First National at Fort Scott Closes Doors
Fort Scott Kansas Associated Press reports the First National Bank of Fort Scott oldest in the state closed its doors after a run yesterday that pulled 56000 from deposits. President Grant Hornaday said assets exceed liabilities by 127000 and deposits would be paid in full. Bank organized in 1870 with officers Grant Hornaday F A Hornaday and Chas Love. A crowd gathered but did not protest. President Hornaday is a prominent local figure with business interests.
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Associated Press
Fort Scott
Kans
First National Bank of
Grant Hornaday
F. A. Hornaday
Chas; Love
Hornaday
All Demand Repeal of New Election Law
Guthrie Oklahoma November 20 Democrats and Republicans unite in demanding repeal or radical revision of the new section law passed last winter. State Superintendent Cameron criticizes the provision forcing declaration of politics before registers as an outrage on ballot freedom. He says politics should not be laid on such matters. The Guthrie Leader also editorializes for a decent election law in place of the current statute.
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Guthrie
D. Cameron
Public Instuction
Ouyover
Cameron
Oklahoma
Livestock Quarantine Moves Across Eastern States
Washington November 20 vigorous efforts will be made by the department of agriculture to stamp out foot and mouth disease among cattle discovered in Pennsylvania and New York. Secretary Wilson issued a strict state quarantine prohibiting driving of cattle sheep swine and other ruminants to curb the outbreak. The text also includes county court scheduling notices for Craig County Oklahoma with monthly terms and jury provisions in Vinita.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Noy
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
New York
Witon
Oklathioma
Craig County
Okahoma
Vinita
Craig
Comnel
Ehol
Lasues
Oklahoma
Alwa
Ab Vinita
Loos
Tinko
D. B. Fumar
Oklahoma divorce warning order in Second Judicial District
Warning Order first published August preceding a divorce suit filed by Ella Childres against Sylvester Childres in the District Court of the Second Judicial District Oklahoma. The defendant is notified to answer at the regular December term or the suit will be confessed. District Clerk J V Roberts with seal dated August 20, 1908.
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District Court For the
Second Judicial District
State of
Oklahoma
Sidind of
Vinien
Sylvester Childres
Ella Childres
Rye
Rans
McRea
Atty
Pila
J. V. Roberta
D. B
Stutsman Deymty
Four Workmen Killed by Passenger Train Near Highland
Four track laborers on a hand car were struck and killed by a Chicago Burlington & Quincy passenger train between Highland and La Grange today. Ten men were aboard the hand car. the others escaped with light injuries. The accident is blamed on the crew placing the car on the wrong track.
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Associated Pros
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Highland
la Grange
Rockefeller 10 Being Examined in Soundard Oil Hearing
New York November 20 John D Rockefeller resumed testimony as the Soundard Oil Company hearing continued. Kilgogg questioned him about hazards to oil supply and drainage. Rockefeller described rising oil production from 1862 to 1900 and rejected the idea that original investments alone defined a business as hazardous or sound.
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Associated Press
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Soundard OW Company
Frank DP. Kellogg
Anslatant
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Rockesfeller
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Craig County Oklahoma
Court ordered sale of guardianship lands of Viola M Adams and Emmet L Adams minors. Bids due October 19 1908 at 10 am at County Judge office Craig County Oklahoma. Describes allotments in sections 15 township 24 north range 16 east Rogers county. Attorney Anns A Brown. Guardian Eric M Adams.
Notice of Real Estate Sale in Craig County Oklahoma
In pursuance of a county court order from November 21 1908 guardian F M Sunt will privately sell the minor Claude Lynch estate lands in Craig and Delaware counties Oklahoma to the highest cash bidder with court confirmation. Described tracts include portions in sections 19 18 17 township 25 north range 21 east and sections 18 17 25 29 north range 24 23 east totaling about 150 acres. Bids in writing may be left at A A Brown attorney Vinita or filed with the county judge.
