Peruna praise and Oklahoma mercy in old letters
Mrs Col E J Gresham of Hernden Virginia writes of Peruna curing her catarrh and saving her life after doctors gave up. The letter is echoed by broad claims of Peruna’s nationwide health impact. Oklahoma news follows with Governor Harris commuting John Hirady's life sentence tied to a Garfield county robbery and possible murder.
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Col. E. J. Gresham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Hernden
Peruna Medicine Co
Colum
Peruna
Mra
E. J. Gresham
Union
Perna Medicine Co
Columbus
Harris
John Hirady
Garfield
Oklahoma
Johnrady
Garfield County
Brady
Territorial Penitentiary
Fulton
Stack
Kingman County
Kanees
Brady Delng Coe
Hirady
Haroes
An Hele
Doubts About Kiowa Opening In Oklahoma Territory
Guthrie Leader reports tensions over Kiowa and Comanche opening to settlement with hundreds of hopeful prospectors near the border. Officials warn slow progress by surveyors and allotment delays. Negroes in the Cherokee Nation plan legal action to gain full citizenship rights under the Curtis law, with attorneys likely William F. Mellette and W. S. Mensfield.
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Jordian
United States
Act of Confess
Megroes
William F. Mellette
W. 9. Mensfield
Indian Territory
Girl Saves Life After Peru Cave-In Rescue
Ruth Covington, a society girl and daughter of a local electric company official, leaped into a ditch collapse in Peru Indiana to free Angelo Fortuna and six other laborers. Despite facial and arm injuries, she removed rocks and fetched stimulants as doctors credit her quick action for Fortuna’s survival.
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Angelo Fortuna
Peru
Ind
Ruth
N. M. Covington
Local Electric Company
Fortuna
Misa Cosington
Bar Amateurs Barred From Balloon Flights Training Rule Likely
A Paris driven push to restrict balloon ascents follows a recommendation from the International Congress of Aeronautics. It proposes a four certificate limit after a strict exam, aiming to curb unqualified flight leadership. Paris residents rush to learn as ballooning grows, with women training and pilots like Louis Godard funding school balloons for tuition.
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International Congres of Aeronaution
Paris
Pire
Louis Godard
Aeronat
Varin
Travels in queer vehicle with nine tarpaulin extensions
A fragmented reminiscence describes a bedroom on wheels in Hoboken New Jersey used to transport a “baron” and civil engineer, with nine tarpaulin extensions and thirty carriages. The text mentions farewell scenes and a wagon converted into a draw roe, though many words are garbled.
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Hoboken N.J
West Hoboken
Oil Developments Spark Northeastern Oklahoma Action
There is excitement over oil in northeastern Oklahoma as Usage Oil drills several wells at once on the Usage Reservation and the Wiwnia Ol company plans three wells and acreage leasing. A Catholic archbishop’s appointee, Rev William Ketchum of Antlers, is confirmed to oversee missions in the United States from Washington headquarters. John Brive, nephew of the late Senator Calvin Hrice, died by suicide at the Central hotel in Guthrie on October 10, while despondency was cited as the cause. Mississippi cotton shipments face rail delays in Indian Territory, Choctaw Gilshoma & Gulf will extend to El Paso, Oklahoma City builds a large cooperation hall, apple crops are the year’s best, and the Asti Horse Thiet meeting occurs in Oklahoma City on October 17. Reno lacks school space despite good enrollment.
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Guthrie
Weatherford
Dan
Oklahoma
el Reno
Long Horn
Coyote
Worthiess
Indiana
Hottiows
Wichita Mountains
Canadian County
Sandlett
United Staten Indian
Olely
Walute
Randiett
Usage Reservation
Usage Oil Company
Walle
Wiwnia Ol Company
Suledie
John Brive
Calvin Hrice
Ohio
Central Hotel
Hrice
Stillwater
Indian Territory
Choctaw, Gilshoma & Gulf
el Paso
Texan
Oklahoma City
Reno
Fragmented OCR collage evokes old crime and Rural Life themes
The readable fragments hint at a chaotic mix of dialogue and headlines from a Chicago Daily News page. References to a treacherous act, literary quotes, a butcher joint, and a ghastly rider mix with stray personal remarks and nonsensical captions.
Indigeation and Bilith Gete at Foot of the Disvane
Fragmentary notes describe a scene at the foot of a divane where individuals named indigeation and bilith engage with a bottle. The text hints at a moment of genuine honesty amid a measure of sipping or tasting a drink. The peculiar phrasing suggests a diary fragment or local sketch.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted As Original Remedy
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as superior to all imitators with iron and quinine, claiming it drives malaria from the system and acts as a tonic. Seeks druggists' trust, notes large sales in malarial regions, and offers No Cure No Pay.
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Grove
United States
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