat, or a world tour before the 1912 National Conventions. It notes only that he said he will retire and offers no certainty he will honor it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Starvard University
New York
Danville Women Propose Bachelor Tax Ordinance
Danville Hlinde women petition the city council seeking a bachelor tax to fund civic aims. They demand penalties on men aged 20 to 40, with graduated amounts from five dollars up to eighty six fifty, while men over 40 would be exempt or removed by forceful means as described in the proposal.
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Danville
Hlinde
Bachelore
Saya & Danville Dispatch
Maldy
Chisolm Convicted of Bank Embesslement in Alabama
Alex R. Chisolm former paying teller at First National Bank Birmingham was found guilty by a federal court jury of embezzling 100000 dollars. He received a six year sentence in Atlanta's federal prison. He had lent the money on cotton market ventures through S M Webster. The defense argued insanity but the jury mostly rejected it. Relatives testified and petitions for pardon began with the jury foreman signing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alex. R. Chisolm
First National Bank
Atlanta
Oscar Hundley
Alabama
Chixolm
S. M. Webster
Sant Au Unt
Chisolm
John Rutledge
South Carolina
United States
Robt
Chisum
Wederil
Chiaom
Hayward Chisolm
Chia «Olm
Kidney disease relief remedy advertised with claims
An advertisement touts a kidney remedy named "Pino lea" that promises to relieve backache lumbago and rheumatism. It claims guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded and mentions "Relief in ovary dose" salt by Dr. J. W. Bell with locations in Walhalla and Seneca, South Carolina.
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J. W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Luney
Som
Walhalla
W. J. Lunnoy
Senaca
Bible Facts About Letters and Verses Across Books
The text claims totals for letters, words, verses, chapters, and books in the Bible, cites the longest and shortest books and chapters, and notes peculiarities such as a Psalm containing all letters of the alphabet and a claim that one book lacks the name of God. It presents various numerical and factual assertions across both Testaments.
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Juan
Fearoh
Bera
Senator Tillman Buys Two Story Store In High Point
Senator Tillman recently purchased a two story store building at High Point North Carolina for ten thousand dollars. The official record notes the consideration as ten thousand dollars and marks the transaction as completed. The source text presents a fragmentary OCR reading.
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Tillman
High Point
N.C
Health concerns and town improvements in Long Creek
Long Creek reports poor health in the community with local improvements underway. J H Cannon enlarges the storehouse, Moore and Lee build a new storehouse, and W J Ramey buys a swingle mill plant to operate soon. The piece notes illnesses, visits, and social sightings around Mountain Grove and nearby families.
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Long Creek
J. H. Cannon
Moore & Lee
W. J. Ramey
Maasiah Cobb
Mountain Grove
Harriet Leo
Drude Moore
Rosa Phillips
Milea Phillips
Valhalla
Myrtle Thrift
Warren
Ned Lo
Lugaloo
Harriett Lee
W. L. Ramey
J.B. Phillips
Spanker Cannon Celebrates 71st Birthday in Danville Home
Spanker Cannon born in North Carolina reaches 71 on the Tth instant. He stays at his Danville Minnesota home for most of the summer with occasional trips to Washington for House of Representatives office building matters nearing completion. If he lives to the end of his current term, he will have 34 years of service, a new record for lenient service in Congress. the longest was John H. Ketcham with 83 years. More than 12,000 have served since the founding, only 84 with 20 years or more.
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Washington
Spenker Cannon
North Carolina
Danville
Minoia
Hyouse of Representatives
Congress
John H. Ketcham
New York
Killing in Saluda: Lawton Lowry kills his brother Prenton
Columbia May 7 Prenton Lowry a prominent Saluda farmer was shot and killed in his home by his brother Lawton Lowry who, while drunk, entered with a shotgun and opened fire. Lawton, upon realizing the act, reportedly attempted suicide and fled, the incident occurring in a remote county area far from rail lines.
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Columbia
Prenton Lowry
Saluda
Lyons
Lawton Lowry
Ronny Miles
Mader
Lawton
Major Whipple Refuses Teeth Bar to Cuba Shoot Spaniards
An army officer recalls Major Whipple of the Second Munsochniolta Regiment volunteering for the Spanish War. He faced a dental exam and was nearly rejected for lacking teeth. Whipple protested, declaring he would go to Cuba to shoot Spaniards, not be stopped by a tooth issue.
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Whipple
Munsochniolta
Washington
McKinley
Major Whipple
Worewater
New
Cuba
Harper's Weekly
Kansas woman wins prize for best definition of success
Mrs A J Branley of Lincoln Kansas won 260 from a Boston firm for the best answer to what constitutes success. Her reply described success as living well laughing often loving much earning respect of intelligent men loving children and leaving the world better whether by art song or acts of kindness.
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Kansas
A. J. Branley
Lincoln
Boston
Earth
Benedice Finn
Elephant Hunt Mystery in Ceylon Stream Burial
A Ceylon planter recounts chasing eight elephants, killing the largest, then finding the body moved across a rocky stream by night. He shows neighbors the tail and feet cut off and placed at a bungalow, proving the body was carried to the riverbank despite disbelief. The tale ends with an odd funeral remark and a plug for Dade's Little Liver Pills.
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London Telegraph
Child scolds man and threatens a soak back of the ear
An exchange shows old Mr. Cherry jokingly urging a boy not to cry, while the boy retorts firmly about giving a backhanded soak with no stone. The scene captures a tense, informal confrontation in a shop or street setting.
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Mr. Cherry
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