Selling Town Lots in Apache Auction Draws 5,000 Onlookers
Townsite auction in Apache drew about 5 000 spectators amid excitement. Prices for lots ranged from 40 to 66 000, with several flats selling low and a notable claim by Mattie ReaIK of Wichita. Lawton vendors reported large deposits and strict no liquor rules at the event.
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Bi Rene
Lawten
Eost
Dubide
Anedarke
Nny
Lajene
Des Posits
Apmehe
Lawton
Hobart
William
Allen
Mattie Realk
Wichiva
Lav
R. Wood
Weatherford
Haviers Ureated
Guthele
Wm. Grimen
Guthele Red Cross Medieal Association
Guthrie
Arlington Development and Operating Company
Arlington
Linccoln County
Hivet Meadon
Woodward County
Fi Keno
Edmond
Nathaniel Hawthorne
John RK
Tate
Stillwell
Reno
John Kt
Mackwell
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Oklahoma
Clalps
John Acw
Humphreys
Altus
Hrittain
Medford
el Reno
Clarke Bidney Clute
Minerva Turley
Texas
Hed
Uhere
Reminiscences and Currents of North American Affairs
A collage of notes on philanthropy and finance including Baron Mount Stephen gifting 200,000 to a Presbyterian church in Hrotland. Observations on China debt extensions, crime statistics, and a New Orleans drayman incident. Also comments on Chili Argentinian tensions and a profile of Maj. Chaffee’s rise from private to major general.
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Carnegie
Baron Mount Stephen
Presbyterian Church of
Shafer orders strike amid steel labor conflict
A long strike call by Shafer sets the stage for a vast labor action involving the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Tin Workers and the United States Steel Corporation. Up to 100000 workers may be affected, with many idle and possible hardship. the strike centers on furnaces connected to U S Steel and broad Federation of Labor members.
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Gelgmat
Alent
Federation of Labor
Frason
I le Wai
United States Corporation
Havre
Asindlgemann
American Federation of Labor
Still Needs the Army in the Philippines Report
Maj. Gen. MacArthur reports to the War Department on July 4 1901 reviewing Philippine insurrection policy since 1900. He notes insurgent resistance after disbandment and urges a unified native army and navy to secure American control, detailing casualties and matériel captured or surrendered through 1900 and 1901.
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Washington
Anil
MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
Fine Pines
United States
Mio Arthie
Fey
Teva
Inwurpente
Ammeriomi
Riles
Renin
MacArthir
Ageulhatdis
Oklahoma Weather and Agriculture Readings and Local Notes
Cloudy showers spread through Oklahoma with heavy rains aiding cotton and late corn while haying, threshing, and garden work continue in fair to good condition. Reports detail drought damage in divisions, wrecks on the Rock Island line, legal homestead entry notes, and community incidents from towns like Lawton, Wichita, and Duncan.
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Oklahome
Oklahoma
I Central Division
Walt Tong
Washington
Mitchcock
United States
Department
Wichita
Kiowa
Homstead
Notorious Filipino Murderer Faces Execution
A den of the Philippines case reports a U.S. general court martial sentencing a private to death for the murder of Cepellen. The execution is to be carried out by hanging after President McKinley considered clemency and potential commutation, with the defense of the condemned noting the controversy and public reaction.
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Washington
McKinley
Couetenmrtiat
Ceppelen
Tay
Geward Caine
Cetin
Eich
Gevernh
Visayan
Wruitlpadines
Woods May Lose It In Landmark Case
A lengthy legal filing in Lawton accuses Woods of violating the spirit of a territorial act regarding property and a mill site near Monument to Be-President Harrison. The petition claims a group of McCay Avenue businesses and about 300 persons are involved in a planned exit from the adjacent townsite.
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Lawton Wite
le Colvert
Tie Land
Hy Amrake Bhd
McCay Avenue
Woods
Frereine
Themmel
Harrison
Fostianapelia
Ava
Sieetone Relia
Wreh Fo Enim
Noted Scientist Lord Kelvin Wows Audiences at Royal Institution
The London crowd heard Lord Kelvin explain air packing into tiny parcels he called tetrakaidekahedrons with wire models. Admirers including Lord Kelvin’s known fans, Prof Bryce and others, enjoyed a simple yet profound lecture, ending with a light exchange about audience depth.
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Lord Kelvin
John Lubbock
London
Prof
Bryce
Royal Institution
Admiralty
London Ends with Longest Bridge and Global Figures
The record shows London Bridge spanning 1,365 feet as the longest bridge in the city while Britain hosts about 400 banks and a large monetary economy. Other notes mention rising living costs in Japan and various European policies, including limits on goods in Austria and Bulgaria’s population figure.
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United Kingdom
Britain
London
Western Australia
Bulgaria
Dodd's Kidney Pills Bring Unexpected Cure in Wisconsin
In Cox Wisconsin Aug Frank M Rus sell suffers kidney disease and slow progress. After reading a newspaper claim Dodd's Kidney Pills could cure kidney trouble Bright's disease and rheumatism he uses two boxes and recovers enough to work all day and walk across the floor. The account calls this the most wonderful case in Chippewa county and notes miraculous cures spreading in Wisconsin.
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Cox
Wis
Frank M. Russell
Dodd
Bright
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Wes, Jer
Tifa
Lawton, Oh
Apache
Hubert
Maitie Neate
Itre
China
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Bruwk
Capt
Carter
New Orleans
Antil
South America
Argety
New World
Engle Hitherts
Edward
Poe
Remarta
Charles King
Maj
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Pos Toa
Harpe
University At Chicago
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Shaffer
Union Neel
Xow On
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Lineal
Nebraska
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Furnas County
Enid Wan
Addie Cramley
Kaw
Joan Sandwan
Tom Andrew Varnesie
Eity
Baston
Board of Easton
New York
Standard Oil Company
Pat J
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Henry
Sherwood
John Hopkins University
Ou. MacArthur Alves
Trust of
Fito Lawton
Kansas City
Rock Island
Tuncay
Harney
St Fx
Delaney
Duncan
Gilet
Ardmore
Wichita Eagle
Kremlin
J. McLean
Enid
Per Toon
Bremlin
Wichita Hayle
Everett Purcell
Pawhuske Orage Journal
Murdock
Three Striker
Jtown
Fultz
John Walters
Garber
Walters
Almount Halshed
Foutz
Vrivate
Geis Neo Merry Fellin
Waveatead
Miss Heals
Mewetde
Trohepert
Thomas
Lowton
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Stelnacker
Babi River
Mayans City
Kawa City
Konena City
Peter Dackere
Victoria
H.C. Ang
Ieter Sunkpon, Eechumpion
Samitarium
Houma
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Love Kelvin
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