Another Fond Hope Shattered in Norman Oklahoma
Mrs William Henry Killeby denies involvement in a warrant issued in Oklahoma City for Wf Sigmund alias William Henry Killeby accused of bigamy. He claimed a Mexican mine fortune and world travel with figures like ex president Grant and Robert Louis Stevenson. Bride Mable Freeland says she met him on a train, they wed briefly, and she will return from Texas to Norman with her mother to pursue the matter if needed.
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Norman
Okla
Mar
William Henry Killeby
Neo Mable Freeland
Justice Oldfield
Oklahoma City
Sigmund
Killeby
Mable Freeland
Willeby
Himelf
Old Mexico
Grant
Robert Lovie Stevenson
Mink Freeland
Queen Victoria
Killery
el Para
Texas
Homer S. Dickson
Aseure
Paso
Mix
Dickweu
WISsouri Fight for Two Cent Fare Foes Rail Rates
Jefferson City reports Senator Bradley of St. Marne has prepared a bill to regulate passenger fares. The plan classifies railroads into three classes based on earnings per mile and sets maximum fares: class A over $1.60 per mile may charge more than two cents. class B $1.00 to $1.20 may charge up to three cents. class C under $1.20 may charge four cents per mile.
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Jefferson City
Groas
Topeka Senate Abandons Two Cent Fare Bill
The Kansas Senate adopted an adverse report from the railroad committee on the two cent fare bill. This decisive move ends the push for two cent fares during this session.
Tornado Kills Six Negroes in Georgia
Six negroes were killed by a tornado here last night and a dozen business buildings were wrecked. Several white persons were injured seriously. The report from Cuthbert, Georgia cites Associated Press copy.
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Georgia
Associated Presa
Cuthbert
Mar
Memphis
Tenn. Mar
Bingley
Amiarlatud Press
Roosevelt Family Plans Italy Visit This Summer
The Roosevelt family intends to spend most of the summer in Italy with Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Mia Longworth remaining home. They will stay at Mrs. Roosevelt's villa near Rome with Miss Carew as guest host.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Mia. Longworth
Theodore, Jr
Italy
Mr. Roosevelt
Court Refuses Reconsideration in Oil Company Ouster Case
Jefferson City Mo March action reports the Missouri state appellate court denying rehearing requests by Standard Oil of Indiana Republic Company of Obie and related firms. The decision upholds Wateradera company position and restores Waters Pierce Company stake while plans to appeal to the US Supreme Court loom.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Mar
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Republic of Company of Obie
Miggouri
Wateraderoa Company
Mixanurt Company
Rite Indiane Aed Ole
Amigegurt
Waters Pierce Company
Standard
Mulhall Offered General Management of Interstate Fair
Zach Mulhall of Mulhall Oklahoma said at the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City that he has been offered the general management of a proposed interstate fair to be established in Kansas City next fall. He would not name backers and said the Commercial club may be asked to take control. If the plan fails he may decline the post. KM Clendenin, secretary of the Commercial club, said he had not been asked to discuss the proposal.
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Kansas City
Mar
Zach Mulhall
Mulhall
Okla
Baltimore
Commercial Club
KM. Clend
Officer Talk Acquitted of Charge of Murder
In Muskogee Oklahoma the jury found Sian Pilk town marshal of Haskell and Muskogee deputy sheriff not guilty of the murder of Luther Ligon, wealthy farmer. The verdict followed a case alleging Pilk killed Ligon last September. a year earlier Marshall Tull shot and killed Luther Ligon and was acquitted.
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Muskogee
Okl
Mar
Sian ‘Pilk
Haskell
Okla
Sherif
Muskogee County
WI Ligon
Marshall Tull
Luther Ligon
Will
Tulk
Texas
United States
Marehall
Enforcement attorney statements from Oklahoma memo
In Guthrie Oklahoma on March 9 an enforcement attorney and the attorney general discuss a letter signed Counsel to the governor. The memo notes a plan to avoid impeding the enforcement of the law while not recognizing every offer of function and department.
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Tuthrie
Okla
Mar
Weat
Predd
Caldwell
Vinita Wins Bid for East Side Insane Asylum
A lengthy Oklahoma legislative session drama ends with Vinita chosen for the east side asylum site. Other decisions place Claremore, Sulphur, Ada, Tulsa, Chickasha, Boley, and Taft in various state institutions plans. The vote tally shows Vinita ahead 22 to 11, with broader appropriations and bond moves shaping the public buildings program.
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Oueirie
Oldu
Senate
Vinita
East Ride
Claremore
Sulphur
Girie
Chickahlia
Ada
Tulsa
Boley
State Rescue
Guthrie
Taft
Antlers
Ardmoore
Chickasha
Girls’ Industrial School
Sulphur Bila
Ada Normal
Technical School
Negro Industrial Seliant
Rescue Home
Graham
Reveven Metitudone
Tonkawa
West
Penate
Redwine
Boosters Return From Guthrie Rally for Vinita Asylum
From Toeadiga Daily reports Vinita boosters led by Orr and TA return from Guthrie after days lobbying for an East Side insane hospital. They claim the fight was worth the powder as legislators rush to finalize asylum appropriations including 200000 for new buildings and equipment and 50 for maintenance. The group anticipates swift Senate action and a final law.
