Exposition Boosters Seek Wide Exhibits at Joplin Event
The Ozark Inter-State exposition in Joplin October 8 to 17 aims to attract 600000 visitors with diverse exhibits from agriculture mining and fruit, plus a special Women’s department. Flying Squadron boosters tour Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma to recruit participants and rail committees will reach remote areas. Gov. Haskell endorses the effort as a regional development project.
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Kansas
Cara
Oklahoma
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Ozark
Missouri
Arkansas
Joplins Commercial Club
Supreme Court Afirms Lone Grove School Election Ruling
The Oklahoma Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Dunn affirmed Justice Stillwell Ruswell’s decision in a Carter County school district case. Trustees of Lone Grove district No. 82 sought to build a new schoolhouse site. taxpayers sued to enjoin, arguing two thirds vote needed to change district use. Evidence showed a pre statehood building existed used for school and other purposes, with no title held by the district. Court held a majority vote sufficed.
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Oklo
Aul Preme Court
Tuatice Dunn
Stillwell BH. Ruswell
Carter County
Lone Grove
J. McCarty
W. W. Barber
W. McMiroy
Jollification Meeting At Commercial Club Tonight
Commercial club plans a joliification meeting this evening over the bonus for the feed mill factory moving from Litchfield Illinois. Attendance is urged as the bonus total nears completion and other items of interest are on the agenda.
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Litchfield
Prosecution Witness Plummer Vanishes From Bed
Carlisle August 25 The ten dence of James E Plummer was dynamited last night and Plummer was sent from bed His injuries were not serious He had seen action in the prosecution of alleged violations of the local option law.
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Associated Press
Carlisle
James E. Pluummer
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Black Hand letters threaten Ponca City banks
The Farmers' National Bank and the Oklahoma State Bank of Ponca City received identical black hand letters demanding 20000 dollars each under threat of death. Detectives and bloodhounds tracked a Santa Fe passenger train but no money was dropped and no shots occurred. The letters were mailed from Bliss Oklahoma and contained crude errors.
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Ponca City
Owin
Farmers’ National Bank
Oklahoma State Bank of
Trough Pond City
Bliss
Okla
Ipcrelaw
Restraining Order Granted In County Court
A temporary restraining order was issued to bar county commissioners from listing certain city property for tax. James B Davenport filed the petition, with a hearing set to decide the injunction in district court. Davenport alleges overassessment by the equalization board and lack of notice prior to the record being sent to commissioners.
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Davenport
James 8
Refugees Cleared to Return as Idaho Forest Fires Claim Many
Spokane reports confirm 114 forest employees killed in Idaho fires with dozens missing or unaccounted. Weighing grim totals across the Coeur d Alene national forest, authorities fear loss nears 188 lives including rangers and Mexican workers. battle continues amid extensive destruction and isolation of camps.
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Spokane
Missoula
Mont
Harry
Coeur d'Alene
Northern Pacific
Key Puget Sound
Eight killed in Grand Trunk collision near Durand
A Grand Trunk passenger train collision near Durand Michigan on August 25 killed eight people and injured eight others. The leading engine crashed into a sleeper section, trapping passengers as the firebox blew out. only one body, identified as a Montreal woman, was recovered. The two trains were sections of the Boston express from Chicago, with the flat section halted for repairs before the second collided.
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Grand Trunk
Vast
Montreal
Boston Express
Chicago
Death claims Uncle Jack Marshal at 65 in Vinita
Vinita Oklahoma and Craig county mourn the death of Jack Marshal known as Uncle Jack a longstanding figure around the courthouse. He fell ill two to three days prior and died after a congestive chill at home of Charles Webb last night. Burial will be in the local cemetery at friends expense as he had no relatives here.
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Craig County
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Court House
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Charles Webb
Roosevelt praises railroad men and Teddy nickname in speech
Roosevelts remarks to Buffalo Dunkirk and Erie crowds praise independent action by railroad workers. He replies to a call of Teddy with humor, vows to fight graft and to support honest public officers. Bam Cobb plans a Carthage stone bungalow on North Foreman street costing about four thousand dollars.