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Craig
State of Oklahoma
Claude Lynch
Minor
Oklahoma
Aso
Delaware
Seo
A. A. Brown
Inn
Vinita
Four Candidates Vie For Oklahoma House Speakership
In Oklahoma City on November 20 the race for speaker of the coming legislature’s house grows heated. Four leading contenders emerge: Bert Tillotson Newata Ben F Harmain Calving Jobin R McCalla Marietta and Lesie 2 Ross Lawton. Strong west-side support for Ross plus rival bids from A H Japp and others shape a tense contest with several hopefuls likely to drop out.
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Oklahoom
Bert Tillotson
Nowta
Ben F. Harmain
Calving
Jobin R. McCalla
Marietta
Lesie 2 Ross
Lawton
Tillotson
Hlourlaon
Asoent
McCaila
Chickamin Enimy
Rosa
New Physician Opens Practice in Vinita with Dr Neer
Dr C S Neer from Springfield Missouri rents rooms over the Chieftain office just vacated by Dr Amundson to practice medicine and surgery in Vinita. He is highly recommended and endorsed by Dr B F Fortner with whom he has worked for two years. In Springfield Frisco Hospital he is in good standing with the profession and the state and county boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.S. Neer
Springfield
Missouri
Amundson
Our
Neer
B. F. Fortner
Frisco Hospital
Misssouri
Order For Hearing Returns of Sale of Real Estate
In Cherokee County Oklahoma the estate of John Curmmins deceased shows a sale return under an August 20 1908 order. The real estate in Craig County sold for 160000 after appraisement. hearing set for December 10 1908 at 10 a.m. with two weekly notices in Vinita Chieftain. Bruce L Keenan attorney for administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Curmmins
Ellis W Buffington
Cee
Range
Craig County
State of
Oklahoma
Vinita
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Craig County Oklahoma
Guardian Walter L. Douvery announces private sale of Ella M Doherty minor property in Craig County Oklahoma. The land includes portions described in section with right of way for St Louis & San Francisco Railroad totaling 59.83 acres per government survey. Sale may occur after December 5 1908 with bids in writing at the guardian’s office or county office.
Real estate sale ordered by Craig County guardian
Guardian Wacrek L. Donnery announces private sale of minor James E. Doherty's land in Craig County Oklahoma. Described tracts total about 69 acres, with right of way, in sections 18 and 17 township 25 north range 21 east. Bids written after December 1908 to be received at attorney D H Wilson's Vinita office or by the county judge.
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Cape
Oulsborna
Craig County
Oklahoma
Ald Minor
St. Louis
Range
Galt County
D. H. Wilson
Vinita
Oklahomas
Okla
Wacrek L. Donnery
James E. Doherty
The One Exception in a Judge's Library note
A terse line notes uncertainty in life and recalls a scene of a mare in a bath with a bell rung by a judge or library figure, suggesting a fragmentary, literary mood.
From Alabama Handshaking Ghost Haunts the Living
A curious Alabama tale tells of a spectral figure that appears to shake hands, bridging life and afterlife. The piece notes persistent habits even in death and cites uncanny folklore as local belief.
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Alabama
Guthrie Sees Push For Expanded County Power And Authority
Oklahoma county commissioners press for new authority to hire county attorneys and challenge township restrictions, planning a legal test at the state supreme court over section fines and Indian lands. Separate talk in New York recounts a Dixey dinner joke about wordplay and acting roles.
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Guthrie
County Commissioners Organization of
Oklahoma
Ledislavire
Supreme Court
Local Conditions and Electrical Lapses in Maine Bar Talk
An electrical salesman recalls a Maine town scene where a dynamo outage prompts a local quip about conditions. The tale contrasts technical misunderstanding with practical street wisdom and reflects on home life advice about sensitivity and not dwelling on past embarrassments.
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Maine
Lectrical Review
Tents at Palace Livery for hunting and fishing trips
Tents set up at the Palace Livery opposite Frisco station for hunting and fishing parties. New vehicles and good horses available. Horses boarded by day or week. Phone 434. Porters are invited to inquire in town.
