Mother Murders Babe by Choking in Oklahoma
In City, Oklahoma, August 14, Mies Alice Brown killed her newborn daughter by choking. The coroner’s jury ruled death at the mother’s hands. Brown, who had married John Anderson about ten months earlier, showed no motive and remained confoundedly unarrested as authorities investigated the brutal act. The infant suffered severe injuries, including a crushed throat, broken arm, and torn skin, with lungs blocked by clotted blood. Brown remained bedridden and free as Anderson’s whereabouts were unknown.
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Ik City
Okla
Mies Alice
Brown
John Anderson
Misa Brown
Mottha
Mias Brown
Mr. Anderson
Hit
Miss Brown
Justice of the Peace Wisdom
Anderson
Man dragged from moving train in burglary case
William Tebrin attempted to jump from a moving train to escape a detective arresting him for burglary. He was seized by his heels and dragged, his head struck the ground, suffering a fractured skull and not expected to recover.
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Associated Press
New York
Willam Tebrin
Husband shoots wife after discovering she is Negress
An Associated Press report from Columbia dated August 14 details Alfred Haberman, a white man, shooting his wife after learning she was black. The couple, married for years, had a seven year old son. Both victims died. In Fort Worth Texas a downtown fire caused about $200000 in damages.
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Associated Press
Columbia
Negrete
Alfred Haberman
Guy
Hime
Oklahoma City Objections Overruled In Mandamus Case
Two Texas and Oklahoma men killed when struck by an extra freight train near Shawnee Oklahoma. One identified as Harry Jones of Rockdale. Bodies brought to Guthrie for burial. victims believed to have been asleep after lunch. Judge Huston overruled Ledbetter to add Oklahoma City petitioners in the mandamus suit.
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Shawnee
Okla
Angla
Harry Jones
Rockdale
Tex
Katy
Seaond Tan
Young Jones
Ben Hammonds
Kingston, Ohlo
Guthrie, Ohina
Guthrie
Secretary of State
Oklahoma City Capital
Huston
W. A. Ledbetter
Oklahoma City
Ledbetter
Pe Honers
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Mate Dams
John Burford
C. G. Horter
Okahoma City
Secretary of ‘State
Carter Owen bill to wind up eastern Oklahoma tribes
Washington Aug conference between Congress member Carter of Oklahoma and Indian Affairs Commissioner Valentine endorsed the Carter Owen bill. It calls for immediate disposition of segregated mineral land, surface lands, and allotted lands, equalisation of allotments, full final payment of tribal funds, and complete winding up of tribal affairs. The bill involves several hundred million dollars and is expected to be major legislation next session.
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Washington, RD
Congress
Five Die In Head On Collision East Of Pueblo
Pueblo Colo Aug 14 at least five persons are dead and thirty six injured in a head on collision east of Pueblo near Hasted when two passenger trains collided. Official reports list five dead with later updates possible. Wreckage includes both locomotives and both train crews blamed for orders misexecution. Assistant General Passenger Agent Wadleigh of Denver received initial details.
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Associated Press
Pueblo
Colo
Hasted
Fone
Ament Wadleigh
Denver
Civil service exam conducted at public school building
Twenty three candidates took the civil service examination today at the public school building. Assistant Postmaster Wootratt of Parsons Kansas conducted the administration of the test.
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Twentythree
Wootratt
Parsons, Kans
Mostile Forces Threaten Boston in Mock War Drills
Boston news reports a mass mobilization after a warning to Governor Draper that hostile forces threaten the city. Adjutant General Brigham orders seven thousand troops under General Pew, in a costly eastern game of mimic war with regiments militia and coast artillery from New York area jets.
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Boston
Draper
Brigham
Pew
New York
Noted settlement worker Dr. Sarah Stevenson dies at 65
By Associated Press Chicago Aug 14 Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson the celebrated club woman and settlement worker died at a city hospital today after years of illness. She was sixty five and had long supported Irish independence.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Linneas
Stevenson
Filed charges against county commissioners in Oklahoma
Muskogee Oklahoma August 14 A Le Wainland a Bayneton banker and W C Pranklin an attorney fled charges today against County Commissioners T B Sutton W M Harris and Charles Vann alleging conduct in office and asking County Judge Jackson and County Treasurer Rogers to remove them from office as provided by law
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
A. le 'Wainland
Bayneton, Okla
W. C. Pranklin
T. B. Sutton
W. M. Harris
Charles Vann
Jackson
Rogers
Siato Pust Theta
Luw
Medals Awarded for Gallant Conduct
Five officers and two enlisted men were awarded medals for gallant conduct to Philippine or Culm forces. Major James Church and Major Pat Straub led the recipients, with Lieutenants George Shaw and Charles Nedra, and others from the Twenty second Infantry and Signal Corps named among awardees.
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Associated Preps
Washington
James Church
Pat Straub
George Shaw
Charles Nedra
Twenty Second Infantry
Charles Kilbourne
Signal Corps
Peter Quis
Keth Wild
George Washington Faces Multiple Fines in Court
Yesterday in police court Noah Langley and D G Haney were fined ten dollars each for shooting craps. Guy Thompson served a jail term for eight dollars drunk and disorderly. George Washington was arraigned on several counts and fined ten dollars in each. one fine paid, one remaining, with another charge to be preferred when his term expires.
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Noah Langley
D. G. Haney
Guy Thompson
George Washington
Indictments Withheld Against Gov Haskell In Oklahoma
Indictments against Governor Haskell and five other prominent Oklahomans for conspiracy to defraud in Muskogee were to be filed in the U S district court today but were withheld on advice from Washington. The motion, fifty typewritten pages, raises sensational allegations and bears on the defendants' filing deadline next Monday.
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Associated Prena
Muskogee
Okla
Alig. Ima
Monto Quide
Haskell
United States District Court
Nere
Washington
Fire devastates Lahoma business district in Oklahoma
A large fire in Lahoma Oklahoma eight early in morning destroyed much of the town's business section. Origin undetermined the blaze caused about 50000 dollars in losses wiping out several store blocks and leaving the area charred.
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Lahoma
Oklahoma
Associated Proan
Wind
Okla
Tlahom
Here
Oklahoma Land Office Plans Fall Sale Of College Lands
Guthrie Oklahoma reports demand for indemnity and public building prompts a circular. The department will describe all land tracts to be sold in November with about 1 060 000 acres of college land available. Purchases require five percent down with minimum fifty dollars, balance paid over forty equal annual payments at five percent interest, with no residency requirement but a must for substantial improvements. Land sales occur at the county courthouse doors in Majors Wood, Custer, Dewey, Woodward, Harper, Roger Mills, Hines, Cimarron, Texas and Beaver counties.
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Guthrie
Okla
Ave
Dchool Land Office
Nalek Department
New College
Majors
Woode
Custer
Dewey
Woodward
Harper
Roger Mills
Hines
Cimarron
Texas
Beaver
Thin Vnné
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