Motoring Through Concord and Revolutionary Spots
From Sudbury to Concord the route offers historic sites and licensed guides at Wrights tavern. Concord houses the Old Manse, Alcotts, Hawthornes, Thoreau, and Parker. graves in Sleepy Hollow mark Emerson and others. Mrs McClellan dies suddenly near Claremore. a Claremore wife of Charles McClellan is noted.
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Paul Revere
Lexington and
Concord
Concord River
United States
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Alcotts
School of Philosophy
Hawthornes
Mr. Bull
Thoreau
Theodore Parker
Lexington
Sleepy Hollow
Thorean
Mawthorne
Hawthorne
Ephriam Wales Bull
Boston
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
America
Arizona and New Mexico statehood moves advance in Congress
Territory status shifts as Arizona and New Mexico push toward statehood under Taft backed plans. The House passed a resolution to admit the territories with a recall provision for state officers, tying constitutional acceptance to a governor call for elections. Debate highlighted judicial recall as central, with Republicans praising Taft while Democrats argued for popular lawmaking within federal bounds.
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Kington
D. C
Arizona
New Mexico
Taft
Senate
House
Fragmentary Training Tale Stirs Public Debate
A garbled OCR fragment hints at training events, national context, and public questions about safety and facilities. The unreadable text leaves key people, places, and outcomes unclear while suggesting ongoing scrutiny of procedures and environments.
Amended Returns Made by All but Ten Counties
Oklahoma City Aug 21 All but ten counties have made amended returns to the state auditor showing banks assessed at full value under the law governing such institutions. Returns were sent back to counties per law. Auditing for the state board of equalization delays tax levy data and total assessable property. The administration hopes to pay public indebtedness from the next tax levy if possible. Counties confused about what debts can be paid from the new levy due to earlier disregard of full valuation.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Equalization
Tate
Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf railroad planned to reach Oklahoma City
Shawnee Oklahoma August 18 The pre numinary surveys for the Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf railroad extension from Henryetta to Oklahoma City were completed this week. Construction may begin by October 1 as officers prepare to haul materials. The line aims to open new trade territory with potential extensions to Joplin Missouri or Pittsburg Kansas and connect with Kansas City Southern toward Kansas City. Southwest expansion could reach Dallas Texas. Local business leaders in Shawnee host meetings to back manufacturing interests and Oklahoma City has offered a 75000 bonus. Pittsburg Kansas plans to lobby Kenetick to attract the line.
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Shawnee
Okla
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
Henryetta
Oklahoma City
M. 0. & G. Railroad Company
Oklahomia
Joplin
Pittsburg
Kans
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City
Dallas
Tex
Kenetick
No Further Doubt of His Candidacy
Muskogee Oklahoma August 18 ex Governor C N Haskell plans a bid for the United States Senate to supplant Robert L Owen. Backers in many counties build a campaign amid attacks on Owens wealth and past finances noting court fees and large political expenditures. A recent land and building gift to local commercial travelers nears forty thousand dollars.
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Muskogee
Oklo
C. N. Haskell
United States Senate
Robert L. Owen
Haskell
Owen
Lee Cruce
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
United States
Drank soda, girl assaulted near Chetopa, Kans
Reports from Chetopa Kansas say Daisy Davenport a seventeen year old orphan girl drank soda pop given by Ben Coffey and remembers little afterward while Coffey remains missing and Ben Triplett is jailed in connection with the alleged assault. A reward is said to be offered for Coffey and others may be arrested. Triplett is in jail and critically ill with little chance of recovery.
