Heat wave grips Southwest with record highs and scattered rain
Topeka Kansas June 17 heavy heat across the region breaks records in Oklahoma City and Wichita with 106 and 99. Joplin reports 98 before a likely rain as storms roll from Kansas to Missouri. Oklahoma and Kansas suffer drought and fire risk while later rain offers relief for crops and residents.
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Rock Island
Herington
Alma
Phillipsburg
Kennington
Clay Center
Manhattan
Clifton
Clyle
Belleville
Santa Fe
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahomia
Kansas City
Oxork
Migneur
Joplin
Leavenworth
Federal
Wichita
Atchison
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Munkogee
Okla
Tulsa
Oklahoma
John Ridge
Pond Creek
W. C. Rimer
Jefferson
Springfield
Ozark Division
Ozark Country
Travels in America Impress Baron d'Estourne lles
Paris dispatch reports Baron d'Estournelles detailing his travels in the United States. He contrasts progress in Texas and the agricultural West with California, notes American mobility, and discusses views on Japanese immigration and labor impacts. It notes ancient sarcophagi found in Rue de Charonne and local church history in Troyes, plus the Paris taxi union's 24 hour strike and gas cooperative profits.
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Paris
Baron d
San
California
Baron d‘Estournelles
San Francisco
Jssue
Washington
Weiter
Japan
Baron d'Estournellen
France
Jord Rene-Armand de Lafayette
Landaw
Germany
Lafayette
Mary Maddeliene de la Fayette
Duke of Thouans de la Tremotlie
Pere-Lachaise
St. Jean
Troyes
St .Jean
Henry V
England
Agincourt
Charles VI
Henry
Catherine
Charles
Umion
Harris Will Attend Taft Wedding Anniversary
Guthrie Okla June 17 Jim Harris of Wagoner will travel to Washington to call on President Taft and represent the Republican party at the Tafts twenty fifth wedding anniversary celebration next Monday evening. He has accepted the invitation and plans to attend.
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Guthrie
Okla
Jim Harris
Wagoner
Washington
Taft
Republican Party
Electrical Storm Harms Kansas Farms and Crops
An electrical storm in central Kansas last night caused thousands of dollars in damage to Hyentock and other farm properties. Several large barns were struck and burned, destroying thousands of bushels of corn. Hail further damaged growing crops as rainfall remained under half an inch.
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Associated Press
Salina
Kans
Kansas
Five stewarts strike on Momus voyage between New York and New Orleans
Five stewarts aboard the steamship Momus of the Southern Pacific railroad’s marine department struck today. They said they would take forty others with them and that a hundred and ninety seamen stokers and coal passers would follow. The men quit without disorder.
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New York
Stewarts
Momus
New Orleana
Marine Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
New Plan for Raising Capitol Building Fund
Oklahoma City on June 17 reports a new scheme to raise the $1,000,000 pledged for a free capitol building. The plan contemplates purchasing the Northeast site set aside for capitol purposes, using a $1,000,000 bond issue, then selling lots to reimburse the city. The proceeds would fund capital construction and later land transfer to a public park. the capitol building company’s stance is unclear.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol ‘Building Company
The Tragedy Of Carrie Nation Retold By Her Agent
The obituary recalls Carrie Nation once a fiery saloon smasher who drew crowds with sensational tours and lobby sales. Her press agent reveals a life split between crusading zeal and money seeking, detailing lectures earnings, theater profits, and a final decline marked by poverty and isolation.
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Carrie Nation
Kansas
Leavenworth
Kans
Carrie
Atlanta
Theouse
Jon
Mrs. Nation
Hoke Smith
Washington, D. C
Shawnee
Guthrie
Okla
Alexandria
Charlton A. McNab
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Kansas
Nation
Lfe
Not Guilty Ruling in Embezzlement Trial at Big Four
Associated Press reports Edgar 5. Cooke was found not guilty of embezzling twenty four thousand dollars from the Big Four railway after an hour and fifty seven minute jury deliberation. The sensational trial featured testimony by Mrs. Jean ette Stewart Ford about an intimate relationship.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Edgar
Cooke
Big Four
Jeanette Stewart Ford
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Halsell
Vinita Oklahoma
Joe Davis
F. L. Marney
Webb Bros
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Florist
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Davenport
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Kinnison and Hollow
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Ofice
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