Changes in AAA rules after Indianapolis wreck
Indianapolis Aug 28 The costly lesson from last week's Indianapolis motor speedway races prompts proposed AAA rule changes to limit long distance drives to 100 miles without rest and require a physical before reentry. Cars would have a mechanic and two assistants. repairs would occur with more crew. Fences to be moved back forty feet and guard rails installed. police and soldiers only on the track edge during races. Henry Tapking, seriously injured, expected to recover per doctors.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
American Automobile Association
Speedway
Indianapolis Speedway
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Asga
Henry Tapking
Nowata Feared Fire Destroys New Hotel at Nowata Okla
A large hotel under construction in Nowata Oklahoma was destroyed by a Saturday night blaze causing about 60 000 in loss to builders and workers plus 95 000 in materials from Jones Plumbing employees and 500 from plasterer M W Franklin. Origin unknown. flames started in the third story and spread rapidly. Firemen saved nearby structures but not the hotel. An investigation will be started amid rumors of incendiary aims tied to county seat politics.
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Nowata
Okla
Jones Plumbing Company
M. W. Franklin
Coffeyville
Kans
New Tariff Board Discussed At Summer White House
Beverly Mass August 23 President Taft spent only an hour away from the summer White House as a cabinet meeting led to a discussion of the new tariff board. Names for the three positions were reviewed including James B Reynolds. The plan also covered Interstate Commerce and Sherman Antitrust act changes while navy retrenchment and army reductions were debated but not decided. Attorney General Wickersham left for New York and MacVeagh stayed on the North shore for a few days.
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Mass
Taft
White House
Essex County
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Navy
Meyer
New Tariff Board
Interstate Commerce and Anti-Trust Acta
Navy Department
James B. Reynolds
Prevent Board
Department, of Commerce
Astate
New York
North Shore
Dublin
Interior limits oil price cuts for Oklahoma Indians
The Interior Department will not allow Standard Oil to cut prices for Indian producers in Oklahoma. Secretary Pierce works on a plan to force 41 cents per barrel for crude, countering rumors of a 35 cent rate. Officials Valetine and Pierce have held several talks about the Payne tariff law impact.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Interior Department
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
Pierce
Oil Company
Stangard
Valentine
New fixtures arrive for Brantley Millin ery department
New fixtures for the Brantley Millin ery company's department will arrive in a few days. The department is described as more attractive than ever.
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Brantley Millinery Company
Son
Heney Declines Dual Party Nominations for San Francisco DA
Newport Oregon August 24 Francis J Heney cannot accept the democratic or independent league nominations for district attorney of San Francisco He says California Supreme Court rules prevent one candidate from affiliating with more than one party and from being nominated by a party if not two years affiliated He registered as Republican over two years ago barring party nominations He may run only by petition of non voters at the recent primary If his name appears on the ballot as an Independent and he is elected he will accept the offer.
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Newport
Ore
Prangis
Democratic
Independent League
San Francisco
Heney
California Supreme Court
Republicans
Democrats
Independent League Party
Meney
Sanders Wright Enlarging Store In Thomason Building
The Sanders Wright department store begins remodeling of the Woodall grocery room in the Thomason building to enlarge the store. A partition removal between Indy’s ready to wear and the new addition creates a large archway and office, with baskets fed to all parts of the stockroom. The expansion will yield the largest floor space in eastern Oklahoma and bring in more clerks and increased department staffing.
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Sanders Wright Department
Woodall Grocery
Thomason
Indy’s
Oklahoma
Investigation at Haskell Institute Probes Immoral Raffle Claims
Associated Press reports in Washington that Interior Secretary Pierce is reviewing charges of immoral raffles tied to Indian girls at Haskell Institute. No official indication that such conditions affected tribal students at the school has been found by Pierce.
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Ry Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Anne
Pierce
Interior Department
Haskell
Trl
Prairie chicken season opens in Washington state
Spokane Washington August reports show hunters flocking to eastern Washington uplands for prairie chickens, grouse and pheasants while Stevens County and Spokane Valley offer good shooting. Mining towns near the city plan weeks long stays, with about 100 licenses issued and expectations of 1100 by season end. Duck season opens September 1 and duck limits look strong. quail season begins October 1 with protections in place.
