Oklahoma and Indian Territory: A Southwest Statehood Vision
A. W. Lee portrays Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a growing, prosperous region. The piece highlights rapid development, population growth, governance gaps, and the push for immediate statehood separate from Arizona and New Mexico. It covers Guthrie, Enid, Lawton, Chickasha, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and oil boom at Cleveland with Dawes reforms and native land allotments shaping a future state.
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Hobart
Snyder
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Alladin
St. Mary’s Academy
Court House
Cleveland
Arkansas River
Tulsa
Dawes’ Commission
Great New Southwest
Five Civilized Tribes Progress From Wild Territory To Plentiful Lands
William O Beall discusses the five civilized tribes Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole, once nomadic in a vast Indian Territory, now transformed with extensive cultivation and modern improvements. He notes historic relocations 1828 1835 and compares original tribal ranges with current acreages for Choctaws Cherokees Creeks and Seminoles.
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Washington Star
William O. Beall
Commission of the Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Georgia
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Beall
Virginia
Arkansas River
Red River
Canadian River
Red Rivers
Phrase origin of "skin of his teeth" cited
The Boston Herald notes the Bible phrase I am escaped with the skin of my teeth from Job. It discusses English familiarity with scripture and calls the expression slang, citing a cynical critic who argues Job coined the term in his wailings.
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England
Justin McCarthy
Job
Boston Herald
Dampener on fresh stories quoted by a prominent lawyer
A prominent lawyer laments the common critique that new stories are dismissed as déjà vu or told in another way. He cites the phrase chestnut and recalls the old Kentucky colonel’s quip that no gentleman ever hears a story twice, noting the cold reception can even lead to violence in some regions.
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Court House
Lawton
Comanche County
Lawson
Sam
Fort Still
Wichita Mountains
Kentucky
San Francisco Chronicle
Definition of an Average Man at New York Club
At a New York women's club meeting a woman who delivered a witty speech on men was asked to define an average man. She replied that an average man smiles at the office all day but returns home cross as a bear so he can maintain the average.
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United States
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
A. W. Lee
Captain Lee
Lee
Ottumwa
Iowa
Tom Spilman
Spilman
Alexander W. Lee
Company F
Fifty-Second
Indiana Infantry
Fountain of Youth
New York
Finnegan and Flanagan Quarrel Over Morning Mush
Dialogue centers on an old woman who hits Flanagan with the mush from this morning's meal. Finnegan dismisses the complaint and urges him to move on. The exchange, cited by the Philadelphia Ledger, captures a rural or domestic dispute tone.
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Finnegan
Flanagan
Philadelphia Ledger
Her Heart and a Quip on Genius
A playful exchange frames a scene where Hilda and Kate discuss a presumed proposal moment with a dramatic heart gesture. The Boston Transcript adds a wry line about genius, defining it as a man unable to unload his troubles at par.
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Hilda
Kate
Boston Transcript
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David Lewis Payne
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Fort Sill
United States Military Reservation
Anadarko
el Reno
Washita
Carnegie
The
Muskogee
Mus
Kogee
Michael Conlin
Dallas
Houston, Galveston and
Houston
Bank Closarances
Gulf
Houston Post
Galveston
Great Sea Wall
Alamo
Mr. Beall
East
Five Civilized Tribes
Commission To the Five Civilized Tribes
Senator Dawes
Massachusetts
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