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Carthage
Lord Kennedy at Nevada in Therapeutic Progress Program
Lord Charlie Kennedy of Edinburgh Scotland featured among principal speakers at Nevada Nevada program on therapeutics hope. An biographer Lon Kennedy, noted astronomer, had built a reputation in England.
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Lord Kennedy
Nevada
Associated Preae
Lord Charlie Kennedy
Rilinburg
Scotland
Lon Kennedy
Englnd
Grabbersons Face Scrutiny Over Chilocco Indian School Land
A U S Senate Special Committee hearing examined alleged plots to seize 1 000 000 acres of Chilocco Indian school land in Northern Oklahoma near the Kansas line. The site includes many store buildings and 8 000 acres with a value of about 1 400 000 for land and 600 000 for buildings. Officials reported dilapidation claims, while students from some tribes did not attend. A Burke-led committee toured the facility finding equipment in good shape and productive farm lands among the best in the state.
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Ohio
Chilocco
Oklahoma
Kansas
Washington
Uittevane
Indiana
Burke
Recount Changes Primary Result In Oklahoma County
The recount in Oklahoma County shifts votes for county judge and district positions. W. H. Zwick is defeated by incumbent A. N. Munden for the superior court, while L. Lynch gains a vote lead over A. B. Bender in the Second District. Officials report corruption concerns in the Democratic primary and orders a statewide ballot audit.
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Okla
A. B. Bender
L. Lynch
Oklahoma County
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George H. Matlack
Charlee H. Garnett
Garnett
Matlack
W. H. Zwick
Superior Court
A. N. Munden
County Election Board
Cardwell
Legiitatire
Osage Fees Questioned in Indian Investment Hearings
Testimony before committees investigating Indian land claims shows Osage per capita wealth around twenty thousand dollars, making them the richest people. Attorneys testified they charged fees to keep Indians off and on the land claims, with one firm slated to receive forty two thousand dollars for securing a hundred thousand dollars from the government.
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Ospge Olla
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Ator ‘Heya
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Murdock Pushes Insurgent Reform in Washington Stop
Seattle Aug 25 Victor Murdock the insurgent Weider of Wichita Kans spoke to a Seattle audience denouncing entrenched Cannon controls. He urged immediate reorganization of the Republican National Committee and predicted insurgent wins in Washington and other states including Indiana Minnesota and California. He opposed Poindexter and declined a speakership bid while urging tariff revision and prompt committee elections. He spoke at a Kansas club event before heading to Tacoma to continue campaign with Congressmen Poindexter.
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Weider
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Miles Poindexter
Samuel H. Piles
Murdock
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Republican National Congressional Committee
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Appeal to Supreme Court in Nee Imprisonment Case
Guthee Oklahoma Aug 25 Mrs Nettle Stowe widow of Nee Brown appeals her sentence for tempering her husband’s death in Opage county on April 28 1909 The court records say Peter Brown son of the dead man and stepson of Mrs Brown aided in the crime The defense claims lack of a fair trial due to venue change and bias from Peter Brown who was not yet tried The case centers on alleged agreement to share property and the concealment of the body
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Tiny
Washington County
Brown
Ale
Peter Brown
Francis Files Announcement for U S Senate Seat
Jefferson City Mo August 2 2M01a R Prencis today filed his declaration as democratic candidate for the United States senate with the secretary of state and other officials noting the formal entry into the race.
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Francis
Jefferson City
R. Prencis
Unitad States Senate
Staf
State Tax Levy Notified by County Clerk
Notification from the board of equalization shows the state tax levy for the year will be one and one fourth mills. The total levy on property for all purposes this year is 2385 mills.
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F. Nix
County Clere
BL. F. Noeting
Etwty Board of Equalization
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