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Spokane
Wash
Big Bend
Paloune
Cascades
Stevens County
Spokane Valley
Wallace
Lynare
Hiv
Lt Quail
Final Solution of Rain Making
Associated Press report from Wichita Kansas states Mikala Tesla, famed inventor, has developed electrical appliances to control atmospheric moisture and precipitate rain. A letter to George C Mathews describes a final successful approach to artificial rain production and its potential impact.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kans
Mikala Tesla
George C. Mathews
Oklahoma Winners in Flathead Indian Reservation Land Draw
A list of Oklahomans who won allotments in the Flathead reservation land drawing includes William A. Huciul Carnegie Okla Welford L. Helton Covington Okla D. 8. Armstrong Meno Okla Cheater A. Chambers Hydro Okla Chas. W. Benedict Catoona Okla T. A. Tovey Oklahoma City Okla H. W. Kesler Randlett Okla James Fitzpatrick Nowata Okla KE. E. Gibbns Perry Okla Jacob BE. Cline Henrietta Okla Clyde Haseel Tulea Okla Homer L. Jolson Bristow Okla Carl Williams Tonkawa Okla Elby M Mabry Holdenville Okla Edgar Cook Vinita Okla Dennis D Chambers Tonkawa Okla F. O. Mank Shawnee Okla William A Ainhofe Tulva Okla Gorte McCormick Chandler Okla W. TH. Crocker Red Rock Okla Chas. W. Hackett Bald Okla Van H. Brandon Lawton Okla Albert Hoover Newkirk Okla Henry James Lovell Ola M. Miller Mountain View Okla Jos G. Spurrigr Stillwater Okla John N. Day Toles Okla Thad Day Catoona Okla Henry J Ford Grandfield Okla Guy V. Sherell Copan Okla Harrigan M. Steffins Bald Okla
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William A. Huciil
Carnegie
Okla
Welford
L. Helton
Covington
Armstrong
Meno
Cheater A. Chambers
Hydro
Chas. W. Benedict
Catoona
T. A. Tovey
Oklahoma City
H. W. Kesler
Randlett
James Fitzpatrick
Nowata
KE. E. Gibbns
Perry
Jacob BE
F. O. Mank
Shawnee
William A
Ainhofe
Tulva
Gorte McCormick
Chandler
W. TH. Crocker
Red Rock
Chas
W. Hackett
Bald
van H. Brandon
Lawton
Albert Hoover
Newkirk
Henry
James
Lovell
Ola
M. Miller
Mountain View
Jos
G. Spurrigr
Stillwater
John N. Day
Military airship crashes into Lake Bracciano
An airborne military airship with six crew plunged six hundred feet during a test flight over Lake Bracciano near Rome. It landed with a huge splash as gas escaped. the crew were rescued, though the craft was badly damaged. Had they struck land, fatalities were likely.
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Dy Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Lake Bracciano
Gaa
Dirk Gible
Thirteenth Anniversary of Rural Delivery
Washington Aug 21 On October 1 1909 the thirteenth anniversary of the Installation of rural delivery in the United States will be celebrated The first tenths of the innovations were made in Virginia By the end of the third front year 291 routes were established at an annual expenditure of 160 012 Today the rural delivery service costs Uncle Sam 170 000 000 yearly with 40 804 carriers covering 40 019 routes more than a million miles daily Exempt Sundays and national holidays Over 20 000 000 rural residents now have their mail delivered to their doors The service has shortened distances between cities and farms aided neighbors and kept farmers posted on daily price changes It is estimated 975 000 000 has been spent on maintenance building and repair of public roads while the venture grew Additionally Humber routtes numbering 8 264 4 Warnloge and a Herd rf TENEO STORM Aug 2 Storm Weather Gulverton district were lie by Uewonthur bu- 166 a declared to)
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Washington, D. C
United States
Virginia
United Beaton 11
Humber
Cherokees Refuse Flag from Creager at Cherokee Picnic
At Bug Tucker Springs in Cherokee county Oklahoma a band of Kee-To-Wah society full blood Cherokees rejected Congressman Charles Creager's offer of the banner used at Taft inauguration. The group declared the gesture political and vowed the flag not to be a trophy of party victory. a copy of their resolution was sent to Creager. Also reported: Tom Wilson, a hay hand, was killed by a railroad collision near Chelsea. his mangled body found by a southbound train crew and identified by family ties after notification to relatives.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bug Tucker Springs
Cherokee County
Oklahoma
Charles Creager
White House
Taft
Creager
Richard M. Wolfe
George Paschal
Tom Wilson
J. A. Wiles Newby
Apple Crop to Show Big Increase Over 1908
Spokane reports an estimated national and Canadian apple crop of 35 million barrels, about 12 million more than 1908. Secretary-manager Ron St. Rice notes the crop will be larger and potentially more profitable though quality east of the Mississippi lags behind last year. Regional yields vary, with New England up 20 percent, central states down seven to eight percent, and the Middle West double last season’s output.
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Spokane
Wash
United Statens
Canada
Ron St. Rice
Mississippi
International Apple Shippers’ Association
New England
Central ‘States
Middle Western
Electrical storm cools torrid southern heat wave
Associated Press dispatch from Alexandria Louisiana reports a severe heat wave ending abruptly as a line of electrical storms struck the South. The heat reached about 110 degrees briefly before the storm moved in, bringing cooler conditions and breaking the prolonged spell that had gripped the region.
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