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Chetopa
Kans
Daisy Davenport
Ben Coffey
Labette Creek
Coffey
Coffey Naa
Ben Triplett
Lyoung
Triplett
Placer Ground Found in Blackfoot District
Spokane Washington Aug 18 Placer ground rich in gold has been discovered in the Blackfoot district in northern Idaho four miles southeast of Spokane by Ah Yen a Chinese trader at 61 Riverside avenue according to officials of the United States customs house in Spokane. The deposits are four miles from a flowing stream and will need not less than 15 miles of flumes to convey water. The find was noted more than 30 years ago by two Chinese prospectors who were killed and robbed by a white man. The rustler cremated their bodies to destroy evidence and fled the country. Yen says a woman who sewed the poke to hold the miners gold told the rustler of the find and urged him to locate claims nearby. James Daniels deputy customs collector says Yen will not locate the claims.
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Spokane
Wash
Blackfoot
Idaho
Ah Yen
Riverside Avenue
United States Customs House
Washington Idaho
Yen
James Daniels
Dynamite Shatters Part of Sulphur Court House
A dynamite blast damaged a corner of the Murray county court house in Sulphur Oklahoma early yesterday. No injuries were reported and the blast appears aimed at District Judge Russell and county offices housed in Harper theater within the same building. The dispute over courthouse location between East and West Sulphur escalated after the West Sulphur offices were moved into the theater last week following a legal challenge.
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Okla
Russell
Murray County
Harper Theater
West Sulphur
Tulsa duel leaves Potts fatally wounded in street shootout
Jack L. Potts former Oklahoma City real estate man was shot in a street duel with Rube Marlowe in Tulsa on Saturday night. Five bullets struck Potts in the abdomen, Marlowe escaped unharmed. The conflict, tied to a Frisco townsite suit, involved about a dozen shots. Potts, prominent in real estate, had been with Waters-Pierce oil earlier and later ran an agency in Sulphur. He is alive but critically hurt.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jack L. Potts
Oklahoma City
Rube” Marlowe
Potts
Marlowe
Frisco
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Company
Sulphur
Special Grand Jury Called in County Seat Dispute
Shawnee Oklahoma August 21 a special serand jury has been called to consider indictment of prominent Shawnee merchants bankers lana real estate men amid controversy over moving county seat from Tecumseh to Shawnee. Jury meets August 28 within tense political clash and claims of frameup by a deputy county attorney See local notice for details.
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Shawnee
Okla
Serand
Tecumseh
Lana
Shaw ‘Nee
Sale of Minor Lands in Craig County Oklahoma
W P Gatewood guardian of Morrison Thompson a minor will sell at private sale the east half of the northwest quarter of section 23 township 27 north range 20 east Craig County Oklahoma. Sale after September 2 1911 cash on court confirmation with deed delivered by the Guardian. Bid must be in writing with one third of purchase price certified check sent to the County Court at Vinita Oklahoma. Probate Case No 2158.
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Chieftain
W. P. Gatewood
Morrison Thompson
Craig County
Oklahoma
Aate
Vinita
Guardianship Guardianship of Walter Hall Estate Sale Prayer
In the County Court of Craig County Oklahoma the matter of the guardianship of Walter Hall a minor. Edward J Hall as guardian petitions the court for an order authorizing sale of the entire or partial real estate described in the petition as necessary to administer the estate under probate number 1745.
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State of
Oklahoma
Crale County
Louis F. Hall
Edward L. Hall
F. Parks
Addis A. Brown
Guardian
Firet
Chieftain
Craig County
Jesse Gladys Hall
Edward I Ital
Jessie Gladys Hall
Iaddis A. Brown
Walter Hall
Edward J. Hall
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New England
Sudbury
Wright
Lcensed
Fuldies
Salem
Mass
Meeting House
Cambridge
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Committee of Public Safety
Dr. Warren
Dr. Lang
Harvard College
Mr. Clark
Hancock
Mtehood Gwen
WO Territories
Parte
Mann
Cannon
Lennott
Wisconsin
Volt Alll Pute Jast
M. D
Cruce
Sulphur Court
Wilson
District Court
Auto-Fedan Hay Press
M. J. Spalding
Northeast
AISO
Acme
Thomas
Kingman
Bain and Abendon
Sichler
Iowa
D. S. Warren Implements
South Wilson Street
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