Heat waves hit multiple cities with record temps
Aug reports from Missouri Kansas Nebraska describe 101 to 103 degree heat. One News Press stereotyper collapsed from heat at work in St Joseph. A Clyde Neb man died from heat prostration. Vinita hosts free baking lessons this week at Frazee Hardware with Mrs Briggs of Chicago teaching quick bread using KC Baking Powder.
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St. Joseph
Frank Jay
Vinita
Frazee
Briggs
Chicago
K. C
Census Enumerators Appointed in Oklahoma
In Washington on August 8 it was reported that of the 1300 enumerators needed for the census of Oklahoma, 1200 have been appointed and 800 have already been commissioned and put to work.
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Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Peary vows to reach the pole despite drift and illness
Commander Robert Peary tells in his Grand Calon hotel quarters that he will surely reach the pole this time if health and strength hold. He cites past easterly ice drifts, plans to go west of Cape Columbia, head northwest, and deploy a stronger advance party with enough sledges and supplies for the final dash.
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New York
Mother Nature
Robert
Peary
Grand ‘Calon Hotel
Cape Columbia
Meteor's tail rains sparks sighted in El Paso
A remarkable meteor was seen at 4 15 yesterday morning moving across the sky from the southwest and disappearing north past 5. It appeared comet like about football size with a 50 foot tall column, greenish yellow ball and white tall, with showers of meteors streaming from it. A special train will run from Muskogee to Tahlequah for the congressional convention next Saturday.
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el Paso
Tex
Aug
Muskogee
Tahlequah
State backs him an editor killed in Alabama affair
Alabama Governor Comer defends the 24 cent passenger law amid federal court clash with the Southern railway, while Vice President Russell says removal of the case was regular. The railroad faces 44 indictments over license violations and removal debates. In Arkansas, ex-police Ben Curruth is arrested for the Helena World editor J M Scott’s murder.
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Montgomery
Ala
Comer
United States
BL. Russell
Mobile & Ohio
Finley
Southern Railway
Weatherley
Birmingham
Alaama
Alabama
Russell
Marion
Als
Souther
Talladega Court
Lie Southern
Tn Railroad
Agist
Helena
Ark
Ben Curruth
J. M. Scott
Curruth
The
New Mining Company Organized to Prospect
A mining company is formed by two Vinita and two Joplin men. Vinita members are J M Jones and C H Goodpasture, Joplin members are young prospectors. They lease Campbell Ratelif Land Cestany tract on Mustang Creek near Okoee and plan active operations within two weeks. The group is optimistic about mineral prospects and aims for energetic businesslike development.
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Vinita
Joplin
J. M. Jones
C. H. Goodpasture
Campbell Ratelif
Mustang Creek
Okoee
Standard Oil and Railroads Eye Combined Probe
In Chicago and New York talks of a Standard Oil railroad alliance to push for deeper government investigation are underway. The Chicago & Alton, Chicago, Burlington & Quines, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois appear in the 4501 indictments. Attorneys Miller and Rosonths for Standard Oil have been told to cut vacations. Judge Landis’s stance on railroads sharing culpability with oil firm and calling a special grand jury prompted swift cross-industry talks.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Corporation
New York
Chicago & Alton
Chicago, Burlington &Quines
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
John 8. Miller
Morris Rosonths
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Oil Corporation
Federal Assayer Has Hottest Job In Town
Senator Warner visited the government building in Kansas City where the ore assayer department operates two furnaces reaching 3600 degrees. A damped worker described a 132 degree lab temperature and a furnace room with miners wearing only two wet garments. The senator agreed to see the laboratory, but only in cold weather.
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Senator Warner
Surveyor Clarke
Kansas City
Journal
Department of the Ore Assayer
Montana Court Enjoins a Telephone Boycott
Helena August 8 Judge Hunt of the U S court granted a temporary injunction after hearing Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company petition restraining labor unions from boycotting the firm. The order follows a strike by women telephone operators.
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Helena
Mont
Hunt
United States
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
That's Just My Luck A Rural Fire and Tragic Tracks
The item recounts a folksy verse about luck with a wrecked wagon and a freight train incident. It notes a fire at Joe Davis's three room frame dwelling in the town's southwest, with 700 feet of hose required to reach the blaze and only minor damage to the outbuildings while the household goods were saved.
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Joe Davis
Ridenour
Bothy
Medicine testimonials from a New Jersey editor and others
A Philipsburg Daily Post editor lauds Fuony Hovey and Tar for coughs and colds, claiming outstanding results. The text also features patient statements from A. P. Owens and T. A. Gray describing decade-long kidney illnesses and limited relief despite other remedies.
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Clyde
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Delaware Streets
Fair Empire
Standard Oil-Railroad
Federal Assayer
Montana
Bill
Bill Weery
Soin L. Goode
PIS
Oxfords
Cherokee National Bank
Vinita, Oklahoma
Louis Bagby
Pree
B. A. McParland
New Jersey
M. T. Lynch
Philips
Tt. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
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Gould
A. P. Oven
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