Seabolt School Established Near Black Jack
Seabolt and neighbors secured a Department of Education notice confirming a new Seabolt School in Black Jack section 14 township 1s range 25. Directors A Poe Seabolt BF AL Spencer and J Me Spears appointed. About eighty six children in district with expected 40 to 44 pupil attendance. An Indian named Amos Vannan reportedly assaulted whiskey on a train then fled from a closet as it ran at 35 mph.
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A. P. Seabolt
Black Jack
Seabolt
Department of Education
Sehool
A. Poe Seabolt
AL Spencer
J. Me Spears
Veen Paney
Department
Rev L. Owen
Benedict
Col. Owen
Amos Vann
Fort Smith
Vann
Muskogee
Democrat
Nervy bootlegger leaps from train on Tron Mountain
Whiskey sleuth Johnson recounted an encounter with a prisoner on the Tron Mountain train Saturday as a tense pursuit and escape unfolded. The brief note places Johnson in action during the incident and hints at lawmen handling the suspect after the leap.
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Whiskey
Johnson
Tron Mountain
Editor of Fort Smith News-Record Dead
Albert J. Kendrick publisher and proprietor of the Fort Smith News-Record died in Buffalo New York after months of illness born October 6 1865 in Waukesha Wisconsin He was a Shurtleff College graduate and served on the Omaha Bee and Chicago News-Record editorial staffs He became owner of the Fort Smith paper thirteen years ago Also noted Miss Golden Blakely visiting Webbers Falls and a left handed marriage between Mr Cloud Cray and Mrs Wheeler at Transon with Rev Gresham officiating.
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Albert J. Kendrick
Fort Smith News-Record
Buffalo
Waukesha
Wis
Shurtleff College
Upper Alton
Tih
Mtha
Fort Smith
Kendrick
Marrinp
Nothing but a Hold-up in Iron Mountain Rail Service
Residents of Muldrow decry daily delays on Iron Mountain trains with one local missed and others running up to twelve hours late. Bananas tied up in transit 134 miles from Fort Smith highlight alleged routine price squeezes. Locals say cheaper freight rates to Sallisaw and poor accommodations push riders to seek alternatives, feeling routinely exploited by the railroad.
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Muldrow
Iron Mountain
Kniseley Brothers
Fort Smith
Iron Mountain Railroad
Sallisawas
Cherokee widow marries six times to beasts of the field
A Cherokee woman known as Mothe Panther rises through marriages with men named Coon Fox Mule Wolf Tiger and Hogg, each husband dying or passing away, while the widow is described as refined, a good wife and mother, and keeping a clean home amid changing lives.
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Ling
Mothe Panther
Coon
Fox
Mule
Wolf
Tiger
Hogg
Mad dog incident ends with churchyard shooting
Si Watts and a friend confronted a mad dog that chased it from the tele phone office to the central office then down Main Street toward the M K church parsonage. The dog belonging to Will McCormack was shot by W O Bruton after the animal sought refuge near the church.
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Watts
Main Street
M. Kk
W. O. Bruton
Will McCormack
I C Mitchell Dead Civilian Merchant from Koshkonong
Mrs M A Watts received a telegram last Tuesday stating that her son in law Ivory Mitchell is dead. Tuberculosis is given as the cause of death. He resided in Koshkonong Missouri and was engaged in the mercantile business. Mrs Mitchell and the daughter will move to Muldrow soon.
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M. A. Watts
Ivory Mitchell
Koshkonong
Mitchell
Jit
Muldrow
Norton Amusement Company Ad For Tonight And Tomorrow
Norton Amusement Company announces events for tonight and tomorrow with admission at 10 and 15 cents, outlining dates and pricing in a concise notice.
Maple News Update from Maple I T July Picnic Report
Maple News notes a quiet period with Roscoe Scott’s sick child, Shakespeare picnic attendance, and local projects. W S McCullough expands his gin property while O D Rogers and Roll Brown build a large hay barn near McCullough’s meadow. Eld R V Thompson led a Baptist service as M B Clark reports a large Democratic turnout at the picnic.
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Maple
I. T
Roscoe Scott
Maple Band
O. D. Rogers
Roll Brown
W. S. McCullough
Eld. R. V. Thompson
the Baptist Ditch
Norton Bros Amusement Co in Muldrow Week of Shows
Norton Bros Amusement Co billed to perform in Muldrow all week with a carload of acts delayed by late arrival. They present Old Plantation Melodies Electric Theatre The Or pheum The High Dive and the Merry go round with admission priced at 10 and 15 cents. Report says the show group of about 40 has proven themselves courteous and entertaining. Saturday features the play The Big Wild West. Chas Blackard ill with malaria but improving. Mrs Wy A Ray house fire extinguished by Norton crew. cause defective flue.
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Norton Bros. Amusement Co
Muldrow
Orpheum
Big Wild Wear
Wy. A. Ray
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Seabolt School
Golden Blakely
Webbers Falls
Llot Vweather
SPR
Lotr Iew
ARTE
Dress Goods
Ladies Oxfords
Mrs. Menagerie
I. C. Mitchell
the Norton Amusement ,Co
Maple News
Sam
W.S. McCullough
M.B. Clark
Chas. Blackard
Theis
Wolf-Mayer Mere. Co
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