Elks From Muskogee Plan Vinita Parade Trip
The Muskogee lodge will escort about 200 Elks to Vinita for a grand installation ceremony. A special Katy train is arranged for Friday at 2 PM, with Owen's band and the Elks band providing music for the event. Members listed include Bil Owen Col Ury Old Sleeper Jack Land and Harry Oliver.
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Muskogee
Phaes Democrat
Vinita
Wkstat
Hks
Tilks
Katy
Owen
Furnisle Music
Elks
Bil Owen
Col. Ury
Old Sleeper
Jack Land
Harry Oliver
Government seizure of lumber in Choctaw lands
Officials seized thirty thousand feet of road lumber from T. L. Manning at Bengal as part of a removal order. Agents continue operations across the segregated areas with many timbersmen told to quit within thirty to sixty days while manufacturers prepare protests to Washington over a federal inspection report.
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Muskogee
Okla
Wright
T. L. Manning
Bengal
Jilted girl commits death in Norman Oklahoma
Miss Anna Shaffer, two years old, heard a man she loved decline marriage and she drank carbolic acid. She had followed him from May 16 to Norman where he worked in the Ithxane asylum laundry. The man reportedly told her to wait until Saturday, ending hopes of marriage. The Ada purchase referenced appears from the note.
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Norman
Oklo
Anna Shaffer
Ithxane Asylum
Add. In
Ada
Om Norns
Methodist District Conference Meets Here
The Vinita district conference of the Methodist church met at 8:30 in the morning with devotional services, followed by a business session and reports. At 1:00 Rev Crow delivered a sermon, then a committee meeting at 2:00. Devotionals again at 2:80 and a Sunday school institute at 3:00 led by W Moore of Lawton.
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Vinita District
The
Methodist Church
Crow
We J Moore
Lawton
Gal Stewart
W. J. Slins
Tov T. Goddard
Old Fort Gibson Landmarks Fade From History
Old landmarks in Fort Gibson Oklahoma are being torn down. The Garrigan Avenue home once lived in by Jefferson Davis has vanished. The two story 2000 foot long barracks is half demolished. Wood and stone salvaged for a modern dwelling. The Presbyterian church and schoolhouse where Henry Morton Stanley taught is dilapidated. This historic church hosted officers and soldiers and figures like James G Blaine and A Grant Evans. Ambassador Bryce visited and saw a piece of lath taken to England.
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Oklo
Fort Gibson
Garrigan Pmn
Jeferson Davis
Presbyterian
Henry M. Stanley
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Old Fort Gibson
James G. Blaine
Coypinger
A. Grant Evans
Oklahoma State University
Ambassador Bryce
Great Britain
Old Fort
Stanley
England
Decoration Day Observed In Vinita Highlighted By Parade
Treoration Day was observed in Vinita with a 10 o clock parade led by Brown Brothers show heading to Tahlequah avenue. Cemetery services followed with graves decorated and schoolchildren prominent in the procession. At 2 pm crowds gathered at the Andicorum for speeches and songs honoring the departed.
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Vinita
Brown Brothers
Tahlequah Avenue
Andicorum
Muskogee Boy Dies After Oil Inhalation
In Muskogee Oklahoma May 27 a six year old boy Herbert Mead son of the Parker-Washington Paving Company general manager died after physicians could not remove oil from his lungs. He fell into an oil tank last night and was rescued by his father.