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Frisco
Beat to Conceal Sorrows
A reflective aphorism noting that hiding grief leads to inward cannibalism of the heart, echoing Bacon’s admonition on friendship and emotional restraint. The line suggests a wary view of concealing sorrow and urges honest, supportive ties.
Man Above Himself Erects Himself, Delins Quote
A terse philosophical reflection declares man by nature builds himself up beyond his own frame, noting the paradox of human self creation as a fragile, poor instrument in the face of fate and measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dryden
A Century of Peace Celebrated Between U S and Canada
Lord Grey once called in Canada the governor of happy spirations proposes a century of peace marking 100 years since mutual relations. President Kot referenced moral boundaries a year earlier and Elihu Root echoed the idea in Ottawa nine months later. Lord Grey to propose a celebration.
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Lord Grey
Canada
United States
Kot
Elihu Root
Ottawa
Minneapolis Journal
Suit Against Trust Delayed In Oklahoma Coal Case
Guthrie Ok Nov 20 to allow commission members time for a planned week underground and surface conditions investigation in the McAlester field. Chairman Jack Lave Commissioner A P Watson Attorney General West and a stenographer will depart Sunday. Chief Mine Inspector Hanraty will chaperone. Starting December 14 the commission will hear the state case on coal price regulation within Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
McAlester
Corporation Commission
West
Jack Lave
A. P. Watson
New Oklahoma Town Has More Gas
South Coffeyville Oklahoma reports two gas wells five miles south bringing the area into a new gas territory. The discovery promises increased gas supply for South Coffeyville and attracts factory developers seeking cheap power and fuel for manufacturing.
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Oklahoma
South Cofeyvile
Okla
South Coffeyville
Couney
Coffeyville
Kans
Gompers Re-Elected AFL President in Surprise Vote
Sanuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor in Denver with only one dissenting vote. The result keeps Gompers at the helm of the labor federation amid ongoing union affairs and organizing efforts.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Sanuel Gompers
American Federation of Laboray
Gas Explosion Kills Twelve in Brooklyn
Twelve men are believed killed when a gas main exploded during excavation at Guild and Fourth streets in Brooklyn, New York, today.
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Associated Press
New York
Guild and
Fourth Streets
Brooklyn
Rockefeller testifies at Standard Oil hearing in New York
Court resumes standard hearing as John D. Rockefeller returns to the witness stand. He denies formulating the original 1882 Standard Oil trust plan and says credit goes to others including Me, Playyer, and S. C. T. Dodi.
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Associated Press
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Trust
Toannot
Playler
S.C. T. Dodi
Order for Hearing Petition to Sell Real Estate
Guardian of Ulysses Vann seeks court approval to sell minor's real estate. Probate No. 882. Hearing set for October 28 1908, with notices to all interested parties and next of kin. Copy to run three weeks prior to hearing. Judge Frear presiding. Attorneys A A Blooms and Joe Guardian listed.
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St. Vann
Ulysses Vann
Petitioger
Patate
Sei Guardian
B. Be Frear
Shidge
A. A. Bloows
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Kansas
Doreaeer Ghey Fanner
Ella Childers
Firat
Viola M. Adams
Emmet L. Adams
Effie Nicer
Suboe
Rogers
Oklaweg
Sona
Oklahor
Eric M. Adams
Anns A. Brown
Guardian
F. M. Sunt
Annis A. Brown
West Side
Camny
G. le Wilson
Mangum
Aguinaldo
Putnam
Omhamm City
Ben F. Wilson
Milton Bryan
Shawnee
Cling Grossam
Senate
J. M. Strain
Wien
Sennoir J. Blaier Thorn
Graham
Rosy
Grisumull Jones
Oklahom City
Cate Jeu
Te Tawet House
D. Hrowealee
King
J.T. Paws
Cherokee County
Bruce L. Keenan
Ella M Doherty
E'De Doar
Es Od
H. Wisson
Bonar
Matistics of
London
Dickson
Dixey
Star
Henry B. Dixey
Thorugh
Tan Clight
Can
Gompers
Ulysses Venn
Ann
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