Panama neutralization urged on good grounds
Boston January 16 a statement urging neutralization of the Panama Canal was made public with signatures of prominent figures in the United States and abroad. Sponsors include Richard Olney David Jordan Jane Addams Henry Wade Rogers Ida Tarbell and E H Wheeler among others. The document argues neutralization preserves safety in war and honors historic treaties limiting fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Panama Canal
United States District Court
George Foster Peabody
New York Banker
Hay-Pauncefort
Suez Canal
England
Straits of Magellan
Taft
Congress
David J. Foster
Committee of Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
United States
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
John Graham Brooks
Francis Lynde Stetson
New York
Ida Tarbell
N. C. Nelson
St. Louis
BE. P. Wheeler
Samuel P. Capen
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Marcus M. Marks
Thomas Mott Osborne
Anburn
N.Y
Work Begins on Vinita High School Building
Work has started on the new Vinita high school. Chas F. McKee from McKee Construction arrived from Muskogee and laid out the site. Contractors expect occupancy by August 15 and will push the project to finish promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Chas. F. McKee
McKee Construction Company
Muskogee
Passing of the gambler in Oklahoma now is certain
Oklahoma City January 16: passage of the new gambling law makes maintaining a game of chance a felony. The gambling gentry faces an end as authorities clamp down, especially with Ardmore cited as a remaining open spot. Governors and reformers push bills: prison terms for running gambling houses and fines up to 1600 dollars, signaling a broad crackdown on open gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Jee Cruce
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Louisiana
West
Union
Cruce
Well Known Milk Campaigner Arrested Spy Case
Dr. Lloyd Champlain, arrested in England as a spy, is a noted advocate for pure milk in the Southwest. For five years he lectured across Missouri and Kansas on milk purity. He studied in Europe and runs the Kansas City Milkman, plus serves on the Kansas City Veterinary College faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Associated Press
Kansas City
Lloyd Champlain
England
Missouri
Kansas
Europe
Kansas City Milkman
Kansas City Veterinary College
Prisoner Tries to Die in Jail Over Flavor Sale Charge
Judd Taylor, released on bond for a liquor case, attempted suicide in the county jail by drinking iodine and liniment after alarming the jailer. He became seriously ill but recovered after the county physician administered an antidote, leaving him only very sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd Taylor
Taylor
Pset
Detective Nurse Condemns Mrs Schenk In Court
Wheeling West Virginia January 16 Mrs Schenk spends Sunday in her jail tower room reading letters arriving daily from the English speaking world all in her favor. Detective nurse Eleanor Zoecheller testified that Mrs Schenk admitted talking of a future reward and offered to pay one thousand dollars to poison John Schenk before she begged to be left alone with him in the hospital room where heated words followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Schenk
Eleanor Zoecheller
Vinita to Get New Masonic Temple
Vinita will gain a new Masonic temple after a recent lodge meeting. A 50 by 125 foot two story brick building on Scraper street will feature a two story Mason home on the upper floor and two rental stores on the lower floor at 50 dollars per month each. A committee led by Judge Parker with Dr. Oliver Bagby and O L Conner will secure tenants and push construction in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Scraper Street
Judge Parker
Oliver Bagby
O. L. Conner
Sheriff Ridenhour Receives Anonymous Letter
Anonymous letter dated January 11 1912 from Centralia Oklahoma targets Deputy sheriff and asks who pays fines when arrests involve his brother and a booze seller. The writer signs as A GOOD CITIZEN challenging sheriff to identify the offender. Sheriff invites the writer to sign his name for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridenhour
Centralia
Okla
Vinita
Carrie Nation Collapses in Eureka Springs
Carrie Nation, famed Kansas temperance campaigner, suffered a nervous collapse at her Eureka Springs home on January 13. She feared her career as a temperance lecturer and opponent of alcohol might be over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Eureka Springs
Ark
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Outside Companies File Reply to Company's Suit
Tulsa Oklahoma January 16 outside Uncle Sam Oil companies Kansas City Kansas Arizona filed their reply in district court at Tulsa denying many plaintiff allegations. The 15 page document accuses Standard Oil departs and post office of improper actions while alleging fraud against H H Tucker and a plot by E A Sterling and related parties to market Tulsa West refinery products under false names. The suit stems from a $500000 damage claim by Uncle Sam Oil Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Albert L. Wilson
Kansas City
Uncle Sam Oil Company of
Kansas
Arizona
Uncle Sam Oi Company
Oklahoma
Arizona Corporation
Kansas Concern
Uncle Sam
Standard Ol
Post Office Department
Standard Company
Standard Oil Company
Octopus Company
Kansas Uncle Sam Company
Oil City
Cherryvale
Atchison
West Tulsa
H. H. Tucker
Standard Oi Company
Government Department
E. A. Sterling
Big State Oil and Gas Company
M. ¥. Sterding
I. L. Sterling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panama
Rodine
Mrs. Schenk
THE
Kansas City Weekly Star
Weekly
STAR
F. M. Gwinnup @ Son Halsell Building
Vinita, Chlahoma
Farmers State Bank Vinita
Cobb Hotel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!