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Toeadiga Daily
TM. Buffington
Theo
D. J. Rear
B.J. Hobbly
E. Ridenhour
B. Wallen
Davis Hhlf
E Amos
D. M. Marra
Guthrie
East Side Insane Hospital
Vinita
T Hey
Orr
Chandler
House
Wille
Ratent and Coyne
Senate
Five Die in Alabama River After Strong Storm
Five people drowned in the Alabama River near Montgomery following a severe storm that caused record rainfall. Officials reported up to five inches of rain, the heaviest in two decades, triggering swift floods and a fatal drowning incident.
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Alabama
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabane
Louis Boodler Surrenders to Warden
Former St. Louis House of Delegates member Louis Decker who received a five year sentence for bribery, affirmed by the state supreme court, surrendered to the warden.
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Louis Boodler
Prean
Jefferson City
Mar
Louis Decker
St. Louis Houe of Delegates
Supreme Court
Former U S consul Hinton Rowanhelper ends life in DC
Washington March 9. Hinton Rowan Helper a former United States consul at Buenon Apron shot himself in Washington after news that a planned intercontinental railroad through Central and South American valleys had failed.
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United States
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Central
South Ameria
Hinton Rowanhelper
Buenon Apron
Snowbound Kansas Struggles as Two Feet Blankets Southwest
Heavy snow gripped Kansas and nearby states, with Wichita and central regions reporting a foot or more. Travel halted, streetcars quiet, and telecommunication hindered as snow turned to sleet and rain, delaying services from Topeka to Oklahoma City.
Elkins Law rebate claim sparks reaction in court decision
An official commented on Judge Auderson's Standard Oil retrial ruling, saying a four hour rebate claim could be driven through the Elkins Law. He asserted that an attorney who failed to protect a defendant from rebating charges would be unworthy of his role amid the U.S. Court of Appeals' sustaining decisions.
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Washington
Elkins
Auderson
Standard Oil
United States Court of Appeals
Accused murderer hangs self in Iowa jail
An accused double murderer, Ary Jonny, hanged himself in an Iowa county jail morning, using a rope made from bed clothes, to avoid a confrontation with the couple he killed in 1907. He had been on trial for the murder of Mr and Mrs Win Vanwinkie and was later found dead in his cell.
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Iowa
Proms
Atlee
Win. Vanwinkie
Auleide
Milan
Kanewin
Tie
United Mine Workers and Railway Officials Confer
Representatives of the United Mine Workers and railroad presidents met in Philadelphia to begin negotiations for a new agreement to take effect at the expiration of the present contract. Talks focused on wage protections and a more uniform rate, with a one day session scheduled to finalize details.
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United Mine Workers and Railway
Associated Preay
Philadelphia
United Mine Work
Marehi
Mrs Carmack Fails to Appear in Court Today
Nashville officials report Mrs Carmack did not attend today's court session after fainting in court yesterday. Attorneys continued the arguments amid unresolved matters.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Town
Mar
Mom Carmack
Tornado kills residents in Arkansas town
A tornado last night devastated Brinkley Arkansas causing six reported dead and about forty injured. Refugees estimate eighty percent of the business district destroyed as communication lines fail. Authorities report both white and Black victims, with a large number unaccounted.
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Weakley
Ark
Mar
Teinkley
Porter
Stennett
Henry Stavanger
Phillips
Brinkley
Arkansas
Binkley
Miscourse Fight For Her Rights Amid Court Appeal
Unmorrited Press reports Jefferson City AfO that Mary Hi seeks to appeal a decree involving Standard Oil of Indiana and a related company. The U S Supreme Court today granted a stay of execution on ouster decrees, with state law and several officials weighing the writ's dismissal grounds. Washington is poised to enter a formal action on the writ.
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Jefferson City
Afo
Mary Hi
Supreme Court of the United Willyoe
Standard OU Company
Indiana
Supreme Court of Court
All Keveral
Washington
Engineer killed in bad railroad wreck near Monroe
A northbound express on the Arkansas Lodinding & Colteit road derailed late last night near Monroe. Engineer Os McDeulel was killed and four other workers were injured. No passengers survived the accident. an investigation noted tampering.
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Monroe
Arkatinag Lodintann & Colteit Road
Os McDeulel
Pires
Cowan
Committee Worries Over Proposed Coffee Tax
In Washington May 1, lawmakers debated a new tax plan aimed at coffee. A committee framing the bill voiced concern that the levy would be politically damaging to representatives’ districts at the breakfast table, arguing it would hurt constituents. A Mid-Continent group pressed for duty despite opposition, citing strong coffee production in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Washington, D.C
Aod
Oklahoma
Kanane
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