Commercial Club Seeks Knowledge for Craig County Farms
Vinita Oklahoma October 30 1908 The Vinita Commercial Club asks Craig County farmers for cooperation to attract investors and establish a canning factory and a 250 barrel flour mill. It requests farmers state how many acres they will plant for tomatoes corn peas beans apples pears peaches cherries and other fruit and how many acres of wheat could be pledged for a flouring mill. The secretary E B Davinson invites responses from individuals with suggestions.
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Vinita
Okla
Craig County
E. B. Davinson
Vinita Commercial Club
Vinita, Ok
Stockman killed in political row in Foraker Ok
In Foraker Oklahoma a political row ended with the shooting of John H Milam a Pawhuska stockman by Frank S Seward a prominent hardware merchant and local Democrat. Milam died after being shot several times in Sewards store on Broadway. An inquest found death due to gunshot wounds fired by Seward. Seward to be given a hearing today.
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Foraker
Frank S. Seward
Democratic Committee
John H. Milam
Pawhuska
Milam
Seward
Issac Gasteneau
John Milam
F. 5
Railroad Rate Case Hears Late Brings IC C Ruling Into Question
In a United States circuit court in Chicago judges Baker, Grosscup and Seaman took under advisement eleven railroad complaints challenging an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling. The ICC reduced through transportation rates between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers by nine cents per hundred pounds for Atlantic seaboard shipments.
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Associated Proms
Chicago
Ill
Baker, Grosscup
Seaman
United States Circuit Court
Missouri River
Intersate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Missouri
Atlantic Seaboard
Aged lecturer seeks admission to county poor farm
Captain G. E. D. Dimond, aged 12, a familiar health lecturer in San Francisco and Oakland and publisher of a vegetarian pamphlet, sought admission to the county poor farm. Born near Plymouth Rock in 1796, he has practiced vegetarianism since 1828.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
G. E. D. Dimond
Oakland
Plymouth Rock
Cannibalism myths and a famed German view of Pacific cannibals
The piece cites New York Sun reports on a Solomon Islands missionary slain during a cannibal rite and questions of whether whites are eaten. German observer Herr Parkinson notes no confirmed cases of white men being eaten, suggesting superstition drives cannibal practices. It also mentions the Charlemagne Rose Tree at Hildesheim, planted by Charlemagne and now protected near the church.
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Western Pacific
Solomon Islands
New York Sun
Kealakekwa
Cook
Pacific
Herr Parkinson
Bismarck Archipelago
Gorol
Shortland Islands
Charlemagne
Hildesheim
Germany
Turenne
Napoleon
Hanging Fashions for Men Through the 1800s
The article traces male attire from the French Revolution era to Queen Victoria’s reign, noting the shift to short coats tight waistcoats and pantaloons in 1800s England, the decline of powder and snuff boxes, the rise of trousers and Wellington boots around 1814, the loss of starched collars, and later adoption of knickerbaskets tweed suits wide-brimmed hats and caps as fashion persisted with few major changes.
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Berng
Young Men
England
Paris
George IV
Queen Victoria
Rev Gordon Lashes Out At Conventioneers In Swift Attack
Winnipes pastor Rev C W Gordon stunned fellow clerics at a convention by urging saving souls promptly. He argued slow conversion risks “going bad on one's hands” and contrasted honest frontier life with venomous elites. He recounted overheard Washington socialites dialogue mocking mothers with sharp wit.
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C. W. Gordon
Winnipes
Washington
Parachutist Lands Near Farm in Cornwath Parish
A parachutist's balloon drifted far during a gusty Glasgow afternoon. He descended near a farm where an astonished elderly man asked his location. The reply came with reverent awe as the man knelt and declared they were in the parish of Cornwath.
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bin Daring
Glasgow
Mother Earth
Movri
Cornwath
Rehoboth Sanday
A Blow to the Gossips
Women debate Mrs. Weedes during a scandal with her late husband’s fortune. Accusations fly about silencing papers from printing the amount left by her husband, as neighbors recall sympathy turning to suspicion.
The Touch of Nature and the market fowl crowd
A Washington Star column muses on market chickens and a disabled boy carried by his mother. It contrasts common fowl like speckled Plymouth Rocks and dominickers with the curiosity of the crowd, noting how environment shapes interest in poultry and a single vulnerable child.
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St. Peter
Washington Star
Extraordinary Lightning Stroke Observed on Northumberland Moor
A report in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society describes a remarkable lightning event on an open moor in Northumberland. A central hole four to five feet in diameter fractured the peat and produced six surrounding furrows while turf chunks were hurled outward. Additional investigations revealed small earth holes radiating from the main excavation, evidencing intense subsurface effects.
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A. Herschel
Royal Meteorological Society
Northumberland
Dress and social duty in 20th century wear
Article argues dress is a daily social and business obligation, not an achievement, urging proper avocation-appropriate attire as a mandatory standard of the era. It contrasts fronting a duty with the ability to carry it out, deeming neglect a reproach.
Debtor Notice From Rural Manufacturer in Harpers Weekly
A rural manufacturer issues a persuasive debt notice calling all persons indebted to settle or learn their status. It urges those who owe but do not know it to call, and those who owe yet avoid contact to stay in place so the firm can reach them.
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Dunshia
Harper's Weekly
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