Booth Body Claim Sparks Exhibition Plot in Enid
Tennessee lawyer Finis Bates says John Wilkes Booth’s body lies in an Enid Oklahoma undertaker shop and plans to exhibit it in Washington near Ford’s Theatre. He cites 1872 deathbed claims, identifies the body, and says the killer died by arsenic in Enid in 1903. War Dept silent on escort request.
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Tennessee
Booth
Enid
Okio
Washington
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Okla
Memphis
Ford
Lincoln’ Museum
Lincoln
Bates
War Department
United States
John St. Helen
John Wilkes’ Booth
John St. ‘Helen
Self
Hood County
Texas
St. Helen
Oklahoma
Joseph Jefferson
Julius Brutus Booth
Mr. Bates
Boston Corbett
Garrett
District of Columbia
Leasons
Uncle Horace to Lead New Lyric Theater Care Man
Uncle Horace Carpenter heads to Minneapolis around the 25th to oversee duties as cave man in the Lyric Theater under A G Bainbridge. Bainbridge, famed manager, will stay until the Shubert theaters in St. Paul open, after which he moves. The Shuberts invest 250000 each, with ties to E J Carpenter, noted promoter.
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Lyric Theater
Minneapolis
A. G. Bainbridge
Horace Carpenter
Shubert
St. Paul
Shuberts
Mr. Bainbridge
E.J. Carpenter
Horace
Bainbridge
E. J
St. Paul Dispatch
E. J. Carpenter
Tribune
Dispatch
Metropolitan
Chicago
Carpenter
Mack-Leone Stock Company
Duluth
Durn
Michi
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Expert crop report totals spring wheat at 319 million bushels
Minneapolis special reports John Inglis the crop expert has returned from inspecting crops in the three northwestern states and Canadian provinces. He estimates the total spring wheat crop at 319 million bushels with 318 million from spring wheat and 65 million in durum and velvet chaff included in other totals. Canadian crop totals reach 182 million bushels, with Manitoba down and Saskatchewan up slightly. Ontario and other provinces add about 20 million, for a national total of 182 million in Canada.
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Minneapolis
John Inglis
Inglis
Minnesota
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
New Corporations Chartered by Secretary of State
Secretary of State Blaisdell issues charters to Ward County groups including the Y M C L Lecture Association of Minot North Dakota with incorporators listed as R A Nestos and J. The notice records the formation of new corporate entities in the region.
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Blaisdell
Ward
Minot
D. Incorporators
R.A. Nestos
Minot bankers cited in North Dakota bank incorporations
Minot figures M Devine and A D McConnell listed among incorporators for Citizens Bank of Kenmare increasing capital from 15008 to 25000. The Westminster Church Society Bowbells lacks capital stock. Des Lacs and Bowbells banks name several incorporators including Alfred Blaisdell John A Bird Alberto Schmidt and J C Blaisdell with blooded capitals and locals.
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M. Devine
A. D. McConnell
Minot
N. D
Citizens Bank of
Kenmare
H. W. Hansch
B. R. Gray
E. B. Goss
Westminster Church Society
Bowbells
F. D. Bair
D. M. Skinner
I B. Coons
Agricultural College Timely Short Talks for Field Machinery
Advice from Agricultural College on farm gear and livestock care. Notes cover lubrication with graphite to extend chain life, water for horses, defeating flying ants with a hat on a pole, binder maintenance, and carrying a field repair kit with tools. Emphasizes loose canvasses, bright binding parts, sharp needles, and proper feeding and watering order.
Outlaw Jack Winnifield Nabbed After Border Horse Theft
Estevan figures report Winnifield captured near Gainsborough after stealing eight horses including one from Misa McKenzie of Oxbow. He will face charges in Williston and a murder warrant from Turtle Mountain district may follow. Mary Movius visits Judge A W Movius family in Estevan.
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Estevan Mercury
Jack Winnifield
Winnifield
Williston
Kid Trailer
Gainsborough
Misa McKenzie
Oxbow
Geo. McKenzie
Estevan
Ambrose
Lett
Mr. McKenzie
Sergeant Lett
Turtle Mountain
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Jones
Lnst
Wexwill
New York Exchange
First National Bank
North and
South Dakota
Trailer
Mary Movius
A. W. Movius
A.C. Wiper
Theo. Albrecth
Wahpeton
B. M. Wohlwend
T. O. Hunter
J. N. Fox
Donald Wright
B. L. Bogart
Eugene
Oregon
P. J. McCumber
John R. Jones
Hankinson
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