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Muskogee
Okla
Herbert Mead
Mead
Parker-Washington Paring Company
Charges Back 10 Letter From Woman in Maben Trial
Shawnee Okla May 27 The charges tied to Judge Maben in a bootlegger case stem from a letter by Mrs Crown Howell wife of a converted Jointist She testified about $800 con tributed by Brown Howell who aided in the alleged payment The defense featured Momin Pruett whose two hour speech attacked Attorney General West and Blakeney prompting courtroom astonishment Trial adjourned with closing defense remarks to follow and jury deliberation expected later today
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Oklo
Judge Maben
Crown Howell
Brown Howell
West
Makeney
Brucitt
Maben Ihe
Juden
Pruettt
Blakeney
Mabel
Duder
Xiulles
A. C. Crave
Geribal West
Maben
Grand Jury Expected To Report On Murree Town Fraud Probe
Tulsa Oklahoma May 27 Saturday observers expect the federal grand jury to report its findings on the Muskogee town fraud investigation. Twenty five witnesses have yet to be examined with about twenty more to testify. A list of witnesses testifying yesterday includes Allen Graham M P Goetschus W H Harper Jr J in Baton Bheytivs O C Duffy Joseph Varian Dora lumany W R Cook John Rovinson Dr John A Werton Gardner F Chichester C W Clark and wives Albert R Monket and wife J W Bentley Gertrude Bentley F Field and Marion Goodyour all from Hastings Michigan. Most witnesses are Oklahoma citizens.
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Tulsa
Okla
Federal
Aubor Town
Andere
Alty
Allen Graham
M. P. Goetschus
W. H. Harper, Jr
Ottawa
Baton
Bheytivs
O. C. Duffy
New York
TB Stewart
Columbia
Joseph Vancarian
Detroit
Mich
Dora Lumany
Lansing
Mish
W. R. Cook
John Rovinson
John A Werton
Gardner F. Chichester
C. W. Clark
Albert R. Monket
J .W. Bentley
Gertrude Bentley
F Field
Marion Goodyour
Hastings
Federal Grand Jury
Muskogee
Oklahomm
Senate Resists Striking Dutch Standard Test in Sugar Scheme
By Associated Press in Washington on May 27 the Senate voted 36 to 47 to refuse striking the Dutch Standard Test from the sugar scheme proposed by Bristow of Kunnee. The decision maintains the current testing standard as part of policy.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Ienate
Bristow
Postmaster at Fort Scott Dies After Paralysis
Cheney postmaster at Fort Scott Kansas died here today after a stroke of paralysis last night. He was one of the best known lawyers in Kansas and had served as postmaster. Local officials and colleagues mourn his passing.
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FT. Scott
Associated Press
Port Scott
Kans
Cheney
Post Minster
Fort Scout
Anine
Kansas
Pioneer Editor of Kansas Dies at Ninety
F. Baker, oldest Kansas newspaper editor, died today at nearly ninety. He founded the Topeka State Record in 1867 and led Kansas journalism for many decades.
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Kansas
Associated Fromy
Topeka
Kans
F. Baker
Fey
Topeka State Record
Government to start special mail train for Georgia railroads
The post office department plans to dispatch a dedicated mail train on Georgia rails today. Firemen and rail workers report a strike is affecting operations as officials press ahead with the departure of the special train.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Post Office Department
Georgia
Erie
Crops Reported Greatly Damaged in Southern States
Reports from Mississippi Arkansas and Alabama describe extensive crop losses after recent rains and windstorms. River flooding along the Arkansas river risks rising above danger point. no loss of life reported yet.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississppi
Arkansas
Mabama
High Waters Persist in Muskogee Across Arkansas River
Muskogee Oklahoma May 27 The Arkansas river continues to rise causing major crop losses in the lowlands though no rain has fallen since Monday night. Officials warn the crest may reach food levels by Friday.
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Py Associated Press
Muskogee
Oklo
Arkansas River
Nol
Letter from Grace Clout Aids Lost Mother Found
Grace Clout of Red Fork Oklahoma thanks Vinita paper for publishing her inquiry that led to locating her missing mother and family. She lists neighbors W H Dupree J K Taylor John Swath Laula Grtin and A Wheeler for helping her reconnect after five weeks of searching.
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Chieftain
Grace Clow
Oivates
Awekins
W. H Dupree
J. K. Taylor
John Swath
Laula Gritin
A. Wheeler
Red Fork
Okla
Grace Clotid
ISTEAMER PRINCESS ALICE AGROUND IN HARBOR
The German steamer Princess Alice ran aground in dense fog off Fort Worth, Staten Island, while leaving the harbor for Bremen. The bow rode onto rocks as the stern stayed afloat. Captain Peltie expects refloating with the tide and daylight.
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Princess Alice
Press
New York
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