Deal for Purchage of Chieftain Declared Off
The sale of the Chieftain newspaper was mutually declared off after price misunderstandings with W E Verity of Shawnee. The $500 forfeit is returned and the paper remains owned by D M Marra & Sone. The Chieftain, oldest plant in the region, continues to publish a weekly and daily edition with strong printing reputation.
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W. E. Verity
Shawnee
D. m. Marra & Sone
Chieftain
Olla
Ths
Oklahoma
Horrible murder near Pittsburg shocks frontier town
A triple murder near Pittsburg Kansas leaves William Bork and his German wife and their 2.5 year old son dead after an attack on the woman. The husband died defending his wife, the child shot in the buggy, and the woman killed in a cornfield. Bloodhounds deployed as coroner and county attorney investigate with no immediate clues.
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Preas
Pittsburg
Kans
Here
William Ork
Germana
Bork
Borks
Fontenac
Cornfeld
Dotley
Sherry Merriwether
Wooley
Man argues sentence already served death debt paid
Albert T. Pattek, once sentenced to death for the murder of William Mure Aloe, says his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment at Sing Sing. He claims the Supreme Court ruling shows he has already suffered death and paid his debt to the state, and should be freed. The petition references prior court decisions and contends the law supports release.
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Phew
New York
New
Albert T. Pattek
William Mure Aloe
Fife
Sing
Sippeme
Breahiyn
Atnte
Patick
United Bixton Auprame Court
Vo I Rupepestine Sepetas
Sesceet
Parents Demand Relief At Once In Cramped School
A letter urges immediate action to avert a possible disaster in a brick city school where 150 children aged eight to twelve share a single third floor with a narrow two-wide stair exit and no exterior fire escapes. Mothers fear a panic could crush many, recalling a Ohio incident. call to relocate students or build a new school.
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Ohio
Thote
Viiita
Vieira
American Consul Threatened by Zelaya Confirms Transport Privileges
An Associated Press report from Washington states the United States consul at Metagua has been threatened by President Zelaya and was granted permission to occupy the legation premises for security. A delayed telegram clarified the move, and another dispatch noted Zelaya’s government fears he may flee to a safer country.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United Staten
Metagua
Zelaya
Legation
Tranaminaton
State Department
United States
Niewriguit
Adliya
Mayor to raid salary loan schemes in Spokane
Spokane leader Mayor Nelson S. Pratt announces a statewide drive against salary loan desks, chattel mortgages, and usurious interest above 12 percent. He pledges free office help from city hall to wage earners facing foreclosures and argues the courts back the fight against dubious lending practices exploited by eastern capital.
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Spokane
Wash
Wallington
Nelson S. Pratt
Supreme Court of
State of Washington
Pratt
Rival physicians embroiled in deadly diphtheria case in Oklahoma
A McAlester incident centers on rival doctors over a fatal diphtheria case. A boy carried antitoxin to one physician and a death followed. A separate physician's child was being treated. authorities pursued charges of criminally negligent actions and perjury surrounding the antitoxin delivery.
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McAlester
Okla
Thie
Elie
McAleater
Tim
Wari
Tla
Hin
Tory
Bin
Aiva
Whywlolan
Warravle
Hoy
Frisco 18 Solu To Yoakum Rumor Reported
Rumor circulates in Frisco that 18 soldiers may be sent to Yoakum for a wine control operation. A report mentions veterans and groups in San Francisco and references ties to a Mook Tee and Howley. Further details are unclear due to garbled text.
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York
Respect Memory of Late Congressman
From Tuesday's Daily Butler Missouri hundreds of prominent people from Missouri and beyond gathered to honor the memory of the late Representative DeArmond who died in a vain effort to save his grandson Waddle in a fire. The two victims rest in one coffin in the local cemetery as Governor Hadley Folk Dockery and Speaker Gannon attended the funeral along with members of a congressional committee.
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Butler
Engineers And Concrete Workers Rebuild Town
Spokane Washington November 26 Civil on winders landscape architects carpenters masons and concrete workers are rebuilding Ottella on the main line of the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound railway in Grant County Washington near Spokane The King company with Will utile Nah mammoth plant for slate products has acquired all holdings in Ottella at not exceeding 1 000 000 and plans municipal improvements The project covers about ninety acres and cost estimates run to 6 000 000 with homes for employees and modern facilities including electrical lighting and wide process works in the Belt Bend wheat district area
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Spokane
Wash
CiHyil
Masona
Ottella
Chicage
Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Grant Ecuty
Tha i
King Company
Bie Bend
Mt Umple
Alabama 15 Voting on Prohibition
Associated Press report from Birmingham on November 29 notes a constitutional amendment vote on prohibition to curb liquor traffic. The piece describes tense scenes with crowds at polling places and liquor interests using bands to drown out protesters, including women and children pleading for restraint.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Tn Birmingsham
Lquor
Apples Side by Side Exhibition Report From Spoksno
An early 20th century note reports on apple displays and a potential distance reach of 72 miles for apples shown at a national exhibit. It mentions boxes entered, prizes, and irrigation and trade details, with a stray line about a robbery involving Henry Mier.
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Spoksno
Waal
Etalierien
Apple
Almont
Andy
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