The Opening of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
An editorial tour describes Oklahoma and Indian Territory as expanding toward statehood. It cites population growth from 1900 to 1904, governance gaps under federal oversight, and the Dawes allotment. highlights Guthrie as temporary capital, rapid city-building, and the Enid and Lawton areas along with frontier history and the push for admission as one state.
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America
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Great Southwest
United States
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Delaware
Connecticut
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Empire State of
New York
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Maine
Colorado
Florida
Washington
Rhode Island
Oregon
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Union
Oklahoma Territory
Dawes Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Southwest
Terminal Hotel
St. Louis
Union Station
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
San Antonio
Texas
Knowles
David Lewis Payne
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Enid
Garfield County
Itt
Cherokee Strip
Cherokee Outlet
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Oklahoma Country
Gay
Lawton
Frisco
Hobart
Snyder
Comanche
Comanche Country
Fort Sill
United States Military Reservation
Anadarko
Chickasha
el Reno
Washita
Garden of Eden
Chickasha Nation
Carnegie
The
New Southwest
Alladin
St. Mary’s Academy
Court House
Oklahoma Territory towns and growth in 1905 tour
A. W. Lee recounts Lawton Lawton Chickasha and Oklahoma City development from 320 acre lot sales near $500000 to vast government funded improvements. Describes Tulsa Muskogee and Cleveland oil booms and rail growth and Dawes commission ending July 1 1905.
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Muskogee
Territory
Mus
Transformation of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
William O. Beall discusses the five civilized tribes Cherokees Choctaws Chickasaws Creeks and Seminoles moved to Indian Territory 1828–1835. He notes the landscape then wild and sparsely settled, later transformed by cultivation and 20th century improvements, with tribal lands and changes in acreage for each nation.
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Tory
Indian Territory
Mr. Beall
United States
East
Beall
Five Civilized Tribes
Commission To the Five Civilized Tribes
Dawes Commission
Senator Dawes
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Interior
Washington Star
William O. Beall
Commission of the Five Civilized Tribes
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Virginia
Arkansas River
Red River
Canadian River
Red Rivers
Phrase origins of by the skin of his teeth
The Boston Herald notes that the Bible phrase by the skin of his teeth is often seen as slang by educated people. It cites Justin McCarthy quoting the phrase in a discussion of an English political crisis and mentions its Job origin in the nineteenth chapter, twentieth verse.
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England
Justin McCarthy
Job
Boston Herald
No Gentleman Ever Heard a Story Before Says Lawyer
A prominent lawyer recalls the sting of a tale told anew in different words. He notes the crowd’s dampened reaction can provoke hostility in some regions, citing an old Kentucky colonel’s quip that no gentleman ever hears a story for the first time.
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Kentucky
San Francisco Chronicle
The Average Man Explained With A Witty Remark
A New York women's club tale features a speaker who defines the average man as pleasant at work yet cross at home to balance the average. The quick quip highlights gendered office and home demeanors in a humorous anecdote.
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New York
Finnegan and Flanagan In Morning Kitchen Quarrel
The Philadelphia Ledger prints a humorous exchange where Finnegan complains of a soft breakfast mush and an old woman who allegedly hit him with leftover l'avin’s mush, escalating the kitchen dispute.
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Finnegan
Flanagan
Philadelphia Ledger
Comedy Exchange Reveals Hearts And Genius
In a witty exchange from the Boston Transcript a character notes her heart in her mouth during a proposal moment while another line defines a genius as a man unable to unload his troubles at par. The dialogue blends romance and humor in a concise vignette.
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Hilda
Kate
Boston Transcript
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indians
Guthrie, Oklahoma
City Hall
Masonic Temple
National Editorial Association
Arthur Kroeger
Ottumwa
D. Kroeger
BY A. W. Lee
Comanche County
Lawon
Sam
Fort Still
Wichita Mountains
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
A. W. Lee
Lee
Tom
Tom Spilman
Spilman
Alexandr W. Lee
Company F
Fifty-Second
Indiana Infantry
Fountain of Youth
Tulsa
Dawes’ Commission
Great New Southwest
Kogee
Michael Conlin
Dallas
Houston, Galveston and
Houston
Gulf
Houston Post
Galveston
Great Sea Wall
Alamo
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